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soLving<br />
20<br />
sEriEs<br />
22 behind<br />
picturEs Worth a thousand Words<br />
homecoming is best captured in<br />
photographs and this year a crew of<br />
shutterbugs showcase <strong>Lee</strong> university’s<br />
most popular alumni event.<br />
hudson namEd distinguishEd aLumna<br />
For the first time an active coach of a<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> athletic program is awarded the<br />
university’s highest honor.<br />
chapEL in physicaL Form<br />
chapel has always been an integral part<br />
of the Bts and <strong>Lee</strong> experience. now there<br />
will be a building on campus dedicated<br />
exclusively to worship.<br />
By cameron Fisher<br />
a groWth diLEmma<br />
a growing program needed room to grow,<br />
and a move to the mayfield annex brought<br />
not only growth, but new opportunities.<br />
By Erin Weeks<br />
dEBut<br />
With this issue torch begins a news<br />
series which spotlights the expanding<br />
program of graduate degree offerings.<br />
Loss oF a vEtEran<br />
thirty – year music faculty member michael<br />
Brownlee suddenly passes away leaving<br />
a legacy of piano instruction.<br />
Editor’s input<br />
In the 20+ years I have been privileged to be<br />
editor of Torch, I have perused dozens of alumni<br />
magazines and they are as varied as any genre of<br />
publication you’ll find. Each publication is unique<br />
to the institution it represents.<br />
Torch continues to be an evolving publication,<br />
attempting to keep up with the latest trends<br />
in content and magazine design. As you flip<br />
through this issue, you’ll see an update of the design<br />
and a subtle shift in the content.<br />
Torch has been a family affair for me as I<br />
have served as editor and my brother, Dr. Bob<br />
Fisher ’80, has been the graphic designer. With<br />
this issue, the torch (no pun intended) is passed<br />
to the next generation as my son, Grant Fisher<br />
’08 takes over the design. He was a year old when<br />
I started editing, so Torch has been a part of his<br />
entire life. Thanks, Bob, for your years of dedication<br />
and your continued advice and assistance.<br />
Alumni magazines have the added task of<br />
pleasing multiple generations of students. We<br />
hope you find the latest changes in Torch appealing.<br />
Send us an email with your input (torch@<br />
leeuniversity.edu).<br />
dEpartmEnts<br />
14 campus nEWs<br />
24 athLEtics<br />
30 Who’s WhErE &<br />
torch travELs<br />
Cameron Fisher ‘84<br />
OPENiNG THOUGHTS<br />
FROM PRESiDENT PAUL CONN<br />
Our Losses Remind Us...<br />
As we enter the Christmas season, we are all especially aware of<br />
how much “family” means to us.<br />
It is a particularly sad time to say “goodbye” to people whom God<br />
has called away. The <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>University</strong> family has experienced multiple<br />
losses in recent weeks, and the holiday season is a little emptier without<br />
the people who have shared our journey. Still, our losses remind us of<br />
what we have. We miss those who are gone because they so enriched<br />
our lives when they were with us.<br />
Since the last issue of the Torch, we are missing some big pieces of<br />
the <strong>Lee</strong> picture: Michael Brownlee, a veteran professor; Kevin Knight, a recent<br />
graduate and RD; Ed Hollowell, a twenty-year board member. And just<br />
today, as this magazine goes to press, we learned that Georgetta Black,<br />
our director of custodial services for many years, died after a sudden brain<br />
aneurysm. These four people touched the <strong>Lee</strong> family in many ways; each<br />
was an important part of the work we do here, and each loss was a deeply<br />
personal one to different members of our campus community.<br />
But these losses do remind us of what we have in one another. It is<br />
impossible to mourn without also being reminded of how richly our lives<br />
are filled with other people – friends, colleagues, brothers and sisters,<br />
children and parents. We often speak of the alumni of this university as<br />
the “<strong>Lee</strong> family”. It includes thousands of people all around the globe.<br />
Each of our lives was shaped to some degree by people who studied<br />
with us, taught us, worked alongside us, shared a dorm room, a chapel<br />
service, a meal or a class. They are all God’s gifts to us. When we lose<br />
one of the family – whether a teacher, a trustee, a staff member, or a fellow<br />
alumnus – we all lose something valuable, because we were so richly<br />
blessed by knowing them at all.<br />
A scripture in II Corinthians 4 speaks of these human gifts in a particularly<br />
poetic way: “We have this treasure in earthen vessels. . .” We<br />
are reminded of that, during the last few weeks – both that these people<br />
are “treasures”, and also that they, like all of us, come packaged in fragile<br />
jars of clay.<br />
During this Christmas season, my prayer is that all of us in the <strong>Lee</strong><br />
family will be surrounded by people we love, by our own<br />
“treasures in earthen vessels.” There is no<br />
more wonderful gift.<br />
Torch magazine is the official publication of <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Cleveland, Tennessee. it is intended to inform, educate<br />
and give insight to alumni, parents and friends of the<br />
university. it is published quarterly and mailed free to all<br />
alumni of the university. Other subscriptions are available<br />
by calling the alumni office at 423-614-8316.<br />
Mailing Address 1120 N. Ocoee St.,<br />
Cleveland, TN 37311<br />
Website<br />
Email<br />
Phone<br />
President<br />
Editor<br />
Sports Editor<br />
Graphic Designer<br />
Director of Alumni<br />
Relations<br />
Contributing Writers<br />
Photographers<br />
WiNTER <strong>2009</strong> * VOL. 51, NO. 4<br />
www.leeuniversity.edu<br />
torch@leeuniversity.edu<br />
1-800-LEE-9930<br />
or 423-614-8316<br />
Paul Conn<br />
Cameron Fisher<br />
George Starr<br />
Grant Fisher<br />
Anita Ray<br />
Brian Conn<br />
Paul Conn<br />
Robert Daugherty<br />
Rebekah Eble<br />
Cameron Fisher<br />
Vickie Glasscock<br />
Hope Goad<br />
Kendra Gray<br />
Christina Mihai<br />
George Starr<br />
Erin Weeks<br />
Brian Conn<br />
Cameron Fisher<br />
Chad Madden<br />
Andrew Millar<br />
Shashank Shrestha<br />
George Starr<br />
Mike Wesson<br />
On the Cover<br />
Photo Left<br />
A new fountain and flame graces<br />
the campus just north of Walker<br />
Arena. (photo by Andrew Millar,<br />
Vision Studios Photography)<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>University</strong> cheerleaders are<br />
joined by local middle school cheerleaders<br />
for Volley for the Cure.<br />
Copyright <strong>2009</strong> * USPS# 016272 *<br />
Periodicals postage paid at Cleveland,<br />
Tenn. Postmaster: Please<br />
send address corrections to: <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> Alumni Office, P.O. Box<br />
3450, 1120 North Ocoee Street,<br />
Cleveland, TN 37320-3450.