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College launches inaugural class notes sectionWelcome to the inaugural edition of the Keystone AlumniNotes. Alumni news is listed by the year our graduates obtainedtheir first degree from the College of Education. Tosubmit your information for future editions of the Keystone,please use the Online Alumni Update Form in the Alumnisection of our Web site, or e-mail your news and updatesto eduinfo@auburn.edu.1948Dr. J. Floyd Hall, a retiredschool superintendentand college professor,was the subject ofthe book, In My WildestDreams, which chronicleshis childhood in Langdale,Ala., time playingon Valley’s (Ala.) professionalbaseball team, servicein the armed forces,studies at Auburn andlifetime achievementsand challenges in thefield of public education—includingduringthe time of desegregation.Dr. Hall currentlyserves on the AU Collegeof Education’s NationalAdvisory Council.1949In Memoriam: EthelCraddock, featured inthe 2006 edition of theKeystone magazine,passed away in November2006, just monthsafter celebrating her100th birthday.1959Dr. Joyce ReynoldsRinger was reappointedas Development Committeechair on the AuburnUniversity Collegeof Education’s NationalAdvisory Council. Beforeretiring to Auburn,Ala., with her husband,Ken ’59 (Engineering),she served as executivedirector of the GeorgiaAdvocacy Office.1960Dr. Thomas N. Taylor, aretired school superintendent,was named tothe Auburn UniversityCollege of Education’sNational Advisory Council.He and his wife,Laura, reside in Clinton,Miss.1962Dr. Ed Richardson wasnamed Auburn University’s17th president inSeptember 2006. Priorto his appointment as interimpresident in 2004,he served as Alabama’sstate superintendent ofeducation since 1995.In Memoriam: Dr. EarlH. “Buddy” Weaver ofBrewton, Ala., passedaway in September 2006.Most recently, he wasserving Auburn as cochairof the university’s“It Begins at Auburn”campaign. He was honoredin 1995 with thecreation of a College ofEducation scholarship inhis honor, which in part,recognized his service tothe university as interimvice president for Alumniand Development from1994 to 1995. He wasgranted an honorarydoctorate of humane lettersdegree from Auburnin August 2006.1963William D. “Bill” Langley,owner of SharoanEnterprises Inc. in Columbus,Ga., was namedExternal Relations Committeechair on the AuburnUniversity Collegeof Education’s NationalAdvisory Council. Heand his wife, Sharon, residein Columbus, Ga.1966Mary Anne BentleyCash, formerly of PhenixCity, Ala., and now a residentof West Point, Ga.,published the children’sbook Edward of Canterbury.The book recountsthe adventure of a “magical”cat with a blue andgreen eye who travelsthe English countrysideteaching valuable lessonsalong the way.1967Kay Ivey of Montgomery,Ala., was elected for asecond term as Alabama’sstate treasurer. She wasfirst elected as Alabama’s38th state treasurer in2002. A current memberof the college’s NationalAdvisory Council, Iveywas the 1996 recipientof the outstandingalumna award and 2005Keystone Leader-in-Residence.Dr. J. Carlton Smith, aretired public school superintendent,was namedchair of Academic AffairsCommittee on the AuburnUniversity Collegeof Education’s NationalAdvisory Council. Heand his wife, Martha, currentlyreside in VestaviaHills, Ala.1968Dr. Tim Alford, directorof Alabama’s Office ofWorkforce Development,was appointed to theAuburn University Collegeof Education’s NationalAdvisory Council.He and his wife, Freddie’73 (Education) reside inMontgomery, Ala.Lynda Tremaine, principalat Wrights Mill RoadElementary School inAuburn, Ala., was amonga team of school facultyto receive one of 28 Microsoft2006 U.S. InnovativeTeachers Forumawards given nationwide.Dr. Carol EdmundsonHutcheson, principal ofEast Columbus MagnetAcademy in Columbus,Ga., was named InternalRelations Committeechair on the AuburnUniversity College ofEducation’s NationalAdvisory Council. Sheand her husband, Dr.James “Jim” Hutcheson’66 (Education) reside inColumbus, Ga.1971Mary Allen Hall of theAlachua County SchoolDistrict in Gainesville,Fla., was among thenearly 7,800 teachersnationally who achievedNational Board Certificationin 2006.Donna CarpenterBurchfield, a lawyerwith King & Spalding,was appointed to theAuburn University Collegeof Education’s NationalAdvisory Council.She and her husband, E.Penn Nicholson III, residein Atlanta, Ga.1973Marcia Fink Webb, anacademic venture teacherat Cary Woods ElementarySchool in Auburn,Ala., was among thenearly 7,800 teachersnationally who achievedNational Board Certificationin 2006.Dr. W. Mabrey WhetstoneJr., director ofSpecial Education Servicesin the Alabama StateDepartment of Education,was named to AuburnUniversity Collegeof Education’s NationalAdvisory Council. Heand his wife, Charlotte’78 (Education), residein Titus, Ala.Alice Yarbrough of Auburn,Ala., was selectedas 2007 Teacher of theYear by Dean Road ElementarySchool (Auburn),where she teachessecond grade.1975Dr. Wright Lassiter Jr.of Dallas, Texas was appointedby the boardof trustees of the DallasCounty Community Collegeas the institution’ssixth chancellor. Lassiter,appointed in June2006, is the communitycollege’s first African-American chancellor. He52 Building A Better Future for All education.auburn.edu