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march 2006Following theLeadersThe Quarterly Magazine ofWake Forest University

F EATURESEDITORCherin C. Poovey (P ’08), poovey@wfu.eduASSOCIATE EDITORKerry M. King (’85), kingkm@wfu.eduDESIGN / ART DIRECTIONUrena Design, durena@triad.rr.comJessica Koman, komanj@wfu.eduPHOTOGRAPHERKen Bennett, bennettk@wfu.eduCLASSNOTES EDITORJanet Williamson (P ’00, ’03), williajm@wfu.eduSENIOR WRITERDavid Fyten, fyten@wfu.eduPRINTINGThe Lane Press, Inc.Burlington,VermontWake Forest Magazine (USPS 664-520 ISSN0279-3946) is published four times a year inSeptember, December, March, and June by theOffice of Creative Services,Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7205,Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7205.It is sent to alumni, donors, and friends of theUniversity. Periodicals postage paid atWinston-Salem, NC 27109,and additional mailing offices.POSTMASTER: Send address changes toWake Forest Magazine Alumni RecordsP.O. Box 7227Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227.Volume 53, Number 3March 200614 Following the LeadersBy David Fyten2 A ROUND THE Q U AD38 C LASSNOTESStudent leaders set aside their personal agendasto advance causes for the greater good.Copyright 2006WWW.WFU.EDU

24 Pursuit of HappinessBy Lisa WattsThese alumni have had one successful career. Now, they want a second one.ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL ZWOLAKE SSAY30 A Rare OpportunityBy David B. LevyFor this Beethoven scholar,hours with a long-lostmanuscript representmoments of a lifetime.P ROFILE32 Best of Both WorldsBy Kerry M. King (’85)Dean of the CollegeDeborah Best (’70, MA ’72)commands respect asan academician andan administrator.I NTERVIEW62 AdaptableBy Kerry M. King (’85)Mark Kirchner (’85)has successfullychanged careers—and continents.

President Emeritus Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. and his wife, Laura, in front of Dr. Hearn’sofficial portrait, which will be placed in Reynolda Hall.Founders’ Day 2006President Emeritus Thomas K.Hearn, Jr., and life trustee T.Eugene Worrell (’40) received theUniversity’s highest honor, theMedallion of Merit, at Founders’Day Convocation on February 21.Guest speaker Sen. RichardBurr (’78), R-NC, focused on thechallenges facing the UnitedStates today and told students,faculty, members of the HalfCentury Club, and others gatheredin Wait Chapel that the U.S.Constitution should be our guideto the future. “For this country togo forward, it has to be unitedand it has to be one nation, and(as) reliant on the Americanpeople as on the leadership,”he added.The convocation was the firstfor President Nathan O. Hatch,who succeeded Hearn lastsummer. Hatch presented theMedallion of Merit to Hearntwenty-two years after Hearn, inhis first year in office, presentedthe medallion to his predecessor,James Ralph Scales. A portrait ofHearn was unveiled by Hatchand Hearn’s wife, Laura. Theportrait, by Rhode Island artistBen Wohlberg, will be displayedon the second floor of Reynolda2 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

T. Eugene Worrell, alumnus and benefactorof Worrell House in London and theWorrell Professional Center, receives theMedallion of Merit, the University’shighest award for service.Hall alongside portraits of WakeForest’s other previous presidents.During his two decades aspresident, Hearn successfullynegotiated the University’sindependence from the BaptistState Convention, dramaticallyexpanded the campus, increasedthe endowment to provide morefunds for scholarships and professorships,started the divinityschool and strengthened theother professional schools,enhanced undergraduateeducation, and promoted theimportance of leadership andcommunity service to students.“Today we honor a visionarywhose ambition, foresight, andfaith forged a remarkable chapterin the history of this University,”Hatch said in recognizing Hearn.“He became a towering figurewho courageously navigatedWake Forest through times ofdramatic change and raised thestature of a small regional liberalarts school to one of the top 30universities in the nation… Theextraordinary transformation ofthis University is his legacy.”Worrell received the Medallionof Merit for his more than threedecades of service to the University.He has served on the Boardof Trustees and on the medicalschool’s Board of Visitors. In 1990,he and his wife, Anne, pledged$5 million—the largest gift everfrom an alumnus—toward constructionof what would becomethe Worrell Professional Centerfor Law and Management. Hehas also generously supportedthe University’s efforts to expandits international programs.“(His) fondness for Churchilland Wake Forest have had a profoundimpact on students andfaculty,” Hatch said. “This manhas used his living to make a lifeof giving.” In 1976, the Worrellsdonated what is now WorrellHouse for a study-abroad centerin London. In 1982, they endoweda chair in Anglo-AmericanStudies, now held by DavidCoates, Worrell Professor ofAnglo-American Studies. Worrell,86, lives in Charlottesville,Virginia,and is the retired founder ofWorrell Newspapers, Inc.Hatch also recognized twoseniors who have receivedprestigious scholarships for postgraduatestudy. Lakshmi Krishnan,of Sugar Land, Texas, was one ofthirty-two American studentsselected to receive a RhodesScholarship for study at OxfordUniversity. An English andGerman major, she plans to pursuea master’s degree in Englishliterature. She is the third WakeForest student to receive theRhodes Scholarship in the lastthree years.Blake Brandes, of Hickory,North Carolina, was one of fortythreeAmerican students chosento receive a Marshall Scholarshipfor two years of graduate study inthe United Kingdom. An Englishand French major, he plans topursue a master’s degree at theUniversity of Kent, where he willspecialize in post-colonial studies.Burr, in his fifteen-minuteaddress, told students they livein a time of great challenge—terrorism, the spread of disease,and global instability—and greatopportunity through the growthof democracy. “What will we doas individuals, as an institution,as a country; do we pull back orRhodes Scholar Lakshmi Krishnan (left) andMarshall Scholar Blake Brandes are honoredat convocation.A R O U N D T H E Q U A Dwww.wfu.edu/wowf MARCH 2006 3

A R O U N D T H E Q U A Ddo we engage? What role shouldyou and what role should thecountry play? What should guideus, as Americans, in how werespond? I would suggest to youthat it is history that should guideus… specifically, that documentcalled the Constitution, that documentwritten by our foundingfathers at a very challenging timewhen they clearly understood thestakes.”Burr recalled the divisivenessof the Civil War, and AbrahamLincoln’s response to it. “Heunderstood for a country toprogress forward, you have tounite a country first.” He thenturned to Ronald Reagan: “I’mreminded of President Reagan’sremarks when he said that henever could understand what itwas about the U.S. Constitutionthat was so special. It wasn’t untilhe read everybody else’s that heunderstood what was so specialabout ours. Theirs starts ‘we thegovernment.’ Ours starts ‘we thepeople.’ There’s a huge difference.”During convocation, facultyawards were presented to:Mary F. Foskett, Zachary T.Smith Associate Professor ofReligion—Kulynych FamilyOmicron Delta Kappa Award forContribution to Student Life;Brook M. Davis, assistant professorof theatre—Reid-Doyle Prizefor Excellence in Teaching;Gregory B. Cook, associateprofessor of physics—Award forExcellence in Research;Religion Professor Mary Foskett (left) receives theKulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa Award forContribution to Student Life from K. Brett Turner (’06),president of ODK.Brook Davis (left), assistant professor of theatre,receives the Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence inTeaching from Deborah L. Best (’70, MA ’72),dean of the College.Associate Professor of Physics Greg Cook (left)receives the Award for Excellence in Research fromGordon Melson, dean of the Graduate School.Babcock School Professor Patrick McMullen (left)was a co-winner of the Cowan Faculty ResearchPrize, presented by Babcock Dean Ajay Patel.4 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Charles R. Kennedy, Jr., associateprofessor of management—Kienzle Teaching Award;Robert C. Nash, associate professorof finance, and PatrickMcMullen, associate professor ofmanagement—Cowan FacultyResearch Prize; andCharles P. Rose, professor oflaw—Joseph Branch Excellence inTeaching Award.Kerry M. King (’85)Babcock School Professor Rob Nash was aco-winner of the Cowan Faculty ResearchPrize.Professor of Law Charles Rose receives theJoseph Branch Excellence in TeachingAward.The Medallion of Merit2006 Thomas K. Hearn, Jr., 12th President, 1983–2005T. Eugene Worrell (’40), Trustee and Benefactor2005 Timothy Pennell (’55, MD ’60), Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, 1966–2002Willis E. “Doc” Murphrey (’52, JD ’57), Old-Campus Personality2004 Edwin G. Wilson (’43), Provost and Professor of English, 1951–20022003 Leon H. Corbett, Jr. (’59, JD ‘61), Vice President and Counsel, 1968–20022002 C. Douglas Maynard (‘55, MD ’59), Chair, Department of Radiology,School of Medicine, 1966–20002001 Victor I. Flow, Jr. (‘52), Trustee and Benefactor2000 Richard Janeway, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, 1966–19971999 Mary Ann Taylor (’56, MD ’60), Director, Student Health Service, 1961–19911998 Henry S. Stroupe (’35, MA ’37), Dean of the Graduate School andProfessor of History, 1937–19841997 Ivey C. Gentry (’40), Professor of Mathematics, 1949–19891996 Lula M. “Lu” Leake, Associate Vice President and Dean of Women, 1964–1997Mark H. Reece (’49), Dean of Students and Dean of Men, 1956–19881995 Thomas E. Mullen, Dean of the College and Professor of History, 1957–20001994 Germaine Bree, Kenan Professor of Humanities, 1973–19851993 Eugene Hooks (’50), Director of Athletics, 1956–19921992 Elizabeth Phillips, Professor of English, 1957–19891991 Weston P. Hatfield (‘41), Chairman, Board of Trustees1990 Eben Alexander, Professor of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, 1949–20041989 Harold M. Barrow, Chair of Physical Education, 1948–19771988 Richard T. Myers, Chair, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, 1950–20001987 Russell H. Brantley, Jr. (’45), Director of Communications, 1953–19871986 D. Wayne Calloway (’59), Chairman, Board of Trustees1985 Robert A. Dyer, Professor of Religion, 1956–19831984 Harold W. Tribble, 10th President, 1950–1967James Ralph Scales, 11th President, 1967–19831983 Manson Meads, Vice President for Health Affairs, 1947–20011982 D.A. Brown, Professor of English, 1941–19731981 Owen F. Herring (’13, MA ’14), Professor of Religion, 1946–19631980 Nancy Susan Reynolds, BenefactorJames W. Mason (JD ’38), Chairman, Board of Trustees1979 Grady S. Patterson (’24), Registrar, 1924–1972A.C. Reid, Professor of Philosophy, 1920–19651978 Melvin Q. Layton (’47), Superintendent of Grounds, 1951–1977Clark Vincent, Professor of Medical Sociology, School of Medicine, 1964-19781977 Carroll W. Weathers (’22, JD ’23), Dean and Professor of Law, 1950–19721976 Egbert L. Davis, Jr. (’33), TrusteeCharles M. Allen (’39, MA ’41), Professor of Biology, 1941–19891975 H. Broadus Jones (’10), Professor of English, 1924–19591974 Edgar Estes Folk (’21), Professor of English, 1936–19671973 Lois Johnson, Dean of Women, 1942–1962Jasper L. Memory (’21), Professor of Education, 1929–19711972 J. Allen Easley (’43), Professor of Religion, 1938–19631971 Clara Carswell, Benefactor1970 Harold T. P. Hayes (’48), Editor, Esquire magazine1969 Irving Carlyle, President, Board of Trustees1968 Camillo Artom, Professor of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, 1939–1961A R O U N D T H E Q U A Dwww.wfu.edu/wowf MARCH 2006 5

A R O U N D T H E Q U A DBee-haviorWhy do animals do what they do?Susan Fahrbach has found the perfectpartner for her research.SOMETIMES THE SIMPLESTquestions are the hardest toanswer. Here’s one for you: whydo animals do what they do? Howcome their behavior matches soappropriately with each stageof their lives? Sometimes theyreproduce; other times they don’t.Sometimes they store food; othertimes they don’t. How do theyknow what to do, and when?Many of us might respondwith a shrug or a tautology—theyknow because they know. NotSusan Fahrbach. She approachesthe question as if it were a Russiandoll or an onion—going in andin, patiently prying open or peelingback each successive chamberor layer until the core is exposed.And she has found the perfectpartner for that probe: the honeybee.Fahrbach, the Reynolds Professorof Developmental Neurosciencewho is in her second year at WakeForest, investigates connectionsbetween hormones and behaviorand between learning and memory.Bees, by virtue of their lifecycles, behavior patterns, andbrain structures, are ideal subjects.“The honeybee has fewer thana million nerve cells in its brain,”she notes. (By comparison,humans have billions upon billions.)“And yet, they do the rightSusan Fahrbach: Approaching animal behavior as if it were a Russian doll.thing at the right time—predictably,consistently, and reliably.Scientific inquiry is an ever-smallerseries of black boxes you keepunlocking. I want to go down tothe cellular and molecular levelsand bring it back to behavior.”As a doctoral student atRockefeller University in NewYork City, Fahrbach concentratedon hormonal regulation of behavior—specifically,the factors thattrigger maternal behavior infemale rats. “Something happensat birth that changes their attitudetoward the young,” she notes.“They’re afraid of pups one day,and nurturing the next.”The researcher knew thatestrogen’s action on the brainprepares the way for another hormone,oxytocin, which causes theuterus to contract and milk toflow in pregnant mammals. Shewondered whether oxytocinmight also have some behavioralfunction. Sure enough: by injectingoxytocin into virgin rats, sheinduced motherly behavior inthem, thus identifying oxytocinas a sort of “love hormone”thatengenders feelings of affiliation.Fahrbach soon found thateven a rat’s brain has far toomany cells, and thus “too muchthat’s going on,” to draw thehormone-behavior correlationsshe was after. So she turnedto insects in her post doctoralresearch position at the Universityof Washington in Seattle.“It was a complete switch, andI had to learn the basics of theinsect nervous system,” she says.“I loved it, so it stuck. It’s importantto have many different approachesto neuroscience. Working withinsects—at Washington, it wasbig green caterpillars—gives mea chance to ask questions thatwould be unethical to pursue invertebrates.”In 1988 Fahrbach landed a facultyposition in the Departmentof Entymology at the Universityof Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.The next faculty member hiredby the department the following6 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

year, Gene Robinson, specializedin bee research. “Gene was a beeperson but not a neuroscientist,”Fahrbach notes.“I was exactly theopposite. It was an ideal match.”Their collaborative studies of beebehavior have yielded voluminouspublications over the years.“It’s impossible to have a successfullife as a bee if you can’tremember where the flowers areor where your hive is,”Fahrbachsays in explaining her choice ofresearch subject. “So she [allworker bees are female] absolutelydepends on learning and memory.Also, until she is three weeksold, a worker bee spends all hertime in the hive doing varioustasks. Then, all of a sudden, sheleaves the hive, goes to flowersand gathers pollen and nectar,and never does hive work again.“What makes a bee decide it’stime to change? It’s a complicatedquestion,”she continues. “But whatwe have discovered is that beeswho forage have a larger section ofthe brain, called the mushroombody, than hive bees do. All sensoryinformation converges there.”Since she and Robinson publisheda short but influential articleon the bee brain in the scientificjournal Nature in 1993, Fahrbachhas focused on three topics:the mechanism of brain growth;the process by which the bee’soutside experiences connect to, or“couple”with, its brain cells; andthe implications, or outcomes, ofa larger brain.“If a part of the brain gets bigger,is that better?”she asks. “Areyou a better rat if your cortex isbigger? What’s the impact? Theanswer might seem obvious, butthis is the hardest question toanswer. Bees are so good at navigationand odor recognition thatit’s hard to make subtle distinctionsthat could correlate behaviorwith brain size. One of the thingswe’re working on here is devisingtasks that bees don’t do so well.“For example, bees are verygood at nest-mate recognitionthrough odor,” Fahrbach explains.“They’ll post the equivalent of abar bouncer outside the entranceto the hive to prevent any nonresidentfrom entering. We’re tryingto find ways to make the taskof recognition harder and harder—for example, by positioninghives next to each other. Will it bethe bees with bigger brains thatwill make the distinction betweena bee that is one of their own andone that is not?”What prompted Fahrbach toforesake a tenured full professorshipat Illinois after sixteen years?“I thought I’d never leave,”shesays. “But when you reach acertain stage of your career, theystart to drop hints about howright you’d be for a particularadministrative job. What I wantto do is teach and do research;I do my best work one on onewith students. Also, as stateuniversities look for ways tocope with tighter budgets, theyincrease class sizes. Somesemesters I’d find myself standingon a stage in front of 500freshmen. That has value in itsown way, but I didn’t feel I couldreally reach out and shape studentsby doing that.“The offer from Wake Forestwas an opportunity to come to afirst-rate research university andteach in paradise,”she continues.“Last fall I taught my favoritecourse, hormones and behavior,which I never was able to do in myprevious position. I had fourteenstudents, and it was the equivalentof teaching a graduate courseat Illinois, with reading of primaryliterature and critical writing.”An added benefit of her moveis the supportive environment she’sfound. “North Carolina is one ofthe best states for beekeeping,”notes Fahrbach, who keeps fivehives at Professor of Biology PeterWeigl’s farm in Pfafftown. “It’sfar enough north so that its beeshaven’t been Africanized andfar enough south to have longersummers and extended hiveactivity. There is a long traditionof beekeeping here, and in theshort time I’ve been at Wake ForestI’ve made some wonderful connectionswith bee researchers at otheruniversities in the state. We’veformed a consortium for possiblecollaborations; one researcher inGreensboro is studying agingthrough the queen bee, whichlives for years as opposed to thefew months that worker bees live.With probably not more than fiftyhoneybee labs in the world, it’sfun to have other folks in the fieldwithin driving distance.”—David FytenA R O U N D T H E Q U A Dwww.wfu.edu/wowf MARCH 2006 7

A R O U N D T H E Q U A DGender balanceAn openness to difference andacceptance of opposites characterizeWanda Balzano, director of Women’sand Gender Studies.ONE OF WANDA BALZANO’Searliest exposures to antithesiswas the postcards in neighborhoodshops in her native city ofPompeii, Italy. On racks next toeach other were cards of the city’sruins with ancient frescoes ofrisqué brothel scenes and otherswith images of the Virgin Mary.“Thereafter, whenever I saw contrastingthings,” she says, “I neverwas surprised, because I understoodhow they defined the culture.”It’s that openness to difference,acceptance of apparent opposites,and instinct for synthesis thatBalzano has carried with herthroughout her life and career,and which she brings now to herposition as director of Women’sand Gender Studies.Balzano, a specialist in Anglo-Irish literature and drama whospent last year as a visiting professorat Wake Forest after study-ing and teaching for fourteenyears at University CollegeDublin, assumed the post undera two-year contract on July 1. Shesucceeded Anne Boyle, a professorof English who directed theinterdisciplinary minor programfor two-and-a-half years.During her tenure, Boyle guidedthe broadening of the program’sfocus from strictly women’sstudies to gender studies, whichfocuses on the cultural roles ofmen as well as women. Balzano,whose scholarly subjects haveranged from Irish author SamuelBeckett to nuns in twentiethcenturyIrish literature, seemswell suited to advancing thatinclusive agenda.“It’s important not to prescriberoles, and also to questionand be open [in gender discussions],”saysBalzano, whose husband,Jefferson Holdridge, isdirector of Wake Forest UniversityPress, a leading publisher of Irishpoetry. “I’m reminded of a sayingI saw outside a church in Connecticut.It read, ‘Do not put a periodwhere God put a comma.’ Thedanger in defining something isto encapsulate it.”Her proclivity for openness tocontradiction is virtually genetic.From the balcony on one side ofher family’s dwelling was a viewof Mount Vesuvius, the volcanowhose catastrophic eruption in79 A.D. buried the city and all ofits inhabitants. From the balconyon the other side was a view ofthe Mediterranean. The starkcontrasts—the looming of anominous pinnacle and the languidityof a limitless plane; theebony crust of lethal lava and theazure liquidity of a pacific sea—engendered a passion for metaphoras well as apparent incongruity inthe impressionable girl.And for imagination. SometimesBalzano and her schoolmateswould play hooky and hang outin the ancient ruins, where, in herwords, “things got very gothicand spooky.” Perhaps in the spiritof the Romantics, who longed tobe somewhere long ago and faraway, she studied Latin and Greekin high school. She planned tocontinue studying classical languagesand literature in collegein Naples, until a mentor encouragedher to learn English, the“language of the future.”8 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Balzano’s college, the IstitutoUniversitario Orientale, surelymust rank as one of the world’smost cosmopolitan, drawing studentsfrom all over the world andoffering instruction in languagesas obscure as dialects of Berber.Having become fluent in Frenchand Spanish, she came late toEnglish and found it extremelydifficult to learn, but she masteredit sufficiently to major in it,with concentrations in philology,history, sociology, and philosophy.Balzano, whose first name ispronounced “Vonda,” earned ascholarship to Ireland in the summerof 1990 and was captivatedby the country—perhaps becauseof its contrasts to southern Italy.Everywhere she looked, therewas grayness—in the churches,the clouds, the clothing—exceptin one place: the eyes of the Dubliners.“Almost everybody hadblue eyes,” she recalls. “I lovedgazing into the eyes of people asI passed them on the street. Itwas like being in the sea. I feltlike I was swimming.”Wanda Balzano: ‘It’s important to question and be open.’Her original plan was to stayin Ireland for two years, but themany friends and networks shemade prompted her to undertakegraduate study at the Universityof Dublin, the venerable institutionthat James Joyce attended.After earning a master’s degreein Anglo-Irish literature anddrama with a thesis on SamuelBeckett, she completed her doctoratein 1998 with a dissertationtitled The Apple: Irish Palimpsest ofthe Feminine.“I had been strongly influencedby the feminism of a professor inNaples, who was as objective andanalytical as she was activist inher approach to women’s issues,”she explains. “In my doctoral studies,I decided to study twentiethcenturyIrish women authors,with a particular emphasis onnuns. The figure of the nun, particularlyin strongly Catholiccountries like Ireland and Italy,is fascinating and surprisinglycomplex. There were nuns whowere feminists and those whowere passive, and nuns who weredevoted to charitywork and remainedloyal to the Churchdespite being excludedfrom so much of itsinner workings.“I also becamefascinated with theconcept of home—perhaps in partbecause I was so farfrom mine,”she goeson. “Once they make their finalvows, Irish nuns can never returnhome again. In a story titled TheApple, a nun stands outside herfamily’s home, envisioning whatit’s like inside and wondering ifshe should go in, even thoughshe is forbidden by her order todo so. I saw the story as a symbolof women’s subjectivity; of beingeternally poised on the thresholdof choice.”After spending three yearsas a senior tutor in third-yearEnglish, another three years as apostdoctoral fellow in the Anglo-Irish Department, and two yearsas a lecturer in English, Balzanodecided to halt a two-yeartransoceanic marital commuteand join Holdridge by accepting avisiting position in Wake Forest’sWomen’s and Gender Studiesprogram in 2004. As she beginsher leadership of the program,she is working on a book titledThe Veiled Subject: Women, Theory,and Religion in Irish Literature andpursuing her fledgling scholarlyinterest in the concept of the foreigner.“This is a very happy place,”she says of the Women’s andGender Studies office—and, byextension, Wake Forest. “So manypeople have already put so muchcreative energy into it. I feel likeI’m standing on the shoulders ofgiants. I simply hope to buildupon what’s already here.”—David FytenA R O U N D T H E Q U A Dwww.wfu.edu/wowf MARCH 2006 9

A R O U N D T H E Q U A DLilly grant continuessupport of the ProHumanitate CenterTHE LILLY ENDOWMENT INC.has given nearly $500,000 tocontinue its support of the ProHumanitate Center, which it initiallyfunded several years ago. TheCenter supports programs throughoutthe College that encouragestudents to explore how theycan combine service to humanitywith their future career goals.“Students are yearning to discoverlife work that is meaningful anduses their gifts in ways that servethe world’s needs,” said BetsyTaylor, director of the center.Bernice King, the youngest daughter ofMartin Luther King, Jr., spoke before alarge crowd in Wait Chapel—on the samestage where her father spoke in 1962—observing the annual holiday January 16in honor of the civil rights leader.YamaneB RIEFSSince it opened in 2002 with a$1.9 million grant from the LillyEndowment, the center has fundeda number of programs, includingfreshman seminars, workshops,service trips, symposiums, andthe 2003–2004 theme year on“Fostering Dialogue.” Programsstress the importance of individualvalues, spirituality, service,and ethics in professional life.The Endowment’s latest giftwill support international servicetrips, a vocational explorationprogram, and programs thatexplore the University’s ProHumanitate motto.Yamane’s book examinesrole of church in politicsTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH’Srole in national politics iswell documented, but the churchis also playing an increasinglyimportant role in state politics,often out of the public spotlight,according to a new book byAssociate Professor of SociologyDavid Yamane. The Catholic Churchin State Politics examines howstate conferences of Catholicbishops lobby state legislators onissues such as abortion, capitalpunishment, education, healthcare, and same-sex marriage.Yamane, who joined the facultylast year, focuses on the sociologyof religion and postwar AmericanCatholicism.Redmond receives honorfor teacher educationASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OFEDUCATION Mary LynnRedmond has been recognizedby the American Council on theTeaching of Foreign Language.Redmond, who joined the facultyin 1989,receivedthe AnthonyPapalia Awardfor Excellencein TeacherEducation.Thecouncil alsorecognizedRedmondseparatelyWake Forest’s foreign-languageteacher education program,which Redmond directs, for itsexemplary program in teacherdevelopment. Redmond hasserved as a consultant to schooldistricts in the developmentof foreign-language curriculumand has written numerousforeign-language resourcesand scholarly publications.10 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

TO THE EDITOR:L E T T E R SSecond-year law students Lesley Bark and Justin Barnes argued a Moot Court casebefore a uniquely qualified panel of judges in November. U.S. Supreme Court ChiefJustice John G. Roberts, Jr., Judge Thomas Ambro, Jr., of the U.S Court of Appealsfor the Third Circuit, and Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appealsfor the Fifth Circuit, heard arguments by the student-lawyers in the final round ofthe law school’s annual Stanley Moot Court Competition, held this year in WaitChapel to accommodate the large crowd expected for Roberts’ appearance. Barkwas declared the winner.Computer security videowins prize for studentsAVIDEO PRODUCED BY FIVEWake Forest students haswon a silver medal in a nationalcomputer security awarenesscontest. The video, “Computingin a Community Environment,Part IV: Back Yo Data Up!”wasdesigned to promote responsibleand ethical use of computingresources. It was produced lastyear by Rebecca Boswell (’05),Matthew Fetter (’05), senior AlexCreswick, and juniors Nick Draderand Drew Crofton.The winning video and threeearlier ones were funded byWake Forest’s Fund for Ethicsand Leadership. The contest,sponsored by the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and NetworkSecurity Task Force and theNational Cyber Security Alliance,was part of a national campaignto increase computer security atcolleges and universities.Gills establish scholarshipin the Divinity SchoolDAVID (’77) AND DIANE P.GILL (’77) of Knoxville,Tennessee, have established ascholarship in the Divinity Schoolin honor of David Gill’s parents.The Rev. Sumner H. Gill andMrs. Lois C. Gill Scholarship willcover full tuition for one DivinitySchool student each year. TheRev. Gill spent nearly forty yearsin the ministry and was pastorof First Congregational Churchof River Edge, New Jersey, from1954 until 1981.I read with great sadness inthe December issue of the WakeForest Magazine about the passingof Charles Allen (’39, MA ’41).As a biology major, I had thegreat pleasure of not only takingDr. Allen’s Evolution and ComparativeAnatomy classes but alsohaving him as my faculty advisor.I have many memories of mytime together with Dr. Allen butI will always remember him mostfor his devotion and love for hisuniversity and his students. I willbe forever grateful for the investmentof his time and belief in meas a student and, more importantly,as a person. He truly helpedshape who I am and I continueto strive to be the person that healways knew I could be!Dr. Allen was and will alwaysbe a very special person to meand countless others who had thegreat pleasure of learning in hispresence. Wake Forest Universitywas one of his loves, and as amember of the family of alumni,I assure you the feeling is andwill always be mutual.E. Stuart Passantino (’88)Delaware, Ohiowww.wfu.edu/wowf MARCH 2006 11

A R O U N D T H E Q U A DFast friendsScholarship winners share more thankeen minds and leadership skills.THEIR PRESENCE IS unmistakableon campus. Besidesrepresenting the epitome of academicsuccess at Wake Forest,seniors Lakshmi Krishnan andBlake Brandes practice theirpassions of volunteerism andart with an enthusiasm apparentto all they encounter.The duo, recently named aRhodes Scholar and a MarshallScholar, respectively, met fouryears ago as high-school seniorscompeting for the CarswellScholarship. They instantly captivatedboth each other and theselection committee. “We saw inboth of them a spark of personalityand great potential to becomeleaders on campus,” said ThomasO. Phillips (’74, MA ’78), directorof the Wake Forest ScholarsProgram. He has watched themshine throughout their time asundergraduates, marveling at theunique perspectives they bringto the University.Indeed, their studies are a bitunorthodox. Brandes, a nativeof Hickory, North Carolina, hasexplored hip-hop music as anunofficial public voice aroundthe globe, conversing and rappingwith people in France andMarshall Scholar Blake Brandes (left) and Rhodes Scholar Lakshmi KrishnanMorocco. Krishnan, a native ofSugar Land, Texas, wrote herhonors thesis around how vampiresin the nineteenth centurynovel contributed to sinister connotationsof blood. “Our interestshave earned us the nicknames‘bilingual rapper’ and ‘vampirelady,’” Krishnan said with a laugh.But, of course, there is muchmore to them. A short list of theirextracurricular achievementsincludes presidency of the campuschapter of Amnesty International,a grassroots humanrights organization, for Krishnan;and the Volunteer Service Corps;Innuendo, a co-ed a cappellachoir; and Lambda Chi Alphafraternity for Brandes. Additionally,they act as co-editors-in-chiefof the Philomathesian, a studentjournal, in their spare time.To their success, they credittheir friendship. “We piggybackon each other’s conceptual ideas,”Brandes said, recalling a timethey decided to turn two minorcharacters in Samuel Beckett’sEndgame into dynamic figuresthrough a lively reading in theirIrish Literature and Criticismseminar.Professor of English JeffreyHoldridge remembers them aseager and unpretentious students.“Both are very sharp, butwhat struck me the most aboutthem was that they also workedto make everyone in the classroomfeel at ease,” he said. Andit is precisely the same grace andcourtesy they have shown theirpeers that they used to encourageeach other through the past fall,as they tackled the largest challengesof their lives: the Rhodesand Marshall scholarship applications.“I remember asking Blake ifI should apply,” Krishnan said ofthe Rhodes Scholarship. “I thinkit was important to know there’ssomeone else doing the samegrueling process. It’s reassuringto know you’re not the only crazyperson.”12 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Brandes agreed that theirfriendship provided abundantsupport.“It’s an honor to be nominated,”he said, “so I didn’t want to complain.But on the other hand, it’s avery stressful process. It was goodto have someone with whom Icould be completely honest.” Inaddition, they helped each otherprepare for interviews, offeringsuggestions on how they couldbetter articulate their positionsand how to connect ideas.“Itacclimated us to an elevated levelof discourse,”Brandes said.In the end, all their effortspaid off. Just two weeks apart lastsemester, Krishnan was namedone of thirty-two AmericanRhodes Scholars, Wake Forest’stenth since 1986, and Brandes wasamong forty-three Americansselected to receive the MarshallScholarship. Both will have theopportunity to continue theirpassion for literature while studyingin England, at Oxford forKrishnan, and Kent Universityfor Brandes.“We’re excited about theprospects with the scholarship.But the truth is that there’s ahuge cultural difference betweenBritain and America. And it’sreally comforting to know I’llhave a friend nearby,” Krishnansaid. For the time being, theyintend to relax a little and enjoythe last months of their undergraduateexperience. “Whenwe’re together,” Brandes said,“it’s pretty much continuouslaughter from the time we meetuntil the time we part.”Cullinan appointedVP for administrationUNIVERSITY OF NOTREDAME administratorMatthew Stephen Cullinan hasbeen named vice president foradministration at Wake Forest,effective July 1. He will succeedlongtime Vice President forFinance and Administration JohnP. Anderson (MAEd ’00), who isretiring this summer from hisadministrative post to teach fulltimein the graduate counselingprogram. Anderson’s positionis being split in two; a vice presidentfor finance also will be hired.Cullinan will oversee humanresources, information systems,facilities management, and otheradministrative areas. He previouslyworked with PresidentNathan O. Hatch during Hatch’stenure as provost at Notre Dame.Cullinan began his career atNotre Dame in 1992 as assistantto the president and was namedCullinanassistant provost for academicoutreach in 1998. He spent the2000-2001 academic year as a seniorprogram officer for educationpolicy at the J. Paul Getty Trust inLos Angeles, before returning toNotre Dame as executive assistantto the president. In that position,he also served at varioustimes as director of governmentrelations, assistant secretary ofthe board of trustees, acting associatevice president for humanresources, and acting vice presidentfor public affairs and communication.He received his undergraduatedegree and his doctorate inhistory from Notre Dame and amaster’s degree in public policyfrom Duke University.—Katie Hendrick (’06)www.wfu.edu/wowf MARCH 2006 13

Following theLeadersStudents set aside personal agendas for service to peers.Stories by David Fyten14 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL ZWOLAKMARCH 2006 15

CASEY MULL (’06)AT TIMES IT CAN SEEM THEREare almost as many theoriesof leadership as there arewould-be leaders. There are the greatmantheory and the trait theory; therole theory and the managerial grid;the path-goal theory and the verticaldyadlinkage model; Hersey and Blanchard’ssituational leadership modeland Vroom and Yetton’s normativemodel; cognitive resource theory andstrategic contingencies theory; theHawthorne Studies and Kurt Lewin’schange model; Bass and Burns’ transformationaltheory and the transactionalleader-member exchange theory;and more. Someone should take thelead and sort them out.16 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE“Putting a goal higher than selfis the hallmark of a leader.”Leadership training and opportunitiesabound for Wake Forest students,and a lot of them—about 25 percentof the undergraduate student body,according to one estimate—takeadvantage. That’s not all that surprisingat a school replete with former highschool class presidents and multipleextracurricular activities participants.But these student leaders don’t botherwith theories of leadership; they aretoo busy putting them into practice.For them and the staff and facultymembers who mentor them, all onereally needs to know about leadershipcan be summed up in one simplephrase: service to others. And that,many would agree, is as it should beat a University with the motto, ProHumanitate.“Leadership and service go hand inhand,” says Mike Ford (’72), directorof student development who overseesthe College’s student organizationsand leadership development programs.“One begets the other.”Samuel T. Gladding (’67, MAEd ’71),associate provost and professor andchair of counseling who has taughtleadership in a variety of courses andmentored scores of student leaders inhis fifteen-year tenure at his almamater, espouses the servant leadershipmodel advanced by the late RobertGreenleaf. “Servant leadership emphasizesthe greater good and the collectivenessof us all,” notes Gladding,who served a number of years as a topassistant to former University PresidentThomas K. Hearn Jr., who madeleadership and character cultivation apriority. “While individuals may dogood things and be recognized forthem, it’s the common good that needsto be emphasized. We’re only as strongas our neediest person.”Gladding, who administersthe Fund for Ethicsand Leadership, whichawards grants for ethicsandleadership-relatedprojects on campus,points out that a numberof the major events atWake Forest over theyears—the presidentialdebates; disaster reliefefforts; remembrancesof September 11; theethics and honortheme year—were firstCAROLYNHARBAUGH(’08)True leader

proposed by students. “The commonthreads in all of them were vision ofwhat could be,” he observes, “anddesire to make a difference for thebenefit of the collective good.”If conversations with Wake Foreststudent leaders, past and present, andtheir advisers yielded one consistentcharacteristic of leadership, it is dedicationto a cause—service to a group’spurpose—and not to one’s ownaggrandizement or agenda. “Putting agoal higher than self is the hallmark ofa leader,” says Casey Mull (’06), whochaired a Student Government committee,heads the admissions office’sHarbinger Corps of student aides, andis active with the inner city Teach forAmerica program. “I enjoy giving morethan receiving. I view it as a way togive back.”Notes Martha Napier (’07), a PresidentialScholar in art who serves as aPresidential Aide and president of hersorority: “You won’t get very far in life orwith your peers if all you’re pushing isyour own personal agenda.” And this,from Carolyn Harbaugh (’08), a StudentGovernment and sorority officer whochaired the Presidential Inaugural Balldecorations committee this fall: “Trueleaders never lead for their resumés ors …lead by example andby giving as much as they expectfrom those they are leading.MARTHA NAPIER (’07)“You won’t get very far in life or with your peers if allso that others will think better ofthem. They lead by example and bygiving as much as they expect fromthose they are leading.”Wake Forest President Nathan O.Hatch says leaders typically are portrayedas having charismatic personalities,but the most transformationalleader he has ever known was hesitantin speech and manner. “In his bookGood to Great, Jim Collins identifies asone of the principal characteristics of agood leader a kind of humility—awillingness to surround oneself withother good people and not remain thecenter of attention,” Hatch notes. “Oursociety has a one-dimensional view ofleadership as posturing to get to thetop—a self-centered clamoring forsuccess. We have a lot of opportunitiesto practice leadership at Wake Forest. Iwould like to see us have more opportunitiesas a community to reflect onwhat leadership really is.”In an effort to further strengthen itsleadership development programs, theyou’re pushing is your own personal agenda.”University has retained the services ofconsultant John P. Dugan, coordinatorof student involvement and leadershipdevelopment programs at the Universityof Maryland and co-principal investigatorof the Multi-Institutional Studyof Leadership. Dugan visited campusin the fall and was to have submittedhis report to Ford early this semester.“Wake Forest University’s leadershipdevelopment program has manythings for which to be proud,” he says.“During a recent site visit, it becameclear that students felt empowered byexisting programs and were pleasedwith the significant amount of supportand voice they were given in shapingthe Wake Forest experience. The currentdemand for higher education toproduce socially conscious, civicallyengaged leaders, however, should beused as a catalyst to further refineexisting services and develop a comprehensiveleadership developmentprogram. This type of initiative callsfor collaboration across departmentalMARCH 2006 17

USUALLY, WHEN A PERSONlives in a foreign country, it’s thenatives who try to make the outsider feelwelcome. In Matt Hammer’s case, it wasthe other way around.Hammer (’07), a junior finance majorat Wake Forest, lists Long Grove, Illinois,as his home, but that’s just where hisfamily lives now. For eight years throughhigh school, he lived in Hong Kong andSingapore, where his father worked ininternational finance.In Singapore, Hammer attended theAmerican School, which, despite itsname, was comprised only of about 20percent Americans. The rest of the studentbody was from various other countriesaround the world. The one country thatwas not represented was Singapore; itsgovernment prohibited its citizens fromenrolling their children.Unlike most Americans in Singapore,the Hammer family didn’t live in anenclave known as “Little America,” butrather out among the nationals in a regularneighborhood. “Most of my friendswere Asian,” says Hammer, who hadlearned to speak rudimentary Chinese.“It was wonderfully enriching. I wantedother Americans to experience that.”So in his senior year, as class president,he started a program to buildCrossing culturesand program units, an interdisciplinaryapproach, a clear marketing plan, andthe seamless integration of curricularand co-curricular experiences.”Although leadership is taught as thesole or partial subject of a modicumof courses, the bulk of the training isco-curricular and on-the-job. Startingwith the LEAD (Leadership ExcellenceApplication and Development) programin the freshman year and continuingwith retreats and other eventsheld over the course of their fouryears, student leaders not only learnthe basic principles of leadership, theyalso learn how the University administrationworks, and they get to knowother student leaders, forging valuablenetworks. With more than a hundredand fifty student organizations, eachwith its own set of officers and committees,they have no shortage of opportunitiesto apply the principles, tap theirnetworks, and work the system.For a select number of incomingfreshmen, leadership training getsstarted even before orientation inAugust with two programs: OutwardBound and SPARC. Outward Bound,a five-day backpacking and climbingexpedition in the North Carolinamountains, is an exercise in personalgrowth for its more than forty partici-18 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

MATT HAMMER (’07)bridges between the American Schooland local high schools. “Battles of thebands” and joint charity fundraisers wereamong the successful activities he devisedto bring the cultures together.When it came time for college, Hammerdecided he wanted a quality school thatwas small but played big-time athletics.He didn’t know a lot about Wake Forestat first, but it wasn’t long before he discoveredwhat a great fit it would be. As afreshman, he participated in LEAD, whichhelped him get connected and re-energizedhis passion for getting involved.He pledged Sigma Chi and wasnamed its philanthropy chair as a sophomore.The premier fundraising eventWake Forest’s Greek organizations stageeach year is the Brian Piccolo CancerFund Drive to raise money for research atthe Comprehensive Cancer Center at theWake Forest University Baptist MedicalCenter. Hammer “fell in love” with thePiccolo project and decided to devote thelion’s share of his time to it. His enthusiasmled to his appointment as its co-chairfor 2005–06.Although the Piccolo drive annuallyraises more than $50,000—the largestsingle charitable gift the Cancer Centerreceives—Hammer and others thought itsstructure of each fraternity and sororitystaging its own separate fundraisingevent was growing stale. So he took thelead in proposing in its stead two largescaleevents that would involve all Greekorganizations.For the first, held in September, thePiccolo Drive committee made what hadbeen a solo fraternity event—the “Hitthe Bricks for Brian” marathon aroundHearn Plaza—a Greek-wide event, and itraised $11,113, double last year’s total.The second event, scheduled for this month,will be new—a dance marathon—andHammer expects it to boost the funddrive total well past last year’s figure.Hammer, who also is a PresidentialAide, applies to his various endeavorswhat he learns about motivation, communication,organizational behavior, andother aspects of leadership theory in J.Kline Harrison’s Organizational Theoryand Behavior course at the Wayne CallowaySchool of Business and Accountancy.“I go to different meetings and see it allhappen,” he says. “It’s fascinating.”Hammer left a big chunk of his heartback in Asia, and the rest probably willreunite with it after he graduates. A Chineseminor, he’s keeping his options open,but probably will follow his father’s pathin international finance from an Asianbase of operation. For now, he is focusingon making a difference at Wake Forest.“I’m just exploring and meeting new people,”he says, “learning from them andseeing what can be done for the future.”pants. “As successes are met andaccomplishments rewarded,” itsbrochure states, “you uncover greatmental, physical, and spiritual strengthsthat help develop self-confidence, leadership,self-reliance, the abilityto work as a team, and the spirit ofadventure and compassion.” SPARC,or Students Promoting Action andResponsibility in the Community,offers its participants an opportunityto volunteer for five days with variousservice organizations in the community,in the process developing “a senseof civic responsibility [and] joining inthe ultimate fun of service.” Also inAugust before classes start, fifty returningstudents help staff CampusMinistry’s annual Preschool program.For ten weeks in the spring semester,ninety-four freshmen and sophomorestake part in LEAD, the University’sflagship leadership training program.Now in its twenty-first year, the programbegins with an overnight retreatand includes personal assessmentinventories and goal setting exercises;team building, role playing, and problemsolving; a group service project;small group proposals of initiatives tobenefit the campus community; andmore. “Two-thirds of the top [student]leaders go through LEAD,” Ford says.MARCH 2006 19

“They emerge with new skills, new contacts,confidence, and knowledge of howthe University works. It really empowersthem to be leaders across campus.”Each fall, thirty-five student leaders,fifteen faculty and staff members, andthe president himself participate inthe President’s Leadership Conference,which examines prominent issuesfacing the University. This year’s conference,held in Wilmington, focusedon building a sense of community oncampus. A New Leaders Retreat forforty-plus fledgling student leaders isheld off-campus after classes end inMay. It’s a veritable cauldron of creativebrainstorming: the idea for aninaugural ball was first proposed atthe 2005 retreat.One of Hearn’s major leadershipcultivation initiatives was the creationof a full-ride Presidential Scholarshipin Leadership. Recipients are exposedto an impressive array of leadershipstyles, theories, and decision-makingprocesses and are given responsibilityfor leading complex and major projects.Former recipients report how influentialthe experience was in chartingtheir future course.For two years after graduation,Laura Wilson (’96) taught English andsocial studies in an underprivilegedneighborhood through Teach for America,then taught and worked on communitydevelopment initiatives for thePeace Corps in a Namibian village.After earning a master’s in public policyfrom Harvard’s Kennedy School ofGovernment, she landed her currentpost as a congressional liaison officerwith the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment. “Without hesitation, Iwould say that my experience as a PresidentialScholar influenced my choices,”Wilson says. “Being selected under thecategory of leadership and referred toas such throughout my four yearshelped to shape my self-identity as aleader. This has helped me feel comfortablemaking decisions that may beunpopular but that, in my opinion,advance the public good.”“While individuals maydo good things and berecognized for them, it’sthe common good thatneeds to beemphasized.We’re onlyas strong asour neediestperson.”SAMUEL T. GLADDING(’67, MAED ’71)A chemistry and biology doublemajor at Wake Forest, Kelly Gidcumb(’00) worked for a pharmaceuticalscompany after graduation, but soondecided to switch careers and now isin her final year at Wake Forest Schoolof Law. “My goal was to become anintellectual property attorney, whichwould require my passing the patentbar exam,” she says. “So I prepared astrategic plan for study and reorganizedmy lifestyle to make time for it.As a result, I passed the exam beforeI ever enrolled in law school. In largepart, I attribute my passing to theconfidence I gained as a PresidentialScholar [coordinating Excellence inAction, a program showcasing thetalents of current Presidential Scholarsin art, music, and other disciplines forprospective Presidential Scholarshiprecipients]. I was confident I couldmaster the subject matter, break itdown into smaller chunks, and makesense of it on my own.“My Presidential Scholar experiencehas affected me in other, more subtleways as well,” she continues. “I takemore challenging classes [in lawschool] because I know I can handlethe load. I take on more responsibilitywith the law journal and with workbecause I am organized and focused. Ihave confidence that I can go to all myclasses, study and prepare for them,work on the law journal, assist studentswith computerized legalresearch, mentor younger students,look for a job, researchgraduate schools, prepare forthe ethics exam, spend timewith my fiancé, plan my wedding,look for a new home, andstill find time to go to the grocerystore, cook meals, cleanthe house, do laundry, studywith friends, see my familyoccasionally, and, yes, evensleep once in a while!”Another legacy of the Hearn yearsis the Presidential Aides program. Eachyear, twenty-five or so upperclass menand women serve as hosts of specialguests at luncheons and ceremonialfunctions; as liaisons between the studentbody and the trustees, president’soffice, and alumni and parents councils;and as general ambassadors ofWake Forest. Participants and staffalike identify networking as a principalbenefit of the program. “It opens doors,”says Matt Hammer (’07), a PresidentialAide and co-chair of the annual BrianPiccolo Cancer Fund Drive (see profileon page 16). “It is amazing the peopleI’ve gotten to meet. Trustees, alumni,parents—all of them are impressivepeople in positions of leadership, andI’m learning what it takes to be like them.”The only course presently offered atWake Forest that’s devoted exclusively toleadership is taught by Donald J. “Buz”Moser, director of University Stores. A20 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

West Point graduate and career Armylieutenant colonel who served fouryears at Wake Forest as professor andchair of military science and commanderof its ROTC unit, Moser long has hada passion for leadership theory andpractice. It was his obvious talent forit that precipitated his appointment asdirector of the struggling UniversityStores division after his retirement fromthe Army in the summer of 1999. Inhis six years in the job, he’s turned itaround, transforming it into a vibrantretail operation.“Leadership is not only getting peopleto do what they ordinarily wouldn’tdo and giving them the structure todo it in,” says Moser, “but also helpingthem reach their potential, whichhelps the organization achieve its goals.The most important component isyour mission statement—why are wehere? The next most important componentis your value system. At thetop of ours are respect, loyalty, integrity,and reliability. Once we started gettingemployees who bought into thesevalues, it made all the difference.”His course, which is limited to fifteenstudents, fills up quickly eachsemester. Among its requirements,students must interview four prominentleaders on their principles ofsuccess. The list of celebrities whomstudents in past classes have succeededin interviewing reads like a Who’sWho of sports, politics, and business—Larry Bird, Joe Paterno, Pat Riley,Roger Staubach, Richard Childress,Jim Broyhill, Jesse Ventura, and on.“Leaders drive change. Managersdeal with the conflict change bringsabout,” Moser says. “The first stepfor any leader is to understand yourself,because to wait until you’re in aleadership position to do it is to placeyour success and that of your teamin jeopardy.”A community unitedREGGIE MATHIS (’06) may notbe a born mediator, but he certainlyis a raised one. Growing up in Wilmington,North Carolina, he attended multiracial,non-denominational Christian serviceswith his mother, who saw to it that hewas brought up in a racially and ethnicallydiverse environment.Mathis has demonstrated that zeal forunity as a student leader throughout hisfour years at Wake Forest. In whatevervenue he serves—the chaplain’s office,Student Government, the ArchwayProject—he heals wounds, builds bridges,and promotes the concept of oneness asa community.“I have an interest in relationshipswith people,” says Mathis, a politics andreligion double major who is president ofStudent Government this year. “I like tofeel I have a responsibility to help peoplewho wouldn’t have access to channelsthat others do.“My vision is to create a unified andcohesive community,” he goes on. “Weare becoming a more diverse campus,yet we remain fragmented according tosocio-economic status. We can expandour horizons and embrace diversity bycreating an intentional environment forengaging in dialog and associating in acollegial way.”Observers say Mathis has been oneof the most effective Student Governmentpresidents in memory because of his outstandingcapacity for, and willingness to,listen. “My responsibility is to listen to allour constituents and share their concerns,”he says, noting his persistenteffort at redressing student objections tothe meal plan as an example. “I place alot of emphasis on promoting cross-organizationalinteractions. I regularly go toREGGIE MATHIS (’06)meetings of the various [student] organizationsjust to be seen and to listen.”Another arena in which Mathis promotesunity is Campus Ministry. For twoyears he was active in “As One,” a campuswideunity service, and he helpedorganize the Multi-Faith Council, a venuesponsored by the Chaplain’s Office forstudents of different faiths to dialog witheach other. “We are a more diverse communityspiritually as well as ethnicallyand socioeconomically now,” he notes,”and this speaks to that.”Mathis, who delivered an inspiringtalk at President Hatch’s inauguration ceremonyin October, also is active in theArchway Project to replicate on theReynolda Campus the landmark stonearch at the entrance of the Old Campus.22 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

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They’ve had a successful career.Now they want another one.By Lisa WattsShelmer Blackburn finds new inspiration down on the farm in Wilkes County.IVE YEARS AGO, Shelmer Blackburn(’82) was driving in life’s fast lane.A founding partner in a pharmaceuticalstart-up, he lived in downtownRaleigh, North Carolina, worenice suits every day, and flew aroundthe world to meet with eminent physiciansand Nobel-laureate scientists.Today Blackburn lives on a hundredrolling acres in Wilkes County,North Carolina, five miles down theroad from the family farm where hegrew up. He wears jeans and muddyboots to tend a thriving cattle business.“My friends think I’ve fallen out of atree,” he said. “This is not the Shelmerthey knew.”Carolyn Ashburn (’61) and BruceCooper (’73) can tell similar stories.Ashburn retired last spring from herwork as a nurse and clinical researcherat the Wake Forest University BaptistMedical Center. Two months later sheentered the Wake Forest DivinitySchool. She hopes to work as a hospicechaplain; for now she’s writingpapers and taking exams as her newlyretired college friends plan cruises.After almost thirty years in theinsurance industry, the last seven spentrunning his own brokerage, Coopersold the business last spring and inSeptember entered the police academyin Washington, D.C. Always a fitnessenthusiast, he loves the physical challengeof the training and the mentalexercise of learning criminal law. Hehopes to serve for eleven years, eventuallyas a detective, before facing themandatory retirement age of sixty-fiveMARCH 2006 25

for police. “You can quit any time, theystress that in the academy,” Coopersaid. “But I figure, hey, as long as I’mhaving fun.”Fun is a sentiment all three careerchangerstalk about in describing theirnew work. The challenges of learningnew industry regulations, new technology—even,for Ashburn, of making itacross the Wake Forest campus in tenminutes between classes—energize them.They’re hardly alone among BabyBoomers who—after long, successfulcareers—don’t see endless days of golfor tending grandchildren in their nearfuture. They know they are fortunateto have that option, financially, butthey have too much energy to contribute.As the saying goes, the onlything successful people often fail atis retirement.Sitting in an easy chair, cup of coffeein hand, slippered feet resting on anottoman in his living room, ShelmerBlackburn looks laid-back, but don’t befooled. His mind rarely rests. In a fewquick years he has grown his father’ssmall cattle farm into a cutting-edgeoperation. He tends several hundredcattle locally; on his own property, hehas built barns and installed cattle wateringsystems in the pastures. Inside thebrick home that he tastefully renovated,Blackburn tracks the animals’ nutrition,health status, genetic stock, and hiscompany’s finances on his computer.Blackburn’s twenty years in thepharmaceutical industry began with aKEN BENNETTWashington, D.C.-area organ transplanthospital and registry. In the late 1980she joined then-Burroughs Wellcomein Research Triangle Park to do clinicaldrug studies. The work combinedscience, technology, business, governmentregulations, and internationaltravel; Blackburn ate it all up.In 1995, he and three other partnersformed United Therapeutics to developa non-intravenous drug for hypertension.The work was exciting, literallylife-saving, and enormously successful.Today the firm employs one hundredand twenty-five and has its own manufacturingfacility. So why leave?“Maybe it was a little bit of burnout,because it was a lot of sacrifice, workingtwenty-four/seven for six or sevenyears,” says Blackburn. “As with anybusiness, I had some issues withpersonalities and control. One day Ithought, if I wanted to exit stage left,this would be a good time because itwouldn’t hurt the company.”A year earlier, Blackburn had purchasedhis current property as aninvestment during a trip home to visithis elderly parents. Newly retired, hecame home for the holidays in 2001,started helping his dad with the cattle,and never left.That next April, Blackburn flew toKansas with Rodney Shepherd, a localcattleman. Shepherd needed to purchasesome equipment and meet witha feed yard owner in Kansas but hadnever flown; Blackburn had flownaround the world but didn’t know muchabout feed yards. “I sort of went alongas cruise director,” Blackburn quips.But once he started talking to the yardowner, his business mind kicked in.“I knew Rodney was ‘good people,’as they say around here—familyTending his herd is miles awayfrom Blackburn’s previous lifein the pharmaceutical industry.oriented and progressive. He had cattlesavvy, I had business and finance savvy.‘Maybe we ought to start a business,’I told Rodney. I told him we wouldneed to have a thousand head ofcattle in the feed yard by Christmas.We’ve never had more than one hundredcows on my dad’s farm; I’m sureRodney had never had more thanthree hundred stocker cattle. He probablythought I was out of my mind.”Champion Cattle now owns some3,000 cattle, locally and in the Midwest.26 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Blackburn also established theBlackburn Family Foundation tosupport causes of interest to his family,including the Wake Forest DivinitySchool, where it recently funded aprofessorship. He is chairman ofAdult Enrichment Services of WilkesCounty, a non-profit organizationaddressing the medical care needs ofseniors and special-needs adults inareas where local resources are limited.“There’s a whole lot to the notionsof faith and intuition,” Blackburn says.“I bought this property with the ideaof developing it. But you sort of getthe dirt underneath your fingernailsand you think, we don’t have enoughof these open spaces.”Carolyn Ashburn has changedcareers a number of times overthe last four decades, fromWake Forest nursing school directorand faculty member to director, withher husband John (’60), of a YadkinCarolyn Ashburn wrote seventeen papersin her first semester of Divinity School.KEN BENNETTMARCH 2006 27

DAVID HILLSCountry retreat and summer camp, toclinical researcher and nurse at Baptist’scenter for ALS (Amyotrophic LateralSclerosis). That last job involved workingwith patients close to death. Aftereleven years of holding patients’ hands,hugging their family members, andgoing to funerals, she decided that workas a hospice chaplain was a naturalnext step. The work merges her lifelongfaith, her desire to help others,and her understanding of what peopleneed as they face dying.Returning to college in these daysof laptop computers and e-mailedassignments has been a little daunting,Ashburn said. “I love being back oncampus, I remember how much I lovedit as an undergrad. But the hardestthing has been the technology.” Ashburnwrote seventeen papers in herfirst semester, with two and a halfmore years to go for her master’s degree.Her two daughters, both teachers,have helped her learn to use a laptopwhile cheering her on, calling hometo ask how her exams went.Bruce Cooper: from insurance brokerto police officer.The support of her husband andkids helps, because her friends “thinkI’m a little loco.” This summer, a smallgroup of classmates held a reunionat the beach. “It was a ‘welcome toMedicare’ party, with about thirteenof us, and of course everyone else wasretiring and planning trips.”Ashburn has her own getaways.Most Friday afternoons, she and herhusband pack up for their secondhome in Todd for the weekend. There,in a rocking chair on her porch lookingdown at the creek, she rocks—while writing papers on her laptop.ruce Cooper also bringsskills from his formercareer and lifelong interests intotraining to be a cop. “I’m pretty goodat solving problems,” he said. “I’vebeen doing that my whole workinglife in the insurance business. Youhave to ask a lot of questions, dealwith difficult problems. Solving crimeis very similar. You’re dealing withpeople who have a lot of problems.”It’s not unusual for people in theinsurance business to retire in theirfifties, Cooper says. But not manywould then opt to undergo six monthsof background checks and psychologicaltests. And when the police academysession began in September,Cooper’s days began with workoutsfrom five to seven a.m.The physical work of police trainingespecially appeals to Cooper. Aswimmer at Wake Forest, “I’ve workedout all my life. At home I lift weights,run on a treadmill, jump rope. Aboutten years ago I got into mountain biking,which is pretty challenging. Andmy son and I did tae kwon do forabout twelve years.” Cooper, workingout alongside his twenty- and thirtyyear-oldfellow classmates, has passedthe first two of three physical tests ofDAVID HILLSpush-ups, sit-ups, and running. He’llfinish the academy in July.His children, two daughters and ason, are excited about their dad’s newline of work. His wife has been supportive—exceptduring a home visit fromacademy representatives. “The moreshe found out about what I’d be doing,the less she liked the idea.” Cooper,though, says he is more apprehensivethan afraid. “Being a patrolman is like28 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

eing a bouncer, lawyer, and customerservice rep all at the same time,” hesays. “There’s an amazing amount oflaw you have to learn. And there aremore forms to fill out than there werein the insurance business.”The reality, as career-changerslearn, is that few workplaces are trulyfree of such things as paperwork anddifficult personalities. But the challengesof learning new skills, especially whenyou’ve consciously chosen the newfield, can be invigorating.Blackburn can attest to that. Hedoesn’t miss the fast lane, exceptmaybe some international travel.And on the farm, he says, “I wakeup every morning at six, without analarm, excited to start the day.”Lisa Watts is a freelance writer living inGreensboro, North Carolina.“I’m pretty good at solving problems,”says cop-to-be Cooper.MARCH 2006 29

David Levy with a reproduction of the newly discovered manuscript.The fact that Beethoven retained thestrange notation in his transcriptionto a different medium (piano fourhands)raises even more questions,but indicates clearly that the notationitself was important.Of course I knew about Beethoven’stranscription, but until now, noprimary source for it in Beethoven’shand existed. Upon learning aboutthe resurfacing of the op. 134 autograph,I was understandably quiteanxious to see it, if at all possible,before the auction took place. Ilearned from the Times article thatthe autograph was to be on display atSotheby’s New York City office fromNovember 16–19, and I promptlycontacted via e-mail several people,including Stephen Roe, Sotheby’sDivision Head for Books and Manuscriptsand Music Specialist. Much tomy delight, he invited me to spendone hour alone with the documenton the afternoon of November 18.The hour-long session turnedinto an hour and a half, but notwithout interruptions. Because ofthe high interest among the generalpublic in this important find, asteady stream of visitors came bythe exhibit to get a first-hand glimpseof this valuable and important musicalartifact. Dr. Roe, who had givenme a small room in which I could bealone with the autograph, apologeticallytook it back out for a few minutesat a time. During one of theseinterruptions, however, I sharedwith him some information aboutthe autograph of the original version(the Kraków manuscript) he did notknow. The autograph of the quartetversion of the Große Fuge was missingthe final twenty-six measures!This meant that the autograph of thetranscription was the only completeversion of the Große Fuge in Beethoven’shand. Needless to say, Dr. Roewas thrilled to learn this information,as it had the potential of driving upthe value of the manuscript of op.134 when it went up for auction. Infact, as I prepared to depart, Dr. Roewas showing it to the last group ofvisitors for the day, stating, “And thisis the only complete version of theGroße Fuge in Beethoven’s hand.” Atthis point I wished I had negotiateda profit-sharing deal with Sotheby’sbefore having given the informationso freely! My friendly sharing ofexpertise did not go entirely unrewarded,however, as it won me anextension of my time with it. I wasinvited to return the next day tospend another hour with Beethoven’sautograph.Whenever a find of this importancelands in the hands of an auctionhouse, scholars pray that theeventual buyer will be philanthropicenough to donate it to a majorlibrary or museum. The Große Fugeautograph of the transcription soldon December 1 for £1.13M ($1.9million). The winning bid was submittedvia telephone by an anonymousbuyer. Could this mean that itwill disappear for another 115 years?Possibly. But that would represent aworst-case scenario. On the remotechance that the buyer sees this article,may I be so bold as to recommendthe Z Smith Reynolds Libraryas a wonderful repository ?David B. Levy is professor and chairof the Department of Music, and aBeethoven scholar.E S S A YMARCH 2006 31

the Dean’s Office in Reynolda Hall,she makes it clear that after thirtyfiveyears as a faculty member, sheis still a faculty member first. “Iknow what my value system is. Toquote our president, I’m a facultymember at heart. I love teaching, Ilove research.”Probably no one on campusknows Best better than Professor ofPsychology Robert C. Beck, whofirst met her when she was the onlysophomore in his upper-level psychologycourse in the late 1960s.“Other than Ed Wilson (’43), I don’tthink there is anyone on the facultyor in the administration that knowsthe University better than she does,”Beck says. “She came through theranks: as an undergraduate student,graduate student, instructor, named(endowed) chair holder, chair (ofpsychology), and now dean. Shehas been on every University committeeand chaired every Universitycommittee and been chair of every(professional) organization she’sbeen in. All the time she’s thinkingabout what is good for her studentsand for Wake Forest.”Another longtime colleague,Professor and Chair of PsychologyMark R. Leary, said Best’s new positionis the perfect “personal andprofessional blend because she’s beenaffiliated with Wake Forest for solong and she’s so personally investedin Wake Forest. She is strong inevery dimension that you wouldlook for: an exceptional teacher, anexceptional researcher and scholar,an exceptional mentor, exceptionallyconnected in her profession, andcertainly giving of herself to theinstitution in terms of service withinthe walls. She is truly the completepackage, and on top of that, she’s awonderfully warm and nice person.”That blending of the personaland professional is what endearsher to so many on campus. “She’sone of my best friends, but everyonewho knows her would say that,”Beck says. Best has an impressiverecord of scholarly achievementand a desk-full of thank-you lettersfrom students, but is modest andunassuming. “A friend once said“I know what my valuesystem is. To quoteour president, I’m afaculty member at heart.I love teaching,I love research.”that no one would know I’m anacademic because I’m not the stereotypeserious professor,” she says.She blends intelligence with humor;hard work with playfulness. She’sequally comfortable interacting withUniversity trustees at an importantboard meeting or with the wait staffover lunch in the Magnolia Room.She can move seamlessly betweencrunching numbers for her ownresearch in crosscultural psychologyto advising a student on his or herresearch project.Professor and Chair of BiologyHerman E. Eure (Ph.D. ’74) firstmet Best when she was a graduatestudent in psychology and he was aPh.D. student in biology. “She hasthe ability not to take herself tooseriously but to get the job done,”he says. “She is warm, friendly, yetdirect and very goal-directed. She isa person of substantial means interms of character, outlook, andability to deal with tough situations.”Best’s ability to balance teachingand research—and throw in communityservice, too—is reflected inthe awards she’s received since shefirst joined the faculty in 1972 asthe first full-time female facultymember in the psychology department.(She’s now the longest servingfemale faculty member in theCollege.) She’s won all of the majorfaculty awards: the Excellence inTeaching Award in 1984, the Excellencein Research Award in 1986,and the Schoonmaker Faculty Prizefor Community Service in 1994.“She has the ability to go from oneto the other, and she does them allwell,” says Leary. “She makes itappear effortless, but it’s hard forme to imagine it is, because she hasher finger in so many pots.”Provost William C. Gordon(’68, MA ’70), a former classmate ofBest’s and fellow psychology majorat Wake Forest, says Best brings theright perspective to the dean’s position.“She’s something all academicadministrators hope they are—atrue faculty member serving in anadministrative capacity. On manycampuses today—I don’t care whothe personalities are—there tendsto be a gulf between administrationand faculty. Certainly for a facultymember who moves into administrationit’s a little bit like walkinga tightrope. The key probably, andwhat Debbie has been able to do,is to remember what the Universityis about—faculty and students—and to focus not so much on whetheryou’re classified as a faculty memberor an administrator, but on whatyour role is—to lead—and I thinkshe takes that role very seriously.”Best has always moved easilybetween the worlds of faculty andadministration, and she has enjoyedP R O F I L EMARCH 2006 33

P R O F I L Ean unusually high level of interactionfor a faculty member with theUniversity’s trustees. She chaired thecampus fund-raising drive for theHeritage and Promise campaign inthe early 1990s and was frequentlycalled on to serve in various campusleadership roles, including presidentof the University Senate and“chair of chairs,” leading the departmentchairs’ meetings. She could bemore outspoken than administratorsmight have liked (“I try to betactful,” she says) but there was noquestioning her loyalty to WakeForest; likewise, faculty membersknew there was no questioning herloyalty to the faculty.“Debbie’s Wake Forest ties areimpeccable, yet faculty know sheisn’t just a cheerleader for WakeForest, but somebody who trulyloves the institution, and sometimesloving the institution means sayingthings that need saying,” says Professorand Chair of Music David B.Levy. “That gives her a lot of credibilitywith the faculty. She’s also a realstraight shooter. When she thinkssomething’s wrong, she doesn’t hesitateto speak her mind about it.”HE ONLY SURPRISING THINGTabout Best being named deanwas that it didn’t happen sooner.Following Tom Mullen’s retirementin 1995, she was frequently mentionedas a possible replacement,but she didn’t feel the timing wasright for personal or professionalreasons—she had just been namedchair of the psychology department—and she withdrew her name fromconsideration. In 1997, she wasnamed to an endowed position, theWilliam Louis Poteat Professor ofPsychology. (She also has an appointmentat the medical school as aresearch associate in the Departmentof Family and CommunityMedicine.) When Paul D. Escottannounced in the fall of 2004 thathe was stepping down as dean,Best’s name again rose to the topof everyone’s list, and this time…she still wasn’t interested. She hadstepped down as chair of the psychologydepartment two years earlierand was looking forward to spendingmore time on her own research.“My job isto make it so departmentsand faculty can dothe very best job they can,and ultimatelythat means that studentswill benefit.”Professor of Biology CaroleBrowne was dispatched by a groupof female faculty members to try topersuade her. “This was a wonderfulopportunity to have an academicadministrator who was a woman,and Debbie’s name came up,” Brownesaid. “She had all the qualificationsthat the University was looking forin a dean. She had won the teachingaward, the research award, thecommunity service award. She hadbeen a department chair, she was aleader in her professional societies,and she had a great record of publications;I couldn’t imagine whatmore anyone else could have.”Best eventually reconsidered andapplied. “I didn’t lie awake at nightdreaming about being dean,” shesays. “I told the committee I coulddo the job well, if they decide I’mthe right person for it. But if not,I’m happy doing what I’m doing.”Following a national search, thefaculty selection committee decidedthat the faculty member they alreadyknew so well was the best personfor the job. Best became the firstfemale Dean of the College andonly the second female academicdean at Wake Forest, after the lateDana Johnson, dean of the CallowaySchool of Business and Accountancyfrom 1992 to 1996.As dean, Best—along with associatedeans Toby Hale (’65), BillyHamilton, Paul Orser (’69), andLinda Bridges—oversees the entireacademic program of the College,handling everything from curriculumto the budget; organizing newfaculty orientation and new studentorientation; making sure there areenough courses available for studentsand planning the summer sessions.She describes her new positionas not that much different fromher stint as chair of the psychologydepartment from 1994 to 2002,albeit on a larger stage. “I was adepartment chair and those peoplein the chairs’ meetings are peoplethat I value as my friends and colleagues.I don’t think I’ve changedany, I just have a slightly differentjob assignment now. I think theyknow that their best interests aremy best interests. My job is to makeit so departments and faculty cando the very best job they can, andultimately that means that studentswill benefit.”Colleagues know she can handlethe tough decisions often requiredof her new position. “She knows howto make hard decisions. She doesn’tlook back and have a lot of angstover what she should have done,”Beck says. “She makes a decision34 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

P R O F I L EBest, meeting with her honors students at her home: ”I love doing research with my students.”TOM ARCUREand moves on. She’s very brightand grasps problems very quickly.”Faculty consider her closenessto the trustees and to Gordon andother administrators to be hugepluses. “The dean has to be an advocatefor the faculty, and we knowthat she is,” Levy says. “Her ease indealing with various administrativelevels and trustees can only have apositive effect. She understands thedynamics here and the problemsand challenges.”Best lobbied for years to solvethe psychology department’s biggestproblem, a lack of space in crampedWinston Hall, which it shared withthe biology department. Greene Hallfinally opened in 1999 to housepsychology—one of the largestundergraduate departments—and several other departments. Shehas kept her office and researchspace there and intends to continueteaching an honors psychologyclass every fall, as well as workingwith students on their thesis projectsthroughout the year. “She hasthe ability to be really demanding inwhat she expects from her students,but to do it in such a nice waythat they rise to the occasion andthen appreciate it,” Leary says.“The material that they cover inher honors course is material moststudents don’t get to until the secondor third year of graduate school.I doubt that less than 1 percent ofthe colleges in the country givetheir undergraduates the high levelof statistical background she givesthose honors students.”Best says she tries to model forher students the example set forthby her professors. “Having peoplelike Bob Beck, John Williams, DavidHills, and David Catron who wereso engaging by including their studentsin their research…The scientificenterprise is really exciting ifyou like ideas and questions andlike trying to find the answers tothose questions. I really like givingthat opportunity to students. I hada student recently tell me that sheappreciated the time I had spentwith her, and I said ‘no, this is whatI do.’ I love doing research with mystudents. I could not be a goodclassroom lecturer if I weren’t anMARCH 2006 35

P R O F I L Eactive scholar, active in the sense ofcarrying out the science and publishingit. It keeps me thinkingabout ideas, it keeps me reading, itkeeps me current in the literature.And I can interact with students, soI know what’s going on on campus.”One of her current honors students,senior Mallory Kinlaw, askedBest to work with her on her researchproject this year, not knowing atthe time that her father, Jim Kinlaw(’70), and Best had once been classmates.“She has been wonderful,”Kinlaw says of Best. “I was concernedthat as dean she would be busyand often unavailable, but the veryfirst day I met her, she gave me hercell phone number, her home number,her office number, her e-mailaddress, every possible way to contacther. She encourages all of herstudents to come by her office atany time with questions from class.I have never been in her office andfelt that she was rushed for the nextappointment, probably the contrary.”As she does at the end of everysemester, Best invited Kinlaw andthe other eleven students in herhonors class, all female, to dinnerat her house on Faculty Drive inDecember. Her home is close enoughto campus for her most famous student—TimDuncan (’97)—to havefrequently visited, once even rollerbladingover to play video gameswith her then-young son. Best saysher own experiences as a WakeForest student do help her relate tocurrent students. “In some waysthings haven’t changed for students—the sense of community, the connectionswith each other and withthe faculty, the very high expectationsfor high achievement, and the senseof concern for the whole person.”FIRST CAME TO WAKEBFOREST— despite the misgivingsof her guidance counselor—because two high-school friendswere already students. Born in Asheville,North Carolina, and raised inthe small towns of Gastonia andHickory, she describes herself as a“She has a real enthusiasmfor what she does. Thatenthusiasm is contagious.People sense howenthusiastic she is andthat draws them tothose same things.”—Provost William C. Gordontomboy and junior scientist growingup. She credits her parents —herfather was a management systemsanalyst for Exxon and her motherwas a radiology and X-ray technician—bothnow deceased, withinstilling in her a love of reading,writing, and math. She and herolder sister, Dee, a computer-labspecialist at an elementary schoolin Gastonia, became the sons theirfather never had, playing sportsand going hunting with him.At Wake Forest, she immersedherself in courses in anthropology,biology, and psychology, worked onthe Howler staff and in the CollegeUnion, joined the Fideles society,and served as an usher for SecrestArtists Series events and as a hostessin the President’s Box in the thennewGroves Stadium. Beck recallsher as an outstanding student.Gordon likened her to a “gym rat,”always hanging around the psychologydepartment.One of the most obvious changesto occur since her student days isreflected in her all-female honorsclass. When she was a student, fewerthan 30 percent of the students werefemale and there were only sixteenwomen on the college faculty. “Eventhough there was a small numberof women—Lu Leake, Marge Crisp,Mary Ann Taylor, Dot Casey, BeulahRaynor, Lib Phillips—they werevisible and respected,” she recalledof their influence on her. Today, sheoversees a student body that’s evenlysplit between men and women anda faculty that’s 34 percent female.Best began working with Professorof Psychology John Williamsbecause of her interest in researchingracial attitudes of young children.When she remained at WakeForest for graduate school, Williamsasked her to co-teach a class withhim. After finishing her master’sdegree, Williams asked her to stayanother semester to work with himon a research grant and to teachanother course.“I was fascinated with kids andwhat was going on in their heads—what they thought and did,” saysBest, whose research throughouther career has focused on youngchildren. “When the opportunityto do that (through Williams’research grant) came along, I stayed,and I found that I really liked theteaching part. I really loved challengingthe students, asking hardquestions, and getting them to seedifferent viewpoints and pushingthem to do more than they thoughtthey could do.”While working on her doctoratein developmental psychology at36 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill, she continued livingin Winston-Salem and continuedteaching at Wake Forest. She andWilliams continued working together,and their work shifted into crossculturalpsychology, examininggender stereotypes and attitudesof children in different countries.They published their first book,Measuring Sex Stereotypes: A ThirtyNation Study, in 1982, followed bytwo more books, Measuring SexStereotypes: A Multi-Nation Studyand Sex and Psyche: Gender and Self-Viewed Cross-Culturally, in 1990.She continued collaborating withWilliams, who retired in 1996, untilhis death in 2002.In recent years, she’s writtennumerous book chapters on crossculturalgender roles and stereotypesand co-authored a book onmemory strategies for young children.She’s also served as an editorof several psychology journals andas chair of the Council of GraduateDepartments of Psychology andchair of the Association of Heads ofDepartments of Psychology. “Shecould walk into virtually any majorpsychology department in the countryand be known,” Beck says.Best’s reputation extends to othercountries as well. She travels overseasonce or twice a year to presentpapers at crosscultural researchconferences and has research collaborators—andfriends—all over theworld. She was president of theInternational Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology several yearsago. “Her academic achievementsand high level of competence arecombined with unquestioned integrityand great sense of responsibility,”says frequent research collaboratorJanak Pandey, professor and chairBest has a well-deserved reputation for involving students, such as senior MalloryKinlaw, in her research and encouraging them to pursue their own ideas.of psychology at the University ofAllahabad in India and a formervisiting professor at Wake Forest.“Her work is widely cited and hercontributions are very well referencedin textbooks. All of this hasprovided a great name for WakeForest around the world.”Best is taking her honors student,Mallory Kinlaw, with her to twopsychology conferences in Greecethis summer. “Networking is soimportant in academia,” Best says.“Anytime I go to a conference I takestudents along because it’s valuablefor them.” As dean, look for Best totake faculty and students along forwhat should be a busy, and productive,ride in the next couple of years.“She has a real enthusiasm for whatshe does,” Gordon says. “That enthusiasmis contagious. People sensehow enthusiastic she is and thatdraws them to those same things.”P R O F I L EMARCH 2006 37

W AKE F OREST A LUMNI A SSOCIATIONPresident’s ColumnGREETINGS FROM THE WAKE FOREST ALUMNI ASSOCIATION! As I sharedwith you in the September Wake Forest Magazine, the Alumni Council has developeda strategic plan that focuses on ways to enhance the alumni experiencethrough communications, outreach, and services for our more than 55,000 alumni.I am pleased to report that some of our initiatives are already beginning to takeshape.Lifelong Learning Course—June 15–16One of the major components of the Alumni Council’s strategic plan is thedevelopment of a Lifelong Learning Program, which seeks to provide educationalopportunities for Wake Foresters long after graduation. We are pleased to announcethat our first lifelong learning course will be held on campus on June 15–16. Entitled“Signs of the Times: Contemporary American Religion in Historical Perspective,” this pilot coursewill be led by the dean of our Divinity School, Bill Leonard. For more information (including pricingand accommodations), please contact Betsy Chapman (’92, MA ’94), director of Alumni and ParentPrograms, at chapmaea@wfu.edu or see the additional information on page 52.Alumni Admissions Forum—June 16The Alumni Admissions Forum, now in its 14th year, will be held June 16. If your child is a risinghigh school sophomore or junior, you’ll want to mark your calendar and attend this event.The Forumis designed to provide alumni children and their families with a comprehensive look at the collegesearch and selection process, whether your child is interested in Wake Forest or in other selectiveschools. For more information, please contact Betsy Chapman at chapmaea@wfu.edu or see the additionalinformation on page 52.Wake Forest ClubsAlthough Wake Forest already boasts a strong Clubs network, the Alumni Council has beenworking with club leaders to improve club offerings. As part of the strategic plan,“best practices”arebeing synthesized from the Charlotte and Raleigh Clubs and shared with other clubs. If you havenot been active in your local Wake Forest Club, we encourage you to take advantage of this greatopportunity to network with others in the Wake Forest community. See the Clubs Web site(www.wfu.edu/clubs) for more information.Career ServicesThrough a new partnership with the Office of Career Services, the Alumni Association hassponsored two on-campus Career Networking Forums and career networking forums have been heldin Washington, D.C. and Charlotte. Alumni can help students by participating in these networkingforums, becoming a member of ACAP (the Alumni Career Assistance Program), volunteering to domock interviews on campus, hiring Wake Forest graduates (there will be around 1,000 available thisMay!), and more. For more information, contact Mark “Frosty”Aust (’87, MBA ’01), director of WakeForest Networking and Outreach, at austml@wfu.edu.The College FundHelp us reach our College Fund goal! Please make your gift by June 30! The College Fund’s goalthis year is 11,500 donors, and we ask for your support. Under the leadership of Steve Darnell(’70, MBA ’74), National College Fund Chair, we are well underway toward meeting our goal – butwe need to keep this momentum going! Please make a gift—at whatever level you can—to supportthe College Fund. Gifts to this Fund (which includes the Calloway Fund) are unrestricted; thus, theUniversity uses these funds where they are needed most. Moreover, the percentage of alumni whogive is a factor that directly affects Wake Forest’s national ranking among colleges and universities—another way in which your gift is important! Please join me and give generously.There is much more going on at Wake Forest, and I hope you will visit our Web site atwww.wfu.edu/alumni to learn more. Thank you for all you do for Wake Forest!C L A S S N O T E SNancy Kuhn (’73)Alumni Association Presidentwww.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH JUNE 2005 2006 39

If you have news you would like to share,please send it to CLASSNOTES editor, Wake Forest Magazine, P.O. Box 7205, Winston-Salem,NC 27109-7205. CLASSNOTES can be e-mailed to classnotes@wfu.edu or entered in anonline form at www.wfu.edu/magazine/classnotes. It is important that you include yourclass year(s) and degree(s) with each note. The person submitting information must providea telephone number for verification and accepts responsibility for the accuracy of the information.The deadline for CLASSNOTES is the 15th day of the month two months prior to the issuedate. For example, the deadline for the June issue is April 15.TAYLOR (JD ’76) BERLIN (’81 JD ’84)1950sFrancis M. “Joe” Fulghum Sr. (’51) washonored by Newark (DE) High School withthe dedication of the newly refurbishedbaseball field in his name. He was head baseballcoach from 1967–87. He also has beennamed to the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.Donald E. Greene (JD ’51), retired districtattorney for the 25th North Carolina District,was honored with the unveiling of his portraitat the Catawba County (Hickory, NC) JusticeCenter.Betty Siegel (’52) received the MorehouseCollege Martin Luther King Jr. InternationalChapel’s Howard Washington ThurmanEcumenical Award.John Brock (’54) is on the Board of Trusteesat Anderson (SC) University. His book,Southern Breezes Whistle Dixie, has beenaccepted for publication. He and his wife,Barbara Land Brock (’55), recently celebratedtheir 50th wedding anniversary.James “Jay” Johnson (’55, JD ’56), a lifemember of the Law Board of Visitors, washonored by Womble Carlyle Sandridge &Rice. His portrait was unveiled at a ceremonyin the Charlotte office.Anne Beatty Oakman (’57) has retired for asecond time from the Rutherford CountySchool System. She taught for 15 years, completedher master’s, and was a high schoolcounselor for 28 years.Carol Jennette Shook (’57) is enjoyingretirement and traveling with her husband.When at home, she volunteers at the CarrollCounty Farm Museum and the GFWCWoman’s Club of Westminster, and sheteaches a water fitness class at the YMCA ofCentral Maryland.Olin H. Broadway (’59) received the NorthCarolina Technology Association 21 Award,the Lifetime Achievement Award. He is theexecutive in residence at UNC Charlotte’sCollege of Information Technology.1960sH. Slade Howell (’62, MD ’68) is retiredfrom his private practice of general surgeryand works with Indian Health Service inArizona and Oklahoma. He completed his7th Bike N.C. Tour, an annual 500-milebicycle trip across North Carolina.Denny L. Turner (’62) has retired as associateminister of music and administrationafter 27 years at Oakhurst Baptist Church inCharlotte, NC. He has served in the musicministry for 45 years.F. Leary Davis Jr. (’64, JD ’67) has beennamed founding dean of Elon University’slaw school, scheduled to open in the fall inGreensboro, NC. He and his wife, Joy BakerDavis (’65), have three children: James,Elizabeth (’96) and Trey (’91), and twograndchildren.William Kearns Davis (JD ’66), a directorand attorney with Bell Davis & Pitt PA inWinston-Salem, has been named NorthCarolina’s top litigation attorney.Donald B. Dewar (MD ’69) has written anovel, Jack’s Dad and the Beanstalk, a re-interpretationof the fairy tale mixing historyand legend with modern-day political andreligious issues.1970sJane B. Weathers (’70) was honored by theN.C. Bar Association with a gold and diamond-accentedbutterfly pen. The membersestablished the Jane Weathers Fund to recognizeher 20 years of service as director of thesections divisions.Wayne Hurr (’71) is the staff psychologist atGeorgetown University Counseling Center.He provides consultation services for theathletic department, is a contributing authorfor a book, The Psychology of High-PerformanceTrack and Field, and is a member of the U.S.Olympic Committee Sport PsychologistRegistry.R. Kirk Jonas (’71) retired as deputy directorof the Joint Legislative Audit and ReviewCommission of the Virginia General Assemblyin 2004. He is director of the RichmondResearch Institute at the University ofRichmond.Legal EliteBusiness North Carolina MagazineWalter W. Pitt Jr. (JD ’71)Bankruptcy and Business LawBell Davis & Pitt PAWinston-Salem, NCDaniel R. Taylor Jr. (JD ’76)Kilpatrick Stockton LLPWinston-Salem, NCSteve Berlin (’81, JD ’84)Kilpatrick Stockton LLPWinston-Salem, NCDavid Smith (’81, JD’84)Kilpatrick Stockton LLPWinston-Salem, NCJeff Dunham (’82)Real Estate LawMcCoy Weaver WigginsCleveland Rose Ray PLLCFayetteville, NCGary Joyner (JD ’82)Kilpatrick Stockton LLPWinston-Salem, NCJohn W. Babcock (JD ’86)Bell Davis & Pitt PAWinston-Salem, NCKimberly H. Stogner (’86,JD ’94)Vaughn Perkinson EhlingerMoxley & StognerWinston-Salem, NCAmy K. Smith (JD ’88)Bell Davis & Pitt PAWinston-Salem, NCCharlot F. Wood (JD ’89)Bell Davis & Pitt PAWinston-Salem, NCSteve Gardner (JD ’94)Kilpatrick Stockton LLPWinston-Salem, NCBusiness Virginia MagazineJ. Eric Crupi (JD ’01)Bankruptcy and CorporateReorganizationMcGuire Woods LLPMcLean,VA40 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

SMITH (’81 JD ’84)JOYNER (JD ’82) GARDNER (JD ’94) ARROWOOD (’73 JD ’76) ARGABRITE (’75, JD ’78) FULP (MBA ’75)Robert D. “Bob” Mills (’71, MBA ’80)received the Lena C. Godwin Memorial Awardfrom the Mental Health Association in ForsythCounty. He is associate vice president ofUniversity Advancement at Wake Forest.Catharine B. Arrowood (’73, JD ’76), withParker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP inRaleigh, NC, has been appointed to the N.C.State Committee of the American College ofTrial Lawyers and will serve on theInternational Committee. She is presidentelectof the Wake County Bar Associationand the 10th Judicial Bar Association.Costi Kutteh (’73) has been elected mayorof Statesville, NC, for a four-year term. Heand his wife, Teresa Currin Kutteh (’73,MAEd ’74), have three daughters.Thad Moore (’74) retired as president of theSelf-Help Credit Union in Durham, NC. Hecontinues to serve part-time at Self-Help andassists his wife with her business.Bill Argabrite (’75, JD ’78) is managingpartner of Hunter Smith & Davis LLP inNortheast Tennessee.James A. Fulp (MBA ’75) is executive vicepresident and director of sales for the independentcontractor division of RaymondJames Financial Services in St. Petersburg, FL.Barbara A. Yutrzenka (’75) is director of theClinical Psychology Training Program at theUniversity of South Dakota in Vermillion. Shehas been appointed to a three-year term onthe South Dakota Board of Examiners ofPsychologists.Reed Humphrey (MA ’76) is professor andchair of the School of Physical Therapy andRehabilitation Science at the University ofMontana.John W. Lassiter (’76, JD ’80) is presidentof Carolina Legal Staffing with offices inCharlotte and Raleigh, NC, and Columbia,SC. He has been re-elected to an at-largeseat on the Charlotte (NC) City Council.J. Anthony “Andy” Penry (’76, JD ’79),apartner with Taylor Penry Rash & Riemannin Raleigh, NC, was elected to the AmericanBoard of Trial Advocates.James K. Dorsett III (JD ’77) has beenelected president of the American CounselAssociation. He reports he is only the fourthNorth Carolinian to receive this honor.Robert A. Marley (’77, MD ’81) is a general/traumasurgeon, assistant trauma directorand resident program director at the AkronGeneral Medical Center in Akron, OH. Heand his wife, Rebecca Bracken-Marley(PA ’80), have five children.Eric N. Olson (’77, PhD ’81) received thefourth annual Pollin Prize for PediatricResearch for his pioneering work in fetaland neonatal cardiology.David E. Nash (’78) is a partner, practicingenvironmental and corporate sustainability,with McMahon DeGulis LLP in Cleveland,OH. He is co-founder of SustainableCleveland.Mike Parker (JD ’78) is chair of the N.C.Council of School Attorneys. He has representedthe Orange County Board of Educationsince 1985.1980sPaul Louis Bidwell (’80, JD ’85), an attorneyin Asheville, NC, won a case before theN.C. Supreme Court establishing the right ofpublic school students facing long-term suspensionto be represented by an attorney atdisciplinary hearings. He and his wife,Carolyn, have two children, Kate and Patrick.Steve Gurganus (’80) is a community plannerin the project development and environmentalanalysis branch of the N.C Department ofTransportation. He and his wife, KathleenMcQuaid, live in Raleigh, NC.Michael Dale Applegate (’81, PhD ’86)practices neurology in Asheboro, NC. Hiswife, Tamara Taylor Applegate (’81, MBA’86), teaches math at Randleman HighSchool. They have four children: Dan (afreshman at Wake Forest), Kevin (15),Elizabeth (12) and Matthew (6).Candy Hatcher (’81) is a profiles editor atThe Chicago Tribune. When she is not working,she helps her husband pick out renovationsupplies for their 1925 bungalow. She sawAmy Barnett (’81) in Milwaukee andplanned to go cross-country skiiing withLeslie van Houten Taylor (’83) in Madison,WI.Valinda Barrett Wolfert (’81) is a partner inthe business and international section ofVinson & Elkins LLP in Dallas, TX. She hasbeen named one of the “Best Lawyers inAmerica”and is a “Texas Super Lawyer”according to Texas Monthly magazine. Sheand her husband, Steve, have a son, Will (13).Lamont E. Clegg (’82) is the director ofeducation for BoarsHead Theater in Lansing,MI.Memories of the moveFifty years ago, Wake Forestestablished a new destiny in anew place. The “removal”hasbeen called the most decisiveevent of Wake Forest’s modernhistory. Wake Forest Magazinewill look back on the historicmove to Winston-Salem in theSeptember issue. Do you havea short personal story of themove that you’d like to share?Please e-mail Cherin C. Pooveyat poovey@wfu.edu.www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 41

William B. Reingold (JD ‘83) is chief judgeof the 21st N.C. Judicial District. He receivedthe Lifetime Award of Merit from StateUniversity of New York at Oswego.YUTRZENKA (’75) CRUZ (’86) ERWIN (’86)STOGNER (’86 JD ’94)William Lee Dawkins Jr. (JD ‘85) is vicepresident land and legal for StephensProduction Company, a division of StephensGroup Inc., in Fort Smith, AZ.Randall Husbands (’82) has changedcareers after 18 years in healthcare administration.He is a teacher and tutor withEducational Services Inc. in Newark andWilmington, DE. He says he owes a lot toWake Forest professors Charles Richmanand Steven Ewing and his high schoolSpanish teacher.Andy Alcock (’83) is a reporter at WLKY-TVin Louisville, KY.Craig Thompson Friend (’83) is associateprofessor of history and director of publichistory at N.C. State University. He has tworecent publications,“Along the MaysvilleRoad: The Early Republic in the Trans-Appalachian West”and “Southern Manhood:Perspectives on Masculinity in the OldSouth.”Robby Gregg (’83) is the director of diversitycommunications with America Online inthe District of Columbia.Brent W. Ambrose (’86) has been appointedthe Jeffery L. and Cindy M. King Fellow inBusiness and professor of real estate with theSmeal College of Business at PennyslvaniaState University.Janice Marie Collins (’86) received hermaster’s from the E.W. Scripps School ofJournalism at Ohio University in Athensand is in the doctorate program in the Schoolof Telecommunications. She has 20 years’experience in broadcast journalism and twoyears’ teaching at Hampton University. Shehas earned six regional Emmy awards, anAssociated Press Award, the Best of Gannettand AABJ and NABJ awards.Fall Weekends 2006PLAN TO JOIN US!Saturday, September 2 Wake Forest vs. Syracuse football gameSaturday, September 9 Wake Forest vs. Duke football gameVARSITY CLUB WEEKENDSaturday, September 30 Wake Forest vs. Liberty football gameHOMECOMING—College, Calloway School,Babcock School, Divinity School, Law SchoolSaturday, October 7 Wake Forest vs. Clemson football gameFAMILY WEEKEND and SCHOOL OFMEDICINE ALUMNI WEEKENDSaturday, November 4 Wake Forest vs. Boston College football gamePRESIDENT’S WEEKENDSaturday, November 18 Wake Forest vs. Virginia Tech football gamePlease visit the Alumni Web site at www.wfu.edu/alumni or call theOffice of Alumni Activities for more information.Michele Carpenter Cruz (’86) has beenprofiled in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who inAmerica. She and her son, Jasper (5), live inNashville, NC. She is the owner/operator ofC2 Printing & Design Inc., writes for theNashville Graphic, volunteers with RockyMount Down East Radio Reading Serviceand Cause & Concern, and partners withN.C. Special Olympics. She is the curator forthe Quigless Clinic-Hospital Historic Exhibitin Tarboro, NC, and has a home photographyand oil painting studio. Her oil painting,“Flight 71,”was third in the 2002 IcarusInternational Art Exhibition and Competitionin Kitty Hawk, NC.Melanie Erwin (’86) has been namedmortgage banker with First Citizens Bankin Raleigh, NC.Kimberly H. Stogner (’86, JD ’94) hasbeen certified by the N.C. State Bar as aspecialist in estate planning and probate law.Allyson Currin Stokes (’86) writes that herhusband, Chris Stokes, passed away on Nov.20. They have twin daughters, Kathryn andMargaret.Leigh Houghland (’87) is vice presidentand commercial officer with VirginiaCompany Bank in Newport News,VA. Whennot at work, he is fishing in the ChesapeakeBay with his children, Callie and Will.42 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Jeffrey S. Lisson (JD) is vice president ofthe Water Valley (TX) ISD Board of Trustees,secretary/treasurer of the Concho ValleyCommunity Action Agency, and vice chairmanof the Concho Valley Adult Literacy Council.He practices civil and estate litigation withCarter & Boyd PC in San Angelo, TX.KENDALL (’89) BIESECKER (’93) BRUMSEY (’93) CARPENTER (’94)Ian Baucom (’88) is an associate professorof English at Duke University in Durham,NC. He has published a new book, Specters ofthe Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, and thePhilosophy of History.Diane Dahm (’88) and her husband, Jay,edited a book, Mayo Clinic Fitness for EveryBody.Jeanette Lee Johnson (’88) is principal ofthe Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technologyand the Walker Career and Technical HighSchool, which will open in August in Naples,FL.David B. Smith (’88) is an associate ministerat Bethel United Methodist Church inSpartanburg, SC. He and his wife, Deborah,enjoy time with their granddaughter,Cameron.Guy Strandemo (JD ’88) is a foreign serviceofficer for the U.S. State Department. He isstationed in Doha, Qatar.Pamela Muller Swartzberg (’88) is chair ofthe Women’s Commission of the Archdioceseof Newark and has recently been appointeda trustee of Seton Hall University. She reportsshe is the first woman to hold that post. Sheand her husband, Mark, have five childrenand live in Franklin Lakes, NJ.Copeland Baker (’89) and her family becamea family of seven, adding three stepdaughterswhen she married Britt Boyd. They livein Alpharetta, GA, where she is owner ofCorporate Office Cleaning Inc.Brad Kendall (’89) is executive vice presidentof Kendall Supply Inc. in Lawrenceville, GA.He has been named the J.M. Tull-GwinnettFamily YMCA 2005 Volunteer of the Year. Heworks with at-risk youth, introducing themto possible aviation careers by taking themfor plane rides. He serves as board chairmanand participates in fundraising and boarddevelopment efforts.Charles H. Killebrew Jr. (’89) is executiveeditor of The Dispatch in Lexington, NC,where he has been since graduation.Karen A. Nelson (’89) is a staff operationsmanager with Sprint in Kansas City, KS.Joseph A. Saffron (’89) is a lieutenantcolonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. Afterreturning from Baghdad, he was awarded asecond Bronze Star Medal. He and his wife,Lisa, and their three daughters, Emily (10),Carina (6) and Julianne (3), live inMechanicsburg, PA.William W. Toole (JD/MBA ’89) is a shareholderwith Robinson Bradshaw & HinsonPA in Charlotte, NC. He was selected as a“North Carolina Super Lawyer”in the areaof environmental/land use by Law & Politics.1990Anne Schiller Flynn (MD ’94) is practicingwith Charleston (SC) Pathology Associates.Noelle R. Miles is on the board of directorsof the Belleville Area Humane Society andthe Four Hearts Foundation. She practicessmall-animal medicine at Mon-Clair AnimalHospital in Millstadt, IL.Kathleen “KC” Murphy is a part-timeprosecutor (felony jury trials) in the StateAttorney’s office in Baltimore City, MD.1991Gina Hodge Collins (PA ’93) is a surgicalphysician assistant with Cardiovascular andThoracic Surgeons in Greensboro, NC.Wayne R. Dallas (MBA) is a financial advisorwith UBS Financial Services in Greensboro, NC.1992Steve Fowler is the government attorney forColumbus County in Whiteville, NC.MaryBe Swatzel McMillan issecretary/treasurer of the North CarolinaAFL-CIO. She reports she is the first femaleofficer in the organization’s history.Scott Smith is a quality manager at theearthmover plant for Michelin North Americain Columbia, SC. He and his wife, Chantal,live in Lexington, SC, and have two children.1993Eric H. Biesecker is a partner and commerciallitigator focusing on construction lawand real estate litigation with Nexsen PruetAdams Kleemeier in Greensboro, NC.Joanna Garbee Brumsey is a certified publicaccountant and a shareholder with WallEinhorn & Chernitzer PC in Norfolk,VA.Sean Cooney (MAEd ’98) received the 2005Marcellus E. Waddill Excellence in TeachingAward from Wake Forest. He teaches atColerain High School in Cincinnati, OH.Jay Parker is director of WorldwideMarketing for Servers at Dell Inc. in Texas.1994Andrew “Drew” Carpenter is senior softwareengineer with Enterprise Rent-A-Car inSt. Louis, MO. He and his wife, Lorrie, live inSt. Peters and have two children, Kieriana (6)and Andrew Reagan (1).Joe Dickson is an attorney with ShumackerWitt Gaither & Whitaker PC in Chattanooga,TN.Kelly Blue Duffort is a communicationsmanager for GlaxoSmithKline in ResearchTriangle Park, NC.Eric W. Iskra (JD) has been elected for asecond term as member in charge of clientrelations with Spilman Thomas & BattlePLLC in Charleston, WV. He is chair of theERISA and Managed Care practice group.www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 43

OUR GIFTTO YOUYou can make a gift to WakeForest, and we’ll give back toyou a guaranteed lifetime income.If you are considering a gift and havehighly appreciated stock paying asmall dividend or Certificates ofDeposit coming due, you may wishto consider a Charitable Gift Annuity.In addition to guaranteed lifetimeincome, some of which may be taxfree,you may also benefit from:■ A higher payment amount■An immediate charitableincome tax deduction■Reduced capital gains liability■Professional investment servicesThe following table provides some ofthe age-related rates for a single lifegift annuity (rates will be lower fortwo-life annuities):LIFE GIFTAge Rate Effective Rate*85 9.5% 14.3%80 8.0% 11.8%75 7.1% 10.0%70 6.5% 9.0%65 6.0% 8.0%* Effective rate assumes a cash giftand a 28% marginal income taxbracket. Higher brackets producean even higher effective rate.For more information about this andother planned giving opportunities,please contact:Allen H. Patterson Jr. (’72, MALS ’02)Director of Planned GivingP.O. Box 7227Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227Call 336.758.5288 or 800.752.8568SHULER (JD ’94)Dwaine E. Lee is a foreign service officerwith the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment. He and his wife, Naoma, andsons, Connor (3) and Erik (1), are moving toMacedonia this summer. He will be thedirector of USAID/Macedonia’s EducationDevelopment Office.Nicole Fumo Marrone is a trial attorney inthe voting section of the Civil Rights Divisionof the U.S. Department of Justice.Janet DeMott Rasmussen received hermaster’s in physical education sports and fitnessfrom the University of Central Florida.She is pursuing a doctorate in curriculumand instruction. Her husband, DavidRasmussen (’93), is with NorthropGrumman in Orlando. They have a son,Gabriel (9).Griffis C. Shuler (JD) has been named apartner with Lewis & Daggett Attorneys atLaw PA in Winston-Salem. He and his wife,Julie, have a daughter, Perrin.W. Todd Stillerman is a partner and practiceswith the finance and real estate group ofDechert LLP in Charlotte, NC.Christy Hood Vico received the 2005Marcellus E. Waddill Excellence in TeachingAward from Wake Forest. She teaches atGarden Hills Elementary School in Atlanta.1995Robert P. Boone is legislative counsel forSenator Elizabeth Dole, R-NC, inWashington, D.C.REAVES (’95) ADAMS (’98) HUNG (MD ’98)Amber Rice McCracken is director of communicationsfor the National Women’s HealthResource Center in Washington, D.C. She andher husband, Brian, have one daughter,MacKenzie (2), and are expecting anotherchild.Eugene F. “Gene”Rash (JD) is a partner withTaylor Penry Rash & Riemann in Charlotte,NC. The firm has been named to the AdvisoryCouncil of the Western Carolina UniversityConstruction Management Program.Jennifer Fields Reaves practices businesslaw with Moore & Van Allen in Charlotte, NC.1996Jason M. Andrus is an assistant professor ofbiology at Augusta (GA) State University.Ryan N. Bookout received his doctor ofpharmacy from the University of NorthCarolina and completed a pharmacy practiceand oncology specialty residency at theUniversity Hospital Health-Alliance of GreaterCincinnati. He is an assistant professor in theDepartment of Pharmacy and Therapeutics atthe University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacyand an oncology clinical pharmacist with theUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center.Scott T. Brawley has been named directorof government affairs for the National SleepFoundation in Washington, D.C.Jennifer Ross Felts (MSA ’97) worked inIndonesia for six weeks with World Relief’stsunami disaster response unit. She is asenior finance manager at Direct HoldingsAmericas in Washington, D.C.Rachel L. Sheedy is deputy copy chief forKiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine inWashington, D.C.Michael E. Turner (JD) is a partner withCabaniss Johnston Gardner Duman &O’Neal LLP in Birmingham, AL.Charles R. Turner Jr. is senior director offinance and operations for NetIQ, an enterprisesoftware company. He and his wife,Rebecca Childress Turner (’96), live inHouston, TX, with their newborn daughter,Julia.Kristopher D. Vess is plant manager forCollins and Aikman Automotive Systems inGreenville, SC. He and his wife, Sarah, havetwo children, Colin Michael and Ava Victoria.They live in Anderson, SC.44 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

2000John P. Anderson (MAEd) will retire in Juneas vice president for administration andfinance at Wake Forest. After a sabbatical, hewill teach in the graduate counseling program.MARCIS (JD ’98)Jennifer L. Woods received her master’s inclinical research from Indiana University.She is an Adolescent Medicine Fellow in theDepartment of Pediatrics.1997Stephanie Arnold received her master’s ofdivinity from Princeton Seminary and wasordained in November. She is associatepastor at the Kirk of Kildaire PresbyterianChurch in Cary, NC.COYNE (JD ’99) ANDERSON (MAED ’00) TREBILCOCK (JD ’00)Kisha Arrowood Burdick received her PhDin psychology from Yale University. She andher husband, Matthew Grey Burdick (’99,MAEd ’00), live in Durham, NC.Phil Bray (MBA) has been named presidentof the Charlotte Metro Region of BB&T. Hehas been with BB&T for 21 years.Andrew Clark, the director of choral activitiesat Tufts University in Medford, MA, and theWorcester Chorus received “rave”reviews fortheir performance of Handel’s “Messiah.”Kyle Brock Clary was commander of CBattery, 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery ofthe South Carolina Army National Guard inIraq for over a year. He and his wife, Tiffany,are returning to a more normal life inCharleston, SC.Suzanne Willers Hlavacek is a pediatricoccupational therapist in Gainesville, GA.Adrienne Cashion received her PhD inphysiology from the University of California,Davis.Edward M. Collins III (MBA) is director ofIT finance and administration at AIG/UnitedGuaranty in Greensboro, NC.Mark Crum is vice president of First CharterCorporation in Charlotte, NC.David Darr received his MS in biology fromUNC-Greensboro. He is with the LinebergerComprehensive Cancer Center at UNC-Chapel Hill and lives in Raleigh, NC.Anne-Marie LeBlanc Davis is head of residentialservices with the Frannie PeabodyCenter. She and her husband, Aaron, andson, Owen (2), live in Portland, ME. She isexpecting another child in August.Anita Case is executive director for an HIVclinic in Rock Hill, SC. She plans to participatein the June AIDS LifeCycle (www.aidslifecycle.org)from San Francisco to Los Angeles.Christopher R. Gaskell (MAEd ’98) is inthe U.S. Secret Service, stationed in Miami,FL.Justin Guariglia lives in New York afterspending 10 years in Asia. He continues towork for National Geographic Traveler and hisphotographic archive is online in the NationalGeographic Image Collection (www.ngsimages.com).An exhibition of his work will beheld this month at the Fotofest Biennial inHouston, TX.Heather Hartman is an editor, working onscience, medical and professional books, atOxford University Press. She and her husband,Peter Hoffmann, and son, Nicholas,live in Rockville, MD.Noel Bayard Morelli (PA ’00) is a surgicalphysician assistant at Johns HopkinsHospital in Baltimore, MD.1998Susanna Adams is a philanthropic advisorwith the Norfolk-based wealth managementfirm, Waypoint Advisors.Serena Hung (MD) is a movement disorderspecialist and assistant professor of neurologyat the Medical College of Wisconsin. Sheis on the medical staff of Froedtert Hospital,a teaching affiliate.Robert A. Marcis II (JD) is a partner withKelley & Ferraro LLP in Cleveland, OH.Jill Christine Van Pelt (MA ’00) receivedher PhD in clinical psychology from OklahomaState University. She is a postdoctoral fellowin pediatric neuroscience at the University ofMinnesota Medical School. She plans to bemarried in June.1999Rachel Worlds Coyne (JD) practices corporatetaxation with Moore & Van Allen inCharlotte, NC.Justin Hill (MBA) is an application developerfor QL2 Software, a small Seattle company.He works remotely from Atlanta, where helives with his wife, Wendy, and their threechildren.Christopher M. Trebilcock (JD) is an associatewith Miller Canfield Paddock & StonePLC in Detroit, MI. He is on the board ofdirectors of the Detroit Institute of ArtsFounders Junior Council.Chris Williamson is the operations/technicalsupport analyst for the Department ofBiochemistry at the Wake Forest UniversitySchool of Medicine.2001Ellen Davis Badgley is a software engineerwith Raytheon Corporation in Reston,VA.Allison Darwin is an occupational therapistat Carolina Meadows RetirementCommunity in Chapel Hill, NC. She andJenny Womack (’84) developed and implementedan older driver screening programand presented it at several state and nationalconferences. She received the NOVA Awardat the fall conference of the N.C.Occupational Therapy Association.Jayne Walker Grubbs received certificationfrom the National Board for ProfessionalTeaching Standards. She teaches third gradeat Union Cross Traditional Academy. She andher husband, Jason (JD ’02), live inKernersville, NC.www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 45

Ryan Whitley is graduating from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in June andwill be the associate rector of St. Mark’sEpiscopal Church in Tampa, FL.2004HILLENMEYER (’01) CULPEPPER (JD ’02) NORMAN (JD ’04) POELMAN (JD ’04)Elizabeth Hester completed her MS fromNorthwestern University’s Medill School ofJournalism. She works in New York forBloomberg Media.Morgan Hillenmeyer is an associate on theinvestment properties team at CB RichardEllis in Nashville, TN.Vance Jennings is practicing law with BrentAdams & Associates in Raleigh, NC. He andMary Erin Auld were married in Wait Chapelin August 2004.Rawley Johnson teaches sixth grade at KIPPBridge, a college-preparatory charter schoolfor inner-city youth, in Oakland, CA.Joe Meador received his master’s in informationsecurity from East CarolinaUniversity. He is an information securityanalyst at the Wake Forest University BaptistMedical Center.Gavin B. Parsons is an associate in thecomplex litigation practice group ofTroutman Sanders LLP in Raleigh, NC.Emily Gail Wilson Sumner graduated fromthe University of Richmond School of Law.She is practicing business immigration lawat Challa Law Offices in Richmond,VA.Hannah Armstrong Young received a master’sin Spanish Education from theUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro.She is an interpreter coordinator at WakeForest University Baptist Medical Center.2002Meg Carriere is completing her DVM at theUniversity of Georgia College of VeterinaryMedicine and will be working in a smallanimalhospital in Atlanta.Meredith Allred Cole (JD ’05) and herhusband, David (JD ’05), live in Atlanta. Sheis an attorney with Vinson Talley Richardson& Cable in Dallas, GA.William T. Culpepper IV (JD) practicesbusiness law with Moore & Van Allen inCharlotte, NC.Margo Lombardo is a member of theMaryland Bar Association and practices withCrowell & Moring LLP in Washington, D.C.Keeley Canning Luhnow (JD) is co-chair ofthe San Diego County Bar Association ElderLaw Section. She is an associate at Albence& Associates in La Jolla, CA.Emerson Moser (JD) is with Dinsmore &Shohl LLP in Cincinnati, OH. He has beennamed an “Ohio Super Lawyer—RisingStar” by Law & Politics Media.Shelley Hunter Reeves completed hermaster’s in social work from the Universityof North Carolina at Charlotte and works atthe Virginia Medical Center in OklahomaCity, OK.John “Jacob” Reeves is completing his JDfrom Oklahoma City University.Peter Allen Roda has completed his master’sin anthropology at Columbia University. Hespent six weeks with kids at Camp Winarainbowin northern California and is pursuinga PhD in ethnomusicology at New YorkUniversity.Eve-Maria Zigrossi Welch completed thephysician assistant program at GeorgeWashington University and works at a familypractice clinic for the underserved in SouthLake Tahoe, CA.2003Peter J. Choi (JD) served two judicial clerkshipsin the New Jersey Superior Courtbefore joining the firm of DeCotiis FitzPatrickCole & Wisler in Teaneck, NJ. He practicespublic finance and redevelopment law.Angelo M. Del Re received his master’s ofneuroscience from the Medical University ofSouth Carolina. He is a first-year student inthe MD program.Kurt Banas is a consultant with NavigantConsulting in St. Paul, MN. He was part of ateam of volunteers who traveled to theMonteverde Cloud Forest region of CostaRica for two weeks to help with projects inthe village of Canitas.David Eric Carpenter (MBA) and his wife,Marilyn, have one daughter, Sydney Ling (5).John D. Cattano (MBA) of Columbia, SC, isthe managing partner of CC DevelopmentGroup for the Value Place apartment-hotelhybrids in Columbia and Greenville, SC, andChattanooga, TN.LeRoya Chester Jennings (JD) prosecutesmisdemeanors with the Dekalb CountySolicitor’s General Office in Atlanta.Benjamin R. Norman (JD) is with BrooksPierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLPin Greensboro, NC.Scott S. Poelman (JD) practices tax law withProcopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch in SanDiego, CA.Megan Sadler (JD) is with Wishart NorrisHenninger & Pittman in Charlotte, NC.Bryan G. Scott (JD) focuses on businessand commercial litigation, including employmentand intellectual property issues, withSpotts Fain PC in Richmond,VA.Frances E. Scott (JD) focuses on labor andemployment matters with Hutton & Williamsin Richmond,VA.2005Evan M. Bass (JD) practices commercialreal estate law with Moore & Van Allen inCharlotte, NC.David Cole (JD) is with Freeman Mathis &Gary in Atlanta.Courtney L. Curry (JD) is a first-year associatewith Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLPin Columbus, OH.46 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

MarriagesAndy Alcock (’83) and Sarah Kinsman.10/15/05 in Louisville, KY.Brian A. Hayles (JD) is in the litigationpractice group of Poyner & Spruill LLP inCharlotte, NC.Ashley Hoagland earned a non-exemptstatus by placing in the top 59 at the LadiesProfessional Golf Association Tour qualifyingschool.Kenneth E. Menzel (JD) is with Pharr &Boynton PLLC in Winston-Salem. He presenteda paper focusing on the potentialliability of design professionals in the eventof terrorist attacks at a workshop on“Building Vulnerability and ProtectionAgainst Chemical and Biological Agents.”SADLER (JD ’04) BASS (JD ’05) HAYLES (JD ’05)Cassandra Richards counsels underprivilegedstudents to help them work towardpositive and uplifting goals, is an assistanttrack coach for Cardinal Gibbons HighSchool, and teaches suspended middle andhigh school students in the Wake Countyarea.Hunter Schimpff lives in Texas and hasstarted a new business, www.runningvacation.com.Robert N. Satterfield (’89) and JessicaAtkinson. 3/5/05 in Wilson, NC. Attendingwere Emily Aycock (’00), Laura Boyce (’89),Graham Gardner (’92), Christine Pallace(’90), Tad Rhodes (’94), Bart Satterfield (’94),Bill Satterfield (’92), Harriett Stephenson(’91), Lee Stephenson (’90), Joy Storms (’80)and Scott White (’90).Elizabeth Ann Hayes (’90) and JosephRichard Saint. 11/20/05 in Pittsboro, NC. Thebride’s mother is Shirley Mudge Hayes(’56). The wedding party included MelodieSheets Langford (’87), Kim Morgan (’90)and Meg Smith Rosselot (’90).Anne Bothwell Schiller (’90, MD ’94)and R. Patrick Flynn. 9/10/05. They live inCharleston, SC.Preparing Future Business Leaders forChallenges Beyond the ClassroomNo. 7 among the nation’s best regional business schools,The Wall Street JournalNo. 10 in the world for preparing graduates for social andenvironmental stewardship, Beyond Grey PinstripesNo. 12 nationally among part-time programs for return oninvestment, ForbesConsistently rated among the world’s best graduate businessschools in surveys by Business Week, the Financial Times andU.S. News & World Report.Elliott EstesWake Forest MBAClass of 2006Dan McCabeWake Forest MBAClass of 2006Learn more about our nationally ranked programs atwww.mba.wfu.eduFull-time, Evening, Saturday and Fast-Track Executive MBA ProgramsWinston-Salem and Charlotte, 866.WAKE.MBA (866.925.3622)www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 47

Larger than lifeMotivator and mentor, John Danforth (’70) has become a symbol for Forsyth Country Day School.By Kim McGrathJohn Danforth (’70) has a large extended family. It numbersin the thousands and includes the teachers, graduates,students, and friends of Forsyth Country Day School(FCDS), an independent, private school with whomDanforth has shared the last thirty-six years of his career.After graduating from Wake Forest with a degree inphysical education, Danforth returned to his hometown ofWilbraham, Massachusetts. But, Danforth’s then-girlfriend,Carol (’71, MAEd ’84), now his wife of thirty-five years, hadhim heading south again after telling him of a job noticeposted in the Wake Forest career services office. A newschool in Lewisville, North Carolina, was hiring a physicaleducation teacher, soccer coach, and athletic director. “Iwrote a three-page letter, was invited down for an interview,and was hired. Starting my teaching and coaching career atFCDS was the realization of my ambition to be a teacher anda coach.“In 1970, the school’s first year, there were twenty teachersand 195 students. We didn’t have facilities of our ownyet so we used Trinity Methodist Church for classrooms.I worked with the first through sixth graders in the morningteaching social studies and PE classes. In the afternoon, Idrove an old activity bus, aptly named the Blue Goose, tolocal city parks for PE with the boys in grades seven throughnine. There were twenty-seven boys total in those threegrades.”For twenty-seven years, Danforth taught PE and Latin,and coached basketball, soccer, and track. As varsity coach,he led the soccer team to win three state championships andthe girl’s track team to win two state championships. In1978 Danforth was voted State Coach of the Year by theN.C. Scholastic Coaches Association. He served as NationalCoach of the Year Committee chairman for the NationalSoccer Coaches of America for six years.“John was a track record-holder for the 440-yard race atWake Forest, so he had us running all the time,” says HillStockton, a 1978 FCDS grad who played both soccer andbasketball. “He was a tremendous motivator. He broke clipboardsat halftime if we weren’t playing well, but the teamjust went back on the field smiling. What’s amazing is he’s48 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

the same today as he was then. It’s hard to imagine, but Johnhas maintained his enthusiasm for thirty-six years.”“I broke a clipboard at Ravenscroft at halftime, but welost anyway, 2-1,” says Danforth. “Hill was called for a handballand that was the difference when they made a penaltykick. That was in 1977; I can remember games.”Danforth’s memory includes not just every game histeams played, but the extensive history of the school. “Johnis the only person who could reconnect thirty-odd years ofalums to a school that, for more than twenty years, had noformal way of staying in touch with its graduates. No onehas taught, coached, advised, or mentored more studentsthan John at FCDS. At our twenty-fifth high school reunion,all the basketball players were honored. There were aboutforty men and women there. At halftime, all the playerslined up and John went one by one and said the name of theperson and when he or she graduated without using anynotes,” says Stockton.Letters, cards, notes, and e-mails from alumni over theyears testify to the deep-seated relationships Danforth maintainswith graduates. “It means a lot to me to hear that Ihave helped them learn the value of fitness through running,for instance. I have tried to be there for former students inhappy times and in times of crisis. I feel very close to somany alumni because I have known them for so long.”Stockton was one of three alumni who, in 2003, spearheadeda fundraising campaign to name the John A.Danforth Middle School. Together with Tim Cooper andDavid Neill, both 1979 grads, over $400,000 was pledged bythose who wanted to thank their teacher, coach, mentor, andfriend. Pledges were submitted from alumni, parents, andgrandparents from the first graduating class all the waythrough the class of 2004, as well as by families with studentscurrently attending, revealing the bond Danforthshares with those who support Forsyth Country Day School.“We asked people to write down their thoughts aboutJohn on the back of their pledge card, and we made a scrapbookof these memories,” says Stockton. “Many of theresponses talked about John’s dedication and concern, butsome were comical. One contributor noted how he had onceinvited John to his home to play cards. He told John to bringthe chips, and John showed up with a bag of potato chips.That’s typical John. He’s like a kid.”Sunny Cordray (’96), a 1991 graduate of FCDS, says as astudent she remembers Danforth bringing his school spiritand former Wake Forest cheerleading experience to FCDSgroup meetings. “He would come into a meeting and talkabout an upcoming game and get everyone fired up.” Now,as a teacher at FCDS, Cordray says Danforth still makes studentsstand up and participate. “The kids love to have himaround because he’s fun. He’s at every conference or stateevent for every sport. He comes to every game and everyonelooks for him to be there. He’s really become a symbol forForsyth Country Day.” As a result, Cordray says every alumwho visits stops by Danforth’s office hoping to see him.“When I came to Forsyth Country Day in 1999, I wastold that if there was one person who could pull alumnitogether and open doors for fundraising, it was JohnDanforth,” says headmaster Hank Battle. “There’s no one inthe 10,000-plus extended family of Forsyth Country DaySchool who won’t answer the phone when John Danforthcalls.”The same year Battle became headmaster, Danforth tradedhis sweatpants for a suit and tie. As director of alumniaffairs and annual programs, he now spends much of his dayencouraging those whose lives he has touched to touch thelives of future students at the school he loves. “JohnDanforth has the key to the door of anyone connected toFCDS. When John calls alumni, they ask: when, where,what can I do. That he has inspired this loyalty simply bybeing himself seems a surprise to John. He really has noconcept of the impact he has had on students, from childhoodinto adulthood,” says Neill.“If you go into his office at school,” says Cordray, “picturesof every team he’s ever coached are hanging on thewalls. He has soccer balls signed by all the kids on theteams, cards given to him by students from his Latin classes,and photos from all the alumni functions. It’s like a shrine toFCDS, and you can see how many kids lives he’s touched.”In October 2004, Danforth was honored for his years ofservice, and the John A. Danforth Middle School Buildingwas officially dedicated. “My family was flown in from as faras California and Connecticut. I didn’t know what was happeninguntil that night. It was overwhelming and extremelyhumbling. Our daughters, Ginnie, from Greenville, SouthCarolina, along with her husband Scott, and our grandson,Drew; and Carrie, from Midlothian, Virginia, both attended.I’ve always said I’d like to know the names and addresses ofall five hundred people who were there so I could writethem a thank-you note,” says Danforth. “The relationshipsthat I’ve had with so many students has kept me here, andI’ve been told that I have to stay until at least 2020 to openthe fifty-year time capsule.“I just hope he’s around for a long, long time,” Cordraysays. “John’s definitely a gift to the school.”www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 49

Michael Dunne (’92) and ChickoKawamoto. 5/05 in a traditional Shinto weddingceremony in Hakone, Japan. They live inGreenwich, CT.Anita Burson (’93) and Clint Thompson.3/12/05 in Carrollton, GA. Attending wereLucy Anderson (’94), Rebecca Gentry (’95),Adrienne Vogel Hill (’95), Chip Hill (’95) andAmanda McMakin Rader (’94).Susan Banks Watkins (MBA ’94) andFrank Henry Ahlborn. 10/15/05 in Durham,NC. Attending were Tate Ogburn (JD/MBA’96), Helena Paulin (MBA ’94) and CarolGatewood Seamons (MBA ’94).Amanda Sue Lane (’95) and Andrew ThomasLong. 10/29/05 in Greenville, SC. The bride’sparents are Nancy Martin Lane (’84) andHugo C. Lane, professor of biology at WakeForest. Attending were Michael Graham(’94), Pamela Rettig Graham (’93), BettyTurnage Griffith (’66), Ross Griffith (’65),Suzanna Griffith (’91) and Paul Long (’67).Allison Leslie Reid (’95) and Robert BruceWarrington Jr. 10/29/05 in Clemmons, NC.They live in Durham, NC. The wedding partyincluded Courtney Foley (’98) and AllisonMcWilliams (’95).Quentin Tremayne McPhatter (’96) andMichele Geathers. 10/22/05 in Kannapolis,NC. They live in Graham, NC. The weddingparty included Adrian Bass (’97), StevieCox (’88), Ren Leathers (’96), OscarMartinez (’96), Andrew Snorton (’93),Daniel Walker (’95) and Rufus Williams(’96).Michael W. Smith (’96) and Erin M.Mancuso. 7/16/05 in Charlotte, NC. The weddingparty included Jeffrey Jones (’96) andTracey Parrington Jones (’95).Jennifer Louise Snee (’96) and DudleyWinthrop. 10/22/05 in Washington, D.C. Thewedding party included JosephineDavidson Baker (’96) and Kristen WallsPoff (’96).William Kyle Irwin (’97) and Emily J.Raabe. 11/5/05 in Amelia Island, FL. They livein Rockville, MD.Corinne Woodcock (’97) and Curtis Topper.11/5/05 in Harrisburg, PA.Jennifer Laudadio (’98) and Ethan AustinTaylor Cantwell-Igleheart. 10/1/05 inCharleston, SC. Nicole Baldwin (’98,MAEd ’02) performed prior to the ceremony.In attendance were Jocelyn GilmourBrummett (’95), Karen Friedman (’98), ColbyGrant (’98) and Kristin Winkle Tacy (’97).Phillip Schmitz Moore (’98, MD ’02) andStefanie Jolly. 8/30/05 in Maui, HI.Leona Frances Trombly (’98) and ShaneAlan Taylor. 10/16/05 in Winston-Salem. Theylive in Cary, NC. The wedding party includedBrian Wayne Paitsel (’97, MD ’04).Attending were Sharrika Davis (’96, MALS’98), Beverly Huffstetler (’97), Chris Savinsky(’96, MBA ’01), Andrew Tapp (’99) and AnnaCox Tapp (’00).Yourgiftmakesadifference!To ensure that the students of today and tomorrow can continue toenjoy the same outstanding Wake Forest experiences alumni hadduring their time on campus, we are asking you to help by giving tothe Annual Funds.Annual Funds provide unrestricted support to the University, whichallows your gift to be used where the need is greatest - in areas sucha student aid, faculty development, and study-abroad programs. Notonly will your gift immediately help our students, but it will also helpWake Forest continue to be one of only 28 schools that commit tomeeting a student’s full financial need.Please add your name to the list of those who support the AnnualFunds—College and Calloway Funds, Babcock, Divinity, Law andMedical Funds.Make your gift today at www.wfu.edu/alumni/giving or mail it toP.O. Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227.Questions? Call 1.800.752.8568.the A NNUAL F UNDSCollege Fund • Calloway Fund • Law Fund • Babcock Fund • Divinity School Fund • Medical Alumni Association Fund50 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Stephanie Ann Wilkerson (’98) and DanielLee Alexander Yoder. 7/9/05 in Winston-Salem. The bride’s parents are Sally and JackWilkerson, dean of the Calloway School. Thewedding party included Molly Drum (’03),Jennifer Taylor Jacques (’99) and KelliWilkerson, a graduate student at WakeForest.Christine Dianne Calareso (’99) and DavidBleecker. 6/4/05 in Naples, FL. They live inLaguna Niguel, CA. Attending were AlisonGuiney (’99), Caitlin Maier Joyner (’99),David Joyner (’98, MSA ’99),Valerie HandOdegard (’99), Eve Richter Scott (’99), CurtisThompson (’99), Keri Bradley Tilman (’99)and Nate Tilman (’97).Virginia “Gin”Watson (’99, MSA ’00) andHoward Jenkins. 10/29/05 in Roanoke Rapids,NC. They live in Alexandria,VA. The weddingparty included Ginger DesPrez (’99), TreyGaylord (’97) and Jacob Wellman (JD ’02).Amy Elizabeth Jenkins (’00) and JamesWilliam Jefferson Farrar. 5/28/05 in Raleigh,NC. Attending were Michelle Theresa Hess(’00), Carolyn Randall Hutchinson (’00),Margaret Alison Sigmon (’00) and KarenAnn Zeglis (’00).Colleen Ann Bradley (’01) and Jason L.Martin. 10/7/05. They live in Atlanta.Amy Elizabeth Byars (’01) and GeorgeAsbury Lawson III (’01). 3/5/05 inCharleston, SC. Sudie Griffin Langford(’02) was a reader. The wedding partyincluded Elizabeth Woodall Biber (’01),Jennifer Bays Brown (’01), David Byars(’04, MSA ’05), John Charecky (’02, MSA’02), Jessi MacCallum Crum (’01), ColinEdwards (’01), Bentley DeGarmo Eskridge(’01), Nick Ferenc (’01), Nikki SteeleFrancis (’01), Tom Fussaro (’01), DonnyHall (’01), Vance Jennings (’01), ErinLeahy (’01), Molly MacNaughton (’01),Ben May (’01), Alyssa Griswold Sprouse(’01) and Preston Wendell (’01).Ellen Miley Davis (’01) and Joshua LoganBadgley. 10/16/04 in Fairfax,VA. The weddingparty included Jennifer Kate Gunn (’01)and Sarah Ann Obrecht (’01). AlanMarshall Trammell (’01) attended.Danielle L. Hicks (MBA ’01) and ChadAlan Bishop. 10/15/05 in Asheville, NC. Theylive in Clemmons, NC. Attending were AmyWalker Bacon (MBA (’01), Christine YatesFerrell (MBA ’01), Ruth Henry Keyes (MBA ’01),Sarah Ross (MBA ’01), Jason Schugel (MBA’01) and Molly Brown Schugel (MBA ’01).Aileen Grace Socrates (’01) and BrianMichael Kelly (’01). 9/4/04 in Hanover, PA.They live in Los Angeles, CA. Father JudeDeAngelo of the Wake Forest campus ministryofficiated. The wedding party includedKristie North Appelgren (’01), TheravanJarrett (’01), Hannah Armstrong Young (’01)and Jeryl Prescott Sales, former dean andprofessor. Attending were Yemi Adegbomire(’00), Akua Asare (’01), Tisha Fowler (’01),Lauren McSwain-Starrett (’02), John Spires(’01), Bryan Starrett (’02), Matthew Udvari (’01),Laura Wray (’02) and Kristin Zipple (’02).Susan Lynn Czaplicki (’02) and NathanDen Herder. 9/4/05 in Purcellville,VA. Theylive in McLean,VA. The wedding partyincluded Rebecca Van Zandt Albertson(’02) and Elizabeth Phelps (’02).Shelley Hunter (’02) and John “Jacob”Reeves (’02). 6/26/04 in Kannapolis, NC.They live in Oklahoma City, OK. The weddingparty included Sara Kessinger (’02) andJon Spivey (’02, MA ’03). In attendancewere Lauren Kenney Garabelli (’02, MD ’06),Paul Garabelli (MD ’06), Brooke Jacobs (’02),Lucas Keipper (’02) and Alison Reigle (’02).Matthew Kinsland Johnson (’02) and ClareTenney Conway. 11/5/05 in Sugar Land, TX.The wedding party included Carsie GaryenDenning (’02), Jared Warren Hays (’02),Kathryn Ann Johnson (’07), Philip JustinRichardson (’01), Ramy MuhammadSerageldin (’01), Brent Wesley Thomas(’02) and Derek Adams West (’02).John David Matthews (’02) and KarenDiane Ludwick (’03, MSA ’04). 10/22/05 inCharlotte, NC. The wedding party includedTracie McDonald (’03, MSA ’04), KatieTymann (’03, MSA ’04) and CatherineVanatta (’03, MSA ’04).Eve-Marie Zigrossi (’02) and Joseph ScottWelch. 9/3/05 in Pittsburgh, PA. They live inSouth Lake Tahoe, CA. The wedding partyincluded Eleah Gamble (’02), Laura Mason(’02) and Jessica Zazworsky (’02).Jennifer Leigh Whelan (’03, MAEd ’04)and William Drew Senter (’02). 12/17/05 inBirmingham, AL. The wedding party includedRobert Leslie Akers (’02, MBA ’04),Jessica Royd Ange (’03), Brenten JamesMcGuirt (’03), Lauren Allison Raimer(’04), Lee Jamison Schuh (’01), Mary LynnMarquardt Schuh (’03), Katherine JansenSenter (’07), Williams Jeffress Senter Jr.(’75, MBA ’78) and Mark Stephen Sherriff(’02).Bonnie Zitzmann (’03, MSA ’04) andJonathan Fenton (’03, MSA ’04). 7/2/05 inNashville, TN. They live in Atlanta. The weddingparty included Lige Bolin (’03), TaylorFordham (’04), Holly Hunt (’04), CaitlynKraft Mathis (’03), Jess McKay (’03),Tracy Kalisz McKay (’03), Rachel ColeyShields (’03) and Josh Thurman (’03).LeRoya Chester (JD ’04) and Kraig L.Jennings. 7/2/05 in Atlanta. The weddingparty included Tyronia Morrison (’01, JD’04) and Nakia Pollard (JD ’04).Angel Coldiron (’04) and Steven Duguay.12/17/05 in Jefferson, NC. They live inPinehurst, NC. Christy Helfst (’04) was anhonorary guest.Geneva Long (’04) and Reginald Yourse(’05). 6/25/05 in Matthews, NC.Frances E. Schultz (JD ’04) and Bryan G.Scott (JD ’04). 12/31/05.They live in Richmond,VA. The wedding party included Nathan W.Conrey (JD ’04) and Samantha A. Sutphin(JD ’04).Births/AdoptionsGary Hill (’81) and Marylou Lane, UpperMontclair, NJ: a son, Daniel Garrison.3/23/05. He joins his sister, Sophie (6).Charlie Goodie (’83) and Trish Goodie,Middletown, MD: a daughter, Carson Grace.8/23/05. She joins her sisters, Taylor (12) andChloe (6), and brother, Caleb (8).Janis Fonda Kerns (’85) and Michael Kerns,Potomac, MD: a daughter, Rory Elizabeth.8/13/05. She joins her sister, Kathleen (2).Robert Allen Frommelt (’87) and TaraMulvey Frommelt, Meriden, CT: a son, LukeAllen. 12/14/05Karen Kostick Victor (’87) and Steve Victor,Walnut Creek, CA: a son, Sebastian StevenJames. 12/2/05. He joins his sister, Kristina (5).James G. Welsh (’87, JD ’97) and BethMcConnell Welsh (’90), Winston-Salem:twin daughters, Kathryn Chandler and SarahWalker. 9/9/05. They join their brother, Jim(8), and sister, Maggie (6).Jerry Sainsbury (’88) and Bonnie Newlon,Dowington, PA: a daughter, Emma Rose.5/2/05www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 51

There are a number of opportunities for Wake Forest alumni, parents, friendsand their families to come to campus this summer.NEW PROGRAM:Lifelong Learning—“Signs of the Times: ContemporaryAmerican Religion in Historical Perspective”June 15–16The Wake Forest Alumni Association is sponsoringa pilot program of educational opportunitieson campus. This two-day course, led byBill Leonard, dean of the Divinity School, willinclude sessions taught by Wake Forest facultyon:■ Spirituality in America: From Catholics to Serpent-Handlers■ Joel Osteen and the “Postmodern” Church: TheNondenominalization of American Religion■ Religious Liberty in America: The Recovery ofConscience■ Drinking, the Golden Calf and Other Strange Stories:Revisiting the Bible’s ‘Hard Sayings’■ And moreThe course is open to alumni, parents and friends of WakeForest. The cost for the course is $400, which includes twonights accommodations in Polo Residence Hall on campus, allcourse materials, and meals on Thursday and Friday. For localattendees or those wishing to arrange their own accommodations,the commuter rate for the course is $300. Registration isavailable via the Alumni Web page at www.wfu.edu/alumniFor more information, contact Betsy Chapman (’92, MA ’94),Director of Alumni and Parent Programs, at chapmaea@wfu.eduor 336.758.4845.Alumni Admissions ForumJune 16The Alumni Admissions Forum isdesigned to educate and informalumni children about the admissionsprocess at selective collegesand universities. This program is ablend of general information (thatcould apply to any selective school)as well as Wake Forest specific information. Session topicsinclude:■ Wake Forest Information Session (optional)■ Beginning the College Search Process/Choosing theRight College for You■ The Transition Between High School and College■ Financing a College Education (parent session)■ Writing Winning Application Essays (student session)■ Campus Tour, Reception and Q&AThe program is open to all high school students; rising sophomoresand juniors are especially encouraged to attend. Parentsare welcome to attend the Lifelong Learning program on June15-16, and students may attend the Admissions Forum on theirown.The cost for this program is $80 per family of three (includeslunch and all materials). Registration is available via theAlumni Web page at www.wfu.edu/alumni or contact BetsyChapman (’92, MA ’94), Director of Alumni and ParentPrograms, at chapmaea@wfu.edu or 336.758.4845.The following Wake Forest Summer Sports camps are being held on campus this summer.For more information, contact the sports camp personnel listed for each camp, or visithttp://wakeforestsports.collegesports.com/camps/wake-camps.htmlEvent Name Date For More InformationJay Vidovich Soccer Camp(Spring Break ages 5–13, male or female: 9am–12pm) April 19–23 Bobby Muuss (336.758.3059 or www.wakeforestsoccercamp.com)Dianne Dailey Ladies Golf Camp(Adult Beginner and Intermediate) May 29–June 2 Ladies camp: Dianne Dailey (336.758.5858 or dianned@wfu.edu)(Advanced: June 3-4) June 3–June 4 Junior camp: Hope Edge (336.758.5619 o redgehs@wfu.edu)Ethan Reeve Athletic Development Class (9th-12 grades) June 5–July 28(4th-8th grades) June 6–July 27(9th–12th grade football) June 5–July 28June 5–July 28336.758.6406 or 758.5629 reeveed@wfu.eduWake Forest Tennis Camp with Jeff Zinn (ages 8–17) June 6–10 Tennis Office (336.758.5634)Mike Petersen Basketball Camp Shooting School (girls) June 10–11 Mike Petersen Basketball Camp Office (336.758.5763)Jim Grobe Football Camp (OL/DL, rising 9th–12 grade) June 10 Matt Hale (336.758.5632 or halems@wfu.edu)Dianne Dailey Junior Girls Golf Camp(Day Camp ages 8–18: 9am-5pm)Ladies camp: Dianne Dailey (336.758.5858 or dianned@wfu.edu)(Overnight Camp ages 11–18) June 11–15 Junior camp: Hope Edge (336.758.5619 or edgehs@wfu.edu)Jim Grobe Football Camp (Junior Day Camp ages 7–13) June 12–16 Matt Hale (336.758.5632 or halems@wfu.edu)52 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Event Name Date For More InformationTony da Luz Girls Soccer Camp (Day Camp ages 9–13: 9am–4pm;Meghan Cox (336.758.4291 or suddesme@wfu.edu) orKickin Kids ages 6–8: 9am–noon) June 12–16 Skip Thorpe (336.758.4201 or sthorp@wfu.edu)Wake Forest Tennis Camp with Jeff Zinn (ages 8–17) June 13–17 Tennis Office (336.758.5634)Mike Petersen Basketball Day Camp (girls) June 13–16 Mike Petersen Basketball Camp Office (336.758.5763)Skip Prosser Father and Son Basketball School(Overnight Camp, boys ages 8–17) June 16–17 Basketball Office (336.758.5622)Jerry Haas Youth Golf Camp First Session (ages 11–18) June 16–21 Laura Statham (336.758.6000 or stathals@wfu.edu)Rick Rembielak Parent and Child Baseball Camp(ages 7–13 with parent: 9:30am–2:30 pm) June 17 Marshall Canosa (336.758.4208 or baseball@wfu.edu)Jim Grobe Football Camp (All Position, rising 9th–12th grade) June 17 Matt Hale (336.758.5632 or halems@wfu.edu)Rick Rembielak Baseball Pitching Camp(ages 8–18: 10am–2pm) June 19–20 Marshall Canosa (336.758.4208 or baseball@wfu.edu)Rick Rembielak Baseball Catching Camp(ages 8–18: 10am–2pm) June 19–20 Marshall Canosa (336.758.4208 or baseball@wfu.edu)Skip Prosser Basketball School (Day Camp, boys ages 7–15) June 19–22 Basketball Office (336.758.5622)Jay Vidovich Soccer Camp (ages 5–14, male or female: 9am–4pm) June 19–23 Bobby Muuss (336.758.3059 or www.wakeforestsoccercamp.com)All Sports Camp (ages 6–12, boys and girls, afternoons) June 19–23 Max Floyd (336.758.7178)Rick Rembielak Baseball Hitting Camp (ages 8-18: 9am-1pm) June 21–22 Marshall Canosa (336.758.4208 or baseball@wfu.edu)Rick Rembielak Baseball Camp Infield Outfield Defense(ages 8–18; 2–6pm) June 21–22 Marshall Canosa (336.758.4208 or baseball@wfu.edu)Jennifer Averill Field Hockey Camp (grades 6–12) June 22–25 Jennifer Averill Field Hockey Camp (336.758.4615)Mike Petersen’s Basketball Team Camp (girls, grades 1–8 only) June 23–25 Mike Petersen Basketball Camp Office (336.758.5763)Skip Prosser Basketball School (Overnight Camp, boys ages 8–17) June 25–29 Basketball Office (336.758.5622)Jay Vidovich Soccer Camp (Men’s Residential Camp: ages 10–18or Men’s Extended Day Camp: ages 10–18, 8:30am–9pm) June 25–29 Bobby Muuss (336.758.3059 or www.wakeforestsoccercamp.com)Rick Rembielak Baseball Day Camp (ages 8-13: 9am–4:30 pm) June 26–29 Marshall Canosa (336.758.4208 or baseball@wfu.edu)Jerry Haas Youth Golf Camp Second Session (ages 11–18) June 26–July 1 Laura Statham (336.758.6000 or stathals@wfu.edu)All Sports Camp (ages 6–12, boys and girls, afternoons) July 3–7 Max Floyd (336.758.7178)Wake Forest Tennis Camp with Jeff Zinn (ages 8–17) July 4–8 Tennis Office (336.758.5634)Cheer & Dance Camp Universal Cheer and Dance Association (800.238.0286(full team camp for middle school and high school teams) July 6–9 or www.varsity.com)Black and Gold Volleyball Camp(All Skills Camp for beginner, intermediate,and advanced players ages 11–18) July 8–10 Chad Willis (336.758.6997 or williscr@wfu.edu)Jim Grobe Football Camp (Team Overnight, rising 9th–12th grade) July 9–12 Matt Hale (336.758.5632 or halems@wfu.edu)Jennifer Averill Field Hockey Camp (grades 6–12) July 9–12 Jennifer Averill Field Hockey Camp (336.758.4615)All Sports Camp(ages 6-12, boys and girls, mornings and afternoons) July 10–14 Max Floyd (336.758.7178)Wake Forest Tennis Camp with Jeff Zinn (ages 8–17) July 11–15 Tennis Office (336.758.5634)Black and Gold Volleyball Camp(Team Camp for beginner, intermediate,and advanced players ages 11–18) July 11–13 Chad Willis (336.758.6997 or williscr@wfu.edu)Jerry Haas Father/Son Golf Camp First Session(Overnight camp. Sons should be at least 11 years old) July 12–16 Laura Statham (336.758.6000 or stathals@wfu.edu)Black and Gold Volleyball Camp(Team Competition Camp for beginner, intermediate,and advanced players ages 11–18) July 14–16 Chad Willis (336.758.6997 or williscr@wfu.edu)Jim Grobe Football Camp(7-on-7 Team Passing, rising 9th–12th grade) July 15 Matt Hale (336.758.5632 or halems@wfu.edu)Tony da Luz Girls Soccer Camp(Extended Day Camp ages 9–18: 9am–8pmKickin Kids ages 6–8: 9am–noonMeghan Cox (336.758.4291 or suddesme@wfu.edu)Residential Camp ages 12–18 July 16–20 or Skip Thorpe (336.758.4201 or sthorp@wfu.edu)Mike Petersen’s Basketball Day Camp (girls, grades 1–8 only) July 17–20 Mike Petersen Basketball Camp Office (336.758.5763)MA Dance and Auxiliaries July 18–21 Michael Long (mlong@madance.com)Skip Prosser Basketball School (Overnight Camp, boys ages 8–17) July 23–27 Basketball Office (336.758.5622)All Sports Camp(ages 6–12, boys and girls, mornings and afternoons) July 24–28 Max Floyd (336.758.7178)Jay Vidovich Soccer Camp(Evening Camp ages 5–13 male or female: 6-8pm) July 24–27 Bobby Muuss (336.758.3059 or www.wakeforestsoccercamp.com)Jerry Haas Father/Son Golf Camp Second Session(Overnight camp. Sons should be at least 11 years old) July 26–30 Laura Statham (336.758.6000 or stathals@wfu.edu)Skip Prosser Basketball School (Day Camp, boys ages 7–15) July 31–August 3 Basketball Office (336.758.5622)www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 53

Guy Strandemo (JD ’88) and KimberlyStrandemo, Doha, Qatar: a son, William Guy.9/5/05 in Fargo, ND. He joins his brother,Thomas (11), and sisters, Madeline (10) andSarah (6).Billie Taylor Toalson (’88) and Kent L.Toalson, Clemmons, NC: a daughter, SallyLoring. 12/5/05. She joins her brother,William Seth (12), and sister, Susan (9).Margaret Maske Clayton (’89) andEdward Lewis Clayton III (’90, MBA ’00),Charlotte, NC: a daughter, Emery Anne.11/7/05, adopted 11/9/05.Jeanne Azevedo Doherty (’89) and TimothyDoherty, Winston-Salem: a daughter, KatherineRose. 4/8/05. She joins her brother, Jack.Elizabeth Ann White Packman (’89) andJon Charles Packman (’91), Mooresville,NC: a son, Bradley Alan. 3/3/05. He joins hissister, Kendall (5).Mark Stowers (’89) and Laura DoggettStowers (’90), Raleigh, NC: a son, JohnMark. 8/30/05. He joins his sisters, Mayson(10) and Claire (4), and brother, Luke (7).Kathleen “KC” Murphy (’90) and JimWallner, Sparks, MD: a son, Thomas Cole.11/24/05. He joins his sister, Emma, andbrother, Kevin.Catherine Brittain Callahan (’91) andChuck Ellison, Charlotte, NC: a daughter,Anna Elizabeth. 8/11/05Gina Hodge Collins (’91, PA ’93) andEdward M. Collins III (MBA ’00),Greensboro, NC: a daughter, HannahNoelle. 12/19/05Christopher Keith Cotton (’91) and BethCotton, Charlotte, NC: a daughter, LindseyFrances. 12/27/04. She joins her brother,William (4), and sister, Ellie (2).Neil Porter (’91) and Kelly Porter, Apex,NC: a son, Kirk Tappan. 6/10/05. He joins hissister, Anna (3).Jenna Fruechenicht Butler (’92, JD ’95)and Al Butler, Wilmington, NC: a son, AlgernonLee IV. 10/30/05. He joins his sister, SaraFrances.James Coley (’92) and Katherine Coley,Brooklyn, NY: a daughter, Alexandra Paige.11/22/05Betsy Brakefield Funk (’92) and SamuelPatrick Funk (’93), Nashville, TN: a daughter,Elizabeth “Hattie”Hatten. 3/8/05. Shejoins her sisters, Mary Caroline (6) and Lucy(3 1/2).Faran Pietrafesa Henwood (’92) and TreveHenwood, Morrison, CO: a son, Teagan Blaise.8/31/05. He joins his brother, Lanyon (2).Jim Leggett (’92) and Kelly Harris Leggett(MD ’00), Greensboro, NC: a son, Harrison.7/28/05Jennifer Kurzmann Reno (’92) and EdwardHoward Reno II, Kennesaw, GA: a daughter,Elizabeth “Liza”Anne. 1/6/06. She joins herbrothers, Benjamin (5) and Harrison (2).Kim Lennox Sharkey (’92) and KevinSharkey, Gypsum, CO: a daughter, RyleeLennox. 11/8/05Scott Smith (’92) and Chantal Smith,Lexington, SC: a son, Zachary Paul. 2/15/05Julie Tascher Swan (’92, MBA ’94) andRoderick J. Swan (’93, MBA ’96),Frederick, MD: a daughter, Emma Grace.8/30/05. She joins her sister, Ashley (8), andbrothers: Cameron (6), Ryan (4 1/2), Devon (21/2) and London (15 months).Rod Webb (’92) and Garnett Webb, Raleigh,NC: a son, Mitchell Works. 1/1/06. He joinshis brother, Greear (5), and sister, Mercer (3).Melissa Kemper Beach (’93) and John C.Beach (’93), Atlanta: a son, Brooks Alton.8/30/05. He joins his brother, Hatcher (3).William E. Burton III (JD ’93) and LauraBurton, Brown Summit, NC: a son, WilliamEdward IV. 5/18/05Debbi Yarber Clarke (’93) and Walt Clarke,Raleigh, NC: a son, Walter Redding. 4/11/05.He joins his sister, Emma (3).Jennifer Moore Lucas (’93) and Barry Lucas,Charlotte, NC: a son, Thomas Chapman.11/4/05. He joins his brother, Sam (2).James Gregory Matthews (’93) and AnnahN. Matthews, Winston-Salem: a son, TylerLawton. 9/29/05Donald O’Shea (’93) and Dorie O’Shea,Houston, TX: a daughter, Taylor Alice.4/24/05. She joins her brother, Mason (3).Chad V. Blankenburg (’94) and DebbieBlankenburg, Charlotte, NC: a son, ArthurKent. 4/14/05. He joins his brother, Griggs (3).Kelly Blue Duffort (’94) and Sam Duffort,Raleigh, NC: a daughter, Katherine Grace.6/24/05Allison Martin Harris (’94) and CharlesEugene Harris (’93), Southern Pines, NC: adaughter, Stella Blair. 7/25/05James Hendrix (’94) and Alli Hendrix,Orlando, FL: a son, Campbell James. 10/3/05.He joins his sister, Lily (3).Marjorie “Mari” Clifton Kyle (’94) andChristopher Stevens Kyle, Harrisonburg,VA:a son, William Christopher. 9/16/05. He joinshis sister, Elizabeth.Nicole Fumo Marrone (’94) and ChristianMarrone, Arlington,VA: a daughter,Charlotte Isabelle. 11/16/05Heather Hoch Szajda (’94, JD ’97) andDouglas Szajda, Richmond,VA: a daughter,Brooke Isabelle. 5/05. She joins her brother,Grant.Dena Silver Upton (’94) and Jake Upton,Cambridge, MA: a son, Brody Silva. 8/26/04Elizabeth Marsh Vantre (’94) and ScottVantre (’94), Glen Allen,VA: a son, DrewScott William. 9/14/05. He joins his brothers,Nick (4) and Steele (2).Jennifer McGough Watson (’94) and ScottAndrew Watson (’94), Gainesville, FL: ason, Owen Donald. 11/11/05. He joins his sister,Kaitlyn Sandra (2).Lacy H. “Hank” Ballard III (’95) andChristine C. Ballard, Winston-Salem: a son,Lacy Henry IV. 5/26/05Michael L. Briggs (’95) and Kathryn W.Briggs, Granada, Spain: a son, GastonAlexander. 1/7/06. He joins his brother,Wilson.Amy Barnard Hughes (’95) and JohnMcCaskill Hughes (’96), Washington, DC: ason, Ryan McCaskill. 12/30/05. He joins hisbrother, Jack (18 mos.).Mary Caroline Bell Lee (’95) and HarperLee (’96), Charlotte, NC: a son, Harper Bunn.12/6/05. He joins his sister, Morgan (2 1/2).54 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Lisa Cort Owen (’95) and Jeffrey J. Owen(’97, JD ’00), Asheville, NC: a daughter,Susannah Elizabeth. 11/15/05Jeffrey T. Workman (JD ’95) and JeanWorkman, Greensboro, NC: a daughter,Whitaker Rose. 6/30/05. She joins her brother,Garrett Thomas (2).Christina Habib Bovelsky (’96) and MarshallScott Bovelsky (’96, MA ’98, MD ’02),Jeffersonville, IN: a son, Aidan Scott. 10/5/05.He joins his brother, Zachary Winston (2).Lynne Foster Finch (’96) and KennethFinch, Montgomery, AL: a daughter,Catherine Olivia. 10/26/05William Andrew Hanlon II (’96) andAndrea Sovich Hanlon (’96), Pinehurst,NC: a son, John “Jack”Allen IV. 12/17/05Suzanne Martin James (’96) and MichaelJames, Winston-Salem: a son, Kyle Cross.3/20/05Michael H. Kauffman (’96, JD ’99) andDeanna Kauffman, Fairview Heights, IL: ason, Braden Michael. 11/8/05. He joins hissister, Madeline (2).Kristen Blix Riley (’96, MSA ’97) and JohnRiley, Richmond,VA: a daughter, ElisabethSeidl. 7/20/05. She joins her brother, ConnorDavid (1).Allison Christofoli Rollins (’96) and A.J.Rollins (’96), Atlanta: a daughter, ClareAbigail. 9/27/05Rebecca Childress Turner (’96) and CharlesTurner (’96), Houston, TX: a daughter, JuliaClaire. 6/29/05Michael E. Turner (JD ’96) and StaceyTurner, Birmingham, AL: a daughter, Anne“Libby”Elizabeth. 6/3/05. She joins her sister,Jane Margaret (4).Andrew VanDerveer (’96, MBA ’04) andLauren DeSanty VanDerveer (’97),Mooresville, NC: a daughter, Brooke Ashley.12/22/05. She joins her sister, Emily (2).Kristopher D. Vess (’96) and Sarah Vess,Anderson, SC: a daughter, Ava Victoria. 10/4/05.She joins her brother, Colin Michael (2).Caroline Coln Wall (’96) and Frank Wall,Raleigh, NC: a son, Angus Jones. 10/27/05Christine Weber Whitney (’96) andAndrew Whitney, Atlanta: a daughter,Cecilia. 10/26/05. She joins her sister, Luisa(5), and brother, Oliver (3).Karen Baker Chippendale (’97, MSA ’98)and William Chippendale, Issaquah, WA: ason, William Thomas III. 9/30/05Heather Hartman (’97) and Peter Hoffmann,Rockville, MD: a son, Nicholas James. 10/6/05Melissa Minot Hawks (’97) and CarneyHawks, Purchase, NY: a daughter, Lauren.9/15/05Mary McElwee Mendenhall (’97) andBrian Mendenhall, North Wilkesboro, NC: adaughter, Mary Douglas. 12/17/05Noel Bayard Morelli (’97, PA ’00) andThomas R. Morelli, Baltimore, MD: a son,Matthew James. 4/6/05Kim Sklenicka Murawski (’97) and DanMurawski (’97), Atlanta: a son, BraedenDaniel. 11/12/05Benjamin Parker Mustian (’97) andRebecca Q. Mustian, Columbia, SC: a daughter,Emily Quinn. 9/29/05Peter John Nosal (’97) and Kelly DurantNosal (’97), Charlotte, NC: a daughter,Chloe Elizabeth. 8/19/05Mark Hamilton Tucker (’97) and JenniferHolt Tucker, Pageland, SC: a son, DavisHamilton. 10/16/05James David Batchelor (PhD ’98) andMaria Batchelor, North Attleboro, MA: a son,David Renatu. 11/15/05Amy Pyles Edwards (’98) and MatthewEdwards, Alpharetta, GA: a son, OwenThomas. 10/19/05. He joins his brother, JacobMcKain (2).Angela Sigmon Fox (MBA ’98) and BrianFox, Hickory, NC: a son, Lawson Wade.5/17/05Suzanne Willers Hlavacek (’98) and JimHlavacek, Gainesville, GA: a son, AndrewJames. 5/31/05Bethany Wolf Kelleher (’98) and JohnKelleher, Denville, NJ: a son, Liam Joseph.11/21/05Jane Martin Marchand (’98) and MarkDavid Marchand (’98), Albuquerque, NM:a son, Austin Mark. 10/5/05Bonnie Warren Palsa (’98) and AlbertPalsa, Annapolis, MD: a son, Albert “Albie”Thomas III. 11/27/05Paul Volpe (’98) and Suzanne PohlmannVolpe (’94), Arlington,VA: a daughter, ClaireJosephine. 4/17/05Paul Andersen (JD ’99) and JillMahonchak Andersen (JD ’99),Morristown, NJ: a daughter, Lily Patricia.5/24/05Catherine Dyksterhouse Foca (’99) andChris Foca, Knoxville, TN: a daughter, EmmaElizabeth. 12/22/05. She joins her sister,Ainsley Jo (1 1/2).Sarah Van Auken Hulcher (’99) and WillHulcher, Richmond,VA: a daughter, TolorO’Neale. 10/19/05William A.S. Hunt (’99) and AmandaEdmonds Hunt (’97), Cornelius, NC: adaughter, Georgia Anne. 7/20/05Andrew Lampros (’99) and SuzanneLampros, Atlanta: a son, Gregory John.9/30/05. He joins his brother, Peter (7), andsister, Liza (5).Jill Rader Sergison (’99) and PeterSergison, Durham, NC: a son, Andrew Rader.12/5/05Allyson Fayard Sonntag (’99) and DavidSonntag (’00), Raleigh, NC: a son, AsherDavid. 9/7/05T. Wesley Templeton (MD ’99) and LeahBumgarner Templeton (MD ’99), Winston-Salem: a daughter, Madeline Elise. 11/22/05.She joins her sister, Lauren Elise (20 months).Suzanne Davis Campbell (’00) andW. Taylor Campbell III (’00, MSA ’01),Winston-Salem: a daughter, Davis Lauren.12/17/05Kristen Hancock Shoemaker (’00,MAEd ’04) and Ben Shoemaker, Tulsa,OK: a daughter, Elizabeth Macrae. 8/17/05Vance Jennings (’01) and Mary Erin AuldJennings, Franklin, NC: a daughter, RileyGrace. 10/10/05www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 55

OBITUARYWilliam H. Gulley,professor emeritus of sociologyWill Maddux (MBA ’03) and RebeccaMaddux, Winston-Salem: a son, HudsonRobert. 1/1/06Scott K. Petty (MBA ’04) and Karen Petty,Clemmons, NC: a daughter, Gwendolyn.Adopted 9/13/05 from China.Scott S. Poelman (JD ’04) and Heidi NoelPoelman (MA ’04), San Diego, CA: a son,Zachary Stoddard. 9/15/05Barry William Korinek (MBA ’05) andLeslie Korinek, Charlotte, NC: a daughter,Madeline. 4/7/05DeathsProfessor Emeritus William H. Gulley, who taught in the sociologydepartment from 1966 until retiring in 1987, died on December 19,2005, at his home in Winston-Salem. He was 85. He is survived by hiswife, Jacqueline, and three children, Peggy, Bill (’86), and John.Gulley came late to academe, serving more than a decade in the Navybefore returning to school for his Ph.D. and beginning his teaching career.At Wake Forest, he taught courses on the sociology of religion, urbanstudies, and social and volunteer organizations. His research interestswere in volunteer organizations and the urban community.Professor Emeritus of Sociology John Earle was in graduate school withGulley at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was alreadyon the sociology faculty when he was hired. “He was a kind person, whotook a lot of interest in his students, and a good colleague,”said Earle,who retired in 2001. “He was someone who was very easy to work with.”Professor of Sociology Catherine Harris, who once team-taught aclass with Gulley on the sociology of art, said he was unassuming andquiet, but also funny and witty. “He was a great lecturer, and the studentsenjoyed him. He was really interested in the welfare of students, and hemaintained contact with many of them.”A native of Petersburg,Virginia, Gulley volunteered for the Navy in1937. During World War II, he served in Europe and Guadalcanal andwas on the Navy boxing team. Following the war, he graduated fromUNC, but he returned to the Navy in 1948 and served as an intelligenceand communications officer in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.After he retired from the Navy in 1953, he taught biology, chemistry, andphysics at a school in Virginia before returning to UNC and earning hismaster’s degree in 1957 and his Ph.D. in 1961. He founded the sociologydepartments at Virginia Commonwealth University and Eastern KentuckyUniversity before joining the Wake Forest faculty in 1966 in what wasthen a combined sociology and anthropology department.J. Floyd Fletcher (’34), Dec. 7, 2005,Durham, NC. A pioneering television executiveand prominent civic leader, he was a lifetrustee of Wake Forest and one of theUniversity’s major benefactors. He was amajor supporter of the School of Law, establishinga full-tuition scholarship in memoryof his father in 1978. He served on the Boardof Trustees (1973–76 and 1982–85) andreceived the Distinguished Alumni Awardin 1986. After serving in the Navy duringWorld War II, he moved to Durham andstarted radio station WTIK. In 1954, he andbusiness partner Harmon Duncan began thefirst television station in the area, WTVD.Several years later, WTVD became a part ofwhat would eventually become Capital CitiesBroadcasting Corporation. He served as avice president and director of Capital Citiesuntil his retirement. He was inducted intothe North Carolina Association of BroadcastersHall of Fame in 1989. He is survivedby his wife, Jean, two daughters, Barbaraand Betsy, a son, Jim, and two stepchildren,Susan and Jeff.Edwin F. Perry (’38), Oct. 25, 2005,Louisville, KY. He served as a Baptist pastor inFayetteville and Rockingham, NC, and for 31years at Broadway Baptist Church inLouisville, KY, where he was pastor emeritus.Worth Hart Copeland (’39, MA ’41), Oct.29, 2005, Garner, NC. He served in the U.S.Navy during World War II. He was assistantand later secretary and treasurer at WakeForest College until 1968. He retired fromthe North Carolina Employment SecurityCommission in 1978.56 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

James E. Etheridge (’40), Nov. 7, 2005,Wilson, NC. He served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II and was a lifelong memberof the North Carolina Dental Association.Elbert Cray Hill Jr. (’40), Nov. 2, 2005,Sterling,VA. He served in the U.S. Army AirCorps during World War II. He taught mathematicsat the University of Miami andretired in 1980 from the U.S. WeatherBureau/National Weather Service andNational Hurricane Center in Miami, FL.Leon Thomas Raynor (’40), Sept. 1, 2005,Maple Hill, NC.G. Franklin Owen Jr. (’41), Dec. 14, 2005,Green Cove Springs, FL. He was a retiredcolonel in the U.S. Air Force and a WorldWar II veteran. He practiced medicine inNorth Carolina from 1949 to 1993.W. Hammond Floyd (’42, JD ’47), Oct. 18,2005, Myrtle Beach, SC. He served in the U.S.Army during World War II. He was a specialagent with the FBI in Cleveland, Albany,New York and Washington, D.C. until 1975.Henry “Hank” Bougus (’43), Nov. 25, 2005,Solvay, NY. He served in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II. He was a physical educationteacher for the West Genesee CentralSchool District for 35 years, retiring in 1983.James “Jimmie”Arthur Jeffries (’45),Nov.21, 2005, Greensboro, NC. He retired after 34years as a photographer with the GreensboroNews & Record, was a security officer forGuilford Security and worked with his sonsas a key maker and locksmith.LeRoy C. Hand Jr. (’47, MD ’50), Dec. 10,2005, Camden, NC. He served in the U.S.Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. He had aprivate family medical practice in GatesCounty for 24 years and was a Coast Guardmedical officer and hospital physician atAlbemarle Hospital until his retirement.Harold L. Brenton (MD ’48), Dec. 2, 2005,Port Orange, FL. He served in the U.S. Armyduring the Korean War and practiced internalmedicine for 25 years in Mason City, IA.John Northan Bridgman Jr. (’48), Nov. 15,2005, Wilmington, NC. He served in the U.S.Navy during World War II. His career in educationbegan in the New Hanover Countyelementary schools where he was principalof Wrightsville Beach School, administratorof the Wilmington Head Start program, anaccreditor for the Southern Association forAccreditation of North Carolina PublicSchools, director of the N.C. AdvancementSchool in Winston-Salem, and educationconsultant to the Architects of N.C.Elementary Schools for the Department ofPublic Education. He retired in 1989 and wasa consultant to the Lumberton School Boardand later chairman of the Wrightsville BeachPlanning Board.Wilbur Smith Doyle Sr. (’48), Jan. 2, 2006,Martinsville,VA. He was a prominent businessmanand generous supporter of WakeForest who served on the Alumni Counciland the College Board of Visitors. In 1986, heprovided funding for the award now knownas the Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence inTeaching in honor of his Wake Forest philosophyprofessor, A.C. Reid. A foundation heestablished provides scholarships to studentsfrom Martinsville attending Wake Forest andother colleges. A veteran of the Army-AirCorp during World War II, he founded DoyleLumber Co. in 1948 and later operated otherlumber-related companies until his retirementin 1989. He was a past president of theSoutheastern Lumber ManufacturersAssociation. He is survived by his wife, Lillie;three daughters, Gail Gregory (’74), SarahKrebs (’78) and Mary Elizabeth Doyle; andtwo sons, Wilbur Smith “Smitty” Doyle Jr.(’72) and David Reid Doyle (MBA ’87).Dolores M. Thompson (MD ’48), Sept. 25,2005,Villa Park, CA.P.A. Cline Jr. (’49), Jan. 14, 2006, BoilingSprings, NC. He served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II and was a retired professoremeritus of Gardner-Webb University.He was an ordained minister of the SouthernBaptist Church.William P. Currier Jr. (’49, JD ’51), Dec. 24,2005, Charlotte, NC. He served in the U.S.Navy during World War II and practiced lawin Chase City,VA. He retired to Charlotte in1982 to be closer to his two sons.Randall Altmon Dyches Sr. (’49), Oct. 13,2005, Folly Beach, SC. He served in theMerchant Marines during World War II andwas retired from G.M.A.C. in Charleston, SC.William A. Lattimore (’49), Nov. 6, 2005,Clemmons, NC. He was a retiredoptometrist.Herbert R. Berry Jr. (’50), Dec. 16, 2005,Shrewsbury, PA. He served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II and was a communicationsengineer for the Department ofDefense. He was an avid golfer.Wendell M. Lykins (’50), Aug. 5, 2005,Louisville, KY. He was a retired high schoolteacher.Max A. Nance (’50), Dec. 6, 2005, Asheboro,NC. He served in the U.S. Navy and wasowner/operator of Nance ChevroletCompany until selling the dealership in 1991.Howard Allan Jemison Jr. (MD ’51), Nov.29, 2005, Raleigh, NC. He served in the U.S.Navy during World War II. He had a privatemedical practice in Essex, MA, was the headof student health services at Wake Forest,and had a private practice in King, NC. Hewas a medical consultant for North CarolinaDisability Determination Services from 1985until his retirement in 1997.Margaret Garren Allen (’52), Nov. 1, 2005,Wake Forest, NC. She worked with herhusband at the community newspaper, TheWake Weekly, for 44 years. She was active inthe Wake Forest College Birthplace Society.Robert Paschal Burns (’52), Nov. 7, 2005,Raleigh, NC. He was an architect and a professorin the College of Design at NorthCarolina State University.John A. “Buck” Jones Jr. (BBA ’52), Oct. 11,2005, Clayton, NC. He served in the U.S. AirForce during the Korean War. He worked atCarolina Packers in Smithfield, NC, takingover after his father’s retirement. He bredquarter horses and represented North andSouth Carolina as the first director to theAmerican Quarter Horse Association.www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 57

OBITUARYThomas Gossett,English professor and authorProfessor Emeritus Thomas F. Gossett, a longtime English professorwho spent much of his career writing about the history of race inAmerica, died on December 11, 2005, in Winston-Salem. He was 89.Gossett, who specialized in American history, philosophy, and socialscience, taught 19th and 20th century American fiction and introductorycomposition and literature courses. After he retired in 1987, he remaineda frequent visitor to the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, where he continuedhis research and writing. He is survived by his wife, Louise.“One thing that is clear about him is that he is charmingly unforgettable,”saidProvost Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of English Edwin G.Wilson (’43) during a memorial service for Gossett on December 15. “Inrecent days friends around the Wake Forest campus have laughed andcried over him, unwilling to believe that he will not again be walking—one more time—into the library in search of yet another errant piece ofinformation or just looking for someone to tell a story to.”Gossett received national attention for his landmark 1963 book, Race:The History of an Idea in America, written several years before he joinedthe Wake Forest faculty in 1967. A new edition of the book was printed in1997. “As a scholar (he) was widely recognized as the author of one of thebest books on race in America,”Wilson said. “He did not wince from takingon this most difficult subject of his native South, and he explored historic,brutal racism with exacting research and ethical human understanding.”Gossett also received wide acclaim for his 1985 book, Uncle Tom’sCabin and American Culture, which examined how the 19th century novelby Harriet Beecher Stowe influenced attitudes toward race.A native of Dallas, Texas, Gossett earned his bachelor’s and master’sdegrees from Southern Methodist University and his doctorate from theUniversity of Minnesota. He served as a radio operator in the Army AirForce during World War II and was stationed in Europe, the Middle East,and the Far East. He taught English and American literature at LouisianaState University, Wesleyan College in Georgia, and Trinity University inTexas prior to coming to Wake Forest.Jeanette Hughes Jordan (’52), Nov. 3, 2005,Raeford, NC. She served in many capacitiesat First Baptist Church in Raeford for morethan 50 years. She volunteered for 20 yearsat FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital inPinehurst and taught second grade in theHoke County public schools for 13 years.Willis E. “Doc” Murphrey III (’52, JD ’57),Dec. 6, 2005, Roanoke Rapids, NC. He wasone of Wake Forest’s most famous alumni,known for his humorous stories and leadingthe cheers at Groves Stadium, no matterhow bad the score. After taking some 11years to finish his undergraduate and lawdegrees (broken up by a two-year stint inthe U.S. Army), Murphrey was well on hisway to becoming an unforgettable character.Professionally, he began and ended hislegal career in private law practice inRoanoke Rapids, sandwiched around 20years as an assistant district attorney forHalifax, Northampton, Hertford and Bertiecounties. But it was his love of Wake Forestthat endeared him to generations of alumni.He received the University’s Medallion ofMerit last year. “No boy ever went to WakeForest College and enjoyed it more than Idid,”he said in an article in the September2005 issue of Wake Forest Magazine(www.wfu.edu/magazine). He is survived byhis wife,Yvonne, and children EveretteMurphrey (’81, JD ’84) and Susan BrittMacon.Roy E. Snell (’52), Oct. 26, 2005, Lexington,NC. He served in the U.S. Navy during theKorean War. He entered the ministry andreturned to South Korea as a SouthernBaptist missionary. He also served inIndonesia and Guam before retiring. He issurvived by his wife of 51 years, SarahBrooks Snell (’53), six sons: Jim, John, Tom(’80, MAEd ’82), David, Steve and Bo, and11 grandchildren.B.C. Phillips Jr. (’54, MD ’57), Oct. 25,2005, Walterboro, SC. He served in the U.S.Air Force and was in general medical practicefor 41 years.Barbara Geer Davis (’55), Oct. 16, 2005,Semora, NC. She was retired from theDurham County school system and servedas a minister’s wife for 40 years.58 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Samuel Carson Flynn Jr. (’55), Dec. 4, 2005,Virginia Beach,VA. He served in the U.S.Navy for 31 years as a fighter pilot and landingsignal officer. He received many awardsincluding the Silver Star, five DistinguishedFlying Crosses, three Meritorious ServiceMedals, 22 Strike Flight Air Medals, twoindividual awards of the Air Medal and threeNavy Commendation Medals.Rudolph R. Pulley (’55), Dec. 2, 2005,Creedmoor, NC.Roger C. Slater (MD ’55), Nov. 26, 2005,Prescott, AZ. He served in the U.S. Navy andpracticed medicine in Blythe, CA, for over 40years as chief of staff and chief of surgery atPalo Verde Hospital. He was inducted intothe Florida State University Hall of Fame in1994. From 2002 to 2004 he was medicaldirector for Yavapai County Long Term Care.Faye Tyndall Smith (’55), Dec. 11, 2005,Huntington, WV. She was a school teacheruntil her marriage to the late Robert ForestSmith (’53). Memorials may be made to theRobert Forest Smith III Scholarship Fund,Wake Forest University, PO Box 7227,Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227 or to the R.F.Smith Jr. Memorial Fund, The Fifth AvenueBaptist Church, 1135 Fifth Avenue,Huntington, WV 25701.Charles Edward “Ed” Stines (’57),Nov.4,2005, Winston-Salem. He taught junior highschool, pastored Baptist churches inWilmington, King, Boone, Kernersville andWinston-Salem, and served as interim pastorin Hickory, Charlotte and the Pilot MountainAssociation.John G. “Jack”Ammons (’58), July 4, 2005,Red Springs, NC. He served in the U.S. Navy.He was retired from the North CarolinaVocational Rehabilitation office in Lumberton,NC, was a charter member of the Red SpringsRescue Squad, and a funeral director withBoles Funeral Home.Marjorie Colmer Bond (’58), Nov. 14, 2005,Miami, FL. She taught French and governmentin the Miami-Dade school system. Sheretired as chair of the Romance LanguageDepartment in 1989.Robert Harold “Bob” Clodfelter (’58), Dec.1, 2005, Lexington, NC. He served in the U.S.Navy during the Korean War and was aretired vice president and branch managerfor Lexington State Bank. He is survived byhis wife, Joan, four children and six grandchildren.Raleigh Alton Holt Jr. (’58), Oct. 18, 2005,Edmond, OK. He served in the U.S. ArmyDental Corps and operated a family dentistrypractice for 12 years in Orangeburg,SC. He was a professor of removableprosthodontics at the University ofOklahoma Health Sciences Center inOklahoma City, OK, for 25 years. He is survivedby his wife, Elaine Towe Holt (’61),four children, their spouses and six grandchildren.Lemuel P. Price (BBA ’58), Jan. 2, 2006,Greenville, SC. He served in the U.S. Armyand the Counter Intelligence Corps. He wasa retired sales engineer with Steel HeddleManufacturing Company.David A. Jones (JD ’59), Dec. 30, 2005,Gastonia, NC. He served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II. He was an insuranceexecutive and agency manager until hisretirement in 1990.Ronald Wayne Brown (’60), Nov. 23, 2005,Winston-Salem. He was vice president atAlexander & Alexander (formerly WachoviaInsurance Agency) until his retirement in1993.Louie A. Mauney (’60), Nov. 19, 2005, NorthMyrtle Beach, SC. He served in the U.S.Navy. He was on the board of directors forthe North Myrtle Beach Humane Society, amember of the Keep North Myrtle BeachBeautiful Committee, a columnist for theNorth Myrtle Beach Times and an election commissionerfor the City of North Myrtle Beach.He was honored as the 2005 North MyrtleBeach Volunteer of the Year.Dianne Lancaster Porter (’60), Dec. 9, 2005,Shallotte, NC. She taught school in Florida,Hawaii and Massachusetts.A. Hugh Altvater (MD ’61), Dec. 1, 2005,Charlotte, NC. He practiced pathology atWatauga Medical Center in Boone, NC.Charles D. Page (’61), Oct. 28, 2005,Charlotte, NC. He was pastor of First BaptistChurch of Charlotte.Paul W. Sullivan Jr. (’61), Dec. 16, 2005,Hendersonville, NC. He was an administratorwith the Scotland County Schools inLaurinburg, NC, for 30 years, retiring in 1991.Memorials may be made to the Wake ForestUniversity Scholarship Funds, PO Box 7227,Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227 or theAmerican Heart Association, PO Box 5216,Glen Allen,VA 23058-5216.William Beecher Echols Jr. (MD ’63),Nov.19, 2005, Lexington,VA. He served in the U.S.Navy and retired from his private medicalpractice in 2004.Norian Denny Fordham Jr. (’63), Jan. 18,2006, Winston-Salem. He was with DuncanMusic Company for 37 years, owned andoperated Fordham Music Co., was anemployee of Target Stores, a bus driver forthe Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools,and a cafeteria cashier at SouthwestElementary School. He was a lifelong musicianwith a career in church music as assistantdirector and director of the Salem Band,director of the Moravian Band, SouthernProvince, and director of music at OlivetMoravian Church.Vincent J. Lamphier (MA ’63), Nov. 7, 2005,Harrington, DE. He was an assistant professorof mathematics at Elon College until1973. He retired in 1991 as manager of theComputer Information Center of the State ofDelaware.Barr G. Ashcraft (’64), Oct. 30, 2005,Amherst, MA. He was a photojournalistwith images appearing in Life, NationalGeographic, Newsweek, Time and other newspapersand magazines around the world.He was a retired building contractor after25 years in the family business.Paul E. Barber (’64), Dec. 13, 2005, Raleigh,NC.Kenneth E. Ford (’65), Jan. 16, 2006,Fleetwood, NC. He was retired from R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Co. with 30 years of service.www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 59

Joanna Lawrence Rollman (’68), Dec. 27,2005, Greensboro, NC. She loved music, wasa renovator and interior decorator and on theMurfreesboro (NC) Historical Commission.She is survived by her husband, Roger (’67),two sons, Lawrence and Sean (’94), and agranddaughter.Charles E. Kirkpatrick (’69, MA ’70), Oct.29, 2005, Frankfurt, Germany. Funeral serviceswere in Waynesville, NC. He served in theU.S. Army for 20 years, retiring as a major in1991. He was a historian for the U.S. Army,taught at West Point, and published threebooks, with two awaiting publication. He issurvived by his wife, Carol, and daughter,Celia Kirkpatrick (’01).Samuel L. Sehorn (’69, MD ’72), Sept. 22,2005, San Marcos, TX. He was a cardiothoracicsurgeon at St. Joseph Hospital in Texas.Robert W. “Bob” Callahan (’70), Dec. 8,2005, Shelby, NC. He was a research chemistfor 20 years with Hoechst-Celanese. Heserved in the U.S. Army and was a memberof the American Chemical Society.Memorials may be made to Wake ForestUniversity, PO Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC27109-7227 or to the Uptown Shelter, PO Box36471, Charlotte, NC 28236.Thomas W. Starling (’71), July 20, 2005,High Point, NC. He served 20 years in theU.S. Navy and was district manager for theHigh Point Enterprise.James Bradley Simons (’72), Dec. 8, 2005,Jacksonville, FL. He toured and played golfwith the Professional Golfers Association.David Rodney Duke (’73, JD ’77), Jan. 5,2006, Kinston, NC. He was a trial attorney for28 years, past president of the Lenoir CountyBar Association and the Eighth JudicialDistrict Bar, past director of the N.C.Association of Defense Attorneys, and a lifemember of the National Registry of Who’sWho.Mark Fletcher Foltz (’74), Oct. 25, 2005,Winston-Salem.Benjamin Kreth Ball (’78), July 16, 2005,Morehead City, NC. He was co-owner ofCentury 21 Newsome-Ball Realty.Jerry Wayne Lawson (MS ’80), Dec. 14,2005, Pfafftown, NC.Michael Reid Laffon (’81), Nov. 23, 2005,Hickory, NC. He was a retired pastor of ZionLutheran Church in Jersey City, NY.D. Bruce Blake (’84), Oct. 28, 2005,Dunwoody, GA. He attended Wake Forestbefore graduating from the University ofGeorgia. He is survived by his parents, abrother and two sisters.Stuart Bruce McGuire (’85), Dec. 15, 2005,Concord, NC. He was with IBM and a systemsarchitect with Wachovia Bank.Jennepher Hart Micalizzi (’87), Jan. 8, 2006,Charlotte, NC. She was a physician in internalmedicine.Roderick Edward Sparnicht Jr. (MA ’87),Nov. 12, 2005, East Bend, NC. He served inthe Korean War and was a technical writerand engineer for Bell Systems, WesternElectric and AT&T. Memorials may be madeto Brenner Children’s Hospital, MedicalCenter Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157.James M. Blackburn Sr. (MBA ’96), Jan. 15,2006, Clemmons, NC. He was an engineerand assistant director in FacilitiesManagement at Wake Forest, as well as amember of S.O.R.T. He is survived by hiswife, Sara, and children, James Jr. andBonnie.Christen Wulff Balady (’01), Nov. 30, 2005,Philadelphia, PA. She was the circulationcoordinator for Anthropologie. Memorials maybe made to the Christen Balady MemorialScholarship Fund, Wake Forest University,PO Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227.Beverly Paul (MS ’03), Oct. 18, 2005,Sacramento, CA. She was a graduate studentat the University of California, Davis.Students, Friends,Faculty/StaffGeorge Walker Box Jr., Nov. 21, 2005,Winston-Salem. He was with Wells JenkinsLucas & Jenkins PLLC. Memorials may bemade to the George Walker Box Jr. Trust forBrain Cancer Research, Wake ForestUniversity Health Sciences Brain TumorCenter of Excellence, Medical CenterBoulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, or to acharity of the donor’s choice.Betty Cheek, Dec. 29, 2005, Greensboro, NC.She was the wife of Life Trustee CharlesCheek (’41).Benny “Gray” Cockerham III, Oct. 21, 2005,Conover, NC. He was the son of Jill andBenny Gray Cockerham Jr. (’82) and waskilled in action in Iraq. Memorials may bemade to the Benny Gray Cockerham IIIUSMC Memorial Fund, Wake ForestUniversity, PO Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC27109-7227.Stanley M. Frank, Jan. 2, 2006, Greensboro,NC. A longtime chairman of the PiedmontTriad Airport Authority board, he oversawthe growth of the airport for two decades.He was a generous donor to the Universityand a past member of the College Board ofVisitors, the Medical Center’s Board ofVisitors and the Comprehensive CancerCenter Board. He received an honorarydoctor of humanities degree in 1981. Hewas currently serving on the board ofdirectors of Reynolda House Museum ofAmerican Art. A native of New York City,he moved to Greensboro in 1936 to work atCarolina By Products, which he later bought,and he chaired the board until 1988. He wasa founding member of the Greensboro SportsCouncil and a founding partner of the originalGreensboro Generals professional hockeyteam. His childhood fascination in flying ledhim to become a private pilot, and he servedon the airport authority board for more than30 years, including 20 years as chairman(1972–1992). He is survived by his wife,Dorothy, and sons Barry and William.John Zebulon “Zeb” Green Jr., Nov. 12,2005, Thomasville, NC. He was the retiredCEO and chairman of the board of GreenPrinting Co. in Lexington, NC. He was amajor donor to the medical school andserved on the school’s Board of Visitors.Rosemary Bernard Groves, Jan. 15, 2006,Winston-Salem. She was a social worker forthe American Red Cross, managed a researchproject for Baylor College of Medicine, wasassistant to the dean and personnel officerof Harvard Divinity School, assistant to thepresident of Guilford College, and managerof the pharmacology and physiology departmentsat the Wake Forest University Schoolof Medicine. She is survived by her husband,Dr. Richard Groves, pastor of Wake ForestBaptist Church, a daughter, two sons and agranddaughter. Memorials may be made toWake Forest Baptist Church, PO Box 7326,Winston-Salem, NC 27109.Mittie Lee Orr Hatch, Jan. 9, 2006,Columbia, SC. She was the mother ofPresident Nathan O. Hatch. Memorials maybe made to the James M. Hatch Chair inCounseling at Columbia InternationalUniversity, PO Box 3122, Columbia, SC 29230.60 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Paula S. Henson, Jan. 18, 2006, Orlando, FL.She was the wife of the late Glen Henson(’27) and a major donor to the College andlaw school.Mae Duckworth Hope, Dec. 4, 2005,Charlotte, NC. She was the wife of the lateC.C. Hope Jr. (’43), an influential board oftrustees chairman who chaired the searchcommitee that selected Thomas K. Hearn Jr.as Wake Forest’s twelfth president in 1984.She is survived by three children, Steve, Chipand Joan Bell (’76), and seven grandchildren.Henry Conrad Lauerman, Dec. 25, 2005,Winston-Salem. A former Navy captain, hetaught in the School of Law from 1963 untilretiring in 1993. After graduating from theU.S. Naval Academy in 1938, he servedaboard four submarines during World War IIand became the youngest officer to commanda submarine during the war. Followingthe war, he was assigned to the JudgeAdvocate General’s office and studied law atGeorgetown University School of Law. Helater commanded an amphibious commandship before retiring from the Navy in 1962. Ayear later, he received a post-graduatedegree in law from Duke University andjoined the Wake Forest law faculty. He is survivedby his wife, Josephine; a son, Thomas;and three stepchildren, Edward, James andSusan.John F. McNair III, Nov. 3, 2005, Winston-Salem. He was president and CEO ofWachovia Corporation and an avid donorand fundraiser.Ricky Douglas Mitchell (MDiv ’06), Dec. 7,2005, Winston-Salem. He retired after 25years from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. andwas pursuing his master’s in the DivinitySchool at Wake Forest.Dorothy Myers Morehead, Nov. 30, 2005,Winston-Salem. She was active in manycharities and organizations and pursuedinterests in gardening, books, golf andbridge. Memorials may be made to theRobert P. and Dorothy M. MoreheadPathology Research Fund, c/o Office ofDevelopment, Wake Forest University BaptistMedical Center, Medical Center Boulevard,Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1021.Hazel Robey, Nov. 1, 2005, Winston-Salem.She was retired from the Wake ForestAdvancement Office.Louis de Schweinitz Shaffner, Jan. 11, 2006,Winston-Salem. A graduate of HarvardMedical School, he completed his medicaltraining at the Bowman Gray School ofMedicine and joined the faculty there in1951. He practiced general surgery andpioneered the specialty of pediatric surgeryin Forsyth County. He was named professoremeritus of surgery in 1985 and received theMedical Alumni Association’s Bowman GrayAward in 1992.Dorabelle Graves Sykes, Jan. 3, 2006, MountAiry, NC. She was a generous donor to theCollege and Medical School and the widowof Charles L. Sykes (’36). She is survived bytwo daughters, Elizabeth and Charlotte, andone son, Charles Jr.Robert Newell White, Oct. 23, 2005,Advance, NC. A graduate of HarvardUniversity and its School of Business, he wasan executive with International PaperCompany before joining the faculty at theBabcock Graduate School of Management in1972. He retired in 1982. The school’s RobertWhite Award is given annually to the MBAstudent presenting the best managementpracticum from a field study/consulting projectdone for a sponsoring company.Reba Moore Williams, Nov. 4, 2005,Newton, NC. She was a member of thePresident’s Club and a donor to the DeaconClub, College Fund and Law Fund.Mary Yorke Wyatt, Dec. 16, 2005, Raleigh,NC. She was the widow of William LutherWyatt Jr. (’35). Memorials may be made tothe William L. Wyatt Scholarship Trust,Wake Forest University, PO Box 7227,Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227.Elizabeth Blossom Peterson, Nov. 10, 2005,Winston-Salem. She was a retired secretaryin the Classical Languages department atWake Forest.www.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 61

I N T E R V I E WAdaptableArchitect Mark Kirchner (’85) has changed careers as well as continents.QWhat Ain the world led you to the UAE of all places?Eighty percent of the population in the UAE is expatriate,and one of the job benefits is plane tickets back everyyear to the place of origin. After Hawaii, I was interestedin visiting another part of the world, and one that wasclose to the environment my wife grew up in. Thiswas a chance for her to be close to home and have anopportunity to speak her native Urdu. We figured onfour years, and are midway through our sixth year. Basedon the average expat, we have at least four more to gobefore we get away from here. Life is surprisingly safeand comfortable, once you get used to the heat andhumidity.Mark and Samia Kirchner with their daughter, MayaMQ Aark Kirchner (’85) is Facilities Director/UniversityArchitect for the American University of Sharjah inthe United Arab Emirates. A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania,Kirchner graduated from Wake Forest with a major inmathematics and a minor in computer science. He earnedhis master of architecture degree in 1995 from GeorgiaTech, where he met his future wife, Samia, a native ofPakistan. After working in Atlanta and Hawaii, he movedin 2000 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a tiny triangleof a country at the mouth to the Persian Gulf, surrounded bythe gulf, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.Why did you return to school to become an architect?I was first drawn to architecture in high school throughthe design and construction of our family house. Thearchitect became a family friend. At Wake Forest, therewas no architecture degree, so I followed other interests,mixing art classes in with the study of numbers. Aftergraduation, I worked for a few years as a computerprogrammer, but was drawn back to architecture whiletouring the Sydney Opera House in 1989. The complexengineering and organization behind this inspiringbuilding was what really drew me in. A marriage betweenscience and art. I still use tools I learned from the computerjob every day. I don’t use any of the math, but mylogical approach to problem solving is indebted to theWake Forest mathematics department. It’s a good major,if not an obvious one. It’s adaptable, and can lead tomany fields.Qof ASharjah (AUS) the Wake Forest of the Middle East?We describe Wake Forest as small in size, big in resources,tall among national universities. Is the American UniversityAUS has about 4,000 students and strives for excellencein engineering, architecture, design, and business. TheCollege of Arts and Sciences provides strong classes forthe liberal arts angle. It also offers degrees in Englishand mass communications. The library has a specialreserve section, where books with nudity or unpopularthesis are kept. They are accessible to all, but are controlledto avoid vandalism. There is lively debate amongfaculty and students regarding everything from theappropriateness of certain topics in the classroom, tothe appropriateness of a mosque on an American universitycampus, to the right to raise roosters or chickensin the faculty housing area. It’s probably like WakeForest in its early years, and not just because of thechickens. The students are smart and intellectually veryactive, but have often had censored education beforeUniversity.QAny Achance of an exchange program between Wake Forestand AUS?I believe that an exchange program between Wake Forestand AUS would be a great way to strengthen the bridgebetween east and west. Although this is not my field,my experience at both universities reveals to me certainsimilarities. Both universities are small, promote liberalarts programs, and have low faculty/student ratios. Allclasses are taught in English. AUS is very Americanizedin the sense that it and the UAE are melting potsfor the region. There are sixty-eight nationalities at theuniversity. Most of the students are expatriates already62 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

living in the UAE. No one culture dominates, andacceptance of other cultures is the norm. The classroomsand student center are mixed, but no mixed visiting inthe dorms is allowed, and a curfew for dorm students isenforced. There are no fraternities; instead, AUS hasmore than fifty student clubs. Besides the typical photographyand diving clubs, there are almost as manycultural clubs as nationalities. I have trained almostthirty architecture students from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon,Egypt, Jordan, all the Arab countries. They are like studentseverywhere. Most are very bright, some are lazy.The students wear all kinds of dress at school. Somegirls wear the tightest, trendiest clothes, but may bewalking arm in arm with a fully covered friend. It’swonderfully contradictory.QOne Aword: signage. Navigation is a big problem on (my)As a university architect, do you have any ideas how to fixTribble Hall so students (and professors) don’t get lost?campus. Up to now, there has been almost no signage.It seems simple but is a time-consuming project thatcan’t be done in your spare time. In the five years I havebeen here, constant construction has meant no time forsoft design. As University Architect, I’m responsible forthe design and construction of all new campus buildings.In my tenure, the university has doubled in size, from2,000 to 4,200 students. I have designed and supervisedconstruction on numerous buildings, including academicbuildings for classrooms, engineering and science laboratories,a state-of-the-art library, a student center, a foodcourt with Starbucks, Burger King, and Pizza Hut, abowling facility, dormitories, a daycare, and facultyhousing.Qdecision?AYour wife is Muslim, and you were raised Catholic, butconverted to Islam several years ago. What led you to thatIslam does not allow Muslim women to marry outsideof their faith. It’s as simple as that. I was reluctant atfirst, but then I stood for my brother-in-law when heconverted to marry my wife’s sister. At that point, Irealized conversion was do-able within my personalfaith. We were raised Catholic, but my parents fell inlove with Samia and were open to my conversion. Itmade my wife’s family very happy. It also made living inthe UAE possible, although I didn’t realize that at thetime. Our wedding was a great introduction to theA building on the campus of the American University of Sharjah.wonderful combinations that occur with cultural mixing.The week before the wedding, I converted to Islam in amosque near the University of Pennsylvania. The Muslimwedding is called a Nikkah and took place inside arestaurant belonging to a friend in rural Lancastercounty. Two days later, we repeated our vows in a nondenominationalchurch ceremony for my parents andour friends.QWhat’s Ait like being an American in the Middle East todaywith the war in Iraq only about 500 miles away?I live and work on the university campus, in a houseI designed. I leave campus to go to dinner, shopping,movies, the beach. The beaches and water here are great.Our daughter Maya, born in the UAE, has been swimmingin the gulf since she was six-months-old. The war hasn’tnegatively impacted our life in the UAE any more thanit would in the U.S. But we may be more aware becausewe have perhaps more friends that are impacted. OurIraqi and Afghani friends hope every day for somepositive change. Lebanon, Pakistan, and other nearbycountries are facing difficulties too. We have friendsthat have faced hardships from last year’s tsunami andthe Kashmir earthquake. Nevertheless, the greater Arabregion and the Indian subcontinent need some place toinvest their money. There is apparently a lot of it. Asthe west becomes more closed, and the region remainsunstable, more and more money is being invested inneutral, stable, progressive Arab countries like the UAE,Kuwait, and Qatar. Similarly, the more difficult it is togo to school in America, the more students will come toAUS.I N T E R V I E Wwww.wfu.edu/alumni MARCH 2006 63

I N T E R V I E WQYou Awrote some friends before the war started that youweren’t particularly afraid of being in the Middle East andthat you saw your daily, random contact with MiddleEastern people as “the best glue for bonding together ourglobal society.” Was this being a little naïve, given all theconflicts in the world?Luckily, I had been in the region a year before 9/11. Iwork with a lot of people outside the University: consultants,contractors, government departments. Most ofthese people are from an Arab background. They seemto recognize that individuals shouldn’t be blamed for theactions of governments. They have a long history ofproblems between neighboring countries; perhaps thishelps them to see past politics and learn to work together.These experiences and friendships put me at relative ease.My friends at home did not have those experiences andso were afraid for me.This example supports my belief that fear is basedon the unknown. Once that fear is known, the understandingcan turn into acceptance and respect. Thenight after 9/11 we had a farewell dinner for my oldboss, a Palestinian-American who was returning tothe U.S. At that time, I was only one of two Americansin the administration. I was surrounded by my colleagueswho were Palestinians, Iraqis, Sudanese, Afghans, Arabs.All the countries President Bush listed as responsiblefor harboring terrorism. Everyone was in shock, andvery consolatory towards me. It gave me a very differentperspective from that of my friends in the U.S.QHow Ahas the UAE managed to remain stable and prosperous,when much of the Middle East is in perpetual conflict?Sharjah is one of seven city-states that joined togetherin the ’70s to form the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabiis the capital, Dubai is the famous tourist destination,and Sharjah is dedicated to heritage and education. Thegovernment is a royal monarchy, and is lucky to haveeducated, progressive leaders with a lot of money to spendon the welfare of the country. The nationals, the localpeople, are called Emiratis. You cannot become a nationaland get a passport from the UAE except by birth froman Emirati. This means the citizen population remainssmall and expatriates make up 80 percent of the population.They come from all the Arab states, plus Lebanon,Iran, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. From the west,the British are the most common, followed by Canadians,Australians, and finally, Americans. Russia and its bordercountries have become another strong workforce. Thecountry is predominantly Islamic, but there are manyChristians and Hindus as well.The stability of the country and its open policy hasdrawn in a lot of foreign investment. The UAE has a lotof respect in the region. You could say that the Emiratesare the Switzerland of the Mideast. The Ruler of Sharjahinvests in education in many other countries, fromEgypt to England. Nelson Mandela is a friend of theSharjah Ruler, and he gave a lecture at the University.One comment he made was something to the effect thatdemocracy is not the only effective form of government.He was referring to the success of Sharjah and the UAE.In retrospect, it also criticized the post 9/11 U.S. foreignpolicy of democratizing the region.As an American, I believe that democracy is the bestform of government yet implemented in human history.As an expatriate living in the Middle East with manynon-American friends, I realize that democracy is adelicate concept not easily implemented in this culture.The UAE government is now going through baby stepstowards democracy. I guess they realize that it onlytakes one lunatic to ruin a good monarchy. Things haveremained in good hands so far. Last year we saw thetransition of the Ruler in Abu Dhabi and last week(early January) the transition of the Dubai Ruler.QI hearAyou have first-hand knowledge of Saddam Hussein’sswimming ability?That would be second-hand knowledge. Most of theIraqis in the UAE had fled the reign of Saddam Hussein.They are happy he is gone. But it still isn’t safe to goback. We had a dinner party one night, cooked bySamia and my Afghan-Pakistani mother-in-law. Weinvited two Iraqi friends who had not previously met,a Lebanese couple and a German lady. After dinner thetwo Iraqis got to talking, trying to one up each other.The winner told a story about how he was swimmingin a lake one morning. Saddam Hussein showed up outof the blue and invited him to swim with him. They swamout together but Saddam swam back alone. My friendcame back with the boat guard. I’m not sure if it wasbecause Saddam was in better shape, or that my equallyfit friend was not allowed to disgrace the president.— Kerry M. King (’85)64 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE