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Dedication Judy McConoughey In the 2008 issue of the President’s Report, Capt. Bill Branch was featured as one of the College’s professors of military science and tactics (PMST) who gave his life in the service of his country. As part of his story, it became clear that his wife, Judy Branch, had also made a huge impact on the lives of many of Gordon’s students. In fact, Porter Caughman, HS ’68, had been in touch with Gordon’s Advancement Office in search of Judy so he could write her and thank her for being his 6 th grade English teacher. “The moral support I received from you enabled me to grow in selfconfidence,” he wrote. Her eldest daughter Jen, who was just a child when her father Bill died in Vietnam, said that “you did not have to be in her class to be taught something by her.” “She was a doer, always laughing, always teaching, and always focusing on others,” Jen said. “All my life, I watched her care for people.” At the time Caughman was looking for his former teacher in 2008, she was living in Monck’s She was a doer, always laughing, always teaching, and always focusing on others. Corner, S.C., with her husband, Bruce McConoughey. She was already very ill with progressive supra nuclear palsy, something she kept secret from all but her closest family. “We do not get to choose the path God lays out for us,” Judy would tell her daughter. “We only get to choose how we travel.” Judy died almost four years from the date she was interviewed for the President’s Report – March 15, 2012. At her memorial at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, Jen ended her eulogy with these words: “My mother traveled well. She brought many of us along for the ride and we, too, are changed. I thank you for being on that road with her, for loving her and for being here today to remember her.”
8 28 14 Contents 1 President's Letter 2 Max Burns’ Journey to Gordon 8 Bob Wines and Enduring Friendships 14 Caleb Tarno Found the Right Balance 19 John Eddy, an Adventurous Life 25 Rhonda Wilcox 26 Gordon Yearbooks 28 A Year in Sports 30 Ten Years of the President’s Report 31 Campus News 40 Alumni News 48 Class Notes 51 Donors 19 On the Cover: Gordon State College President Max Burns became the College’s third president, since Gordon became part of the University System of Georgia in 1972. President Burns was dean of the Mike Cottrell School of Business at North Georgia College and State University before assuming the Gordon presidency. PRESIDENT’SREPORT Fall 2012, Volume 10, Number 1 President’s Report, Fall 2012, Volume 10, Number 1 Gordon State College President: Max Burns, Ph.D. Publisher: Rhonda Toon, VP, Institutional Advancement Editor: Peter Boltz Writers: Peter Boltz, Tamara Boatwright, Rhonda Toon and Natalie Rischbieter Class notes: Natalie Rischbieter Design: Tonya Beach Creative Services Photography: Gary W. Meek, Peter Boltz, Tamara Boatwright and Natalie Rischbieter Special thanks to Mary Boltz for additional photography of Alumni Weekend 2011. The Hutchinson News took the action basketball shots on pages ii and 28, and Greg Parrott took the baseball shot on page 29. The Guy Davis photo on page 32 was taken by Anike Robinson. Acknowledgements: Beth Pye of Gordon State College’s Hightower Library provided research support. Candi Babcock provided research and other essential support in the Advancement Office. © 2012, Gordon State College. Gordon State College is part of the University System of Georgia. The President’s Report is produced by the Office of Advancement Vice President Rhonda Toon Gordon State College, Barnesville, Georgia 30204 678-359-5124; fax 770-358-5738; www.gdn.edu.
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