Wake Forest Magazine September 2003 - Past Issues - Wake Forest ...

W AKE FOREST ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONPRESIDENT’S COLUMNGreetings,Wake Foresters! My name is Alfred Adams, andI am a member of the undergraduate Class of 1968 andthe Law School Class of 1973.I look forward to serving youduring my term as the new Alumni Association president.Please be sure to mark your calendars for Homecoming2003, which will be held on October 10-11.This year we arehonoring a very special Wake Forester at Homecoming,bestowing the Distinguished Alumni Award on retired ChaplainEd Christman (’50, JD ’53). Chaplain Christman will be honored during ourFriday evening reception for alumni, faculty, and emeriti faculty in the GreenRoom from 5–7 p.m.You won’t want to miss it. Since this reception also honorsother faculty, please be sure to complete the section of the Homecoming brochureabout professors you hope to see at this reception.We will extend a special invitationto them.On Saturday, October 11,we will hold our third Homecoming Service ofRemembrance, which honors the memory of Wake Foresters who have passedaway.The service will begin at 9 a.m. in Wait Chapel.The names of all WakeForesters who have passed away since October 2002 will be read aloud.A special highlight of Homecoming will be the Festival on the Quad, plannedfor Saturday morning. Bring your family and enjoy Krispy Kreme donuts andBiscuitville biscuits, games for the kids, and more.We are delighted to have livebluegrass music again this year, thanks to Dean Billy Hamilton, Cindy Hamilton,Dean Linda McKinnish Bridges, Rev. Harold McKinnish, Clay Hipp, BarbaraTrautwein, and Dr. Richard Zuber.The Festival on the Quad is a great way tostart the day, followed by our tailgate and football game against Georgia Tech,and ending after the game with a post-game party at Bridger Field House atGroves Stadium. Please call or e-mail your friends and classmates and makeplans to join us—Homecoming is a wonderful time for Wake Foresters to betogether!Also, I am pleased to partner with our National College Fund Chair, JimJudson (’80), as we set out to accomplish something that Wake Forest has neverdone before—achieving 10,000 donors to the College Fund. Please join Jim andme in reaching this historic goal. Every gift, no matter the amount, is meaningfulto Wake Forest. My goal for the upcoming year is to increase alumni participation.Weall benefited and continue to benefit from our Wake Forest education.Let’s show our support. As we hear each election year, “Every vote counts.”In the life of Wake Forest, “Every gift counts.”There is much more going on at Wake Forest, and I hope you will visit ourWeb site at www.wfu.edu/alumni to learn more. I look forward to serving you,and I hope to see you on campus very soon.Register for Homecoming atwww.wfu.edu/alumniAlfred Adams (’68, JD ’73)President, Wake Forest Alumni Associationaadams@wcsr.com1940sFrank Nanney (’40) has been elected a trusteeof Gardner-Webb University by the Baptist StateConvention.1950sDaphne Franklin Ledford (’54), founder ofthe Charlotte-Mecklenburg Celiac SupportGroup, received the 2003 James Gray CannonAward from the Mecklenburg Medical SocietyAlliance. She and her husband, WesleyLedford (’54),have two grown children andlive in Charlotte.Howard E. Glenn Jr. (’57),a retired vicepresident and investment officer at WachoviaSecurities, is chair of the Board of Visitors and amember of the Board of Trustees at Oak RidgeMilitary Academy, a college-prep boardingschool, in Oak Ridge, NC.Thomas K. Carlton Jr. (’59) is a pediatricianin Salisbury, NC. He and his wife, Mimi, havefour children, all Wake Forest graduates.Theyhave 14 grandchildren, all potential WakeForesters, who provide an active pediatricpractice for their pediatrician-in-residence.Jerald A. Holleman (’59) retired after 39 yearswith Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, NJ.He was vice president of state governmentaffairs for the pharmaceutical and corporateorganizations.1960sS. Bruce Edwards Jr. (’60) is founder andCEO of Bruce Edwards and Associates inResearch Triangle Park, NC. His search firm hasbeen placing senior executives in Fortune 500companies throughout the world for 15 years.J.Taylor Ryan (’62) is retired from IBM, livesin Southport, NC, and works for several softwaresolutions companies. His son, ShawnRyan (’96), lives in Atlanta.Caleb H. Barnhardt Jr. (’63) has been amember of the Wake Forest Deacon Club for40 years and has set up a basketball full-scholarshipendowment fund.Thomas D. Franklin Jr. (’63, MS ’67) resignedfrom the Texas Health Research Institute after13 years as president. His wife, Annie Faye, aBaptist Hospital Nursing School graduate, issenior vice president of Parkland MemorialHospital in Dallas.They are both enjoying theirfour grandsons.42 Wake Forest Magazine