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FRANKLIN COLLEGE<br />
<strong>autumn</strong> <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong><br />
R E P O R T E R
If you know of outstanding young men and women who are motivated to succeed and prepared to put learning into action, please contact<br />
us online at www.franklincollege.edu or toll-free at (888) 852-6471. The Admissions Office is ready to help high school juniors and seniors<br />
or college transfer students discover what <strong>Franklin</strong> has to offer.<br />
Thank you to the following students, alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends for making referrals and helping the class of <strong>20</strong>13 achieve an<br />
outstanding enrollment of 345.<br />
Don Adams ’67<br />
Thurman Alvey ’96<br />
Niki (Staggs) Barker ’91<br />
Alexander Barr<br />
Kyle Beatty ’04<br />
Mandy (Ray) Bechert ’89<br />
David Bedwell ’03<br />
Brittany Beehler ’07<br />
Holli Terrell-Bemis ’83<br />
Jeff Bond ’94<br />
Haley Bourke ’08<br />
April Branstetter<br />
Darvel Buck<br />
Nancy Busenbark ’79<br />
Daneen Butler ’03<br />
Phillip Butler ’01<br />
Jack Byrum ’51<br />
Jacob Carlson ’12<br />
Robert Carter ’84<br />
Nicole Cherry ’07<br />
Ann (Bridges) Colaco ’96<br />
Will Conoley ’12<br />
Chris Conoley ’90<br />
Martha Cragen<br />
Jeffery Craige<br />
Aaron Daniels ’12<br />
Wayne Daugherty ’61<br />
Stefanie Davis ’95<br />
Laura DeBaun ’06<br />
Jake Deckard<br />
Joshua Deckard ’05<br />
David DeWitt ’85<br />
Dan Doles ’82<br />
Robert Doles ’57<br />
Barbara (Schaefer) Doles ’56<br />
Ray Dorulla ’78<br />
Richard Dunn ’50<br />
Dustin Eck ’07<br />
Katie Ellis ’07<br />
Lisa Evans ’84<br />
Shane Fallis ’91<br />
Melissa Farrow ’98<br />
Jenna Foreman<br />
Paul Galbraith ’08<br />
Elizabeth Galbraith ’12<br />
John Gasser ’96<br />
Melissa Gerline-Clagg ’07<br />
Karen (Shurcliff ) Girgis ’91<br />
Jamie (Michael) Goodwin ’01<br />
Wendy (Shuler) Hagn ’86<br />
Julie Hamlin ’07<br />
Brian Harbin ’99<br />
Melissa (Clark) Hardman ’98<br />
Patrick Hartnett ’85<br />
R.J. Hartsfield ’08<br />
Amy (Rasmussen) Hensley ’94<br />
Nicole Hensley ’08<br />
Dean Hickerson ’12<br />
Heather Hicks ’07<br />
Chad Hunter ’97<br />
David Hunton ’73<br />
Larry Johns ’87<br />
Shelly (Hainey) Jones ’94<br />
Theresa (Wright) Kapitan ’83<br />
Dana (Engleman) Kean ’95<br />
Keith Kilmer ’95<br />
Jamie Kolkmeier ’96<br />
Annette Kolkmeier ’04<br />
Chris Kramer ’08<br />
Sandy (Wilhite) Kyle ’86<br />
Chris Lakes ’04<br />
Wendy (Jones) Lamm ’89<br />
Mark Lemmons ’85<br />
Elizabeth (McDonald) Lyon ’82<br />
Lisa Mahan ’88<br />
Shaun Mahoney ’97<br />
Jessica (Lilpop) Mahoney ’86<br />
Sarah (Boyd) Mahoy ’04<br />
Andrew Mapes ’07<br />
Heather McAlister ’97<br />
Megan McCain ’08<br />
Larry McWhorter ’77<br />
Keith Mitchell ’56<br />
Ashley Monfreda ’08<br />
Mark Montgomery ’78<br />
Angie Morris-Stevens ’94<br />
Leann Moss ’87<br />
Richard Mousty ’85<br />
Joseph Neeley ’05<br />
Lisa (White) Nobbe ’96<br />
Emily Norcross ’08<br />
Paul Nugent ’57<br />
Dustin Orr ’12<br />
Pat Orr ’93<br />
Amanda Pfaff ’08<br />
Richard Pfifer ’87<br />
Mary Ellen (Ullrich) Pfifer ’87<br />
William Pfifer<br />
Rachel Phillips ’07<br />
Melissa Pierson ’93<br />
Amber Powers ’04<br />
Dave Ranard ’86<br />
Mark Regnier ’84<br />
Brad Riley ’80<br />
Marcy Robbins ’08<br />
Lindsey Roberson ’06<br />
Liberty (Patton) Roberts ’97<br />
John Roberts ’77<br />
Tyler Roell ’10<br />
Robin (Close) Roy ’89<br />
Lee Saunders ’90<br />
Betsy Schmidt ’85<br />
Ross Schulz ’07<br />
Toby Schulz ’98<br />
Rebekah (Flake) Scott ’03<br />
Chassitey Scott<br />
Greg Scudder ’03<br />
Andy Seward ’86<br />
Gayle Sheets<br />
Elizabeth Shertzer ’06<br />
Jay Sichting ’90<br />
Jeremy Skura ’01<br />
Leonard Smith ’63<br />
Jessica Smith ’06<br />
Melvin Smith ’57<br />
Jill (Carter) Snyder ’87<br />
Patrick Spellman<br />
Joel Spriggs ’04<br />
Robin (Haag) Spurgeon ’88<br />
Angie (Morris) Stevens ’94<br />
Paul Strack ’10<br />
Kevin Summers ’96<br />
Dave Syphers ’89<br />
Lissa Talbert ’08<br />
Joel Taylor ’92<br />
Tina (Spicer) Tracy ’98<br />
Renee (Dewey) Trotter ’80<br />
Randall Tucker ’53<br />
Michael Urban ’82<br />
Jake VanWagner ’07<br />
David Verdeyen ’06<br />
Steve Vernasco ’80<br />
Tandy Waddick-Weaver<br />
Melissa Lakes ’04<br />
Joanne (Schafer) Weddle ’58<br />
Lucy (Allen) Wilson ’53<br />
Francisca (Duron) Wilson’84<br />
Gina Wininger ’05<br />
Amy Martin Wiser ’96<br />
Tom Wiser ’95<br />
Bob Witham ’89<br />
Dedra Wood ’93<br />
Trena Yaden<br />
Pam Jewell Yates ’81<br />
Vernon Zike ’72
48 Alumni and friends share favorite college<br />
memories in this compilation of humorous tales,<br />
poignant testimonials and random recollections<br />
honoring the college’s 175-year anniversary.<br />
contents<br />
Features<br />
4 Homecoming brings hundreds to campus during four days of events<br />
View photos of alumni and friends, class reunions, awards presentations, football game<br />
highlights and traditional events.<br />
17 New faculty join the <strong>Franklin</strong> family<br />
Get to know <strong>Franklin</strong>’s new full-time faculty members, and learn about their record of<br />
excellence, leadership and service.<br />
<strong>20</strong> Varsity men’s soccer program celebrates 25th anniversary<br />
Learn about the program’s history, coaches and top student-athletes.<br />
21 Annual Report<br />
Join the college in recognizing donors for their generous financial gifts and loyal support.<br />
60 <strong>Franklin</strong> talks tech with Intellagirl<br />
Catch up with social media expert Sarah Smith-Robbins ’96 and learn how she’s helping<br />
people to become more productive and creative with technologies.<br />
Departments<br />
60 Technology coach and social media expert<br />
Sarah Smith-Robbins ’96 talks about life in<br />
the digital age and a career in the pink.<br />
4 Campus News • 17 Faculty/Staff News • 19 Sports • 48 Alumni News<br />
FRANKLIN COLLEGE<br />
R E P O R T E R<br />
Autumn <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, Vol. LXXXIV, No. 3.<br />
Published in spring, summer and <strong>autumn</strong><br />
by <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, 101 Branigin Boulevard,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>, Indiana 46131-2623. Printed in<br />
the USA.<br />
Send address changes to:<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Reporter,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, 101 Branigin Boulevard,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>, Indiana 46131-2623.<br />
Reporter Staff<br />
Editor:<br />
Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96<br />
Director of Public Relations:<br />
Deidra Baumgardner<br />
Sports Information Director:<br />
Kevin Elixman<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> maintains a voluntary<br />
affiliation with the American Baptist<br />
Churches USA, and the American<br />
Baptist Churches of Indiana/Kentucky and<br />
Greater Indianapolis.<br />
Contact Information<br />
(317)738-8000 or (800) 852-0232<br />
www.franklincollege.edu<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> is committed to a policy of<br />
nondiscrimination on the basis of color,<br />
disability, race, religion, sex, age, sexual<br />
orientation and national origin in any of its<br />
programs, offerings or employment practices<br />
in compliance with Title IX of the Federal<br />
Educational Amendments of 1972, of Executive<br />
Order 11246 and Revised Order No. 4 of the<br />
Civil Rights Acts of 1964 as amended in 1972 and<br />
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.<br />
On the Cover:<br />
Nia Wilson ’12 cheers for the Grizzlies during<br />
the Homecoming football game.<br />
COVER PHOTO BY KAYLA LEWIS ’11<br />
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1. Cluster reunion attendees representing the<br />
classes of 1954–62 seated in row one are:<br />
Sandra (Finchum) Larrison ’59, Charlene<br />
(Theall) Frellick ’59, Donna Gregg ’59,<br />
Charlotte (Shepard) Sharpe ’59, Joella<br />
(Boyer) Patterson ’59, Joe Van Valer ’59,<br />
Joseph Lee ’59, Pam (Herring) Hicks ’56,<br />
Marge (Reasoner) Coble ’59 and Louis<br />
Osterman ’58. Seated in row two are: Mary<br />
Margaret (Partenheimer) Webb ’59, Charles<br />
Cragen ’59, George Anderson ’59, Janet<br />
(Golba) Keller ’59, Henry Volk ’59, John<br />
Foist ’59, James Strietelmeier ’59, Richard<br />
Sharpe ’56 and Jean Ann (Ash) Porter ’60.<br />
In row three are: Sue (Van Antwerp) Spencer<br />
’55 , Sue (Miller) Davis ’56, Jan (Johnson)<br />
Spencer ’61, Billie (Doades) Furnish ’60,<br />
Barbara (Gamble) Anderson ’60, Robert<br />
Coble ’57, Robert Williams ’51, Edward<br />
Siegel ’54, Betty (Wonn) Chastain ’60, Sally<br />
(Thiesing) Earl ’62, Marilyn (Zellers) Williams<br />
’57, Jerrie (Henry) Suckow ’59 and Ann<br />
(Martinez) Mahan ’58. In row four are: Lloyd<br />
Spencer ’57, Morris Davis ’57, Ray Spencer<br />
’57, Roger Furnish ’59, Jack Chastain ’59,<br />
Elmo Carver ’59, Dan Wonn ’59, Robert<br />
Frellick ’54 and Stephen Suckow ’60.<br />
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Homecoming brought hundreds of alumni back to <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, Oct. 15–18, for three days of special gatherings.<br />
The traditional football game, privy burning and class reunions were a bridge to the past while other activities provided<br />
the chance for alumni to experience <strong>Franklin</strong> in new ways. Alumni may never forget attending the 175-year anniversary<br />
fireworks display after the Hail to <strong>Franklin</strong> Dinner, seeing two parachutists descend onto the football field with the<br />
American flag and game ball before kick-off or joining friends for a stroll through the exhibit of historical college photos.<br />
Whether it was your first Homecoming or your 50th, we’re so glad you were “home” with your <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> family.<br />
Here’s a glimpse of your activities:<br />
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2. The John Dame Society recognizes individuals celebrating alumni status of 50 years or more. New members<br />
are inducted during Homecoming each year. In row one are: Jerrie (Henry) Suckow ’59, Donna Gregg ’59,<br />
Sandra (Finchum) Larrison ’59, Charlene (Theall) Frellick ’59, Joella (Boyer) Patterson ’59, Betty (Packard)<br />
Voris ’59, Joseph Lee ’59, Caryol (McColley) Ribble ’59, Marge (Reasoner) Coble ’59. In row two are: Joan<br />
(Roler) Norman ’50, Bud Carr ’59, Ken Tull ’58, George Anderson ’59, Elmo Carver ’59, Robert Wilson ’59,<br />
Charles Cragen ’59, Jack Chastain ’59, Henry Volk ’59, Jim Strietelmeier ’59, Leah (McCombs) Hooker ’54<br />
and Martha May Newsom ’49. In row three are: Robert Frellick ’54, Bob Smith ’50, Jim Vandivier ’49,<br />
Bob Coble ’57, Calvin Davis ’49, Roger Furnish ’59, Bill Andrews ’49, Janet (Golba) Keller ’59, Jack Scott ’49,<br />
Connie (Richardson) Van Valer ’59, Rosejane (Pruitt) Smith ’49, Joe Van Valer ’59, Virginia “Ginger”<br />
Johnson Lewis ’49, Carole (Esserman) Thurston ’59, Virginia “Ginny” (Joyce) Rouse ’49, Mary Margaret<br />
(Partenheimer) Webb ’59, Manuel Guerrero ’59, Bob Doles ’57, Pam (Herring) Hicks ’56, Barbara<br />
(Schaefer) Doles ’56, Doris (Brown) Alexander ’53, Marilyn (Zellers) Williams ’57, Dallas Campbell ’49,<br />
Joanne (England) Spears ’49, Barbara (Frellick) Campbell ’49 and Gyneth (Wilson) Fredbeck ’49.<br />
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3. Split end Adam Mellencamp ’10 heads up field as<br />
his team watches on the sideline during the Grizzlies’<br />
50–23 Homecoming football rout of visiting HCAC rival<br />
Anderson University.<br />
4. This panoramic photo, taken from atop the Von Boll<br />
Press Box, shows a packed Faught Stadium and<br />
surrounding areas bustling with reunion tents, tailgaters<br />
and plenty of Grizzlies’ fans.<br />
5. <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> President Jay Moseley and his wife,<br />
Candace, stand with “king” Jon Bush ’10 and “queen”<br />
Amanda McIntosh ’10 after presenting the two with<br />
their Homecoming crowns.<br />
6. The Old Gold luncheon brought together alumni<br />
who graduated in 1959 and previous years. Those<br />
celebrating 50 or more golden years of alumni status<br />
in row one are: Jerrie (Henry) Suckow ’59, Donna<br />
Gregg ’59, Sandra (Finchum) Larrison ’59, Joella<br />
(Boyer) Patterson ’59, Betty (Packard) Voris ’59,<br />
Joseph Lee ’59, Caryol (McColley) Ribble ’59 and<br />
Marge (Reasoner) Coble ’59. In row two are: Bud<br />
Carr ’59, Ken Tull ’58, George Anderson ’59, Elmo<br />
Carver ’59, Robert Wilson ’59, Charles Cragen ’59,<br />
Jack Chastain ’59, Henry Volk ’59 and Jim<br />
Strietelmeier ’59. In row three are: Roger Furnish ’59,<br />
Janet (Golba) Keller ’59, Connie (Richardson)<br />
Van Valer ’59, Joe Van Valer, Carole (Esserman)<br />
Thurston ’59, Mary Margaret (Partenheimer) Webb<br />
’59 and Manuel Guerrero ’59.<br />
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1. Class of ’64 reunion attendees<br />
are: Susan (Mills) Stretchberry,<br />
Sam Alford, John Orr, Bob<br />
Baldwin and Marty (Mohr)<br />
McCarty.<br />
2. Class of ’69 reunion attendees<br />
in row one are: Nancy Peters,<br />
Linda (Perry) Philpott, Ann<br />
(Miller) Smith, Jane (Totten)<br />
Galin, Cynthia (Winters) Nowka,<br />
Candy (Barnes) Pierce, Christine<br />
(Wroblewski) Raleigh, Susan<br />
(Staab) DeVoss, Janice (Bursie)<br />
Ruszkowski, Nancy (Drake)<br />
Spiker and Bob DeVoss. In row<br />
two are: Mike Ruszkowski, David<br />
Dick, Mike Ehringer, Wayne<br />
Galin, Steve Smith, Bob O’Neill,<br />
Mike Hall, John Buerger, Marty<br />
Cuddyre and Molly (Green)<br />
Cuddyre.<br />
3. The <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong> Athletic Hall of Fame<br />
inductees are John Holden ’92,<br />
former basketball player, Stephanie<br />
Kramer Bot ’95, former basketball<br />
player, and Elmer Britton ’66,<br />
former football player and coach.<br />
4. A. William Carson ’61, John<br />
Chiarotti ’67 and Stephen D.<br />
Leonard display their Alumni<br />
Council Awards, which were<br />
presented during the Hail to<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> dinner. Carson received<br />
the Distinguished Alumni Award.<br />
Chiarotti earned the Alumni<br />
Citation for Lifetime Achievement.<br />
Leonard was named an Associate<br />
Alumnus.<br />
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5. Class of ’74 reunion attendees in row<br />
one are: Annette (Atkinson) Moore,<br />
Chris (Watts) Anderson, Connie<br />
(Baker) Searcy, Peggyann Moore and<br />
Helen (Kunkel) Dwyer. In row two are:<br />
Dan Moore, Greg Rice, Christi Fields,<br />
Dee (Arnette) Dickerson, Sandy<br />
(Jones) Wright, Mark Herzog, Jeff<br />
O’Brien, Jim Wedding, Dave Lett, Kent<br />
Tresslar and Steve Fisher.<br />
6. Class of ’79 reunion attendees in row<br />
one are: Cheryl (Michel) Chojnacki,<br />
LuAnn (Young) Edwards, Kathy Tucker<br />
and Nancy A. Busenbark. In row two<br />
are: Lisa K. Rosenberger, Lisa (Kitchen)<br />
Butt, Paula Mitchell and Mark Loyd.<br />
In row three are: Willard Moore, Chris<br />
Sokolek, Cheryl (Smith) Cutshall,<br />
Elaine Crabtree, Lisa (Heath) Fisher<br />
and Joe Walters. In row four are: Randy<br />
Pease, John Markwalter, Holly<br />
(Fergason) Pease, Nancy (Glover)<br />
Carr, Doug West and Jon Robison.<br />
7. The traditional privy burning takes<br />
place after the Hail to <strong>Franklin</strong> Dinner<br />
on Friday night. Students and alumni<br />
gathered to watch near the corner of<br />
Monroe and Forsythe streets.<br />
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1. Class of ’89 reunion attendees in the<br />
first row are: Kimberly Strough-Wingo,<br />
Teresa (Elkin) LeBeau, Angela (Carlton)<br />
Suski, Rachel (Sheeley) Muzzillo,<br />
Amy (Anderson) Godby, Lori (Allison)<br />
Vaughn and Bob Witham. In row two<br />
are: Dave Childres, Bryan Werner,<br />
Amy (Sebree) Crawford, Rex H. Brattain,<br />
Wendy Jones Lamm, Andrew Baldwin,<br />
Libby (Cummings) Terhune and<br />
Troy Vaughn.<br />
2. Class of ’84 reunion attendees in row<br />
one include: Melanie (Parris) Zeiner, Pam<br />
(Anderson) Burpo, Kim (Lafary) Bemis,<br />
Marty Gardner, Amy (Breedlove)<br />
Walker, Patrick Collier, Melani (Smith)<br />
Weed, Cindy (Stewart) Harcourt and<br />
Dean A. Hicks. In row two are:<br />
Todd Bemis, Nancy (Hathaway) Vandell,<br />
Trich (Ison) Foreman, Dave Wehmeier,<br />
Chris Ernstes, Dave Poppino and<br />
Dan Swain. In row three are: Art Bicknell,<br />
Fred Scott, John Carnes and Lynn Zook.<br />
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3. Homecoming includes the traditional Roy E. Tillotson Alumni Golf Tournament at Hillview Country Club. Dan Rose ’96, Bryan Oberholtzer ’96, Eric Dodds ’00 and<br />
Shaun Mahoney ’97 were among the 124 participants.<br />
4. With the Grizzlies and Ravens tied in the second quarter, the cheerleaders look toward football fans in the bleachers and encourage a show of school spirit. Pictured are<br />
Natalie Snyder ’13, Brooke Gilbert ’11 and Sarah Gerkin ’13.<br />
5. Class of ’94 reunion attendees in row one are: Allison (Butler) Spegal, Michelle (Miller) Hoggard, Nicolina (Cobo) Kurek, Ellen (Prohaska) Brunner and Diana<br />
(Daugherty) Wilson. In row two are: Tyler Knight, Erik Arkenberg, Dave Dunkle and Cary Guse.<br />
6. Running back Ethan Cook ’13 stiff-arms a would-be Anderson University tackler after taking a handoff from quarterback Nathan Ellis ’12 (left) in <strong>Franklin</strong>’s victory over<br />
the Ravens.<br />
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1. Class of ’99 reunion attendees in row one are: Monica (Coons) Anderson, Meg (Tucker) Sullivan,<br />
Brooke (Wagoner) Worland, Jenny (Norton) Mowrey, Jocelyn (Pollock) Taylor, Tara Taylor,<br />
Abby (Sanders) Warren, Allyson (Heminger) Sever and Matthew Simpson. In row two are: Andrea<br />
Shirley, Doug Black, Kizzy (Smith) Becker, Mandy (Gallion) Prenger, Elisabet (Somer) Murray and<br />
Mike Sever.<br />
2. The <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Grizzlies raise their helmets in celebration of a football victory over Anderson<br />
University. The final score was 50–23.<br />
3. The Homecoming hospitality suite includes a large display of historic photos, enabling alumni and<br />
friends to take a walk through college history.<br />
4. Several fans withstand the 48-degree game day with bare chests to show allegiance to their home<br />
team. These football fanatics are Jon Weaver ’12, Barry Swigart ’13, Kris Knoblock ’13, Michael<br />
Cooper ’13, Bryant Wagner ’13 and Matt Hamm ’11.<br />
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5. Class of ’04 reunion attendees in<br />
row one are: Nicole (Stutler) Luhman,<br />
Sarah (Boyd) Mahoy, Ashley (Morris)<br />
Holzhausen, Natalie (Coers) Mathes<br />
and Molly (Crone) Frische. In row two<br />
are: Jennifer Bennett, Trisha Taylor,<br />
Chris Holzhausen, Daniel Frische,<br />
Matt Callen and Jessica (Irrgang)<br />
Zepik.<br />
6. Several former and current theater<br />
majors tailgate before the game.<br />
In front are Alycyn Pratt ’08 and<br />
Magen Kritsch ’08. Behind them are<br />
Zach Morris ’11, Brittany Burkett ’10,<br />
Kelly Lynch ’11, Abby Copeland ’<strong>09</strong><br />
and Kevin Whittington ’07. In the<br />
back are Kole Christian ’12, Brandon<br />
Clark ’12, Ben Fisher ’10, Leslie<br />
Chaney ’10 and Josh Dickey ’12.<br />
7. The cheerleaders’ reunion drew a<br />
large crowd of cheerleaders past and<br />
present. Pictured in the first row are:<br />
Jessika Osborne ’12, Katlyn Kling ’12<br />
and Brooke Gilbert ’12. In the second<br />
row are: Lindsay Letner ’11, Natalie<br />
Snyder ’13, Allie Paul ’12, Kati<br />
Graber ’13, Sarah Gerkin ’13,<br />
Kathleen Spencer ’10, Megan<br />
Mattingly ’11, Emily Grant ’11 and<br />
Brittany Lemons ’13. In the third row<br />
are: Sara (Beeson) Smith ’07,<br />
Marty (Mohr) McCarty ’64, Jill<br />
(Carter) Snyder ’93, Tammy (Allison)<br />
Honeycutt ’88, Donna (Beeler)<br />
Manley ’74, Peggy (Bond) Thompson<br />
’73, Marcia (Busenbark) Kinderman<br />
’75, Nadine (Dellekamp) Shepler ’61,<br />
Annette (Dellekamp) Boyle ’60,<br />
Nancy Peters ’69, Nicole Hensley ’08<br />
and Heather (Wright) Reynolds ’08.<br />
In the fourth row are: Mary Ellen Pfifer,<br />
Kelly (Spanier) McMahon ’87, Becky<br />
Albano-Miller ’78, Marilyn (Brackman)<br />
Dunn ’59, Ondrea Elkins ’08 and<br />
Christy Goodman ’10.
PHOTO BY RENEE KEAN ’06<br />
AROUND CAMPUS<br />
Living legacies<br />
Following in the footsteps of relatives who are attending or have graduated from <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a family<br />
tradition for many students. Within a family, the custom may even span multiple generations. Each student —<br />
past or present — represents the family’s <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> legacy. This fall, 31 new students who proudly carry<br />
on their family legacy and share a place in <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> history gathered for a photo.<br />
Class of <strong>20</strong>13 legacy students seated in the front row are (relatives’ names are in parentheses): Daniel Morris (Grandmother, Helen List<br />
Crawford ’61; Grandfather, John “Jack” Morris ’61), Ellen Sichting (Father, Daniel Sichting ’85), Amber Mahan (Aunt, Daneen Butler ’03),<br />
Jenna Daugherty (Grandfather, Wayne Daugherty ’61; Sister, Natalie Daugherty ’10), Kinzie Caudill (Uncle, Greg Erdman ’78), Keri<br />
LeBeau (Mother, Teresa Elkin LeBeau ’89), Miriam Flake (Sister, Rebekah Flake Scott ’03), Samantha Pierson (Aunt, Melissa Pierson ’93)<br />
and Sarah Seward (Father, Tom A. Seward ’86; Grandfather, Tom G. Seward ’54; Uncle David Seward ’91).<br />
Standing in the middle row are: Natalie Snyder (Mother, Jill Carter Snyder ’87; Father, Rodney Snyder ’87), Mackenzie Church (Greatgrandfather,<br />
William Church ’34), Matt Brems (Mother, Nora Lowe Brems ’87; Father, Bill Brems ’87), Kristina Dunn (Uncle, Rob Ray ’80;<br />
Cousin, Kyle Ray ’11), Shannon Beatty (Brother, Kyle Beatty ’04), Bethany Sinkhorn (Brother, Alex Barr ’<strong>09</strong>), Kye Durbin (Cousin, Tim<br />
Stearns ’87), Payge Liggett (Sister, Katie Ellis ’07), Tyler Schmidt (Aunts Betsy Schmidt ’85 and Maleta Fisher Schmidt ’96), Emily Tucker<br />
(Grandfather, Randy Tucker ’53), Tyler Kelly (Sisters Barbara Kelly ’11 and Lindsey (Kelly) Estep ’07; Brother-in-law Mickey Estep ’08),<br />
Ashley Roell (Brother, Tyler Roell ’10), Becca White (Mother, Cheryl Deckard White ’86), Sara Talbert (Cousin, Lissa Talbert ’08),<br />
Lydia Robertson (Brother, Ben Robertson ’08) and Isaac Pollert (Mother Cheryl Slone Pollert ’87; Father Tom Pollert ’91).<br />
Standing in the back row are: Rain Tuley (Sister, Anna Tuley ’12), Nick Stoia (Cousin, Maggie Nuttall ’05), Justin White (Aunt, Becky<br />
Nichols Skirvin ’93; Cousin, Sean Beeson ’<strong>09</strong>; Cousin, Corey Beeson ’12), Tyler Heavin (Aunt, Karen Nelson Heavin ’96), Alec DeWitt<br />
(Father, Dave DeWitt ’85; Sister, Ashlyn DeWitt ’10) and Todd Clark (Aunt, Karen Shurcliff Girgis ’91).<br />
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<strong>College</strong> earns governor’s award<br />
PHOTO BY DENISE SZOCKA<br />
Pictured in the front are: Tom Patz, manager for organizational development and safety, Thomas Easterly,<br />
commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Carmen Alejo ’11 Green Team<br />
student leader, Ray Pena ’12 Green Team student leader, Lisa (Combs) Fears ’89, vice president for<br />
planning, plant and technology, and Rick Bossingham, assistant commissioner of IDEM’s Office of Pollution<br />
Prevention and Technical Assistance. In the back are: Les Petroff, food service director, Mark Lecher ’00,<br />
director of plant operations; Alice Heikens, biology professor, Betsy Schmidt ’85, director of development<br />
research, and Larry Bridges, superintendent of grounds.<br />
By Samantha Parker ’11<br />
Pulliam Fellow<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> has received an Indiana Governor’s Award for Environmental<br />
Excellence in recognition of its campus composting program.<br />
During a ceremony held on Sept. 10 at the Indiana University Purdue University-<br />
Indianapolis campus, Indiana Department of Environmental Management Commissioner<br />
Thomas Easterly presented the award to college representatives Tom Patz, project manager<br />
for organizational development and safety, and Lisa (Combs) Fears ’89, vice president for<br />
planning, plant and technology.<br />
Through the college’s award-winning composting program, yard and appropriate<br />
cafeteria food waste was collected and deposited into bins located on campus. Faculty<br />
members integrated the program into their courses by asking students to keep statistics<br />
and data to determine what combination of brown and green materials resulted in the<br />
fastest breakdown of materials and what produced the best nutrient-rich compost.<br />
Compost harvested from the bins was used in landscaping around campus.<br />
The composting efforts resulted in 50 tons of waste being converted, saving the college<br />
approximately $6,500 in vendor fees and landscaping materials. The composting program<br />
is just one example of the college’s comprehensive commitment to campus “greening,”<br />
said Patz. Other efforts include installation of energy-saving lighting, green classroom<br />
practices, native tree planting, recycled material purchases and student and community<br />
educational program development.<br />
“We are thrilled that <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> has received this recognition from the governor’s<br />
office,” said Patz. “Our campus Green Team is a wonderful example of the collaboration<br />
that occurs at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> in an engaged, talented and active community of lifelong<br />
learners.”<br />
The Green Team is a voluntary committee of student leaders, alumni, faculty and<br />
staff who influence how decisions are made and resources are allocated to achieve the<br />
institutional goal of climate neutrality. The college president and his cabinet members<br />
also are involved.<br />
Trayless dining helps<br />
support campus greening<br />
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96<br />
Editor<br />
Returning students may have noticed<br />
something missing from the dining hall<br />
the first time they had a meal in the Napolitan<br />
Student Center — plastic trays. Sodexo food<br />
services introduced the trayless dining<br />
concept at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> in August.<br />
According to food service director<br />
Les Petroff, the college has seen a reduction<br />
of about 1,000 gallons of water usage per<br />
week since the change was implemented.<br />
The amount of detergents and electricity<br />
needed for clean-up also has been reduced.<br />
Over the long run, dining overhead should<br />
reduce as the need to purchase or replace<br />
trays diminishes.<br />
Sodexo Inc., parent company of <strong>Franklin</strong>’s<br />
student dining services, began challenging<br />
college campuses to go trayless in <strong>20</strong>08 as<br />
part of a corporate commitment to reduce<br />
water, waste and negative impact on the<br />
environment. In the first year, the company<br />
reported that 150 of its 600 campus clients<br />
retired their trays, which calculated to be a<br />
savings of about <strong>20</strong>0 gallons of water a day<br />
per 1,000 meals served.<br />
In a press release, Tom Post, president of<br />
campus dining for Sodexo Inc. said,<br />
“Campuses that have tossed the trays also<br />
report reduced food waste.”<br />
Some colleges cite that trayless service<br />
also has helped decrease over-eating among<br />
students because they opt to keep socializing<br />
during mealtime rather than leave the table<br />
to get more food.<br />
According to the USDA, Americans waste<br />
almost 25 percent of all food produced<br />
annually in the United States, every person<br />
generates 1.3 pounds of food waste daily<br />
and food waste accounts for 12 percent of all<br />
U.S. landfill material.<br />
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AROUND CAMPUS<br />
Empowering girls in<br />
math, science, technology<br />
More than 30 participants took part in<br />
a summer camp created to empower girls<br />
to excel in math, science and technology.<br />
The Girls in Power Camp, sponsored by<br />
the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> AmeriCorps program<br />
and Johnson County Community<br />
Foundation through a grant written<br />
by Annie McEwan ’<strong>09</strong>, was held on the<br />
college campus July 13–16.<br />
“It is important to encourage young<br />
women to develop an interest in science<br />
and technology for future career paths as<br />
well as to learn that they can be successful<br />
in these areas,” said Jann Johnson, college<br />
director of professional development and<br />
AmeriCorps.<br />
Some highlights of the camp activities<br />
included a Rube Goldberg exercise in<br />
which <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> AmeriCorps<br />
volunteers helped the girls make a<br />
complex device to perform a simple task,<br />
a hands-on learning session led by Society<br />
Student responds<br />
expertly thanks<br />
to training<br />
his physical therapy.<br />
PHOTO BY ETHAN LEFFEL ’11 Lindsay Letner ’11 helps Jacob Crow ’11 with<br />
of Women Engineers volunteer Denise<br />
Curtis and an interactive project in<br />
forensic science conducted under the<br />
supervision of Gina Ammerman,<br />
professor of forensic science for Indiana<br />
University-Purdue University Indianapolis.<br />
The girls also attended a learning session<br />
with <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Technology Trainer<br />
Vicki Mast. Guided by Mast, the girls<br />
made their own movies with the theme<br />
“Women Who Make a Difference.”<br />
Each day of the camp was dedicated to<br />
introducing the girls to role models and<br />
resources that could inspire them to<br />
succeed academically in preparation for<br />
college and a career. Along with promoting<br />
science, math and technology, the<br />
camp also presented information to help<br />
the girls make informed choices about<br />
healthy lifestyles and building self-esteem.<br />
“Through the discussion of these topics<br />
and other planned activities our hope is<br />
By Cathleen Nine ’11<br />
Pulliam Fellow<br />
For most students at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>,<br />
move-in day is a time to worry about arranging<br />
the furniture. For Lindsay Letner ’11, it<br />
was an entirely different experience. Letner<br />
was driving from her home in Bloomington,<br />
Ind., down State Road 44 when she spotted<br />
something out of the ordinary.<br />
PHOTO BY ETHAN LEFFEL ’11<br />
that the girls came away with not only<br />
exciting knowledge about careers but also<br />
a more positive attitude about themselves,”<br />
said Kristen Stout ’11, Girls in Power<br />
Camp coordinator.<br />
“I saw two guys standing on a dangerous<br />
corner of State Road 44, and another was<br />
lying on the ground; it didn’t look right,”<br />
said Letner, an athletic training major.<br />
Letner, unsure of whether to stop for<br />
three strangers, initially drove past the<br />
accident but decided to turn around and<br />
offer help to the injured man, Randy<br />
Lowe. He and two friends were on a<br />
50-mile bike trip from Greenwood to<br />
Morgantown. The three men were<br />
experienced bicyclists who often rode<br />
together. Lowe crashed when a dog ran<br />
into the road and hit his bike; he was<br />
severely injured in the crash.<br />
Drawing from her experiences from<br />
inside and outside the classroom,<br />
Letner approached the injured man<br />
and evaluated his condition, with the<br />
help of the other two men.<br />
“I did a quick assessment that I learned<br />
from my athletic training,” Letner said.<br />
“We made sure he didn’t need an<br />
ambulance.”<br />
However, the three decided Lowe<br />
should be transported to the hospital.<br />
Letner, whose car was loaded down with<br />
things for her dorm room, made room<br />
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Girls in Power Camp participants brainstorm about<br />
how to use different types of simple machines to pour<br />
water into a cup without using their hands.<br />
for Lowe. She drove him to Johnson<br />
Memorial Hospital, where she had<br />
previously served a college internship.<br />
When they arrived at the hospital, Letner<br />
explained the situation to the triage<br />
nurse, telling her Lowe appeared to have<br />
a broken hip and collar bone. Lowe was<br />
treated at the hospital for broken ribs, a<br />
concussion and broken collar bone, and<br />
a pin was placed in his hip.<br />
After the accident, Lowe’s friends<br />
remembered that Letner said she was<br />
an athletic training major at <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>. They tracked her down through<br />
the school to send her a thank-you note.<br />
The note congratulated Letner on being<br />
a first responder to the accident, a<br />
comment that particularly sticks with her.<br />
“It was my first time to be a first<br />
responder to something,” said Letner.<br />
“That was pretty cool.”<br />
Bicyclist Donald Lauer said he was most<br />
impressed that Letner turned around to<br />
help out strangers.<br />
“She couldn’t have been nicer,” said<br />
Lauer. She is a great ambassador for<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>. She spoke well for<br />
herself and her school.”<br />
New course to focus on women in leadership<br />
By Samantha Parker ’11<br />
Pulliam Fellow<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> realized women were crucial to the education<br />
equation just eight years after the college’s inception, when it became<br />
the first co-educational college in Indiana and the seventh in the<br />
nation in 1842. That catalyst for leadership and social action had a<br />
profound effect on changing the landscape of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>,<br />
where today the student enrollment is approximately 50 percent<br />
women, and the leadership positions of Student Congress President,<br />
college board of trustees chair and college vice president for planning,<br />
plant and technology are held by women.<br />
Women’s contributions, then and<br />
now, at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> and around<br />
the world, are the foundation for the<br />
Leadership Department’s new<br />
“Women in Leadership” course that<br />
will be offered this spring.<br />
“We will discuss historical attitudes<br />
toward women in power positions as<br />
well as the extensive current research<br />
on women in leadership,” said Bonnie<br />
Pribush, director of leadership development<br />
and course instructor. “We<br />
will also talk about the personal skills<br />
necessary for success in leadership<br />
today, and the impact of cultural<br />
differences.”<br />
The “Women in Leadership” course<br />
evolved from a program last year that<br />
required the college’s major scholarship<br />
winners to meet periodically with<br />
the leadership department director<br />
and work on developing leadership<br />
projects that engaged them with the<br />
college community. The three recipients<br />
for <strong>20</strong>08–<strong>09</strong> were all women, and<br />
they were inspired by their opportunity<br />
to meet current board of trustees<br />
chair Susan Johnson DeVoss ’65, the<br />
first woman in <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> history<br />
to hold the position. The course was<br />
developed in response to the students’<br />
interest and their suggestions made<br />
during the program.<br />
The “Women in Leadership” course<br />
will be offered in two formats: A onecredit<br />
version for <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
students and women in the community<br />
will consist of four weekend workshops,<br />
one reflection discussion and<br />
a paper. An additional two credits will<br />
be offered to traditional <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> students who will meet during<br />
a regular class to discuss class readings.<br />
Four speakers have been selected to<br />
lead workshops: The first is Linda<br />
Carli, an associate professor of<br />
psychology at Wellesley <strong>College</strong> and<br />
co-author of Through the Labrynth —<br />
The Truth about How Women Became<br />
Leaders. Carolyn Davis, president of<br />
Alliance Coaching and an executive<br />
coach and leadership consultant, is<br />
the second speaker. The third speaker<br />
is Ethlie Ann Vare, author of Mothers<br />
of Invention. Vare will speak to the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> community in<br />
March as part of the college’s 175th<br />
anniversary convocation series and<br />
Women’s History Month celebration.<br />
The fourth is Juana Bordas, president<br />
of Mestiza Leadership International<br />
and author of Salsa, Soul and Spirit.<br />
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PHOTO BY RENEE KEAN ’06<br />
AROUND CAMPUS<br />
Lugar urges education reform, direction in Afghanistan<br />
By Samantha Parker ’11<br />
Pulliam Fellow<br />
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar kicked off the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> 175th anniversary convocation<br />
series on Sept. <strong>20</strong> with a lecture<br />
focused on education reform and the<br />
future of American troops in Afghanistan.<br />
“I still believe that the educational<br />
system in our country remains an area in<br />
great need of bold reform and courageous<br />
leadership and vision,” said Lugar. “The<br />
issues may be different than during my days<br />
Former Lugar interns include Cathleen Nine ’11,<br />
Amanda (Personett) Shelley ’07, Colleen<br />
Merkel ’07, Wayne Stanley ’08, Rochelle Revor<br />
’08, Zach Watson ’10 and Renee Estridge ’11.<br />
Kayla Cash ’11 is the current <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
intern in Washington, D.C., this semester.<br />
on the [Indianapolis] school board [in the<br />
1960s], but our country currently faces an<br />
enormous challenge in strengthening and<br />
adapting our educational system to meet<br />
higher standards, improve accountability<br />
and increase our country’s competitiveness<br />
internationally.”<br />
He cited that Indiana’s high school<br />
graduation rates range from 13.3 percent<br />
to 99.3 percent, with the average hovering<br />
around 70 percent over the past several<br />
years.<br />
He also noted that the U.S. doesn’t<br />
stack-up internationally; 40 years ago,<br />
America had the best graduation rates in<br />
the world. Now, the U.S. ranks 18th.<br />
“Estimates show that if the gap in<br />
performance were closed, the GDP<br />
would be 1.3 to 2.3 trillion dollars higher,”<br />
Lugar said. “This number represents a<br />
staggering 9–16 percent of our Gross<br />
Domestic Product. Consider, in the midst<br />
of the current financial crisis, what such a<br />
boost would mean to the economy.”<br />
Lugar said one key to raising the<br />
standard of American education is to<br />
ensure that teachers meet minimal<br />
requirements for the subject which<br />
they teach. Lugar said he will try to<br />
champion education reform efforts at a<br />
federal level.<br />
Journalist promotes peace, builds schools<br />
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96<br />
Editor<br />
The co-author of the New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s<br />
Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time was a guest lecturer in October.<br />
Journalist Greg Mortenson spoke to a full house in the Spurlock Center<br />
gymnasium during his lecture, which was part of the college’s 175th anniversary<br />
convocation series.<br />
Mortenson’s book tells the story of his attempt to reach the peak of K2 in<br />
1993. After a failed attempt, he was exhausted and disoriented and wandered<br />
away from his group into the most desolate reaches of northern Pakistan.<br />
Alone, without food, water or shelter, he stumbled into an impoverished<br />
Pakistani village where he was nursed back to health.<br />
Lugar also touched briefly on America’s<br />
involvement in Afghanistan, saying<br />
President Obama faces a major political<br />
problem within the Senate.<br />
“There are a number of members<br />
questioning what our objectives are in<br />
[Afghanistan] quite apart from whether<br />
we ought to have more people there,”<br />
said Lugar. “[Some suggest] Al Qaeda<br />
may be in 10 or <strong>20</strong> places.”<br />
Lugar said one solution filtering<br />
through the Senate is a mobile force<br />
comprised of land, water and air forces<br />
stationed across the Middle East in<br />
hospitable locations.<br />
Since <strong>20</strong>04, Lugar has partnered with<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> on an intern program,<br />
giving journalism students the opportunity<br />
to work with the press team at his office<br />
in Washington, D.C. One past participant,<br />
Wayne Stanley ’08, joined Lugar’s Fort<br />
Wayne, Ind., press office as a full-time<br />
staff member upon graduating from<br />
college. Stanley and several other former<br />
interns attended Lugar’s recent lecture.<br />
The college’s convocation series will<br />
continue through April. To view the<br />
full schedule of speakers go to<br />
www.franklincollege.edu and click on<br />
the anniversary logo or request a brochure<br />
at (317) 738-8185.<br />
New York Times best-selling author Greg Mortenson autographs<br />
Three Cups of Tea for Natalie Snyder ’13 while DeAmber<br />
Jaggers ’13 waits her turn.<br />
While recovering he observed the village’s 84 children sitting outdoors, scratching their lessons in the dirt with sticks. The village<br />
was so poor that it could not afford the $1-a-day salary to hire a teacher. When Mortenson left the village, he promised that he would<br />
return to build them a school. Since then he’s made his life’s work a humanitarian campaign to help the children of Pakistan and<br />
Afghanistan. To date, Mortenson has helped establish 78 schools.<br />
During his lecture, the audience had a chance to ask questions about the book and hear Mortenson’s message about how character<br />
and determination really can change the world.<br />
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Jamie Bromley, assistant professor of<br />
psychology, teaches general psychology,<br />
theories of personality and abnormal<br />
psychology. She holds a doctorate in<br />
counseling psychology from the University<br />
of Akron and a master’s degree in<br />
psychology from Duquesne University.<br />
Her bachelor’s degree in psychology is<br />
from the University of Dallas.<br />
Karen Burgard, assistant professor of<br />
education, teaches educational psychology,<br />
geography and social studies methods.<br />
She currently is pursuing a doctorate in<br />
interdisciplinary education and history.<br />
She holds a master of arts in education<br />
from University of Missouri-Kansas City<br />
and a master of integrated humanities in<br />
education from Rockhurt University.<br />
Her bachelor’s degree in education is<br />
from University of Missouri-Columbia.<br />
Jamie Bromley Karen Burgard Kevin R. Burke<br />
Heather Clifton Nicolas Crisafulli Lynn Fletcher<br />
<strong>College</strong> welcomes new faculty<br />
Kevin R. Burke, assistant professor of<br />
fine arts in music, teaches music history<br />
and music theory courses and serves as<br />
coordinator of instrumental music. He<br />
currently is preparing to defend his<br />
dissertation for a doctorate in musicology<br />
from the University of Cincinnati, <strong>College</strong>-<br />
Conservatory of Music; he holds a master<br />
of music degree in music history from<br />
the same institution. His bachelor of<br />
music in French horn performance is<br />
from Appalachian State University, Hayes<br />
School of Music.<br />
Heather Clifton, laboratory coordinator<br />
for the Natural Sciences Division, teaches<br />
general chemistry laboratory courses. She<br />
holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in<br />
chemistry from Ball State University.<br />
faculty/staff NEWS<br />
Thirteen distinguished full-time faculty members joined the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> family in August. Like<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>’s outstanding returning faculty members, they share a deep commitment to preparing students<br />
for significant careers through the liberal arts. Please join the college in welcoming these full-time<br />
faculty members:<br />
Nicolas Crisafulli, lecturer of fine arts,<br />
teaches acting, theater appreciation and<br />
public speaking. He holds a master of fine<br />
arts degree in theater directing from the<br />
University of Memphis and a bachelor’s<br />
degree in theater arts and political science<br />
from Presbyterian <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Lynn Fletcher, assistant professor of<br />
biology, teaches introductory biology for<br />
non-majors and biology for education<br />
majors. She holds a doctorate in<br />
neurobiology and behavior from Cornell<br />
University. Her bachelor’s degree in<br />
biological sciences is from Mount Holyoke<br />
<strong>College</strong>.<br />
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faculty/staff NEWS<br />
Casey Hayes, assistant professor of fine<br />
arts in music, teaches the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
choral ensembles, music appreciation<br />
courses and private voice lessons. He<br />
holds a doctorate in music education<br />
from New York University. His master’s<br />
degree in choral conducting and his<br />
bachelor’s degree in music education<br />
are from Butler University.<br />
Heather Mollé, assistant professor of<br />
mathematics, teaches a variety of math<br />
courses, including functions and models,<br />
calculus, quantitative reasoning and<br />
differential equations. She is currently<br />
pursuing a doctorate of philosophy in<br />
mathematics from the University of Iowa.<br />
Her bachelor of science degree in mathematics<br />
and physics, and her bachelor of<br />
arts degree in mathematics are from<br />
Truman State University.<br />
Casey Hayes Heather Mollé Dianne Moneypenny<br />
Christine Nemcik Randall Smith Kristin Wasielewski<br />
Dianne Moneypenny, instructor of modern<br />
languages, teaches Spanish 100- and<br />
300-level courses. She is currently pursuing<br />
a doctorate in Spanish literature from<br />
the University of Kentucky. She holds<br />
a master’s degree in Spanish from the<br />
University of Louisville and a bachelor’s<br />
degree in biology and Spanish from<br />
Indiana University Southeast.<br />
Sarah Mordan-McCombs, assistant<br />
professor of biology, teaches principles<br />
of biology, anatomy and physiology,<br />
genetics and molecular biotechnology.<br />
She holds a doctorate in biology from<br />
Notre Dame University. Her bachelor’s<br />
degree in biology is from DePauw<br />
University.<br />
Christine Nemcik, assistant professor of<br />
history, teaches courses in the liberal arts<br />
core curriculum, including The Self in<br />
Society: Thinking, Reading, and Writing<br />
Critically and The Past and Present:<br />
The World Since 1750, as well as courses<br />
in Latin American history. She holds both<br />
a doctorate and master’s degree in Latin<br />
American history from Indiana University.<br />
Her bachelor’s degree in history and<br />
German is from Illinois Wesleyan<br />
University.<br />
Sarah Mordan-McCombs<br />
Randall Smith, assistant professor of<br />
political science, teaches Introduction to<br />
International Relations, International Law<br />
and Organizations, Social and Political<br />
Thought, Climate Change and You:<br />
Making A Difference and American<br />
Constitutional Law. He holds a doctorate<br />
in political science from the University of<br />
Illinois at Chicago and a master’s degree<br />
in political science from the University of<br />
Illinois at Springfield. His bachelor’s<br />
degree in political science is from Quincy<br />
University.<br />
Kristin Wasielewski, assistant professor<br />
of modern languages, teaches a variety<br />
of French courses, ranging from<br />
intermediate- to career-level as well as<br />
advanced grammar and composition.<br />
She also teaches Introduction to French<br />
Culture. She holds a doctorate, master’s<br />
and bachelor’s degrees from the<br />
University of Wisconsin-Madison.<br />
She taught part-time at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
for six years prior to accepting a full-time<br />
appointment this academic year.<br />
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<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> coach, athlete honored together<br />
By Rick Morwick<br />
Johnson County Daily Journal staff writer<br />
Reprinted with permission.<br />
For a host of reasons, Ruth (Doub)<br />
Callon ’52 is a legendary figure at <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>. A retired coach and professor,<br />
she essentially created the women’s<br />
athletics program at the school and<br />
devoted most of her adult life to fostering<br />
statewide playing and teaching opportunities<br />
for female athletes.<br />
But of all her achievements at <strong>Franklin</strong>,<br />
one stands out for its uniqueness.<br />
In 1976, she successfully persuaded<br />
the state’s first Miss Basketball, Judi<br />
Warren ’80, to continue her playing<br />
career at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Warren played four standout seasons<br />
for the Grizzlies before embarking on a<br />
successful high school coaching career<br />
that included guiding Carmel to a runnerup<br />
finish in the 1995 state finals.<br />
Thirty-five years later, Callon and<br />
Warren, who both are members of the<br />
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, remain<br />
close friends.<br />
And fittingly, they are among the<br />
women honored on July 30 during the<br />
Indiana Fever’s “Inspiring Women Night.”<br />
During the Fever’s game against the<br />
Connecticut Sun, 15 female sports and<br />
community leaders from central Indiana<br />
were recognized in a halftime presentation.<br />
Legendary University of Tennessee<br />
women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt<br />
was the guest speaker.<br />
Callon, 79, relished the opportunity to<br />
share the moment with her former star<br />
player.<br />
“I’m proud and humbled to be recognized<br />
with Judi,” said Callon, a lifelong<br />
Whiteland resident. “She’s done such an<br />
excellent job being the first Miss<br />
Basketball.<br />
“She had a genuine care and respect for<br />
the girls she coached. Anything she does,<br />
she does to the best of her ability.”<br />
Warren, 51, was equally delighted to<br />
share the halftime spotlight with Callon,<br />
who coached the Grizzlies from 1962–83.<br />
“Ruth Callon is the reason I went<br />
there,” said Warren, who was named<br />
Miss Basketball and the state’s first female<br />
Mental Attitude Award winner after<br />
leading Warsaw to the state championship<br />
in the inaugural year of the IHSAA girls<br />
basketball tournament.<br />
Despite her success on the court,<br />
Warren was ready to hang up her hightops<br />
and pursue a degree in education at<br />
Ball State.<br />
But her plans changed after a series<br />
of conversations with Callon.<br />
In 1976, only two Indiana colleges<br />
offered scholarships for women’s basketball.<br />
Indiana State was one of them.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, an NAIA member at<br />
the time, was the other.<br />
“(Callon) was pretty persistent and<br />
encouraged me to come down to<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>,” Warren said. “Once I did, I was<br />
pretty much sold.”<br />
Warren, a multisport athlete at Warsaw,<br />
started four seasons on the Grizzlies’<br />
basketball and field hockey teams.<br />
After college, she embarked on a<br />
<strong>20</strong>-year head coaching career that<br />
included stops at South Dearborn<br />
(1980–81), Maconaquah (1982–1988)<br />
and Carmel (1988–<strong>20</strong>00).<br />
Warren retired from coaching after<br />
the <strong>20</strong>00 season but still teaches<br />
elementary physical education in the<br />
Carmel school system.<br />
“(Callon) was definitely an inspiration<br />
to me for going into coaching,” Warren<br />
said. “She’s very genuine and very<br />
caring for anyone who needs a hand<br />
for anything.<br />
“She’s always there to help.”<br />
Besides coaching and teaching at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>, Callon was a pioneer in the<br />
overall advancement of girls and women’s<br />
sports in Indiana.<br />
When she began coaching and teaching<br />
at the college in 1962, women’s athletics<br />
were highly unorganized and lacked a<br />
governing body.<br />
Callon changed that by leading a<br />
committee that formed the Indiana<br />
Collegiate Women’s Sports Organization.<br />
Besides providing women’s college<br />
teams with their own league, the<br />
sports<br />
organization drafted uniform rules and<br />
eligibility for member schools.<br />
In addition, Callon was one of the first<br />
in Indiana to establish skills camps and<br />
summer basketball camps for high school<br />
junior and senior girls. In 1973, she served<br />
on the IHSAA’s first girls advisory board,<br />
which laid the groundwork for the creation<br />
of the girls state tournament series.<br />
Despite her tireless efforts, Callon insists<br />
the credit for leveling the playing field for<br />
females belongs to countless individuals<br />
whose names won’t be mentioned during<br />
tonight’s halftime ceremony.<br />
“There are a lot of women who did as<br />
much or more than I did,” said Callon,<br />
who enjoys gardening and is active in her<br />
church. “God worked things out.<br />
“Now the girls can play and play under<br />
the right conditions with good officiating.<br />
I never in my wildest dreams thought that<br />
women would play professionally.”<br />
Judi Warren ’80 and Ruth (Doub) Callon ’52<br />
stand on the basketball court to be recognized during<br />
the Indiana Fever’s “Inspiring Women Night.”<br />
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PHOTO BY FRANK MCGRATH, INDIANA FEVER
PHOTO BY KEVIN ELIXMAN<br />
sports<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> men’s soccer head coaches:<br />
1984–87 — John McLachlan<br />
1988–90 — Ray Lord<br />
1991 — Brian McManus ’89<br />
1992 — Rahim Elghamni<br />
1993–96 — Tom Pollert ’91<br />
1996–99 — Bob Boucher<br />
<strong>20</strong>00–05 — Maurice Schilten<br />
<strong>20</strong>06–present — Shaun Mahoney ’97<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>’s individual honorees:<br />
NAIA scholar-athlete<br />
1988 — Dan Markham ’89<br />
All-Indiana collegiate athletic<br />
conference first team:<br />
1989 — Mike Sage ’93, Kelley Lasek ’90<br />
1991 — Cory Robertson ’95,<br />
Mark Susemichel ’92<br />
1994 — Andy Glover ’98,<br />
Kristofer Scheid ’97<br />
All-Heartland collegiate athletic<br />
conference first team:<br />
<strong>20</strong>01 — Dominic Favia ’02<br />
<strong>20</strong>03 — Howen Hernandez ’04,<br />
Andy Pickett ’07<br />
<strong>20</strong>05 — Jacob White ’06<br />
<strong>20</strong>07 — Michael Harwood ’<strong>09</strong><br />
<strong>20</strong>08 — Rocky Legge ’10<br />
Participants in the <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong> alumni vs. students soccer game included in row one: Andy Pickett ’07,<br />
Joe Copeland ’05, Jacob White ’06, Kevin Smith ’03, Howen Hernandez ’04, Jody Tooley ’04,<br />
Rob Bush ’08, Ben Robertson ’08 and William Stafford ’99. In row two are: Michael Harwood ’<strong>09</strong>,<br />
Ben Jarvis ’08, Joe Stack ’<strong>09</strong>, Justin VanHorn ’06, T.J. Davis ’06, Nick Rensing ’<strong>09</strong>, Daniel<br />
Schuetz ’97, Gavin Teevan ’99, Brian Davis ’95, Ryan Brodfuehrer ’90, Kelley Lasek ’90,<br />
Brian McManus ’89, Tom Pollert ’91 and Chris Morlock ’93.<br />
Men’s soccer celebrates 25 years<br />
By Kevin Elixman<br />
Sports Information Director<br />
The <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong> fall season marked the 25th for the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> varsity men’s soccer<br />
program. The team celebrated its anniversary with a game in late August between its<br />
current members and an alumni team, featuring Grizzly players from throughout the<br />
program’s history.<br />
Despite reaching the quarter century mark, soccer is the second youngest program<br />
within men’s athletics. Only men’s swimming, which began intercollegiate competition<br />
this academic year, is newer.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> fielded its first men’s soccer team in 1984 under Coach John<br />
McLachlan. The Grizzlies posted a 1–11–1 record that season.<br />
In his first year as head coach, Maurice Schilten coached <strong>Franklin</strong> to its only winning<br />
season (10-9-0) in <strong>20</strong>00. The team was 1–18–0 the previous year. <strong>Franklin</strong> also made its<br />
first Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament in <strong>20</strong>00. The fourth-seeded<br />
Grizzlies fell to top-seeded Anderson University 3–1 at Anderson on Nov. 1, <strong>20</strong>00.<br />
In Schilten’s final season, <strong>Franklin</strong> won North Central <strong>College</strong>’s annual Sal Vaccaro<br />
Tournament for the first time in <strong>20</strong>05.<br />
Tom Pollert ’91 was the second former Grizzly soccer player to become the program’s<br />
head coach, after Brian McManus ’89. Pollert’s son, Isaac Pollert ’13, who joined the<br />
team this season, is the first second-generation soccer player at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Shaun Mahoney ’97, now in his fourth season, is the third former <strong>Franklin</strong> player<br />
to take the head coaching reins and is determined to build a winning program after<br />
coaching at the high school level for 10 years.<br />
Regardless of the team’s accomplishments on the field, Mahoney wants more for his<br />
athletes than wins; he encourages excelling in academics and building camaraderie with<br />
teammates as part of their experience.<br />
“We want them to leave with a sense of the values of the college and to have a sense<br />
of self-discipline. We want soccer to be an extension of the learning experience,” said<br />
Mahoney.<br />
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<strong>20</strong>08–<strong>09</strong> Annual Report<br />
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Message from the board chair:<br />
Dear Alumni and Friends,<br />
Over the past fiscal year, hardly a day has gone by when the<br />
board of trustees has not thought about <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
finances. Chances are you and your family spend significant<br />
time looking at your own financial picture.<br />
Like donors, the board of trustees deliberates extensively<br />
about financial decisions. We take the trust and faith put into<br />
our collective hands very seriously, and we look to <strong>Franklin</strong>’s<br />
history of honorably serving students through wars,<br />
recessions and economic good times as a guiding principle<br />
for our efforts. In a similar way, individual donors reflect on<br />
the value of their <strong>Franklin</strong> experiences as a guide for giving.<br />
We are very grateful that the fiscal year fundraising results<br />
indicate the high value supporters place on their college<br />
experience; fundraising for the <strong>Franklin</strong> Fund totaled<br />
$643,400, which exceeded<br />
the goal, and alumni<br />
participation reached<br />
28 percent. We sincerely<br />
thank you for your loyal<br />
support during a difficult year.<br />
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Your support was significant<br />
to the board of trustees’ work<br />
in doing what we believe is<br />
best for <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>. We<br />
are proud of our fiscal year<br />
accomplishments:<br />
The board of trustees approved an increase in <strong>Franklin</strong>’s<br />
tuition by less than 4 percent and a budget that will give<br />
raises to college employees next year. The incremental tuition<br />
increase helped stabilize enrollment and enable advocacy<br />
for those students whose college of choice is <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
Employee raises are vital to retention and recruitment to<br />
ensure continuation of the caring work that <strong>Franklin</strong>’s faculty<br />
and staff do on behalf of students every day.<br />
The board of trustees also collaborated with <strong>Franklin</strong>’s<br />
employees and students during the process of crafting and<br />
modifying a Campus Master Plan, which, coupled with a more<br />
comprehensive <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Plan, will provide a blueprint<br />
for our actions for the next 10 to 15 years. We will keep you<br />
involved and informed every step of the way as we put into<br />
place plans and programs to meet future needs.<br />
As always, the board of trustees operates with a commitment<br />
to serving students, recruiting and retaining outstanding<br />
faculty and staff, securing the quality of the liberal arts and<br />
spreading the word about the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> experience.<br />
As we work toward building <strong>Franklin</strong>’s endowment,<br />
increasing the <strong>Franklin</strong> Fund for Student Scholarships,<br />
recruiting and retaining outstanding faculty and enhancing<br />
college programs and facilities, the need for your continuing<br />
support will be of high priority. Thank you for being our<br />
partner and enabling us to look at <strong>Franklin</strong>’s future with<br />
confidence.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Susan Johnson DeVoss ’65<br />
Board of Trustees Chair<br />
Message from the president:<br />
Dear Alumni and Friends,<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a sound and strong institution, poised to face the<br />
challenges as our nation continues working through tough economic times.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>, as it has historically, perseveres because of its people. Individuals —<br />
past and present — who have invested their hearts and minds in <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> are our greatest resource.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> is doing well in these difficult times<br />
because of the quality and character of our<br />
supporters, those who believe in our college<br />
mission and are committed to serving students.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>’s supporters care deeply about<br />
preparing men and women for significant careers<br />
through the liberal arts. Moreover, <strong>Franklin</strong>’s<br />
supporters know that learning to think for<br />
oneself, to communicate clearly, and to work with,<br />
for, and on behalf of other people is the true path<br />
to a life of excellence, leadership and service.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>’s career-focused liberal arts experience<br />
coupled with a stable enrollment of approximately<br />
1,000 is integral to effectively fulfilling our<br />
mission. We’re the perfect size for what we do,<br />
making education genuinely interpersonal and<br />
enabling the college to deliver transformative<br />
learning experiences for students.<br />
In these uncertain economic times, the backbone of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> is fiscal<br />
integrity. The Council of Independent <strong>College</strong>s Composite Financial Index<br />
compares 740 colleges in terms of the sufficiency and flexibility of resources, the<br />
management of debt, the performance of assets, and the results of operations.<br />
A score of three is considered the threshold for financial health. In the last six<br />
years, <strong>Franklin</strong>’s scores have progressed from 5.6 to the current 8.6.<br />
While we’re proud of <strong>Franklin</strong>’s tremendous progress, there’s still much work to<br />
do. We hope you’ll join us in securing the future of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
A key strategy for the future is the Campus Master Plan, crafted collaboratively by<br />
faculty, staff, students, alumni and trustees. The plan will guide our thinking<br />
about facilities and grounds for the next 10 to 15 years. As the Campus Master<br />
Plan is integrated into the overall <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Plan, we will explore ways to<br />
fulfill our distinctive mission more effectively. With your help, we will ensure that<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> remains accessible to the students we serve well.<br />
Eleven current students are featured in this Annual Report to provide you with<br />
a glimpse of the outstanding young people your financial gifts assist; they are our<br />
future, the men and women who will go on to make a difference in the world.<br />
Among the same pages are favorite stories told by 11 alumni, whose memories<br />
of <strong>Franklin</strong>’s past serve as an important record of college history.<br />
Then and now, it’s <strong>Franklin</strong>’s people who make this a great time to be a Grizzly.<br />
Thank you for supporting <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> and our students.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Jay Moseley<br />
President
ASSETS<br />
Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,281,595<br />
Accounts receivable, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,031,758<br />
Pledges receivable, net of allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $376,918<br />
Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,782,191<br />
Inventories, prepaid expenses and other assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $556,363<br />
Investments in plant, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,895,901<br />
Bond issue costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $170,968<br />
Cash surrender value of life insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $343,558<br />
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,439,252<br />
LIABILITIES<br />
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $415,660<br />
Accrued payroll and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $560,041<br />
Borrowings under lines of credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,400,000<br />
Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,401,335<br />
Advances from federal agency for student loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,852,<strong>20</strong>3<br />
Liabilities under charitable annuity unitrust agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $806,769<br />
Capital lease obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $126,525<br />
Deferred tuition; fees and deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $298,319<br />
Funds held for campus organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $116,746<br />
Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,977,598<br />
NET ASSETS<br />
Unrestricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,403,697<br />
Temporarily restricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,788,638<br />
Permanently restricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,269,319<br />
TOTAL NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $108,461,654<br />
TOTAL LIABILITES AND NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,439,252<br />
REVENUES<br />
Auxiliaries 14.8%<br />
Investment Income 11.1%<br />
Miscellaneous 0.8%<br />
Tuition and fees 61.9%<br />
Contributions (including pledges) 11.3%<br />
Student services 15.8%<br />
Institutional support 7.9%<br />
Academic support 9.6%<br />
Fundraising 4.0%<br />
Statement of Financial Position<br />
June 30, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong><br />
Endowment Investment<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Endowment is invested according<br />
to the policy adopted by the board of trustees.<br />
An investment committee directs and reviews the<br />
endowment fund policies and performance.<br />
The market value of the endowment investments totals<br />
$69,891,700, as of June 30, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. The majority of the<br />
funds are maintained in the endowment pool; others<br />
are invested individually due to donor restrictions.<br />
Eighteen investment firms are retained to manage the<br />
endowment pool funds. The endowment pool, which<br />
has a balance of $68,041,935, is invested as follows:<br />
Cash and cash equivalents 4.2% . . . . . . . . . . $2,852,945<br />
Bonds 3.5% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,402,225<br />
Bond mutual funds 14.1% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,623,156<br />
Stocks 3.4% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,304,863<br />
Stock mutual funds 37.6% . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,557,068<br />
Alternative investments 29.0% . . . . . . . . . . $19,721,678<br />
Real estate 8.2% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,580,000<br />
Other endowment funds are separately invested per<br />
instructions of the donor. These funds total $1,849,765.<br />
The endowment also includes life income and annuity<br />
funds with a market value of $1,247,672.<br />
EXPENDITURES<br />
Auxiliary enterprises 12.3%<br />
Instruction 23.5%<br />
Student aid 26.9%<br />
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Mary Alice (Wagner) Medlicott ’45<br />
“My experiences as a student took place during the exact<br />
years of World War II, 1941–45.<br />
The morning after the attack on Pearl Harbor, we had<br />
a special college convo, led by then-president William<br />
Gear Spencer. “Prexy” was usually a strictly formal<br />
speaker. That time, however, he became quite emotional,<br />
actually shedding tears as he, who was himself the father<br />
of five sons, observed that we could expect that men of<br />
the campus would be called into service and things in<br />
general on campus and in our society would be changing.<br />
And change they did! Shortly thereafter, the men began<br />
leaving for service, and the women were by far in the<br />
majority. While we continued with campus activities and<br />
traditions, there was a definite change, a sullenness<br />
that pervaded all of campus life. One of my very clear<br />
memories is of girls rushing to pick up their mail<br />
between classes, where they would sit and cry as they<br />
read letters from their boyfriends who were in service.<br />
What a challenge to professors who were desperately<br />
trying to teach!<br />
Social events changed. Dinner dances, for instance, had<br />
often been held in Indianapolis, but with the rationing of<br />
gasoline, out-of-town events were either canceled or<br />
moved back to local places. Like the rest of the country,<br />
we experienced shortages. Women on campus, for<br />
instance, unable to buy nylon hosiery, resorted to<br />
smearing beige-colored cream make up on our legs.<br />
When word would come that the local clothing store<br />
had a shipment of nylons, we would rush downtown to<br />
try to buy some, usually limited to one pair per person.<br />
It was a sobering time, but somehow we were able to<br />
forge happy memories, and the togetherness that we<br />
experienced was conducive to forming bonds of<br />
friendship that have lasted through the years.”<br />
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LEADERS FOR LIFE<br />
Recognizes alumni and friends with<br />
cumulative giving to <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> of $1 million.<br />
† Drs. Otto and Effie Behrens<br />
Dr. and Mrs. V. Von Boll<br />
Drs. Clifford and Paula Dietz<br />
Dr. Margot Lacy Eccles<br />
Carolyn Thurston Holden<br />
Dr. and † Mrs. Robert A.<br />
Johnson<br />
Ruth Lilly<br />
Harry F. McNaught, Jr. —<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Tech Park<br />
Drs. James T. and Sandra Mock<br />
Napolitan<br />
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE<br />
Recognizes alumni and friends with<br />
cumulative giving to <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> of $500,000 or more.<br />
The Circle also honors those who<br />
have made arrangements through<br />
their bequests to remember the college<br />
with a gift of more than<br />
$750,000.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg W. Happe<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hoover<br />
Mr. Frank and † Dr. Joyce Tull<br />
Hutcheon<br />
† Mr. Denzil and Dr. Mary<br />
Margaret Webb<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thorp L. Wolford<br />
AMBASSADORS CIRCLE<br />
Recognizes alumni and friends with<br />
cumulative giving to <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> of $250,000 or more. The<br />
Circle also honors those who have<br />
made arrangements through their<br />
bequests to remember the college<br />
with a gift of more than $500,000.<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. William S.<br />
Hamilton<br />
Gene and Mary Lou Henderson<br />
Mark and Carmen Holeman<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Wil B. Nelp<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Peterson<br />
† deceased<br />
Rod J. Ratcliff<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Charles B.<br />
Van Nuys<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G.<br />
Vandivier<br />
FOUNDERS CIRCLE<br />
Recognizes alumni and friends<br />
with cumulative giving to <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> of $100,000 or more. The<br />
Circle also honors those who have<br />
made arrangements through their<br />
bequests to remember the college<br />
with a gift of more than $250,000.<br />
† Dr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Andrews<br />
Mrs. Nancy H. Auld<br />
Mrs. Evelyn H. Blanford<br />
Marian D. Callon<br />
Mrs. Pauline DeVore Crump<br />
† Dr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Curnutt<br />
Jay M. and Susan J. DeVoss<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Dickinson<br />
† H. Dean and Vera Evans<br />
Christine S. Fields and<br />
Jack Borgerding<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin L. French<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Grimmer<br />
Stephen D. & Susan Klein<br />
Leonard<br />
Elaine and Ted Marston<br />
Patsy Hughes McKee<br />
Alexander R. Mehran<br />
Mr. Bohdan Mysko<br />
† Ms. Marie Pitcher<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Potter<br />
William J. & Vicki Receveur<br />
Ruth A. Schwieger<br />
† Vern and † Libby Sheldon<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Spicer<br />
Ms. Jennifer D. St. Martin<br />
Mr. Tom St. Martin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Tharp<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Tharp<br />
Mr. Dan K. Thomasson<br />
Mr. Douglas L. Tillman<br />
Mr. Frank D. Tull<br />
Mr. Joe N. and Dr. Constance<br />
Richardson Van Valer<br />
M. Max Wesemann<br />
Arch and Charlotte West<br />
R.W. and Jean Peterson<br />
Winkler<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
SCHOLARS CIRCLE<br />
Recognizes alumni and friends<br />
with cumulative giving to <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> of $50,000 or more. The<br />
Circle also honors those who have<br />
made arrangements through their<br />
bequests to remember the college<br />
with a gift of more than $100,000.<br />
John and Beth Auld<br />
† James R. and Lou Taylor<br />
Axelberg<br />
Drs. Leonard and Teresa<br />
Bissonnette<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard<br />
Bockstette<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown<br />
Jack M. Byrum<br />
Daniel and Gloria Castro-<br />
Hearn<br />
John M. Chiarotti<br />
Mary Ann Collier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Coverdale<br />
Carol R. Dennis<br />
Lloyd L. and Susan O. Douglas<br />
Mr. Kenneth O. Dunn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. W. Richard Fisher<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Frische<br />
Kathy M. Giovanini<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Boyd E. Haley<br />
† Dr. David A. and Pam Hicks<br />
Helen and Lee Hodgen<br />
Randall O. Kahn<br />
Myrna M. Killey<br />
Nolan R. Lackey<br />
Eunice Killen Lyman<br />
Lucille Dodgson Mayo<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Pauszek<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Powell<br />
Harve and † Joyce Rawson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rea<br />
Lorelei and Pete Redding<br />
Jane Hoffmeister Repp<br />
Dr. Elizabeth Richardson Ruben<br />
Robert D. and Janet E. Schafstall<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William R.<br />
Scherer, Jr.<br />
Bud and Ruby Schooler<br />
Miss Edith E. Smith<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Spears<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd R. Spencer<br />
Mr. and † Mrs. Randall Tucker<br />
† Dr. and Mrs. Dallas J. West<br />
Mr. Alson and Dr. Theressa<br />
Wright
OLD MAIN SOCIETY<br />
Recognizes alumni and friends<br />
with cumulative giving to <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> of $25,000 or more. The<br />
Society also honors those who<br />
have made arrangements through<br />
their bequests to remember the<br />
college with a gift of more than<br />
$50,000.<br />
Joyce K. Allen<br />
Joni M. Anderson<br />
Tom and Susan Armor<br />
J.R. and Janet Bishop<br />
Jerry A. and Linda A. Brown<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Buhner<br />
Pete and Ann Cangany<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Colburn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Collier<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Forest Daugherty<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin E. DeBoer<br />
Robert A. and Susan K. DeVoss<br />
C.W. and Constance Eggers<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Keith Ernst<br />
Max R. Fitzpatrick<br />
Mary Jane (Lilly) Flaningam<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Howard R.<br />
Giddens, Sr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robyn Goshorn<br />
Betty Mitchell Goss<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Grossnickle<br />
Mary Lu Bergdoll Hanson<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Carroll Hasewinkel<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D.<br />
Hathaway<br />
John R. Hauser<br />
Randall K. Hindman<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hinnefeld<br />
Susan Stum Hott<br />
Dr. J. Thomas Howald<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L.<br />
Huddleston<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Needham S. Hurst<br />
K&F Industries, Greg Kroot,<br />
Barbara Lee<br />
Joe and Marilyn Lain<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. Lawson<br />
Dr. William F. Lincoln<br />
Ann Martinez Mahan<br />
Chancellor and Mrs. William<br />
Bryan Martin<br />
Donald and Vicki Fulmer<br />
McComb<br />
† Dr. and Mrs. John M. McKain<br />
Larry and Carole McKinney<br />
Martha May Newsom<br />
Richard and Joan Norman<br />
Dr. Donald Orlosky<br />
James L. Oxley<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Pacala<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert O.<br />
Peckinpaugh<br />
George W. Pendygraft<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William L.<br />
Percifield<br />
Ms. Anna Lou Pickett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Ogden<br />
Powell; † Hubert Hunter<br />
Ogden<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Richard W.<br />
Raymond<br />
Linda Gates Sabo<br />
June and Karl Schubert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Smith<br />
Jane (Dungan) and John Sohn<br />
David W. Tharp<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Treibic<br />
† J. David and Jane Vandivier<br />
Mike and Janet Wadsworth<br />
Nancy (Zellar) Weber<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David K.<br />
Wilkinson<br />
Mike and Dawn Zolnierek<br />
PRESIDENT’S CLUB<br />
Recognizes alumni and friends<br />
with cumulative giving to <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> of $10,000 or more. The<br />
Club also honors those who have<br />
made arrangements through their<br />
bequests to remember the college<br />
with a gift of more than $25,000.<br />
Dean J. Abplanalp<br />
Gil and Rita Abplanalp<br />
Sharon C. Ackerson<br />
Carol L. Allen<br />
George and Barbara Gamble<br />
Anderson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B.<br />
Andrews<br />
† Dr. Gardner P. Ashley<br />
† Jack V. and H. Louise Austin<br />
Kevin M. and Ann Kutch<br />
Barton<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A.<br />
Beardsley<br />
Bryan A. and Linda Sue Beeler<br />
† Worth and Marilyn Bennett<br />
Mrs. Barbara R. Bernard<br />
Diana S. Black<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Black<br />
Joel Blanton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blizzard<br />
Gregory M. and Susan Boll<br />
† Dr. and Mrs. Roscoe Boyer<br />
Mr. Thomas W. Boyer<br />
Donald P. Bozell<br />
William J. and Nora E. Brems<br />
Kristy K. Brown<br />
Donna Calvin Browne<br />
Earl and Nancy Burkholder<br />
Samuel D. and Alaine M. Bush<br />
Ruth Doub Callon<br />
Dr. Hollace D. Chastain II<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Todd P. Check<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Chupp<br />
Nolan and Marian Cooper<br />
William E. and Karen L. Cox<br />
† Mrs. Mildred B. Crafton<br />
Dr. Brad N. Crawford<br />
Brad and Julie Davis<br />
Dr. Calvin D. Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Morris W. Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Denslaw<br />
Robert Desatnick & Margo<br />
Bennett<br />
David and Lori DeWitt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Dickerson<br />
Raymond J. Dorulla<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James V. Due<br />
Mr. Robert E. Dunlap<br />
Mr. and tMrs. Jack V. Early<br />
Mr. William H. Elett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Fairfield<br />
Ms. Lora L. Fitch<br />
Mr. Richard W. Fitch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Flaks<br />
Prof. Emerita Susan Fleck and<br />
Dr. David Wantz<br />
Mr. Richard L. Flecker<br />
Lt. Col. Robert I. Foist<br />
Mr. Randolph L. Foxworthy<br />
Mel and Gyneth Fredbeck<br />
Ruth E. Freese<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Furnish<br />
Dr. and Mrs. H. Posey Gaines<br />
Marjorie J. Gilkey<br />
Dr. Kenneth Goldberg and<br />
Maryka Matthews-Goldberg<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Hal J. Goodwin<br />
Gerald and Hetty Gray<br />
Dr. Karin M. Gray<br />
E. Lynn Grayson and Joseph<br />
Madonia<br />
Mr. Larry and Dr. Susan Griffith<br />
† Mr. Robert J. Guerine<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Cary M. Guse<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Hamilton<br />
Mr. Jason Harris<br />
Mrs. Tom Harris<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Harrison<br />
Dr. John V. Hasewinkel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight P. Heath<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Heiney<br />
Chris and Tana Henry<br />
Don and Carol Hicks<br />
Denny High<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hogan<br />
† Mrs. Cecil Houze<br />
Mr. Rocco F. Iacobelli<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H.<br />
Inskeep<br />
† Dr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Jacobs<br />
Mike and Sandy Jarvis<br />
Merrill L. Johnson<br />
† Mr. and Mrs.William P. Jones, Jr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Judy<br />
Mrs. M.J. Jurgenson<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry T. Justus<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Howard Keller<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Kelly<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kenny<br />
Marilyn Beaman Kerner<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R.<br />
Keucher<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Koenes<br />
John Krull and Jenny Labalme<br />
Mrs. Helen J. Kwiatkowski<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Laflin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. George V. Launey<br />
Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Lehman<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Yu-long Ling<br />
Lincoln H. Linscott<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Loomis<br />
G. Michael Loveall<br />
Dr. Jay C. Lumsdon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. B.R. Mace<br />
Mike and Susan Maguire<br />
Noel and Rosemary Marquis<br />
Donald E. Martin<br />
Mr. Byron K. Mason<br />
Charles W. Maxwell<br />
Arthur K. Mayfield<br />
Eugene C. Mayfield<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rolla McAdams<br />
Dr. and Mrs. G. Howard McCain<br />
Dr. F. Timm and Marty McCarty<br />
† Maurice & Georgie McCarty<br />
John and Ann McClain<br />
Joseph F. and Susan McConnell<br />
Dr. Jean E. McGrady<br />
Dr. and Mrs. W. Jones McQuinn<br />
Dr. Thomas P. Mengelt<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Dean Mesologites<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. Barton Meyer<br />
Charlotte H. Meyers<br />
Dave and Patty Mickel<br />
KaAnne Morris<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James G. Moseley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Moser<br />
Mr. Herman O. Mullikin<br />
John and Cheryl Mullin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Myers<br />
Phillip B. Nason<br />
Rev. and Mrs. Louis G. Nelson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Norton<br />
Drs. Paul and Helen Jean M.<br />
Nugent<br />
Katey Humphries ’11<br />
Campus activities: Resident assistant for Johnson and Dietz residence<br />
halls, religious life intern, <strong>College</strong> Mentors for Kids vice president, freshman<br />
Bible study leader and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship member.<br />
Most influential professor: Susan Crisafulli, assistant professor of<br />
English.“She cares so much for her students and makes a purposeful<br />
effort to let them know it. She spent hours meeting with me about<br />
the papers I was writing for her class, but even more getting to know<br />
me and listening to what I had to say. She challenged me in so many<br />
ways, and I cannot thank her enough for that!”<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far:“The <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong> Uganda Winter Term<br />
trip. Our group worked on the Kiyamba Primary School with the<br />
organization Building Tomorrow.To see how hard our team worked<br />
and how much love we all had for the people of Uganda are two<br />
things I could never forget.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout:“I love when the seasons change from<br />
winter to spring and everyone brings their blankets outside to study.”<br />
Hobbies:“Traveling and photography are my way to de-stress!”<br />
Five-year plan: “I am currently unsure of my five-year plan, and slowly<br />
I am learning that this is OK. I know that I am passionate about serving<br />
people, and I dream of being a world changer, but I do not know<br />
where these interests are going to take me.”<br />
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Joe Van Valer ’59<br />
“At a <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> term registration I encountered<br />
professor I. George Blake, who was my counselor. I had<br />
been so wrapped up with the fear that I did not learn<br />
everything and couldn’t do everything upon graduation<br />
from high school that there was a complete absence of<br />
any idea of what a college student could or should do.<br />
Professor Blake gave me a mountain of information about<br />
all of the steps that college students should relentlessly<br />
pursue. Then, he got to the really important matters,<br />
which were not really advice but orders to pursue!<br />
I was told to major in history (he taught history) and<br />
become an SAE (he was an SAE), and if I encountered<br />
any difficulty I should immediately contact him.<br />
Professor Blake’s home was only three houses from the<br />
SAE house and generally I talked with him very often,<br />
and he initiated most conversations. He offered a<br />
considerable amount of advice as well as direction.<br />
He also treated me quite well in the classroom.<br />
Another memorable person on the staff was Dr. Mary<br />
Owen. She instilled my love of history as well as the<br />
importance of knowing about our evolution and how<br />
we moved forward to where we are. An overwhelming<br />
amount of information was directed to students in a<br />
matter to create the desire to pursue more. She taught<br />
us the value of historical study and understanding. I will<br />
never forget that history continues, and its study shall<br />
remain as an extremely valuable and interesting pursuit.”<br />
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Obergfell<br />
Michael W. O’Dell, M.D.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Park<br />
Robert M. and Kelli DeMott<br />
Park<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David<br />
Partenheimer<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R.<br />
Pauszek<br />
Dr. James L. Pease<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Penn<br />
† Mrs. Martha R. Peters<br />
Nancy Peters<br />
Mr. Gary A. Peterson<br />
Mr. Douglas L. Pett<br />
Eleanor Greer Phillips<br />
Kerry and Cindy Prather<br />
Bob and Bonnie Pribush<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Ramey<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory B.<br />
Raymond<br />
Steve and Linda Richards<br />
Jack and Jackie Richmond<br />
Mrs. George Wm. Ritteman<br />
Judith Fowler Robbins<br />
Ken and Karen Robideau<br />
James S. Rodway<br />
Mrs. Patricia Montgomery<br />
Rohleder<br />
Wade A. Roth<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Russell<br />
Marjorie L. Salmassy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Sanchez<br />
Helen Sargent<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schnepf<br />
Ron and Kathleen Schutz<br />
Todd and Denise Shuck<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shymkus<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Skillman<br />
John and Barbara Snepp<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman A. Snyder<br />
Christina M. Sokolek<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F.<br />
Spencer<br />
T.H. and Doreen W. St. Clair<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Stamper<br />
Jean Balfour Stevenson<br />
Mr. Robert N. Stewart<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Willis W. Stogsdill<br />
Clifford and Lavonne<br />
Strachman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T.<br />
Stumpf, Jr.<br />
Dr. Edwin E. Stumpf<br />
Mrs. Samuel Sutphin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Richard V. Swindle<br />
Donald J. Tingle<br />
Dr. and Mrs. L. Eugene Ton<br />
Rev. and Mrs. George Tooze, Jr.<br />
Robert and Catherine Turner<br />
Pat K. Van Valer<br />
Elizabeth Vandivier and David<br />
Dreyer<br />
Louise Vandivier<br />
Victoria A. Vandivier<br />
Ann J. Weber<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weiss<br />
Terry Tull Wells<br />
Doug and Patti West<br />
Daniel Wheeler and Susan<br />
Wakefield<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gene A. White<br />
Jay Dee and Kelly Bowen<br />
Wickliff<br />
B.C. Williams<br />
Roger J. Wolford<br />
Stephen T. Wolford<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wynne<br />
Samuel L. Yount<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W.<br />
Zabaronick<br />
HORIZON SOCIETY<br />
The Horizon Society recognizes<br />
those individuals who have<br />
included the college in their estate<br />
plans.<br />
Gil and Rita Abplanalp<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Armor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Auld, Jr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Noel C. Baker<br />
Dr. Effie Behrens<br />
Mr. and Mrs. A. Todd Bemis<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Worth Bennett<br />
Mrs. Barbara R. Bernard<br />
Ms. E. Jane Betts<br />
Miss Mary E. Bland<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Brems<br />
Ms. Kristy K. Brown<br />
Mrs. Donna Calvin Browne<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Buhner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Butt<br />
Mr. Jack M. Byrum<br />
Mr. William Carson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Todd P. Check<br />
Mr. John C. Clancy<br />
Ms. Lillian S. Cook<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Coverdale<br />
Mrs. Pauline DeVore Crump<br />
Mrs. Beverly E. Curnutt<br />
Mr. Loushon C. Curtsinger<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Forest Daugherty<br />
Rev. Fred M. Daugherty<br />
Mr. Brad M. Davis<br />
Dr. Calvin D. Davis<br />
Drs. Clifford and Paula Dietz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Douglas<br />
Mr. Alan R. Doyle<br />
Mr. Kenneth O. Dunn<br />
Mrs. Martha R. Eberhardt<br />
Mrs. Betsy Ellis<br />
Rev. and Mrs. Dewey R. Findley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. W. Richard Fisher<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Max R. Fitzpatrick<br />
Mrs. Mary Jane Flaningam<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Furnish<br />
Mrs. Kathy M. Giovanini<br />
Ms. E. Lynn Grayson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Grimmer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Grossnickle<br />
† Mr. Robert J. Guerine<br />
Mr. Gregg W. Happe<br />
Mr. John R. Hauser<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene L.<br />
Henderson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher<br />
Henry<br />
Ms. Terri C. Hiers<br />
Mrs. Carolyn T. Holden<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Holeman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hoover<br />
Dr. Robert A. Johnson<br />
Mrs. Sarah Jeffress Jolly<br />
Mr. Charles A. Jones<br />
Dr. Richard B. Judy<br />
Dr. Jerry T. Justus<br />
Ms. Myrna M. Killey<br />
John L. Krull and Jennifer R.<br />
Labalme<br />
Mr. and Mrs.Walter Krumwiede<br />
Mr. William C. Legan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Leonard<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Lutes<br />
Mr. Arthur Lyday<br />
Ms. Shirley A. Lyster<br />
Dr. and Mrs. G. Howard<br />
McCain<br />
Dr. Edwin S. McClain<br />
Ms. Patsy A. McKee<br />
Mrs. Charlotte H. Meyers<br />
Mr. Herman O. Mullikin<br />
Dr. Michael E. Myers<br />
Dr. Wil B. Nelp<br />
Ms. Martha May Newsom<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Richard D.<br />
Norman<br />
Ms. Melanie J. Norton<br />
Mrs. Marjorie D. Pauszek<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Michael E.<br />
Pauszek<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Penn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Percifield<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A.<br />
Pigman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Potter<br />
Mr. Phillip O. Powell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry N. Prather<br />
Dr. Harve E. Rawson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Rea<br />
Capt L. Michael Ream<br />
Mrs. Anne T. Ritteman<br />
Mr. James S. Rodway<br />
Dr. Phillip J. Ruffalo<br />
Mrs. Marjorie L. Salmassy<br />
Mr. Irvin C. Schooler<br />
Mrs. Ruth A. Schwieger<br />
† Mrs. Mary E. Sheldon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Shuck<br />
Miss Edith E. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman A. Snyder<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd R. Spencer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Spiker<br />
Ms. Jean B. Stevenson<br />
Mrs. Kathryn Stewart<br />
Mr. William H. Stewart<br />
Mr. Andrew E. Stoner<br />
Mrs. Marilyn K. Strebe<br />
Mr. James D. Strietelmeier<br />
Mrs. Charlotte H. Taylor<br />
Dr. Donald W. Tharp<br />
Mr. John F. Thurston<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Treibic<br />
Dr. Bryan J. Van Deun<br />
Mrs. Kathleen Van Nuys<br />
Joe N. and Constance<br />
Richardson Van Valer<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G.<br />
Vandivier<br />
Mrs. Wallis G. Wake<br />
Dr. Mary Margaret Webb<br />
Dr. Merrill M. Wesemann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gene A. White<br />
Mr. Arthur C. White<br />
Mrs. Jean P. Winkler<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thorp L. Wolford<br />
Mrs. Karen Ann Wolter<br />
TRUSTEES, PAST AND<br />
PRESENT<br />
Dean J. Abplanalp<br />
John W. Auld Jr.<br />
Effie Behrens<br />
Reinhard W. Bockstette<br />
V. Von Boll<br />
William R. Brown<br />
Peter T. Cangany Jr.<br />
Mary Ann Collier<br />
Glen E. Coverdale<br />
Deborah Hill Davis<br />
David A. Denslaw<br />
Robert A. DeVoss<br />
Susan Johnson DeVoss<br />
John R. Dickerson<br />
Robert E. Dickinson<br />
Clifford H. Dietz<br />
James V. Due<br />
Kenneth O. Dunn<br />
Margot Lacy Eccles<br />
Constance Andrews Eggers<br />
Christine S. Fields<br />
W. Richard Fisher<br />
Irvin L. French
James M. Frische<br />
Robert Garton<br />
Alice Gill Goshorn<br />
John E. Grimmer<br />
Boyd E. Haley<br />
Eugene L. Henderson<br />
Pamela Herring Hicks<br />
Worthe S. Holt, Jr.<br />
James E. Hoover<br />
Stephen L. Huddleston<br />
Needham S. Hurst<br />
Merrill L. Johnson<br />
Robert A. Johnson<br />
Ted L. Marston<br />
Byron Mason<br />
Larry Mason<br />
Donald R. McComb<br />
James T. Napolitan<br />
Wil B. Nelp<br />
Leon Pacala<br />
Joseph M. Perkins Jr.<br />
John D. Peterson<br />
Herbert A. Pigman<br />
James R. Potter<br />
Philip L. Powell<br />
Jane Hartley Pratt<br />
William J. Receveur III<br />
Jane Burns Repp<br />
Rafael S. Sanchez, Jr.<br />
William F. Schafenacker<br />
Robert D. Schafstall<br />
Robert C. Shook<br />
Robert G. Smith<br />
Robert N. Stewart<br />
Patricia Tomlinson Stogsdill<br />
James D. Strietelmeier<br />
Dan K. Thomasson<br />
Douglas L. Tillman<br />
L. Eugene Ton<br />
George Tooze Jr.<br />
Randall Tucker<br />
R. Martin Umbarger<br />
Constance Richardson<br />
Van Valer<br />
Thomas G. Vandivier<br />
Robert M. Weiss<br />
Arch C. West<br />
Susan Wohlmuth Williams<br />
Thorp L. Wolford<br />
Theressa Ellis Wright<br />
DONORS BY CLASS<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> annually<br />
recognizes donors who make<br />
gifts to the college. Membership<br />
at these levels must be renewed<br />
annually for recognition. Corporate<br />
matching gifts and gifts made<br />
through a donor’s company are<br />
also counted toward the giving<br />
society.<br />
Gold Key<br />
Gifts of $10,000 or more<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Gifts between $5,000 and $9,999<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Gifts between $2,500 and $4,999<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Gifts between $1,000 and $2,499<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Gifts between $500 and $999<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Gifts between $250 and $499<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Gifts between $100 and $249<br />
1926<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
† Beulah Holcomb Mardis<br />
1931<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
† Kathleen Burton Andrews<br />
1932<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Louise Kelch Vandivier<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Vivian Dickson Stout<br />
1936<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Arch C. West<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Elizabeth Dewar McClain<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
T. E. Veale<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
John E. Fix<br />
1937<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Edwin L. McClain<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Beatrice Bradley Ferrell<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Beulah Butz Baker<br />
† Martha Kerlin Poe<br />
1938<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Pauline DeVore Crump<br />
Richard R. Rea<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Margaret Wise Skomp<br />
1939<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Robert L. Foist<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Rupert T. Ferrell<br />
Mary Richardson Gillespie<br />
William F. Schafenacker<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Martha Carlock Green<br />
Virginia Patterson Nutting<br />
1940<br />
Gold Key<br />
Robert A. Johnson<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Hermann R. Henry<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Ruth Roadcap Overocker<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Rosemary Chappell Winters<br />
1941<br />
Belltower Society<br />
† Robert J. Guerine<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Myron C. Knauff<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Mildred Korte Roese<br />
Annabelle McAlpin Spencer<br />
Edwin E. Stumpf<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Miriam Williams Fox<br />
† Jane McAnelly Hougham<br />
Herbert A. Wise Jr.<br />
1942<br />
Gold Key<br />
† Harry W. Carmichael<br />
President’s Circle<br />
† Robert R. Williams<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Jackson W. Bosley<br />
Rachel Saunders Henry<br />
Andrew Helms ’10<br />
Campus activities: Member of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, Education<br />
Club, Earth Club and previously Student Congress.<br />
Most influential professor: Jenny Johnson-Kappes ’72,<br />
PE professor emerita and former director of women’s athletics.<br />
“Even though she retired last year, she taught during my first three<br />
years at FC. She was always there when I needed help with anything,<br />
and she pushed me to try a little harder and to find my true potential.”<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far: “I’ll never forget the first time<br />
I stepped onto campus for a visit. FC just felt like the right place<br />
because of the size and welcoming nature.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout and why: “I enjoy hanging out in the<br />
Napolitan Student Center because it is such a great place to run into<br />
friends and professors or just relax and study.”<br />
Favorite class and why:“The basketball and volleyball officiating class<br />
because it provided me with IHSAA certification to be a referee, and it<br />
was really fun. Plus, refereeing has been a great way to make a little<br />
extra money.”<br />
Hobbies: “Listening to music and watching movies.”<br />
Five-year plan:“I hope that in five years I will be teaching PE or health<br />
classes to the youth of America.”<br />
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Andrea Butler Tian ’93<br />
“Most of my best FC memories might seem pretty<br />
mundane, but they were significant because they made<br />
up my memory of college as a whole: dropping by my<br />
friends’ dorm rooms, hanging out in The Key, studying<br />
in the library, rubbing Ben’s nose for good luck before a<br />
big exam and late night Taco Bell runs. All of these are<br />
part of the mosaic of my years at <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
One of my most significant memories, though, is going to<br />
China as the result of a travel scholarship. That two-week<br />
trip changed my life. It was not my first choice of places<br />
to go; I think it was ultimately selected by the group’s<br />
facilitator, Cliff Cain, professor of philosophy and<br />
religion, as the most economical way for the three of us<br />
who received scholarships to utilize them. But after two<br />
weeks in China, I knew I wanted to see more, and, after<br />
graduation, I spent three years there teaching English<br />
to adults, college students and middle school students.<br />
I met my husband there and have traveled back again to<br />
visit a few times. My life is different, and I have a different<br />
view of the world because of that original trip. I’m so<br />
grateful that <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> provides opportunities for<br />
students to travel the world.”<br />
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Blue and Gold Club<br />
Richard B. Blackwell<br />
Mary Jane Lilly Flaningam<br />
Ruth Kerlin Ramsey<br />
Kathleen Lisman Raymond<br />
Beulah McGee Roegge<br />
Margaret Dill Schmuller<br />
William F. Smith<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Robert E. Hougham<br />
Marjorie Padgett Houghton<br />
John W. Townsend<br />
1943<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Martha Lewis Keucher<br />
Edwin S. McClain<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Paul F. Hasel<br />
Betty Lambert Schrepferman<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Marcia Maish Spencer<br />
1944<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Margaret Dillard Boyer<br />
Robert O. Peckinpaugh<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Florence Culver Hesser<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
David M. Browne<br />
Ila Dunn Olson<br />
Jean Frellick Roberts<br />
Charles L. Wolff<br />
1945<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Edith E. Smith<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Constance Andrews Eggers<br />
Belltower Society<br />
William A. Fisher<br />
Mary Alice Wagner Medlicott<br />
Patricia Montgomery Rohleder<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Edith Clouse Keller<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Mary Butler Girard<br />
Robert C. Hathaway<br />
Mary Pruitt Mozingo<br />
Marilyn Anders Shull<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Doris Smitha Silver<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
1946<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Barbara Browne Bernard<br />
Donald W. Tharp<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Wendell D. Keller<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Mary E. Bland<br />
Kenneth V. Dodgson<br />
David D. Girard<br />
Gene McCurry Kneeburg<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Carol Larson Browne<br />
Betty Nugent Crews<br />
Betty Breunig Dukes<br />
John E. Hasel<br />
Doris McCullough Loomis<br />
Helen Deming Thomas<br />
Jean Browne Turner<br />
1947<br />
President’s Circle<br />
B.C. Mills Williams<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Katherine Huffman Ditmars<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Janet McKinney McCain<br />
Maxine Smith Rich<br />
Bettie Wright Sewell<br />
Jane Leach Stillman<br />
1948<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Mary Lu Bergdoll Hanson<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Marilyn Force Bennett<br />
Donald E. Williams<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Russell L. Abel<br />
Charles H. Green<br />
Joan Tash Henning<br />
Raymond L. King<br />
Joan Minner Melloan<br />
John E. Ogden<br />
Mildred Jones Rosenberg<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Barbara Randall Coltman<br />
Aloha Yarian Freeland<br />
Annis Lambert Poland<br />
Ruth Yoshino Uyeno<br />
1949<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Jean Peterson Winkler<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Calvin D. Davis<br />
Betty Mitchell Goss<br />
Martha May Newsom<br />
Belltower Society<br />
H. Louise Patterson Austin<br />
† Jack V. Austin<br />
Rosejane Pruitt Smith<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Marian D. Callon<br />
Barbara Frellick Campbell<br />
Dallas W. Campbell<br />
Leon Pacala<br />
C. Jack Scott<br />
James R. Vandivier<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Joann Kinzie Draughon<br />
Gyneth Wilson Fredbeck<br />
Pauline Helt Hackett<br />
Virginia Joyce Rouse<br />
Wayne Schrepferman<br />
Helen R. Settles<br />
Joanne England Spears<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Norma Raker Denny<br />
Patricia Miller Gillett<br />
Hallie J. Hamilton<br />
R. Lillian Parmelee Hollis<br />
C. Edward Jones<br />
Charles W. Kitchen<br />
Virginia Johnson Lewis<br />
G. Howard McCain<br />
Constance Kakavecos Riggs<br />
Ruth Cooley Sample<br />
Margery McCullough Secrest<br />
A. Arlene Montgomery Spencer<br />
1950<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Marvin E. DeBoer<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Eugene L. Henderson<br />
Thomas G. Vandivier<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Joan Roler Norman<br />
Richard D. Norman<br />
Phillip O. Powell<br />
M. Jane Dungan Sohn<br />
Charlotte Heath Taylor<br />
David W. Tharp<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Robert G. Smith<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Richard P. Morrison<br />
M. Maxine Church Wheeler
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Phyllis Taylor Abel<br />
† Philip W. Beck<br />
Carl Blessing Jr.<br />
Anna Norman Byers<br />
Edwin E. Campbell<br />
Janice Miller Cooper<br />
David B. Ditmars<br />
Sally Lewis Dodgson<br />
Willis Dunker<br />
Richard L. Dunn<br />
Joan Comstock Field<br />
Charles W. Hackett<br />
Phyllis Smith Hale<br />
Wendell G. Mason<br />
Harold J. Shymkus<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
James G. Denny<br />
William B. Green<br />
Elisabeth Braker Mann<br />
O. William Tutorow Jr.<br />
Martha Dimke Winters<br />
1951<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Glen E. Coverdale<br />
G. Carolyn Scudder DeBoer<br />
Wil B. Nelp<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Kenneth O. Dunn<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Jack M. Byrum<br />
Shirley A. Lyster<br />
Ted L. Marston<br />
Robert N. Stewart<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Loyd G. Smith<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Edward E. Glowski<br />
Anndora Boyer Laflin<br />
Doris Townsend Wilkinson<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
† Claris E. Altic<br />
Elizabeth Shuck Bush<br />
Mary-Margaret Quinn<br />
Chellberg<br />
Barbara Doell Dunker<br />
Owen M. Field Jr.<br />
Joseph E. Gwinnup<br />
Carol Lambert Haynes<br />
Constance Munro Kiser<br />
Bonita McCracken Mart<br />
J. Kenneth Mart<br />
Gerald E. Martin<br />
Gareth B. Matthews<br />
Donald Orlosky<br />
Paul B. Powell<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Carroll Hart Harden<br />
John E. McGinness<br />
Paul W. Ruth Jr.<br />
1952<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Lucille Dodgson Mayo<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
V. Von Boll<br />
Mary Lou Beatty Henderson<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Elaine Harrison Marston<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Jane Hartley Pratt<br />
James H. Scott<br />
Helen Carr Slemons<br />
Chester L. York<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Charline Harrell Bulpitt<br />
Ruth Doub Callon<br />
Jean Kelham Ferguson<br />
Merrill L. Johnson<br />
Marilyn Beaman Kerner<br />
George L. Laflin<br />
Martha Campbell Teets<br />
James L. Wickey<br />
David K. Wilkinson<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Barbara Yoder Altic<br />
Lillian Pomeroy Bridenhager<br />
Susan Foulk English<br />
Joan Mendell Gates<br />
Jack L. Hocker<br />
Frank H. Knight Jr.<br />
Martha Thurston Lallathin<br />
Joan Rose Martin<br />
Patricia Kelly O’Brien<br />
Lenna Smith Ransburg<br />
Barbara McKinney Welch<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
C. Cameron Calvert<br />
Edward F. Clark<br />
Robert P. Colgrove<br />
Margaret Novikoff Cox<br />
Gordon Daugherty<br />
George P. Gray<br />
George B. Kimsey<br />
Frank K. Martin<br />
Beverly McClintick Mills<br />
Jeanne Fee Parks<br />
R. Thomas Parks<br />
Barbara Davis Smith<br />
Dean L. Thomas<br />
Marjorie Beck Waters<br />
Martha Hanes Ziegler<br />
1953<br />
Gold Key<br />
Nancy White Auld<br />
President’s Circle<br />
† James R. Axelberg<br />
Lou Taylor Axelberg<br />
Randall Tucker<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Forest Daugherty<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Doris Brown Alexander<br />
Dorothy Churchill Allen<br />
William A. Anderson<br />
G. Kenneth Gates<br />
Betty Curry Haskett<br />
Philip L. Hawkins<br />
Melba Harlan King<br />
Roger A. MacDonald<br />
James T. Murphy<br />
Mary Beth Newsom Shymkus<br />
Sarah Asher Smith<br />
Edgar A. Speer<br />
Betty Pavy Walker<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Burl W. Clark<br />
Paul W. Gilmore<br />
Harold G. Gilmour<br />
Marilyn Webb Hoch<br />
Sarah Martin McGinness<br />
Phillip Nason<br />
Audrey Beecher Rostal<br />
† Janice MacLean Ruth<br />
Jeanne Wyckoff Steinkamp<br />
Robert N. Switzer<br />
1954<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Jane Teeters Vandivier<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Veronica Pacala Evans<br />
Alvin George Fisher Jr.<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Tom G. Seward Jr.<br />
Barbara Tapp Snepp<br />
John A. Snepp<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Charles A. Bridenhager<br />
Robert R. Brown<br />
Robert S. Frellick<br />
Betty Jo Hinant Hocker<br />
Leah McCombs Hooker<br />
Paula Wengel MacDonald<br />
Alfred L. Pike<br />
Lewis E. Robbins<br />
Kathryn Forrester Stewart<br />
William R. Suckow II<br />
Anne Cooley Wilkerson<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Mary Hungerford Brooks<br />
Dorothy Varney Cunningham<br />
Lois Hanes Deputy<br />
Robert L. Desatnick<br />
Dewey R. Findley<br />
Marilyn Hibbs Gray<br />
Mary Wood Lareau<br />
Willu Wise Martin<br />
J. C. Moffett<br />
Edward A. Siegel<br />
Sarah Allen Walters<br />
Samuel A. Webb<br />
1955<br />
Gold Key<br />
Betty Schmidt Pigman<br />
Herbert A. Pigman<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Sue VanAntwerp Spencer<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Maxine Meyers Fisher<br />
Richard E. Heiney<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Thomas D. Mitchell Sr.<br />
Beverly Hendrickson Sterling<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
W. Richard Fisher<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Margaret Noble Cislak<br />
David G. Handy<br />
Walter L. Howard<br />
Joyce Gordanier Knight<br />
Nelda Mulholland Morley<br />
Carolyn Gitzen Schluck<br />
Nancy Conklin Uriarte<br />
Roy G. VanWye<br />
Patti Spahr Wellman<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
J. Paul Barnett<br />
Ardith Whipple Brackett<br />
Marjorie Cragen Crews<br />
Margaret Cox Gilmour<br />
Martha Trunnell Kelley<br />
Frank H. King Jr.<br />
Billie Snowball Lebrock<br />
Martha Cole Sabo<br />
John H. Schooler<br />
Lois L. Spellman<br />
Susan Archibald Stone<br />
Nellie Mann Trobaugh<br />
1956<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Anna Lou Lawson Pickett<br />
Elizabeth Richardson Ruben<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Sally Henry Heiney<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Raymond C. Andrew<br />
Sue Miller Davis<br />
A. Thomas Quindlen<br />
Ralph L. Sterling<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Marsha Neal Daugherty<br />
Max R. Fitzpatrick<br />
Sandra Scott Grant<br />
Bonnie Thompson Miles<br />
Ariel Palma ’12<br />
Campus activities: <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Latino Advocacy Awareness<br />
Association vice president, Black Student Union, <strong>College</strong> Mentors for<br />
Kids, Up ’til Dawn and The Green Team.<br />
Most influential professor: Sara Colburn-Alsop, associate professor<br />
of Spanish.“She guided me a lot during my freshman year through<br />
academic and personal situations. Even though she is a professor, we<br />
also have established a friendship.”<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far:“When I was forced to dance in<br />
front of my class during freshman orientation.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout: “I like hanging out in the Napolitan<br />
Student Center atrium because there are usually other people around<br />
and there are many resources available nearby.”<br />
Favorite class: “Spanish 331: Uncovering Latin America, Knowing the<br />
Unknown by Sara Colburn-Alsop. It was a challenging class, but much<br />
of the information has stayed with me. Now I have a lot of knowledge<br />
about Cuba, Columbia and Bolivia and the social, cultural and<br />
economic problems that these countries face.”<br />
Favorite things to splurge on: “Art supplies, anything from paint to<br />
brushes to canvas to sketch books.”<br />
Five-year plan: “I see myself just getting out of graduate school and<br />
starting my first job, which I hope will be in the field of anthropology.”<br />
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William C. Ziegert ’44<br />
“I have two lasting impressions of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
The first is the feeling of permanency that the faculty,<br />
campus and buildings and especially Old Main gave to<br />
me the first time I visited in 1940.<br />
The second memory is the feeling of indecision and<br />
instability caused by World War II. As yearbook editor,<br />
I still remember the frustration of shortages — no film<br />
or flash bulbs for the photographers, a shortage of quality<br />
paper and a loss of key staff members who left for the<br />
armed services. The culmination was my call to active<br />
duty in early March when everything was up in the air.<br />
If it hadn't been for Margaret Huffman, assistant editor,<br />
and the other women, it is probable there would not<br />
have been a 1943 Almanack.<br />
I didn't graduate from <strong>Franklin</strong> because World War II<br />
interfered, and I was able to use my wartime experiences<br />
to get a degree from the University of Chicago.<br />
Nevertheless, the two and one-half years I spent at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> well prepared me to prosper and to enjoy<br />
my life of 87 years to-date.<br />
I still have fond memories of many students, professors,<br />
administrators and others. Two that stand out in my<br />
memory are “Doc” Heath, who I recall did not have a<br />
doctorate but was one of the best teachers I ever<br />
encountered, including my later professors at the<br />
University of Chicago. The other individual was<br />
Dean Cady, who spent many hours helping students<br />
get deferments and preferred military assignments.”<br />
30<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Lohman Atwood<br />
James R. Carey<br />
Barbara Schaefer Doles<br />
Wayne E. Dunbar<br />
Catherine Weldy Hatfield<br />
Pamela Herring Hicks<br />
Helen Risley Lee<br />
Helen Jean McClelland<br />
Nugent<br />
Frederic E. Oyler<br />
M. Virginia Spaulding Pagel<br />
James E. Pender<br />
F. E. Roberts<br />
June Stewart Roberts<br />
Martha Garner Sass<br />
William W. Scheeley<br />
Richard B. Sharpe<br />
Marilyn Major Strebe<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
L. R. Deputy<br />
Raymond A. DeTournay<br />
Ioleen Claibourn Erdman<br />
Lawrence Kellogg<br />
Howard L. Murphy<br />
Trevor Max Wolfe<br />
1957<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Lloyd R. Spencer<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Joe A. Lain<br />
Marilyn Wertz Lain<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Arthur H. Turner<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Morris W. Davis<br />
Richard A. Harrison<br />
Jerry T. Justus<br />
Donald W. Lambert<br />
William C. Legan<br />
John N. McClain<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Carol Carlson Allen<br />
Robert S. Coble<br />
Beatrice Wilson Fisher<br />
Shirley Dine Mendenhall<br />
Phillip J. Ruffalo<br />
Raymond F. Spencer<br />
John R. Tresslar<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Robert Allbritten<br />
Donna Mohr Brown<br />
Carol Bristow Cornell<br />
Donald G. Cornell<br />
Robert T. Doles<br />
Alfred M. Gibbens<br />
Loretta Kellams Gibbens<br />
Betty Reid Grubb<br />
Richard L. Grubb<br />
Frank P. Johnson<br />
Richard B. Judy<br />
E. Sue McKinney LaMastus<br />
Esther Ramsey McElheny<br />
Richard K. McElheny<br />
Carmelita Essex Moore<br />
Paul T. Nugent<br />
Betty Jo Powell<br />
Melvin L. Smith<br />
Einar M. Syvertsen<br />
T. Marilyn Bicknell Trout<br />
James G. Volk<br />
Marilyn Zellers Williams<br />
Edward A. Wilson<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Larry K. Clark<br />
A. Raymond Featherngill<br />
Harlan G. Haymaker<br />
L. Marlene Mitchell Jackson<br />
Ronald L. Pardieck<br />
Judith Babcock Roland<br />
Elmer D. Strautman<br />
1958<br />
President’s Circle<br />
John D. Baker<br />
Ann Martinez Mahan<br />
Linda Kern Moore<br />
Gene A. White<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Frances Edgar Lambert<br />
Ann Dixon McClain<br />
Roger A. Schroder<br />
John F. Thurston<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Janice Deputy Kelly<br />
Richard Kendall<br />
Michael R. Matsey<br />
Donal L. Mendenhall<br />
Eddy M. Teets<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Alanson T. Abel<br />
Bernard E. Admire<br />
Morris L. Beck<br />
Eleanor Voss Brinkman<br />
Sharon Meek Burke<br />
Marya Betner Butler<br />
Virginia Voss Craft<br />
Dana P. Deer<br />
Ann Grahame DeVore<br />
Roger E. DeVore<br />
Lola Honn Erwin<br />
James E. Hall<br />
Judy Wilhelm Hall<br />
Frank Hiday<br />
Max E. Kelley<br />
Nancy Eagleson Klemme<br />
James W. Miller<br />
Louis H. Osterman<br />
C. Norman Pash<br />
Janet Stewart Pash<br />
Robert L. Pierce<br />
Irvin C. Schooler<br />
Theodore L. Schuck<br />
James R. Templeton<br />
Thomas T. Thomas<br />
Sarah McClain Unzicker<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Marvin Beaman<br />
Pat Black Benge<br />
Jane Essex Clark<br />
Judith Mull Clark<br />
James C. Cooley Jr.<br />
Fred M. Daugherty<br />
Richard T. Depp<br />
Jane Ray Downey<br />
Martha Roth Eberhardt<br />
James J. Gabbard<br />
Wheeler T. Harden<br />
Lyndal McCullough Hartwell<br />
Robert K. Hartwell<br />
Betty Smith Lower<br />
Betty Sanderson Mills<br />
Mary Unger Mosson<br />
Shirley Bumbalough Murphy<br />
Ransom A. Norris<br />
Glenn Rowdon<br />
Sherry Pennington Rowdon<br />
Carolyn Lukens Scheuer<br />
Joyce Thomas Verhagen<br />
Margaret Taylor Walden<br />
Joanne Schafer Weddle<br />
1959<br />
Gold Key<br />
Constance Richardson<br />
Van Valer<br />
Joe N. Van Valer<br />
Mary Margaret Partenheimer<br />
Webb<br />
President’s Circle<br />
George F. Anderson<br />
Elmo B. Carver<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Patricia Hattabaugh Carman<br />
Charles L. Cragen<br />
Jerrie Henry Suckow<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Marjorie Reasoner Coble<br />
Roger Furnish<br />
† Malinda Hardin Kendall<br />
Lauralee Solomon Matsey<br />
James D. Strietelmeier<br />
Henry F. Volk<br />
James W. Wright<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Jack E. Chastain<br />
Thomas E. Foley<br />
Charlene Theall Frellick<br />
Joretta Webb Grass<br />
R. K. Greathouse<br />
Donald L. Jones<br />
Janet Golba Keller<br />
Evelyn Hastings Kriek<br />
Joseph C. Lee<br />
Roger A. Newman<br />
Joella Boyer Patterson<br />
Martha Gardner Pierce<br />
Caryol McColley Ribble<br />
Howard A. Ribble Jr.<br />
Charlotte Shepard Sharpe<br />
Sandra Jones Stephenson<br />
Marilyn Shelton Thomas<br />
Lynda Webb Vogler<br />
Vicco H. VonStralendorff<br />
Robert L. Webb<br />
Barbara Hipple Wilson<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Martin J. Carr Jr.<br />
Marjorie Claytor Daugherty<br />
Donna J. Gregg<br />
Leo R. Jonas<br />
Lawrence D. McCory<br />
Lee B. McFerrin<br />
Harold D. Mulholland<br />
Don E. Sichting<br />
Frank Skinner<br />
Carole Esserman Thurston<br />
Betty Reed Voris<br />
Leslie Edward Walden Jr.<br />
1960<br />
Gold Key<br />
Sandra Mock Napolitan<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Barbara Gamble Anderson<br />
Don P. Hicks<br />
John S. Kenny<br />
Jane Burns Repp<br />
Charley F. Robertson<br />
Belltower Society<br />
John A. Beard<br />
Thomas P. Cummings<br />
Sue Ferguson Schroder<br />
Stephen W. Suckow<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Charles E. Benson<br />
Gail Smith Benson<br />
Richard N. Foster<br />
Billie Doades Furnish<br />
Marjorie Cooper Geho<br />
Beulah Deppert Schrader<br />
Patricia Tomlinson Stogsdill<br />
Raymond E. Webster Jr.<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
James R. Bailey<br />
Noel C. Baker<br />
Betty Wonn Chastain<br />
Mary Evans Collier<br />
Linda Vandivier Cummings
Paul F. Gray<br />
Samuel G. Hicks<br />
Donna Myers Minnick<br />
Elizabeth Bales Templeton<br />
Samuel L. Yount<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Phyllis Beaman Baker<br />
Annette Dellekamp Boyle<br />
Arthur H. Brebberman<br />
Wanda Parsley Bunge<br />
Annette Templeton Everling<br />
Curtis D. Furnish<br />
Annette Goldman Harden<br />
Joe E. Harlan<br />
Marilou Toborg Harper<br />
Ronald T. Harper<br />
Frank W. Haskett<br />
Jean Harris Leger<br />
Coralie Nickell Martin<br />
Sandra Harper McFerrin<br />
James Newkirk<br />
Edward L. Runyan<br />
Joyce Hayes Runyan<br />
Martha Adams Sichting<br />
1961<br />
1834 Circle<br />
J. R. Bishop<br />
Janet Patton Bishop<br />
William R. Brown<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Carol Buffenbarger Hover<br />
President’s Circle<br />
William E. Earl<br />
Belltower Society<br />
William Carson<br />
Larry L. Garrett<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Donna Calvin Browne<br />
Willis F. Cheesman<br />
Johnnie Marie Graham Foster<br />
Janice Johnson Spencer<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Kenneth C. Fallis<br />
Joyce Spencer Gill<br />
Leo J. Hine<br />
Gerald C. Lindsey<br />
Dan S. Maddock<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Louise Boyer Beaman<br />
Rexford J. Carpenter<br />
Joanne Strietelmeier Daniel<br />
William N. Disbro Jr.<br />
Kay Smithey Findley<br />
C. Diane Distel Fouch<br />
Breck Marion<br />
Grace Angel Marion<br />
Jerry B. McGinnis<br />
William K. Slayback<br />
Gene Smock<br />
Wallis Meredith Wake<br />
1962<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Michael J. Hover<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Leonard L. Bissonnette<br />
Sally Thiesing Earl<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Jerry N. Barlow<br />
Sue Handy Beard<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Nancy Kivett Cassel<br />
Joan Lawson Wills<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Deanna Tanselle Baker<br />
E. Jane Betts<br />
Marilyn Brackman Dunn<br />
Max E. Gill<br />
Joan Morris Gray<br />
† C. Robert Lawson<br />
Linda Suhre O’Connor<br />
Marjorie Smith Pauszek<br />
Joe R. Peden<br />
Kenneth L. Sherfick<br />
Joyce Atkins Utterback<br />
Charles F. Vanderbeck<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Michael E. Alexander<br />
Lorna Britan Arnot<br />
Gerald R. Durham<br />
Miriam Miller Durham<br />
Susan Seward Fogle<br />
Katie Daniels Franz<br />
Kenneth Freeland<br />
Ernest R. Keucher<br />
Georgia Bullard Long<br />
Jerrell F. McCullough<br />
Beatrice Meade Miller<br />
Jerry W. Miller<br />
J. Dennis Mock II<br />
JoAnn Watt Mock<br />
C. Edmund Mulholland<br />
Virginia Neese Rickles<br />
Ray E. Vaughn<br />
Russell D. Williams<br />
Dorothy Wright Zavodsky<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
1963<br />
Gold Key<br />
Boyd E. Haley<br />
President’s Circle<br />
F. Timm McCarty<br />
Carol Summers Tumey<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Alice Gill Goshorn<br />
Joyce Thompson Heckman<br />
Betty Delay Hyatt<br />
C. Donald Miles<br />
Margaret Parker Riddle<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
David R. Dobbins<br />
Charles E. Herriman<br />
Judith L. Schaefer<br />
Nancy Zellar Weber<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
James R. Cornelison Jr.<br />
Sara Abbott Crippen<br />
Carolyn A. Cunningham<br />
Edward M. DeLong<br />
Patricia Amour Embling<br />
Stephen B. Fisher<br />
Daniel L. Foldenauer<br />
Betty White Freeborn<br />
Sandra Coning Harants<br />
Khalaf E. Khalaf<br />
Roberta Wickens McGinnis<br />
L. Gene Perry<br />
David L. Porter<br />
John S. Robey<br />
Douglas D. Rohrer<br />
Myrna Miller Sausser<br />
Thomas C. Schuemann<br />
James R. Stewart<br />
Paul E. Sturgell<br />
Roland A. Vasconcellos<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Udo Blum<br />
Jon C. Dalton<br />
Nancy Stout DeHart<br />
Patricia Hendricks DeLawter<br />
Janice Greene Durham<br />
Max W. Ernest<br />
Russell H. Ferrill<br />
Ann Davison Garbett<br />
Larry V. Gividen<br />
Milo G. Gray Jr.<br />
Suellen Fitzgerald Hartley<br />
Rebecca Redmon Irvin<br />
Sandra Stroup Martin<br />
Janet Wheeler McDuffey<br />
Richard D. Powell<br />
Aaron Hommell ’11<br />
Campus activities: 89.5 WFCI radio programming director, Student<br />
Congress treasurer and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity philanthropy<br />
chairman and chaplain.<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far: “Some might mention a<br />
football game (FC vs. North Central <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>), a basketball game (1999<br />
NCAA tournament run) or receiving a good grade on a test or<br />
assignment that has been challenging (passing my final math course<br />
in college). But, for me, the most memorable moment would probably<br />
have to be the first night I stayed in Elsey Hall. It was a sense of<br />
accomplishment that I had made the first step into adulthood.<br />
Then, like now, <strong>Franklin</strong> was my home.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout: “Shirk Hall, probably because I am a<br />
journalism major and spend most of my time there.The only other<br />
spot that compares is the quiet lounge on the top floor of the<br />
Napolitan Student Center.That room is perfect for mid-afternoon<br />
cram sessions or just relaxing with a smoothie from Jazzman’s.”<br />
Hobbies: “I am an avid music fan. I probably have more than 5,000<br />
songs on my computer and probably a couple thousand more on CD,<br />
waiting to be transferred. Sports are my other passion. I enjoy football,<br />
basketball, baseball, rugby and soccer — just about anything I can get<br />
my eyes on.”<br />
Five-year plan:“I would like to be working as a communications<br />
director for high school or collegiate sports.”<br />
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Sarah (Baker) Stephenson ’98<br />
“One of my proudest college memories is of bringing<br />
together many students who normally wouldn’t have<br />
participated in Homecoming.<br />
During my junior year, the Independents were given<br />
an opportunity to go it alone during the traditional<br />
Homecoming activities. (The fraternity we were paired<br />
with was banned that year.)<br />
So, I helped organize the GDIs. We traded the frat<br />
house for the Hoover/Cline entrance. Our theme was,<br />
“It’s our ‘Indepents’ Day, So We Are Painting The Town<br />
Blue and Gold.” We made a comet and spaceship to<br />
hang in a tree, put a “Lasso the Comets” banner up<br />
at the football field and brought pop can noise-makers<br />
to the pep session.<br />
I remember standing on a chair in the Hoover/Cline<br />
lounge prior to the pep session, trying to teach everyone<br />
the words to the college fight song. It must have worked<br />
because the next day we were awarded the Spirit Stick —<br />
a huge accomplishment for a group that wasn’t an<br />
official campus organization. We also won the Best<br />
Banner Award.”<br />
32<br />
Ronald C. Richardson<br />
Barbara Moulden Rominger<br />
Lee C. Ryker<br />
Karl M. Taylor<br />
Victor L. Toloday<br />
1964<br />
Gold Key<br />
Irvin L. French<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Jay M. DeVoss<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Marty Mohr McCarty<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Richard E. Veleta<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Sam P. Alford<br />
C. Thomas Billings<br />
Linda Slinkard Dobbins<br />
Johnny Suchovsky Herriman<br />
Barbara Azbell Sanders<br />
Ronald L. Wilson<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Robert E. Baldwin<br />
Al A. Harants<br />
Bonnie K. Johnson<br />
David Keech<br />
Donna Palmer Keech<br />
Richard D. Kloepfer<br />
Sue Brown Lockmiller<br />
Rosemary Herndon Marquis<br />
Ann Runyan McKinney<br />
Peter C. McKinney<br />
Patricia Moorman<br />
John F. Orr<br />
Marilyn Ruffalo Ross<br />
Shirley McCalla Stewart<br />
Susan Mills Stretchberry<br />
Sally McNeely Sturgell<br />
Betty Brunauer Updike<br />
Graham Updike<br />
Janice Brown Vasconcellos<br />
Andrew R. Zajac<br />
Sue Thompson Zajac<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Connie Schirm Barnes<br />
Stephen M. Belkin<br />
Jane Devening Brumitt<br />
Nolan Cooper<br />
Julia Garfield Curtis<br />
Beverly Exley Dalton<br />
Jon C. Geuder<br />
E. William Hallett Jr.<br />
Patricia Rissler Hallett<br />
Dorothy Palm Hammond<br />
Paul R. Hayes<br />
J. Thomas Howald<br />
Linda Hicks Leone<br />
Gordon C. Lewis<br />
Robert M. Martin<br />
Kathie J. Meredith<br />
Philip A. Milner<br />
Janet Cox Payne<br />
Sara Chorley Saunders<br />
Linda Daniels Schlagenhauf<br />
Margaret Lewis Wohler<br />
James A. Younkin<br />
1965<br />
Gold Key<br />
Candace Poindexter Treibic<br />
Donald A. Treibic<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Susan Johnson DeVoss<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Robert D. Schafstall<br />
President’s Circle<br />
John C. Clancy<br />
Linda Drake Kenny<br />
Harold K. Lawson<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Diana S. Black<br />
Kathryn Miller Britton<br />
C. Randall Riddle<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Gordon A. Bardos<br />
Tamara Hickson Bardos<br />
Karen Dunlap Berman<br />
Lora Wolf Fitch<br />
R. Steven Keck<br />
Gary N. Kemp<br />
Mike A. Maguire<br />
Susan Bright Maguire<br />
Robert A. Strong<br />
Larry M. Trueblood<br />
Mary Jane Phillips Trueblood<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Ann Childs Beatty<br />
James R. Beatty<br />
Janet Wysong Gough<br />
Barbara L. Litterer<br />
Noel E. Marquis<br />
Richard J. McCloskey<br />
Sarah Voorhis McMath<br />
Amy Hadley Nance<br />
Carol Mellencamp Rohrer<br />
Larry E. Ross<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Daniel Benitez<br />
Susan Christianson Bradford<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
Karen Johnson Capps<br />
Robert S. Conner<br />
C. Jane Delaney Cragen<br />
Arlis Dailey-Fisher<br />
Christina Johnson Hilkert<br />
Rosalie Henderson Hooton<br />
Robert D. Kirlin<br />
Shirley Vincent Koepper<br />
Norman J. Layton<br />
Linda Allen Myers<br />
Diane Klepper Olkusz<br />
Ronald K. Peters<br />
William G. Straus<br />
Merry Thompson Wright<br />
1966<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Beverly Parker Curnutt<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Janet Edmondson Schafstall<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Charles W. Baker<br />
Elmer Britton<br />
Susan Owens Douglas<br />
Ann Gresley Weber<br />
Stephen M. Wroblewski<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Charles R. Bentz<br />
Richard K. Clore<br />
† Pamela Wheeler Keck<br />
Jack R. Scherer<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Karen Jameson Ferrill<br />
Wilma Dewar Foster<br />
Douglas D. Fulmer<br />
Richard L. Hendricks<br />
Judith Kinder-Smith<br />
J. Stephen McIntyre<br />
Charles J. Myers<br />
Donald M. Potter<br />
Virginia Green Poyner<br />
Deborah Brooke<br />
Schuemann<br />
G. Edward Smith Jr.<br />
C. Dayton Titsworth<br />
Patricia McCoy Vest<br />
Kenneth W. Young<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Walter Carroll<br />
Delbert R. Cragen<br />
Charles M. French<br />
Marcia Smith Graves<br />
Sharon Smith Gray<br />
Ray J. Hamilton<br />
Patricia Jones Lybrook
Meredith W. Price<br />
Judith M. Roscoe<br />
Fred T. Swift<br />
Margaret Mailath Wilson<br />
1967<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
John M. Chiarotti<br />
Jerry D. Petro<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Robert D. Epstein<br />
Richard L. Flecker<br />
Charles T. Stumpf Jr.<br />
Susan Wohlmuth Williams<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Donald P. Bozell<br />
James A. Dykhuizen<br />
George E. Klinger<br />
Keaney L. Sloop<br />
Susan Dunn Sloop<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Patrick M. Bajdek<br />
Susan Reed Bajdek<br />
Ronald L. Cole<br />
Robert E. Hempel Jr.<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Alan B. Appleton<br />
Thomas A. Clere<br />
Judith Conquest<br />
Richard J. Edwards<br />
Carol Lee Gucluyildiz<br />
† Cynthia Ann Parks<br />
Paul R. Perry<br />
Carolyn Broman Riefe<br />
Beth Sadler Robey<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
D. Eileen Foist Bennett<br />
Betty McKinley Bourquein<br />
J. Terry Frey<br />
G. M. Fulkerson<br />
Frederick S. Ghanayem<br />
R. Stephen Gookins<br />
Maxine Coon Harden<br />
Ann Phillips Hershman<br />
Juanita Hadler Israel<br />
Ronald W. Nichols<br />
Francis D. Schill<br />
1968<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Reinhard W. Bockstette<br />
President’s Circle<br />
David R. Coffin<br />
Charles W. Maxwell<br />
Thomas P. Mengelt<br />
Belltower Society<br />
J. David Hollingsworth<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
G. Michael Loveall<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Lynda Clendenning<br />
Margaret Knight Ehringer<br />
Edeltraud Steiniger Fisher<br />
Richard W. Fitch<br />
Scott N. Fitkin<br />
Victoria E. Grady<br />
John B. Hachman<br />
Sarah Killen May<br />
John W. Spiker<br />
William J. Williams<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Virginia Triassi Capostagno<br />
Judith Benjamin Johnson<br />
Dana S. Klinck<br />
Keith E. Miles<br />
Philip D. North<br />
James E. Overmyer<br />
Cheryl Barnard Weseman<br />
1969<br />
Gold Key<br />
Robert A. DeVoss<br />
Susan Staab DeVoss<br />
President’s Circle<br />
David A. Denslaw<br />
M. Jo Eck Jurgensen<br />
Dean Mesologites<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Linda Hicks Beeler<br />
Nancy Peters<br />
Christine Raleigh Wroblewski<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
M. Jane Cragen<br />
Jane Totten Galin<br />
Wayne H. Galin<br />
W. Steve Witty<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Evelyn Schueller Brunner<br />
John E. Crews<br />
Michael A. Ehringer<br />
Michael L. Hall<br />
Victor A. Kiplinger<br />
Robert L. O’Neill<br />
Candace Barnes Pierce<br />
Janice Bursie Ruszkowski<br />
Michael A. Ruszkowski<br />
Nancy Drake Spiker<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Brenda Harmon Aldorisio<br />
Walter Aldorisio<br />
J. Steven Brackney<br />
Katie Jones Brown<br />
John R. Buerger<br />
Sharon Roloson Daniels<br />
David B. Dick<br />
Marilyn Douglas Ferguson<br />
Cynthia Winters Nowka<br />
Ann Miller Smith<br />
Ronald Lee Smith<br />
Stephen A. Smith<br />
Bryan J. Van Deun<br />
Patricia Gray Walls<br />
1970<br />
President’s Circle<br />
S. Jeffrey Burt<br />
Douglas L. Tillman<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Katherine J. Hibbs<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Lynda Esposito Cole<br />
Susan J. Egloff<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Susan Miles Atkinson<br />
Edward W. Bentz<br />
Robert C. Harrod<br />
Susan Klein Leonard<br />
Kathleen York Marshall<br />
Samuel T. Ogle<br />
David E. Overmyer<br />
Peter G. Phelps<br />
Robert S. Rogers Jr.<br />
Lyn S. Thorsen<br />
Richard D. Towsley<br />
David L. Vaughn<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Dorthy Humble Antle<br />
Linda Dornburg Burch<br />
Mary Quinnell Holeman<br />
Louise Gibbard Loffredo<br />
Frederick B. May<br />
William F. McCarthy<br />
Donald G. Mullen II<br />
Sue Hadley Sergeant<br />
Sharon L. Zuber<br />
1971<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Lincoln H. Linscott<br />
Earl L. Stanfield Jr.<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Judith Orahood Royal<br />
Stephen T. Wolford<br />
Robert L. Yarnall<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Philip N. Heller<br />
David P. Shaw<br />
Daniel J. Sigler<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
W. Russell Ashworth Jr.<br />
Richard R. Bro<br />
Philip K. Brown<br />
James A. Emerich<br />
David B. Hall<br />
Mark B. Kevitt<br />
Lloyd E. Long Jr.<br />
Veronica Mapp-Jenkins<br />
James T. Marshall<br />
Donald R. McComb<br />
Vicki Fulmer McComb<br />
Robert E. Mustard<br />
Michael F. Petti<br />
Janet Butcher Rose-Young<br />
Joyce Byer Shook<br />
Robert C. Shook<br />
Deborah Ridinger Smith<br />
Stephen L. Smith<br />
Wayne D. Superczynski<br />
Linda Barteck Unsworth<br />
William R. Unsworth<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
William J. Callahan<br />
Robert H. Conlon<br />
Catherine Cannon Drew<br />
Lois Smith Engebretson<br />
John G. Mazzei<br />
Cathleen Wardlow McBeath<br />
James A. Menser<br />
Jennifer Buck Menser<br />
Daniel P. Miller<br />
David L. Musgrave<br />
Elizabeth Campbell Pyle<br />
Ernest L. Richmann III<br />
Peter J. Rinaldi<br />
Rita Jan Shirley<br />
Jan Slusmon<br />
Jeannette Wulfhorst Zets<br />
1972<br />
1834 Circle<br />
James R. Potter<br />
President’s Circle<br />
William J. Receveur III<br />
Theressa Ellis Wright<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Stephen D. Hougland<br />
Paul E. Levett<br />
James L. Pease<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Anita Gonzalez Clem<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
William A. Anderson<br />
Geoffrey H. Doughty<br />
Margaret A. Height<br />
Virginia Johnson-Kappes<br />
Rodney A. King<br />
Jacqueline Seward McHarry<br />
Sharon Wilson Owens-<br />
Hoffman<br />
Beulah Tally Porter<br />
Charles F. Rengier<br />
Shelley Sewell Rogers<br />
Ronald A. Rzepnicki<br />
Cynthia Schroeder Schaffner<br />
Michael A. Taylor<br />
Ratina Burkhead ’12<br />
Campus activities: Pi Beta Phi sorority,Wave 3 president, Psychology<br />
Club’s campus and community relations officer.<br />
Most influential professor: Diane Black, leadership department<br />
secretary, elementary education field supervisor and adjunct professor<br />
of religion. “To have her as a mentor during my first semester in a new<br />
environment definitely helped me adjust to college. She seemed like<br />
she really cared and believed in me. She also made me believe I can do<br />
anything I want in life.”<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far: “I’ve met people who will<br />
forever be a part of me, and I’ve learned the real value of knowledge.<br />
I know I will be prepared for whatever life has in store for me because<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> has given me the confidence and courage to succeed in<br />
anything.”<br />
Favorite class and why: “Philosophy. I loved how challenging it was<br />
and how much critical thinking the topics required. It made me go<br />
outside of my own opinions and consider others.”<br />
Favorite things to splurge on: “Books! I could spend hours in Barnes<br />
& Noble.”<br />
Five-year plan: “Graduate from college with a degree in psychology,<br />
sociology and women’s studies. Move to Chicago and attend DePaul<br />
University for a master’s degree in women’s studies. I eventually want<br />
to work with women dealing with domestic violence.”<br />
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G. Kenneth Gates ’53<br />
“My memories include going through the registration<br />
process with Miss Virsfel Roe, registrar and faculty<br />
secretary, and signing the paper saying we would not use<br />
alcoholic beverages while at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>. After all,<br />
the college motto was Christianity and Culture. But, on<br />
that first Saturday night, there I was at the Independent<br />
Men’s house with the guys when we heard a big noise<br />
over on the campus. Someone said, ‘Oh, it's a meeting<br />
of the Privy Council, let’s go over in awhile.’<br />
We did, and there in front of Bryan Hall was a big<br />
bonfire, right in the street! It was a farmer's real privy<br />
set on fire. Women were watching from the dorm<br />
windows, and frat guys were lined up behind the fire,<br />
left hands over the shoulder of one another, like a<br />
chorus line, right hand out in front with a can, and<br />
they were singing ‘Onward Christian Soldiers.’ So much<br />
for the first week of Christianity and Culture!<br />
I also recall that on the day of final exams, if you missed<br />
one, you could be released from the college. But, there<br />
was a pretty girl who said, ‘Let’s go study that first hour.’<br />
So I did, with her. Then, later, going up the stairs in<br />
Old Main, or ‘The Gut,’ I met students coming down.<br />
They asked, ‘Where were you?’ The exam was in the<br />
first hour, and I had missed it!<br />
I went right up to the office of professor Herr and<br />
tried to explain. ‘Did you talk to anyone about the<br />
questions?’ ‘No.’ ‘Can you take the exam right now?’<br />
‘Yes.’ I went and sat in an empty classroom; nobody<br />
was ever so relieved to be able to take a final exam!”<br />
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Michael G. Webb<br />
Paul L. Willson III<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
James B. Davidson Jr.<br />
William N. Espy<br />
William J. Friedrich<br />
Barry J. Hearin<br />
Stephen E. Ricks<br />
1973<br />
Gold Key<br />
June Maple Schubert<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Gregg W. Happe<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Thomas W. Boyer<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Philip L. Powell<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Jane T. Jakoubek<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
James W. Cooper<br />
Jean Kirsnes Jones<br />
Gregory B. Raymond<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Lyman L. Benner Jr.<br />
Vernon A. Biederman<br />
Roberta Rich Cash<br />
Michael J. Fiorini<br />
Jane Stedman Hendricks<br />
Margaret Zinz Jantzen<br />
Joel S. Rodkin<br />
Adam R. Smith<br />
Terry R. Smith<br />
Robert T. Thomas<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Benjamin Daniel Fawcett<br />
Dan P. Fell<br />
James E. Henninger<br />
Mark C. Klene<br />
Molly Chapman Kresler<br />
David P. McGregor<br />
M. Pegge Markwalter Mirus<br />
Barbara S. Otte<br />
Larry C. Powell<br />
Dong T. Tran<br />
Gail Atchison Tucker<br />
Daniel E. Wagner<br />
Jean Campbell Waltner<br />
David J. Zawisha<br />
1974<br />
Gold Key<br />
Christine S. Fields<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Doris Arnette Dickerson<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Mark H. Murray<br />
Jacqueline Funke Richmond<br />
Robert M. Weiss<br />
Karen Sturdy Yarnall<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Steven A. Cohen<br />
Brian C. Dorris<br />
Keith R. Fleming<br />
Teresa Deem Goodwin<br />
Kevin E. Kane<br />
Linda Schiesser Kane<br />
Randy R. Racine<br />
Thomas H. Wilson<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Christen Watts Anderson<br />
Max Bassler<br />
Charles R. Hadley<br />
J. David Lett<br />
Raymond J. Matlosz<br />
Daniel E. Moore<br />
Connie Baker Searcy<br />
Douglas M. Sheets<br />
William M. Thompson<br />
Kathleen Krieger Westerfeld<br />
Jay D. Wickliff<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Barbara Hughes Bender<br />
Jeffrey L. Brown<br />
Jeffrey R. Craver<br />
Rhonda Robertson Craver<br />
Janis Latella Fiedler<br />
Keith A. Fiedler<br />
Walter J. Jones Jr.<br />
Mark W. Mellencamp<br />
Ellen Bailey Miller<br />
Annette Atkinson Moore<br />
Peggyann Moore<br />
Kenton L. Tresslar<br />
James H. Wedding<br />
Stephen A. Welchans<br />
Sandra Jones Wright<br />
1975<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Jay E. Hunsucker<br />
President’s Circle<br />
David R. Abel<br />
John R. Dickerson<br />
Kathleen Hodgen Schutz<br />
Belltower Society<br />
James R. Combs<br />
Donald L. Hunton<br />
Robert L. Murphy<br />
Gary B. Pate<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Mary Jo McClelland<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Derrick Anderson<br />
Bobbie R. Braggs<br />
Robert J. Feemster<br />
Thomas E. Martin<br />
Bruce L. Records<br />
Penny Nail Records<br />
Paula J. Wood<br />
Victor L. Zacharie III<br />
Robert M. Zerr<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Edwin R. Faught<br />
Jody Fitzgibbon<br />
Rebecca J. Heck<br />
W. David Lyon<br />
Barry A. Maxwell<br />
R. Anita Miller<br />
Richard W. Ranlet<br />
Judith Trowbridge Schlicker<br />
1976<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Marcella Shanks Abel<br />
John W. Auld Jr.<br />
Robert D. Heuchan<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Beverly Fuller Murphy<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Arnold E. Brown<br />
Karen Esposito Greenslade<br />
Ralph L. Greenslade<br />
Sue Alexander Krukemeier<br />
Stuart A. Mathis<br />
Gary W. Roupp<br />
Daniel B. Wheeler<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Andrew E. Henderson<br />
Jamie Speas Shuel<br />
Stephen A. Teets<br />
Connie Allen Wininger<br />
Ronald L. Wininger<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Mark P. Axelberg<br />
Debbie Jones Derrico<br />
Thomas A. Derrico<br />
Dedra K. Montgomery<br />
Sheila A. Moore<br />
William E. Smith III<br />
Ellen M. Somers<br />
Thomas R. Tudor<br />
Phil E. Wagoner<br />
R. Thomas Wilson<br />
1977<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Patricia Branstetter West<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Jennifer Dietz St. Martin<br />
Linda Mullendore Krevda<br />
Becky Tames Rosenberger<br />
Scott J. Rosenberger<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Daniel J. Lavalli<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Chris D. Gronning<br />
Judith Claycombe Mathis<br />
Susan L. Wakefield<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Tom Andress<br />
Cathelen Cutler Batuello<br />
G. Daniel Callon<br />
Jean Everett Cohoon<br />
Dennie D. Cooke<br />
Nancy Allin Cooke<br />
Thomas H. Deer<br />
Brad C. Emons<br />
John M. Loffredo<br />
Gerald C. Maguire<br />
M. Boyd Mozingo<br />
Charles E. Ray<br />
William R. Schwab<br />
Karla Anderson Thomas<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Kim Johnson Bereman-Hinz<br />
Jim E. Connell<br />
Debra Waltz Cummins<br />
Teresa Hagee Duffey<br />
Paul S. Fedorchak<br />
Deborah S. Fraley<br />
Julie Dygert Frey<br />
Sharon Murphy Hood<br />
Mark A. Humes<br />
Rebecca James Lawrie<br />
Deborah Moore Pinnick<br />
Mark S. Scheumann<br />
Nancy Yoder Scheumann<br />
Terri Zuffa Wagoner<br />
1978<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Brad N. Crawford<br />
Raymond J. Dorulla<br />
Mark Harrison<br />
Neil M. Krevda<br />
Belltower Society<br />
John V. Hasewinkel<br />
Mary Jo Lane<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Laura Hudson Loveall<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Rebecca Albano Albano-Miller<br />
Scott A. Cohoon<br />
Mary Meyer Gates<br />
Mark E. Hagans<br />
Darrell R. Heuchan<br />
Kimberly Murray Hunter<br />
Stephen C. Hunter<br />
Randall T. Lewis<br />
April Mann Mozingo<br />
Judy Johnson Ray<br />
Brian D. Smith<br />
J. Grant Tucker<br />
Nancy Boarman Turner<br />
Roger J. Wolford<br />
Patricia Auld Zachidny<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
J. Scott Armacost
Luann Williams Colin<br />
Robert L. Colin<br />
Steven H. Coppess<br />
Joie Wildman Curtis<br />
Joseph M. Dallas<br />
John C. Duffey<br />
Jeffrey J. Lawrie<br />
Nancy Nichols Moredock<br />
David M. Ozbun<br />
Jeff Pinnick<br />
Richard F. Robison<br />
Barbara Rutan<br />
Kate B. Seifert<br />
Mark A. Young<br />
1979<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Douglas B. West<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Mark Bolinger<br />
Kenneth H. Inskeep<br />
K. Mark Loyd<br />
Jean McErlane McGrady<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Nancy A. Busenbark<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Nancy Glover Carr<br />
Debra L. Denslaw<br />
Timothy L. Garner<br />
Lawrence E. Gates<br />
Steven H. Rogers<br />
Gregg C. Sciarra<br />
Terrance J. Vick<br />
Kevin R. Widdison<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Terri Carpenter Benefiel<br />
David G. Christian<br />
Mark D. Elliott<br />
Marsha Brooks Guerard<br />
Susan Rider James<br />
Timothy A. McCullough<br />
Sherry Inlow Rumble<br />
Kathryn M. Tucker<br />
Karen Brown Walsh<br />
1980<br />
Gold Key<br />
Peter T. Cangany Jr.<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Chizuko Kudo Bolinger<br />
Robert M. Park<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Denise Marulic Dorulla<br />
William M. Dorulla<br />
Thomas W. Hasewinkel<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Keith J. Moenter<br />
† Robert W. Ray<br />
Richard C. Richmond III<br />
Diana Wilhite Urban<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Glen A. Baker<br />
W. Scott Brown<br />
Gregory R. Cataldi<br />
Kathryn Valentine Farrington<br />
Timothy E. Fuller<br />
John A. Hartnett Jr.<br />
Karen Melvin Kolodzej<br />
Cynthia J. Lester<br />
Cynthia Heflin Pelo<br />
Rodger L. Pelo<br />
Kevin M. Stephenson<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Robert J. Borkowski<br />
Richard C. Braessler<br />
Gwen Deprez Brown<br />
Rebecca M. Buening<br />
Pamela F. Dorsey<br />
Karen Lawson <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Gary L. Kiesel<br />
Vickie S. Kirby<br />
Sandi Robinson Poyer<br />
Michael J. Schaefer<br />
Melinda Macy Sell<br />
Beth Vandivier Stuckwisch<br />
1981<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Michael W. O’Dell<br />
President’s Circle<br />
John L. Krull<br />
Kelli DeMott Park<br />
Belltower Society<br />
William E. Cox<br />
Brian L. Meeke<br />
Thomas H. Mueller Jr.<br />
Randall K. Reece<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Amy Taylor Carlton<br />
Timothy M. Dant<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Patricia Wroblewski Abbott<br />
Jeffery C. Atwood<br />
H. William Avery<br />
William D. Farrington<br />
C. Mikel Hudson<br />
Kevin L. Yoas<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Bradley A. Angle<br />
Stacie Fisch Crozier<br />
Judy Culver Fedorchak<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
Rebecca Horstman-May<br />
Joseph P. Lesko<br />
Carmen Collier Madsen<br />
Jeffrey E. Madsen<br />
Beth Berry Reilly<br />
Kevin A. Stevens<br />
Diane K. Timbrook<br />
1982<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Joni M. Anderson<br />
James V. Due<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Illene Jaynes Roggensack<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Brent A. Peters<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Bradley K. Burpo<br />
Gregory L. Eaton<br />
Mary R. Roehrs<br />
Lisa E. Sellers<br />
David R. Such<br />
Michael J. Urban<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Vincent V. Burpo<br />
Daniel T. Doles<br />
Kimberle Smith Menz<br />
David H. Muth<br />
Robert G. Smith II<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Jennifer Barton Basey<br />
Gordon W. Cox<br />
Betsy K. Dunbar<br />
Shelley Murnan Gies<br />
M. Ellen Richert Huddleston<br />
William Gary Lewis<br />
Nancy G. Liston<br />
Elizabeth McDonald Lyon<br />
Cathy Newport Wood<br />
Dean R. Wood Jr.<br />
1983<br />
Belltower Society<br />
E. Lynn Grayson<br />
Diane E. Horvath<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Stephen R. Gregorios<br />
Brian R. Nanavaty<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Brian S. Adams<br />
Lee Ann Hadley Baldridge<br />
Carolyn Mittermaier DiPaolo<br />
Matthew L. Galbraith<br />
Christina Chastain Goldsberry<br />
Phillip J. Schneider Jr.<br />
Juan Hyde ’11<br />
Campus activities: Member of Black Student Union,Tau Kappa<br />
Epsilon fraternity and college radio station WFCI.<br />
Most influential professor: Steve Comiskey, lecturer of English.<br />
“His teaching style and personality made his class very enjoyable.<br />
I never missed one of his lectures.”<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far: “Winning the campus<br />
Organization of the Year Award with the Black Student Union.”<br />
Best life advice ever received: “Everything is OK in the end, if it’s<br />
not OK, then it’s not the end.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout and why: “The back porch at the TKE<br />
house.We have a basketball court that is frequently in use.”<br />
Favorite things to splurge on: “Shoes.”<br />
Hobbies: “Listening to music, playing basketball and hanging out<br />
with friends.”<br />
Five-year plan: “Graduate from <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> and work in the<br />
broadcast industry, either radio or TV. I’m hoping to land a job in<br />
Indianapolis after graduation, but I’d like to move down near<br />
Atlanta after I’ve established myself in my career.”<br />
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Shannon (Cerajewski) Walker ’04<br />
“My new student mentor group was amazing. Matt<br />
Worland ’02 and Diane Black, leadership department<br />
secretary, elementary education field supervisor and<br />
adjunct professor of religion, led us. There was nothing<br />
those two wouldn't do for our group. They were the<br />
perfect mix of fun to keep us engaged and straight talk —<br />
to keep us in line. I always looked forward to going to<br />
mentor group, and I formed some of the best friendships<br />
that I still cherish to this day.<br />
Later, I had the chance to become a resident assistant<br />
and absolutely loved it. The women on my floor would<br />
gather in the hallway on many nights and just talk until<br />
the wee hours. I even came home one day from class to<br />
find my door covered in toilet paper courtesy of my<br />
beloved residents. It was all in good fun. I enjoyed all<br />
the silliness and the serious talks alike. It felt good to<br />
know that I could be a support for those women, like<br />
others had been for me. As the years went by and they<br />
were no longer my residents, I was so proud of how<br />
involved they became on campus and how they took<br />
on many leadership responsibilities.”<br />
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Grizzly Club<br />
Jerry A. Garau<br />
Maureen Hoffman-Wehmeier<br />
Kim Adams Lesko<br />
Cheryl Hoffman Miles<br />
Mark Murdock<br />
Vicky Higbie Newsom<br />
P. Rugger Smith III<br />
Kimberly Wheeler Stoddard<br />
D. Kirt Verhagen<br />
Sharon Park Wilson<br />
Thomas R. Wilson<br />
Steve Wray<br />
1984<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Patrick A. Collier<br />
Belltower Society<br />
A. Todd Bemis<br />
Kimberly Lafary Bemis<br />
Jennifer D. St. Clair<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Pamela Anderson Burpo<br />
Juli K. Shields<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Arturo Bicknell<br />
John L. Carnes Jr.<br />
Martin J. Gardner<br />
Andrew H. Hoffman<br />
Melanie Parris Zeiner<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Debra L. Deeter<br />
Patricia Ison Foreman<br />
Jeffrey G. Giesting<br />
Dean A. Hicks<br />
Lee Ann Nay Hoy<br />
Michael B. Pinnick<br />
David K. Records<br />
Teresa Melgard Robinson<br />
Amy Breedlove Walker<br />
David A. Wehmeier<br />
Timothy J. Williams<br />
J. Michael Willis<br />
J. Douglas Winnefeld<br />
1985<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Richard Mousty<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Denise Zeyen Shuck<br />
Todd A. Shuck<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Patrick J. Brennan<br />
Carla S. Holt<br />
Jeffrey L. Kent<br />
Michael E. Myers<br />
Betsy Jo Schmidt<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Bill D. Foreman II<br />
Rebecca Smith Jones<br />
Brian J. Lenahan<br />
Drew L. Wildman<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Curtis R. Henry<br />
Deborah Pilley Messinger<br />
Lori Hadley Robinson<br />
1986<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Robert Karl Bultman<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Devin D. Anderson<br />
Hollace D. Chastain II<br />
Deborah Hill Davis<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Wendy Shuler Hagn<br />
Kristine Bertram Wood<br />
Simon Kwok-Wai Wu<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Kristy K. Brown<br />
Dennis D. Hicks<br />
Andrew E. Stoner<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Barry J. Ehle<br />
Dawn M. Hurlbert<br />
Timothy R. Jones II<br />
Tenna Boone Pershing<br />
Robert H. Satnan<br />
Denise Stauffer Wildman<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
David W. Bridges<br />
Susan Irwin Brown<br />
Gloria L. Crowell<br />
Christina Smith Harmeyer<br />
Eric J. Heppner<br />
Gary L. Hutchins<br />
William Russell Morris<br />
Erin Hinkle Records<br />
Kelli Van Valer Stropes<br />
1987<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Philip Blaine Arington<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Nora Lowe Brems<br />
William J. Brems<br />
James Wesley Cunningham<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Todd P. Check<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
Paul R. Fischer<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Stephen M. Gardner<br />
Larry P. Johns Jr.<br />
Joseph G. Schifano<br />
Michael A. Snyder<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Sally K. Brown<br />
Thomas R. Curren<br />
Melissa Porter Fast<br />
Rodney J. Graham<br />
Richard W. Morris<br />
David R. Poling Jr.<br />
Susan Crooks Poling<br />
Rita Baldwin Priddy<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
William A. Becker<br />
Curt A. Cavin<br />
Sara Ballard Earles<br />
Bruce W. Foreman<br />
Patricia Braun Fox<br />
Paula Berling Henry<br />
Susan Salapski-Guzek<br />
R. Jill Carter Snyder<br />
Rodney L. Snyder<br />
1988<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Teresa Boone Smith<br />
Valarie Andrews Zufall<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Julianne Butler<br />
Angela Rodgers Conoley<br />
Cheryl Brown Garner<br />
Bradley D. Jones<br />
Lisa E. Mahan<br />
Kevin T. Murphy<br />
Frank L. Muzzillo<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Michelene Bumbales Becker<br />
Gary L. Cox<br />
Ann Chester Endres<br />
Jean Buis Everage<br />
Tanya Kitchen Holman<br />
Suzanne Yount Maher<br />
Melissa Williams Miller<br />
Lucien M. Perras<br />
Nicholas S. Schoening<br />
Pamela A. Schumann<br />
Eric A. Scudder<br />
Elizabeth A. Snively<br />
Thomas S. Solomon<br />
Robert F. Susemichel<br />
Angelina Hughes Walls<br />
Dianna Abbott Wilmoth
1989<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Lisa Combs Fears<br />
William S. Gourley<br />
Brian F. McManus<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Brian K. Lawson<br />
Valeri Liby Lawson<br />
Michael A. Moore<br />
Bob A. Witham<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Lisa Wilson Arnold<br />
Amy Sebree Crawford<br />
Rachel Sheeley Muzzillo<br />
Andrew S. Roesener<br />
Lori Allison Vaughn<br />
Troy L. Vaughn<br />
Bryan P. Werner<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Debra K. Belden<br />
Rex H. Brattain<br />
Courtney Steele Cleghorn<br />
Cindy J. Fliss<br />
Amy Anderson Godby<br />
Julia Graham-Edwards<br />
Lori Bruns Holt<br />
Lora Paul Manion<br />
Randy D. Meyer<br />
Julia Alberts Puckett<br />
William T. Utterback<br />
Rhonda Andrews Walters<br />
1990<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Kelley C. Lasek<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Jenny Koenig Morrison<br />
Melanie J. Norton<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Christopher J. Conoley<br />
I. Lorie Bear Lux<br />
John D. Lux<br />
Kathy Bennett Murphy<br />
Scott D. Nowling<br />
Kimberly Seals Parks<br />
† Timothy L. Robison<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Robert E. Belew<br />
Shannon J. Blount<br />
Gregory A. Kirkland<br />
Christina Wilson Lucas<br />
Bradley J. Monts<br />
Andrea Taylor Reed<br />
Kelly Guilfoyle Schoening<br />
Sonya Powers Tickel<br />
Kimberly Petty Valera<br />
J. Jeffrey Van Valer<br />
Michelle Diekhoff Veerkamp<br />
Paula Cook Wales<br />
1991<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Paul D. Sargent<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Dawn Calhoun Holt<br />
Jeffrey W. Holt<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
William F. Brinkman<br />
David B. Glass<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Mark W. Chambers<br />
Shane R. Fallis<br />
Susanne Hill Fallis<br />
Reece A. Mann<br />
Trudy A. Smith<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Cynthia Connelly Baxter<br />
Debra Billings-Mastrian<br />
Donald J. Burgener Jr.<br />
Yolanda Hattabaugh Burgener<br />
Jeffery A. Griman<br />
Carla Ogle Hammer<br />
Cynthia S. Kendall-Wright<br />
Mary Laura Malinka<br />
Cheryl Gaschk Miller<br />
Karen Lineberry Monts<br />
Sarah Mohney O’Brien<br />
Timothy A. O’Shea<br />
Marshall E. Royalty<br />
Rebecca Wey-Tsy Sun<br />
1992<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
James S. Rodway<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Elizabeth Baker Sánchez<br />
Rafael S. Sánchez Jr.<br />
Elizabeth Ingram Sargent<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Brad M. Davis<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Jon S. Almeras<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Nicole Bumgarner Barrett<br />
Hope Hershberger Chambers<br />
Tina Leigh Coachys<br />
Susan Dankanich Fero<br />
John J. Holden<br />
Laura Hannah Holden<br />
Melissa Myers Jones<br />
Melissa J. McIntosh<br />
Kelly Wells Schneider<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
William D. Belew<br />
Dagrun R. Bennett<br />
Chris A. Cherry<br />
Dianna Wilkins Cox<br />
Aaron L. Franks<br />
Amy Moulden Griman<br />
Sharon Todd Hollowell<br />
Susan Vaught Kirkland<br />
Steven J. Miller<br />
John A. Myers<br />
Susan Schnepf O’Shea<br />
Kristine Keith Raney<br />
Charley A. Scarber<br />
Mark R. Susemichel<br />
Debbie Kramer Suttman<br />
David P. Vandivier<br />
Franki L. Zile<br />
1993<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Kristina King Guse<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Patrick Walsh Orr<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Martha Dorrel Schrock<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
John Aaron Howald<br />
Ginger Hudson Liemohn<br />
Cherilyn Worm Williams<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Jennifer Weales Bostic<br />
Robert L. Braman<br />
Douglas T. Burker<br />
Cristi Richards Cherry<br />
Karen Teresa Coffman<br />
S. Chris Coulston<br />
Jennifer Stone Doty<br />
Julie Ann Eckerle<br />
Daniel J. Goens<br />
Melissa Kaiser Henderson<br />
Elizabeth V. Jones<br />
Jennifer Martin Kwiatek<br />
Stefanie Paulus Lowrey<br />
Jennifer Geil Maupin<br />
Ruth McClelland-Nugent<br />
Hope Sullivan McMickle<br />
Merri Moore Smullen<br />
Sariah Coons Morgan<br />
Laura Leann Norman<br />
Casey Gragg Patterson<br />
Jennifer Miller Pratt<br />
Kellie Metts Prigian<br />
Kristen Chiarotti Prusiecki<br />
Michelle Alexander Scarber<br />
Marcus Schloemer<br />
Matthew B. Schnepf<br />
Andrea Butler Tian<br />
Angela Hatton Trimnell<br />
Jennifer Callahan Wilson<br />
Paula S. Winkler<br />
1994<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Cary M. Guse<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Mark R. Rosenthall<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Bradley D. Bolinger<br />
David Hake Dunkle<br />
Christopher Alan Lynch<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Patricia Cobo Kurek<br />
Jenny Persinger Sego<br />
Chad R. Sievers<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Jennifer Adams Giddens<br />
Michael David Pecen<br />
Ellen Prohaska Brunner<br />
Ronald E. Rogers<br />
Andrew Charles Shultz<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Erik Vonn Arkenberg<br />
Claudia Heritier Braman<br />
Jennifer Whitis DeArmitt<br />
Michael P. DeArmitt<br />
Jane Ellynn Edwards<br />
Cary D. Hargis<br />
Deborah Hagist Hargis<br />
Sheila Dougherty Harmon<br />
John David Henderson<br />
Tyler G. Knight<br />
Greg Edward Long<br />
Yolanda E. McBride<br />
Douglas D. Miller<br />
Melinda Keith Miller<br />
Lora Peavey Peters<br />
Jennifer Morecraft Ridge<br />
Jenny Vinson Rozzi<br />
Allison Butler Spegal<br />
Angela Morris Stevens<br />
Michael Brent Susong<br />
Kurt Michael Terrell<br />
Derick E. Wilson<br />
1995<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Anthony M. Gambaiani<br />
Jennifer Joefreda Lippens<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Jared W. Stagner<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Catherine Stonebraker<br />
Caldwell<br />
Bradley E. Coy<br />
Brenda Thom Ferguson<br />
Jason L. Ferguson<br />
Angel Bates Fischer<br />
Diana Meer Jacob<br />
Matthew H. Jacob<br />
Kristine E. Meyer<br />
W. Shane Robbins<br />
Daniel J. Sigler Jr.<br />
Eric J. Stevens<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Amy Heavner Bastin<br />
Brett A. Bastin<br />
Brian W. Davis<br />
Elizabeth Kuka ’11<br />
Campus activities: Student Congress secretary, new student mentor,<br />
Admissions Office Fellow, <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Latino Advocacy and<br />
Awareness Association and Habitat for Humanity.<br />
Most influential professor: Kathy Carlson, English professor.“She is<br />
an amazing person and teacher. She encourages and inspires students<br />
to achieve their personal best both inside and outside the classroom.<br />
I have been fortunate enough to have professor Carlson for two<br />
semesters, and I honestly looked forward to class every day. Not only<br />
do you learn about English in her classes, but you also learn valuable<br />
life lessons.”<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far: “As a new student mentor last<br />
year, I watched students in my group get adjusted to life on campus,<br />
succeed in classes, become involved in athletics and organizations<br />
and grow to love FC as much as I do.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout: “My friends’ rooms . . . just to talk or watch<br />
our favorite TV shows.We have a set schedule for whose room we<br />
meet in on what night. It is so much fun!”<br />
Favorite things to splurge on: “Purses are my vice!”<br />
Five-year plan: “I am majoring in Spanish and minoring in leadership,<br />
and after graduation I hope to have a job where I can utilize both<br />
of those skills. I’m not exactly sure what is in store for me, but I am<br />
keeping an open mind.”<br />
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Amanda (Personett) Shelley ’07<br />
“Attending <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> remains one of the greatest<br />
decisions I ever made. My first memory of FC goes back<br />
to my sophomore year of high school when I attended<br />
an editor’s workshop through the Indiana High School<br />
Press Association. I went home and told my parents that<br />
I was going to <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>. They laughed at me,<br />
saying that we couldn’t afford it. I sure showed them.<br />
While I understand that I did my part to make the most<br />
of my experience at FC, it wasn’t hard to do. The things<br />
I shared as part of a recent young alumni panel that<br />
brought me back to campus didn’t graze the surface of<br />
the number of things that I learned while at <strong>Franklin</strong>,<br />
both personally and professionally. Not only did <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
serve as my place of residence for four years, but among<br />
the faculty and staff I found a home and family that<br />
I’ll never forget. In addition, I can specifically link every<br />
professional success I’ve had to the connections I made<br />
or the things I learned while at FC.”<br />
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Natalie Ryan Davis<br />
Stephanie Wildman Flondro<br />
Mary T. Goebel<br />
Kimberly Minick Jeffers<br />
Kelly Coffing Maharaj<br />
Daniel J. Paul<br />
Chad E. Ridge<br />
Kimberly Wall Riordan<br />
Melissa Roetker Rouzer<br />
Jenny Vinson Sherrill<br />
Kristie L. Sweeney<br />
Christopher S. Vance<br />
J. Thomas Wiser<br />
Emily Habel Wood<br />
1996<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Jeffrey R. Lippens<br />
Jessica Lillpop Mahoney<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Thurman V. Alvey III<br />
Brady J. Lory<br />
Rebecca Rude Ogle<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Nancy Powers Crimmins<br />
Kelly Smith Fulford<br />
Gary L. Griner Jr.<br />
Misty Livengood Horsley<br />
Rachel Peden McCarty<br />
Maleta Fisher Schmidt<br />
Daniel L. Siewers<br />
Ariana Cole Stevens<br />
Amy Kean VerSteeg<br />
Joshua C. Wilson<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Kevin J. Bley<br />
Suzannah Watson Brouwer<br />
Betsy Means Davis<br />
Jennifer Marshall Donovan<br />
Heather L. Judah<br />
Joshua J. Kinnick<br />
Todd A. Lucas<br />
Jennifer Lynn Martin<br />
Amy Kline Miller<br />
Dennis L. Myers<br />
Ellen Poe Rasor<br />
Jenifer Collier Schloemer<br />
Tracy L. Stephenson<br />
Kevin L. Summers<br />
Brandi Pearcy Terrell<br />
James M. Tish<br />
Lori Jones Tish<br />
Angela Dollens Turnmire<br />
Lisa Megel Vogel<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
Jennifer Schornick Williams<br />
Amy Martin Wiser<br />
1997<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Sonya Baker-Hallett<br />
Shaun J. Mahoney<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Adam R. Decker<br />
Kendra Gardner Decker<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Timothy J. Ayler<br />
Kristi R. Bruther<br />
Angela Brown Coy<br />
Daryle J. Fulford<br />
Christine Treibic Holcroft<br />
Leslie M. Saunders<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Heather Hammons-Landwerke<br />
Blank<br />
Chad E. Bobb<br />
Michael A. Brouwer<br />
Kristen Gratzer Hass<br />
Marion Dixon Jordan<br />
Daniel C. McGrew<br />
Heather Willis Neal<br />
Daniel J. Noah<br />
Mary Helton Phillips<br />
Daniel B. Schuetz<br />
Richard J. Shagley II<br />
Malissa A. Spurlock<br />
Shawn J. Taylor<br />
Andrew S. Wilson<br />
Derick S. Witty<br />
Jesse D. Woodson<br />
1998<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Amy Lynn Belisle<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Christopher L. Bennett<br />
Casey Smith DeArmitt<br />
Joshua C. DeArmitt<br />
Matthew Lee Goff<br />
Conway L. Hershberger<br />
William Curt Holcroft<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Robert Winters Ater<br />
Jarrod Hadley Brett<br />
Andrea Dryer Campbell<br />
Ryan S. Cripe<br />
Matthew Scott Fitzgerald<br />
Melissa Clark Hardman<br />
Kathleen M. Hossom<br />
Brian D. Murray<br />
Leslie Lux Myrick<br />
Stephanie Brown Paul<br />
Kelly Scribner Piercy<br />
Jason Andrew Scheele<br />
Michelle Rudolph Smith<br />
Sarah Baker Stephenson<br />
Josiah Samuel Temples<br />
Kathryn Suzanne Wilson<br />
Andrea Cardinali Woodson<br />
Wynita M. Worley<br />
1999<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Aimee Black Alyea<br />
Kory Todd Bell<br />
Michelle Singer Bloomer<br />
Deana Baker Haworth<br />
James K. Whitehouse II<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Yancy B. Cottrill<br />
Brian D. Harbin<br />
James Johnson<br />
Wendy Myers Preilis<br />
Andrea G. Shirley<br />
Carrie Johnson Sorensen<br />
LouAnna Engle Tolliver<br />
Brooke Wagoner Worland<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Tracey Coulston Bledsoe<br />
Lisa Fradette Keener<br />
Daniele Roth Larrison<br />
Derek D. Lautenbach<br />
Donna Lagler Lounsbery<br />
Jennifer Norton Mowrey<br />
Elisabet Somer Murray<br />
Erin Beikman Pipkin<br />
Rachel Sharp Ramey<br />
Cameron D. Savage<br />
Allyson Heminger Sever<br />
Michael Sever<br />
Matthew J. Simpson<br />
Kristen Hoopes Smith<br />
William C. Stafford<br />
Margaret Tucker Sullivan<br />
Gavin Hamilton Teevan<br />
Dawn Robinson-Decot Warren<br />
Dawn Wesseler<br />
Tiffany Jonas Wilson<br />
<strong>20</strong>00<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Lindsay Michelle Hadley
Wellhouse Society<br />
Brett Michael Haworth<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Paul Douglas Buening<br />
Karenna Anne Dickerson<br />
Andrew Kennard Foster<br />
Barton James Hunter<br />
Jaclyn Lee Linkmeyer<br />
Joseph Edward McGuinness<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Cara Peterson Adams<br />
Casey J. Adams<br />
Susan Lester Carey<br />
Douglas Anthony Haessig<br />
Jason C. Hogan<br />
Kraig S. Kincaid<br />
Megan Spaulding Laker<br />
Mark A. Lecher<br />
Cirsten Beekman Lewis<br />
William Bradley Rumple<br />
Zachary A. Shroyer<br />
James Wine Sigler<br />
Brian P. Sullivan<br />
<strong>20</strong>01<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Susan Buerger Buening<br />
Jeffrey P. Goedeker<br />
Matthew S. Hickey<br />
Megan Richardson Hickey<br />
Kyle R. Hobbs<br />
Nathan A. Mathis<br />
Heather R. Meek<br />
David Michael Stonehouse II<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Jeffrey Scott Arthur<br />
Kristen Symmes Bixler<br />
Laura Farner Bridges<br />
Tara Hunter Childs<br />
Wade M. Coggeshall<br />
Amanda Kean Denton<br />
Brandi Renae Foster<br />
Brent Lynn Glasgow<br />
Megan Murphy Haessig<br />
David M. Hallgarth<br />
Susannah Bridges Hallgarth<br />
Jill Kirchner Harms<br />
Russell C. Harms<br />
Lisa Harmon Hogan<br />
Kurt V. Laker<br />
Jeffrey M. Pipkin<br />
Patrick L. Senn<br />
Jennifer Smith Setser<br />
Sarah Willis Shroyer<br />
Jennifer Weyer Skura<br />
Jeremy D. Skura<br />
LeAnn Gerkin Stidham<br />
Christina Miller Summers<br />
Anne Marie Heile Suttmann<br />
Andrea Lippens Teevan<br />
Victoria Lynn Valent<br />
Jack A. Waggoner Jr.<br />
Rebecca Meyer Walter<br />
Sam L. Waterson<br />
<strong>20</strong>02<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Kevin A. Allen<br />
Bradley A. Rateike<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Elizabeth Jukes Sappenfield<br />
Jacob W. Sappenfield<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Joshua Ryan Adams<br />
Matthew C. Faulkner<br />
Sarah Cummings Faulkner<br />
Marissa Knecht Goedeker<br />
Tiffany Barton Hendrix<br />
William E. Hiday<br />
Joseph D. Hougland<br />
Megan Sarah Marrinan<br />
Elizabeth Voors Moore<br />
Mathew D. Worland<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Brian K. Alsip<br />
Lee Inabnitt Blazer<br />
Leah Pickerell Coggeshall<br />
Marcus Jarrod Davis<br />
Adam D. Dollarhide<br />
Heath D. Ewing<br />
Kristin Dane Ewing<br />
Natalie Sponsel Hopkins<br />
Andrea White Kincaid<br />
Matthew D. Maple<br />
William Eric Meek<br />
Sarah D. Pace<br />
Erin Ponder Ponder<br />
Eric S. Shields<br />
Nicole Welchko St. Martin<br />
Amanda Dawne Teltow<br />
Yoko Ueno<br />
April VanEpps<br />
Tara Borgman Ward<br />
Laura Johnson Waterson<br />
<strong>20</strong>03<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Rebecca McCaslin Iten<br />
Janet Mitchell Schantz<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Craig J. Bland<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Bradley J. Goedeker<br />
Robert Brent Holman<br />
Allison O. Huffman<br />
Neil Anthony Rauh<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Erica Bishop Alsip<br />
David Lewis Bedwell<br />
Joseph R.A. Belser<br />
Megan Engle Ciaccio<br />
Jill Rateike Curry<br />
Matthew R. Dorsett<br />
Jeffrey Christopher Fairbairn<br />
Kevin Thomas Lackman<br />
Abigail Ann Larrison<br />
Tara Kitchen Layne<br />
David Andrew Miretti<br />
Nichole Helton Moore<br />
Kelly Gettinger Morgan<br />
Hillary Bellman Sanders<br />
Suzanne Thompson Stafford<br />
Kendra Brynne Stinson<br />
Catherine Conradt Waggoner<br />
Amy Miller Wilmer<br />
Douglas R. Wolf<br />
<strong>20</strong>04<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Audra Ferguson-Allen<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Emily Moses McDowell<br />
Brett A. Widner<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Jennifer S. Armstrong<br />
Thomas David Baird<br />
Julia Milligan Callen<br />
Matthew T. Callen<br />
Dustin M. Case<br />
Andrew McClain Clotfelter<br />
Erin Ashbrook Davis<br />
Jessica Renee Dunham<br />
Dustin Howard Faulstick<br />
Daniel J. Frische<br />
Molly Crone Frische<br />
Howen F. Hernandez<br />
Shannon Michelle Land<br />
Shanon G. Layne<br />
Sarah Boyd Mahoy<br />
Kindra Moorman Maple<br />
Matthew L. McCutcheon<br />
Erin Esserman Meek<br />
Ryan T. Moore<br />
Kimberly Anne Pauszek<br />
Amber Leigh Powers<br />
Ashley Kremer Spray<br />
Trisha J. Taylor<br />
Craig A. Thompson<br />
Joseph L. Tooley<br />
Shannon Cerajewski Walker<br />
Amanda N. Waltz<br />
Ryan D. Withem<br />
Keith D. Witty<br />
Adam M. Zborowski<br />
<strong>20</strong>05<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Clinton L. Whitson<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Joshua D. Chastain<br />
Alan C. Hensell<br />
Michelle Miller Hiday<br />
Betsy Hummel Loeks<br />
Jared J. Sabelhaus<br />
Casey E. Taylor<br />
Amber Hicks Weatherford<br />
Tyler L. Weatherford<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Donald E. Aldrich<br />
Katherine Sheehan Alexander<br />
Erica Parsons Birkle<br />
Justin Buck Brown<br />
Jennifer Piland Cataldi<br />
Terry L. Coy<br />
Jillian L. Delaney<br />
Andrea Merkt Fullbeck<br />
Chelsea S. Hendon<br />
Kristin Shayln Owens<br />
Rebecca L. Rominger<br />
Jessica A. Scheidt<br />
Natalie Rae Sealover<br />
Ashley Sherwood-Heller<br />
Aaron Bradley Sweet<br />
Angela Mapes Turner<br />
Stephanie Lynn Wagner<br />
Amy Thurston Waltz<br />
Kylie A. Weichman<br />
Jessica Hope Wilson<br />
Amy Coleman Withem<br />
Laura Ostermann Wolf<br />
Mary Hirschy Zier<br />
<strong>20</strong>06<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Adam C. Isenburg<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Jennifer Nebesny Whitson<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Nathaniel Taylor Aker<br />
Angela Rayphole Chastain<br />
Clayton W. Darlage<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
James Robert Alexander<br />
Katherine Swart Coy<br />
Bryston W. Cutter<br />
Thomas James Davis<br />
Kathryn E. Fledderman<br />
Christy Ramsey Goen<br />
Jill Coy Hamilton<br />
Kristen Nichole Hewett<br />
Renee N. Kean<br />
Mitchell Thomas Manley<br />
Whitney Faith Niswander<br />
Sara L. Papas<br />
Katherine Ann Reynolds<br />
Nathan C. Roberts<br />
Stacy Michelle Roe<br />
Tasha Moores Stahly<br />
Mallory Street Sparks<br />
Justin F. Van Horn<br />
Ryan Hendryx ’12<br />
Campus activities: Resident assistant for first floor west in Elsey Hall<br />
and student assistant for the men’s basketball team.<br />
Most influential professor: Kathy Carlson, English professor.“During<br />
the fall semester of my freshman year, she pushed me to work hard<br />
and do my best. That encouragement carried over to other classes,<br />
which has helped me to get better grades.”<br />
My most memorable FC moment so far: “Seeing the Grizzlies beat<br />
the Hanover <strong>College</strong> football team during the <strong>20</strong>08 Victory Bell game.”<br />
Favorite class: “The biology classes are my favorite because of what<br />
they teach about life and the components that make up nature, and I<br />
enjoy the labs because they give me the chance to learn firsthand<br />
about biological processes.”<br />
Hobbies: “Soccer, basketball, football, tennis-ball, golf, fishing and<br />
being outdoors.”<br />
Five-year plan: “After I graduate from college with a degree in<br />
secondary education and a biology minor, I would like to teach at<br />
the seventh- or eighth-grade level and coach basketball at a small<br />
high school.“<br />
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David A. Denslaw ’69<br />
“It is somewhat ironic that my most valued experience as a<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> student occurred during a period when<br />
I was away from the FC campus. The first semester of<br />
1968, I participated in the Washington semester program<br />
in Washington, D.C. Program components included<br />
sessions with and presentations by such notable figures<br />
as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Sen. Jacob<br />
Javitz (New York), Sen. Mark Hatfield (Oregon), Rep.<br />
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (New York), Special Counsel to<br />
President Lyndon B. Johnson Harry McPherson and<br />
Black Panther Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver,<br />
among others. The opportunity, through <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, to study in our nation’s capital at a time so<br />
intensely impacted by the continuing Civil Rights<br />
Movement, the Women’s Rights Movement, the<br />
Vietnam Anti-War Movement and the Presidential<br />
campaign of 1968 (resulting in the November election<br />
of Richard M. Nixon over Democrat Hubert H.<br />
Humphrey and Independent George C. Wallace)<br />
provided me with an experience that creates exciting<br />
and thought-provoking memories to this day.”<br />
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David Alan Verdeyen<br />
Jeremy Scott Votaw<br />
Holly N. Wehr<br />
Jacob S. White<br />
Robyn Burns Witty<br />
<strong>20</strong>07<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Rachel Lawson Coats<br />
Ryan Mitchell East<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Austin E. Andrick<br />
Brittany Lane Beehler<br />
Timothy W. Bush<br />
Sarah L. Coffey<br />
Katherine Marie Douglas<br />
Megan Elizabeth Dykes<br />
Lindsey Kelly Estep<br />
Timothy Andrew Fish<br />
Lorraine Diane Fisher<br />
Erika Hanaway Fritz<br />
Ty E. Fritz<br />
Matthew N. Goen<br />
Josef Samuel Kapitan<br />
Megan K. Knoll<br />
John Michael Lett<br />
Michelle Elizabeth Lilly<br />
Sarah Louise McCann<br />
Heather R. Nolte<br />
Sara Allen Reagan<br />
Hilary Nicole Rebber<br />
Amanda Personett Shelley<br />
Jason M. Sims<br />
Shannon McMurray Sims<br />
Andrew J. Stahly<br />
Nathaniel James Starling<br />
Dustin Todd Vaught<br />
Joshua Alan Wagner<br />
<strong>20</strong>08<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Christopher John Kramer<br />
Andrew M. Mapes<br />
Patrick A. Yokovich<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
John Douglas Andrews<br />
Elizabeth Nicole Bassler<br />
James Robert Bush<br />
Michael Thomas Collier<br />
Ondrea Renee Elkins<br />
Michael L. Estep<br />
Clarence R. Glenn<br />
Joshua Philip Hatton<br />
Nicole Ann Hensley<br />
Grace Surface Howell<br />
Matthew James Hoyt<br />
Benjamin Andrew Jarvis<br />
Everett Eugene Johnson III<br />
Ryan William Johnson<br />
Nicholas Harold Kerr<br />
Magen Marie Kritsch<br />
Jamie Elizabeth Mathews<br />
Georgia Kaye Meeker<br />
Ashley E. Monfreda<br />
Bethany Ann Odom<br />
John Christian Postel<br />
Franklyn Charles Pottorff<br />
Alycyn Elizabeth Pratt<br />
Christopher John Pribush<br />
Justin Matthew Richey<br />
Patrick Kyle Roberts<br />
Erin Marie Scott<br />
Dana Lynn Sease<br />
Wayne M. Stanley<br />
Kathryn Rose Tewell<br />
Peter M. Till<br />
Katherine Lynn Vogel<br />
Laura Elizabeth Wagner<br />
Jordan Duane Waltz<br />
Marci Cathleen White<br />
Haley Blair Wise<br />
Benjamin M. Wyatt Jr.<br />
Elizabeth Allen Wyatt<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong><br />
Pledge to Stay Connected is a<br />
fundraising program of the<br />
Student Foundation. The program<br />
encourages seniors to keep in<br />
contact after they graduate and<br />
to make a four-year financial<br />
commitment to the college.<br />
Ben S. T. Ahlbrand<br />
Jennifer D. Andrick<br />
Sara Ann Banta<br />
Candace Rebecca Beatty<br />
Lauren Joy Bobbitt<br />
Joel Stephen Chrobak<br />
Daphne Dawn Deem<br />
Bradley M. Ebach<br />
Mark Daniel Engleking<br />
Amanda R. Fletcher<br />
Paul Michael Galbraith<br />
Jeremy Michael Gale<br />
Elizabeth Rae Gearhart<br />
Kayla Lucille Golden<br />
Nathaniel L. Hampton<br />
Chelsea Marie Harwood<br />
Jasmin M. Hashi<br />
THEN<br />
&NOW<br />
James Kyle Jennings<br />
Emily Dawn Jones<br />
Kaleb Michael Kerr<br />
Raye-Lynn D. Kreiger<br />
Christi Noel Law<br />
Catherine M. Lewinski<br />
Heather Ann Limp<br />
Samantha Ann Macy<br />
Cory Mahon<br />
Melissa Anne McEwan<br />
Nathan Alan McGuire<br />
Nicholas Wood Miller<br />
Cassandra Gayle Mitchell<br />
Amanda K. Morris<br />
Megan Nicole Myers<br />
Nathaniel Ray O’Neall<br />
Justina Marie Peters<br />
Stephanie Radtke<br />
Nicholas J. Rensing<br />
Stephanie Elizabeth Rhoades<br />
William Paul Richardson<br />
Joseph Clyde Riley<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Tyler Roe<br />
Mary Katherine Rogers<br />
Emily Elaine Ruch<br />
Marlene Elizabeth Russo<br />
Karle M. Schaefer<br />
Whitney Jo Sedam<br />
Lyndsey Jo Shaw<br />
Carey S. Shea<br />
James Matthew Swienconek<br />
Caroline Ann Thielking<br />
Katie Rose Tolley<br />
Lauren Ashley Trisler<br />
Jennifer Lynne Wadsworth<br />
Jeffrey Scott Wagerman<br />
Jennifer Nicole Walters<br />
Jehri Ann Wampler<br />
Jenna Christine Yarnell<br />
Rachel Ann Yeager<br />
Sarah Rene Zeigler<br />
ASSOCIATE ALUMNI<br />
Effie Behrens<br />
Mary Ann Collier<br />
Robert E. Dickinson<br />
Clifford and Paula Dietz<br />
Margot Lacy Eccles<br />
John and Barbara Grimmer<br />
Ted and Marcia Grossnickle<br />
Helen and Lee Hodgen<br />
James E. Hoover<br />
Stephen L. Huddleston<br />
Needham S. Hurst
Frank Hutcheon<br />
Bill and Margo Martin<br />
Carole L. McKinney<br />
James T. Napolitan<br />
Richard M. Park<br />
John D. Peterson<br />
Kerry N. Prather<br />
Doreen W. St. Clair<br />
Dan K. Thomasson<br />
Dr. George Tooze Jr.<br />
Karen S. Wade<br />
Elna N. West<br />
R. G. Wirey<br />
Thorp L. Wolford<br />
HONORARY DEGREE<br />
V. Von Boll<br />
Robert E. Dickinson<br />
Clifford H. Dietz<br />
Paula Dietz<br />
Kenneth V. Dodgson<br />
Margot Lacy Eccles<br />
H. Posey Gaines<br />
Boyd E. Haley<br />
Robert H. Hammond<br />
Eugene L. Henderson<br />
Stephen L. Huddleston<br />
Robert A. Johnson<br />
Nolan R. Lackey<br />
Ted L. Marston<br />
William B. Martin<br />
Gareth B. Matthews<br />
Larry J. McKinney<br />
William Ted Murphy<br />
Wil B. Nelp<br />
Leon Pacala<br />
Richard M. Park<br />
Phillip Philbrook<br />
Herbert A. Pigman<br />
Frank E. Russell<br />
Donald Shuler<br />
Connie Sutton<br />
L. Eugene Ton<br />
Thorp L. Wolford<br />
ALUMNI COUNCIL<br />
Doris Brown Alexander<br />
Sam P. Alford<br />
Marjorie Reasoner Coble<br />
Patrick A. Collier<br />
Deborah Hill Davis<br />
Adam R. Decker<br />
Robert A. DeVoss<br />
James V. Due<br />
Veronica Pacala Evans<br />
Sarah Cummings Faulkner<br />
Anthony M. Gambaiani<br />
Robert D. Heuchan<br />
Leah McCombs Hooker<br />
Misty Livengood Horsley<br />
Kurt V. Laker<br />
Susan Klein Leonard<br />
Janet Wheeler McDuffey<br />
Keith J. Moenter<br />
Martha May Newsom<br />
Patrick Walsh Orr<br />
Becky Tames Rosenberger<br />
Stephen A. Teets<br />
Donald A. Treibic<br />
Michael J. Urban<br />
David P. Vandivier<br />
Sam L. Waterson<br />
Douglas B. West<br />
Gene A. White<br />
W. Steve Witty<br />
Brooke Wagoner Worland<br />
PARENTS<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Acklin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas B. Andrews<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher<br />
Appelhans<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Applegate<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rob Bachek<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Banta<br />
Mrs. Deidra Baumgardner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Bede<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Blair<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bontrager<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Borgman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Bowers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bradner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Brannon<br />
Mrs. Kelly Braun<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brewer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Brown<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Bryant<br />
Ms. Jacquelyn Buckler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Burgeson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Burns<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley K. Burpo<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James G. Bush<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Byrdwell<br />
Mrs. Karen Cartmell<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John Jay Cash<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Catron<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Chauvette<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Clunie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael W Coffey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J.<br />
Conoley<br />
Mr. Gordon W. Cox<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Crawley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Crothers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Darland<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Denny III<br />
Mr. David A. Denslaw<br />
Mr. Richard DePlanty<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Dever<br />
Mrs. Vickie L. Dowden<br />
Mrs. Susan Dowell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Drake<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry A. Drane<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Duffey<br />
Mrs. Vanessa Dunkley<br />
Mr. & Mrs Michael W. Durphey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Ebach Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Elder<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory W. Ellis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Endicott<br />
Ms. Charisse Farrell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Foreman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fowler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Mr. Michael Friedman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Adam Fulper<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Galbraith<br />
Mr. Matthew L. Galbraith<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Gale<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Garriott II<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gearhart<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Geary<br />
Mrs. Virginia George-Nelis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Golden<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Gomez<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Graman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Grayson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Greer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Hancewicz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Harold<br />
Harmon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Heiden<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Philip N. Heller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Helmsing<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Helvie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J Henkle<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hicks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Higgins<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Hill<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Hojnacki<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Meredith Hole<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Danny Howard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Derek B. Howard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Huls<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Nick Ilickovich<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Jackson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Jacobs<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Johnson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Jones Sr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Jones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Jones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Kaminski<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Kaylor<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Greg L. Keinsley<br />
Ms. Catherine Kelly<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Nazir A. Khatri<br />
Mrs. Brenda Kiger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Kimmerling<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Kirk<br />
Mrs. Janet Kitchin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Kling<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Neil M. Krevda<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kuka, Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Lahrman<br />
Mrs. Mary Lainhart<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Lawrie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Todd Lehfeldt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Letner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lettinga<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Lewis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. George Lewis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Lippold<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Lynch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Mahoney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Eric McCombs<br />
Ms. Christina McCord<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald McIntosh<br />
Ms. Jill McQuillen<br />
Mrs. Brenda Mellencamp<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Melton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mendez<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mescall<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Dean Mesologites<br />
Mr. Gerald Miller<br />
Ms. Gretchen Miller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Miller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M.<br />
Montague<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Garry D. Moore<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Moran<br />
Mrs. Gena Ann Morris<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Mousa<br />
Mr. Thomas H. Mueller Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David L.<br />
Musgrave<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Nine<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff O’Connor<br />
Mr. & Mrs. George Odom<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Olds<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Oliver, Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel O’Rourke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Orr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Pate<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dana Payne<br />
Mrs. Tina Pennington<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Pinnick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Planalp<br />
Mrs. Melinda Pollock<br />
Mr. Steven Polz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Powe<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Pribush<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Purkhiser<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Qualls<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Raderstorf<br />
Mrs. Martha Radtke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Ratliff<br />
† Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Ray<br />
Jennifer Richardson ’12<br />
Campus activities: Tri Delta sorority member, Student Association in<br />
Support Of Multiculturalism (SASOM) historian, Black Student Union<br />
vice president, <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Latino Advocacy and Awareness<br />
Association, Multicultural Partners Program mentor and Admissions<br />
Office ambassador.<br />
Most influential professor: English lecturer Carolyn Rodkey.“I had<br />
two courses with her freshman year, and she really encouraged us to<br />
be critical thinkers, not just in the classroom but in all aspects of life.<br />
Her classes helped open my eyes to new cultures and helped me to<br />
develop a new mindset when looking at the world beyond college.”<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far: “Meeting Ambera Siggers ’11.<br />
My transition from ’top-dog’ senior in high school to ‘bottom of the<br />
totem pole’ freshman in college would not have been as easy without<br />
her. Ambera gave guidance as a mentor, and her willingness to include<br />
me with her friends made me feel welcomed at the college and<br />
motivated me to get involved and become a strong leader on campus.”<br />
Favorite things to splurge on: “Shoes. I own <strong>20</strong>0- plus pairs!”<br />
Five-year plan: “I plan to be working part time at the Indiana<br />
Heart Hospital while taking courses in a graduate program to<br />
obtain my master’s and doctoral degrees. My goal is to become a<br />
psychologist who specializes in behavioral care for youth in juvenile<br />
detention centers.”<br />
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Jamie Rodway ’92<br />
“My favorite memory of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> is one that is<br />
still a work in process. <strong>Franklin</strong> isn’t just a particular day<br />
or person or event. It’s a memory that is alive, growing,<br />
evolving and surviving within me.<br />
Sure, I remember when the men’s basketball team went<br />
to NAIA nationals and students covered the campus in<br />
toilet paper streamers to celebrate. And, who could forget<br />
watching Reece Mann ’91 pass for more than 500 yards<br />
in a single football game?<br />
But, I also enjoy the memories of sitting on a sunny<br />
mall, ice cream cone in hand, talking with a friend or<br />
debating with a teacher in Old Main, sure that I was right,<br />
learning that education is more than details in a book.<br />
My memories also include beautiful friendships, studying<br />
at Hamilton Library, biscuits and gravy Tuesdays at Saga,<br />
student government, lunches with Dr. Gardner Ashley<br />
(professor of French), creating a store called Poor<br />
Richard’s, euchre at 2 a.m., trustee meetings and the<br />
list goes on.<br />
To me, <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a collection of thousands upon<br />
thousands of unique memories that have come together<br />
over the years to become a beautiful mosaic. I wouldn’t<br />
trade it for the world, and I’m eternally grateful.”<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Redding<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Reinbold<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Rensing<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Rhoades<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Rhodes<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Ridge<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Roberts<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rodenhuis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Rothkopf<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Rowles<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Pete Rupp<br />
Ms. Sharon Rust<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Schenkel, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Linda Schlie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Craig<br />
Schneckenberger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Schroeder<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Schuetz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Searcy<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Shideler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Shields<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Neal Singco<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Smith<br />
Mr. Roger Smith<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Sparks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Stack<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Stephens<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Sullivan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Raleigh Swango<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Taylor<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Thrasher<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Tierney<br />
Ms. Kimberly Townsend<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Tucker<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Urban<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tracy Vianco<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Wagerman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wagner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jackie Waldroup<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Walters<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Warner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Warner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Welti<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Wheat<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tony L. White<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Williams<br />
Mr. Bruce Wilson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Wilson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Wise<br />
Ms. Mary Beth Wood<br />
Mr. Max Woodbury<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wright Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Yarnell II<br />
FACULTY AND STAFF<br />
Linda J. Airey<br />
J. Scott Armacost<br />
John Axe<br />
Denise Baird<br />
William W. Barrett<br />
Ann Kutch Barton<br />
Deidra Baumgardner<br />
Robert E. Beasley<br />
Paul Beczkiewicz<br />
Kirk Bixler<br />
Diane Norton Black<br />
Amanda Boyers<br />
Raymond M. Bragiel<br />
David G. Brailow<br />
Nora Lowe Brems<br />
Jarrod Hadley Brett<br />
Larry Bridges<br />
Sharon Kay Bridges<br />
Mark S. Britner<br />
Steven K. Browder<br />
Kristy K. Brown<br />
Douglas T. Burker<br />
G. Daniel Callon<br />
Ruth Doub Callon<br />
David C. Carlson<br />
Kathleen D. Carlson<br />
Gregory R. Cataldi<br />
Barbara Chambers<br />
David H. Chandler<br />
Robert L Cheek<br />
Jennifer Clady<br />
Barbara Cohoon<br />
Karen Cole<br />
Dennis A. Cripe<br />
James R. Curry<br />
Carol M. Davis<br />
Marcus Jarrod Davis<br />
Barbara J. Divins<br />
Daniel T. Doles<br />
Ruth E. Dorrel<br />
Janet Dowty<br />
Kim K. Eiler<br />
J. Kevin Elixman<br />
Ondrea Renee Elkins<br />
Lisa Combs Fears<br />
Brenda Thom Ferguson<br />
Susan B. Fleck<br />
Ruth E. Freese<br />
Timothy L. Garner<br />
Virginia George-Nelis<br />
Douglas G. Grant<br />
Marcia Grossnickle<br />
Wendy Shuler Hagn<br />
Ellis F. Hall III<br />
Sherri Hall<br />
Alice Long Heikens<br />
Cynthia A Helmich<br />
Christine J Hendershot<br />
Tiffany Barton Hendrix<br />
Nicole Ann Hensley<br />
Alan P. Hill<br />
Misty Livengood Horsley<br />
J. Thomas Howald<br />
Stephen L. Huddleston<br />
Jay E. Hunsucker<br />
Jason B. Jimerson<br />
Janice F. Johnson<br />
Ryan William Johnson<br />
Virginia Johnson-Kappes<br />
Bradley D. Jones<br />
Renee N. Kean<br />
Nazir A. Khatri<br />
Gary L. Kiesel<br />
John L. Krull<br />
Anne Kuka<br />
Mark A. Lecher<br />
Yu-long Ling<br />
Donna Lagler Lounsbery<br />
Christina Wilson Lucas<br />
Lisa E. Mahan<br />
Shaun J. Mahoney<br />
Carole L. McKinney<br />
J. Barton Meyer<br />
Kristina K. Moede<br />
Beth A Moore<br />
Jay Moseley<br />
Helen Jean McClelland<br />
Nugent<br />
Paul T. Nugent<br />
Christopher A Nunn<br />
Richard M. Park<br />
Thomas E. Patz<br />
Simone Pilon<br />
Maureen Pinnick<br />
William J. Pohley<br />
Cynthia E. Prather<br />
Kerry N. Prather<br />
Bonita L. Pribush<br />
Samuel B. Rhodes<br />
Lora F. Roberts<br />
Terri Green Roddie<br />
Rebecca L. Rominger<br />
Shelia Ann Rosario<br />
Carmelita Rosengarten<br />
Elizabeth Jukes Sappenfield<br />
Paul D. Sargent<br />
Janet Mitchell Schantz<br />
Betsy Jo Schmidt<br />
Martha Dorrel Schrock<br />
Ronald L. Schuetz<br />
Josiah P. Sears<br />
Tandy L. Shuck<br />
Roger Smith<br />
Bryan Spetter<br />
Doreen W. St. Clair<br />
Margee M Stamper<br />
Emily A. Stauffer<br />
John Nelson Stevens<br />
Gordon Strain<br />
Shawn J. Taylor<br />
Kathryn R. Tewell<br />
Roger L. Thomas<br />
Carol Summers Tumey<br />
Amy Kean VerSteeg<br />
Vicco H. VonStralendorff<br />
Angelina Hughes Walls<br />
David M. Weatherspoon<br />
Katherine M. Wehner<br />
Gene A. White<br />
Dedaimia Storrs Whitney<br />
Jennifer Nebesny Whitson<br />
Emily Habel Wood<br />
Kristine Bertram Wood<br />
Brooke Wagoner Worland<br />
Benjamin M. Wyatt Jr.<br />
Judy Yarnell<br />
FRIENDS<br />
Gold Key<br />
Mr. Jack Borgerding<br />
Ms. Carol R Dennis<br />
Mrs. Carroll B. Hoover<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell B. Pulliam<br />
Dr. Harve E. Rawson<br />
Mrs. Evelyn Wolford<br />
1834 Circle<br />
Mrs. Sue Ann Brown<br />
Mrs. Linda I. Coverdale<br />
Mrs. Dorcas A. Frische<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Loomis<br />
Mrs. Nancy B. Peterson<br />
Mrs. Elaine H. Potter<br />
Mr. William Stamper<br />
Ben <strong>Franklin</strong> Circle<br />
Mrs. Joyce K. Allen<br />
Mr. William Black<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Marshall Colburn<br />
Mrs. Candace Moseley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Wadsworth<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Armor<br />
Mrs. Elizabeth Auld<br />
Mr. Michael R. Davis<br />
Mr. Brian J. Deppe<br />
Mr. Warren Dorrel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Eiler<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Keith Ernst<br />
Mrs. Saundra Huddleston<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Keucher<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kleber<br />
Ms. Jennifer R. Labalme<br />
Mrs. Dana Giles Lasek<br />
Mr. Mark Leonard<br />
Mrs. Nancy Lorenzano-<br />
Obergfell<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Edwin A. Penn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Percifield<br />
Mrs. Nancy Jo Powell<br />
Mrs. Vicki M. Receveur<br />
Mr. David Rimstidt
Mr. John Peter Sohn<br />
Dr. David Wantz<br />
Mrs. Grace Anita White<br />
Mr. Chad Wolfe<br />
Mr. Alson Wright<br />
Belltower Society<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Aldrich<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Keith K. Antell<br />
Dr. Joseph Beardsley<br />
Mr. Bryan Beeler<br />
Dr. Douglas K. Bullington<br />
Mrs. Gayla Bullington<br />
Mr. Alan Carl<br />
Mr. Juel R. Carman<br />
Mrs. Connie Check<br />
Ms. Evelyn Crawford<br />
Mr. Lloyd Douglas<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Eric R. Feathers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Foster<br />
Mrs. Diana Brobst Gambaiani<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony R. Gillam<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Goad<br />
Dr. Robyn K. Goshorn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Gudeman<br />
Mr. Marc A. Hagn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Hogan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Knobel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dewayne Mason<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Mehringer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Nelson<br />
Mr. James M. Pinnick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. <strong>Franklin</strong> Slusser<br />
Mr. Michael W. Waddick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Wertz<br />
Wellhouse Society<br />
Gil & Rita Abplanalp<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Bates<br />
Rev. Joel Blanton Sr.<br />
Mrs. Lynnette Browder<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Brown<br />
Mr. Michael D. Carter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Conoley<br />
Mr. Charles S. Cooper<br />
Mrs. Julie A. Deeg<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Ditmars<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Hal Ecksten<br />
Ms. Leanna Ellis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Fairfield<br />
Mrs. Lois Hamilton Fitzpatrick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Fritz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gilbert<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Goerner<br />
Mr. Stephen Helmich<br />
Mr. & Mrs. George L. Hines<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hise<br />
Mrs. Mary Louise Hurst<br />
Ms. Pamela Jursik<br />
Mr. Joseph C. Kurek<br />
Mr. Brian S. Lankford<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Lankford<br />
Mr. & Mrs. B. R. Mace<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Malmgren<br />
Mr. & Mrs. R. J. McConnell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Monroe<br />
Rev. & Mrs. Louis G. Nelson<br />
Mrs. Virginia S. Pacala<br />
Mr. Mark Parker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Plummer<br />
Mr. Ronald W. Randall<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Barry L Richmond<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell R. Rude<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sappenfield<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Sharpe<br />
Mr. Larry D. Smith<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Richard V. Swindle<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J.<br />
Swinehamer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Taylor<br />
Mr. Joe Theobald<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Waterson<br />
Dr. Mark D. Williams<br />
Mr. Stephen J. Wray<br />
Blue and Gold Club<br />
Mr. James R. Admire<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scott<br />
Alspach<br />
Mrs. Lynette Elizabeth<br />
Andrews<br />
Ms. Edna Appel<br />
Mr. Michael Arnett<br />
Ms. Earleen M. Ashbrook<br />
Mr. Chet Aubin<br />
Mr. Larry Baker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Banschbach<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Barcus<br />
Mrs. Amy L Barger<br />
Ms. Sheila Barr<br />
The Hon. Kevin M. Barton<br />
Mr. Byron C. Bayne<br />
Mr. Wesley A. Beal<br />
Mrs. Norma Bellman-Jones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald K. Bitter<br />
Ms. Jill M. Bode<br />
Ms. Henriette K. Bolly<br />
Ms. Virginia Bonomini<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Devon J. Bontrager<br />
Mr. James Brock<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ivan D. Brooks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Brown<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Broyles<br />
Mr. & Mrs. C. Neal Burnett<br />
Mr. Joe M. Butler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ole Albert Carlson<br />
Ms. Barbara P. Catron<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Don Caudell II<br />
Mrs. Carol G. Chappell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chester<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Clemons<br />
Mr. Michael Cmehil<br />
Hon. James K. Coachys<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Coats<br />
Mr. & Mrs. George R. Cochran<br />
Ms. Lucille Cockerham<br />
Ms. Marian L. Colvin<br />
Mrs. Nancy A. Conoley<br />
Mr. Harlan G. Copeland<br />
Mrs. Hester Coward<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steve R. Cox<br />
Mr. Jeffrey David Crawley<br />
Ms. Vickie E. Daulton<br />
Col. Mark S. Davis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Doherty<br />
Mrs. Sherry L. Doles<br />
Mr. Jeffrey A. Dollens<br />
Ms. Linda Dollens<br />
Ms. Esther F. Dolson<br />
Ms. Jimpsie Doyel<br />
Rev. George R. Duncan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Eiler<br />
Mr. Eddie B. Ellis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Engle<br />
Dr. Scott J. Findley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Chester Flynn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Foster<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Frazee<br />
Mr. Melvin N. Fredbeck<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Freeman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. Freimuth<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robin Gahimer<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Philip George<br />
Mr. Don D. Glesing<br />
Mr. Jeff Gore<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Grayson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Grimmer<br />
Ms. Cathy J. Hamm<br />
Mr. & Mrs.John D. Hann<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Harmon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Hass<br />
Ms. Yvette Hauser<br />
Mr. Richard Adam Hayes<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Herrmann<br />
Mrs. Henrietta Heuchan<br />
Ms. Jodie R. Heydon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Hicks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Higdon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Higgins<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rich Hoffman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hollenbeck<br />
Mr. & Mrs. N. David Honnigford<br />
Ms. Carolyn O. Hood<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Horvath<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt D. Hunt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Royce Hunt<br />
Ms. D. Jean Hutchens<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hutchens<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Jarvis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. L. David Johnson<br />
Mr. Phillip S. Jones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ray A. Jones<br />
Mr. Michael E. Justice<br />
Mr. Tim Kappes<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Kauffman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Keller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kelly<br />
Mr. James H. King<br />
Mrs. Judith Davis Kirkland<br />
Ms. Anne L. Knapp<br />
Ms. Deborah A. Knerr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jed E. Lange<br />
Mr. Geoffrey S. Lapin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Leck<br />
Mr. William R. Ledyard<br />
Ms. Barbara J. Lee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. George E. Leonard<br />
Mr. Joseph Leonard<br />
Mr. Stephen Leonard<br />
Ms. Mary M. Lett<br />
Mrs. Yuriko Ling<br />
Mr. Todd Linville<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Lobdell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Lucas<br />
Mr. Jerry Maguire<br />
Ms. Susan A. Mann Hitchcock<br />
Ms. Kathleen E. Martin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry P. Martin<br />
Mr. Ronald E. Mattingly<br />
Mr. Jay D. May<br />
Mrs. Nancy McCay<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick McEuen<br />
Mr. Dan Meiners<br />
Mr. George Melloan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Merkley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Miller<br />
Mr. Paul Miller II<br />
Ms. Suzanne Miller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A.<br />
Millspaugh<br />
Mr. Mike Momberger<br />
Mr. David Mongan Sr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Don E. Morgan<br />
Ms. Judith Mousa<br />
Mrs. Jack Mullendore<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Murphy<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William Joseph<br />
Murphy<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Murphy<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack E. Nies<br />
Ms. Jean Ann O’Rourke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Paris<br />
Mr. John R. Park<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Pelz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Garland D Perry<br />
Mrs. Marian Pohley<br />
Mrs. Jama Pryor<br />
Ms. Lorie Ray<br />
Ms. Shawn Reardon<br />
Mr. Ned Rees<br />
Tyler Roell ’10<br />
Campus activities: Member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Student<br />
Foundation, Interfraternity Council executive board and cross country<br />
and indoor and outdoor track teams.<br />
Most influential professor: Bonnie Pribush, director of leadership<br />
development.“Even though I’ve never had her as an actual professor,<br />
she was my freshman year adviser and my fraternity’s adviser as well.<br />
Over the last few years, she has always been there for me when I’ve<br />
needed guidance. She has helped me become the leader that I am.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout: “My room at the Phi Delt house.There are<br />
few places where a group of guys can hang out with no TV, no music<br />
and no computers for hours on end, just talking about random events<br />
in life, and not get sick of each other. My room is that place for me and<br />
my brothers and friends.”<br />
Favorite class: “Calculus II. John Boardman, associate professor of<br />
mathematics, and the people in the class made it very enjoyable,<br />
and the late-night study sessions and board races made studying fun.”<br />
Five-year plan: “I would like to be teaching math at the high school<br />
level, after possibly traveling around the country working as a field<br />
consultant for Phi Delta Theta’s international headquarters. Right now,<br />
teaching algebra II or geometry seems very appealing. Also, I would<br />
love to coach, preferably track and cross country.”<br />
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Leah (McCombs) Hooker ’54<br />
“As a music major, my most special memories at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> involved being in the concert choir.<br />
Each year we made 40 to 50 appearances and spent<br />
our spring vacations on a tour bus for many fun-filled<br />
miles. Many lifetime friendships were made traveling<br />
to Washington, D.C., Buffalo, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., and<br />
several cities in between.<br />
The most exciting trip was to Miami, Fla., on an<br />
airplane furnished by an alum. We were invited to<br />
sing for the 1954 Kiwanis International Convention.<br />
It was a thrilling experience to receive a standing<br />
ovation from more than 10,000 people. We were very<br />
proud to be goodwill ambassadors for <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.”<br />
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Ms. Martha Reitz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Revor<br />
Ms. Gail Richards<br />
Mr. David S. Richey<br />
Mr. P. Neil Riley<br />
Mrs. Anne T. Ritteman<br />
Mrs. Heather Robbins<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Roberson<br />
Ms. Kim L. Roberts<br />
Ms. Jennifer Rogers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer L. Rohrbacher<br />
Mr. Larry Rothenberger<br />
Mr. Charles E. Ryker<br />
Ms. Darlene Scarlett<br />
Ms. Sandy Schrink<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Scott<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane E. Sears<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Sease<br />
Ms. Sue Selvio<br />
Mr. Steve D. Shaul<br />
Ms. Doris E. Sheeks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Matt A. Shockley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jay E. Shumaker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Siewers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sigler<br />
Ms. Grace E. Sikes Scering<br />
Ms. Stacey L. Sink<br />
Ms. Marianne Smith<br />
Mr. Michael Smith<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Philip C.<br />
Snellenbarger<br />
Ms. Zonda A. Stead<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H.<br />
Stegemann<br />
Ms. Judith A. Stegemann<br />
Mrs. Kathy Stolz<br />
Mr. Robert W. Strickland<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Stutler<br />
Mr. Bill Sumansky<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Swick<br />
Ms. Carla M. Taylor<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Taylor<br />
Ms. Barbara V. Thibault<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Thrasher<br />
Mr. Walter A. Vanderbush<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Danny D. Vaught<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Robert<br />
Wade<br />
Mr. Gary M. Wade<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Wagoner<br />
J. Page Walker<br />
Mr. Joseph P. Waltermann<br />
Ms. Sue S. Webb<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry White<br />
Mr. Ronald D. Wildman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Winger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Winkler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Allen Young<br />
Grizzly Club<br />
Ms. Vicky Able<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lance Adams<br />
Ms. K. Jane Adcock<br />
Ms. Ann M. Alexander<br />
Mrs. Janet P. Alexander<br />
Mrs. April Allen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Amos<br />
Mrs. Karen Goen Armacost<br />
Mrs. Gayle Arnold<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Arnold<br />
Ms. Barbara M. Babb<br />
Mrs. Marthetta J. Baker<br />
Mr. Eric L. Balentine<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Ballard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bannister<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Barton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Bates<br />
Mrs. Traci Marshall<br />
Baumgartner<br />
Ms. Tricia E. Bechman<br />
Mr. Jeffrey A. Beck<br />
Mr. Robert C. Bennett<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas M. Biltz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Raye Black<br />
Mr. Tom Blattler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Bless<br />
Ms. Rita J. Borchert<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William U. Brems<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Brezko<br />
Mr. Walter C. Bridgewater<br />
Mr. Kenneth I. Brooks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Brown<br />
Dr. & Mrs. John W. Brown<br />
Mr. M Alan Brown<br />
Mr. Gary M. Brumitt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Bruther<br />
Ms. Alys A. Buntin<br />
Mr. Thomas Burns<br />
Mrs. Julie Ann Burton<br />
Ms. Nicole Buschemeyer<br />
Mr. Kevin Campbell<br />
Mr. Steven Caraboa<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Cary A. Carlson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Caudill<br />
Mr. Jeff Chalfant<br />
Mr. Victor E. Childers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Clary<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Coggeshall<br />
Mrs. Carol Collier<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Combs<br />
Mr. & Mrs. E. Neil Cooper<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Cotton<br />
Dr. James R. Curry<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. David<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Davis<br />
Ms. Jean Davis<br />
Ms. Sylvia Davis<br />
Ms. Elizabeth C. Dean<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie Delaney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Drake<br />
Rev. James E. Dye<br />
Ms. Mary Dyrstad<br />
Mr. Robert C. Eiler<br />
Ms. Carolyn Ann Endicott-<br />
Ward<br />
Mr. & Mrs. E. Wayne Esserman<br />
Ms. Patricia L. Failey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Farner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Fields<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Findley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dallas Fines<br />
Ms. Kim R. Finke<br />
Ms. Pamela S. Flannery<br />
Ms. Joy A. Flynn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jason A. Frantz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Franz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Fuson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Claude E. Gaier<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Gambaiani<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Garner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ellis Gasser<br />
Mrs. Mary Ann Geiger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Geiger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Geurts Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David B. Glunt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Graham<br />
Ms. Kathryn L. Guignard<br />
Mrs. Sharon P. Hahn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hanna<br />
Mr. Brad Hansen<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Charles Harnist<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond G. Harrier<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Roy Dale Harris<br />
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Mr. Scott Havener<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rob D. Henderson<br />
Mrs. Tammi Fearin Hickman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Hoffman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce V. Holderead<br />
Mr. Michael C. Horvath<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Housefield<br />
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Ms. Linda K. Inglis-Byrd<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Jack Krebs<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Lambert<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Edman R. Lash<br />
Mrs. Nancy Bennett Leffler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Leonard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Lett<br />
Mrs. Duane Lippold<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Luff<br />
Senator Richard G. Lugar<br />
Mrs. Wanda Lyon<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Edward Marrinan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Martin<br />
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Martin<br />
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Mrs. Dorothy F. Maurer<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Bruce McEuen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Randy McEuen<br />
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Mr. Paul E. Momberger<br />
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Mrs. Francis Moore<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Charles Nimmo<br />
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Ms. Marita Kay Nowling<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nurre<br />
Mrs. Barbara Ogle<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Owen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Palamara<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David G. Papariella<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Derek M. Patrick<br />
Mrs. Naomi Peaslee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Pelley<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Warren Perney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Petty<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Phillips<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Phillips<br />
Mrs. Dorothy T. Pilley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Poole<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Scott Poore<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Powers
Mr. Matthew Joseph Prusiecki<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. David Ray<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Ray<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Burdette Richard<br />
Mr. Chad M. Riddle<br />
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Mrs. Paula Rudolph<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Terry G. Sayre<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Scheele<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Schleter<br />
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Ms. Abby N. Scott<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Scribner<br />
Ms. Susanne Sell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick A. Server<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shanks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Todd L. Shideler<br />
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Deman<br />
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PLANNED AND<br />
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Eleanor Andrews<br />
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Gardner Ashley<br />
First Baptist Church<br />
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Mr. Richard B. Blackwell<br />
LTC (Ret). Robert L. Foist<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Jarvis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Martin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P.<br />
Morrison<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nurre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B.<br />
Spencer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Wilkerson<br />
Edna Parker<br />
Mr. Mark Parker<br />
Alicia Pianca<br />
Mr. David A. Denslaw<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Kurek<br />
Ms. Betsy Jo Schmidt<br />
Robbie Pribush<br />
Ms. Marian L. Colvin<br />
Joyce E. Rawson<br />
Dr. Steven K. Browder<br />
Robert Ray<br />
Mr. John M. Chiarotti<br />
Molly Carrier ’10<br />
Campus activities: Member of Tri Delta sorority,Wave 3, AmeriCorps<br />
and new student leadership seminar mentor.<br />
Most influential FC professor: Kathy Carlson, English professor.<br />
“The first class of my college career was with professor Carlson.<br />
She immediately calmed any fears I was having about whether I could<br />
handle college courses. Her passion for learning was obvious every<br />
day, even in the 8 a.m. class! She helped me cultivate my own love of<br />
learning, which is something I hope to pass on to my future students.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout: “Saga is the best place to catch up with<br />
people.”<br />
Favorite class: “Leadership in Inner-City Missions with service-learning<br />
coordinator Doug Grant and campus minister David Weatherspoon<br />
during Winter Term of my sophomore year. It made me realize that<br />
people come from so many different walks of life and that I want<br />
to do everything I can to help those, especially children, who are<br />
less fortunate.”<br />
Five-year plan: “Graduate from college with an elementary education<br />
degree and work in a school in central Indiana. At some point, I also<br />
would like to work for a nonprofit organization that works with<br />
low-income families.”<br />
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Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Sheldon<br />
Scott Sheldon<br />
Mr. Tom G. Seward, Jr.<br />
Mr. William R. Suckow II<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W.<br />
Suckow<br />
Mrs. Jane Vandivier<br />
Linda Snyder<br />
Wall Family Trust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Brems<br />
Mr. Ronald W. Randall<br />
Mr. Michael A. Snyder<br />
Mildred and Richard Suckow<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W.<br />
Suckow<br />
Ruth Tanner<br />
Ms. Donna Jean Rueff<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Rueff<br />
Dr. Dallas West<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoffman<br />
In Honor of<br />
Stephanie Mae Gahimer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robin Gahimer<br />
Alice Heikens<br />
Ms. Sara L. Reagan<br />
Dr. J. Thomas Howald<br />
Mr. Andrew M. Mapes<br />
Paul Johnson<br />
Miss Magen Marie Kritsch<br />
Bob and Marilyn Kuhn<br />
Ms. Marian L. Colvin<br />
Bart Meyer and Family<br />
Miss Dana Lynn Sease<br />
Rebecca Rude Ogle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Russell R. Rude<br />
Mary Jane Pratt<br />
Miss Alycyn Elizabeth Pratt<br />
John and Jeanne Wagner<br />
Miss Laura Elizabeth Wagner<br />
Fred Witzig<br />
Mr. John Christian Postel<br />
Gregory Zentz<br />
Mr. Justin Matthew Richey<br />
CHURCHES<br />
American Baptist Women’s<br />
Missionary Flat Rock<br />
Association<br />
Amity Baptist Church<br />
Amo Baptist Church<br />
Anderson First Baptist Church<br />
Avoca Baptist Church<br />
Bedford First Baptist Church<br />
Big Walnut Baptist Church<br />
Bluffton First Baptist Church<br />
Calvary Baptist Church<br />
Church of the Master<br />
Clinton First Baptist Church<br />
Columbus First Baptist Church<br />
Congregation of the<br />
Covenants<br />
Culbertson Baptist Church<br />
Denver First Baptist Church<br />
Elizaville Baptist Church<br />
Faith Baptist Church<br />
Federated Church<br />
First Missionary Church<br />
First Presbyterian Church<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> First Baptist Church<br />
Freedom Baptist Church<br />
Fredonia Baptist Church<br />
Garfield Park Baptist Church<br />
Greenwood First Baptist<br />
Church<br />
Judson Women’s Mission<br />
Society<br />
Kent Baptist Church<br />
Lebanon First Baptist Church<br />
Liberty Baptist Church of<br />
Tipton<br />
Little Blue River Baptist<br />
Church<br />
Madison First Baptist Church<br />
Meadowbrook Church<br />
Miami Baptist Church<br />
Michigan City First Baptist<br />
Church<br />
National Ministries —<br />
American Baptist Churches<br />
New Bethel Baptist Church<br />
Plainfield First Baptist Church<br />
Richmond First Baptist Church<br />
Rushville First Baptist Church<br />
Second Mt. Pleasant Baptist<br />
Church<br />
Shelbyville First Baptist Church<br />
Southport Baptist Church<br />
Sullivan First Baptist Church<br />
The Baptist Temple<br />
Unity Baptist Church<br />
Vincennes First Baptist Church<br />
Washington First Baptist<br />
Church<br />
FOUNDATIONS,<br />
CORPORATIONS<br />
AND OTHER<br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
(M) denotes companies that<br />
matched gifts from alumni and<br />
friends<br />
Abbott Laboratories Fund (M)<br />
Albemarle Corp. (M)<br />
Allen Whitehill Clowes<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
Allied Technologies Food<br />
Equipment<br />
Amco Elevators<br />
American Telephone &<br />
Telegraph Foundation (M)<br />
American United Life<br />
Insurance Co. (M)<br />
Amos-Hill Associates, Inc.<br />
AT & T Services, Inc.<br />
Auto Addict, LLC<br />
Barnes and Noble<br />
Bentley Commons<br />
Homeowners Association<br />
Bloomfield State Bank<br />
Blue River Foundation<br />
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP<br />
Bradley Financial<br />
Bristol-Myers Squibb Corp. (M)<br />
Browning Day Mullins<br />
Dierdorf<br />
Brown’s Furnishings and<br />
Carpet, Inc.<br />
C & T Design & Equipment Co.<br />
C. James & Mary Lou Wilson<br />
Charitable Trust<br />
Cama Enterprises, Inc.<br />
Champe Enterprise Inc.<br />
Chevron Texaco<br />
Chubb & Son (M)<br />
Citi Foundation (M)<br />
Citizens for Garton<br />
City of <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
City Securities Corp.<br />
Clarence & Inez Custer Trust<br />
Clawson Communications<br />
Clemens J. Smith Charitable<br />
Foundation, Inc.<br />
Coca Cola Bottling Co. (M)<br />
Community Foundation of<br />
Madison & Jefferson Co, Inc<br />
Community Involvement In<br />
Learning, Inc.<br />
Cragg Family Endowment<br />
Fund<br />
Cream Hill Foundation<br />
Crowe Horwath LLP<br />
Crystal Springs Grain, LLC<br />
Cutsinger and Schafstall<br />
Dave’s All-American Pizza &<br />
Eatery<br />
David W. Wantz & Associates<br />
Dayton Foundation<br />
Depository, Inc.<br />
Dew Sprinkler Service, Inc.<br />
D.J. Angus Scientech<br />
Educational Foundation<br />
Duke Energy Midwest<br />
Charitable Giving<br />
Edinburgh/Trafalgar Family<br />
Health Centers<br />
Edward Jones<br />
Eggers Woods Attorneys at<br />
Law<br />
Elba L. & Gene Portteus<br />
Branigin Foundation<br />
Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation (M)<br />
Embarq Management Co.<br />
Endress and Hauser Inc.<br />
Ernst & Young LLP (M)<br />
Esperanza Ministries, Inc.<br />
E. Thomas Arington Family<br />
Foundation<br />
Experian (M)<br />
Expert Eye Care Edinburgh<br />
Exxon Education<br />
Foundation (M)<br />
Farm Bureau Insurance Co.<br />
Federal Insurance Co. (M)<br />
Fiorini Sales Unlimited, Inc.<br />
First Merchants Corp.<br />
First National Bank<br />
Flinn & Maguire Funeral Home<br />
Floyd Kresge Trust<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Boys & Girls Club AAU<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Chamber of<br />
Commerce<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Community Schools<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Insurance Agency<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Parks & Recreation<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Printing Service<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Technical Park<br />
Associates, LLC<br />
Free Enterprise System , Inc.<br />
Gannett Foundation (M)<br />
Gibraltar Design<br />
Girls Inc. of <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Goodrich Corporation<br />
Partners in Giving Plan (M)<br />
Gordon Cox Design<br />
Greater Greenwood Chamber<br />
of Commerce<br />
Harmon Family Chiropractic PC<br />
Hass, Vandivier & Norris<br />
Heartland Community Bank<br />
Heron Printing Co. Inc.<br />
Home News Enterprises<br />
Hoosier Gasket Corp.<br />
Hoosier Times<br />
IBM International<br />
Foundation (M)<br />
Independent <strong>College</strong>s of<br />
Indiana Foundation<br />
Indiana Department of<br />
Environmental Mgmt.<br />
Indiana Masonic Home<br />
Indianapolis Diversified<br />
Machining<br />
Indianapolis Press Club<br />
INOK Investments, LLC<br />
Internet Hospitality Group<br />
Irwin Financial Foundation (M)<br />
Irwin Union Bank (M)<br />
Irwin Union Foundation (M)<br />
IU Financial Management<br />
Support<br />
J. P. Parker Co.<br />
Jackson County Bank Trust<br />
John Jay Cash, DDS<br />
Johnson & Johnson (M)<br />
Johnson County Adult<br />
Probation<br />
Johnson County Community<br />
Foundation<br />
Johnson County Development<br />
Corp.<br />
Johnson County Garden Club<br />
Johnson County Treasurer’s<br />
Office<br />
Johnson County Youth<br />
Services Bureau, Inc.<br />
Johnson Memorial Hospital<br />
JWG, Inc.<br />
K and B Distributors, Inc.<br />
T-Shirt Express<br />
Kappa Kappa Kappa<br />
KeyBank National Association<br />
LabCorp (M)<br />
LDI, Ltd.<br />
Legends of <strong>Franklin</strong>, LLC<br />
Lewis and Wagner Attorneys<br />
Lilly Endowment Inc. (M)<br />
LOI Limited Partnership<br />
Lumberjack Medical Inc.<br />
Main Source Bank<br />
Main Source Financial Group<br />
Operations Center<br />
Marathon Ashland<br />
Petroleum, LLC<br />
Matlock Ford<br />
Maurer Family Foundation,<br />
Inc. Mickey’s Camp for<br />
Women<br />
Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation<br />
Inc. (M)<br />
Metropolitan Life<br />
Foundation (M)<br />
Midway Services, Inc.<br />
Mongan Construction<br />
Management Co.<br />
Morgan Stanley<br />
Mueller Auto Sales<br />
Mueller Insurance Agency<br />
Mutual Savings Bank<br />
N. K. Hurst Co.<br />
Neal Paint and Wallpaper<br />
Store, Inc.<br />
Nicholas H. Noyes Jr.<br />
Foundation<br />
Nina Mason Pulliam<br />
Charitable Trust<br />
Norfolk Southern<br />
Foundation (M)<br />
Northern Trust Co. Charitable<br />
Trust (M)<br />
Norton Grain Corp.<br />
Oakley Automotive, Inc.<br />
Old National Bank<br />
Onspot Foundation, Inc.<br />
Oxford Financial Advisors<br />
Corp.<br />
Peabody Energy (M)<br />
Pepsico Foundation (M)<br />
Pershing Sanders Morris Harris<br />
Petro’s Culligan of Johnson<br />
County<br />
Pharmacia Pfizer<br />
Foundation (M)<br />
Potter Color and Supply<br />
Principal Financial Group<br />
Foundation Inc. (M)<br />
Pro Industries<br />
Proctor & Gamble Fund (M)<br />
Prudential Insurance Co. (M)<br />
Psi Association of Delta Zeta<br />
Quizno’s <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
R & K Powell Enterprises, Inc.<br />
Raymond James &<br />
Associates, Inc.<br />
Realm Construction Co.<br />
Red Line Graphics, Inc.<br />
Sallie Mae Fund (M)<br />
SBC Foundation (M)<br />
Schwab Charitable Fund<br />
Scott Funeral Home, Inc.<br />
Scottee Cleaners, Inc.<br />
Scripps Howard<br />
Foundation (M)<br />
Shell Oil Co. Foundation (M)<br />
Shiel Sexton Co.<br />
Shuck’s Financial Services, Inc.<br />
SIA Foundation, Inc. (M)<br />
Siemens Building<br />
Technologies, Inc.<br />
SMA Services, Inc.<br />
SourceCorp<br />
Southside Youth Council, Inc.<br />
St.Thomas Clinic<br />
State Employees’ Community<br />
Campaign<br />
State Farm Companies<br />
Foundation (M)<br />
Stephen L. Huddleston<br />
Attorney<br />
Stuart & Branigin<br />
Tara Treatment Center, Inc.<br />
Templeton Coal Company, Inc.<br />
The Fifth Third Bank (M)<br />
The Newslink Inc.<br />
The Willard<br />
Third Sector Innovations, Inc.<br />
Titsworth & Co.<br />
Toyota USA Foundation (M)<br />
Trafalgar Country Gardeners<br />
Triple Impact<br />
United Way of Johnson<br />
County, Inc.<br />
USA Funds United Student<br />
Aid Funds, Inc. (M)<br />
Van Valer Law Firm<br />
Vectren Foundation, Inc.<br />
Verizon Foundation (M)<br />
Virginia G. Piper Charitable<br />
Trust<br />
Wal-Mart Distribution<br />
Center #6017<br />
WellPoint Foundation<br />
Associate Giving<br />
Program (M)<br />
Wells Fargo Bank (M)<br />
Wiley & Sons, Inc. (M)<br />
Willard G. Pierce and Jessie M.<br />
Pierce Foundation (M)<br />
William R. Hearst Foundation<br />
Williams Hewitt Barrett &<br />
Wilkowski, LLP<br />
Woodbury & Co.<br />
WSW Champs<br />
Xcel Energy Foundation (M)
<strong>20</strong>08–<strong>09</strong> <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Executive Staff<br />
Dr. James G. Moseley President<br />
Dr. David G. Brailow Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the <strong>College</strong><br />
Bryan Spetter Vice President for Finance<br />
J. Barton Meyer Vice President for Institutional Advancement<br />
Alan P. Hill Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing<br />
Lisa R. Fears ’89 Vice President for Planning, Plant and Technology<br />
Ellis F. Hall, III Dean of Students<br />
Kerry N. Prather Director of Athletics<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Board of Trustees<br />
Executive Committee:<br />
Susan Johnson DeVoss ’65 Chair of the Board<br />
Dr. Stephen L. Huddleston (’06) Immediate Past Chair<br />
Dr. Clifford H. Dietz (’86) Secretary<br />
The Hon. Robert D. Schafstall ’66 Treasurer<br />
Dr. Theressa Wright ’72 Vice Chair and Chair, Academic Affairs Committee<br />
Mary Ann Collier Vice Chair and Chair, Student Affairs Committee<br />
Philip L. Powell ’73 Vice Chair and Chair, Physical Facilities Committee<br />
Dr. V. Von Boll ’52 (’03) Vice Chair and Chair, Development/Public Affairs Committee<br />
The Honorable Robert D. Schafstall ’66 Vice Chair and Chair, Finance Committee<br />
Christine S. Fields ’74 Vice Chair and Chair, Trusteeship Committee<br />
Dr. Margot Lacy Eccles (’02) Vice Chair and Chair, Enrollment Management Committee<br />
Dr. James T. Napolitan Vice Chair and Chair, Investment Committee<br />
James V. Due ’82 Vice Chair and Chair, Audit Committee<br />
William R. Brown ’61 Vice Chair and Chair, President’s Committee<br />
Trustees:<br />
Dean J. Abplanalp <strong>Franklin</strong>, Indiana, senior vice president, Investments, Raymond James & Associates, Inc.<br />
John W. Auld Jr. ’76 <strong>Franklin</strong>, Indiana; president, <strong>Franklin</strong> Insurance Agency<br />
Dr. Effie J. Behrens (’05) Fort Wayne, Indiana; civic/community leader<br />
Reinhard W. Bockstette ’68 Berlin, Germany; director, pcSOFT GmbH, Senftenberg, Germany; programme executive, Executive Conversation, Inc., Seattle, Wash.<br />
Dr. V. Von Boll ’52 (’03) New Hudson, Michigan; retired chairman and chief executive officer; Cummins Bridgeway, LLC<br />
William R. Brown ’61 Indianapolis, Indiana; retired general counsel and secretary, American United Life Insurance/One America Financial Partners, Inc.<br />
Peter T. Cangany, Jr. ’80 San Antonio, Texas; partner, Ernst & Young, LLP<br />
Mary Ann Collier San Francisco, California; director, Cisco Systems, Inc.<br />
Deborah Hill Davis ’86 Fishers, Indiana; principal, Triad Public Relations, Inc.<br />
Robert A. DeVoss ’69 Carmel, Indiana; retired partner/president, Retirement Management, Inc.<br />
John R. Dickerson ’75 Indianapolis, Indiana; director, Indianapolis Facility Center, U.S. Homeland Security-Customs & Border<br />
Susan Johnson DeVoss ’65 Fort Wayne, Indiana; retired vice president of human resources, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York<br />
Dr. Clifford H. Dietz (’86) <strong>Franklin</strong>, Indiana; retired chairman of the board, Engineered Models Corp.<br />
James V. Due ’82 Chicago, Illinois; senior vice president, Northern Trust Co.<br />
Dr. Margot Lacy Eccles (’02) Indianapolis, Indiana, vice president, LDI, Ltd.<br />
Christine S. Fields ’74 Indianapolis, Indiana; general counsel international operations, Eli Lilly and Co.<br />
James M. Frische Trafalgar, Indiana; retired chairman and chief executive officer, Digital Audio Disc Corp.<br />
Robert D. Garton Columbus, Indiana; vice president, professional development, Ivy Tech Community <strong>College</strong><br />
John E. Grimmer Trafalgar, Indiana; chairman, Grimmer Industries<br />
Pamela Herring Hicks ’56 Greenwood, Indiana; civic/community leader<br />
Dr. Worthe S. Holt Jr. Fishers, Indiana; health care administrator/physician<br />
James E. Hoover Indianapolis, Indiana; president, Hoover Family Foundation<br />
Dr. Stephen L. Huddleston (’06) <strong>Franklin</strong>, Indiana; attorney<br />
Byron K. Mason Indianapolis, Indiana; attorney, Baker & Daniels<br />
The Rev. Dr. Larry D. Mason Indianapolis, Indiana; executive minister, American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky<br />
Dr. James T. Napolitan Chicago, Illinois; commodity trader, Chicago Mercantile Exchange<br />
Dr. Wil B. Nelp ’51 (’67) Seattle, Washington; professor emeritus of medicine and radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine<br />
Joseph M. Perkins Jr. Carmel, Indiana; senior counsel, Cummins Inc.<br />
Philip L. Powell ’73 Greenwood, Indiana; president and owner, Allied Technologies Food Equipment, Inc.<br />
William J. Receveur III ’72 Louisville, Kentucky; president, Realm Construction Co., Inc.<br />
Jane Hoffmeister Repp ’60 Naples, Florida; civic/community leader<br />
Rafael S. Sánchez Jr. ’92 <strong>Franklin</strong>, Indiana; general assignment <strong>reporter</strong>, WRTV Channel 6<br />
The Hon. Robert D. Schafstall ’66 <strong>Franklin</strong>, Indiana; <strong>Franklin</strong> City Court judge, Cutsinger & Schafstall<br />
Dan King Thomasson Washington, D.C.; retired vice president, Scripps Howard Newspapers<br />
Douglas L. Tillman ’70 Indianapolis, Indiana; retired associate general counsel, Eli Lilly and Co.<br />
The Rev. Dr. George H. Tooze Jr. Indianapolis, Indiana; retired senior minister, First Baptist Church of Indianapolis<br />
Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger Bargersville, Indiana; adjutant general of Indiana, Indiana Army and National Guard<br />
Dr. Constance Richardson Van Valer ’59 Greenwood, Indiana; retired physician<br />
Susan Williams ’67 Indianapolis, Indiana; president, Indiana Sports Corp.<br />
Dr. Theressa Wright ’72 Indianapolis, Indiana; senior director — Medical Global Patient Safety — Early Phase Medicine, Eli Lilly and Co.<br />
Honorary Trustees:<br />
Dr. Robert E. Dickinson (’88)<br />
Dr. Eugene L. Henderson ’50 (’74)<br />
Needham S. Hurst<br />
Dr. Robert A. Johnson ’40 (’84)<br />
Dr. Ruth Lilly (’03)<br />
Dr. Ted L. Marston ’51 (’92)<br />
John D. Peterson<br />
Robert G. Smith ’50<br />
T. Randall Tucker ’53<br />
Dr. Thomas G. Vandivier ’50<br />
Dr. Thorp L. Wolford (’98)<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni have class year following name. <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> honorary degree recipients have award year in parentheses following name.<br />
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ALUMNI NEWS<br />
Brings back memories<br />
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96<br />
Editor<br />
The college’s milestone 175th anniversary<br />
inspired a yearlong project dedicated to<br />
documenting favorite <strong>Franklin</strong> memories.<br />
Through this magazine, periodic newsletters,<br />
the Web site and Homecoming mailings, the<br />
college encouraged alumni and friends to<br />
share their stories. The result is a treasure<br />
trove of college history that anyone with ties<br />
to <strong>Franklin</strong> may enjoy reading. Thank you to<br />
everyone who contributed, and especially<br />
thanks for keeping the spirit of <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> alive!<br />
’40s<br />
Rosemary (Chappell) Winters ’40: I fell in love<br />
with <strong>Franklin</strong> when I attended the Indiana<br />
High School Press Association conferences.<br />
Having gone to a large high school in a city,<br />
I found <strong>Franklin</strong>’s small-town atmosphere and<br />
friendly campus very appealing. During my<br />
four years, I got to know most of the students,<br />
and many of the professors became my<br />
friends. I also met my future husband, Robert<br />
H. Winters ’38. I especially loved the spring<br />
dances at Heflen’s camp and dancing to the<br />
jukebox at The Nook. There was also a beautiful<br />
pink dogwood that I admired on campus.<br />
Margaret Ann Boyer ’44: My favorite professor<br />
for all time, and not just <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, was<br />
Curtis Kirklin. He was integrity personified.<br />
He knew what he expected from the teachers<br />
he was training, and he expected them to<br />
measure up to those expectations. He gave his<br />
last class lecture on the principles of integrity.<br />
I’ve never heard a more perfect lecture. After<br />
all these years, I still remember it.<br />
Robert O. Peckinpaugh ’44: One of the<br />
highlights of my years at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
occurred during my sophomore year. I was<br />
informed that I should report to the office of<br />
the president. I had no idea why I was asked<br />
to do that. I dutifully appeared at his office,<br />
only to be ushered directly before President<br />
William Gear Spencer himself. Much to<br />
my surprise, he invited me to be a charter<br />
member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity<br />
that was being formed on campus. I would<br />
not have known how to say no under those<br />
circumstances! The Delta chapter of Theta<br />
Kappa Nu had been granted a charter on the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> campus in 1925. It became<br />
inactive during the Great Depression years<br />
of the 1930s. In 1939, Theta Kappa Nu was<br />
absorbed by Lambda Chi Alpha. The original<br />
charter remained inactive. In April 1942,<br />
the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> charter was activated as<br />
the Kappa Gamma Zeta chapter of Lambda<br />
Chi Alpha with the initiation of <strong>20</strong> men who<br />
became charter members. I was one of them,<br />
Kappa Gamma 13 and the treasurer. The<br />
original members of the Delta chapter were<br />
given Kappa Gamma numbers following our<br />
charter member ID numbers.<br />
’50s<br />
Frank H. Knight ’52: During my college years,<br />
Miss Edna Agnew, Bryan Hall director and<br />
assistant professor of English, was, in my<br />
mind, the general in charge of the physical<br />
and spiritual welfare of the single women at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>! In 1954, I began dating a freshman<br />
from Roselle, N.J., a minister’s daughter.<br />
We were pinned in the fall of that year.<br />
I went on to theological school in Boston<br />
while Joyce (Gordanier) ’55 continued her<br />
education at <strong>Franklin</strong>. We married in June<br />
of 1954, but Joyce had one year of schooling<br />
left, and at that time only single women were<br />
allowed to live in Bryan Hall. The dilemma<br />
was brought to Miss Agnew’s attention and<br />
after speaking to <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> President<br />
Harold Richardson she got the OK for<br />
Joyce to be the first married woman to live<br />
in Bryan Hall. Thanks to Miss Agnew and<br />
President Richardson for that decision! Joyce<br />
and I have been married now for 55 years.<br />
Lucille (Dodgson) Mayo ’52: During a spring<br />
break around 1950, professor Guy Baker<br />
took the college choir to Washington, D.C.,<br />
stopping at several churches along the way to<br />
give concerts. One night in the middle of a<br />
song the lights went out, leaving the sanctuary<br />
in total darkness. Immediately, the professor<br />
began snapping his fingers to keep the tempo,<br />
and the choir continued singing without<br />
missing a beat. I continue to be amazed<br />
at his quick thinking and the students’<br />
composure.<br />
Chet York ’52: <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> has been<br />
a driving force in my success. My cousin,<br />
Bob McClain ’48, led me to enrolling. I give<br />
thanks to Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity for<br />
helping me in my academic and social affairs.<br />
The professors were outstanding. I will<br />
always remember the good times and good<br />
education.<br />
Sue (VanAntwerp) Spencer ’55: A very<br />
special memory is that of the concert choir<br />
performing for Kiwanis International in<br />
Miami, Fla. We were so well-trained that<br />
I wasn’t even nervous about singing a solo<br />
in front of 5,000 people.<br />
Tom Quindlen ’56: I loved <strong>Franklin</strong> and am<br />
exceedingly grateful for all it did to prepare<br />
me for a life filled with happy and enduring<br />
memories. Having grown up in the city of<br />
Philadelphia and attended a large high<br />
school, I wanted a small liberal arts college.<br />
While at <strong>Franklin</strong>, I experienced many firsts:<br />
A ride in the rumble seat of a Model T Ford.,<br />
milking a cow on a 300-acre farm, watching<br />
an Indy 500 race and visiting Cuba before<br />
Castro ruled. In my freshman year, the track<br />
team was almost extinct, so after an SOS from<br />
the coach, my roommate, a Navy veteran,<br />
and I volunteered. He was made the only<br />
pole-vaulter on the team, and I was made<br />
the only mile runner. What a laugh! Another<br />
funny memory I have is of helping another<br />
member of the Independent Men put a young<br />
professor’s VW Bug on the auditorium stage<br />
during the middle of the night. What an<br />
interesting convocation the next morning!<br />
Wayne E. Dunbar ’56: The invitation I recently<br />
received for the cheerleaders’ reunion at<br />
Homecoming caused some serious flashbacks<br />
to when I was a cheerleader. I recall the time<br />
I made some “cat calls” about the cheerleaders<br />
“spirit” during a basketball game, and the<br />
response was, “If you think you can do better<br />
then try out.” I took the challenge, tried out<br />
and had a great time. I also remember the<br />
cheerleaders in those “olden days” were in<br />
charge of organizing the Fall Leaf Rake.<br />
Helen Jean McClelland Nugent ’56: In days of<br />
yore, before the 1985 fires, Old Main was in<br />
bad condition. Fourth floor was closed and<br />
students were forbidden to enter. Naturally,<br />
some defied the ruling. One Sunday evening,<br />
three friends went for an early evening walk<br />
and stopped to sit awhile on the steps of<br />
Old Main. The bravest of the three suggested,<br />
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“Let’s go up to fourth floor and see what it’s<br />
like.” The second reluctantly agreed, while the<br />
third, a confirmed coward, argued that it was<br />
a bad idea. Naturally, the coward was chosen<br />
to lead the group up the staircase. Upon<br />
reaching the door, the coward proclaimed it<br />
was locked and started back down. The leader,<br />
however, tried the door and found it unlocked<br />
and easily opened. The trio found a treasure<br />
trove of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> memorabilia: A large<br />
slate board in a former classroom with names<br />
and initials of those who had visited the<br />
forbidden area before, old cane chairs with<br />
sagging seats and deflated basketballs with<br />
scores of Grizzly wins over larger and betterknown<br />
schools, during the years of Griz<br />
Wagner’s teams. Finally, the coward<br />
announced she was leaving and started down<br />
the stairs. The other two followed, grumbling<br />
about scaredy-cat spoil sports. When they were<br />
halfway down the stairs, a gust of wind from<br />
the forbidden fourth blew the door shut with<br />
a slam. The coward, who had been in the lead,<br />
was nearly knocked down the steps as the<br />
other two rushed to exit the building. This is<br />
a true story. I should know. I was that coward!<br />
William C. Legan ’57: I was against going to<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> because I lived in town.<br />
With the persuasion of my parents, who were<br />
paying the tuition, I finally enrolled. One<br />
great memory is that of meeting my future<br />
wife, Zana McKeny ’59, at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
We were married for 43 years and raised four<br />
adult children before she died. It took me<br />
several years to focus and graduate. Actually<br />
I did not understand the significance of my<br />
education until I was near retirement age. If it<br />
had not been for the professors at <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, especially Dwight Heath, I would not<br />
have done well in my teaching career of 38.5<br />
years in public school education. I am now<br />
remarried to a wonderful lady and living in<br />
New Albany, Ind. I thank <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> for<br />
giving me a wonderful education, friends for a<br />
lifetime and memories to savor.<br />
Lloyd “Buzz” Spencer ’57: A favorite memory<br />
of mine is when professor J. Daniel Kocker<br />
directed Our Town and chose me for the<br />
role of George, a major character in the<br />
play. There were two performances, and I<br />
made it through without forgetting my lines.<br />
A lifelong interest in theater was started by<br />
that role.<br />
Constance Richardson Van Valer ’59:<br />
There are so many memories, including<br />
Dr. Mary Owen’s excellence as a professor.<br />
She turned me into the student (in her<br />
classes) that I should have been. It wasn’t<br />
until many years and four children later<br />
in medical school that I became the<br />
kind of student she was looking for.<br />
Looking back over the many years since<br />
I think it probably was much harder<br />
on my dad, Harold Richardson, to be<br />
president of the institution I graduated from<br />
than the other way around. I remember after<br />
a particularly rebellious episode in my junior<br />
year, he wrote me a letter about two hats he<br />
wore, one as president of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
and one as my father. He expressed such<br />
understanding and pride in me that I couldn’t<br />
have had more resolve to do better if I had<br />
been taken to the woodshed. I would give a<br />
great deal to have kept that letter. I am now<br />
privileged to march at commencement with<br />
the college board of trustees. I wear dad’s<br />
mortarboard, which fits me perfectly but<br />
which I modified slightly to be appropriate<br />
for a doctor of medicine. Then, there was<br />
meeting Joe Van Valer ’59 and our next<br />
50 years together . . .<br />
’60s<br />
Marjorie (Cooper) Geho ’60: One evening near<br />
the end of my sophomore year, I sat alone in<br />
the dimly lit Zeta Tau Alpha sorority suite<br />
and reflected upon the past two years before<br />
entering Western Reserve University in<br />
Cleveland, Ohio, to complete the final three<br />
years of my nursing degree. It was a nostalgic<br />
time with another sorority down the hall<br />
singing softly and our lilting song, “I Hear the<br />
Call of Zeta,” drifting through my mind.<br />
When invited to share a memory of <strong>Franklin</strong>,<br />
I found that, indeed, <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> is the<br />
memory. <strong>College</strong> is a tapestry of memories:<br />
The sense of belonging to a special campus<br />
community, meeting classmates who would<br />
become dear, lifelong friends, sitting under<br />
the tutelage of a knowledgeable, caring and<br />
accessible faculty who nurtured my Christian<br />
faith and did not seek to undermine it,<br />
helpful staff members, the privilege to be<br />
among Elsey Hall’s first residents (even<br />
removing sanding equipment, etc., from our<br />
room before my roommate and I could move<br />
in), congenial camaraderie in the dorms<br />
gracious family-style dining with an upperclassman<br />
as the hostess at each table, growth<br />
through participation and leadership in<br />
organizations, Privy Council, working on<br />
Homecoming floats, May Sing, Christian<br />
Fellowships, the East Coast spring choir tour,<br />
gathering around the stairwell between classes<br />
in Old Main and the gracious welcome I know<br />
is always waiting for me, to name a few. I have<br />
been asked why I feel an enduring loyalty to<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> when, although I returned<br />
in 1961 to receive my diploma, I was only<br />
on campus two years. The answer is in my<br />
tapestry of treasured memories and “Hearing<br />
the Call of <strong>Franklin</strong>,” my alma mater, forever<br />
echoing in my heart.<br />
Revenna Singleton Richardson ’60: Some of<br />
my most precious memories from my FC years<br />
include standing in line for food at the<br />
cafeteria, which was an old army barracks,<br />
while ironically “Canadian Sunset” played<br />
over the speakers. I also remember finding<br />
the painter’s ugly shoes in our room at night<br />
(they were left in a different room each day),<br />
Bible study in the housing area for married<br />
students, <strong>College</strong> Fellowship meetings and<br />
meals at the Presbyterian church, wearing<br />
hats, white gloves, dresses and high heels to<br />
church and walking from the dorm to the<br />
Baptist church, raking leaves on campus,<br />
building floats for the Homecoming parade,<br />
working in the library and being privileged to<br />
know Hester and Robert Coward, baby-sitting<br />
for Dr. and Mrs. Bullington, standing around<br />
the railing in Old Main while waiting for<br />
classes to begin and making friends that have<br />
lasted for nearly 50 years.<br />
Michael Alexander ’62: One morning in<br />
October 1961, several SAE fraternity members<br />
awoke to find that the large moose head that<br />
hung in the hallway leading to the dining area<br />
was stolen! All year we searched and asked<br />
classmates if they knew the whereabouts of<br />
our beloved moose. Nothing turned up.<br />
Then, sometime in May 1962, a mysterious<br />
phone call was received. The caller told where<br />
our moose head could be found. Several of us<br />
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drove west to U.S. 31, where in the median we<br />
found our moose head. Ol’ moosie looked<br />
none worse for the wear. We were glad to get<br />
it back. It remains in the SAE house today.<br />
Jerry Barlow ’62: One particular class (a one<br />
semester class, in fact) that has helped me<br />
since college is linguistics. That class has<br />
helped me understand words — even foreign<br />
ones — through all of my travels, crossword<br />
puzzles and many other experiences. Who<br />
knew?<br />
Larry Sells ’63: When I think back on my<br />
happy days at FC, the thing I remember most<br />
is a small group of friends who were at the<br />
heart of my experience. They challenged<br />
me, gave me support when I needed it and<br />
frequently made me laugh. We have lost<br />
Art Jones ’63, who is deeply missed. After<br />
all these years I still remember what these<br />
men and women meant to me when we were<br />
students at <strong>Franklin</strong> together, and I remain<br />
deeply grateful.<br />
Noel Marquis ’65: Two favorite memories<br />
immediately come to mind because they are<br />
still part of my life today. First, I met my future<br />
wife, Rosemary (Herndon) ’64, in creative arts<br />
class. Second, I began teaching a History of<br />
Rock and Roll class in 1973 as part of the<br />
Winter Term schedule. Rose and I are<br />
currently in our 44th year of marriage, and<br />
I am still teaching a rock and roll course,<br />
which is now one semester long and includes<br />
videos, movies and documentaries as visuals<br />
instead of vinyl and books, but the intent is<br />
still the same.<br />
Betty (McKinley) Bourquein ’67: My favorite<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> memory is singing “Goin’ to Kansas<br />
City” with Jay and the Americans. (I am NOT<br />
a singer.) Other happy memories include<br />
panty raids, burning of the privy, spring skip<br />
day when we all went downtown to the park<br />
and the courthouse, eating as we proper ladies<br />
should in the basement of Elsey Hall and all<br />
the fun we had living in the dorm. Some of<br />
the saddest memories are when Kennedy was<br />
assassinated and we watched the services on a<br />
small TV in the basement of Elsey Hall, the<br />
night the SAE house burned and the night<br />
of the protest when Dr. Klick suffered a<br />
heart attack after some of the students hung<br />
him in effigy.<br />
’70s<br />
Mike “Gus” Callan ’71: I majored in elementary<br />
education and regrettably did not finish my<br />
senior year. I dropped out during student<br />
teaching, with only one semester to go. I’m<br />
sure some would call me an idiot, but I<br />
sometimes think God had another need for<br />
my teaching skills. During my <strong>20</strong>-year career in<br />
Fire Service and serving as captain of the fire<br />
department in my hometown of Wallingford,<br />
Conn, I trained fire fighters and the public in<br />
fire safety, hazardous materials and emergency<br />
response. In 1991 I left the Fire Department<br />
and now provide instructional training in<br />
safety, chemical and emergency response.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> professor Thelma Tsismanakis<br />
greatly influenced how I approach my work<br />
every day. I can’t remember how many times<br />
I have quoted Dr. Tsismanakis in saying,<br />
“Everything is a learning experience!” I lived<br />
it every day as a fire officer. <strong>Franklin</strong> did make<br />
a difference.<br />
Gary Cooper ’74: I initially attended <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> for one main reason — to play football.<br />
I almost always did just well enough in<br />
academics to get along until corporate finance<br />
class with instructor John Chiarotti ’67. I spent<br />
most classes (especially the morning ones) in<br />
a trance-like mental state, but when one poor<br />
soul got hit in the head with an eraser and<br />
chalk for sleeping in finance class I woke up.<br />
In addition to being a teacher, Chiarotti was<br />
the defensive football coach and, needless to<br />
say, I started paying attention.<br />
Pam (Howard) Gibson ’74: One of my favorite<br />
memories is of Terri (LaVecchia) Neale ’75,<br />
Terry (Sadowicz) Wieneke ’75 and me singing<br />
“Johnny Be Good” — the only song we knew,<br />
I think — in the Tri Delta suite! I loved<br />
everything about sorority life, and I think of<br />
my Tri Delta sisters often! I also remember<br />
some great times at the SAE house and some<br />
really great “True Gentlemen.” Spring Fever<br />
Day and the raft race will never be forgotten!<br />
Connie (Baker) Searcy ’74: Being a math<br />
major during my four years, I, of course, spent<br />
a lot of time with professor Rodney Hood.<br />
Who could forget him riding to campus for<br />
classes and then riding home on his rather<br />
rickety old bicycle? Also, he was always covered<br />
in chalk dust from all his writing on blackboards.<br />
Another thing I have not forgotten<br />
is how gracious many professors were with<br />
gatherings of students in their personal<br />
homes. I remember spending time at the<br />
homes of Dr. and Mrs. Hood, Ms. Pianca for<br />
Spanish activities, and Dean Richard Park.<br />
I have always thought <strong>Franklin</strong> had such a<br />
beautiful and friendly campus. FC made a<br />
great impression on me when I came for my<br />
first visit many years ago and still does every<br />
time that I am there.<br />
Sharon (Isenhower) Trisler ’77: I applied to<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> and several state schools<br />
when I was a high schooler, but FC believed<br />
in me and took a chance on me. My parents<br />
were divorced, and my mom had no money.<br />
Imagine her astonishment when I found a<br />
college who wanted to give me the aid I<br />
needed to attend. Thank you, <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, for the impact you have had on<br />
my life. Not only did I prepare for my<br />
professional future, I also met my future<br />
husband, Jeff Trisler ’77. We are celebrating<br />
our 30th wedding anniversary this year.<br />
We have four children, including Lauren<br />
Trisler ’<strong>09</strong>, who just earned her <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
degree. <strong>Franklin</strong> is for life. Thank you.<br />
Larry Drake ’79: My favorite memories include<br />
“traying” on winter days in Province Park,<br />
playing volleyball on Dame Mall during lazy<br />
fall afternoons, having a food fight in Saga,<br />
smelling the limburger cheese that someone<br />
stuffed into a heating and cooling vent and<br />
retaliating for several weeks after “war” was<br />
declared between rooms on opposite ends<br />
of the residence hall. I also remember<br />
commenting to my RA in my junior year<br />
that my birthday was going to be the next<br />
day. When I woke up the next morning, the<br />
whole campus seemed to be aware of it.<br />
Chris Sokolek ’79: I was very active in CCF.<br />
I held various leadership roles at different<br />
times, but one of the things I really enjoyed<br />
was helping with publicity for our events and<br />
fundraisers. At one point, our organization<br />
“adopted” a foster child to assist, and I was<br />
put in charge of the publicity to raise money<br />
for the “Sharon John Campaign.” I remember<br />
making posters with construction paper and<br />
using a manual printing press.<br />
’80s<br />
Kathi (Park) Bubb ’84: “Unstick thy mind from<br />
the present day. Let it come with us, let it fly<br />
away . . . ” Thus began the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Madrigal Dinner over a quarter century ago.<br />
Starting in 1977, under the direction of music<br />
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professor Sam Hicks, a group of dedicated<br />
singers rehearsed, wrote scripts, built sets,<br />
made costumes, created the menu (sometimes<br />
cooked) and set up the facility for the annual<br />
Christmas dinners that attracted faculty, staff,<br />
students and members of the community.<br />
Each dinner transported the audience to the<br />
Middle Ages through food, entertainment and<br />
song. The dinners were originally held in the<br />
basement of the college chapel before it was<br />
remodeled — who can forget the duct tape<br />
that was needed to hang curtains on the<br />
concrete block walls? The dinner then moved<br />
to various locations over the years but kept<br />
its menu of wassail, “boar’s head” and figgy<br />
pudding and its tradition of beautiful a<br />
capella singing. These are great memories<br />
I share with my siblings and their spouses,<br />
Ruth (Park) Gallagher ’78, John Gallagher ’78,<br />
Bob Park ’80, Kelli DeMott Park ’81,<br />
Lynn (Park) Cruser ’81, Jim Cruser ’82,<br />
Shari (Park) Wilson ’83 and Tom Wilson ’83.<br />
We all participated in the Madrigal Singers<br />
together for more than six years.<br />
Hetty (Schott) Gray ’84: Because I love old<br />
buildings, I enjoyed all my classes in Old<br />
Main. The night it burned, I drove back to<br />
campus and watched as the firefighters fought<br />
the blaze. After the renovation, I was thrilled<br />
with the result! What a lovely, welcoming<br />
building. How lucky alumni are to have had<br />
an administration dedicated to preserving a<br />
piece of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> heritage.<br />
Nancy (Hathaway) Vandell ’84: I remember a<br />
lot of SAC events, but one night a group of<br />
us went up to the fifth floor of Main to see if<br />
the rumor was true about someone hanging<br />
himself up there. We found a rope tied to a<br />
rafter that had been cut off. It convinced me.<br />
Kristy Brown ’86: I have many favorite<br />
memories of my days as a student at <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, but I particularly remember May<br />
Sing. This was an opportunity for the Greek<br />
organizations to pull together a musical<br />
presentation. If I remember correctly, it was<br />
hosted on a Sunday afternoon. Parents and<br />
family members came to watch, and all of<br />
the Greek organizations participated, putting<br />
a lot of effort into the theme, music and<br />
choreography. It was always great to see those<br />
performances and cheer for one another!<br />
Wendy (Shuler) Hagn ’86: I have many great<br />
college memories — a (small) dance in Cline<br />
Circle was a freshman orientation weekend<br />
“big” event in 1982. I also recall when several<br />
students had an impromptu mud wrestling<br />
tournament on Dame Mall (after the 1985<br />
fires)— messy fun! Times spent in PJs in the<br />
lounges of Elsey Hall with “just the girls,”<br />
“Dateless Wonders of America” events (Friday<br />
night gatherings in our Tri Delta sorority suite<br />
for those sisters who did not have dates) and<br />
sorority rush were fun experiences for a girl<br />
who grew up with only brothers! And friends<br />
with cars, nice ladies at <strong>Franklin</strong> First Baptist,<br />
Brown’s Regal Market (open 24 hours), JB’s<br />
Pizza King, Nick’s “Sweet Retreat,” all-campus<br />
bowling and movie nights were vital to an<br />
out-of-state student’s survival!<br />
Nora (Lowe) Brems ’87: A lot of my memories<br />
from my student days at FC are shaped by the<br />
fires that occurred in 1985. This memory<br />
sticks out to me because it was a turning point<br />
of sorts. A month after the Bryan Hall fire<br />
stunned the campus community, Old Main<br />
burned. My then-boyfriend and now-husband,<br />
Bill Brems ’87, and I helped carry student<br />
academic records from Old Main to the home<br />
of professor Tom Howald. It was such a<br />
poignant moment in time because it touched<br />
the very essence of what an academic<br />
institution is built to do — educate students.<br />
We were educated that day, not only on the<br />
importance of joining in to help save the<br />
integrity of the academic records, but we were<br />
educated on life and the bumps and curves<br />
that you encounter on your journey. In some<br />
ways it was a surreal experience, but it taught<br />
me so much about humanity, loyalty and<br />
giving back. At the risk of sounding trite, this<br />
was a turning point in my life that confirmed<br />
for me the vitality of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> and the<br />
legacy that would coin the phrase, ‘rise from<br />
the ashes like the mythical Phoenix,’ aptly<br />
spoken by Former President and Chancellor<br />
William Bryan Martin.<br />
Sally (Bray) Brown ’87: Since I lived in<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>, I worked for the physical plant for<br />
several summers. There were two or three of<br />
us summer helpers at any given time. For our<br />
work, we had two riding mowers; one was a<br />
tractor with a belly mower, and the other was<br />
a very “modern” Toro. We also had one or<br />
two push mowers, when we could keep them<br />
running! Still, we kept Elsey field, the football<br />
field and campus looking pretty good all<br />
summer. At that time, the physical plant was in<br />
a building across the railroad tracks; it leaked<br />
and had water standing in it. The walls were<br />
wet and rotting. When it rained or we caught<br />
up on mowing, we painted inside or hauled<br />
and moved things around campus as needed.<br />
One summer, before the Old Main fire, we<br />
shoveled “droppings” from the third floor,<br />
where pigeons made their home because it<br />
was open and in horrible repair. It was a hot<br />
and stinky job, but we did it with little fuss.<br />
I also remember living in Elsey Hall, with no<br />
air conditioning and unreliable heating in<br />
the winter. We shared just two phones on<br />
each floor! Still, I wouldn’t trade my college<br />
years for anything. I loved FC then and even<br />
more now as an alumna of <strong>20</strong>-plus years. I<br />
drive through the campus on my way to work,<br />
lunch and back home again every day, and it<br />
always fills me with a great sense of pride.<br />
Amy (Sebree) Crawford ’89: My roommate,<br />
Julia (Alberts) Puckett ’89, had known<br />
Dr. Lloyd Hunter, professor of history, before<br />
attending college so when it was finals week, he<br />
and his wife always invited us over for dinner.<br />
It was a great opportunity to be off campus for<br />
a bit of study relief and to enjoy hospitality and<br />
fun stories of a wonderful family. One time I<br />
had already taken my final in Hunter’s class,<br />
and we went to dinner where I walked in and<br />
found my graded blue book waiting in my<br />
chair. Years later, after I graduated, Hunter<br />
officiated at my wedding. His encouragement<br />
through my life and his role modeling are<br />
bright spots when I think of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
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Kimberly A. Strough-Wingo ’89: The friendships<br />
created on the FC campus with other<br />
students and professors have had a lifelong<br />
impact. Dr. Lloyd Hunter performed our<br />
wedding ceremony 18 years ago. Marilyn<br />
Leap, who worked in the development office,<br />
was one of my most cherished friends until<br />
she passed away due to breast cancer in the<br />
late ’90s. <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> wasn’t just a place;<br />
the people we encountered made lasting<br />
impressions. Dr. David Carlson and Dr. David<br />
Chandler taught me to think critically about<br />
my faith and values. Dr. Rodney Hood taught<br />
me that effort counts. As I think about my<br />
own daughter, who is entering her high<br />
school years, I want her to have similar<br />
college experiences — those that will inform,<br />
challenge, shape and build her into a vibrant,<br />
thriving person. Thanks, <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>!<br />
’90s<br />
Tracy (Lovins) Martin ’92: The most influential<br />
professor I had at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> was the<br />
late Alicia Pianca. Not only did she teach me<br />
Spanish to the best of her abilities, but she<br />
also taught me how to be an excellent, caring,<br />
demanding and dedicated teacher. For that<br />
gift I shall always love, respect and admire her.<br />
After college, she and I maintained a friendship<br />
and collegiality that encouraged me to<br />
think and expand my horizons in ways I never<br />
thought imaginable. She was a wonderful<br />
friend who would take the time to share<br />
triumphs and tribulations, whether they were<br />
of a personal or professional nature. Because<br />
of her, I have become the teacher I am today,<br />
and I hope that I can do justice to the legacy<br />
that she left to FC students during her tenure.<br />
Bob Braman ’93: My visit in the spring of<br />
1989 all but “sealed the deal” of my wanting to<br />
be a part of the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> community.<br />
I realized that while I was considering schools<br />
as large as IU and Evansville there was<br />
something about a true campus community<br />
that intrigued me. Now, 19 years after my first<br />
visit and 15 years since my graduation, I still<br />
am convinced that I made a great decision in<br />
attending <strong>Franklin</strong>. The opportunities that<br />
still impact my life today include intimate<br />
classroom settings valuable to a great liberal<br />
arts education, a close Greek community and<br />
the ability to give service to the city of <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
Kristi (King) Guse ’93: On Aug. 25, 1990, in the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Room at the Greek Welcome Dance,<br />
I met a great guy named Cary Guse ’94. Nearly<br />
seven years later, on Aug. 9, 1997, I married<br />
him in the college chapel. Blue and gold were<br />
our colors, and the Rev. Cliff Cain, the chaplain<br />
during our years in college, officiated. We have<br />
many individual and shared memories around<br />
campus, but I’ve still never been kissed in the<br />
Wellhouse at midnight!<br />
Holly (Hardman) Johnston ’93: My <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> memories began in the fall of 1989,<br />
and I continue to make more memories<br />
each year. I can’t name them all, but here<br />
are some highlights: Serenading, Pi Phi<br />
ceremonies, Pi Phi gazebo, sorority rush,<br />
turkey cutlet night at Saga, talking for hours<br />
in Elsey hallways, G-42, football road trips,<br />
study tables (ha!), fraternity parties,<br />
Homecoming, late night study sessions<br />
with my PE/Rec buddies, Jenny Johnson-<br />
Kappes ’72 for helping me graduate, getting<br />
married to Chris Johnston ’90 in the chapel,<br />
Bell Game tailgating over the past <strong>20</strong> years,<br />
Pi Phi alumni activities and football<br />
games with my kids and husband.<br />
And last but certainly not least . . .<br />
great friends that last a lifetime!<br />
Marti (Dorrel) Schrock ’93: My<br />
favorite FC memory is when the<br />
water was out in Cline Hall for a<br />
week. I lived in Johnson-Dietz (“the<br />
new dorms”). My roommates and I<br />
created a sign-up sheet for people to<br />
take showers in our bathroom. Our<br />
suite was on the third floor, and we<br />
could see people coming across the<br />
mall from Cline, wearing robes and<br />
carrying their towels and shower<br />
buckets.<br />
Ellen (Prohaska) Brunner ’94: The <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> faculty and staff helped me pursue<br />
my interests to find the best possible career<br />
for me. I now am in my 15th year of a career<br />
that started at <strong>Franklin</strong> and continued to<br />
develop because of the experiences I had as<br />
student. Thank you, <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>!<br />
Mike DeArmitt ’94: During Grizzly Grand Prix<br />
weekend in 1993, some guys who lived on the<br />
third floor in Hoover Hall had the bright idea<br />
to create a homemade hot tub. At the time,<br />
each floor of Hoover had bathrooms with one<br />
interior room for showering. The room had<br />
six shower heads and one drain, and you<br />
entered by stepping through an open doorway<br />
that had a ledge a few inches high. The guys<br />
turned all the showers on hot and plugged the<br />
drain, creating a hot tub that was as deep as<br />
the ledge was high. They decided they wanted<br />
to make it deeper so they took the doors off<br />
the fire extinguisher cabinet in the hallway<br />
and used them to block the gap above the<br />
ledge. The water increased to about three feet<br />
deep! Most of the third floor residents were in<br />
the hot tub, living it up and having a rowdy<br />
time (Remember, it was Grand Prix weekend).<br />
At some point, either they got tired of playing<br />
in the hot tub or the RA made them stop.<br />
Instead of unplugging the drain and letting<br />
the water drain slowly, they took down the<br />
fire extinguisher doors that they had used to<br />
block the doorway. As soon as they did that, a<br />
wall of water went rushing through the now<br />
unblocked doorway, into the hall and all<br />
through Hoover. There was even water<br />
dripping from the ceiling down into the<br />
basement!<br />
Dave Dunkle ’94: I will never forget returning<br />
to a campus covered in toilet paper and<br />
attending an impromptu late-night pep rally<br />
after the 1991–92 men’s basketball team<br />
defeated Grace <strong>College</strong> for the District 21<br />
basketball championship. The NAIA National<br />
Championship also was exciting because the<br />
college held a lottery for seats on the fan<br />
buses to the games at Tarleton State University<br />
in Texas. Classes were suspended for a couple<br />
of days so <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> could be wellrepresented.<br />
Even though we didn’t win<br />
the championship, the experience was<br />
unforgettable.<br />
Cary Guse ’94: As I reflect back <strong>20</strong> years on<br />
those wonderful college days, what strikes me<br />
most is there is not one single memory that<br />
stands out above all others. I recall many great<br />
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moments, but mostly as I think about those<br />
days a collage of memories flood my brain.<br />
Baseball road trips with brown bag lunches<br />
and spring breaks in Daytona Beach were<br />
special. SEB events with comedians like Carrot<br />
Top and singers like Mike Rayburn remain<br />
fond memories. Bowling and privy burnings<br />
were other highlights. How could one forget<br />
waking up one morning to see a blizzard of<br />
toilet paper encompassing the entire campus<br />
or seeing Ben painted yet another color? My<br />
fondest memories may be the laid-back afternoons<br />
on Dame Mall and the meals at SAGA,<br />
just hanging out and being with friends.<br />
Ultimately, however, I think my favorite FC<br />
memory is about people. FC is where I met<br />
my wife, Kristi (King) ’93, and where I made<br />
some lifelong friends. It’s the students,<br />
faculty and staff who made FC special for me.<br />
John D. Henderson ’94: My experiences as a<br />
student-athlete were some of the best times<br />
of my life. I came to <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> not<br />
knowing who I was or what I truly wanted<br />
to do. I only knew I wanted to be part of a<br />
team and continue to compete. I joined the<br />
varsity basketball team as a freshman and was<br />
happy that coach Handley was gracious<br />
enough to allow me to play. I worked hard for<br />
three years to make the starting lineup. It was<br />
by no means easy to accomplish. In the spring<br />
of my junior year I was able to put all the<br />
things I’d learned together to compete hard<br />
and beat Hanover. <strong>Franklin</strong> had not had a win<br />
over Hanover in three years! That win helped<br />
me realize many goals I had set for myself.<br />
I felt like I was finally able to call myself a<br />
student-athlete. More importantly, it made<br />
me feel like I was finally a leader on the team.<br />
Those principles of hard work became the<br />
cornerstone of my job as a leader with the<br />
City of <strong>Franklin</strong> Fire Department.<br />
Mary Goebel ’95: I have many favorite<br />
memories, but there are a few with the<br />
common theme of food. I met one of my<br />
good friends, Cindy (Ennis) Placek ’94,<br />
one evening our freshman year when we<br />
both happened to be walking out of Elsey<br />
Hall, heading over to the campus center for<br />
dinner. We somehow started talking. Years<br />
later we are still good friends and always will<br />
be. I also remember waking up late on a<br />
Sunday morning, after a long, fun Saturday<br />
night, and rushing over to get some sausage<br />
gravy and biscuits in the nick of time before<br />
the line closed. My only option for dinner<br />
on Sunday nights was something good and<br />
greasy from The Key; I had no car, and it was<br />
cheaper than ordering pizza!<br />
Jennifer (Marshall) Donovan ’96: Some of<br />
my favorite memories include spending late<br />
nights in Shirk Hall editing “Inside <strong>Franklin</strong>,”<br />
the SEB guest hypnotist who always made<br />
students do funny things on stage, decorating<br />
the fraternity houses during Greek Week,<br />
spending Saturdays in the fall at football<br />
games, meeting friends whom I hope to have<br />
for a lifetime, seeing my bid from Zeta Tau<br />
Alpha being slid under my door in Elsey Hall,<br />
Grizzly Grand Prix weekends, dancing in the<br />
windows of Johnson Dietz, going to sorority<br />
formals and hanging out with friends at The<br />
Willard and Mike’s.<br />
Susan (Neal) Lynch ’96: My favorite memories<br />
are of meeting great people who I am still<br />
friends with, making waffles in Saga on a lazy<br />
Sunday morning and feeling the energy and<br />
pride we shared on Homecoming weekends.<br />
I still get those feelings when I come back for<br />
Homecoming!<br />
Jennifer Martin ’96: I remember senior year<br />
gathering with the first floor gals in Dietz<br />
Center lounge to watch everybody’s favorite<br />
two shows, “Friends” and “ER.” We didn’t<br />
watch TV any other time, but we all stopped<br />
what we were doing to hang out and catch<br />
our favorite dramas.<br />
Jane Mitchell ’96: In April of 1994, I had to<br />
leave FC due to declining health. During the<br />
next fall, on my first weekend of freedom after<br />
surgery, I headed down to FC. I was able to<br />
sneak into Saga (The college social capital!)<br />
and see everyone. It was an overwhelming<br />
experience. The looks on people’s faces were<br />
of pure shock. I don’t know that I have ever<br />
had so many hugs in such a short amount<br />
of time! I’m sure I was looking about <strong>20</strong>0<br />
percent better than the last time many had<br />
seen me. After Saga, I went to the ZTA suite<br />
for the last night of Greek Rush (The sappiest<br />
of nights). That is when I became completely<br />
emotional, not believing that I had made it<br />
back to FC. It was hard to imagine how<br />
things could be so much the same, yet change<br />
so drastically at the same time. The next<br />
morning, I found my sorority sisters gathered<br />
on the doorstep of the apartment where I<br />
was staying for the weekend. They were having<br />
a serenading parade to introduce the new<br />
pledges. It was an unbelievable weekend<br />
for me, and it made me that much more<br />
motivated to get back to FC to finish school.<br />
Let’s face facts; it’s the people who make<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> so special.<br />
Sarah Smith-Robbins ’96: I took knitting<br />
and weaving during Winter Term one year<br />
with Kathy Carlson, English professor. We<br />
spent the whole month knitting, drinking<br />
tea and looking out the windows of Old Main,<br />
watching the snow fall. I learned so much<br />
more than how to knit a sweater. It was a<br />
great experience.<br />
Lori (Jones) Tish ’96: Some of my most<br />
cherished <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> memories include<br />
hanging out with friends and roommates<br />
Jennifer (Eroen) Shamsaie ’96, Kim (Reckers)<br />
Drook ’96, Cara (Riley) O’Connell ’96 and<br />
Jennifer Martin ’96, participating in Tri Delta<br />
events, spending late nights in Shirk Hall,<br />
strolling through campus on a beautiful<br />
<strong>autumn</strong> day, traveling to the southwest<br />
during Winter Term 1994, delving into<br />
photography with journalism professor Susan<br />
Fleck and learning about public relations and<br />
advertising from journalism professor John<br />
Ellerbach. Of course, another treasured FC<br />
memory includes meeting, dating and getting<br />
engaged to my now-husband Jamie Tish ’96.<br />
Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96: One of the things I<br />
remember most about college is dorm life.<br />
After having grown up in a rural area, where it<br />
took 15 minutes by car to get, well, anywhere,<br />
I quickly came to appreciate the convenience<br />
and fun of having friends just a dorm room or<br />
a couple of floors away. Even the typical dorm<br />
noises — slamming doors, laughter in the<br />
hallways, music blaring — were a novelty to<br />
me. <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> was the first place I truly<br />
experienced a sense of community, and for<br />
that I’m still grateful.<br />
Adrienne McGee ’97: I loved living in Cline<br />
Hall, the supposed “quiet” dorm. Even though<br />
my room was on the third floor and the stairs<br />
got a little old, the crazy mix of people living<br />
in that dorm was so fun. You truly never knew<br />
what you would see down the hall as you came<br />
out of the stairwell. That’s how college should<br />
be — people of all cultures and ages and<br />
walks of life just hanging out. And to this very<br />
day, every time I hear “Heart-Shaped Box” by<br />
Nirvana, I think instantly of the lounge at the<br />
end of that hall. MTV was always on in that<br />
lounge, and that was the year of Nirvana.<br />
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Leslie Saunders ’97: It’s a small thing, really,<br />
but I think about it a lot: When I was at FC, it<br />
was common to see Gardner Ashley, retired<br />
French professor, wearing his beret and sitting<br />
on a campus bench in good weather, or eating<br />
at Saga or setting up an easel somewhere,<br />
painting. I had no idea at that point how old<br />
he was or how long he’d been retired or even,<br />
frankly, what he had taught. I just remember<br />
wondering how much you have to love the<br />
place you worked to want to spend your<br />
retirement there, sitting in the sun, painting a<br />
scene you’d probably painted a dozen times<br />
before. I’ve yet to work anyplace that would<br />
inspire that kind of loyalty, but I can see why<br />
FC would.<br />
Douglas Black ’99: I remember Grizzly Grand<br />
Prix, senior year. The SAEs had four men<br />
capable of competing in the Tour de France.<br />
Unfortunately, we KDRs had a couple of<br />
“Average Joe” cyclists. We still managed a<br />
respectable second-place finish. If we’d only<br />
trained a little harder . . .<br />
Rick Etienne ’99: One of my favorite memories<br />
happened during football practice in the<br />
mid-’90s. Benji Betts ’99 was warming up,<br />
doing drop-backs with the quarterbacks<br />
when one of the managers ran into him with<br />
a golf cart. After we saw he was hardly injured,<br />
we all had a good laugh. The image of him<br />
getting hit is still stuck in my head more than<br />
a decade later.<br />
Melissa (Goebel) Morris ’99: I remember<br />
setting the alarm on Sundays so we wouldn’t<br />
miss brunch. We’d go to eat biscuits and<br />
gravy and somehow end up hanging out for<br />
an hour in Saga. Then, we’d go back to our<br />
rooms and try to study before something<br />
more fun distracted us.<br />
Elisabet (Somer) Murray ’99: Being selected<br />
for an accounting internship with the Johnson<br />
& Johnson subsidiary in Switzerland is one<br />
of my best memories. I spent six great weeks<br />
there and traveled on the weekends to<br />
surrounding countries.<br />
Tiffany Wilson ’99: A spring break trip to<br />
Israel in 1997 and a Winter Term trip to<br />
Greece in Winter Term 1998 are some of my<br />
favorite memories. Those trips sparked my<br />
love for travel, and I have now visited a total<br />
of 15 countries and 46 states! But nothing will<br />
ever compare to hiking in the Judean desert,<br />
being baptized in the Jordan River, hiking up<br />
to the Parthenon and eating real baklava<br />
and gyros. Thank you, Dr. Cain, for being<br />
our tour guide during both trips — they<br />
were both awesome experiences I will<br />
treasure always.<br />
’00s<br />
Michelle (Singer) Bloomer ’00: During Winter<br />
Term in <strong>20</strong>00, I took the “Walking Tour of<br />
London” course, led by professor Doreen<br />
St. Clair. We had an unbelievable experience.<br />
We researched the history of the city, created<br />
a project and presented our findings in the<br />
weeks leading up to the trip. From riding on<br />
the tube and watching famous musicals to<br />
taking tours and visiting massive cathedrals,<br />
it was a memorable adventure.<br />
Heather Meek ’01: During my sophomore<br />
year (98-99), we literally lived through the<br />
Elsey Hall renovation. My roommate had<br />
strategically chosen a room for us at the front<br />
of the building so we could have the best view<br />
of a certain fraternity’s legendary, late-night<br />
human-pyramids on the lawn. Little did we<br />
know at the time, the new addition would be<br />
built right in front of our windows! It was<br />
an adventure though, halls, and, more<br />
crucially, bathrooms were closed; and noisy<br />
construction workers were never further<br />
than a few feet from our room. Somehow<br />
in all the chaos, those of us sandwiched in<br />
Elsey-2-middle bonded closely together.<br />
Mike Hutsell ’01: My favorite memory would<br />
have to be my time served as sports editor of<br />
The <strong>Franklin</strong> and my time broadcasting games<br />
on WFCI. While I was there, we were able to<br />
cover the men’s basketball team in the<br />
Division III national tournament twice,<br />
including a road trip with some cohorts to<br />
Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Grizzlies lost<br />
an overtime classic against Calvin <strong>College</strong>. I<br />
was also given the chance to write a column<br />
in the paper that allowed me to have my own<br />
voice heard on a weekly basis, giving my<br />
already inflated ego a little bit of a boost<br />
every week. The time I spent on both of<br />
those endeavors only reiterated that journalism<br />
was what I wanted to do for a career.<br />
Eric J. Woodke ’02: I had the opportunity to<br />
be a part of Lance Marshall’s first four years as<br />
head baseball coach of the Grizzlies. Our first<br />
year, 1998, was very memorable, but one we<br />
would like to forget as the wins were few and<br />
far between. In spite of the rough beginning<br />
to his era, in five years coach Marshall took<br />
the team to a school record with 32 victories<br />
and the first HCAC crown. I will never forget<br />
washing uniforms in Atlanta, Ga., not having<br />
a field, pumping water for 10 hours, coach<br />
Marshall going nose to nose with former<br />
Hanover baseball coach Dick Nailer and<br />
having to shave before I could take the<br />
mound. It wasn’t always easy, but it was always<br />
fun. I would like to thank coach Marshall and<br />
his wife, Jaime, all the former players for their<br />
support, the current players for their passion<br />
and especially the guys from 1998 to <strong>20</strong>01<br />
who had a part in laying the foundation for<br />
this great program. Coach Marshall is truly a<br />
leader in action who inspires, innovates and<br />
shapes the world.<br />
Jill (Rateike) Curry ’03: One of my most<br />
memorable experiences happened during a<br />
Winter Term class in Mexico. Daneen (Butler)<br />
Larrison ’03 and I were living with a host<br />
family during our culture and language<br />
immersion course. We were home alone one<br />
afternoon, and the world started shaking.<br />
Daneen quickly jumped to the ground<br />
near a bed to protect herself while I simply<br />
sat in disbelief. The earthquake was a new<br />
experience for both of us. Following the<br />
quake, we walked with wide eyes outside to<br />
the neighborhood courtyard where all the<br />
neighbors reassured us but cautioned us of<br />
aftershocks. Daneen and I, in our broken<br />
Spanish, felt better talking to the local<br />
experts. To this day we laugh and remember<br />
our earthquake experience. Next time, maybe<br />
we will both react better and stand under a<br />
door frame.<br />
Jessica Dunham ’04: The day I met my<br />
“bestest” friend, LaCinda (Bray) Stephens ’04,<br />
is my favorite memory. I was visiting my<br />
boyfriend when I met LaCinda, who had gone<br />
with him on a Winter Term trip. She was a<br />
huge fan of the Mooresville Spotlighters,<br />
which I had been a member of in high school.<br />
She showed up at my boyfriend’s room one<br />
night to meet me, and she acted like I was a<br />
big celebrity. Within a year, we became Delta<br />
Gamma sisters and best friends, and we have<br />
been ever since.<br />
Erika (Thomas) Peggs ’04: I remember all<br />
the good times we had on soccer team road<br />
trips and at practices. I also remember fun<br />
times hanging out in our dorm rooms and<br />
at Jefferson Street Lounge.<br />
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Trisha Taylor ’04: It’s hard to name just a few.<br />
I had a really great time at college, including<br />
late nights with friends, inside jokes shared by<br />
the softball team and even some funny<br />
moments from my time as an RA. And how<br />
could I forget getting caught in the shower<br />
during one of Elsey Hall’s infamous fire alarm<br />
evacuations! It was also nice to share time at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> with my brother, Casey Taylor ’05.<br />
Jessica (Irrgang) Zepik ’04: My favorite<br />
memories are just the times I shared with<br />
friends. Now that I’m out of college, I realize<br />
what a blessing it was to get to live with my<br />
best friends for four years of my life. Some of<br />
the memories that stick out the most are the<br />
Homecoming festivities, Greek week events<br />
and performing with the FC Dancers.<br />
Anne (Durham) Smith ’05: My husband<br />
attended college elsewhere, but he knew<br />
of the traditions surrounding the <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> Wellhouse. So, in January <strong>20</strong>01,<br />
he took me there, slipped a ring on my<br />
finger, dropped to a knee and proposed.<br />
Clint Whitson ’05: The first date I ever had<br />
with my wife, Jennifer Nebesny ’06, was won<br />
through the Delta Gamma Date Auction in<br />
Custer Theatre. The women of Tri Delta<br />
had nominated her as their representative to<br />
be auctioned. When I saw her on stage she<br />
looked very nervous, so I decided to rescue<br />
her. The bidding went back and forth, back<br />
and forth . . . $50, $75, $100. Finally, with one<br />
last attempt, and with the help of several of<br />
my TKE brothers, I shouted, “$<strong>20</strong>0!” All the<br />
other bidders dropped out, and I won.<br />
Our date was dinner at Olive Garden, and we<br />
hit it off right away. That auction was held in<br />
September <strong>20</strong>03, and we were married in June<br />
<strong>20</strong>08. It was certainly a worthy investment!<br />
Laura (Ostermann) Wolf ’05: Some of my<br />
favorite FC memories include meeting my<br />
now-husband, Doug Wolf ’03, wading through<br />
the middle of the “<strong>Franklin</strong> River” on Dame<br />
Mall, having fun with my ZTA sisters, doing<br />
homework in the grass, getting to meet guest<br />
lecturer Coretta Scott King during a catering<br />
function I worked. <strong>Franklin</strong> provided so many<br />
wonderful memories that it’s hard to summarize<br />
them; I wouldn’t trade them for anything!<br />
Renee Kean ’06: My favorite FC memory is of<br />
going with all the women in my Delta Gamma<br />
pledge class to Wal-Mart a couple of days after<br />
we received our bids. We picked out fabrics,<br />
paints and sweatshirts to create our first letter<br />
shirts down in the basement of Elsey Hall.<br />
It was amazing how well we all got along<br />
for not having known each other very long.<br />
It helped us to realize that we were in the<br />
right place, with the right people. We were all<br />
pretty much inseparable throughout college,<br />
and we are still close friends.<br />
Noelle Steele ’06: I remember sitting in media<br />
ethics class, watching as professor Joel Cramer<br />
stood up front and took the usual ribbing<br />
about his looking like the mirror image of<br />
musician Eric Clapton. The next day a student<br />
brought in a magazine cover featuring<br />
Clapton so Joel held it up and lifted one<br />
eyebrow to emulate the musician’s exact<br />
expression. The class couldn’t get enough.<br />
Had Joel just squeaked out the first few lines<br />
of “Layla” it would have been complete!<br />
Sarah Coffey ’07: From my first day on campus<br />
to my last day as a student, much of my<br />
college life revolved around great times<br />
shared at Saga. Freshman year was the<br />
renovation period, and many great stories<br />
were shared next to a temporary plywood<br />
wall by the dessert bar. During the subsequent<br />
years I often joined the lunch line at<br />
11 a.m. and then stayed until 2 or 3 p.m.<br />
The socializing seemed to last forever. Every<br />
student complains at one time or another<br />
about the cafeteria food, but after having<br />
graduated and now living on my own I would<br />
take the food back any day so that I could<br />
once again have the wonderful times in Saga.<br />
It was the best “family sit down dinner time”<br />
I could have asked for — one big, happy<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> family!<br />
Megan Cummings ’07: My first Sunday on<br />
campus freshman year, I went to chapel<br />
where I sat beside none other than President<br />
Moseley and his wife, Candace. That made a<br />
big impression on me, knowing they were so<br />
available and visible to the student community.<br />
We chatted for a bit, and it made me feel like<br />
I was an integral part of the campus.<br />
Laura Marcou ’07: Thinking back on my<br />
college memories, I am always reminded of<br />
the day when I moved from Cincinnati and<br />
made <strong>Franklin</strong> my home. My father was sure<br />
I had found the best school ever when he<br />
witnessed the faculty, staff and students so<br />
efficiently moving all of my things into my<br />
room in a matter of minutes. The generous<br />
spirits and welcoming faces we met that day<br />
are what made <strong>Franklin</strong> such a wonderful<br />
home for those years. Near the end of my<br />
senior year my dad lost his battle with<br />
cancer. The notes of encouragement from<br />
classmates, cards from faculty and staff<br />
and overall love and support from the FC<br />
community were unbelievable. I couldn’t<br />
believe the number of <strong>Franklin</strong> faces that<br />
took the time out of their lives to be with<br />
my family for the funeral in Cincinnati.<br />
From the day I moved in, to the day I moved<br />
out, <strong>Franklin</strong> was such a wonderful home<br />
away from home for me.<br />
Annie Wantz ’07: I loved going to my New<br />
STeP meetings on Thursday mornings as a<br />
freshman. We talked about hard-hitting issues,<br />
and I felt like I had a “family” I could open<br />
up to. My mentor was very understanding and<br />
had great advice. I don’t think my freshman<br />
year would have gone so smoothly without<br />
the support of my New STeP group.<br />
Friends of<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Anthony Ankney: I remember my grandfather<br />
taking me to my first college football game<br />
ever, and it was at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>. I remember<br />
I could not wait until <strong>Franklin</strong> scored because<br />
I was ready for the cannon to go off.<br />
Hank Nuwer: I co-advise the student<br />
newspaper at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>. So recently,<br />
I drove Evan Shields ’10, then one of the<br />
editors, to North Carolina to pick up a<br />
national award he had won for statehouse<br />
reporting. Well, as we gunned along a busy<br />
Ohio highway, I slammed on my brakes and<br />
pulled onto the shoulder. As Evan gaped in<br />
amazement, I slipped between the semis and<br />
plucked a box turtle off the highway. I was<br />
afraid the poor thing was going to get turtle<br />
waxed for sure. Wide-eyed lest I end up with<br />
tire tracks on my white tee shirt, I tucked the<br />
terrapin under my arm like Randy Moss<br />
sprinting for the goal line. I scooted over the<br />
guardrail on the opposite side and scampered<br />
down the embankment to leave Mr. or Ms.<br />
Turtle (we never were formally introduced,<br />
and I am biology-challenged when it comes to<br />
terrapin body parts) on the side of a stream.<br />
When I returned to the car I saw Evan was in<br />
shock. When we returned to <strong>Franklin</strong>, Evan<br />
told a few people and now I have a nickname,<br />
“I Brake for Turtles.”<br />
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ALUMNI NEWS<br />
Alumni Council members pictured in the first row are: Pat Collier ’84, Misty (Livengood) Horsley ’96, Janet (Wheeler) McDuffey ’63, Doris (Brown)<br />
Alexander ’53, Debbie (Hill) Davis ’86, Kristi (King) Guse ’93, Ann (Martinez) Mahan ’58, Becky (Tames) Rosenberger ’77 and Martha (May)<br />
Newsom ’49. In the second row are: Steve Witty ’69, Adam Decker ’97, Bob DeVoss ’69, Tony Gambaiani ’95, Sarah (Cummings) Faulkner ’02,<br />
Brooke (Wagoner) Worland ’99, Kristy Meyer ’95, Joella (Boyer) Patterson ’59, Sam Alford ’64 and Doug West ’79. In the third row are: D.J. Sigler ’95,<br />
Don Treibic ’65, Andrew Stoner ’86, John Dickerson ’75, Steve Teets ’76, Mike Hall ’69 and Keith Moenter ’80.<br />
Other Alumni Council members, who are not pictured, include: Vera (Pacala) Evans ’54, Bob Heuchan ’76, Kurt Laker ’01, Susan (Klein) Leonard ’70,<br />
Jennifer Pittman ’00, Mike Urban ’82 and Gene White ’58.<br />
10 things you need to know about Alumni Council<br />
■ The <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Alumni<br />
Association is a group for all graduates<br />
and former students; membership is<br />
implicit and free. The association<br />
provides a variety of benefits and<br />
services that help alumni maintain<br />
connections to <strong>Franklin</strong> and fellow<br />
graduates.<br />
■ The <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Alumni<br />
Association was formed in June 1855<br />
and began with just nine graduates.<br />
■ The Alumni Council is an elected group<br />
of volunteers who represent and give a<br />
voice to the Alumni Association.<br />
■ The council has 30 elected members<br />
and three appointed members, who<br />
also serve as representatives to the<br />
board of trustees.<br />
■ The current council includes 18 men<br />
and 14 women, who represent<br />
graduation classes ranging from the<br />
1940s to the <strong>20</strong>00s.<br />
■ Twenty-seven council members are<br />
affiliated with a Greek organization,<br />
and six are independent.<br />
■ Council members engage in projects,<br />
programs and activities that help<br />
support the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> mission of<br />
preparing young people for significant<br />
careers through the liberal arts.<br />
■ There are four sub-committees of the<br />
council:<br />
■ Admissions — Members assist in<br />
student recruitment.<br />
■ Alumni career networking —<br />
Members look for ways to engage<br />
alumni in career networking, not<br />
just with young alums, but with the<br />
entire alumni base.<br />
■ Development — Members help the<br />
Office of Institutional Advancement<br />
with efforts to raise awareness of the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> Fund and other college<br />
priorities.<br />
■ Greek Alumni Council — Members<br />
are investigating the formation of a<br />
GAC to help strengthen the Greek<br />
system at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
■ The Alumni Council maintains an<br />
annual 100 percent participation goal<br />
in giving to the <strong>Franklin</strong> Fund.<br />
■ The Alumni Council reviews a slate of<br />
nominees every spring. If you’d like to<br />
be considered for future membership<br />
or want to nominate someone for<br />
consideration, please use the online<br />
form at www.franklincollege.edu or<br />
call Margee Stamper, alumni relations<br />
director, at (317) 738-8167.<br />
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Minister leads parishioners in<br />
knocking down walls, social barriers<br />
By Samantha Parker ’11<br />
Pulliam Fellow<br />
A weeklong community service project<br />
recently helped repair homes and<br />
relationships in one small Hoosier town.<br />
For the Rev. Rebecca Horstman May ’81<br />
it was a truly moving experience.<br />
“It felt incredible,” said Horstman May.<br />
“Truthfully, I am a preacher without words<br />
when it comes to this. People cared. They<br />
cared enough to give their money and give<br />
their time. That made a huge impact on<br />
the community and on our church family.”<br />
Situated in Elizaville, Ind., a small<br />
pinpoint in the center of the state, EBC<br />
has a congregation of 30 — on a good<br />
Sunday.<br />
“As a church, Elizaville Baptist has a<br />
small membership and a huge heart,”<br />
Horstman May said.<br />
Members of the EBC congregation<br />
extended their hearts and helping hands<br />
this past July to collaborate with Faith,<br />
Hope & Love, an organization that seeks<br />
to break down walls of separation between<br />
churches, races, social classes, government<br />
leaders and educators to unite people.<br />
Throughout the week, FHL volunteers,<br />
the EBC congregation and various<br />
members of 16 other church congregations<br />
worked at five different sites in Elizaville<br />
to restore homes. Community members<br />
donated thousands of hours of work to<br />
the project.<br />
“Every member of Elizaville Baptist<br />
contributed in some way to Faith Hope &<br />
Love Week, and we could not have done it<br />
otherwise,” said Horstman May.<br />
As the community worked together<br />
to make physical reparations to Elizaville,<br />
the community also went through a less<br />
tangible makeover.<br />
“We didn’t just knock down old buildings,”<br />
said Horstman May. “We knocked<br />
down walls that separated people.”<br />
“Before Elizaville’s transformation, it<br />
was a rural community where people had<br />
grown distant and no longer knew their<br />
neighbors. As time had passed it had<br />
become run down,” said Horstman May.<br />
“Now it’s a different place.”<br />
Horstman May never took a <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> class on how to unite a community.<br />
She didn’t take notes on how to initiate<br />
neighborhood-wide change. But, the<br />
college provided her with a foundation<br />
for the faith, leadership and passion that<br />
she has since made a lifelong practice.<br />
During college, Horstman May was<br />
involved in Zeta Tau Alpha, FC Singers,<br />
Campus Christian Fellowship and Kites,<br />
a former women’s ensemble. After<br />
graduating with a degree in psychology<br />
and sociology, Horstman May faced an<br />
economic climate much like today’s —<br />
finding a job in her career field was tough.<br />
So, she worked as a substitute teacher for<br />
a semester while continuing to look for<br />
other work. In December 1981, she<br />
married and moved to Bloomington, Ind.<br />
In the spring of 1985, as her husband<br />
neared graduation from the Indiana<br />
University School of Music, Horstman May<br />
began thinking seriously about seminary,<br />
something she’d hoped to do someday<br />
after graduating from <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Then, one day while she was at work,<br />
a familiar <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> friend, trying<br />
to find his own way, bumped into<br />
Horstman May.<br />
“At work one day a man came up to<br />
the desk to ask for directions and it was<br />
[<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> professor of religion]<br />
David Carlson,” said Horstman May.<br />
Carlson had served as a mentor for<br />
Horstman May during her college years<br />
and had officiated at her wedding.<br />
“After spending a few minutes catching<br />
up on what was going on in our lives,<br />
David asked why I wasn’t considering<br />
Christian Theological Seminary in<br />
Indianapolis,” recalled Horstman May.<br />
“I started at CTS in January and lasted<br />
about one year before I was persuaded to<br />
change my degree to a master of divinity.”<br />
The Rev. Rebecca Horstman May ’81 leads<br />
worship at Elizaville Baptist Church.<br />
Horstman May finished seminary in<br />
1991 and was ordained at Indianapolis<br />
First Baptist Church in 1992. In December<br />
1994, she accepted the call to EBC. While<br />
at the church, she has served as president<br />
of the region board of American Baptist<br />
Churches IN/KY and has served on the<br />
ABC National Ministers Counsel.<br />
Horstman May pushed for her niece<br />
Kara Edens-Magner ’11 to attend <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
when she was considering her college<br />
options. Edens-Magner followed her<br />
advice, along with the advice of her cousin<br />
Susannah (Bridges) Hallgarth ’01.<br />
“My relatives who are alums of <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> definitely had an impact on my<br />
decision to attend,” said Edens-Magner, a<br />
religious studies major. “After I made the<br />
decision to attend <strong>Franklin</strong>, they went to<br />
the bookstore and bought me <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
gear for my high school graduation.”<br />
Though family ties may have played into<br />
her decision to come to <strong>Franklin</strong>, it is the<br />
same caring environment that Horstman<br />
May experienced that tells Edens-Magner<br />
she made the right choice.<br />
“<strong>Franklin</strong>’s outstanding faculty and<br />
staff have supported my faith as well as<br />
encouraged me to continually question<br />
commonly accepted assumptions about<br />
life and beliefs,” said Edens-Magner.<br />
“<strong>Franklin</strong> has prepared me for a life<br />
of faith and service by educating me and<br />
equipping me with life skills to deal with<br />
social injustices.”<br />
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Marketing<br />
exec strikes<br />
gold with<br />
“corny” idea<br />
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96<br />
Editor<br />
It didn’t take long for Arch West ’36<br />
to start chipping in merchandising ideas<br />
after he went to work for the Frito Co.<br />
(later Frito-Lay) in 1960. One of his<br />
product innovations fused the texture of<br />
a potato chip with the flavor of a corn<br />
chip and featured a distinct shape; the<br />
triangular tortilla chips better known<br />
today as Doritos ® hit the market in 1962.<br />
As West tells it, the product name<br />
preceded the invention of the snack.<br />
“When the head of the legal department<br />
and I made a trip to Mexico City to register<br />
the Frito name for international sales,<br />
we began looking into how to associate<br />
the Spanish language with the products.<br />
We’d also been mulling over ideas for a<br />
chip that wasn’t quite yellow or brown,<br />
but somewhere in between. The Spanish<br />
word ‘oro,’ meaning gold, seemed<br />
to fit,” said West.<br />
Spanish helped form the full name<br />
Doritos, ® and with that the “little bits<br />
of gold” were on their way to being<br />
invented and test-marketed.<br />
The first Doritos ® were made in a<br />
laboratory, where baking experiments<br />
were conducted with three types of corn.<br />
Once West and the team found the right<br />
combination of ingredients, a small,<br />
privately-owned company in California<br />
was selected to produce the snacks for<br />
test-marketing in San Diego.<br />
“The Nielsen Report indicated not<br />
only strong sales but repeat purchases,”<br />
said West. “We had to move fast after<br />
that because word was getting out to<br />
our competitors.”<br />
A lot about Doritos ® has changed<br />
since the Frito Co. introduced the original<br />
product 47 years ago. According to the<br />
company Web site, there currently are<br />
13 flavors, with mini-sized chips and<br />
reduced-fat varieties also available.<br />
West’s two favorite flavors, by the way,<br />
are the Classic Nacho Cheese and Ranch.<br />
One thing that hasn’t changed about<br />
the chip is its unique shape, which<br />
was chosen as the “sensible” solution,<br />
said West.<br />
“We found that cutting sheets of dough<br />
into triangles yielded more products than<br />
could be achieved with circles. In other<br />
words, triangles reduced the amount of<br />
leftovers. We also thought triangles were<br />
the best shape for dips.”<br />
If supply is a reflection of demand,<br />
then consumers must agree that Doritos ®<br />
are ideal. It’s practically impossible to walk<br />
down the snack aisle of any retail location<br />
without seeing a display. For West, it’s a<br />
sight that never gets stale.<br />
“When I go into a supermarket, I still get<br />
a kick out of seeing Doritos. ® I think, ‘That<br />
was my idea, and it’s still going.’” he said.<br />
West’s success at the Frito Co. followed<br />
several other executive positions, which<br />
perhaps wouldn’t have been possible<br />
without his first job after college.<br />
“My mother’s brother was vice president<br />
of a dairy company with a facility in<br />
Wisconsin, and he invited me to take a<br />
position there and start expanding on<br />
my abilities,” said West. “I worked in<br />
warehousing and transportation and<br />
then in cheese quality control.”<br />
West, who’d earned his bachelor’s<br />
degree in business management, found<br />
the behind-the-scenes work satisfying.<br />
“I’d never had much interest in going<br />
and punching typewriter keys,” said West.<br />
“I was more excited about marketing and<br />
the ideas and creativity involved in making<br />
a product to sell.”<br />
Just as West was starting to find a career<br />
niche in the food industry, civic duty<br />
called, and he enlisted in service with the<br />
U.S. Navy. After an honorable discharge,<br />
he returned to the food industry and<br />
landed a position with Standard Brands,<br />
the parent company of Tender Leaf ® tea,<br />
Royal ® gelatin and Blue Bonnet ®<br />
margarine, among others.<br />
Many times West was transferred to a<br />
new city to take on fresh assignments for<br />
Standard Brands; he spent time living and<br />
working in Philadelphia, Chicago and<br />
Kansas City.<br />
“I never got bored. The company<br />
kept me moving around to different<br />
departments. I had the chance to work<br />
in finance, sales, raw materials and<br />
acquisitions.”<br />
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“When I go into a supermarket, I still get a kick out of seeing Doritos., ®<br />
I think, ‘That was my idea, and it’s still going.’”<br />
Along the way, he also met his future<br />
wife, Charlotte. The couple had started a<br />
family by the time Standard Brands<br />
offered a product management position<br />
at its Manhattan headquarters.<br />
“I was the V8 ® juice product manager,”<br />
said West. “It had been developed by a<br />
company in Terre Haute (Ind.) and being<br />
a Hoosier I already knew a little about it.”<br />
West’s skillful management of the<br />
V8 ® product line caught the attention<br />
of headhunters who recruited him as a<br />
sales manager for Comstock Foods,<br />
an applesauce maker in upstate New York.<br />
After that, West went to work for Lever<br />
Brothers, makers of soaps and cosmetics.<br />
Next, there was the advertising and<br />
public relations agency of Young &<br />
Rubicam, where he managed the JELL-O ®<br />
account.<br />
Soon after, a headhunter<br />
representing<br />
the Frito Co. called and<br />
invited West to lunch with<br />
the company president and the<br />
chairman. The possibility of working<br />
for an innovative snack company<br />
sounded intriguing, but there was<br />
one troublesome issue.<br />
“Frankly, I had no idea then what a<br />
Frito was,” recalled West.<br />
However, it didn’t take long before<br />
he hit the ground running as vice<br />
president of marketing, sales and<br />
advertising. He, Charlotte and their four<br />
children moved from the East Coast to<br />
Texas, where the Frito Co. had headquarters.<br />
After a long career of managing<br />
the Doritos ® brand, West retired from<br />
Frito Co. as the executive vice president<br />
Arch West ’36 and his wife, Charlotte, pose at the Well House during a visit to campus in the 1990s.<br />
ARCHIVAL PHOTO<br />
and a member of the board of directors,<br />
but he didn’t stop working.<br />
He took a reservist position with FEMA<br />
and spent 10 years working on-call as a<br />
coordinator of disaster recovery centers.<br />
He and Charlotte traveled to cities<br />
coping with crises and worked with<br />
local government officials to help set up<br />
communication centers, train volunteers,<br />
educate victims about FEMA services and<br />
distribute essential goods.<br />
At almost 95, West says he enjoys “taking<br />
it easy” these days. However, he still finds<br />
time to exercise daily and enjoys reading<br />
magazines and watching movies. Once in<br />
awhile he reminisces about college, too.<br />
“I still look back at <strong>Franklin</strong> for<br />
rewarding me with the knowledge to<br />
carry on after I graduated,” said West.<br />
“I think I would have been lost at a big<br />
school; <strong>Franklin</strong> was my style. The classes<br />
were small, and even the professors who<br />
didn’t have me in class knew my name.<br />
I goofed off sometimes, but the<br />
professors were fair; they looked out<br />
for the students.”<br />
According to West, some of the<br />
neighbors in his retirement community<br />
attended universities with enrollments of<br />
30,000 or more students. He enjoys telling<br />
them about his little alma mater in the<br />
Midwest.<br />
“I’m really proud of <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
I brag about it to my neighbors,” he said.<br />
West served on the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Board of Trustees from 1966 to 1975 and<br />
attended his 60th class reunion over<br />
Homecoming weekend in 1996.<br />
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FC talks<br />
tech with<br />
Intellagirl<br />
Sarah Smith-Robbins ’96<br />
stands back-to-back with her<br />
avatar, Intellagirl.<br />
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96<br />
Editor<br />
She’s a self-described “researcher,<br />
academic, writer, speaker, marketer, mom<br />
and geek.” She spends her time blogging,<br />
researching and traveling to speak to<br />
groups about Second Life, virtual worlds,<br />
Web 2.0 technologies and “general digital<br />
coolness.” She’s also a Ph.D. candidate<br />
and digital coach who helps people use<br />
available technologies to become more<br />
productive and creative. In the past two<br />
years, she’s lectured on social media at<br />
conferences in Brazil, Finland, the United<br />
Kingdom and the United States.<br />
She’s “Intellagirl” Sarah Smith-<br />
Robbins ’96.<br />
We recently caught up with Smith-<br />
Robbins after the Independent <strong>College</strong>s<br />
of Indiana Sixth Annual Instructional<br />
Technology Summit, where she was<br />
keynote speaker. We asked her to take a<br />
few minutes to share her perspective on<br />
social media, ideas about technology in<br />
higher education and thoughts on the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> liberal arts experience.<br />
Our Q&A session follows:<br />
FC: Tell us about your alternate identity —<br />
Intellagirl. Who is she, and why is she<br />
important to your work?<br />
I wouldn’t say that Intellagirl is an<br />
alternate identity but rather my<br />
nickname or logo. My maiden name<br />
is Sarah Smith. Fifteen years ago<br />
when I created my first e-mail address<br />
“ssmith” was already taken. After a few<br />
years, I got tired of trying to find new<br />
user names and came up with<br />
Intellagirl. At first, it was just a<br />
handy nickname, but when I<br />
began working in Second Life,<br />
Intellagirl became a person,<br />
my avatar. Since then, my<br />
pink streak and nickname<br />
have become really effective<br />
personal branding.<br />
(Editor’s note: Avatars are<br />
computer users’ representations<br />
of themselves; they can be either<br />
pictures or personalities associated<br />
with a screen name.)<br />
FC: How did an English major end up<br />
making a career in the information<br />
technology field?<br />
It’s a bit of a misnomer to say that I’m<br />
in “IT.” My doctoral work is in rhetoric, the<br />
art and study of persuasive communication,<br />
which I think is key in just about all areas<br />
of life, from personal relationships to<br />
education. Because most communication is<br />
now mediated by some kind of technology,<br />
I became intrigued by how technology<br />
changes how we communicate and<br />
especially how we learn.<br />
When I graduated from <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> I went on to work at a technology<br />
publishing company, and I became<br />
more interested in how technology was<br />
changing the way we all work. I got to<br />
work with dozens of tech authors who<br />
were immersed in the industry, and I<br />
made some great contacts. When I went<br />
on to the University of Indianapolis for<br />
my master’s degree I focused on English<br />
higher education, and I guess all the bits<br />
came together.<br />
FC: What are some of your duties as<br />
senior director of emerging technologies<br />
for Indiana University’s Kelley Executive<br />
Partners?<br />
My primary duty is to help develop<br />
technology-augmented education<br />
programs for executives at Fortune<br />
500 companies. I’ve created alternate<br />
reality games using iPod touch and<br />
Twitter as well as social media tours to<br />
help large companies learn to leverage<br />
Web 2.0 tools to increase employee<br />
learning and satisfaction. (Editor’s note:<br />
Web 2.0 examples include social-networking<br />
sites, video-sharing sites, blogs, etc.) I’m also<br />
responsible for helping the Kelley School<br />
of Business make decisions about<br />
implementing new technologies for the<br />
graduate and undergraduate programs.<br />
FC: Your career shows a consistent overlap<br />
between work in the fields of education<br />
and information technology. What can you<br />
tell us about the correlation?<br />
IT is now inseparable from any area of<br />
our lives. From the cars that we drive to the<br />
phones in our pockets we’re surrounded<br />
by technology, and all of these tools change<br />
the way we live and how we learn.<br />
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Higher education seems to be the front<br />
line of the change simply because we now<br />
have students entering into college who<br />
can’t remember life before the Internet,<br />
and they’re being taught by instructors<br />
who are still, on the whole, trying to<br />
acclimate to the technology’s influence<br />
on the way we learn and socialize. I’ve<br />
been fortunate enough to straddle that<br />
divide and find ways for instructors to<br />
embrace and understand technology while<br />
also encouraging the next generation<br />
to be responsible and productive with<br />
their tools.<br />
FC: Who was your most influential FC<br />
professor and why?<br />
English professor Kathy Carlson. She<br />
taught me everything from how to knit,<br />
to how to learn, to how to survive away<br />
from home. She is an incredible teacher<br />
for so many reasons, and I still strive to be<br />
as good as she is.<br />
FC: One of the topics you lecture on is<br />
Second Life. Why are you a proponent?<br />
(Second Life is a 3D virtual world where<br />
users can socialize, connect and create<br />
using voice and text to chat.)<br />
I’m a proponent of student-centered<br />
learning and of learning experiences that<br />
put focus on the learner rather than the<br />
teacher; the old “guide on the side” rather<br />
than “sage on the stage” idea.<br />
FC: In what ways can the mainstream<br />
benefit from participating in Second Life?<br />
Second Life is a really creative space full<br />
of interesting people doing interesting<br />
things. It’s certainly not a tool for everyone,<br />
but if you’re a creative type you’ll<br />
find a lot to hold your interest.<br />
Right now, in the current economic<br />
crisis, places like Second Life are more<br />
important than ever for business because<br />
virtual worlds offer an alternative to<br />
expensive travel. You can be “with” your<br />
colleagues without ever boarding a flight.<br />
And more than video conferencing, in<br />
Second Life you can simulate business<br />
situations, conduct international focus<br />
groups and even have a little fun while<br />
you work.<br />
FC: What are the biggest misconceptions<br />
people have about social media?<br />
That it’s just too hard to learn unless<br />
you’re young. I can’t tell you how many<br />
people have told me, “I’m too old to<br />
learn this stuff.” I just don’t accept that<br />
excuse.<br />
The other misconception is that social<br />
media tools somehow change the way we<br />
think. There’s no new human behavior<br />
here. People have always networked,<br />
shared information, looked for new<br />
friends, passed notes. Now we just do it on<br />
“Don’t be afraid. You can’t break the Internet so jump in and try<br />
something. Create a Facebook account or try out Twitter.<br />
You’ll be amazed how useful it all can be.” — Sarah Smith-Robbins ’96<br />
Facebook, with text messages on our<br />
phones and by writing blogs.<br />
FC: How does your <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
liberal arts background help in your<br />
career?<br />
I think one of my best strengths is my<br />
fast, creative problem-solving. No matter<br />
whom I’m talking to, I’m able to understand<br />
their concerns and interests and<br />
provide insights into their issues. I simply<br />
wouldn’t be able to think this way if I had<br />
only a narrow education. My liberal arts<br />
background means that I spent a lot of my<br />
undergrad program learning how to learn<br />
and learning how to adapt to new ideas.<br />
FC: Of all the tech gadgets you own, which<br />
is your favorite?<br />
My iPhone, by far. It’s not only a great<br />
phone, but it’s practically replaced my<br />
laptop. I love how flexible it is. If I need a<br />
new tool (calculator, language translator<br />
or level to balance a shelf), I can just<br />
download an app. Plus, it’s a great social<br />
tool that helps me connect to other<br />
people, no matter where I am.<br />
FC: What gets you most excited about<br />
technology?<br />
I’m most excited by technologies that<br />
bring people together: games, mobile and<br />
social networks, all of the tools that allow<br />
us to communicate with one another<br />
efficiently in new ways.<br />
Currently, I’m most interested in<br />
augmented reality, ways to overlay data in<br />
physical spaces such as augmented maps<br />
with friends’ restaurant recommendations<br />
that signal when I’m near the the right<br />
place or a camera overlay that gives me<br />
historical information about an important<br />
building while I pan across it with my<br />
phone. Rather than being stuck at a desk<br />
to use these tools, they’re in my pocket,<br />
in context to the spaces I’m in and the<br />
people who are around me.<br />
FC: What are three easy things anyone<br />
can try today to become more tech savvy?<br />
1. Don’t be afraid. You can’t break<br />
the Internet; jump in and try something.<br />
Create a Facebook account or try out<br />
Twitter. You’ll be amazed how useful it<br />
all can be.<br />
2. Find a technology that is actually<br />
useful to you. Whether it’s a new phone, a<br />
GPS in your car, an instant messaging tool<br />
that makes it easy to talk to coworkers . . .<br />
find a tool that makes your day easier or<br />
more interesting. Match the technology to<br />
your lifestyle rather than the other way<br />
around.<br />
3. Talk to people around you about the<br />
technology that they use. Whether it’s<br />
your kid, your boss or a student, find out<br />
what tools people you know are using and<br />
what they like about them. It’s a great<br />
place to start.<br />
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PHOTO BY AMY (KEAN) VERSTEEG ’96<br />
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96<br />
Editor<br />
Kelli DeMott Park ’81 has been entering<br />
her work into the Johnson County 4-H<br />
Fair for years, but her <strong>20</strong>08 painting of an<br />
Indiana cornfield stirred up more than a<br />
ribbon. It invoked nostalgia.<br />
“I have an emotional connection to<br />
cornfields” said DeMott Park. “I grew up<br />
on a farm, and I love the way a cornfield<br />
looks and smells. I like the way it sounds<br />
when the breeze rustles the stalks, and it’s<br />
my favorite food.”<br />
What surprised DeMott Park about that<br />
particular painting was the response it<br />
brought from a former <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
faculty member.<br />
“After the fair I ran into Lynne Schuetz,<br />
who had been my college speech teacher.<br />
She told me how much she’d enjoyed the<br />
painting and how emotional it’d made her.<br />
Kelli DeMott Park ’81 stands with two<br />
paintings featured in her “Plant Life of the<br />
Heartland” exhibit.<br />
Cornfields seed idea for painting series<br />
That made me think about other crops and<br />
plants and the ways they are integrated into<br />
our lives, from childhood pastimes to the<br />
change of seasons,” said DeMott Park.<br />
That interest culminated in a series<br />
of paintings called “Plant Life of the<br />
Heartland.” DeMott Park, currently in her<br />
26th year as a teacher at <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
Community High School, where she is art<br />
department director, earned an $8,000<br />
Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity<br />
Fellowship to fund the project, including<br />
the purchase of supplies. She spent<br />
approximately seven weeks over the<br />
summer photographing various plants that<br />
she referenced for a series of 10 paintings.<br />
DeMott Park said, “I never had to leave<br />
Johnson County. Many of the plants were<br />
along the road where I live or within<br />
walking distance. Others were nearby.<br />
The peony painting is based on a flower<br />
from my dad’s yard, and the tulip poplar<br />
was in my in-laws’ neighborhood.”<br />
DeMott Park didn’t set out only to paint<br />
the flora; she also, as part of the fellowship<br />
agreement, went about collecting personal<br />
stories to include in the exhibit.<br />
“I sent an e-mail to probably 700 people,<br />
including friends, co-workers and church<br />
members,” said DeMott Park. “Interestingly,<br />
almost all who responded were women.<br />
I think perhaps more women grew up<br />
playing with plants and flowers than did<br />
men, and so they have more associated<br />
memories,” said DeMott Park.<br />
Many people shared memories of tying<br />
stems of Queen Anne’s Lace together to<br />
make crowns and using maple seeds as<br />
helicopters, said DeMott Park. But, not<br />
all the responses were poignant; some<br />
were humorous. A few people even shared<br />
their dislike for particular types of flora,<br />
noting reasons like allergies.<br />
“Even my father teased me about<br />
getting paid to paint weeds,” she said.<br />
DeMott Park’s collection of 13 paintings,<br />
including three completed prior to the<br />
fellowship, and selections of the public<br />
commentary were exhibited in back-toback<br />
shows in August at the Johnson<br />
County Museum of History and the<br />
Johnson County Public Library. Her<br />
final exhibit was at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> in<br />
November.<br />
“It’s been great fun to share my work<br />
in this community and to see so many<br />
familiar faces in attendance,” said<br />
DeMott Park. “With the Lilly grant to<br />
fund receptions, it’s really helped make<br />
each exhibit a social event.”<br />
In the past, DeMott Park has shown<br />
her work at a gallery in Seymour, Ind.<br />
She also participated in the <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> alumni art show over<br />
Homecoming weekend in <strong>20</strong>07.<br />
“I think it’s important to show my<br />
paintings because I want my students to<br />
know that art is my passion. Art isn’t just<br />
something I ask them to do; it’s something<br />
I constantly work at, too.” .<br />
DeMott Park patterns her teaching style<br />
after former Center Grove High School<br />
art teacher Karen (Sturdy) Yarnall ’74.<br />
“She was my inspiration. I’d been<br />
drawing since age 4, but after I had class<br />
with Karen I knew I wanted to become an<br />
art teacher.”<br />
For DeMott Park, <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> was<br />
the place to fulfill the first step in meeting<br />
that goal and preparing for graduate<br />
school at Indiana University, where she<br />
obtained her master’s degree.<br />
“My liberal arts background helps<br />
make my job easier,” said DeMott Park.<br />
“As a teacher, students tend to have the<br />
expectation that you should know the<br />
answer to everything. Obviously, that’s<br />
impossible, but it certainly helps to know<br />
about a variety of subjects.<br />
“And, too, there’s so much emphasis<br />
in today’s curriculum on integrating<br />
subjects; it’s important to understand the<br />
connections between art and other course<br />
topics. You can’t be a good teacher unless<br />
you’ve completed classes in things beyond<br />
what you teach.”<br />
Perhaps DeMott Park would agree that<br />
along the way you also need to stop and<br />
smell — or paint — the roses.<br />
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The ’50s<br />
Don Dilmore ’50 and his wife,<br />
Marie (Case) ’53, had a busy<br />
summer. They celebrated their<br />
59th wedding anniversary on<br />
Aug. 16, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. The couple also<br />
celebrated their 14th year of<br />
residence at their Montgomery,<br />
Texas, home. Don reports that it’s<br />
the longest they’ve ever lived in<br />
the same house. Summer also<br />
marked the publication of Don’s<br />
fifth book, Adult Report Card —<br />
We are Failing our Children. It tells<br />
how adults and churches can<br />
start making a difference in<br />
children’s lives. His soon to be<br />
published sixth book, Danny’s<br />
Red Jacket, is based on the<br />
adventures of a 12-year-old<br />
during the 1930s.<br />
Samuel G. “Jerry” Hicks ’59<br />
was inducted into the Indiana<br />
Football Hall of Fame on<br />
May 3, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>.<br />
The ’60s<br />
Laima Druskis ’69 recently<br />
showed two pieces of her photographic<br />
work in the YoloArts<br />
“Art Farm” show at Gallery 625<br />
in Woodland, Calif. Laima has<br />
been a visual consultant and<br />
commercial photographer in<br />
the West Coast area since 1997.<br />
Her photography has appeared<br />
in Financial World Magazine,<br />
Time Magazine and educational<br />
publications for Simon &<br />
Schuster and major universities<br />
on the East Coast.<br />
The ’70s<br />
Russ Ashworth ’71 served as<br />
acting assistant secretary for<br />
administration with the U.S.<br />
Department of Agriculture from<br />
January <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong> to June <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, when<br />
President Obama’s nominee for<br />
the position was confirmed by<br />
the Senate and sworn into office.<br />
In this position, he served<br />
Secretary Tom Vilsack as his chief<br />
administrative adviser. He and<br />
his wife, Jan, live in southern<br />
Maryland.<br />
Beth (Campbell) Pyle ’71 recently<br />
completed her doctorate in<br />
education at Illinois State<br />
University and began a faculty<br />
position at Western Kentucky<br />
University this fall. Her teaching<br />
position is in the department of<br />
kinesiology, recreation and sport<br />
in the physical education teacher<br />
education program.<br />
Geoffrey Doughty ’72 recently<br />
had his 21st book published,<br />
New York Central’s Through<br />
Passenger Service, Challenge<br />
and Retreat 1950–1967. He is in<br />
his 35th year as Maine Public<br />
Broadcasting’s radio voice for the<br />
Portland Symphony Orchestra.<br />
He serves as director of safety<br />
and loss control for the New<br />
Hampshire Motor Transport<br />
Association.<br />
Karen (Sturdy) Yarnall ’74<br />
was selected the <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong> State of<br />
Delaware Art Teacher of the Year.<br />
She is the fine arts department<br />
chair at Newark High School and<br />
resides in the city of Newark. She<br />
is married to Robert Yarnall ’71,<br />
and they have three children.<br />
Kimberly Shaver-Hood ’78, Ph.D.,<br />
has been appointed interim<br />
superintendent of Blackstone-<br />
Millville schools in Massachusetts.<br />
She has served as assistant<br />
superintendent since April <strong>20</strong>08.<br />
She previously served as the first<br />
principal of the Frederick W.<br />
Hartnett Middle School, which<br />
opened its doors in August <strong>20</strong>03.<br />
Kevin Widdison ’79 received<br />
first place in the category of<br />
Best Writing during the annual<br />
convention of the Oregon<br />
Newspaper Publishers Association<br />
on July 16 and 17. He also<br />
received a second-place award<br />
in the category of Best Editorial.<br />
The awards came in the division<br />
for daily newspapers with<br />
circulations between 10,000<br />
and 25,000. Kevin is city editor<br />
at the Daily Courier in Grants<br />
Pass, Ore.<br />
The ’80s<br />
Valeri (Brown) Marks ’80 has<br />
been named chief executive<br />
officer of Hire Velocity in Tampa,<br />
Fla. The company provides<br />
recruitment and hiring services<br />
for small to medium-sized<br />
businesses. Previously, she was<br />
president and CEO of New<br />
Homes Realty in Tampa and<br />
prior to that she was president<br />
of the interactive media services<br />
division of Ameritech.<br />
Kerry “Pete” Keener ’84 has just<br />
been granted GS-11 status with<br />
the federal government. Pete is<br />
a project manager at Walter<br />
Reed Army Medical Center in<br />
Washington, D.C. Pete lives in<br />
Charles Town, W. Va., and enjoys<br />
hiking the The Appalachian Trail<br />
in Harpers Ferry.<br />
Bob Bultman ’86 works for HILTI,<br />
an international manufacturer of<br />
tools and anchors. He is the local<br />
process expert of pricing and<br />
works in the western hemisphere<br />
office. HILTI tools and team<br />
members were instrumental<br />
during the rescue and recovery<br />
efforts at the Murrah Federal<br />
Building in Oklahoma City after<br />
the bombing and at the World<br />
Trade Center and Pentagon<br />
after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.<br />
Bob is a long-time volunteer with<br />
Habitat for Humanity. He resides<br />
in Kiefer, Oka.<br />
The ’90s<br />
Janice Bullman ’90 has been<br />
named conservation development<br />
specialist for the Indiana<br />
Association of Soil and Water<br />
Conservation Districts.<br />
CLASS NOTES<br />
Valeri (Brown) Marks ’80<br />
Bob Bultman ’86 shows off his custom-made <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> cowboy boots, featuring the athletic logo.<br />
“During one of my training classes at work, I had to<br />
give a brief talk about myself. I used my boots to show<br />
the FC logo and discussed the role the college played<br />
in my life and still does. I always take pride in telling<br />
people a little about FC,” said Bob.<br />
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CLASS NOTES<br />
Trena Paulus ’91, Ph.D., recently<br />
received tenure and was promoted<br />
to associate professor at the<br />
University of Tennessee. Trena in<br />
the educational psychology and<br />
counseling department, where<br />
she researches aspects of online<br />
learning environments.<br />
Becky (Coy) Katsaropoulos ’92 is<br />
a registered nurse and currently<br />
a stay-at-home mom. She and<br />
her husband, John, have five<br />
children. The family resides in<br />
South Bend, Ind.<br />
Chandrika Fonseka ’94 earned<br />
her master’s in business administration<br />
for human resource<br />
management and marketing<br />
from the University of Manipal<br />
India.<br />
Tony Gambaiani ’95 recently was<br />
one of eight bankers from six<br />
states recognized as a “Rising Star<br />
in Banking” by the Northwestern<br />
Financial Review. Readers from<br />
across the Midwest nominated<br />
bankers who have distinguished<br />
themselves by their accomplishments,<br />
both in their banks and<br />
communities, and are poised to<br />
make significant contributions to<br />
the industry for years to come.<br />
Andy Bass ’96 and his wife, Jenni,<br />
are the parents of a daughter,<br />
Deborah Claire, born on Sept. 9,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. She is the couple’s fourth<br />
child. Andy teaches and coaches<br />
football and baseball at Greenwood<br />
High School. He recently was<br />
honored at the IHSBCA North-<br />
South All Star Series. The family<br />
resides in Greenwood, Ind.<br />
Karen (Nelson) Heavin ’96<br />
was elected one of three new<br />
directors of the Putnam County<br />
Community Foundation in June<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. She also serves Warren<br />
Township of Putnam County<br />
as a trustee. Her previous<br />
experience includes working as<br />
a traveling financial field<br />
consultant for International<br />
Dairy Queen and working as a<br />
fundraiser for an economic<br />
development corporation in<br />
Illinois. She is active in numerous<br />
civic organizations and the<br />
Cloverdale Methodist Church. She<br />
and her husband, Dr. Anthony<br />
Heavin, live on a cattle farm with<br />
their sons, Garrett and Brock.<br />
Rachel (Peden) McCarty ’96<br />
and her husband, Cullen, are the<br />
parents of a daughter, Josie Anne,<br />
A very <strong>Franklin</strong> family<br />
George Anderson ’59, a retired real estate agent, and his wife, Barbara (Gamble) ’60, a<br />
retired teacher, are proud that their three daughters are <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> graduates. Now, a<br />
third generation of the family is attending <strong>Franklin</strong>. Elizabeth Burpo ’10 and Laura Burpo ’12<br />
are the daughters of Brad Burpo ’82 and his wife, Pam (Anderson) ’84. Pam is a fifth-grade<br />
teacher with Lebanon Community Schools, and Brad is vice president of Clear Channel Media.<br />
Kim (Anderson) Arrowood ’87 is a PE teacher with the Tippecanoe School Corp., and her<br />
husband, Derek, is superintendent of Sheridan Community Schools. They have two children,<br />
who attend Tippecanoe schools. Amy (Anderson) Godby ’89 is a kindergarten teacher with<br />
Lebanon Community Schools, and her husband, Jeff, is an owner of Godby Home Furnishings.<br />
They have two children, who also attend Lebanon. George and Barbara say they are hoping<br />
the younger grandchildren might someday choose <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
born on March 12, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. She is<br />
the couple’s first child. Rachel<br />
was the Monroe County historian<br />
and absentee voting supervisor<br />
for Monroe County and is now a<br />
homemaker. Her husband<br />
co-owns Smithville, a telecommunications<br />
company. The family<br />
resides in Ellettsville, Ind.<br />
Heather Willis Neal ’97 recently<br />
began a new position as deputy<br />
chief of staff at the Indiana<br />
Department of Education.<br />
She previously served as the<br />
Indiana governor’s public access<br />
counselor. She and her husband,<br />
Davey, have two children and<br />
reside in Indianapolis.<br />
Scott Sherry ’97, Whiteland High<br />
School head baseball coach, was<br />
recently honored at the IHSBCA<br />
North-South All Star Series.<br />
Jarrod Brett ’98 recently accepted<br />
a newly created position with<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, coordinator of<br />
student achievement. In this role,<br />
he focuses on student retention<br />
and helps the individuals who are<br />
at risk of an incomplete college<br />
career due to financial hardship<br />
or poor academic performance.<br />
He is in his seventh year as<br />
assistant men’s basketball coach<br />
at the college, where he’s also an<br />
adjunct history teacher. Jarrod<br />
and his wife, Jennifer, reside in<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
Amy (Powers) Telscher ’98 and<br />
her husband, Jim, are the parents<br />
of a son, Nathaniel Charles, born<br />
on June 19, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He joins a<br />
brother, Ben. The family resides<br />
in Cincinnati.<br />
Jeff Carroll ’99 is a first-year law<br />
student. He and his wife, Kelley<br />
(Kennedy) ’99, reside in Ann<br />
Arbor, Mich.<br />
Libby (Wasilchuk) Clem ’99 and<br />
her husband, Shannon, are the<br />
parents of a son, Robert Jameson,<br />
born on Oct. 26, <strong>20</strong>08. Libby is a<br />
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special education teacher at<br />
Maconaquah High School, and<br />
Shannon left teaching to help his<br />
father with the family motorcycle<br />
business. They reside in<br />
Logansport, Ind.<br />
Dustin Close ’99 and Hillary<br />
Spike married on July 18, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>,<br />
during a garden ceremony in<br />
Indianapolis. He is the business<br />
manager for Clarke Engineering<br />
Services in Fishers, Ind. She is an<br />
associate with the law firm of<br />
Barnes & Thornburg in<br />
Indianapolis. They are living in<br />
Indianapolis.<br />
Melissa (Padgett) Hayes ’99 and<br />
her husband, Brian, are the<br />
parents of twin boys, Hudson<br />
Michael and Asher Padgett, born<br />
on July 22. The family lives in<br />
Mount Clemens, Mich.<br />
Patsy (Garrett) Koepke ’99 and<br />
her husband, Steven, are the<br />
parents of a son, Noah Ray, born<br />
on June 24, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>.<br />
Eric Richards ’99 recently joined<br />
Indianapolis-based Little Red<br />
Door Cancer Agency as director<br />
of development.<br />
The ’00s<br />
Kristin (Black) Beck ’01 and<br />
her husband, Clint, are the<br />
parents of a daughter, Kelsey<br />
Rose, born on Aug. 13, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>.<br />
She joins a brother, Tyler. The<br />
family resides in Whiteland, Ind.<br />
Megan (Smeltzer) Rogers ’01<br />
and her husband, Stuart, are the<br />
parents of a son, Noah Stephen,<br />
born on July 15. He joins a<br />
brother, Cameron, 6. The family<br />
lives in Columbus, Ohio.<br />
Amanda (Vaught) Crismore ’02<br />
and her husband, Jared, are the<br />
parents of a son, Clay Everett,<br />
born on Dec. 5, <strong>20</strong>08. Both<br />
Amanda and Jared are teachers<br />
at Martinsville East Middle<br />
School. The family resides in<br />
Martinsville, Ind.<br />
Jasmine (Hansen) Schwartz ’02<br />
and her husband, David, are<br />
the parents of a daughter, Zeely<br />
Jade, born on Nov. 9, <strong>20</strong>08. She<br />
joins two brothers, Noah and<br />
Matthew. The family resides in<br />
Greenwood, Ind.<br />
Erika (Craig) Johnson ’03 is a<br />
senior buyer for Hendricks<br />
Regional Health in Danville, Ind.<br />
She will graduate from Indiana<br />
Wesleyan University with her<br />
master’s degree in December<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>.<br />
Tanis (Gibbs) Monday ’03 is<br />
the Putnam County Museum’s<br />
associate director. She and her<br />
husband, David, have a son,<br />
Gustus, 3. The family resides in<br />
Greencastle, Ind.<br />
Justin Roberts ’03, a lieutenant, is<br />
the company fire support officer<br />
with the 5th Brigade Combat<br />
Team, 1st Armor Division at Fort<br />
Bliss, Texas.<br />
Jennifer Bennett ’04 is living in<br />
Bogotá, Colombia, working for<br />
Chevron.<br />
Dan Frische ’04 and his wife,<br />
Molly (Crone) ’04, are the parents<br />
of a son, Mason James, born on<br />
May 13, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. Dan recently joined<br />
the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Institutional<br />
Advancement Office as an<br />
advancement associate. He<br />
previously was a territory manager<br />
with JMC Sales & Engineering.<br />
Molly works for Community East<br />
Hospital as an athletic trainer.<br />
The family resides in Trafalgar,<br />
Ind.<br />
Chris Lakes ’04 and his wife,<br />
Melissa (Weaver) ’04, are the<br />
parents of a son, Zachary<br />
Christopher, born on July 26,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. Chris teaches special<br />
education students at<br />
Southwestern High School, and<br />
Adventures in Asia<br />
Amanda Fletcher ’<strong>09</strong>, Dana Sease ’08, Wendy Gould ’08,<br />
Lauren McCombs ’10 and Jennifer Phillips ’06 wear <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> T-shirts during a night on the town in Seoul, South<br />
Korea. Wendy lives in Hanam, South Korea, where she teaches<br />
English to elementary students. Dana lives in Kuji, Japan, where<br />
she teaches English to elementary students. Amanda, Lauren and<br />
Jennifer made a special trip to Asia over the summer to do some<br />
sight-seeing with their college friends.<br />
Melissa teaches at Shelbyville<br />
High School. Melissa also recently<br />
completed a master’s degree in<br />
education. The family resides in<br />
Shelbyville, Ind.<br />
Terry Kinnett ’05 and Danielle<br />
Gibbs ’06 married on April 25,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, in <strong>Franklin</strong>, Ind. They are<br />
living in <strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
Ashley Malloy ’05 is working as<br />
an athletic trainer for Faulkner<br />
University in Montgomery, Ala.<br />
Nisha (Craig) Riggs ’05 and<br />
her husband, Adam, are the<br />
parents of a son, Landon, born<br />
on Sept. 2. He joins a sister,<br />
Sophie. The family resides in<br />
Eagle Mountain, Utah.<br />
Lindsay Baker ’06 and Tim<br />
Cooper ’04 married at Our Lady<br />
of the Greenwood Catholic<br />
Church on July 10, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. Alumni<br />
in the wedding party included<br />
Lindsay Schilling ’08, Ryan<br />
Skirvin, Jason Schilk ’04 and<br />
Jon Buck ’05. After a honeymoon<br />
to Negril, Jamaica, they are<br />
residing in Indianapolis.<br />
Kara Campbell ’06 is serving as<br />
the head athletic trainer for<br />
Huntingdon <strong>College</strong> in<br />
Montgomery, Ala.<br />
Dan Frische ’04, wife Molly (Crone) ’04 and son Mason<br />
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Jennifer (Searcy)<br />
Andrick ’<strong>09</strong> and<br />
husband Austin ’07<br />
CLASS NOTES<br />
Chelsea (Tovissi)<br />
Harwood ’<strong>09</strong> and<br />
husband Michael ’<strong>09</strong><br />
Christina (Lane)<br />
Toler ’06, Suzanne<br />
Lane ’05 and Sean<br />
Toler ’06<br />
PHOTO BY RENEE KEAN ’06<br />
PHOTO BY AMANDA WILCHER<br />
Christina Lane ’06 and Sean<br />
Toler ’06 married on May 29,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, at St. Mark’s Church. Other<br />
alumni involved were maids of<br />
honor Suzanne Lane ’05, Chelsea<br />
Airey ’07 and Emily (Crowe)<br />
McClain ’05. After a honeymoon<br />
in Riviera Maya, Mexico, they are<br />
living in Indianapolis.<br />
Christian (Myers) Loy ’06 works<br />
for Arc of the Ozarks and runs a<br />
group home and independent<br />
living facility for adults with<br />
physical and mental disabilities.<br />
She and her husband, David,<br />
reside in Ozark, Mo.<br />
Heather Peters ’06 completed<br />
her master’s degree in physician<br />
assistant studies from the<br />
University of Saint Francis in<br />
Fort Wayne, Ind., in August. She<br />
recently accepted a position with<br />
Clarian Cardiovascular Surgeons<br />
and resides in Indianapolis.<br />
Sarah (Shipley) Richardson ’06<br />
and her husband, Matthew,<br />
recently purchased their first<br />
home and are residing in<br />
Waverly, Ind. Sarah is in her third<br />
year as communications officer<br />
for the Community Foundation<br />
of Morgan County.<br />
Chelsea Airey ’07 received a<br />
graduate assistantship at Indiana<br />
University Purdue University–<br />
Indianapolis. She is working<br />
for the department of<br />
neighborhood partnerships,<br />
writing grants and helping build<br />
relationships with churches and<br />
other organizations.<br />
Austin Andrick ’07 and Jennifer<br />
Searcy ’<strong>09</strong> married on July 25,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, at Richardson Chapel on<br />
the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> campus.<br />
Others involved were bridesmaids<br />
Candace Beatty ’<strong>09</strong>, Cait Conoley<br />
’<strong>09</strong>, Megan Gushwa ’08 and<br />
Katie Stephens ’10 and best man<br />
Matt Goen ’07. After a honeymoon<br />
in Cancun, Mexico, they<br />
are residing in Indianapolis.<br />
Austin is a kindergarten teacher<br />
for the Christel House Academy.<br />
Jennifer is working for the PR<br />
agency o2ideas, with Honda<br />
Manufacturing of Indiana as her<br />
primary client.<br />
Tim Fish ’07 was a volunteer for<br />
NBC Sports during its telecast<br />
hours for the final round of the<br />
U.S. Senior Open at Crooked<br />
Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.,<br />
this past August.<br />
Athletic trainers’ showdown<br />
Their work as athletic trainers for rival college football teams recently gave<br />
former classmates Ashley Malloy ’05, of Faulkner University, and Kara<br />
Campbell ’06, of Huntingdon <strong>College</strong>, the chance to work at the same arena —<br />
on opposing sides of the field. During the second annual Capital City Showdown<br />
in Montgomery, Ala., Campbell’s Huntingdon Hawks defeated Malloy’s Faulkner<br />
Eagles 21–7. Both women graduated from <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> with degrees in<br />
athletic training and then completed graduate assistantships at Troy University,<br />
earning master’s degrees in sport and fitness management.<br />
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Tiffany Henderson ’07 and Jason<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> married on May 15,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, at Valle Vista Country Club<br />
in Greenwood, Ind. Tiffany is a<br />
graduate assistant at Ball State<br />
University. Jason is employed<br />
with Weaver Popcorn, where he<br />
is the Canadian sales manager<br />
for Trails End. They reside in<br />
Muncie, Ind.<br />
Amanda Personett ’07 and Brad<br />
Shelley married on June 27, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>.<br />
After a honeymoon trip to<br />
Gatlinburg, Tenn., they are<br />
residing in Indianapolis. Amanda<br />
is working as the public relations<br />
and marketing coordinator for<br />
Special Olympics of Indiana.<br />
Casey Wells ’07 and Nathan Dilley<br />
’<strong>09</strong> married on June <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, at<br />
Richardson Chapel on the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> campus. They<br />
are residing in <strong>Franklin</strong>, Ind.<br />
Ryan Begerman ’08 and Kayte<br />
Russell ’08 married on May 31,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, at Dunaway’s restaurant<br />
in downtown Indianapolis.<br />
Kayte is working as registrar for<br />
The Chef’s Academy. Ryan is<br />
entering nursing school. After a<br />
honeymoon in Hilton Head,<br />
S.C., they are residing in<br />
Edinburgh, Ind.<br />
Rick Brennan ’08 was an umpire<br />
over the summer for the<br />
Northwoods League. He plans<br />
to attend umpiring school again<br />
in January.<br />
Rachel Kinkoph ’08 and Noah<br />
Weddle married on June 27, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong><br />
at Amity Baptist Church in<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>, Ind. They are living in<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong>.<br />
Ben Wyatt ’08 and his wife,<br />
Libby (Allen) ’08, are the parents<br />
of a daughter, Eloise Diana,<br />
born on Aug. 27, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. Ben is<br />
an administrative systems analyst<br />
for the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> information<br />
technology department.<br />
Libby is an ISTEP remediation<br />
teacher at Clark-Pleasant Middle<br />
Participants in the college’s alumni and friends’ trip to the Shakespeare Festival include in row one: Marc Hagn, Wendy<br />
(Shuler) Hagn ’86, Sherri Hall, Joella (Boyer) Patterson ’59, Virginia Percifield, Sue (VanAntwerp) Spencer ’55,<br />
Carol Chappell and Lloyd Spencer ’57. In row two are: Ellis Hall, Ben Schuetz ’<strong>09</strong>, Lynne Schuetz, Ron Schuetz,<br />
Rick Shields, Joanne Shields, Bob Doles ’57, Barbara (Schaefer) Doles ’56, Bill Percifield and Joan Ewing.<br />
<strong>College</strong> offers second annual trip to Canada’s Shakespeare Festival<br />
By Wendy (Shuler) Hagn ’86, Director of Church Relations<br />
A group of <strong>20</strong> <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni, parents and friends attended the internationally renowned<br />
Stratford Shakespeare Festival in southwestern Ontario, Canada, from July 30–Aug. 2. Members of<br />
the group carpooled in several vehicles. Although they arrived in the town of Stratford at different<br />
times, they made plans for dinner together that Thursday evening at The Parlour, a pub specializing<br />
in high-quality food.<br />
While in Stratford, the group also enjoyed three festival plays, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of<br />
Being Ernest, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac. During free<br />
time, many in the group browsed at shops, enjoyed scenic boat rides, attended concerts or leisurely<br />
strolled through art galleries, gardens or numerous other attractions around town. One couple<br />
with the college group opted to camp while in the area, and another individual chose to spend<br />
an afternoon investigating Stratford by city bus.<br />
The entire group met up again for dinner on Saturday at Othello’s restaurant, and several also<br />
enjoyed conversation on an outdoor patio at The Boar’s Head Pub late one evening. Except for those<br />
who camped, the group stayed at the Arden Park Hotel. The group departed on Sunday morning.<br />
Several individuals jokingly credited the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> signage on their vehicles as the reason they<br />
experienced such ease getting through customs during their return.<br />
The four-day trip was led by Ellis Hall, <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> dean of students, and Sherri Hall, assistant<br />
professor of education. This was the 57th season of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, which runs<br />
from April through October each year. It was the second consecutive year a <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni<br />
and friends trip to Stratford had been offered by the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Alumni Office. The Halls also<br />
lead an annual trip to Stratford for students every October.<br />
School. The family resides in<br />
Greenwood, Ind.<br />
Adam Dunigan ’<strong>09</strong> has joined<br />
the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> information<br />
technology department as the<br />
student and event technology<br />
coordinator.<br />
Kailee Fouch ’<strong>09</strong> is working as the<br />
communications and marketing<br />
coordinator for Alpha Gamma<br />
Delta International Fraternity.<br />
She resides in Indianapolis.<br />
Michael Harwood ’<strong>09</strong> and<br />
Chelsea Tovissi ’<strong>09</strong> married<br />
on June 12, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>, at St. Lucas<br />
Church in Evansville, Ind. He is<br />
employed with Rose Brick and<br />
Materials, where he works as a<br />
dispatcher and sales rep. After a<br />
honeymoon in Playa Del Carmen,<br />
Mexico, they are living in South<br />
Bend, Ind.<br />
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OBITUARIES<br />
The ’30s<br />
W. Edwin Threlkeld ’39 died<br />
Sept. 12, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. During his<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> career, he was<br />
a member of Sigma Alpha<br />
Epsilon and lettered in football<br />
and baseball. He was employed<br />
as a metallurgist at American<br />
Bearing Corp., and he was<br />
consulted by the Secret Service<br />
regarding developing atomic<br />
energy. He was a member of<br />
Southport Presbyterian Church,<br />
Mystic Tie Lodge and<br />
Indianapolis Valley of Scottish<br />
Rite. He was an avid golfer and<br />
race fan. He was a resident of<br />
Greenwood, Ind. Survivors<br />
include his wife, Helen, a son,<br />
four grandchildren and five<br />
great-grandchildren.<br />
The ’40s<br />
Harry Bertram ’41 died<br />
Aug. 17, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He was a veteran,<br />
who served under Patton’s<br />
3rd Army. He was awarded the<br />
Bronze Star in the Battle of the<br />
Bulge. He worked for 33 years<br />
at Allison-GM as a tool and die<br />
maker. He was a member of<br />
Monument Lodge, the Scottish<br />
Rite and the Shrine Clown<br />
Association. He was a resident of<br />
Indianapolis. Survivors include<br />
his wife Roberta, four children,<br />
13 grandchildren and 16 greatgrandchildren.<br />
J.W. Patterson ’41 died July 5,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. While at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>,<br />
he was a member of Sigma Alpha<br />
Epsilon. He worked for 45 years<br />
in retail credit and retired in<br />
1983 from Weinstock’s, a<br />
department store. He loved<br />
golfing, swimming, playing bridge<br />
and being with family. He was a<br />
resident of Sacramento, Calif.<br />
Survivors include his wife,<br />
Mary, two sons, two stepsons,<br />
six grandchildren and four<br />
great-grandchildren.<br />
John Richard “Dick” Russell ’46<br />
died July 11, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. While at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, he played<br />
football for the Grizzlies. He later<br />
owned and operated Dalmbert<br />
and Co. He was a member of the<br />
Kiwanis, Greensburg Country<br />
Club, Elks Club and Sons of<br />
the American Legion. He was a<br />
resident of Greensburg, Ind.<br />
Survivors include a sister, four<br />
stepdaughters, six grandchildren<br />
and four great-grandchildren.<br />
Barbara “Bobbie” (Harkless)<br />
Easterday ’47 died April 24, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>.<br />
She was an agent with 21st<br />
Century Realty Group. She was<br />
a member of the First United<br />
Methodist Church of Noblesville,<br />
where she participated in the<br />
bell and choral choirs. She was<br />
interested in scrapbooking,<br />
playing the accordion and<br />
making candy. She was a resident<br />
of Noblesville, Ind. Survivors<br />
include three daughters and<br />
five grandchildren.<br />
Phyllis Marie (Ester) Cummings<br />
’48 died April <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. During<br />
her time at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, she<br />
was initiated into Zeta Tau Alpha;<br />
the organization awarded her a<br />
50-year membership pin in 1995.<br />
She graduated from <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
with a bachelor’s degree in<br />
sociology. She and her husband<br />
co-owned Cummings Standard<br />
and Cummings Auto Service for<br />
46 years. She was a resident of<br />
Boise, Idaho. Survivors include<br />
her two children, five grandchildren,<br />
two stepgrandchildren<br />
and 11 great-grandchildren.<br />
Leon Pacala ’49, Ph.D., died<br />
Sept. 9, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He was an<br />
ordained minister of the<br />
American Baptist Churches and<br />
had served 11 years as executive<br />
director of the Association of<br />
Theological Schools (ATS) until<br />
his retirement in 1991. Prior to<br />
accepting the leadership role<br />
at ATS he served in various<br />
leadership roles, including<br />
president of Colgate-Rochester<br />
Divinity School, dean and<br />
professor of religion at Bucknell<br />
University and assistant professor<br />
of philosophy and religion at<br />
DePauw University. He had<br />
served on Union Theological<br />
Seminary’s Board of Trustees<br />
since <strong>20</strong>00, bringing his vast<br />
experience in theological<br />
education to Union’s educational<br />
policy committee. He also served<br />
on the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Board<br />
of Trustees from 1967–80 and<br />
1998–<strong>20</strong>01, and he received an<br />
honorary doctorate of letters<br />
from <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> in 1987.<br />
He was a resident of Rochester,<br />
N.Y. Survivors include his wife<br />
of 19 years, Virginia, three sons,<br />
two stepdaughters, one stepson,<br />
eight grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren.<br />
His sister, Vera<br />
Evans ’54, is a current member<br />
of the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> Alumni<br />
Council.<br />
Joseph Siegel ’49 died June 26,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He held a master’s in<br />
business administration from<br />
Miami of Ohio University. He<br />
joined RCA Corp., a predecessor<br />
to GE, in the early 1950s, and<br />
he retired from the company as<br />
a skilled-labor relations executive.<br />
He enjoyed playing tennis,<br />
balloon tossing with his beloved<br />
dog, J.R., and watching the<br />
Philadelphia Eagles play football.<br />
He was a resident of Medford<br />
Lakes, N.J. He was preceded in<br />
death by his wife, Marge, and<br />
son, Mike. Survivors include a<br />
son and a daughter and two<br />
grandchildren.<br />
The ’50s<br />
Worth Bennett ’50 died Jan. 28,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He was a member of Kappa<br />
Delta Rho. He also was a World<br />
War II veteran who served in<br />
India with the U.S. Army Air<br />
Forces. He worked at Farm<br />
Bureau Insurance for 37 years<br />
and retired as personnel director<br />
in 1987. He was a member of<br />
Hopewell Presbyterian Church<br />
and Hillview Country Club.<br />
He enjoyed gardening, golfing,<br />
fishing and spending time with<br />
his family and friends. He was<br />
a resident of Whiteland, Ind.<br />
Survivors include his wife,<br />
Marilyn, three children and<br />
four grandchildren.<br />
Robert J. Henselin ’50 died<br />
July 5, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He was a veteran of<br />
the U.S. Army. He made a career<br />
in the textile industry, retiring<br />
from Penn Emblem Co. in 1995.<br />
He and his family were founding<br />
members of All Saints Catholic<br />
Church in Dunwoody, Ga., and<br />
he worked tirelessly on the<br />
pastoral board and other<br />
committees. He also volunteered<br />
with the Meals on Wheels<br />
organization and the Atlanta<br />
Lawn Tennis Association. He<br />
was a resident of Dunwood, Ga.<br />
Survivors include his wife of 57<br />
years, Mary, two daughters and<br />
three grandchildren.<br />
William G. “Bill” Fateley ’51 died<br />
July 30, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. During his <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> career, he was president<br />
of the Science Club and a<br />
member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon<br />
and Alpha Honorary Society.<br />
He also participated in track.<br />
He graduated from <strong>Franklin</strong> with<br />
a degree in biology. He pursued<br />
graduate studies at Northwestern<br />
University and received his<br />
doctorate in physical chemistry<br />
from Kansas State University.<br />
He also engaged in post-graduate<br />
studies at the University of<br />
Maryland and University of<br />
Minnesota. He was a research<br />
fellow at the Mellon Institute<br />
and later became a chemistry<br />
professor at Carnegie Mellon<br />
University. In 1965, he received<br />
an honorary doctorate of science<br />
from <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>. In 1972,<br />
he returned to Kansas State<br />
University as a chemistry professor<br />
and later became head of the<br />
department. He retired in 1997<br />
as a distinguished professor. He<br />
was well known in the academic<br />
community, having served as<br />
editor-in-chief of the Journal of<br />
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Applied Spectroscopy, and he was<br />
a pioneer in Hadamard<br />
spectroscopy. He was founder<br />
and president of D.O.M.<br />
Associates, a research and<br />
development firm, and he was<br />
co-founder of Plain Sight<br />
Systems, a company developing<br />
applications for spectroscopy.<br />
He received many awards for<br />
his work including an honor<br />
for helping develop a new type<br />
of diabetes glucose monitor.<br />
He wrote for more than 350<br />
publications, including his<br />
humorous memoirs, Science or<br />
Fiction (the 10% solution). In <strong>20</strong>08,<br />
he was recipient of the <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> Distinguished Alumni<br />
Award for his professional<br />
accomplishments. He was a<br />
resident of Green Valley, Ariz.<br />
Survivors include his wife,<br />
Wanda, three children and 11<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Leon W. Babcock, Jr. ’54 died<br />
April 15, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He was a retired<br />
Major General of the U.S. Air<br />
Force. He entered into service<br />
in 1954 and became a pilot.<br />
In 1969, he was assigned to the<br />
433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron<br />
in Thailand and flew 500 combat<br />
hours while on assignment. He<br />
returned to the U.S. in 1971 as<br />
chief of the <strong>20</strong>th Air Division<br />
weapons branch at Fort Lee Air<br />
Force Base in Virginia. The<br />
following year he served on the<br />
Joint Chiefs of Staff, as chief of<br />
the North American Branch,<br />
Western Hemisphere division,<br />
and took command of the<br />
Keflavik Naval Air Station in<br />
Iceland in 1978. In 1982, he<br />
was named deputy commander of<br />
the 6th Allied Tactical Air Force.<br />
He was a resident of Bainbridge,<br />
Ga. Survivors include his wife,<br />
Valda Ann, two sons and three<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Roland R. “Rudy” Barron Jr. ’54<br />
died Aug. 13, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. While at<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, he played<br />
football and baseball and was a<br />
member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.<br />
He was a veteran stationed in<br />
Germany. He was co-owner of<br />
Borden Veneer in Charlestown,<br />
Ind. He was also a partner at<br />
Stemwood Inc. in New Albany,<br />
from where he retired. He was an<br />
active member at Redeemer<br />
Lutheran Church, and he loved<br />
to fish and be with his family.<br />
He was a resident of Clarksville,<br />
Ind. Survivors include his wife,<br />
Sandra, two sons, and three<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Francis E. “Gene” Spahr ’57<br />
died Dec. 10, <strong>20</strong>08. He was a<br />
U.S. Navy veteran who served<br />
from 1948–52. Over the years,<br />
he worked for RCA, P.R. Mallory,<br />
Emhart and the Naval Surface<br />
Warfare Center, from which he<br />
retired in 1996. In his later years,<br />
he enjoyed doing crossword<br />
puzzles. He attended Community<br />
Congregational Church. He was<br />
a resident of Whiteland, Ind.<br />
Survivors include his wife of<br />
55 years, Beverly, two sons, a<br />
daughter and two grandsons.<br />
The ’60s<br />
Robert F. Carpenter ’60 died<br />
June 21, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He was the son<br />
of Floyd and Artie Carpenter<br />
and was born in Indianapolis.<br />
He worked as a broker for the<br />
Indiana Grain Division of Farm<br />
Bureau for many years after<br />
serving in the Korean War. He<br />
was an avid Chicago Cubs fan<br />
and had a lifelong passion for<br />
baseball; he coached the<br />
American Legion teams for many<br />
years. He also enjoyed listening<br />
to music and was very fond of<br />
Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack.<br />
Survivors include his wife of 50<br />
years, Shirley, a son and three<br />
grandchildren.<br />
James Bennett ’62 died July 19,<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He was a retired attorney,<br />
judge and former assistant<br />
prosecutor for Gallia County,<br />
Ohio. He was involved in his<br />
community as past president of<br />
the Gallia County Bar Association,<br />
member of Fortville and<br />
Gallipolis Lions Club and<br />
vice-president of the Classic<br />
Ragtime Society of Indiana.<br />
He also was an active member of<br />
Mount Comfort United Church<br />
in Greenfield, Ind., and formerly<br />
Grace United Methodist Church<br />
in Gallipolis, Ohio. Survivors<br />
include his wife, Kathryn, two<br />
children and two grandchildren.<br />
Mildred M. (Delks) Hollins ’64<br />
died May <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. She had been<br />
an elementary school teacher<br />
and a homemaker. She enjoyed<br />
reading, doing crossword puzzles,<br />
knitting and gardening. She was a<br />
member of Eastern Star and The<br />
Circle. She was of the Methodist<br />
faith. She was a former resident<br />
of Indianapolis and Columbus,<br />
Ind. She was preceded in death<br />
by her husband, George.<br />
Survivors include three children,<br />
six grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren<br />
and two great-grandchildren.<br />
Rex E. Richards ’64 died Sept.<br />
15, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He was a farmer first in<br />
White River Township and later<br />
in Plymouth, Ill. He was a member<br />
of First Christian Church in<br />
Beardstown, Ill., and a former<br />
member of Mount Pleasant<br />
Christian Church, where he was<br />
a deacon and trustee. He served<br />
on the White River Township<br />
Advisory Board and White River<br />
Township Fire Department<br />
Board. His family was his passion.<br />
He was a resident of Plymouth,<br />
Ill. Survivors include his wife,<br />
Sheila, two children and seven<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Thomas C. Bryant ’65 died<br />
June 17, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He attended<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, where he<br />
was a member of Sigma Alpha<br />
Epsilon. He graduated from<br />
Indiana University School of<br />
Law and studied engineering<br />
at Purdue University. He was an<br />
attorney and later worked in real<br />
estate. He enjoyed traveling and<br />
being active in many Christian<br />
organizations. He was a resident<br />
of Juno Beach, Fla. Survivors<br />
include two brothers.<br />
The ’90s<br />
Timothy Lee Robison ’90 died<br />
June 27, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. While at <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, he was a member of<br />
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and a<br />
Grizzlies’ football halfback<br />
known for his blocking skills.<br />
He coached football, cross<br />
country and track and field at<br />
Brown County schools before<br />
becoming the athletics director<br />
at Indian Creek High School in<br />
Trafalgar, Ind. He was pursuing<br />
his principal’s license at Indiana<br />
University. He was an avid<br />
bicyclist and weightlifter. He was<br />
a resident of Morgantown, Ind.<br />
Survivors include his wife,<br />
Cathee, and two daughters.<br />
Friends of the <strong>College</strong><br />
The Rev. Edwin Tuller died<br />
Aug. 26, <strong>20</strong><strong>09</strong>. He served as<br />
general secretary of American<br />
Baptist Churches USA from<br />
1959–70, and during that time<br />
was heavily involved in the civil<br />
rights movement. He helped<br />
open the doors for greater<br />
participation by people of color<br />
in ABC USA. His public advocacy<br />
efforts also included sitting<br />
behind Dr. Martin L. King Jr.<br />
at his famous “I Have A Dream”<br />
speech at the Lincoln Memorial<br />
in 1963. Tuller was a graduate<br />
of Brown University and Colgate<br />
Rochester Divinity School and<br />
did graduate work at La Faculte<br />
Libre de Theologie Protestante<br />
in Paris, France. He also held an<br />
honorary doctorate of divinity<br />
from Brown University and an<br />
honorary doctorate of laws from<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>. He was a<br />
resident of Pittsburgh, Pa.<br />
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Check this out<br />
Personal checks featuring the<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> name and Old Main<br />
bell tower are available through banks<br />
that use Deluxe Corp. printing services.<br />
Choose blue, yellow or green safety<br />
paper, and specify cut number 81692<br />
for the <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> design. Be sure<br />
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Additional ordering information is<br />
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Hit the road with<br />
school spirit<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> license plates<br />
provide great visibility for our<br />
institution, support the student<br />
scholarship fund and identify you as a<br />
proud member of the <strong>Franklin</strong> family.<br />
To purchase or renew a plate, you<br />
must be an Indiana resident and make<br />
a tax-deductible contribution of $25 per<br />
plate to the college. Alumni, students,<br />
parents, employees and friends are all<br />
encouraged to show their school spirit<br />
with a college plate.<br />
The license plate form is quick and<br />
easy. View instructions and download a<br />
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“Alumni and Friends” section or call<br />
(317) 738-8050 to request a form.<br />
Let’s see how many <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> plates we can put on Indiana’s<br />
roadways!<br />
Ask the Planned Giving Guy<br />
Q: What kind of assets can I use to establish a<br />
planned gift?<br />
PGG: The three most popular assets for setting up your planned<br />
gift are cash, securities (such as publicly traded stock,<br />
bonds or mutual fund shares) or real estate. Two great<br />
assets that many people overlook when establishing<br />
planned gifts are retirement plans and life insurance<br />
policies. You can direct a charitable distribution from the<br />
balance remaining in your retirement plan (IRA, 401(k),<br />
Keough, etc.) after your lifetime, or gift a paid-up life<br />
insurance policy, or you can make <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> the<br />
owner and beneficiary of a new life insurance policy.<br />
Q: My elderly parents could use some additional income. Can I use a planned gift to<br />
provide additional income for them?<br />
PGG: Yes. A gift annuity is an excellent plan to create additional income to meet the needs of a<br />
family member. The beneficiary of a gift annuity need not be the donor. You may name<br />
anyone (parent, sibling, friend or employee) as the beneficiary of a gift annuity.<br />
You may be caring for a parent or relative with after-tax dollars. It may be more<br />
advantageous to transfer some cash or property to a gift annuity and have the annuity<br />
payments made directly to the parent. The income will be taxed in the parent’s lower tax<br />
bracket, but you, the donor, receive a current income tax deduction that reduces your income<br />
tax liability. The age of the annuity payment recipient, rather than the age of the<br />
donor, determines the annuity rate, tax deduction and tax-free amount of the annuity<br />
payments.<br />
Q: I am not rich. Are planned gifts really meant for me?<br />
PGG: Many people are surprised by what they do own. Wealth is not necessarily measured by what is<br />
in one’s bank account. One may live in a very modest home but own land, stocks, tangible<br />
property, collectibles, art, life insurance policies, etc. Each of these assets may be a way for you<br />
to make a significant charitable gift and realize tax savings. You may also benefit from the<br />
additional income generated by certain types of planned gifts such as a charitable gift annuity.<br />
The minimum amount needed to establish a <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> gift annuity is $5,000.<br />
The additional income from this type of gift could provide extra financial security needed<br />
for an enjoyable retirement.<br />
Have another question? Phone or e-mail the Planned Giving Guy, Paul A.<br />
Beczkiewicz, director of advancement and planned giving, at (317) 738-8045 or<br />
pbeczkiewicz@franklincollege.edu.<br />
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Pauline DeVore Crump ’38,<br />
Horizon Society member<br />
Occupation: Homemaker, wife and mother of three.<br />
“I earned my degree in biology and planned to do lab<br />
work in bacteriology at Methodist Hospital, but after I<br />
married it was important to me to raise a family and be<br />
available for the children. I also volunteered at different<br />
times with the American Heart Association, American Lung<br />
Association, Tri Kappa and my church.”<br />
Family Ties: Granddaughter Laura (Crump) Lancaster ’94,<br />
nephew Roger DeVore ’58 and niece- in-law Ann (Grahame)<br />
DeVore ’58<br />
Most influential professors and staff: “There was none<br />
better than Dr. Deppe (Charles A.). He was a fantastic<br />
biology teacher. He just knew how to make everything easy<br />
to understand, and he had that teacher way of knowing<br />
when he needed to explain something further. I don’t<br />
think he ever dismissed a class without making certain<br />
everyone understood the information. I can still picture<br />
him sitting on the front of his desk, letting his legs swing<br />
while he lectured!”<br />
Advice you’d give to current <strong>Franklin</strong> students: “Realize<br />
you’re in college now. Yes, you should have fun with your<br />
friends and enjoy your freedoms, but make your education<br />
the priority. Go to class. Study. Work hard. You’ll never<br />
regret doing your best.”<br />
I’m proud to be an alumna because: “I think <strong>Franklin</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> is a terrific school. You can accomplish anything<br />
there you want. You can get good preparation for a career<br />
or graduate school, whichever you choose. I would send<br />
anybody to <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>; I’m very serious about that.<br />
A student could try any other school in the U.S. and not<br />
find better than <strong>Franklin</strong>.”<br />
Alumni involvement: Crump has attended Homecoming<br />
numerous times since her graduation. She also attends<br />
the President’s Dinner and Scholarship Luncheon,<br />
when possible. She is founder of the Ross and Pauline<br />
DeVore Crump Endowed Scholarship for students.<br />
<strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong> is included in my estate plans because:<br />
“It’s worthwhile and deserves my time. I want to see the<br />
college keep going for another 175 years. I also want to<br />
see to it that there are plenty of young people with good<br />
educations to help run the world. We need young people<br />
with strong character and intellect to help get the U.S.<br />
through the messes of today. We can help prepare them<br />
for that tremendous responsibility with a good liberal arts<br />
education.”<br />
Life today: “I’m active with the senior center. I belong to a<br />
walking club. I enjoy baking with fruits and vegetables from<br />
my garden. I didn’t start traveling until I was 69, but I’ve<br />
since been to every continent.”<br />
DONOR SPOTLIGHT<br />
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Meet Samantha Parker ’11, one student<br />
who’s enriching the college community<br />
through excellence, leadership and service<br />
Campus activities: Founding president of International Association<br />
of Business Communicators at <strong>Franklin</strong> <strong>College</strong>, assistant residence<br />
hall coordinator for Hoover-Cline, Wave3 vice president and peer tutor.<br />
Most influential professor: “Richard Erable, English professor, and<br />
Ray Begovich, journalism professor, have most impacted my FC<br />
experience. Dr. Erable recognizes my individual potential and pushes<br />
me to succeed in and out of the classroom, and Dr. Begovich’s courses<br />
have been the most thought-provoking, challenging and rewarding of<br />
my college career.”<br />
Most memorable FC moment so far: “During the annual Pulliam School of<br />
Journalism awards banquet, I received the Marilyn A. Leap Scholarship,<br />
which funds a student’s trip to a professional conference. I remember<br />
sitting in the back of the room and hearing my name, but not knowing<br />
why because it was such a surprise. Thanks to the scholarship, I had the<br />
chance to attend IABC’s ‘Communications Rocks’ conference in<br />
Cleveland, Ohio, in October.”<br />
Best life advice ever received: “Speak your mind, even when your voice<br />
shakes.”<br />
Favorite campus hangout: “The Cline Hall porch. My friends and I have<br />
sat and talked there for hours. I have a lot of special memories because<br />
of that porch!”<br />
Favorite things to splurge on: “I’m addicted to coffee, and I make it<br />
every morning, but after a long day, there’s nothing I want to do more<br />
than go splurge on an iced venti soy caramel macchiato from<br />
Starbucks.”<br />
Hobbies: “I love to read — novels, magazines, blogs, pretty much<br />
anything. I also have a passion for being outdoors. I love to canoe,<br />
whitewater raft, camp and bike.”<br />
Five-year plan: “I’ll graduate from FC with a bachelor’s degree in<br />
journalism-public relations and women’s nonprofit management<br />
(an independent major), with a concentration in business. Then,<br />
I’ll pursue a graduate degree at the Center on Philanthropy in<br />
Indianapolis and work in nonprofit management.”<br />
Get to know more <strong>Franklin</strong> students through profiles like these in the Annual<br />
Report, beginning on pg. 21.<br />
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