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

1981Dan Barrett (JD ’85) is a 2004 candidate forgovernor of North Carolina.Walter Elias III is a commander in the U.S.Navy, a family physician and head ofclinical/business operations at the NavalHealthcare Support Office in San Diego.Benjamin K. Hodge graduated from the U.S.Army Command and General Staff College inFt. Leavenworth, KS. He is on active duty withTask Force-105 Engineer Group (Combat) and isemployed by OneSource/Long Communicationsin Winston-Salem, where he and his family live.1982Clifford P. Britt (JD/MBA ’86) is with Comerford& Britt LLP in Winston-Salem focusing on medicalmalpractice and catastrophic injuries. He islegislative vice president of the N.C. Academyof Trial Lawyers and a member of the executivecommittee of the Board of Governors.1983Julie Oakman Barringer received her master’sin special education for children withbehavior disorders from Georgia StateUniversity in Atlanta. She and her husbandmoved to London, England, in 1997. She is astay-at-home mom with their three children,Alex (11), Grayson (8) and Jack (5).Mark C. Hamblin is a commercial lines propertyand casualty agent with Cameron M. Harris& Company in Washington, NC. He and his wife,Jan, have three boys, Mark Jr., Christian and James.Eloise McCain Hassell (JD) is a fulltime lecturerof business law at the UNC-GreensboroBryan School of Business and Economics. Shereceived the 2003 UNC-G Alumni TeachingExcellence Award.Chris E. Leon (JD) was honored in ChambersUSA:America’s Leading Business Lawyers for bankingand finance. He is with Womble CarlyleSandridge & Rice in Winston-Salem.David Ramsey is a strategic account executivewith IKON Management Services. He and hiswife,Terri, have two daughters, Sarah Catherine(1 1/2) and Blair (5).They live in Greensboro,NC.David Sanders is a shareholder with ReinhartBoerner Van Deuren in Milwaukee,WI. He andhis wife, Jennifer (’84),have two children,Hallie (11) and Henry (9).They were excited lastwinter to see the Demon Deacon men’s basketballteam at Wisconsin and Marquette!Grella (JD ’85)1985Tim G. Barber (JD), with Womble CarlyleSandridge & Rice in Charlotte, was honored inChambers USA:America’s Leading Business Lawyersfor litigation.Thomas C. Grella (JD), with McGuire Wood &Bissette PA in Asheville, NC, was electedSecretary of the Law Practice ManagementSection of the American Bar Association.Gary G. Henning is assistant vice president ofthe American Insurance Association, a nationaltrade association for property/casualty insurers.John C. “Mase” Mason is a lieutenant colonelin the U.S. Army. He has been reassigned to theU.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia. His wife, Rocio,and two sons, John-Fausto and Alex, will join him.Mike Pratapas (MAEd ’88), formerly an associateathletics director at Wake Forest, has been namedan associate athletics director for development atRice University. He will oversee all athleticsdepartment fundraising.Cynthia Clifford Quinlan (MBA ’91) is directorof marketing and communications for CSX WorldTerminals in Charlotte, NC.1986Laura Southard Gill has been in Sacramento,CA, since December and was recently namedinterim chief administative officer for El DoradoCounty, CA. Other “misplaced” Wake Foresterscan contact her at lauragill147@comcast.net.Bobby Ray Gordon (JD) is a protection officerwith the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees Office in Herat, Afghanistan, underthe SURGE Project between the InternationalRescue Committee and UNHCR.1987Craig Current is the director of golf and cluboperations for a golf course management companybased in Atlanta.OUR GIFTTO YOUYou can make a gift to WakeForest, and we’ll give backto you guaranteed lifetimeincome. If you are considering a giftto Wake Forest, and have highlyappreciated stock paying a small dividendor Certificates of Deposit comingdue, you may wish to consider aCharitable Gift Annuity. In additionto guaranteed lifetime income, someof which may be tax-free, you mayalso benefit from:A HIGHER PAYMENT AMOUNTAN IMMEDIATE CHARITABLEINCOME TAX DEDUCTIONREDUCED CAPITAL GAINSLIABILITYPROFESSIONAL INVESTMENTSERVICESThe 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) 752-8568Online: www.wfu.edu/campaign(under “Ways of Giving”)September 2003 45