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Class of 2010 welcomed with ‘open arms’THIRTY YEARS AFTER theywere freshmen at WakeForest, Jack (’78, JD ’81) and MaryJo Cunningham (’80) Elliott ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wereback on campus in mid-Augustdropping their daughter Lauraoff for her freshman year. AsLaura moved into her residencehall, Mary Jo Elliott pointed toLuter Residence Hall, then calledNew Dorm, where she once lived.“It’s a nice feeling that she’shere,” Mary Jo Elliott said. “We’vetold her that it’s not so mucha huge transition in her life asanother chapter in her life. Ithink the whole family will gainby having her come here.”Laura Elliott is one of themore than 1,100 freshmen in theClass of 2010; about 8 percent arechildren of alumni. More than7,300 applications were receivedfor this year’s freshman class,down about 2 percent from lastyear, but still the second highestnumber ever received. NorthCarolinians make up about afourth of the class, followed bystudents from New Jersey andPennsylvania (7 percent each),and New York and Virginia (6percent each).Jenna Redfearn of BoyntonBeach, Florida, looked at nineschools before choosing WakeForest. “I had always heard aboutWake Forest and knew that itwas a great school. It seemed tohave the best of everything.”Joshua Newell had perhapsthe longest trip to Wake Forest—from Alexandria, Egypt—of anyfreshman. He lived in Charlotte,North Carolina, until he was2 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

A R O U N D T H E Q U A DOutward BoundMOST INCOMING freshmenspend the last few days ofsummer packing their things,saying goodbye to their friends,and maybe worrying about collegelife. But forty Wake Forest freshmenlearned how to climb mountainsand hike steep terrain as partof a five-day course at the NorthCarolina Outward Bound School.The program, directed by theOffice of Student Development,teaches leadership and outdoorskills, and it provides incomingstudents with an opportunityto bond before school begins.University Photographer KenBennett spent some time withthis year’s group as they livedin the wilderness of westernNorth Carolina.HayesJessica Hayes (’08)wins Congressional AwardJUNIOR JESSICAHAYES has received aCongressional AwardGold Medal, the highestaward given by theUnited States Congressto recognize young peoplefor their communityservice, initiative, andachievement. Hayes, anative of Atlanta, Georgia,who is majoring inaccountancy, spent more thanfour years working toward thegold medal. She was one of about240 young people to receive agold medal this year.Students participating in theprogram set goals in four areas—voluntary public service, personaldevelopment, physical fitness,and expedition/exploration—andare recognized at various levels,depending on the amount of timethey spend working toward theirgoals in each area.For the volunteer service componentof the award, Hayes volunteeredfor more than 450 hoursat organizations that work withstruggling families and children.For the physical fitness component,she earned seven varsityletters on her high-school tennisand cross-country teams andwas captain of the tennis team.For personal development, shebecame a certified lifeguard andwas manager of her high-schoolcross-country team. And for theexpedition/exploration component,she planned and conductedhikes in Yellowstone National Parkand in western North Carolina.4 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Walsh, architect of“enormous gains,”will step down asSchool of Law deanWHEN ROBERT K. WALSHwas named dean of theSchool of Law in 1989, the schoolwas bursting at the seams incramped Carswell Hall. Plansalready had been announced fora new building to house the lawschool and the Babcock GraduateSchool of Management, and fouryears later the law school movedinto the Worrell ProfessionalCenter for Law and Management.In the years since, Walshhas moved the school in newdirections and to greater nationalprominence.Walsh, the longest servingcurrent dean at Wake Forest, isretiring next summer after eighteenyears as dean, but he willremain on the faculty. “DuringBob Walsh’s term as dean, theSchool of Law has made enormousgains in the quality of itsfaculty, its students, and its programs,”said Provost William C.Gordon (’68, MA ’70). “Certainly,the national and internationalreputation for excellence that theSchool of Law enjoys today is thedirect result of Bob’s outstandingleadership over so many years.”Since the mid-1990s, theschool has consistently rankedamong the nation’s top forty lawschools. In 2002 and 2004, NationalJurist magazine named Wake Forestthe “best private law schoolfor the money” in the UnitedStates, based upon such factorsas bar passage rates, placementrates, and student-faculty ratio.The school has received numerousnational awards, includingthe Emil Gumpert Award forExcellence in Trial Advocacy fromthe American College of TrialLawyers; the E. Smythe GambrellProfessionalism Award from theAmerican Bar Association (ABA)for its comprehensive professionaleducation program; and the HarrisonTweed Award from the ABAfor providing outstanding pro bonoservices through the DomesticViolence Advocacy Clinic.A graduate of Harvard LawSchool, Walsh was a partner inthe largest law firm in Arkansaswhen he was named to succeedDon Scarlett. Previously, he hadbeen dean and professor of lawat the University of Arkansas atLittle Rock School of Law and aprofessor of law at Villanova.Under his leadership, theschool began a number of newprograms, including the LegalClinic for the Elderly and theChief Justice Joseph Branch Innof Court to provide mentoringand professional development tostudents. He also internationalizedthe curriculum by startingsummer study programs for lawstudents at Wake Forest’s residentialstudy centers in Viennaand Venice and by offering aMaster of Laws degree (LLM)program for internationallawyers. In 2004, the AmericanUniversities Admission Programranked Wake Forest’s LLM programfifth in the nation.Walsh said the school has continuedto improve by recruitingnationally known legal scholarswith solid teaching credentials.In 2002, the Educational QualityRankings of U.S. Law Schoolsranked the School of Law’s facultythird in the production ofbooks and eleventh in the productionof bothbooks and articlesper capita amongthe top 50 lawschool faculties.“I’ve been privilegedto participatein developing thebest law faculty inAmerica,” Walshsaid.WalshDeans, Wake Forest School of LawNeedham Y. Gulley 1905–1935 *Dale Foster Stansbury 1935–1944Herbert R. Baer 1944–1945**I. Beverly Lake 1945–1946**Robert E. Lee 1946–1950Carroll W. Weathers 1950–1970Pasco M. Bowman II 1970–1978Leon H. Corbett Jr. 1978-1979 **J. Don Scarlett 1979–1989Robert K. Walsh 1989–* The School of Law was founded in 1894, butGulley, the first, and for many years the only,faculty member, wasn’t named dean until 1905.** Acting deanA R O U N D T H E Q U A Dwww.wfu.edu/wowf SEPTEMBER 2006 5

A R O U N D T H E Q U A DThe clot thickensPhysics professor’s research reveals fibers stretch more than previously thought.THE RESEARCH FINDINGS ofAssistant Professor of PhysicsMartin Guthold made a splashthis summer when a paper onblood clots that he co-authoredwas published in the journalScience and followed up by storiesin newspapers around thecountry, including USA Today,the San Francisco Chronicle, andthe Houston Chronicle.Guthold’s findings—thatfibers that make up blood clotscan be stretched more than previouslythought—could haveprofound implications. It couldhelp medical researchers createmore accurate blood clot models,provide new insights into thewound healing process, and offera deeper understanding of heartattacks and strokes.Guthold, who joined the facultyin 2001, collaborated withcolleagues in the physics departmentand with researchers atthe School of Medicine and theUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill. Senior Eric Sparksand graduate student WenhuaLiu, who work in Guthold’s lab,also contributed to the researchfindings.Roy Hantgan, an associateprofessor of biochemistry at themedical school and a member ofthe research team, said the studyfindings have significant implications.“Knowing that the fibrinstrands that make up a humanblood clot are more stretchablethan a spider’s web helps us tounderstand how clots can sealwounds tightly and withstandthe pressure in our blood vessels,”he explained. “This new informationalso helps us to understandhow tough it is to remove a clotthat is preventing blood flow to aperson’s heart or brain, causing aheart attack or stroke.”Blood clots are a three-dimensionalnetwork or mesh of fibrinfibers, stabilized by another proteincalled factor XIIIa. Becauseof its important function of stemmingthe flow of blood in thebody, clots have to be both strongand pliable. Fibrin fibers measureabout 100 nanometers in diameter,roughly 1,000 times smallerthan a human hair.The research conducted byGuthold and his team showedthat the tiny fibers have extraordinaryelasticity, on averagestretching to almost three timestheir length, while still retainingtheir ability to go back to theirnormal shape, and expanding tomore than four times their lengthbefore breaking. “For all naturallyoccurring fibers, fibrin fibers arethe ones you can stretch the furthestbefore they break,” Gutholdsaid. “This was a stunning revelationbecause people hypothesizedthat these fibers stretched butMartin Gutholdbroke much easier. In some cases,fibrin fibers had the ability to bestretched more than six timestheir length before they broke.”Scientists had previously beenunable to study the mechanicalproperties of individual fibrinfibers because of their small size.Guthold and his research teamcreated a device to do that bycombining two microscopes thatcould not only see the fibrinfibers but also stretch them. “Ourdiscovery of these mechanicalproperties of individual fibrinfibers shows that these fiberslikely endow blood clots withimportant physiological properties,”Guthold said. “They makeblood clots very elastic and verystretchable.”—Jacob McConnico,Wake Forest News Service6 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

A R O U N D T H E Q U A DPattersonPatterson receivesadvising awardF ACULTYFOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS,Professor of Economics PerryPatterson has devoted much of histime to ensuring that incomingfirst-year students get off to agood start. Patterson, who steppeddown as chair of the Committeeon Orientation and Lower DivisionAdvising this summer, wasrecognized for his efforts whenhe received the Award for Excellencein Advising during NewStudent Convocation last month.“Perry has shown extraordinarycare, thoroughness,and commitment toour students’ wellbeing,”saidAssociateProfessor ofReligion James L.Ford, who succeededPatterson as chair.Hinson new directorof MSA programASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OFACCOUNTING YvonneHinson has been named directorof the Calloway School’s Master ofScience in accountancy program.Hinson, who is also the PricewaterhouseCoopersFacultyFellow, has served on the facultysince 1997. She succeeds TerryBaker, PricewaterhouseCoopersAssociate Professor of Accounting,who stepped down to devoteF OCUSmore timeto research.Graduates ofthe Masterof Science inaccountancyprogramranked firstHinsonin the nationfor their performance on the CPAexam in 2004, the most recentyear for which comparison scoresare available.Solano named interimdean of Graduate SchoolASSOCIATE DEAN OF THEGRADUATE SCHOOL OFArts and Sciences Cecilia H.Solano has been named interimdean while a national search for anew dean gets underway this fall.Solano joined the faculty in 1977as an assistant professor of psychologyand has served as associatedean of the Graduate Schooland director of the Master of Artsin Liberal Studies program since1999. She will serve as interimdean until a successor is namedfor former dean Gordon A.Melson, who retired in June.SolanoAlumni Admissions‘mini’ forumA“MINI-VERSION” of theannual Alumni AdmissionsForum will be held during Homecomingweekend. The Forum,held each June, provides alumniand their college-bound childrenan inside look at the collegeadmissions process and offerstips on finding the right college,securing financial aid, preparingcollege applications, and more.The mini-forum will be heldSeptember 29 at 1 p.m. in theBenson University Center. Toregister, please contact DawnCalhoun (’99), associate directorof admissions, at calhoude@wfu.edu or 336-758-5177.Lifelong Learningplans history courseACOURSEON THE “Historyof the South”will be offerednext summer as part of the AlumniAssociation’s new Lifelong LearningProgram. The course, to betaught by Kahle Associate Professorof History Michele Gillespie,will be offered June 28 –29 oncampus. About thirty alumni,8 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

parents, and friends attended thefirst Lifelong Learning Program, acourse taught by Divinity SchoolDean Bill J. Leonard, in June. Formore information on the “Historyof the South” course, contact BetsyChapman (’92, MA ’94), directorof Alumni and Parent Programs,at chapmaea@wfu.edu or 336-758-4845.B RIEFSA R O U N D T H E Q U A DWF ranked 30thin U.S. News listWAKE FOREST WASRANKED 30th amongnational universities in the 2007edition of U.S. News & WorldReport’s guide, “America’s BestColleges,”released in August.Wake Forest tied with two otherschools for 27th place in lastyear’s edition. The Universityagain fared well in categoriessuch as graduation/retentionrates and alumni giving rate.The Calloway School of Businessand Accountancy was ranked29th, tied with five other schools,in the listing of the top undergraduatebusiness programs inthe nation.‘Deacon Tower’ part ofGroves renovationFANS ATTENDING FOOTBALLgames in Groves Stadiumthis fall should bid a fondfarewell to the old press box. Ifall goes according to plan, thecurrent 7,000-square-foot pressbox, built in 1968, will be torndown following this season andreplaced, in two years, with a123,000-square-foot tower thatwill stretch across much of thetop of the West Stands.“Deacon Tower” will includepremium seating for about1,000 fans in club seats andluxury boxes on two levels, thePresident’s Box and media seatingon the next level, and radioand television booths on thetop level. The ground level willinclude public restrooms andconcessions.Funding for the project willcome from box suite and clubseat revenue, sponsorships, andfundraising. Future plans for thestadium include new public restroomsand concession stands, anew home locker room, new endzonesuites, and an expandedplaza at Bridger Field House.www.wfu.edu/wowf SEPTEMBER 2006 9

A R O U N D T H E Q U A DCapital campaign concludes,exceeds goal by $90 millionWAKE FOREST’S MOSTrecent capital campaignended in June with almost $690million raised, $90 million abovethe campaign goal. About $405million was raised toward the$400 million goal for the ReynoldaCampus, and $284 milliontoward the $200 million goal forits Bowman Gray Campus.“The completion of this campaignis a great achievement,and a testament to the love andloyalty the Wake Forest familyhas for this institution,”saidPresident Nathan O. Hatch.“Their commitment is one ofthe greatest strengths of ourUniversity and their gifts aremaking a great impact on thefuture of Wake Forest.”“The Campaign for WakeForest: Honoring the Promise,”focused on raising new endowmentto provide additional studentfinancial aid and increasedfaculty support. Nearly 400 newscholarships were created and437 existing scholarship fundswere increased during the campaign.In addition, 249 newfaculty funds were createdand 80 existing faculty fundswere increased.Gifts also supported a widerange of academic programs andthe construction of new facilities.The Reynolda Campus gained156,000 square feet of new space,including Greene Hall and KirbyHall, part of the Calloway Centerfor Business, Mathematics andComputer Science. A major additionto Wingate Hall was built tohouse the Divinity School.Since the campaign began in1999, about 45,000 alumni, parents,and friends have made giftsto the University. The campaignwas publicly launched in 2001with a total goal of $450 million,but early success prompted theUniversity to increase the goalto $600 million in 2002.Join us for the Celebration! Homecoming weekendFriday, September 29Saturday, September 304 – 5:30 p.m. Enjoy the sounds ofthe band Swing On,Hearn Plaza5:30 Ceremony withPresident Nathan O.Hatch, Winston-SalemMayor Allen Joinesand other distinguishedguests, Hearn Plaza6:30 Reception,Green Room (ReynoldaHall) and Magnolia Patio9 a.m. – Noon HomecomingFestival on theQuad, Hearn Plaza10:30 a.m. Parade featuringantique cars, WakeForest cheerleadersand more.10 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

TO THE EDITOR:I read with interest your article“The Journey Endeth”(June 2006)and especially the story aboutKelly McManus (’06). I was quiteimpressed with her. ongratulationsKelly!My reason for writing is thecomment, “As one of the fewliberals in a largely conservativestudent body, she naturally gravitatedto College Democrats.”Since many years have passedsince the “no dancing,” SouthernBaptist Convention control ofWake Forest, my assumption ofthe student body was that it wasnot so conservative that being aliberal Democrat would be atypical.Perhaps Wake Forest is moreof a conservative bastion than Iestimated. Is playing LibertyUniversity at Homecoming, withits icon Jerry Falwell likely inattendance, an indication of WakeForest’s conservative nature?I have remained a loyal andproud Deac with the understandingthat our liberal educationuniversity was at least progressive.I’ve encouraged my grandsonsto have Wake Forest as theireducational goal. For certain theyare Deacon sports fans. ShouldI now encourage them to look atDuke or UNC where “conservative”is not a majority description?Douglas Phelps (’61)New Bern, North CarolinaEditors’ Note: Wake Forest Magazineasked Kelly McManus, whojoined Teach for America after graduation,to respond to Mr. Phelps’ letter.Without a doubt, a lot at WakeForest has changed since yourtime and my dad’s time at theUniversity. I love hearing aboutmy dad’s experience, but I amcertainly glad that the Universityhas evolved with the times!The statement that I was oneof the few liberals on campus wasdefinitely referencing the politicalviews and positions of the majorityof the students. I would venturethat most of the students,including most of my friends,would consider themselves fairlyconservative Republican students.That said, however, theCollege Democrats and othermore progressive student groupsgrew tremendously in theirmembership and visibility oncampus during my four years.During my first “kick off”meetingas a member of the CollegeDemocrats executive board, wehad about 150 students in attendance!Each year, the editorialpage of the Old Gold and Blackbecame more diverse in its viewpoints,and more opportunitiesfor discussion and debate on avariety of issues developed forthe student body to experience.Because of my leadership positionsand vocal support of certainissues, I was definitely identifiedwithin my class and within theschool as one of the leaders of theprogressive community on campus,and I thoroughly enjoyedthat responsibility.I would be lying, though, ifI didn’t admit that it felt lonelyand frustrating at times. I learnedwhat it was like to be in the minority,especially a greatly outnumberedminority.These frustrations,though, did not compare in theirfrequency or intensity to thelearning and growth that I experiencedthrough this process. Ideveloped my own sense of identity,passion, and commitment; Ilearned the value of listening toothers, deciding which battles tofight, and determining for myselfwhat I cared for most.I left Wake Forest more sure ofmyself and more confident in myability to take on any challengewhich needs to be met. Therewere certainly many times whenI wished I was in the majority asfar as political opinion went, butI would not be the person I amtoday without having to withstandsome of the firestorms that weresent my way. Attending anotherschool could have potentiallytaught me complacency instead ofbuilding the fire that burns withinme now. Wake Forest might havea majority-conservative studentbody, but it helped me becomemore committed to the progressivecauses of social justice than Iwas when I entered.Kelly McManus (’06)Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaL E T T E R Swww.wfu.edu/wowf SEPTEMBER 2006 11

Fifty years ago,Wake Forest Collegetook the roadless traveled.And that has madeall the difference.ON MONDAY MORNING,May 21, 1956, Hubert Poteatstood on the rostrum in theWake Forest College chapel in WakeForest, North Carolina, poised todeliver the very last Commencementaddress ever to be given on the campus.Outside, a fleet of moving vanspacked with the belongings of facultyand staff members, and visible to thosegathered in the sparely finished chapel,stood parked and ready to roll thefollowing morning one-hundred-andsevenmiles to the west-northwest to asmattering of spanking new structureson a field of red soil ringed by woodson the fringes of the mill and tobaccotown of Winston-Salem.By David Fyten12 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Harold W. Tribble trained his sights one-hundred-and-seven miles to the west-northwest, and Wake Forest moved forward.SEPTEMBER 2006 13

Poteat—tall and dignified; anesteemed Latin scholar and belovedteacher; son of the legendary “DoctorBilly” who as college president haddefied the Baptist preachers threedecades earlier over the teaching ofevolution and in so doing asserted theprinciple of intellectual freedom; askilled organist who played at collegefunctions; a Grand Mason of nationalstature—gave an address rich in religiouscontent. Having chosen to retirerather than relocate, he bid goodbye atthe end of his talk to his lifelongfriends and colleagues, wishing themwell as they prepared to embark ontheir uncharted adventure. Then, asone who was there recalls, the oldscholar, perhaps struggling to controlhis emotions, put his hands over hisface for a moment as if to veil his grief.At that instant, the spiritually sensitivecould surely have seen the hosts ofapparitions on the dais behind Poteat—the specters of the intellectual giantsand kindly townsfolk who had nurturedgenerations of small-town andfarm boys. From outside, borne byshafts of ethereal sunlight, they couldhear the mournful wail of the “hootowl”; the click-clack of pool balls atShorty’s; the tolling of the Wait Hallbells signaling the start of classes or asports victory; the huzzahs, emanatingfrom the ramshackle stadium seatingbuilt into the sides of a hill, hailinganother Peahead Walker gridiron triumph;the strains of a Beethovensymphony wafting from an upperroom of Wait Hall, where someone—Thane McDonald, probably—hadstacked a set of scratchy 78 rpmrecords on the music department’sturntable; the hellos from D.B. Bryanor Elliott Earnshaw or Grady Pattersonpeeking out from an office in the WaitHall rotunda, or from Fred or Ben or“Smut” at the College Soda Shop; thestentorian sermons and lectures inchurches and classrooms; the pop tunesof the day—“I’m Getting SentimentalOver You,” “In the Mood,” “Star Dust,”and “Moonlight Serenade”— playingfor students as they waited for theirmeals at Mrs. Newsome’s boardinghouse; the genial voices of unacquaintedstudents greeting each other accordingto the unwritten mandate that onemust speak to others he doesn’t knowwhen encountering them; the banterof ebullient youth waiting in line fora ride to Raleigh on the “bumming”corner by Miss Jo’s — fun-loving butearnest young men who would go onto become North Carolina’s judges,principals, and preachers.On that day, could the prescientamong those assembled have foreseenthe future —the radical transformation ofa small, provincial, sectarian college withmodest reach, ambitions, and resourcesinto a secular university of the firstrank, drawing students and assets fromacross the nation and abroad? In thechiaroscuro of the setting, could theyhave asked: Is all that has been, and allthat will come, only a dream?So far away, yes; but so near. So farahead, true; but so clear. It was nodream, but a vision.The story of Wake Forest’s relocation—or “removal,” as oldtimers in thetown it forsook still call it—has manysubplots, with a full complement of14 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

colorful characters, intrigue, and melodrama.But in the end, it comes down tosimple dynamics: the push of an ironwilledman determined to do the job heTo generations of graduates and faculty,Old Wake Forest was an idyllic haven,with landmarks like Holding’s Drug andSoda Shop on White Street, the Old StoneArch, and the Old Well.was hired for, and the pull of a powerfuland prosperous family striving tobetter the community in its keeping.WFO KNOW HOW FAR YOU’VE COME,Tyou need to know where you’vebeen. Or, put another way, to know whoyou are, you must know who you were.The town and college of Wake Forestwere, in the glow of autumnal memory,idyllic in the thirties and forties. Onthe south edge of town was a mill; tothe west and north was the “Harrakin,”a hurricane-devastated district wherepoor tenant farmers tilled the soil. Therest of the town’s residents were boundup—body, heart, and spirit—with thesmall Baptist institute for men foundeda century before.U.S. Highway 1, the East Coast’smain north-south route in those days,became Main Street as it eased on intotown, making one hard turn, thenanother, to skirt campus before amblingon to Key West and the Canadian border.One block east of Main was thetown’s commercial artery, White Street,a minute’s walk from campus throughthe Old Stone Arch and the railroadtrestle, over which a lonely freight train,dubbed the “hoot owl” for its hauntingwhistle, passed by in nocturnal melancholy.On White Street, a student couldfind practically anything he might wantor need except alcohol, which couldn’tbe sold within a mile-and-a-quarterof the town limits. There was a men’sclothing store, Ben’s of Wake Forest,whose owner, Ben Aycock, was thefather of Director of Alumni ActivitiesMinta Aycock McNally (’74); two movietheaters, the Forest and the Collegiate,which changed films two or three timesa week; Holding’s Drug and Soda Shop;Hardwick’s Pharmacy; Jones HardwareStore; Barney Powell’s barbershop; Mr.Satterwhite’s savings and loan; Snyder’sCollege Book Store, which sold textbooks,school supplies, and ice creamsodas; the post office, a daily destinationwhere postmistress Lib Greason, thewife of the basketball coach, greetedevery student by name; and Shorty’s, asmoky hamburger joint and pool hallthat was a den of iniquity to the righteousbut a perennial heaven on earthto students. Every Friday andSaturday, students would line up inlate afternoon at the “bumming” cornerto catch rides to Raleigh eighteen milesaway for a dinner or movie or to datecoeds at Meredith or Peace colleges.The compact campus, with its lushstands of magnolias and flora, its rusticbrick buildings and walkways, and itslandmark Old Well, was ringed by thestone wall affectionately named afterDr. Tom, the College’s beloved AfricanAmerican groundskeeper. Otherwise,there was little separation between theCollege and community, physically orsocially. Most of the townspeople wereCollege alumni or the children of facultymembers. At one point during theDepression when the College could notSEPTEMBER 2006 15

The coterie of near-legendary Old Campus teachers included (top)C.C. “Skinny” Pearson of history and social sciences; (group shot,left to right) A. Lewis Aycock of English, Cronje Earp of classicallanguages, Elton C. Cocke of biology, and Jasper Memory ofeducation; and (bottom) H. Broadus Jones of English.meet its payroll, merchants extendedcredit to the faculty and staff. Until thecoming of female students, there wereno dormitories on campus; studentsresided in the homes of townsfolk,often faculty members themselves. G.McLeod “Mac” Bryan (’41, MA ’44), whowould go on to a distinguished andoften controversial career as a professorof religion and provocative changeagent on the Reynolda Campus, epitomizedthe student of his day. Likemany others, he was the first in hisfamily to attend college; his father, atruck farmer in nearby Garner, couldafford Mac’s annual tuition of justunder two hundred dollars but hadto pay for his room and board withvegetables. Over the course of his fouryears, Bryan bunked in the basementsand attics of religion professor W.R.Cullom, C.C. “Skinny” Pearson of historyand social sciences, and biologyprofessor Elton C. Cocke. “Exposedas we were to their libraries and livesof scholarship, we were introduced toa completely new way of learning,”Bryan says, vividly recalling Cullom’sprolific writing habits that were saidto have generated more words in TheBiblical Recorder than by any otherwriter. “It lifted your sights.” Bryanwould go on to earn a doctor of divinitydegree from Yale University and returnto his alma mater as an impassionedchampion of racial justice.Cullom, Pearson, and Cocke wereamong a coterie of near-legendaryteachers at the College. There was A.C.Reid of philosophy, who locked thedoor to his lecture room once classstarted, who whistled his S’s, who endedhis typically impenetrable propositionswith a quizzical “Hm-mh?” and whosefollowing was borderline mystical;Hubert Poteat, who probably couldhave had his pick of any Latin chairin the country; William E. “Old Bill”16 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Speas of physics, who mumbled uncomplimentarythings under his breath ashe graded papers; C.S. Black of chemistry;E.E. Folk and H. Broadus Jonesof English; Olin T. Binkley and J. AllenEasley of religion; Cocke’s colleaguein biology, Ora C. Bradbury; and manyothers. Talented, principled, caring yetuncompromising, working on twelvemonthcontracts and teaching two outof every three summers for salariesthat were south of $5,000 a year forassociate professors as late as 1950;they were revered by the generationsof students who arrived from the farmsand towns of eastern North Carolinaas diamonds in the rough and departedas gems, thanks to their mentors’ hewingand polishing. If a student’s parentscould not afford the tuition, they wouldbe ushered into the office of PresidentKitchin, who would tell them therewas no financial aid available but thathe could reduce their bill by, say, athird. Those in their eighties or ninetiesrecall education professor Jasper Memory’sannual Commencement contestfor his faculty colleagues; the winnerknew the most names of the graduatesas they paraded to the podium. Andthe students returned the affection.When hard times threatened to forestallpublication of the first volume ofG.W. Paschal’s (BA ’27, BS ’28, MD ’29)epic history of Wake Forest College,each member of the Class of 1935donated five dollars toward it.“It was like heaven. It was as close toheaven as one could get on this earth,”says Beulah Lassiter Raynor (MA ’47)of Wake Forest in those years. Raynorcame to the College in 1945 as one ofits first women faculty members, teachinghalf-time while assisting Dean ofWomen Lois Johnson. Having retiredfrom the English department in 1979and now ninety-six, she will be buriednext to her late husband, longtimeSoon after esteemed Latinscholar Hubert Poteat (right)delivered his farewell speechat the last Old CampusCommencement, gradsmilled about near themoving vans that werepoised to commence themove to Winston-Salemthe following day.mathematics professor K.T. Raynor(1914), in Old Wake Forest. “Therewas no distinction between cap andgown and community,” Raynor goeson. “All the faculty members andstudents knew each other and went tochurch together, and you had a personalconnection with your grocer.”Raynor didn’t know it at the time,but the seeds of the campus relocationthat would sprout a year after herarrival had been sown a full decadebeforehand.WFN AN EFFORT TO SOP UP THEInation’s glut of medical practitioners,the American Medical Association’sCouncil on Medical Education votedin fall 1935 to stop recognizing twoyearmedical schools like Wake Forest’s—one of three (along with UNC andDuke) in North Carolina and only tenin the nation. Forced to decide betweenclosing the school and expanding itto four years, Wake Forest chose theSEPTEMBER 2006 17

for a campus. There had been somepreliminary talk of creating a “ReynoldsUniversity” comprised of Wake ForestCollege and the Bowman Gray Schoolof Medicine, but the family astutelyopted to stipulate that there shouldbe no name change. The move itselfwould be change enough.It was an offer a cash-strapped collegeconfronting a tenuous futurecould not refuse. Within a month, theCollege trustees and the board of theBaptist State Convention voted toaccept it. But as spring morphed intosummer and then autumn, the exuberancedarkened into discontent.The town, which drew its social andcommercial sustenance from theCollege, split between those whoacknowledged the inevitability of itsdeparture, and others who tried tomount a grass-roots campaign to overturnthe decision. Although a majorityof the faculty—including Ora Bradbury,Old Bill Speas, and Jasper Memory—spoke out in favor of it as a once-in-alifetimeshot at progress, an influentialfew—notably, A.C. Reid and E.E.Folk—were vociferously opposed.Kitchin’s initial approval had beenlukewarm at best, and as time woreon, it was plain to many that his heartsimply was not in it. Kitchin disguisedhis feelings in public, but without hisfull energy behind it, the fund drive tobuild the new campus lagged badly. In1948, the College actually spent moreon fundraising than it raised.Kitchin’s health, which had beentenuous for years, declined rapidlyafter he suffered a sequence of smallheart attacks in 1948. Physically andemotionally drained, he submitted hisresignation in April 1949, to take effectin July 1950, ending his thirty-threeyeartenure at Wake Forest as a physiologyinstructor, medical school dean,and, since 1930, president. The boardof trustees quickly named an eightmembersearch committee headed byCharlotte minister and trustee CasperC. Warren (BA ’20, BLaws ’21). Everyonerealized that the fate of the movehinged on its recommendation. Noteverybody recognized that the verycharacter of the College—its mission,governance, and future direction—also was at stake.WFCROSS THE YEARS, Wake ForestAhas been blessed with presidentswell-suited to their times—the rightmen for the right moments in theinstitution’s history. In the first quarterof the twentieth century, William LouisPoteat(1877)—Dr. Billy—protectedthe College from outside efforts toregiment instruction. Kitchin kept theCollege solvent during the Depressionand World War II, and his leadership inmoving the medical school to Winston-Salem started its rise to the first rankof America’s academic medical institutions.James Ralph Scales, who servedfrom 1967 to 1983, quieted, throughhis openness, conscience, and liberalLeft to right: Althoughhe supported it publicly,President Thurman D. Kitchin’s heartnever was in the move; conservative Baptistminister and Board of Trustees chairman Casper C.Warren sought to control Tribble—and learned,like so many others, how difficult that was;political instincts, a student bodyrestive in its demands for a looseningof restrictions on student life and anend to the Vietnam War, therebysparing the campus from the turmoilthat ravaged so many of America’s universities.Scales’ cosmopolitan tastes,charm, and political talents spawnedinitiatives in the arts and foreign studyand helped restore Wake Forest’srelations with its alumni and, througha modified covenant, the Baptists, preparingthe way for the eventual governanceseverance and the remarkablefinancial, qualitative, and buildingaccomplishments of the administrationof Thomas K. Hearn Jr., between 1983and 2005.But of all these great leaders, perhapsnone was better equipped, or facedmore adverse conditions at a morecritical juncture in the institution’shistory, than Harold Wayland Tribble,president from 1950 to 1967. It is nooverstatement to say that withoutTribble, Wake Forest would not haverelocated. And without the move, notonly would it not have become theworld-class university it is, it mighthave languished as a small denomina-20 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Left to right: Richard Reynolds, Jens Larson, and Charles Babcock survey campus plans in1956 with the newly completed Reynolda Hall in the background.town (signifying commerce) that ranthrough the chapel steeple (symbolizingGod).By early 1951, the relocation’soriginal cost estimate had more thandoubled and opposition to the movewas gaining momentum. It was at thatmoment, when he needed every iotaof political influence he could muster,that Tribble became embroiled in controversy.Douglas “Peahead” Walker,the winningest football coach inCollege history and hugely populardespite his reputation for off-thefieldimproprieties, abruptly resignedafter Tribble refused to give him afifteen-hundred-dollar pay raise.Tribble explained that granting Walkerthe raise he wanted would have hikedhis salary above that of any memberof the faculty, but critics were not mollified.The incident would come backto bedevil the president.Fortunately, there were compensatingpositive developments. To keep pacewith the cost and rejuvenate fundraising,Tribble that spring announced thelargest concentrated fund drive in Collegehistory. Anonymous donors (laterrevealed to be William Neal Reynoldsand his niece, Nancy Susan Reynolds)offered to donate two million dollarsto campus construction if an additionalthree million dollars were raised byJuly 1, 1952. Tribble knew that to fuelthe challenge-grant drive and quell theraging controversies, the groundbreakingceremony, scheduled for October15, 1951, had to be extraordinary. Herejected as too unacademic and pedestrianthe suggestion of Eugene Olive—director of alumni affairs and formerchaplain and pastor of Wake ForestBaptist Church who had been instrumentalin convincing the trustees toaccept the Reynolds offer and thenfundraised indefatigably for the move—to highlight the event with a footballgame against Carolina. Instead, Tribbleparlayed Gordon Gray’s contacts fromhis time as a White House assistant,along with the influence of alumnusGerald Johnson (1911), an esteemedcolumnist for the Baltimore Sun, intosecuring the President of the UnitedStates, Harry S Truman, as speaker.Conservative Baptists weren’t thrilledabout the choice of Truman, with hisSEPTEMBER 2006 23

ough language and pro-civil rightsinclinations. But it would be difficultto overstate the importance of hisappearance. Not only did it ensurenational exposure for the occasion,it sent a clear signal that the movewould indeed happen. SoutheasternBaptist Theological Seminary boughtthe Old Campus in 1950 and movedin almost immediately, so buildingswere crammed, with older seminariansshoulder to shoulder with traditionalagecollege students. Dislocation,perhaps even disquiet, could haveafflicted the community. Off campus,the struggle to raise money and theincessant carping and sniping ofopponents of relocation and Tribblewere an insidious and vicious circle.The groundbreaking, followed byperiodic bus trips of faculty, staff, andstudents to the new campus siteover the next four years, helped fillin pockets of flagging morale andAbove: U.S. PresidentHarry S Truman, farleft, was the featuredguest at groundbreakingceremonies in October1951. Left, Trumanuses the occasion todeliver an importantforeign policy address.sustain a sense of optimism, self-identity,and resolve.The groundbreaking ceremony, atwhich Truman delivered an importantforeign policy address covered by thenation’s media, was celebratory, despitethe lingering pall from the death ofWilliam Neal Reynolds a month earlier.Within days, general contractors GeorgeW. Kane, Fowler-Jones, and Frank L.Blum went to work in earnest. The costestimate for the twenty-two buildingsenvisioned had risen by late 1951 tomore than twenty-seven million dollars(even that figure would prove unrealistic),so initial-phase plans were paredto twelve structures: chapel; library;science building; administrative-studentservices building; law school building;gym; and six residence halls —four formen and two for women.It wasn’t long before crews began toencounter the site problems that woulddog the project throughout. Beneaththe gym location was a bog that wasn’tapparent from the surface; footingshad to be widened and extra stonefilling and drainage work done. Oneespecially vexing spot was the dip tothe east of what are now Carswell andBostwick halls. “It was an unbelievablequagmire trying to get concrete trucksthrough there,” Moore says. “To keep itpassable, we kept dumping fill materialinto it. Old battery cases from DouglasBattery lasted for a while, but they gotmashed down into the muck. We finallyused bricks from a demolished school.”(Terrestrial challenges would be ongoingon the Reynolda Campus. Anunderground stream found during initialsite preparation for the Scales FineArts Center in the late sixties requiredmajor pre-construction engineeringwork.) Red dust and mud blew or wastracked into every cranny imaginable.Later, when grass wouldn’t grow on theQuad, landscapers scattered tobaccostems over it to supply nitrogen, promptingone Old Gold and Black wag towarn pedestrians against walking onit lest they get cancer of the feet.North Carolina’s Baptist churchesmade important contributions towardthe new campus, but it would not havebeen built, and certainly would nothave been nurtured in its formativeyears, without the burgeoning supportof the Reynoldses. At the end of 1954,the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundationupped its annual allocation to the Collegeto $500,000 and tacked on anextra $40,000 for every million dollarsraised by the Baptist State Conventionfor capital needs. Charles and MaryReynolds Babcock alone donated closeto seven-and-a-half million dollars incash, rare books, real estate, and Reynoldsstock. Besides the land for thecampus, the six hundred acres theygave to Wake Forest included thesylvan field along Reynolda Road to24 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Coliseum Drive, the Groves Stadiumsite, and Reynolda Gardens. NancySusan Reynolds made the library herown special cause, giving some two milliondollars to its endowment. Thesefigures from the fifties and sixties wouldhave a much higher dollar value today.A good portion of the Reynoldslargesse can be attributed to Tribble’spowers of persuasion. His productiverelationship with the family is renderedall the more remarkable by the factthat he was offending or angering somany other major constituents at thetime. After a hit by a Carolina tacklerinjured a star Wake Forest player in afootball game, Tribble publicly accusedthe Tar Heels of coaching their playersto play dirty. The ensuing uproar dissipatedmonths later, but Gordon Grayharbored ill feelings toward Tribblefor years. A series of conflicts and unpopulardecisions involving assortedcoaches and athletic administrators —James H. Weaver, the strong-willed butsuccessful athletics director who resistedTribble’s domination and finallyquit to become the first commissionerof the Atlantic Coast Conference;Weaver’s successor, Paddison W. Preston,who chafed under what he deemedto be arbitrary and capricious rule byTribble and ultimately resigned alongwith football coach Tom Rogers in late1955; baseball coach Taylor Sanford,who quit one year after guiding theDeacons to the national championshipbecause of the “disloyalty” reflected inthe president’s earlier attempt to firehim based on rumors about his personallife; basketball coach MurrayGreason (JD ’26), whom Tribble wantedto have fired for failing to teach hisplayers to shoot free throws accurately—fomented student demonstrationsand unfounded rumors that Tribbleplanned to deemphasize athletics andpull Wake Forest out of the ACC.All this, coupled with lingeringanger over the Peahead Walker episodeand the persistent belief of many inthe Baptist State Convention that theCollege was not sufficiently Christianin all of its practices, prompted outgoingboard chairman Basil Watkins(1915), a conservative, to appointa nine-member panel in November1955 to investigate the “overall situation”at Wake Forest. Behind Watkinswas Grover Jones, a fundamentalistpreacher who recently had beenelected president of the Baptist StateConvention. But after surveys hadbeen distributed to the faculty andstaff, the board suddenly squelchedthe inquiry in December, and thenannounced in February that nochange in the College administrationwould be made “at this time.” Clearly,a majority of the board was concernedabout the political and public relationsdamage that removing Tribble coulddo to the relocation at that criticaljunction. Afterward, a defiant Tribblewrote a letter to new board chairOdus Mull (1902, JD 1903) assertingno wrongdoing and castigating themotives of “Basil and his crowd” as a“plot to gain control of the College.”It is doubtful Tribble would haveovercome his trials or have raisedmoney as effectively as he did locallywithout the backing of trustee IrvingE. Carlyle (1917) of Winston-Salem.A founding partner of one of the state’slargest and most prominent law firmsand an early and energetic memberof the Wake Forest College Planningand Building Committee, Carlylehelped to offset the more reactionarymembers of the board with hisbusinesslike and relatively liberalapproach. To protect the move, heshielded, defused, and bridged morethan one bullet, land mine, andpitfall for the president.WFVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARObetween the springs of 1955 and1956, all but one of the twelve originalbuildings were certified as completedand turned over to College ownership.They were Wait Chapel, the Z. SmithTribble’s unpopular decisions involving sports and hisconflicts with athletics department officials—including, left toright, football coach Peahead Walker, athletics director JimWeaver, and basketball coach Murray Greason—underminedhis political position and almost cost him his job.SEPTEMBER 2006 25

Reynolds Library, Salem Hall, ReynoldaHall, Carswell Hall, the Davis, Taylor,Poteat, and Efird dormitories for men,and the Bostwick and Johnson dormitoriesfor women. (The sole incompletestructure was the William Neal ReynoldsGymnasium, which was ready by fallsemester.) Having packed up the OldCampus by that final Commencementday, the College moved into its freshnew digs in time for summer school.(Moore relates one bit of intoxicatingirony in the move: the library books ofa Baptist college were packed in liquorboxes provided by the state AlcoholicBeverage Control Board.)Aside from Salem Hall for the sciencesand Carswell Hall for the lawschool, there were no classroom buildingsat the outset. For the first halfdozenyears (and, for some departments,longer), classes were conducted in thelibrary, Reynolda Hall, and WingateHall in the rear of the chapel. Thelibrary, for example, housed English,history, political science, and classicaland modern languages, along with theCollege Theatre. Reynolda Hall functionedas a sort of all-purpose administrativeand student services building,with the dining “Pit,” Pub Row, thecampus radio station, and other CollegeUnion functions shoulder to shoulderwith administrative offices and classrooms.It wasn’t until Winston andHarold W. Tribble halls were openedin 1961 and 1963, respectively, thatovercrowding began to ease.Kinks of all kinds—plumbing anddrainage problems, inoperative electricaloutlets, etcetera—are common tonew construction, and the new campuswas no exception. Just before fall classesbegan, Winston-Salem was inundatedby torrential rainfall; water backed upin numerous buildings, and riverssurging down hallways forced the temporaryevacuation of the lower-campusdorms. Students groused at first aboutthe inconveniences and the Martianlandscape of the new location; a groupof Old Campus expatriates callingthemselves the LAMBOCs — Let’s AllMove Back to the Old Campus—supplieda steady flow of mostly tonguein-cheekcommentary. But the whininglargely evaporated after the last ofthem graduated in 1959.The College implemented specialmeasures to smooth the adjustment offaculty and staff. It set up a three hundredthousand dollar fund to buy thehouses that faculty members couldn’tsell in Old Wake Forest, and it built atransitional housing complex—FacultyApartments — on the western fringe ofcampus for them. (For many, it wasnot so transitional; longtime women’sathetics staff member Dot Casey stilllives in the unit she moved into in1956.) But some found it hard to severthe ties. Until their retirements in 1965,A.C. Reid and E.E. Folk shared aWinston-Salem apartment during theweek and returned to their homes andwives in Old Wake Forest on weekends.What really sustained the sense ofcommunity faculty had enjoyed inWake Forest was the formation ofFaculty Drive. Before it even moved,Left: the newly completedquadrangle with its belovedelm trees, which would fallvictim to disease in the lateeighties. Right: the Wake Forestcommunity processes into WaitChapel for the campus dedicationconvocation in fall 1956.26 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

the College subdivided a large tractsouth of campus and sold the lots tofaculty and staff. The first five housesbuilt by developer Jack Kesler (whosedaughter married longtime physicsprofessor Howard Shields) were soldto Jasper Memory, O.C. Bradbury, registrarGrady Patterson, H. BroadusJones, and Henry Stroupe of history.Stroupe, who taught his first course atWake Forest as a senior in 1935 underthe auspices of a New Deal programand joined the faculty full time in1946, taught Southern history andserved as founding dean of theDivision of Graduate Studies from1961 until his retirement in 1984.“After the front yard was graded, wehad a mess of red dirt,” recalls Stroupe,now ninety-one. “You couldn’t comeinto the house without tracking redmud everywhere. The day we movedin, the welcoming committee, whichwas chaired by the president of SalemCollege, served us lunch. You mightsay it rolled out the red carpet for us,literally as well as figuratively.”To further stabilize and sustain thecommunity, the College brought alongWake Forest Baptist Church and itspopular pastor (and college chaplain),J. Glenn Blackburn. “The move wasone of the saddest events of my life,but it was nice to know we wouldhave our same neighbors,” says BeulahRaynor. “And it helped that we broughtour church with us.” The same departmentalconviviality that characterizedthe Old Campus continued on the new.For a good while after he arrived atWake Forest in 1961, history professorJ. Edwin Hendricks, along with hisfellow newcomers, would be taken tothe “Pit” for coffee and conversationevery morning at ten by Forrest W.Clonts, who had been a member ofthe department since the twenties.But across the years, as turnover andSEPTEMBER 2006 27

expansion transformed the mainlywhite, male, Southern, and Baptistfaculty and staff, Wake Forest’s peoplegravitated out toward Winston-Salem’sneighborhoods, clubs, and churchesand formed their own circles of friendsapart from the institution. WakeForest retains the love and loyalty ofits own to this day, and intradepartmentalfraternization still occurs. Butthe physical proximity, homogeneousculture, cross-College socializing—the authentic sense of family—thatwas Old Wake Forest is no more.WFHEN WAKE FOREST COLLEGEWreplanted itself in the red clayof Reynolda, only its location was different.It was, as former President Hearnonce called it, the old school in a newplace. But by the time Tribble retiredeleven years later, it was vastly changed,with all of the elements in place thatwould precipitate an even more radicalmetamorphosis in years to come.Of all the many watershed decisionsTribble made in the final decade of hispresidency, few had more long-rangeimportance than his appointments ofWilliam C. Archie and Edwin G. Wilson,Jr. (’43), as deans of the College.Archie, who had taught French onthe Old Campus and served on Eisenhower’sstaff as a liaison to the Frenchduring the Second World War, wasTribble’s choice to succeed the venerableD.B. Bryan as dean in 1956. To saythat Archie hit the ground like a tornadodoes not diminish the power of atornado. In less than two years, heestablished an Asian studies program;diversified homogenous departmentsby hiring promising young scholarswith diverse specialties and doctoratesfrom eminent universities; and createdthe Admissions Office, the CollegeUnion, and the Dean’s Office’s firstintelligent record-keeping system. Intoa history department that was topheavywith Southern historians, forexample, Archie hired its first-everspecialists in Europe, Africa, Russia,and Asia. Among the twenty-six facultymembers he appointed in 1957— theone year he had sole hiring authority—were English professor ElizabethPhillips and a number of others whowould go on to stellar careers at WakeForest or elsewhere.“I cannot think of anybody whohad a greater impact on Wake Forestin a shorter period of time than BillArchie,” says Wilson, an English professorand beloved teacher of Romanticpoetry who served as an asssistantunder Archie. “He was a person ofexceptional integrity and honesty andtook an interest in everything that washappening on campus. He was busyall the time getting things done.” MacBryan regards Archie as the quintessentialoutsider. “He wasn’t a Baptist,and he wasn’t afraid to hire somebodywho wasn’t a Southerner or whomsomeone [at Wake Forest] didn’t know,”he says. “Bill Archie was a hand pumpfor generating a university.”Stories of Archie’s personality arethe stuff of folklore. “He was theessence of indiscretion,” says ThomasE. Mullen, a European historian whowas hired by Archie in 1957 and wenton to serve as Dean of the College formore than two decades until his retirementin 1994. “You always knewwhere you stood with him.” One day,Archie was escorting an academicofficial from another school down ahallway when the visitor paused at adoorway and inquired about the departmentinside. “It’s a good department,”Archie said. “Give me a shotgun andtwo shells and I’ll make it a greatdepartment.” Another time, at a facultymeeting, Archie called the roll on amotion he wanted passed. From theback of the hall could be heard a solitary,emphatic “No!” “Would you liketo bark again?” was the dean’s retort.It should come as no surprise thatArchie didn’t suffer Baptist interferencein the College’s affairs quietly, and afteronly a year, he quit to become deanat Emory University. Despite his brieftenure, Archie bequeathed to WakeForest a lasting legacy of adopting thebest standards and practices of academicadministration.Wilson, who for two years afterArchie’s departure shared the dean’sposition with chemistry professor JohnW. Nowell before accepting Tribble’soffer of a permanent appointment in1960, couldn’t have been more differentthan his predecessor in personalityand temperament. Whereas Archie wasblunt and even offensive, Wilson wascongenial and diplomatic. Where Archiesought his own counsel, Wilson wascollegial and an instinctive consensusbuilder.But in their uncompromisingcommitment to quality, they werealike. Early in his long and illustrious28 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Left: blunt but brilliant Dean of the College William C. Archie, center, who in hisbrief tenure made superb faculty hires like (photos at right) Elizabeth Phillips ofEnglish and future dean Thomas E. Mullen of history and charted the school’s transitiontoward a modern university, is flanked by his assistant deans and co-successors,Edwin G. Wilson Jr. of English (to his right) and John W. Nowell of chemistry (to hisleft). Wilson eventually would ascend to solo occupancy of the deanship and lead theCollege to even higher scholastic stature.career as dean, provost, and senior vicepresident, Wilson focused on fillingthe vacuum of programs for superiorstudents by creating interdisciplinaryand departmental honors programsand fostering intellectual opportunitiessuch as the revived Euzelian and Philomathesianliterary societies. He alsodisassembled any remaining barriers tobuilding the best faculty possible byhiring more women and Wake Forest’first Jewish and African American facultymembers. By the end of Tribble’spresidency, Wake Forest was attractingmore top-caliber students and scholars,and from more diverse localitiesand backgrounds, than ever before.In 1961, Tribble moved the Collegecloser to his goal of university status bysecuring trustee approval of the restorationof the graduate studies programthat had been suspended in 1950.Although modest in its scope, offeringonly master’s degrees on the ReynoldaCampus—and those only in mathematics,history, physics, biology, chemistry,and English—it symbolized an importantshift in institutional identity. Sixyears later, as Tribble was preparing toleave office, a college that was a universityin fact also became one in name.WFHE SIX-YEAR PERIOD BETWEENT1957 and 1963 might well havebeen the most eventful, tumultuous,and pivotal in Wake Forest’s history. Itbegan on the afternoon of April 26,1957, when the trustees, acceding tostudent petitions, voted to allow dancingon campus (subject to certainconditions) for the first time since theBaptist State Convention had bannedit in 1937. A photograph of studentsdancing spontaneously on the ReynoldaHall patio was printed in Life magazine.But the ensuing uproar amongBaptist leaders not only prompted theboard to rescind its decision in October;it also precipitated the largest StateConvention meeting attendance inhistory a month later, at which largerissues of College control were aired.(Back on campus, students burned ineffigy the visible leader of the antidancingfaction, and they started animpromptu dance that spilled overinto a nearby shopping center parkinglot.) A disgruntled group of Collegealumni, meanwhile, mounted a massivemail campaign to oust Tribble;among the signers of their petition wasHubert Poteat. Then, in 1958, the Committeeof 17, a conservative Conventionclique, announced that it had foundevidence of serious “moral and socialproblems” at Wake Forest and calledfor the restoration of mandatory chapelattendance, with at least two serviceseach week of strictly devotional nature.And in 1959, the Convention soughtthe right of prior approval before thetrustees adopted any changes to theCollege charter.Tribble was saddened but also defiant,for although none of these effortsand measures prevailed, they convincedhim that the College’s relationship withthe Baptists had to change. A devotedBaptist himself, he hoped Wake Forestcould manifest its close spiritual identificationwith the denomination whileretaining control over its own affairs.But the events of 1957–1959 madeclear to him that the governance of theCollege was in crisis, and that fundraisingwould atrophy unless the boardwas opened up. In early 1962, Tribbleand the board prepared a proposal toallow the election of a minority oftrustees who were not Baptists orNorth Carolinians, as was required bycharter. Ministers attacked the plan atthe Convention meeting in November,but that did not deter the board, whichin April 1963 adopted a resolution thatwould permit up to sixteen of the thirtysixboard members to be non-Baptistsor out-of-state residents as nominatedby the Board of Visitors. Tribble lobbiedpassionately for the measure at theConvention meeting in Wilmingtonthat November. But although it garneredmajority approval, it requiredtwo-thirds for passage, and it fell 194SEPTEMBER 2006 29

votes short out of 2,700 cast. On hisway back to Winston-Salem, caravansof students met the despondent Tribbleand escorted him to campus, whereadditional thousands of cheering spectatorslined the streets waiting to welcomehim. For a president who hadknown mostly rebuke in his thirteenyears in office, the spontaneous outburstmust have been gratifying indeed.A year later, Tribble and the trusteestried again with a scaled-back proposal,but this time, it fell far short of evenmajority approval. It would be his finalattempt. In one sense, he had failed tochange an outmoded and problematicgovernance relationship. But in another,he had succeeded by taking the firststeps of a journey that would concludetriumphantly two decades later, whenthe University severed its formal tieswith the Baptist State Convention andpositioned itself on the threshold ofanother two-decade period—this oneof remarkable progress.WFTribble is greeted bycheering throngs uponhis return to campusfrom the 1963 BaptistState Convention meetingin Wilmington, atwhich he narrowly failedin his attempt to obtainpartial governance autonomyfor the College. Later,standing on the ReynoldaHall balcony, he addresses acrowd on the issue.T IS TEMPTING TO DRAW HaroldITribble with a black pencil on whitepaper: clean lines; no abstraction orstylization. But to paint an accurateportrait, one must use a full paletteand subtle strokes and shading, for hewas far more complex and enigmaticthan was apparent to the casual eye.For example, impulsiveness wasthought by some to be his prime weakness.After the 1957 season, he abruptlyshunted popular basketball coachMurray Greason into an athletic administrationpost and appointed in hisplace the flamboyant, evangelical Horace“Bones” McKinney, who playedand coached under his predecessor.McKinney would lead the Deacons totheir only Final Four appearance fiveyears later. Tribble liked some commentsmathematics professor JackSawyer made at a faculty meeting infall 1960 and offered him the post offaculty representative to the ACC andNCAA—immediately after the meeting.Sawyer, who would establish WakeForest’s computer science program in1962, accepted the offer a few dayslater and went on to serve with distinctionin those capacities for twenty-eightyears, including stints as ACC president,NCAA vice president, and a memberof the infractions committee that gaveSouthern Methodist University the socalled“death penalty” in the eighties.More often than not, Tribble’s firstimpulse proved to be the correct one.“He was an excellent judge of character,”Stroupe says. “He consistentlybrought in the right kind of people.”Tribble could be exceedingly curtand autocratic. For much of histenure, he presided over faculty meetingswith an iron hand. On one occasion,a junior faculty member had thetemerity to voice an opinion contraryto Tribble’s on a particular issue.“Young man, you can sit down,” saidthe president sternly. Three days later,Tribble ardently hailed that same juniorfaculty member on the Quad, withno acknowledgement of what hadtranspired at the meeting. “He had tobe very, very strong—otherwise, [theCollege] never would have moved,”Sawyer says. “It didn’t always show infaculty meetings, but he was really avery warm and human person.” Inaddition to a penchant for blunt talk,Hendricks says, Tribble had “a genuineknack for speaking the language ofgood, common sense” that appealed tocountry Baptists. One time, Tribblewent to the mountains to see an oldtimerabout a modest cash gift andcame away with a hundred acres ofprime oak forest, which eventuallyyielded the paneling that graces WaitChapel, formal rooms, and podiaacross campus.We tend to think of dictators asreactionaries, but Wake Forest’s was aliberal. When famed African Americansinger Marian Anderson was denied ahotel room while in Winston-Salemfor a concert in the sixties, Tribble30 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Art and CraftBy Kim McGrathVona Groarke andConor O’Callaghanshare the magic andmelody of poetry.ANYONE FORTUNATE ENOUGHto meet Vona Groarke andConor O’Callaghan, WakeForest’s poets-in-residence, will begently drawn into a world wherepoetry is a way of life. As husbandand wife sharing an appointment,O’Callaghan acknowledges the unusualnature of their position. “We look abit like the Sonny and Cher of Irishpoetry,” he quips. Groarke laughs withher husband at his analogy, and themoment captures the easy humorbetween two friends who have beentogether for seventeen years—makingpoetry seem as comfortable as thefamily’s favorite well-worn easy chair.The couple, from Dundalk CountyLouth, Ireland, have been teachingintroductory and advanced poetrywritingclasses during their two-yeartenure that ends this academic year.32 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Both agree that no matter what levelthey are teaching, their goal is toremove poetry from the confines ofthe classroom.“We want to make poetry a partof students’ lives,” says Groarke.“Otherwise it’s just something to dowhen you’re sitting down and lookingat a book in the library.”“Part of our job is to makepoetry seem less forbidding,” addsO’Callaghan.“The difference between poetryand prose is like the differencebetween abstract and narrative painting,”Groarke says. “In the museums,people tend to gravitate towardspaintings with a story. There arethings to recognize and relate to,such as the light on a girl’s face orthe way she’s reading a letter, andsuddenly the whole thing comesalive. Abstract art is more like poetrybecause it is about itself.”“Poetry is difficult. There is nosimple way around this. The poemis a depopulated landscape. But ultimately,its difficulty creates itsrewards,” says O’Callaghan.Groarke and O’Callaghan knowthat not all of the students who sign upfor their poetry-writing workshops willgo on to write great poetry, so theirclasses are designed to teach studentshow writing a poem can improve theirability to read one as well.“Students who take our writingclasses know what it is to be in thepoet’s position,” explains Groarke.“They learn to make decisions abouthow a poem they are writing is goingto end up, and they begin to understandwhy a poem might be writtenone way rather than another.”Because they believe there is littledistinction between learning howto write a poem and learning howto understand one, Groarke andO’Callaghan use a method consideredsomewhat old-fashioned in teachingtoday. Students choose a poem fromthe established canon, memorize it,recite it, and explain it to the class.“The music of a poem is very oftenan awful lot of it, and the sounds thatit makes are the key element of whata poem is,” says Groarke.“The music of apoem is very oftenan awful lot of it,and the soundsthat it makes arethe key element ofwhat a poem is,”says Groarke.“It is gratifying to see how, overthe course of the semester, the poembecomes part of the student’s life.They actually take the poem as theirown and enjoy both the saying of italoud and the repetition of it aroundand around in their heads,” addsO’Callaghan.“If it is in your head, you take thepoem with you when you’re shoppingor cycling. It becomes part of yourvocabulary,” says Groarke. “We wantto facilitate ways to get students totake something away from our poetryworkshops into their broader lives.”“Students say that Conor andVona bring poetry to life in ways thatmake it germane to their individuallives in 2006 in Winston-Salem,”says Eric Wilson, professor and chairof the English department. “Theyare quick to add, however, that Conorand Vona are also very much awareof the complexities and subtleties oflanguage. They teach students toappreciate how poems work andhow the form of a poem can add toits meaning.”As poets, O’Callaghan and Groarkeknow well the challenge of craftingwords into verse. “There isn’t a formulafor writing poetry,” she says.“I tell the students if you’re a dentistthen you’re bringing the accumulatedknowledge of every tooth you’ve everworked on to bear on this tooth thatyou’re doing now, but with poetry, it’snot like that. Everything you’ve doneup to this point matters nothing atall. It’s a clean slate. You have to allowyourself to do it fresh every singletime, which is difficult.”“You say this to the students andyou see the horror on their faces,”says O’Callaghan. “Writing poetry isa question of momentum: The onlyway to do it is by doing it. We try toinstill in the students a very artisanapproach to poetry as if they weremaking a coffee table. You keep imposingsome craft on your material untilyou get to the best form of completionthat you can manage. We try to getaway from the conventional idea thata poem is somehow inspired.”In addition to teaching poetryworkshops, Groarke and O’Callaghancoordinate the poetry side of theDillon Johnston Writers ReadingSeries hosted by the English department.Last year, Simon Armitage,SEPTEMBER 2006 33

from England, and Harryette Mullens,from California, were invited.“The reading series promotespoetry as stimulating and enjoyable.Poets are used to speaking to six people,two of whom are in their familyand two of whom are asleep. Vonaand I put a lot of effort into the readingslast year and, in both cases, overone hundred people came to hearthe visiting poets. It was incrediblygratifying to hear people walk awayfrom the event saying, ‘I really enjoyedthat. It was more interesting than Iexpected it to be.’ ”“We want to create a living, breathingaudience for poetry that isn’t justrestricted to students,” says Groarke.“Students are the main component ofwhat we do, but we want to use poetryto build up a cultural community thatallows students to interchange withpeople who are of a like mind outsideof college.”When Armitage came to read atWake Forest, says Wilson, “it waswildly successful—almost like a rockconcert. There was a real buzz surroundingthe event. There is a perceptionthat poetry lives in collegeclassrooms, but poetry is alive. Poetrythrives in everyday situations inreal people.”To create the community in a smallergroup, Groarke and O’Callaghanalso bring poetry back to that comfortablespot in the home. “One night acouple of English professors and thedirector of the women’s and genderstudies program brought our poemsto Conor and Vona’s home,” saysJefferson Holdridge, associate professorof English and director of the WakeForest University Press—an internationallyrecognized major publisher ofIrish poetry in North America. “Conorand Vona each read a poem and somestudents from their class read as well.It was the ease with which they conductedthemselves and the talent oftheir students that struck us all.”“We consider part of our job todo what we can to encourage poetryin any possible way,” says Groarke.“When a student comes to us and“Writing poetryis a question ofmomentum. Theonly way to do itis by doing it,”says O’Callaghan.asks us to judge an erotic poetrycompetition on Valentine’s night,we say ‘sure, why not.’ Anything thathelps to promote poetry as beingpart of the life of students on campus,we’re happy to be involved with.”With regard to their own work,Holdridge says Groarke and O’Callaghanhave long been seen in Irelandand the United States as two of themost important poets of their generation,if not the most important.Increasingly, he says, they are judgedamong the elite Irish poets.“When you take a position jointly,there’s always the danger of beingseen together,” says O’Callaghan. “Wecan do this job with the knowledgethat the work we do stylistically andthe way we use language and formsare largely very different. My work ismuch more formal than Vona’s — morerecognizably regulated stanzas, lots ofrhymes, and more traditional forms.Vona’s style tends to be a little freer.”Says Candide Jones, assistant directorof the Wake Forest UniversityPress, “Both poets are extremely subtleand both are absolutely brilliantand very accomplished in formalmatters. Vona’s voice has a certainsecretiveness and inwardness; whereasConor’s is hard-edged and has a sardonicglean to it.”Wake Forest University Presspublished O’Callaghan’s third collectionof poems, Fiction, in November2005. Groarke’s newest collection,Juniper Street, is slated for publicationin October.Groarke and O’Callaghan, whomet at a poetry workshop at TrinityCollege, Dublin, in 1989, have twochildren, Tommy and Eve. Thoughthe family is enjoying America,Groarke says that she and Conoraspire to someday have a house inwhich each can have a separateoffice —“even if it’s only like a broomcupboard. With separate spaces thatwe can just call our own.”“Within one’s life, that’s what poetryis,” says O’Callaghan. “The poem itselfis a private little room that you can goaway to—even if only in your head—without having to explain it to anybodyelse in the family or, at times,without even admitting anyone elseinto that room.”34 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

SLEW OF RECENT headlinesAhave announced a startling fact—it now costs more than one centto produce a penny. The value of themetal in the penny (primarily zinc)has climbed to about 85 cents and itcosts 0.6 cents to mint each penny,so the cost of coining a penny is nowmore than 40 percent greater than itsface value. If the U.S. Mint were a forprofitbusiness, the next step wouldbe pretty automatic—it would shutdown penny production or quicklyreduce the penny’s cost by changingits content. The Mint, however, hasthe luxury of considering what isbest for the country as a whole, notsimply its own bottom line, in makingsuch a momentous decision.What is in the interest of thenation as a whole? I will argue that itis to discontinue the dear old penny.In fact, economists of all politicalstripes have concluded it’s time toget rid of the penny, even if the Mintcould make it at zero cost. On theleft, Princeton’s Paul Krugman putsit this way in his introductory textbook(co-authored by Robin Wells):with average wages now at $17 perhour, a penny is “equivalent to justover two seconds of work— and soit’s not worth the opportunity cost ofthe time it takes to worry about apenny more or less.” The rising valueof our time “has turned a penny froma useful coin into a nuisance.” Harvard’sGreg Mankiw, former chairmanof President George W. Bush’sCouncil of Economic Advisors,Common centsNecessity-turned-nuisance:it’s time to retire the penny.By Robert M. Whaplesagrees: “When people start leaving amonetary unit at the cash registerfor the next customer, the unit is toosmall to be useful.”However, groups like Americansfor Common Cents worry that customerswill be royally ripped off ifCongress kills the penny. In a pennyfreeworld, sellers would round yourbill to the nearest nickel. Cash purchasestotaling $9.98 or $9.99, forexample, would be rounded up to$10, while those equaling $10.01 or$10.02 would be rounded down to$10. Since so many retail prices endwith nine, the fear is that this roundingwould gouge consumers. Onewidely cited simulation estimatesthat this “rounding tax” could costAmerican consumers around $600million per year.Unfortunately, this calculationignores taxes and is based on roughguesses about consumers’ actualpurchases. Recently, I calculatedthe magnitude of this “roundingtax” after obtaining data on nearly200,000 transactions from a multistateconvenience store chain. Thedata reveal that the “rounding tax”is a myth. In reality, the numberof times consumers’ bills would berounded upward is almost exactlyequal to the number of times thatthey would be rounded downward.It turns out that customers actuallygained about one cent for every fortypurchases, and both poor-neighborhoodbuyers and rich-neighborhoodbuyers gained a miniscule amount.The bottom line is that it’s notjust the Mint that’s losing money onpennies. The Federal Reserve, banks,retailers, and customers lose millionsmore due to the costs of totingaround and handling these almostworthless coins. Time is money, andconservative estimates of the valueof our time lost using pennies exceed$300 million per year.Aficionados will counter that theLincoln Penny is almost as much ofan American emblem as the Statueof Liberty. Liberty, however, has agedwith grace from a shiny copper statueto a majestic verdigris icon. Timeand inflation have not been as kindto the penny. When the half-pennywas retired in 1857, it was worthabout 1/18th of the average hourlywage of a common laborer. Theequivalent fraction of today’s minimumwage is 23.6 cents. Paradoxically,few complained about the eliminationof the half-penny in 1857,yet there is so much misguided concernabout the loss of today’s penny.If our nation wishes to continueto celebrate Abraham Lincoln, wecould always drop the penny andput him on the dollar coin, whichwould suddenly be accepted, sincecash drawers would have an openslot. The Federal Reserve estimatesthat we could gain another $500million per year by replacing thepaper dollar with a widelyused, durable dollar coin.Good-bye, Lincoln Penny.You served us well, but yourtime has passed.Robert M. Whaples (B.A., Maryland;Ph.D., Pennsylvania) is professor ofeconomics at Wake Forest. This piecewas first published in USA Today onJuly 12, 2006.E S S A YSEPTEMBER 2006 35

P R O F I L EDivineinterventionReligion professorMary Foskett’s scholarshipand compassion inspireher department and students.By David FytenN 1961, AN AMERICAN navalIofficer and his wife adopted anethnic Chinese orphan from a babyhome in Yokahama, Japan. She becamethe youngest of their five childrenand the only girl. In adulthood,that same orphan and her Anglo-American spouse would themselvesadopt an infant Vietnamese boy.The particulars of Mary Foskett’slife go a long way toward illuminatingher extraordinary compassion andinclusiveness and her transformationaleffect on her department andstudents as an associate professor ofreligion at Wake Forest. They aretraits that have made her among theCollege’s most popular teachers andaccount for her receiving, by studentvote, the Kulynych Family OmicronDelta Kappa Award for Contributionto Student Life this past year.Foskett’s courses in New Testamentand biblical interpretation fill upquickly despite their challengingcontent and methodology. Her warmthand genial disposition belie a relentlessand uncompromising approachin the classroom that forces studentsto ask and respond to hard questionsand to confront and be comfortablewith the complexity and uncertaintyof the subject matter. She applies thesame dialectic in her undergraduateadvising, guiding students to discovertheir talents and proclivities andchoose their paths. She is an activescholar, conducting novel research onwomen in the New Testament, amongother subjects—most notably, onMary, the mother of Jesus, and themeaning of the virginity that hasbeen ascribed to her.Away from the classroom andlibrary, Foskett is active in a host ofUniversity and community serviceactivities. She co-coordinates thecadre of nine faculty marshals whoorganize and shepherd the faculty atofficial convocations such as Commencementand Founders’ Day andis an advisory board member andcore faculty member of the women’sand gender studies program. Offcampus, she teaches adult educationand sings in the choir at First BaptistChurch and is active in CHANGE,a multiracial, multifaith, grassrootsorganization that identifies andaddresses needs in the community.“Mary is the quintessential WakeForest professor,” says Charles Kimball,professor and former chair ofreligion who hired Foskett in 1997 ashis first tenure-track faculty appointmentand the department’s onlywoman faculty member at the time.“She defines what we mean by theteacher-scholar ideal. She is a greatteacher, and as an adviser, she is offthe chart. It is striking how quicklyher courses fill regardless of the hourthey’re held and despite the fact thatshe is not an easy grader. One of hergreatest gifts is her ability to identifycounterproductive patterns in herstudents and to hold them accountablein an extraordinarily compassionateway.”Students are no less effusive intheir admiration. “She succeeds incombining unflinching academicprofessionalism with genuine careand concern for the lives of studentsand the [vitality] of our on-campuscommunity,” said one in the citationread at Founders’ Day Convocationat which the Kulynych award waspresented. Exclaimed another whohad nominated her: “As a teacher,she is unequaled in her ability toinvite students into new experiencesand ideas.” And this, from yet anotherstudent: “While she never allowsus to settle [into a comfort zone],she can meet us where we are. Morethan any other professor I know, herdoor is always open.”As a young woman, Foskett wasnot initially drawn to theologicalstudies or an academic career. Raisedon Long Island, she graduated fromNYU in 1985 with a major in psychology.“I spent time after college gettingmy bearings by doing some socialwork,” she says. When she enrolled36 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

at Union Theological Seminary ayear later, she studied psychologyand religion with the intention ofpracticing pastoral psychotherapy.Then she took two introductorycourses in Old Testament from legendaryteachers Phyllis Trible (who isnow on the faculty of Wake Forest’sDivinity School) and George Landes.The inspiration and illumination ofthe experiences “changed everything,”she says.Still, after earning her Master ofDivinity degree in 1989, Foskettremained unsure of her career path,so she resumed working in socialservices in New York City, workingprincipally with homeless families atrisk for child abuse and neglect whilecontinuing her biblical studies. “Onerecognizes over time that studyingthe Bible has larger implications forpublic discourse—a greater globalreach,” she says. Sure at last of herlonging for a life of scholarship, sheaccepted a doctoral fellowship in NewTestament studies at Emory Universityin 1991, earning her Ph.D. in 1997.Her dissertation, on classical representationsof virginity and the portrayalof Mary in the Gospel of Luke,the Book of Acts, and the extracanonicalProtevangelium of James,advanced the reputation of its authoras a promising young biblical scholar.Wake Forest’s religious studiesprogram was in turmoil in the midnineties.Historically focused on ProtestantChristianity and with a largelywhite, male, and Baptist faculty, thedepartment raised the eyebrows ofsome traditionalists in 1995 whenit hired Simeon Ilesanmi, a youngAfrican scholar specializing in comparativereligious ethics and Africanreligions. But it was the followingyear, when Kimball, a highly regardedscholar of Islam, was brought in fromFurman as the new department chair,that internal discontent becamepublic. Accusing the University ofabandoning its heritage, two professors,including the venerable holder ofa chair in New Testament, resignedto accept positions at Baptist-affiliateduniversities.Kimball knew that his first twoor three faculty appointments woulddefine the department, and that hisvery first, a New Testament specialistto replace the departed senior professor,would be the most crucial. Committed,as was the academic administration,to diversifying the faculty andcurriculum, he hoped to hire a woman,but he would not allow that to precludefinding the best young teacherscholaravailable—one who wouldcombine the traits of excellence inteaching and research, defined as theideal Wake Forest faculty member bythe newly adopted curriculum overhaulknown then as the Plan for theClass of 2000 and now as the WakeForest Undergraduate Plan.From a pool of roughly 150 applicants,the department interviewedsixteen candidates and brought threeto campus. Foskett was the resoundingchoice. Her appointment propelledthe department’s drive towarddiversity, which progressed the followingyear with the appointment ofJay Ford in Japanese Buddhism andEast Asian religions and has advancedsince—most recently, with the hiringof Jarrod Whitaker in Hinduismand South Asian religions in 2005.“Mary has been everything wehad hoped for,” says Kimball, whostepped aside as department chair in2004 and has published or is preparingseveral noted books on Islam andterrorism. “She is a terrific teacherand scholar; a superb adviser; anengaged member of the community,on and off campus; and somebodywhom all of us in the departmentcan relate to and trust as a friend andcolleague as we shape our future.”Foskett, who is finishing work ona book she is co-editing on Asian-American biblical interpretation, saysinterest among students in religiousstudies seems to have increased since9/11. “There is greater interest inpluralism in general today, and thestudy of religions is seen by manyyoung people as an entrée to thisphenomenon in cultures and societiesworldwide,” she notes. “Itequips them to engage critically inpersonal reflection and with publicdiscourse on some of the mostimportant issues of our times.”Good teaching has three elements,in Foskett’s view. “The first is carefullistening—hearing what students arereally asking,” she says. “Sometimeswhen a question is asked, there isanother question behind it. That’swhere the second element—identification—comesin: helping themidentify what they are truly asking.The third element is to create a safespace for them—to give them permission—topursue their deepestintellectual concerns.“One of the purposes of the humanitiesis to help students acknowledgethe complexity of human society,”notes Foskett, who with her husband,former Wake Forest DivinitySchool administrator Scott Hudgins,is raising their six-year-old adoptedson, Daniel. “Few areas reveal complexitymore fully, or in a richer andmore rewarding way, than the synergybetween faith, experience, and intellectualinquiry. Their questions, andthe skills to pursue them, are whatstudents must carry forward, becausethey won’t all be answered by thetime they graduate.”P R O F I L ESEPTEMBER 2006 37

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W AKE F OREST A LUMNI A SSOCIATIONPresident’s ColumnTHE ALUMNI COUNCIL, on behalf of the Wake Forest Alumni Association,as worked for the past two years to develop a strategic plan that has focusedon providing greater services and programs for alumni. One key goal was thedevelopment of a Lifelong Learning Program so that alumni could continueto enjoy courses taught by our outstanding faculty. The first class, on Americanreligion, was taught by Bill Leonard in June and was a great success.The Alumni Council has also focused on improving programming for WakeForest Clubs throughout the nation. Among our most well-attended Club eventsare our monthly networking luncheons that are held in major cities. This is agreat way to meet other Wake Foresters, exchange business information andideas, and build your personal network. Visit www.wfu.edu/alumni/clubs toget information on the club nearest you. The Clubs program is always lookingfor energetic volunteers to help plan events, so please consider working withyour local club—and bring a friend to the events!I hope you are planning to attend Homecoming weekend, which will beheld September 29–30. This year’s Homecoming is a celebration of Wake Forest’s50 years in Winston-Salem, and many special events are planned. The Class of1956—the last class to graduate from the old campus—will be inducted intothe Half Century Club. Classes ending in “1” and “6” will have reunion partiesand dinners.All Wake Foresters are invited to the 50th Anniversary Celebration programon Friday afternoon on Hearn Plaza followed by a reception. At the reception,Bobby Burchfield (’76), a former president of the Alumni Association, will receivethe 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award.On Saturday, September 30, the Service of Remembrance will be held inWait Chapel beginning at 9:30 a.m. And you won’t want to miss the Festival onthe Quad on Saturday morning. This family-friendly event brings WakeForesters of all ages to the Quad for free food, games for the kids, music by studentand faculty groups, and much more. The Festival is a great way to start themorning, followed by tailgating at Groves Stadium and the football game againstLiberty. A post-game party will be held at Bridger Field House. Visit the AlumniWeb page at www.wfu.edu/alumni for more details.I’d like to thank the Alumni Association past president Nancy Kuhn (’73) forher leadership with the Alumni Council and strategic plan. Also, I want to thankall alumni for their support as we seek to increase the number of alumni whosupport Wake Forest through gifts to the College Fund. Your participation—no matter what the amount—directly affects Wake Forest’s national rankingamong colleges and universities. In fact, due to your support, Wake Forest roseone spot to No. 18 in alumni giving, as reported in the fall’s U.S. News and WorldReport “America’s Best Colleges.” Please join me and make a gift today.Finally, I’d like to extend a special welcome to the children of alumni whohave enrolled as freshmen this fall. There are nearly 100 alumni children in theClass of 2010. Of those, 18 come from families where both parents hold WakeForest degrees. Wake Forest truly runs in the family!C L A S S N O T E SRuffin Branham (’69)Alumni Association PresidentA new arch, completed over the summer,marks the entrance to Hearn Plaza.www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 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 December issue is October 15.TATE (JD ’49) SINGLETON (’52, JD ’54)1940sWeston P. Hatfield (’41), an attorney inWinston-Salem and a former chairmanof the Wake Forest Board of Trustees, haspublished his first novel, Murder at FirstBaptist. The novel, described as part mystery,part courtroom drama and part lovestory, is set during the Depression in afictional North Carolina town, where themurder of the new church organistreveals a “deeply segregated Southerntown struggling to make sense of theevents that have overtaken it.” He dedicatedthe novel to President EmeritusThomas K. Hearn Jr. His second novel,The Governor’s Choice, is scheduled to bepublished in December.Murray Tate (JD ’49) was inducted intothe General Practice Hall of Fame of theNorth Carolina Bar Association.1950sEllsworth Kent Rogers III (’51) hasretired from dental practice after 50years. He established an athletic scholarshipto reflect his appreciation of theUniversity and to honor coach TomRogers, his brother, Jack L. Rogers(’53), and R.C. “Skippy” Rogers (’50,JD ’57), all deceased. He and his wife,Gail, live in Asheville, NC. They havefive children and seven grandchildren.Rudolph G. Singleton Jr. (’52, JD ’54)was inducted into the General PracticeHall of Fame of the North Carolina BarAssociation.Billy F. Andrews (’53) is professor andchairman emeritus of the Department ofPediatrics at the University of LouisvilleSchool of Medicine. He continues to pursuehis interests in medical history, ethicsand the humanities. He is on the Board ofTrustees at Oak Ridge Military Academy.Robert Charles “RC” Soles Jr. (’56)was inducted into the General PracticeHall of Fame of the North Carolina BarAssociation.Ronnie Lee Stanley Sr. (’56, MD ’60)retired from family practice and is servingas a patient advocate and a medicalreview officer for a drug-free workforce.Howard C. “Pat” Fodrie (’57) is a certifiedfinancial planner and home healthexecutive. He and his wife, Connie, owna Medicare Certified Home HealthAgency in Missouri City, TX.George W. Braswell Jr. (’58) retired asprofessor of world religions from SoutheasternBaptist Theological Seminary in2004. He is now senior professor of worldreligions at Campbell University DivinitySchool. He gave the Commencement sermonand received an honorary doctor ofdivinity at Campbell’s graduation exercisesin May.Kennieth S. Etheridge (’58, JD ’60)is a retired attorney in Laurinburg, NC.He was honored in his hometown ofNorfolk,VA, as the 51st person inductedinto the Granby High School Hall ofFame.1960sDrewey Wayne Gunn (’61) is professoremeritus at Texas A&M University inKingsville, TX. He published a book,The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film(Scarecrow Press, 2005). He is a mysteryreviewer for an e-journal, Reviewing theEvidence, and serves as judge for theLambda Literary Awards.Al Hartness (’61, MD ’65) is still inprivate pediatric practice in Fayetteville,NC, after 30 years. He has beeninvolved in medical missions to Vietnam,Honduras, Iraq, Macedonia, SouthAfrica, the Czech Republic and inner-cityLondon. He and his wife, Shirley, havetwo sons, Jonathan (’92) and Chris(’02). They have established a PoteatScholarship named after their fourgenerationownership of Sanford MillingCo. in Henderson, NC.Allen Page (’61) has been appointedinterim vice president of academic affairsat Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. Heis a retired professor of religion and formerhead of Meredith’s Department ofReligion and Philosophy.John L. Whitley (’61) and his wife,Susan, have moved to Williamsburg,VA.He is president/CEO of CSG-KeystonePC, an organizational and leadershipdevelopment group focused on humanresource management issues. He is a castmember/instructor in the BrewmastersClub of Anheuser-Busch Entertainmentat Busch Gardens Williamsburg.John R. Woodard Jr. (’61) received the2006 Heritage Award from the BiblicalRecorder. He is the former archivist forthe Baptist Historical Collection in the Z.Smith Reynolds Library.Carolyn Rowe Hale (’62) retired as anarea administrator after 29 years with theFree Library of Philadelphia.40 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

SOLES (’56) ETHERIDGE (’58, JD ’60) WILLIAMS (’62, JD ’66) MORRISON (’63)MCGINN (’64, JD ’67) ZACKS (’64, JD ’67)Deanna Marie Lewis (’62) retired after33 years at Lynchburg College. She livesin Wilson, NC.Meyressa Schoonmaker (’62, JD ’68)was named one of the 2006 NorthCarolina Women of Achievement by theGeneral Federation of Women’s Clubs.Alan White (’62) is retiring after 27years at Elon University. As athleticdirector he led the program into NCAADivision II and then into Division I.James T. Williams Jr. (’62, JD ’66) iswith Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey& Leonard LLP in Greensboro, NC.He has been recognized by ChambersUSA as one of “America’s Leading BusinessLawyers,” ranking first in generalcommercial litigation.Fred Gilbert Morrison Jr. (’63) hasbeen appointed by the Governor asa Tennessee Ambassador of Goodwill.He and his wife, Carolyn, live inRaleigh, NC.M. Daniel McGinn (’64, JD ’67) is withBrooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey &Leonard LLP in Greensboro, NC. He hasbeen recognized by Chambers USA as one of“America’s Leading Business Lawyers,”ranking first in defendant employment.David Zacks (’64, JD ’67) is with KilpatrickStockton LLP in Atlanta. He has beenrecognized by Chambers USA as one of“America’s Leading Business Lawyers,”in general commercial litigation.Donia Whiteley Steele (’65) and herhusband, Mark, better known as the“Steeles on Wheels” have parked theirRV after eight years on the road andbought a house in Albuquerque, NM.Peggy Cushmore Bolcoa (’66) is a marriageand family therapist in Irvine, CA.She and her husband, Larry, are grandparents.Robert J. Braxton (’66) and his wife,Beth Pirkle Braxton (’66), the 1966social actions chair of the Baptist StudentUnion, joined Michael David Bridges(’66) and Luana Green Goodwin (’66)for the 40th reunion of the PattersonAvenue House Project. It was hosted byElaine Clary Williams (’66) in Okemos,MI.Nancy Ann Norbeck Jones (’66) is ateacher in the Oconee County SchoolDistrict in Seneca, SC. She was one of 50educators nationwide to attend a workshopat George Washington’s MountVernon in Alexandria,VA.Mary J. O’Connor (’66) is a professor atthe UCLA School of Medicine. She hasbeen appointed to the National TaskForce on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome andFetal Alcohol Effect, advising Congresson issues related to prenatal alcoholexposure.Ron Staley (’66) is president of the NCLions Foundation, administeringstatewide sight and hearing programssupported by the Lions Clubs.Jimmy Viers (MA ’67) has been namedan associate professor emeritus of chemistryin the College of Science at VirginiaTech in Blacksburg,VA.Harry A. Arsenault (’69) is priest-inchargefor St. James Episcopal Parish inStamford, CT. He is engaged to be married.Thomas P. Williams (’69) and his wife,Noreen, walked the Inca Trail to MachuPichuu in Peru on their honeymoon.1970sRusty Duke (’70, JD ’74) is a seniorresident Superior Court Judge inGreenville, NC. He is a candidate forChief Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court.Douglas Wayne Ford (’70) is a financialplanner with Innovative FinancialSolutions in Greensboro, NC. Hereceived the 2006 Distinguished ServiceAward from the Society of FinancialService Professionals.Elmer “Rex” Spurr (’70) is a drummerperforming with several bands, includingpsychedelic blues legend Shiva’sHeadband, in Austin, TX.Don J. Hall (MD ’71) and his son, JasonJ. Hall (’98, MD ’02), published an articleon the first successful hysterectomyin the United States (1856 in Knoxville,TN) in Obstetrics and Gynecology(February 2006).Cecilia B. Grimes (’65) received honorablemention from the 2006 IndependentPublishers for her book, What It MeansTo Raise a Child With Southern Manners,atthe 10th annual IPPY Book Awards.Steve Burns (’67) plans to retire inFebruary after 32 years of teachingEnglish in the Swiss public school system.He lives in Pully, Switzerland.www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 41

Charlotte, NC. She has been ordainedas a minister with the Christian Church(Disciples of Christ) and serves as pastorof Rocky Fork Christian Church inSanford, NC.SMITH (’72, JD ’75) HOLDEN (’73) PERRY (’73) TAYLOR (JD ’76)Eunice Doman Myers (’71) joined aninternational group to complete the last107 kilometers of the pilgrimage toDavid R. Perry III (’73) is a sales associatewith Prudential Carolinas Realty inWinston-Salem.Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Thispilgrimage has been made continuouslysince the middle ages. She lives inWichita, KS.Claudia Parker Roberts Brown (’74) isan architectural survey coordinator forthe NC State History Preservation Officein Raleigh. She is featured in a book,D. Clark Smith Jr. (’72, JD ’75) ismember-manager of Brinkley WalserPLLC in Lexington, NC. He was sworn inFirestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire YoungWomen, as one whose career achievementsare an inspiration to young women.as the 112th president of the NorthCarolina Bar Association. He and hiswife, Pat, have five children; David,Alden, Robert, Jason and Jodi.Edna C. Green (’74, MBA ’96) is vicepresident and senior corporate facilitiesadministrator at BB&T Corporation inWinston-Salem.Lawrence N. “Chip” Holden (’73) hasbeen recognized by the Million DollarRound Table for 30 consecutive years asa qualifying member. He is with HoldenMickey & Mickey Inc. in Winston-Salem.Larry W. Kissell (’73) won theDemocratic primary to face the incumbentU.S. House of Representative memberin North Carolina’s 8th District. Heand his wife, Tina, and two daughters,live in Biscoe, NC.Jim Harton (’74) is president of RhodiaInc. in Cranbury, NJ. He has been electedto the American Chemistry CouncilBoard of Directors.Darian Lance Smith (’74) has publisheda book, Payback, on profit sharingand our alternative socio-economic,political and religious future. He and hiswife of 33 years, Maria Fornasier Smith(’74), live in Kernersville, NC, and havetwo children.Nancy R. Kuhn (’73) was named directorof external relations for the Business-Higher Education Forum in Washington,D.C. She was a partner with the internationallaw firm of Morgan Lewis &Mike Wells (JD ’74), of Wells JenkinsLucas & Jenkins PLLC in Winston-Salem,has been named a North Carolina “SuperLawyer”for 2006.Bockius LLP. She served as presidentof the Wake Forest Alumni Associationlast year.Ronnie M. Mitchell (’75, JD ’78) wasnamed a “Super Lawyer”by Charlotte andNorth Carolina Super Lawyers magazines.Lawrence Allen Lyon (’73) of BlowingRock, NC, received his master’s of divinityHe is with Mitchell Brewer RichardsonLLC in Fayetteville, NC.from Union Theological Seminary andPresbyterian School of ChristianEducation in Richmond,VA.Misty Talbert Mowrey (’75) completedher master’s of divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary inPhilip C. “Flip” Perry (’75) is on theboard of directors for the Perry Instituteof Marine Science, headquartered inJupiter, FL, and Lee Stoking Island in theBahamas. He and his wife, Rankin, haveone daughter, Genevieve Cameron.John Barr Watkins III (’75) is assistantdean and director of the IndianaUniversity School of Medicine atBloomington. He is a professor of pharmacologyand toxicology.Barbara C. Batson (’76) wrote a catalogto accompany an exhibition,“Freeing ArtFrom Wood: The Sculpture of LeslieGarland Bolling,”published by theLibrary of Virginia (July 2006).Jan Doub Morgan (’76) teaches Englishas a second language for K-5 students inthe Wake County public school system.Mike Reynolds (’76) and his wife, MaryLou, and son, Matthew, attended thegraduation of their daughter, Allison(’06), in May. She is now completing herfifth year in the master’s in accountingprogram before joining Ernst & Young inPhiladelphia, PA.Dan Taylor (JD ’76) is with KilpatrickStockton LLP in Winston-Salem. He hasbeen recognized by Chambers USA as oneof “America’s Leading Business Lawyers,”ingeneral commercial litigation.Sarah Kent Drummond Brunnig (’77)and her husband, John, live in an oldhouse in DeLand, FL. Two of their sixchildren are away at college. She teachesnutrition at the community college.Joslin Davis (JD ’77) is a shareholder ofDavis & Harwell PA in Winston-Salem.She has been elected a Diplomate of theAmerican College of Family TrialLawyers.42 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Preston Parrish (’77) is executive vicepresident at the Billy Graham EvangelisticAssociation. With the deaths last year ofhis father and son only five days apart,he and a team including Rob Jones (’97)ran a 26.2 mile marathon to raise moneyto continue his son’s love of telling othersabout Jesus Christ. They are accomplishingthis through the “Dare to Be aDaniel” ministry for tweens (ages 9-14).Edward Anfindsen (’78) is a federalaccount executive for 3PARdata Inc. inVirginia.Penny Smallwood Hazen (MA ’78) hasretired after 27 years as a counselor inpublic schools. She has her own business,Hazen Life Coaching, to assist peoplein their personal effectiveness.George Matava (JD ’78) is a shareholderin Greenberg Traurig LLP in Denver,CO. He has been recognized by theChambers & Partners USA Guide as one of“America’s Leading Business Lawyers.”Annette Grynkewich Pashayan (MD’78) is a physician, musician and breastcancer survivor. She and two otherwomen completed a six-movement musical,“Songsfrom the Edge,”for mezzosopranoand string quartet. The text isfive poems she wrote in 1996 about herexperiences with breast cancer. She is astaff anesthesiologist with Gate CityAnesthesia at the HealthSouth SurgicalCenter of Greensboro, NC. She lives inWinston-Salem with her husband andchildren.Robert A. Singer (JD ’79) is withBrooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey &Leonard LLP in Greensboro, NC. He hasbeen recognized by Chambers USA asone of “America’s Leading BusinessLawyers,”ranking third in banking andfinance and in corporate/M&A.Donald R. Vaughan (JD ’79) was recognizedby the Young Lawyer Division ofthe 18th Judicial District Bar for 14 yearsof service as Mayor Pro Tem and a mem-DAVIS (JD ’77) MATAVA (JD ’78) SINGER (JD ’79) VAUGHAN (JD ’79)ber of the Greensboro (NC) City Council.He has been practicing with Vaughan &Johnston in Greensboro for over 20 years.John James Cater III (’81, MBA ’83)received a PhD in management at LouisianaState University. He is an assistantprofessor of management at NichollsGregory B. Williams (’79) is senior State University in Thibodaux, LA.pastor at Grace Lutheran Church inHendersonville, NC.Leah Durner (’81) has a one-personexhibition of her paintings opening this1980smonth at the Wooster Arts Space in NewYork City.Sam Lanham (JD ’80) is a partner withCuddy & Lanham in Bangor, ME. He ispresident of the Maine Trial LawyersAssociation and serves on the Board ofGovernors of the American Trial LawyersAssociation. He and his wife, Stephanie,have three sons, Sam, Andrew and John.Louis M. Strickler (’80) is pastor ofWoodlawn United Methodist Church inRoanoke,VA.Steve Berlin (’81, JD ’84) is withKilpatrick Stockton LLP in Winston-Salem. He has been recognized byChambers USA as one of “America’sLeading Business Lawyers”in environmentallaw.Alan G. Bourque (’81) is deputy commandantand chief of staff of the U.S.Corps of Cadets at the U.S. MilitaryAcademy at West Point.Glenn C. Campbell (’81) is a partnerwith King & Spalding LLP inWashington, D.C. He has been namedone of the top 10 deal-making attorneysin the District of Columbia region by theLegal Times.Stanlee P. Greene Jr. (’81) is executivedirector of the David D. Hunting BranchYMCA in Grand Rapids, MI. He receivedCall forAlumni AuthorsHave you published a book?The Office of AlumniActivities would liketo know about alumnipublications and wouldbe honored to add yours toits collection. If you havepublished a book and wantto donate an autographedcopy for the Alumni Library,please send a copy of yourbook to:Wake Forest AuthorsP.O. Box 7227Winston-Salem, NC27109-7227www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 43

David Daggett (JD ’85) of Lewis &Daggett in Winston-Salem qualifiedfor one of 30 slots to compete in the2006 CEO Ironman Challenge in LakePlacid, NY.LANHAM (JD ’80) BERLIN (’81, JD ’84) DREW (’83, JD ’88) MILLS (’84)the Peace and Justice Sermon of theYear Award from the West MichiganConference of the United MethodistChurch.Penny Towe Holland (’83), her husbandGary, and their three children live inGermany at Ramstein Air Force Base.She would love to hear from other activeduty Deacon families stationed anywhere.John C. Hunter (’81, JD ’85) is withBiggers & Hunter PLLC in Asheville,NC. He has been included for the thirdstraight year in Martindale Hubbell’sNational Bar Registry of PreeminentLawyers. In addition to practicing law,he is executive director of the EducationJohn C. Richardson (’83) is a gift officerwith the Winston-Salem Industries forthe Blind, providing opportunities forpersons who are blind or visuallyimpaired in need of training, employmentand services.and Research Consortium of the WesternCarolinas Inc. He and his wife, Sue, haveseven-year-old triplets, John, Hope andSarah.Jeffrey W. Harris (’84) is senior vicepresident of investments with PostProperties Inc., an Atlanta-based multifamilyREIT, with responsibility for allJoseph W. Wescott II (’81, MA ’00)is a program specialist in general administrationacquisitions and development in NorthCarolina.with the University of NorthCarolina and has three children, Rachel(13), Joseph (10) and Rose (7).John McCune (’84, JD ’87) is a staffjudge advocate for Air Forces Northern(First Air Force) at Tyndall Air Force BaseSusan E. Hochstetler Bridges (’83) in Florida.has been named National DistinguishedPrincipal of Virginia for 2006 by the VirginiaAssociation of Elementary SchoolPrincipals. She will represent Virginia ata White House reception in 2007.David S. Cobb (’83) is a lieutenantcolonel and physician in the U.S. Army.He is stationed in Northern Iraq as thesenior physician for an army medicalcompany. He plans to return to teachingin the Department of Family Medicine atthe Madigan Army Medical Center inJennifer Mills (’84) is host of USANetwork’s PGA Tour Sunday, a weeklyone-hour program airing live on Sundaysat 11 a.m. Eastern/9 a.m. Pacific.Jim W. Phillips Jr. (JD ’84) is withBrooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey &Leonard LLP in Greensboro, NC. Hehas been recognized by Chambers USAas one of “America’s Leading BusinessLawyers,” ranking second in generalcommercial litigation.Tacoma, WA.Daniel Alcazar (MBA ’85) is vice presidentMark L. Drew (’83, JD ’88) is withMaynard Cooper & Gale PC inBirmingham, AL. He has been recognizedof brand marketing and externalcommunications at Embarq Corporationin Kansas City, MO.by Chambers USA as one of“America’s Leading Business Lawyers.”Lesley-Jane Dixon (’86) has taken“early retirement”as a partner with LordAbbett in Bloomfield, NJ. She plans totravel across the USA and throughoutCentral and South America in an RV.She has been doing research and brushingup on her Spanish.Laurie Hockman (’86) premiered a newdance work, “Rift/What Remains,”withjazz musician Daniel Carter at SpeyerHall at University Settlement in lowerManhattan, NY.Rick Tobar (’86) is a developmentprograms manager for DuPont inCharlotte, NC.Ronald L. Hicks (JD ’87) is co-chair ofthe business litigation group at MeyerUnkovic & Scott LLP in Pittsburgh, PA.Robert Kevin Hinkle (’87) earned adoctorate in international education fromthe Steinhardt School of Education atNew York University.Robert E. Lamb (’87) is chairman ofBrevard Community College’s Fine ArtsDepartment in Cocoa, FL.Scott Robbins (’87) is interim dean ofthe Petrie School of Music at ConverseCollege in Spartanburg, SC. The SCMusic Teachers Association and MusicTeachers National Association commissionedhim to compose “PsychedelicEpigrams,” which premiered inNovember, and “...Conjure SomethingGlowing...” for women’s voices andorchestra, which premiered at the inauguralceremony of Converse College’spresident.John “Jay” C. Waters (’87) is an Armylieutenant colonel. He served for oneyear as director of manpower and personnelfor the Combined/Joint TaskForce-76 in Bagram, Afghanistan. Heconducted operations in Uzbekistan and44 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Kyrgyzstan, and had the opportunity touse some of the Russian history helearned at Wake Forest. He is back at hisregular base in Northern Italy with hiswife Anna, sons Albert and Eric, anddaughter Sarah.R. Bruce Thompson II (’88, JD ’94)has been appointed by the Governor tothe University of North Carolina Centerfor Public Television Board of Trustees.He is a partner with Parker Poe Adams &Bernstein in Raleigh, NC.Carol F. Polk (MBA ’89) is chief administrativeofficer of Bell Davis & Pitt PA inWinston-Salem.PHILLIPS (JD ’84) DAGGETT (JD ’85) HICKS (JD ’87) THOMPSON (’88, JD ’94)Steven Schmidt (MAEd ’89) has taughtschool for 16 years. He is associate vicetours to Iraq. He is a general surgeonin private practice in Cincinnati, OH.president for basic skills and workforcereadiness at College of the Albemarle inElizabeth City, NC. His wife, Susan RevisSchmidt (’89), is a stay-at-home mom.Katherine Potak Zehfuss (’89) isa fisheries scientist for the Bureau ofReclamation in the Federal Center inDenver, CO. She and her husband, LarryDavid T. Ward (’89) completed his commitmentto the U.S. Army, including twoZehfuss (’86), have three children,Colleen (11), Tabitha (8) and Holden (4).Have you everwondered whereyour freshmanroommate is now?Maybe you’removing to anew city andwant to findother classmatesin the area?Are you tired ofchanging youre-mail addressevery time youchange jobs orInternet serviceproviders?The answers are all just a click away!Wish youcould haveone e-mailaddressand keep itforever?WIN, or the Wake Forest Information Network, is a free set of online tools and services designedto allow registered alumni, parents and friends to stay in touch with each other and maintain acloser relationship with Wake Forest.There is an Alumni Directory, which is searchable by last name (even maiden name!), class year,city and state.WIN also includes a career networking directory to help you meet other alumni and friendswho are willing to help with career searches or mentorship, a place to request your Wake Foresttranscript, and much more.Best of all, WIN provides an e-mail address for life — you get an e-mail address [your name] @alumni.wfu.edu and you tell WIN where to forward those e-mails. You’ll never have to notifyfriends if your home or business e-mail changes— just notify WIN to keep the email coming.If you have not signed up for WIN, do so today! It’s free and easy. Keep in touch with your WakeForest family! Visit www.wfu.edu/alumni and select the Wake Forest Information Network link.www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 45

1990Karla Leigh Bean received her DVMfrom NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.She works at a small animal clinicin Charlotte, NC, and is starting her ownmobile practice, “Hooves n’ Hummers.”She will treat goats, sheep, alpacas andllamas in the Western Piedmont.Steve Lindsley received his doctor inministry from Pittsburgh TheologicalSeminary. His doctoral paper was“Preaching in the Missional Church.”He lives in Mount Airy, NC.Marian Padgett is broker-in-chargeat Prudential Carolinas Realty’s LakeNorman/Huntersville (NC) office.1991Amy Spangler Gerald is an assistantprofessor of English at WinthropUniversity in South Carolina.Laura Lillard is a diversity officer andeducation librarian for the University ofWashington Libraries in Seattle, WA.Sue Haase Jensen joined the board ofdirectors of Katrina’s Kids Project, a notfor-profitbegun in the aftermath ofHurricane Katrina. A traveling exhibit ofthe children’s artwork is currently on tour.The Marcellus WaddillExcellence in Teaching AwardNominations due by October 16, 2006Melissa Higgins Twaroski is a regionalarchaeologist/heritage program managerfor the southeastern region of the U.S.Forest Service. She oversees programs on16 National Forest areas in 13 southeasternstates and Puerto Rico. She and herhusband, Jim, live in Atlanta.Jennifer “Jeni” Olsen Mattingly was afamily medicine physician’s assistant,and is now a stay-at-home mom for hertwo children, Jonah (4) and Caroline (1).She and her husband, David “Shawn”Mattingly (’94), live in Louisville, KY.Anne Hamrick Pasco is taking a breakfrom teaching AP psychology while sheand her husband, Paul, daughter Jordan(10) and son Davis (5) relocate toChicago, IL.Thomas B. Phelps is a vice president atBB&T in Winston-Salem.Reed Lock Russell is a major in theArmy National Guard. He served a ninemonthtour in Iraq advising the IraqiSecurity Forces. He has resumed hislabor/employment law practice at AkinGump in Washington, D.C.Harriet Stephenson received her master’sof science in nursing from EastCarolina University. She is director ofnursing education at Wakemed Healthand Hospitals in Raleigh, NC.The Marcellus Waddill Excellence in TeachingAward is presented annually to two Wake Forestalumni who are exemplary classroom teacherswith at least three years’ teaching experiencein public or private schools. Each winner, oneon the primary level (K–6) and one on the secondarylevel (7–12), receives a $20,000 cashaward, one of the largest monetary awards ofany teacher-recognition honor in the country.For additional information, call the Wake ForestAlumni Activities Office at (336) 758-4852or visit the alumni Web site atwww.wfu.edu/alumni/events/waddill.html1992James H. Coston (MA ’95) is pastorof First Baptist Church of the City inTrenton, NJ. He was elected to a fouryearterm on the Trenton City Council.He and his wife, Julie Davis Coston(’95), have a son, Justin Wells (3).Justin B. Doran is a managing directorwith RBC Capital Markets in New York.He and his family live in Princeton, NJ.46 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Galen Johnson received the FacultyExcellence Award for Teacher of the Yearat John Brown University in SiloamSprings, AK. He teaches church history,theology and philosophy.Laura Amiot Greve completed a pediatricpsychology fellowship at Children’sHospital Boston, Harvard MedicalSchool. She and her husband, Richard,and their two children live in Atlanta.Christopher King was named by theWall Street Journal as one of the “All-StarResearch Analysts for 2005”for his workin covering wireless telecommmunicationsservices stocks for Stifel Nicolausin Baltimore, MD.Margaret Robinson Martin has joinedBoyd Collar Knight LLC in Atlanta, practicingdomestic relations and family law.Chuck Meacham is an associate professorof theatre at the University ofEvansville, IN. He presented a WakeForest Presidential Scholarship in danceto freshman Jennifer Hayden at her highschool awards program.Ross Rumbaugh is principal of Harry L.Hallyburton Elementary School in Drexel(Burke County), NC.Mark Schnably is a science teacher atJefferson Middle School in Winston-Salem. He coached the girl’s basketballteam for two years to an undefeatedrecord and two consecutive countychampionships. His wife, Jane HarrisonSchnably (’93), is a nurse at theCarolinas Pain Institute.1993Tom Harley is pursuing a master’s ofdivinity and christian education at UnionTheological Seminary and PresbyterianSchool of Christian Education inRichmond,VA.J. Wade Tollison Jr. received his MBAfrom the University of Minnesota. Heand his wife, Stephanie, have three children,Ella (4), Jackson (2) and Sam (2).1994Emily Giffin released her latest book,Baby Proof, in June. Information can befound at www.emilygiffin.com.Eric W. Iskra (JD) is with SpilmanThomas & Battle PLLC in Charleston,WV. He has been named a leadinglawyer in West Virginia by Chambers USA.Robert Lang (JD) is a commercial litigatorand partner with Quarles & BradyLLP in Chicago, IL.David Shawn Mattingly is a captain inthe U.S. Air Force Reserve, flying the C-17 at McGuire Air Force Base and a DC-8for UPS in Louisville, KY. He and hiswife, Jeni Olsen Mattingly (’91),havetwo children, Jonah (4) and Caroline (1).PADGETT (’90) GOODWIN (’99)1995Greta Larkin Brunet (PA, MBA ’02) issenior manager, marketing, with TEAMMPharmaceuticals Inc. in Morrisville, NC.Terese Renea Mack Ewing completedher master’s in counseling and worksat A.G. Cox Middle School in Winterville,NC.Eric Gerber received his PhD from theUniversity of Georgia and has joined amanagement psychology firm, RHRInternational, in Atlanta. He consults withclients on succession planning, executiveassessment and coaching, organizationchange and executive education.Ryan McNally co-authored a book ofhumor, Class Dismissed (Random House),with Ben Applebaum (’97) and DerrickPittman (’96), based on college experiences.Lisa Huggins Oxendine (PA) haspublished a novel, The Pink BegoniaSister’s Caribbean Retreat. Moreinformation can be found atwww.ThatIMightEnjoyLife.com.Rick Bridger is chief financial officer forNSi Industries in Charlotte, NC. His wife,Laura Waldner Bridger (’93), is a stayat-homemom for their two children,Hannah (7) and Austin (5).Gina McCarver Brock is the minister ofsingle adults and youth at First BaptistChurch in Greenville, SC.Jeffrey D. Patton (JD) is of counsel atSpilman Thomas & Battle PLLC in Winston-Salem. He practices labor and employmentlaw and commercial litigation.Brad Pryce is a loan officer withAmerican Home Mortgage in Winston-Salem. He and his wife, Mary Katherine,live in Clemmons with their two daughters,Ashton and Taryn.Elizabeth Rees is pursuing a master’s ofdivinity at Virginia Theological Seminary.Lori Archer Raible of Charlotte, NC,received her master’s of divinity fromUnion Theological Seminary andPresbyterian School of ChristianEducation in Richmond,VA.Tonya Christine Walser completedher PhD in medical pathology fromthe University of Maryland School ofMedicine in Baltimore. She is a postdoctoralfellow conducting lung cancerresearch at the David Geffen School ofMedicine at the University of Californiaat Los Angeles.www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 47

1996Gillian Harrell Allen, a former socialworker with Hospice in Charlotte, NC, isa stay-at-home mom.Leon H. Corbett III completed his MBAfrom Florida State University. He is directorof advertising and direct marketingfor VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s officialtourism marketing corporation. He andhis wife, Laura Lee, live in Tallahassee.T. Adam Ginn (MD ’00) is an orthopaedichand surgeon at OrthopaedicAssociates of West Florida in Clearwater.He lives in Belleair, FL, with his wife,Rebecca Toney Ginn (’96), and theirfour children.Derrick B. Pittman co-authored ahumor book, Class Dismissed (RandomHouse, July 2006), with Ryan McNally(’95) and Ben Applebaum (’97), basedon college experiences .Rachel L. Sheedy is associate editorfor Kiplinger’s Retirement Report inArlington,VA.Robb Warfield (MAEd ’00) is with theWinston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.He and his wife, Sheila, have three children,Avery (6), Avalyn (4) and Hayden (3).1997Michael Allen is a senior project managerwith Bank of America in Charlotte, NC.John Andrews (MBA) is vice president ofpublic relations for the Triangle Chapterof the American Marketing Association.He is an adjunct professor of marketingat the Raleigh campus of The Universityof Phoenix and is vice president of marketingfor Implus Footcare LLC.Ben Applebaum co-authored a book ofhumor, Class Dismissed (Random House),with Ryan McNally (’95) and DerrickPittman (’96), based on college experiences.Jennifer Beck Dean (MD ’01) is inher final year of a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at Saint LouisChildren’s Hospital in St. Louis, MO.Nathan Patrick Dean (MD ’01) isin his final year of a pediatric criticalcare fellowship at Saint Louis Children’sHospital in St. Louis, MO.Catherine Whittenburg Dolinski (MA)completed her master’s in public affairsjournalism and covers state politics forthe Tampa Tribune. She and her husband,Michael, live in Tallahassee, FL.1998Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily (LL.M) practiceswith the Al-Jadaan Law Firm in Ridayh,Saudi Arabia, affiliated with CliffordChance.Nathan B. Atkinson is an associateat Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC inWinston-Salem. He practices laborand employment law and commerciallitigation.Christopher Kevin Behm (JD) is anequity partner in Block Crouch KeeterBehm & Sayed LLP in Wilmington, NC.Allison Cole received her MBA fromColumbia Business School. She lives inNew York and is an investor relationsassociate with JPMorgan Partners, a divisionof JPMorgan Chase & Co.Jason J. Hall (MD ’02) and his father,Don J. Hall (MD ’71), published an articleon the first successful hysterectomyin the United States (1856 in Knoxville,TN) in Obstetrics and Gynecology(February 2006).Zachary M. Moretz (JD) and RonaldA. Skufca (JD) have merged their lawfirms to form Moretz & Skufca PLLC,with offices in Charlotte and Concord,NC. The new firm provides services inbusiness law, commercial real estate,business litigation, construction law,family law, homeowners association andplanned community law, and motorsportslaw.Anne Jordan Randall is a graduate ofthe Georgetown University Law Center.She received the Mecklenburg CountyBar 2006 Pro Bono Attorney of the YearAward. She is an associate with Alston& Bird LLP specializing in intellectualproperty litigation in Charlotte, NC.Leslie Shively Robinson (MSA ’99)completed her PhD in accounting at theUniversity of North Carolina at ChapelHill. She is an assistant professor at theTuck School of Business at DartmouthCollege in Hanover, NH.Charles Starks is an associate withPhillips Preiss Shapiro Associates, a cityplanning consultancy in New York, NY.Daniel Stern had his first feature film,“This is a Business,”screened at theVillage International D-Cinema FilmFestival in Lisbon, Portugal, at Danceswith Films in Los Angeles, CA, and at theSt. Louis Filmmakers’ Showcase.1999Leigh Ann Abernethy is pursuing amaster’s in architectural preservationand planning at Cornell University inIthaca, NY.Bill Goodwin received his MBA fromthe University of North Carolina atChapel Hill. He is a vice president andmanaging consultant with MorganHoward Worldwide, an internationalexecutive search firm, managing theiroffice in Raleigh, NC.David Holden is with Holden Mickey &Mickey Inc. in Winston-Salem. He completedhis certified financial planner certificationand has seven years’ experiencein the financial services industry.Justin Houghton has completed thefour-year JD/MBA program at the NewYork University School of Law andLeonard N. Stern School of Business.He is joining the corporate practice ofShearman & Sterling LLP in their NewYork office.48 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Lauren Bennett-Ale Hull completed aresidency in family medicine and joinedCarmel Family Physicians in Charlotte,NC. Her husband, Nathan Myers Hull(JD ’99), is a senior partner with Hull &Chandler PA, focusing on corporatetransactions and business litigation.Maggie Shaffer Lindley and her husband,Matt, have a wholesale art business,Maggie Lindley Designs. Theirwebsite is www.maggielindley.com.Darren Linvill (’99, MA ’02) is pursuinga PhD in educational leadership atClemson University.Terri Gillispie Walling received her MDfrom Marshall University’s Joan C.Edwards School of Medicine. She is aresident physician in the Department ofInternal Medicine at West VirginiaUniversity in Morgantown, WV.Michael Dale Warren is the pediatricchief resident at Vanderbilt Children’sHospital in Nashville, TN. He receivedthe Joe M. Strayhorn Award for bestgrand rounds given by a resident, “TheMethamphetamine Problem and ItsImpact on the Children of Tennessee.”Joe Zelenka is in his eighth season inthe National Football League, playing thelast five with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hehas received community service awardsfrom the Jaguars and the NFL. His wife,Rebekah Demshar Zelenka (’97),spends her time volunteering in Jacksonville,FL, and caring for their twins,Grace Rachel and Benjamin Jacob.2000Ann McAdams Bumgardner is theweekday evening news anchor forHOLDEN (’99) BUMGARDNER (’00)WWAY NewsChannel 3, the ABCaffiliate in southeastern North Carolina.She and her husband, Richard, livein Wilmington, NC.Tim Fuller is an assistant men’s basketballcoach at Fairfield University inFairfield, CT.Lidwine Lacquemant Graciet (MBA) issenior product manager at Procter &Gamble France.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 EstesWachovia SecuritiesCharlotte, NCWake Forest MBAClass of 2006Dan McCabeThe Home DepotAtlanta, GAWake 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 SEPTEMBER 2006 49

Sam Funk (center) and David Wells (right) on their last day in Kenya with (left to right): Donald Seitz, a Nashville attorney;Rebekah Casteel, an attorney from Washington, D.C.; and Victor Kamau, a Kenyan attorney.PHOTO COURTESY DAVID WELLSJustice for allSam Funk (’93) and David Wells (’05) choose to fight for human rights.By Scott HolterS A PARTNER IN A NASHVILLE LAW FIRMA that specializes in commercial litigation,Sam Funk (’93) repeatedly fights for justice forpeople throughout middle Tennessee. But Funkalso gains satisfaction from a different aspect ofhis work, one for which he is rarely recognizedand not paid a dime. Funk, who majored inpolitical science, has traveled to India and Kenyaproviding legal expertise as part of a humanrights organization. The mission: to stop legalinjustices seen there by relief workers and overseasmissionaries.“I have lived in upper middle-class my wholelife,” Funk said in recalling his first moments inKibera, a shantytown slum of more than a millionpeople in the heart of Nairobi, Kenya. “You cannotcomprehend the poverty and the inequalityin the world without setting foot on their soil. Iknow it sounds cliché, but it changes your life.”Such a life alteration actually came almostfour years earlier for Funk. Five days after theterrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a guestspeaker at his Nashville church spoke about thetragedies in New York and Washington, but alsoabout similar catastrophes he had encounteredin Rwanda. The man was Gary Haugen, CEOof the International Justice Mission (IJM). TheWashington, D.C.-based group, which has operationsin a dozen locations (including Guatemala,Honduras, Peru and Thailand), rescues victimsof violence, sexual exploitation, slavery andoppression. “The massive killings and injustices50 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

worldwide had been the springboard that ledhim to IJM,” Funk said. “He wanted to knowhow we as Christians are delivering justice.”By the following March, Funk was providingHaugen with an answer first-hand after travelingwith an IJM group to India to assist victims ofbonded slave labor. When residents there are ina financial crisis, money is often borrowed fromlocal lenders, who then put them to work to payoff the debt.“They go to work for the lender and are notallowed to leave until the money is paid back in alump sum,” Funk said. “But the interest rate is oftenso high that the money can rarely be paid back.”Funk saw with his own eyes the kind of laborit often takes, including a seven-month pregnantwoman making bricks in the hot sun, a man inflip-flops breaking rock with a sledgehammer,and children hand-rolling cigarettes.“Often children will inherit their parentsloans, or the kids need money to pay for theirmother’s funeral,” Funk said.He spent 10 days in India, interacting withmore than 250 people in IJM’s one-case-at-a-time,two-fold approach: bringing justice for individuals,and sending a message to others in the communitythat perpetrators will be held accountable. He andother lawyers interviewed bonded workers andprepared affidavits that legally explained their loansand working arrangements. As a result, more than100 of the bonded laborers were relieved of theirobligations. “It’s somewhat like a medical missiontrip,” Funk said. “You can bring immediate reliefand have an impact on the lives of others.”Funk returned to Nashville a changed man,but with a wife, Betsy Brakefield-Funk (’92),and two daughters to care for, he knew thoseresponsibilities came before another IJM trip.Still, he kept in touch with the organization andproudly provided pictures of his cross-the-globejustice mission to anyone interested. That includedhis nephew, David Wells (’05).“I was very familiar with Sam’s trip and sawmany of those pictures over the years,” said Wells,who majored in business and whose mother is thesister of Funk’s wife. “When Sam had the opportunityto go on another mission, he called andasked if I wanted to go. I jumped at the chance.”It was June 2005. Wells, a recent graduate,had two months before beginning a new job inCharlotte, while Funk had just welcomed a thirddaughter to his family. The invitation was totravel to Nairobi with two other attorneys towork on behalf of victims of police brutality andsexual assault. The men would pay their ownexpenses, estimated at $4,000, and miss two weeksof work. But the hardship paled in comparisonto what lay ahead.“What immediately struck me the most whenwe arrived were the extremes of society thatexist,” said Wells, who served as a technologyliaison on the mission, researching cases, assistingwith investigations and interviewing witnesses.“Working day to day as a caseworker, I was inone of the largest slums in the world and seeingpeople who live on less than a dollar a day.”The group soon heard of a man arrested on aminor incident and put in jail to await his charges.By law the charges were to come within 48 hours.But on the third day his wife came to visit andfound her husband dead on the floor of his cell.“He was lying in a pool of blood, and the steeldoor was off its hinges,” Funk said. Local policereported the death to be suicide, but IJM, with thehelp of Funk and his fellow lawyers, filed suitagainst the attorney general of Kenya and Nairobi’spolice chief. In a city plagued by slow systemsand crowded courts, the case is still pending.With Kenya on the “No Travel” list for UnitedStates citizens, Funk and Wells experienced thedanger of their surroundings every day. They visiteda 3,000-capacity prison that held 6,000 inmates,90 percent of whom were waiting to be tried.And they stayed in a hotel surrounded by a brickwall. Armed guards held mirrors under every carapproaching the hotel to look for explosives andwere there to welcome opening elevator doors onevery floor. “Being in a situation where we wereobviously American, we had to keep aware ofwhat was going on,” said Wells. “In Nairobi, theword is that a third of the city spends the day protectinga third of the city from a third of the city.”Shortly after Funk returned to Nashville, hegot a call he had been hoping to receive. The fightfor justice had allowed a jailed man to receive hisunconditional release. “It’s nice to know that yourwork can make a difference, and that IJM can besuch a good resource,” said Funk. “Each yearis different (for me), but I’d certainly like to goagain sometime.”Scott Holter is a freelance writer based in Seattle.www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 51

Frederic Joly (LL.M) is in the legaldepartment of TF1, a European televisionchannel and a subsidiary of BOUYGUES.He is engaged to be married in Octoberin Chartres, France.Scott D. Jones (MBA) is responsible fornew business development, client servicingand assisting in firm managementwith Arbor Investment Advisors inWinston-Salem.Marcus S. Lawrence Jr. (JD) formed thelaw firm Thorn Lawrence PL in Tampa,FL, specializing in civil litigation andestate planning.Steven C. McRae (JD) and Thomas R.Peake II (JD ’95) have formed Peake &McRae PA in Graham, NC.Keith O’Halloran (JD) has a solo practicein criminal defense in WesthamptonBeach, NY, with a satellite office inGarden City, NY.Martin Podolan (JD) is head of legaland corporate affairs at Slovenske elektrarne,a.s., the second largest powergenerator in Mid and Eastern Europe. Helives in Trnava, Slovakia.2001Lisa Biedrzycki spent six months studyinglaw in Tokyo, Japan, and graduatedfrom Temple University School of Law.She received the TASA Prize forExcellence in Evidence. She has taken upkung fu, is working towards a pilot’slicense and is moving to New York City.George Faithful received his master’s ofdivinity from Covenant TheologicalSeminary in St. Louis, MO.Beth Mabe Gianopulos (JD) is associatecounsel at NC Baptist Hospitals Inc.in Winston-Salem.YOUR GIFT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!The Annual Funds—which include the College and Calloway Funds,Babcock, Divinity, Law and Medical Funds—provide unrestrictedsupport to Wake Forest. Unrestricted funds are used where the needsare greatest—in areas like student aid, faculty funds and study-abroadprograms.HOW WILL YOUR GIFT HELP?Your gift will help Wake Forest continue to be one of only 28 schoolsthat offer “need blind” admissions — which means we do not considera student’s financial status when making the admissions decision, andwe commit to meeting a student’s full financial need.Tuition does not cover the full cost to educate Wake Forest students.Private gifts to the University make up that difference. Your gift willhelp ensure that the students of today and tomorrow can continue toenjoy the same outstanding experiences alumni had during their timeon campus.Donor participation—or the percentage of alumni who give to theUniversity—is an important measure used in the annual U.S. Newsand World Report rankings. When you make a gift, you build our donorparticipation rate, which will impact our rankings.Your gift will have both an immediate and lasting impact. Please addyour name to the list of those who support the Annual Funds.Make your gift today at www.wfu.edu/alumni/giving or mail it to P. O. Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC27109-7227. For questions, please call 800.752.8568.the A NNUAL F UNDSCollege Fund • Calloway Fund • Law Fund • Babcock Fund • Divinity School Fund • Medical Alumni Association Fund52 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Klemens Keferboeck (LL.M) is ajunior partner at Binder GroesswangRechtsaenwalte in Innsbruck, Austria.He focuses on banking and capitalmarkets and is engaged to be married.Jennifer Nall has an internship withSamaritan’s Purse in Kholm,Afghanistan, working with a girls’ educationproject.Jonathan Nelson (JD) served as a triallawyer at the Marine Corps Base CampPendleton, CA, and in the Middle East.He is teaching trial advocacy and criminallaw at the Naval Justice School inNewport, RI.Sara Shaw Nicholas received her MDfrom the Medical University of SouthCarolina. She is pursuing a residency inobstetrics and gynecology at WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis, MO.Kala C. Taylor received a JD and BA incivil law from Louisiana State UniversityPaul M. Hebert Law Center.Carrie Vey received her MD from theUniversity of South Florida. She wasinducted into Alpha Omega Alpha andthe Gold Humanism Honor Societies,received the Doctor’s Doctor and theCharles E. Aucremann MD Excellence inFamily Medicine Awards. She is in afamily medicine residency at HalifaxMedical Center in Daytona Beach, FL.Shenika Watlington received her MBAfrom the University of Michigan. She isan associate brand manager with KraftFoods in New York.Robin Heather Whitley is in the U.S.Navy stationed near Cambridge, England.Shin Yamazaki (LL.M) is senior coordinatorof the legal team at MatsushitaElectric Industrial Co. Ltd. in YokohamaCity, Japan. He and his wife, Junko, areexpecting a baby to join their son Taichi(5) and daughter Natuha (2).JONES (MBA ’00) BASS (JD ’02)2002Steven Anderson (MD) is a chief residentin orthopaedic surgery at Duke UniversityMedical Center in Durham, NC.Eric Bass (JD) is with Wishart NorrisHenninger & Pittman in Charlotte, NC.He is a member of the North Carolinaand South Carolina Bars.Adrienne A. Bohannon is a pediatricclinical speech pathologist at DukeUniversity Medical Center in Durham,NC. Her primary area of clinical interestis dysphagia and feeding/swallowingevaluation and treatment.Garrett W. Colby received his MD fromthe University of Alabama School ofMedicine. He will complete his residencyin diagnostic radiology at Tripler ArmyMedical Center in Honolulu, HI.Lauren Linfante DeAlexandris (MBA)and her husband, Brian, opened a franchiselocation of Super Suppers inJacksonville, FL.Zhen “Katie” Feng (LL.M) is an associatepracticing intellectual property lawfor the international law firm of Lovellsin the Shanghai office.Lauren Parks Golding graduated fromDuke University School of Medicine. Herresidency is in radiology at Wake ForestUniversity School of Medicine.Jonathan Lee Kelly was selected for theZuckerman Fellows Program at HarvardUniversity.MOSER (JD ’02) ELDRIDGE (JD ’03)Aaron Oyarce (LL.M) is head of thecorporate department at San MartinUniversity’s Law School. He also teachesin the MBA department.Stephanie Parks Pezzo graduated fromthe University of South Florida Collegeof Medicine. Following an internal medicineinternship at the University of SouthFlorida, she will begin her residencytraining in diagnostic radiology.Jessica E. Poirier received her doctorateof pharmacy from the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill. She ispursuing a pharmacy practice residencyat The Ohio State University MedicalCenter in Columbus, OH.Adam W. Shick (MA) is associatedirector of Institutional Research atWake Forest.Jochen Zaremba (LL.M) is withSchwartz Rechtsanwaelte in Amberg,Germany.2003Susanna Baker has extended her timewith the Peace Corps as a volunteer coordinatorin Quito, Ecuador.Erik Jonas Blomqvist is vice presidentof operations for Medical Review Servicein Palm Beach Gardens, FL.Scott Eldridge (JD) is an associate inthe office of Miller Canfield Paddock &Stone PLC. He is in the labor andemployment group in Lansing, MI.Emerson C. Moser (JD) is with Dinsmore& Shohl LLP in Cincinnati, OH. Hewas named a “Ohio Super Lawyer —Rising Star” by Law & Politics Media.Anne Fritzler (LL.M) has a legal positionin the Administrative TaxDepartment of Hamburg, Germany.www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 53

Jessie Lee Smith is assistant director ofcorporate and foundation relations in theWake Forest Development Office.MOROZ (’04) ANDREWS (’05)BOREEL (’06) PLACKEMEIER (’06)Derrick Spice and Brett Ross (’06) wonthe tennis doubles title at the CrownNorth Carolina Closed Championshipsin Greensboro.Elizabeth Hall completed her AASdegree in interior design at CentralPiedmont Community College inCharlotte, NC. She is a junior designer atthe commercial interior design firm ofClub Design Group in North Port, FL.Katherine Collins Neal is a senioraccount executive with Porter Novelli inSan Francisco, CA.Virginia Lee “Ginger” Bailey Rolfes(JD) is an associate at KilpatrickStockton LLP, focusing on commercialreal estate and finance, in Charlotte, NC.2004Kelly Doton will travel with the USAwomen’s national field hockey team tothe World Cup in Madrid, scheduled forSeptember 26-October 8.Barbara Maida-Stolle (MBA) is vicepresident of retail services for GoodwillIndustries of the Southern Piedmont.Manuel Moctezuma (LL.M) is on theboard of directors of the Hispanic BarAssociation. He is a foreign counsel atAjamie LLP in Houston, TX. He publishedan article analyzing the disclosurerequirements for public companiesunder Mexico’s new Securities MarketLaw in the American Bar AssociationMexico Update. He and his wife, PaulinaCastro (LL.M ’04), are expecting a baby.Mark Moroz is a recruiting assistant forthe football team at Wake Forest.Kristie Schavey received her master’s inclinical exercise physiology fromNortheastern University in Boston, MA.She is working in Tampa, FL, for LifeScanWellness Centers.Seth Smith (MDiV) is pastor at HorseShoe First Baptist Church in westernNorth Carolina.2005Kathleen E. Andrews is in accountmanagement at Cardinal CapitalManagement in Raleigh, NC.Lindsay Butler is divisional marketingspecialist at Prudential Carolinas Realtyin Winston-Salem.Jamie Dean is pursuing a JD/MBA atWake Forest. He was chosen by U.S.Rowing to represent the United States aspart of the first-ever Adaptive NationalTeam in the Olympics. The FISA WorldRowing Championships were held inEton, England, in August.Ryan Dings (JD) is an associate attorneywith Moretz & Skufca PLLC in Charlotte,NC.Jennifer Kalcevic (LL.M) is serving aclerkship in the U.S. District Court inCharlotte, NC, and then a one-year clerkshipin the Superior Court of New Jersey.Paul T. Mayer is an account executive atISP Sports in Winston-Salem. He handlescorporate sponsorships and multimediamarketing partnerships with Wake Forestathletics.Chi Tan (LL.M) is in the legal departmentof Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. inTaipei, Taiwan.2006Maeke Boreel played in four consecutivefield hockey final fours and receivedthe Marge Crisp Award as Wake Forest’stop female student-athlete for the 2005-06 academic year.Ayca Konuralp (LL.M) participatedin the Federal Judicial ObservationshipProgram with Chief U.S. MagistrateJudge Carl Horn in Charlotte, NC.Ryan Plackemeier broke the NCAArecord for punting average and receivedthe Arnold Palmer Award as WakeForest’s top male student-athlete forthe 2005-06 academic year. He was aseventh-round draft choice and playsfor the Seattle Seahawks.Brett Ross and Derrick Spice (’05) wonthe tennis doubles title at the CrownNorth Carolina Closed Championshipsin Greensboro. Brett won the singleschampionship there and at the CVITTTournament at the Oakwood CountryClub in Lynchburg,VA.Liron Strauss was selected to theAcademic All-Atlantic Coast Conferencetennis team.2007Matt Antonelli was drafted 17th in thefirst round of the major-league baseballdraft by the San Diego Padres.54 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

MarriagesJulian P.S. Smith III (’76) and DianeRudulph. 4/13/06. They live in Rock Hill,SC.John McCune (’84, JD ’87) and HollyHenry. 6/17/06 in Ocala, FL. They live inLynn Haven, FL.Rick Tobar (’86) and Anne Gallagher.4/29/06 in Charlotte, NC.Steve Dapkus (’95) and Andrea A.Partridge. 2/18/06 in Playa Del Carmen,Mexico. They live in Birmingham, AL.Laura Brooke Lawrence (’95) andJonathan Hata. 4/1/06 in Durham, NC.Attending were Jenny Hall Aldrink (’95),Ann Haywood Baxter (’95), CheriWilliams Bowling (’95), Monica StuckeyGoudy (’95), Karen Blue Norris (’95),Regan Reding (’95) and Cameron ButlerSt. Clair (’95).Seth T. Chait (’96) and Dori J. Popkin.5/6/06 in Glen Head, NY. They live inBaltimore, MD. Attending were ScottAlvey (’99), Raj Batheja (’96), AmyMarchel Charasika (’99, MAEd ’00), PaiCharasika (’98), Carl Daniels (’96), DylanHeck (’98), Andrew Laskowski (’02), EvanPeverley (’96), Aaron Prisco (’95), BobbySchott (’96), Jeff Scola (’96), Blake Tenore(’96), Robert Tulley (’96), Burns Wetmore(’96), Sarah Little Wetmore (’96) and CoryWinig (’98).Brian Lee (’96) and Katie Foxworth.6/24/06 in Athens, GA. They live inAtlanta. The wedding party includedBrian Adams (’96), Thomas Carroll (’96)and Will Chambliss (’96).Thomas Graham Honaker IV (’97) andSarah Katherine Morsbach. 5/27/06 inChicago, IL. They live in Louisville, KY.The wedding party included GeorgeAndrus (’97), Alex Brown (’98), ZachEverson (’98) and Matt Harrington (’99).Attending were Andy Alcock (’83), AmyAlexander (’97), Erin Crabtree (’97),Aaron Gibson (’97), Bill Logan (’97), BenMartin (’95), Geoff Michael (’97), ScottNye (’98), Carl Osberg (’01), MarkSchofield (’96), Teresa Schofield (’97),Keith Smith (’97), Sarah Smith (’97) andJamie Weinbaum (’98).Jonessa Nicole Howald (’97) andMatthew Tyler Alexander. 5/27/06 inLakeland, FL. They live in Winder, GA.Molli Frances Perkins (’97) and Romie“Terry” Terrence Barnes. 7/1/06 inRockville, MD. In attendance wereRonnie Angerer (’98), Rebecca Filbey(’97), Arwen Blayney Lietz (’97), TammyWells-Angerer (’97) and John WhitmireJr. (’97).Ted Tseng (’97) and Heather Harelik.5/28/06 in Lake Las Vegas, NV. They livein Denver, CO. The wedding partyincluded Will Garin (’96) and Vicki Ho(’97).Rachel Claire Childs (’98, MAEd ’99)and Charles Hale Durant. 4/22/06 in HotSprings, NC. Attending were DavidCaggiano (’98), Maria Alavanja Caggiano(’98), Elizabeth O’Donovan Land (’98),Mary Patrick Lemmons (’74), BrentMartin (’98), Katharine HumphreyMartin (MAEd ’99, MDiv ’05), DavidNichols (’98), Julie Davis Nichols (’98)and Jamie Womack (’98).Bill Goodwin (’99) and NealWhitehead. 5/13/06 in Pinehurst, NC.They live in Raleigh, NC.Rich Grogan (’99) and Erin Aloan.5/13/06. The wedding party includedDavid Hodges (’99, MD ’03), BobMacReynolds (’99), Adrian Miller (’99),Patrick Murphy (’99) and Pete Tarsa (’99).David L. Hall (’99) and Mary TraylorLarus. 6/10/06 in Richmond,VA. They livein Atlanta, GA. The wedding partyincluded Radford Hallman (’99) andHenry Kinard (’99).January Hope Streeter (’99) andDavid Carmalt. 4/30/05 in Atlanta. Thewedding party included Katie Church(’99), Kristin Hill (’99), Jen Lyon (’99),Kevin Richardson (’99), Laura VietaRichardson (’99), Lawson Rothgeb (’99)and Valerie Williamson (’98).Beth Cockman (’00) and Richard Wood.6/24/06 in Wait Chapel. They live inFayetteville, NC. The wedding partyincluded Julie Greer (’00) and EmileeSimmons (’00). Attending were ChaplainEmeritus Ed Christman (’50, JD ’53), JeanChristman (’51), Lauren Clendenin (’02),Jason Cogdill (’98, JD ’01), April Gloth(’00), Jo Godfrey (’61), Jennifer Goforth(’00), Myers Johnson (’88), Pam Powell(’00) and Ann Wells (’00).Paula Abigail Decker (’00) andAlexander Bartholomew Currall. 5/6/06in Alexandria,VA. Richard Paul Decker(’68) and Virginia Decker are the bride’sparents. The wedding party includedHolly Ivanoff Graham (’00), MelanieSheffield Haley (’00), Michelle TheresaHess (’00), Meredith Leigh McDonald(’00) and Emily Donofrio Wilson (’00).Elke Fuessmann (’00) and RobertPhillips (’00). 5/27/06 in Chapel Hill,NC. They live in Conshohocken, PA. Thewedding party included Brock Benson(’00), Sarah Galbraith Harris (’00), ErinValenti (’01), Nick Wessling (’00) andDavid White (’00). Attending were TedAitken (’00), Maryellen Dougherty (’00),Greg Givens (’00), Jason Shoemaker (’00)and Stephanie Reddy White (’00).Lidwine Alexandra Lacquemant (MBA’00) and Benoit Graciet. 5/6/06 inHendaye, France.Warner Douglas May (’00) and MelissaLynn Freeman. 6/3/06 in Thomasville,GA. The wedding party included DanielGilchrist Barnes (’00, MD ’04), DavidThomas Celello (’00), Holly Miller Gentry(’99), James Haynes Gentry (’99), RobertHamilton Haley (’00, MSA ’01) andSteven Edward Huntington (’00).www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 55

Attending were Hima MaramreddyBloomfield (’98), Neil Bloomfield (’00),Brian Branson (’00, MSA ’01), PaulaDecker Currall (’00), Brian Dodwell (’00),Steven Feinberg (’00), Melanie SheffieldHaley (’00), Marian Corbet Moss (’56)and Kevin Samuels (’00).Scott F. Wyatt (’00) and Christine M.Borowski (’00, MSA ’01). 5/27/06 inUnion, NJ. Attending were ShaineOrlowsky Capone (’00), Jon Gambill (’00),Daniel Murphy (’00, JD ’06) and KristyRice (’00, MSA ’01).Aaron Heinrich Baer (’01) and JenniferLynn Beem (’01, MA ’05). 7/15/06 inAsheville, NC. They live in Winston-Salem. The wedding party included EliseAgrella (’01), John Cooper (’01), DerekDegrass (’01), Lisa Bear Degrass (’01),Andy Rigsby (’03) and Pam Santilli (’01).Allison Dale (’01) and Ryan Taylor.5/27/06 in Amelia Island, FL. They live inAtlanta. The wedding party includedEmilie Johnson (’01), Anna Lake (’01),Melissa Wellman Norman (’01) andEmily Quimby (’01).James Edward Johnson Jr. (’01) andCarrie Elizabeth Beaty. 6/17/06 inGreenville, SC. The wedding partyincluded Samuel Lindsay Carrington(’01), Cara Elizabeth Mathis (’01), JohnDavid Rock Jr. (’01) and Mark RobertWilson (’01). Attending were Bert LesterBennett IV (’04), Alexander BradleyCregan (’01), Will Daniel Godfrey (’01),Luke Campbell Iglehart (’01), WilliamPaul Jaudes (’01), William Jesse Teague Jr.(’01) and other members of the KappaAlpha Class of 2001.Lisa Michelle Pearson (’01) and ChadAnthony Collums. 5/28/06 in HiltonHead, SC. They live in Troy, MI. The weddingparty included Ann Ellen Ferguson(’01), Kathryn Lynn Ossowski (’01) andCristina Ann Pandolfo (’01).Sara Janet Shaw (’01) and PeterNicholas. 11/26/05 in Spartanburg, SC.They live in St. Louis, MO. Janet WeirShaw (’75) is the bride’s mother andAlexander Frank Weir Jr. (’50, MD ’53)the bride’s grandfather. The weddingparty included Suzanne Lock (’02), MollyMattingly (’02) and Anna Shaw (’06).David Scott Siemon (’01) and TamaraBrooke Gehris. 5/6/06 in Atlanta. Thewedding party included Jason Aquilante(’02), Joshua Paul Bartlett (’01) and KyleMatthew Price (’01). Attending wereMatthew William Briggs (’00), Ben Elbe(’03) and Christian Brent Turner (’99).Mariana Alvarez (’02) and ShawnKallivayalil. 5/20/06 in Jacksonville, FL.They live in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Thewedding party included Nikki Arminio(’02), Jami Johnson (’02), Lorraine Kostiw(’02) and Maryn Whittles (’02).Garrett W. Colby (’02) and ElaineMarie Cox. 4/29/06 in Montevallo, AL.The wedding party included Jason Asbell(’00), Cameron Cole (’01, MAEd ’02), LisaFerguson (’04), Zachary Morgan (’04) andWilliam Rice (’98).Claiborne Heilman (’02) and DarrenLinvill (’99, MA ’02). 6/3/06 in NagsHead, NC. They live in Clemson, SC. Thewedding party included Allison Gravely(’02), Jimmy Hilburn (’99), ElizabethMachalek (’02), Jacob Montgomery (’02)and Anita Woolley (’02).Megan Love Lambert (’02) and ErikJonas Blomqvist (’03). 5/13/06 inGeorgetown, SC. They live in Jupiter, FL.The wedding party included StephenMichael Hawryluk (’03), Jamie LynnJennell (’01), Sonya Lee Kohnen (’02),David Willingham Lentz (’03) andMargaret McCollough Schottler (’02).Lauren Vacher Linfante (MBA ’02) andBrian DeAlexandris. 6/3/06 in Sheldon,SC. They live in Jacksonville, FL.Margot Lombardo (’02) and MichaelGreen (’02). 6/10/06 in Bermuda. Theylive in Washington, D.C. The weddingparty included Lindsey Evans Chitwood(’02), Doug Pulse (’02) and Jack Zoesch(’02). Attending were Lewis Chitwood(’02, MSA ’03), James Hamill (’02, MSA’03), Jami Johnson (’02), Sarah Wildrick(’03), Evan Willett (’02) and Amy DanielZoesch (’03, MSA ’04).Christie Paige Marzahn (’02) andJacob Richard Stump (’02, JD ’05).5/27/06 in Virginia Beach,VA. They live inOrlando, FL. The wedding party includedMichael Ellis (’02), Mary Claire Hodges(’02), Allegra Klacsmann (’02), MichaelMcIntyre (’02, MSA ’03), Kristen NorrisRogers (’02, MSA ’03), Jordan Wagner(’02) and Valerie Patrick Zaryczny (’02).Lauren Parks (’02) and Jay Golding.5/27/06 in Durham, NC. They live inSummerfield, NC. The wedding partyincluded Stephanie Parks Pezzo (’02).Virginia Lee “Ginger” Bailey (JD ’03)and Robert Jerome Rolfes. 5/20/06 inCharlotte, NC.Katherine Kemp Collins (’03) andBrian Christopher Neal. 4/8/06 in Paris,KY. They live in San Francisco, CA. Thewedding party included Laura MarieAnderson (’03), Emily Conrad Beaver (’03),Adrienne Ann Bohannon (’02), SusanPatricia Edwards (’03), Helen King Stockstill(’03) and Julia Dean Taylor (’03).Attending were Ryan Lee Beaver (’03, JD’06), Courtney Ann Beitler (’03), KatharineElizabeth Rouse (’04), Tanis Jan Smith(’03) and Jamie Lyn Whittaker (’03).Adam Dickey (’03) and KatieHenderson (’03). 7/22/06 in Fort Myers,FL. They live in Chicago, IL. The weddingparty included Will Clough (’03) andCambra Overend (’04).Laura Ellen Jajosky (’03) and MatthewEssex Morgan (’04). 7/15/06 in Winston-Salem. They live in Alexandria,VA.Chaplain Timothy Auman officiated. Thewedding party included Ashley Crouse(’03), Heather Green (’03), DanielMcGinley (’04), Chris Reilly (’04), DanSchaaf (’04) and J.D. Stallings (’04).56 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Elizabeth Anne Lee (’03) and BenjaminAllen Steere (’03). 7/1/06 in Durham,NC. They live in Athens, GA. IngramHedgpeth (’76) officiated. The weddingparty included Andrea Lavin (’03) andJustin Lee (’00). Attending were CraigBrodersen (’02, MS ’03), JenniferSchneider Camp (’03), Ed Gaskins (’63),Christine Manuck (’03) and LizRichardson (’03).John Melquades Martinez (’03) andHelen Virginia Owens (’03). 5/20/06 inOrlando, FL. The wedding party includedCatherine Goodman (’03), AndrewHarper (’03), Sidney Hawkins (’03), LeighHearne (’03), Cary Hudgins (’03), RyanLally (’03), Annie Manchester (’03), AaronMayo (’03), Katherine Nash (’03), TommyO’Reardon (’03) and Sarah Steen (’03).Jayme Michelle Shomaker (’03) andCharles Oliver Gallop. 5/6/06 in Winston-Salem. They live in High Point, NC. Thewedding party included Lindsay Dedo(’02) and Adrienne Powell Loffredo (’03).Jessica Sloane Snure (’03) and WayneClifford Paullus III. 5/7/05 in Amarillo,TX. They live in Columbia, MO. The weddingparty included Rachael ElizabethCarney (’03), Kelly Carpenter (’03),Louise Walker Freeman (’03), AnneElizabeth Thorkelson (’04) and AnnaElizabeth Warburton (’03).Lindsey Anne Stergiou (’03) and DrakeAndrew Guenther. 5/6/06 in Columbus,OH. They live in Charlottesville,VA. Thewedding party included MeghanColeman Burns (’03, MSA ’04), AmyWilson Hale (’03), Anna Elizabeth Holt(’03), Melissa Erin Jones (’03), MarieTherese Szczurowski (’03), AshleyElizabeth True (’03) and Anna ElizabethWarburton (’03).Christopher D. Marston (MBA ’04)and Claire E. Anderson (MBA ’04).4/1/06 in Charlotte, NC. The weddingparty included Steven G. Bumgarner (’95,MBA ’02) and Elizabeth Watson Evans (’99).S. Ashley Steakley (’04) and BenedictYoung Kim. 2/12/05 in Austin, TX. Thewedding party included Shelley Adams(’05), Noelle Balliett (’02), Tasha Pinckney(’01) and Jackie Shock (’02).Ashley Elizabeth Batts (’05) andThomas Hart Allen (’05). 8/6/05. Thewedding party included Mark Arinci(’05), Aditya Dasika (’05), LindsayMorgan Farrar (’06), Elizabeth ShowalterGodbold (’05), Katherine DrewHitzhusen (’05), Julia Michelle Koch (’05)and Christopher Michael Nelson (’06).Karen Buschman (’05) and CasonBarnes. 6/7/06 in Gaithersburg, MD. Theylive in Nashville, TN. The wedding partyincluded Katie Bason (’05) and LaurenCollins (’05).Michael David Colvard (’05) andLindsay Elizabeth Yurkutat (’04).12/17/05 in Downingtown, PA. They livein St. Louis, MO. Ben Milner (’93) officiated.The bride is the daughter of LindaSetterstrom Yurkutat (’71). The weddingparty included Matthew Thomas English(’05), Zachary Bryant Hill (’05), StephenJohn MacDonough (’07), Matthew ScottMiller (’00), Karen Rene Riddle (’05),Lenora Ann Simpson (’06), BarbaraMathes Yurkutat (’99) and Robert JohnYurkutat (’99).Katie Cox (’05) and Craig Tribble.2/11/06 in Greensboro, NC.Births/AdoptionsStephen John “Steve” Gurganus (’80)and Kathleen McQuaid, Raleigh, NC: adaughter, Ciara Li Ru Frances. 1/14/04 inChina and adopted 5/31/05.John James Cater III (’81, MBA ’83)and Estelle Cater, Houma, LA: a daughter,Elizabeth Stockett. 6/14/05David L. Mathus (JD ’84) and ElizabethMathus, Westbrook, CT: a son, WilliamHenry. 2/27/06. He joins his brother,James (3).Daniel Alcazar (MBA ’85) and TheresaLynn Alcazar, Kansas City, MO: a son,Sebastian August. 5/27/06John W. Boswell (’86) and Meg Boswell,Atlanta: a daughter, Caroline Whitney.4/10/06John Douglas Phillips (’86) andCourtney Phillips, Houston, TX: a daughter,Alice Grey. 6/8/06. She joins her sisters,Sarah (3) and Lucy (1).Annette Dvorak Wyeth (’86) andMichael Brian Wyeth (’86), Haymarket,VA: a daughter, Madison Emery. 4/13/06Thomas F. Binkley (’89) and Jaime L.Binkley, South Williamsport, PA: adaughter, Lucy Emma. 5/10/06. She joinsher sisters, Abigail Lynn (8) and SophiaIsabella (13 mos).Elizabeth Malcom Cooke (’89) andRocky Cooke, Cary, NC: a daughter,Mary Elizabeth. 3/20/06Lorna Campbell Martin (’89) andMichael Martin, Southern Pines, NC: adaughter, Amelia “Mia”Grace. 4/24/06Steven Schmidt (MAEd ’89) and SusanRevis Schmidt (’89), Elizabeth City, NC:a son, William Mitchell. 1/20/06. He joinshis sister, Emily (5).Susan Hope Crockett Smith (’89) andWiley Smith, Pearl City, HI: a son, EthanRobert. 5/19/06Karl Tweardy (’89) and Susan Tweardy,Richmond,VA: a daughter, Tristan Amil.4/24/06Jan M. Johnson (’90) and StephenMishol, Quincy, MA: a daughter, SophiaJane. 7/27/05www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 57

Lynn Margiotta (’90) and JenniferMargiotta, Silver Spring, MD: a son,Anthony Whitehead. 5/23/06Scott McDonough (’90) and JulieMcDonough, South Riding,VA: a son,Aidan Patrick. 5/24/06. He joins his sister,Caleigh (6), and brother, Zach (4).Amy Scheeler Sparks (MBA ’90) andTimothy Sparks, Raleigh, NC: a son,Dylan Webster. 1/23/06. He joins hisbrother, Jason (2).James R. Dickey (MBA ’91) and MeriDickey, Center Valley, PA: a son, JakobMatthias. 4/6/06. He joins his sister,Caitlin (3).Andrew Meadows (’91) and SadieMeadows, Tampa, FL: a son, JustisRichard. 5/31/06. He joins his brother,Quentin David (3).Mark Mendenhall (’91) and AnnaGatewood Mendenhall (’94), Charlotte,NC: a son, Eric Newell. 9/30/05. He joinshis brothers, Parker (5) and Tye (3).Marty Mitchell Peterson (’91) and JohnPeterson, Raleigh, NC: a son, John “Jack”Hilmer IV. 11/1/05. He joins his sisters,Morgan (7) and Mimi (2).Jamie Schirippa (’91) and Cathy Ha,Florence, SC: a son, Albert Ha. 7/7/06Brooke Wimbush Shumaker (’91) andTravis Shumaker, Kirkland, WA: a son,Tegan Thomas. 5/24/06Peter Carlino (’92, JD ’95) and CathyCarlino (’92), Charlotte, NC: a daughter,Sophia Antonina. 3/8/06. She joins hersisters, Olivia (6) and Gabriella (5).Vicki DiLillo (’92) and Joseph Roel,Delaware, OH: a son, Benjamin Walker.5/9/06Justin B. Doran (’92) and Sara PickensDoran, Princeton, NJ: a son, HenryRobert. 5/3/06. He joins his brothers,Charlie (8), Tom (6) and Will (2), and hissister, Lila (4).Charles D. Greene (’92) and JennyGreene, Winston-Salem: a daughter,Ashley Lynn. 4/26/06Sterling Griggs (’92) and Kellie Griggs,Yadkinville, NC: a son, Deacon Sindler.6/15/06. He joins his sisters, Chandlerand Reynolds.David E. Inabinett (’92, JD ’96) andElizabeth Hawkins Inabinett (’94),Lexington, NC: a daughter, KatherineElliott. 2/28/06Galen Johnson (’92) and Lori Johnson,Siloam Springs, AR: a daughter, CarolineGrace. 7/10/06Christopher C. King (’92) andChristine King, Baltimore, MD: a daughter,Caroline Sarah. 11/10/05. She joinsher brother, Camden (3).Kimberly Uhorchak Mattoon (’92) andDean Mattoon, Fuquay Varina, NC: a son,Lee Steven. 2/8/06. He joins his sister,Sydney (2).Mark Schnably (’92) and JaneHarrison Schnably (’93), Winston-Salem: a son, Richard Edmund. 5/9/06Susan Anderson Wood (’92) andBradley Owen Wood (’92), Winston-Salem: a son, Samuel Anderson. 2/4/06.He joins his brother, Owen Patrick (71/2), and sister, Elizabeth Corinne (5).Shanna Swatts Autrey (’93, PA ’95)and Charles Dale Autrey (MBA ’01),Princeton, WV: a daughter, Kendal.4/5/06. She joins her sister, Laken (9), andbrother, Brock (7).Gina McCarver Brock (’93) andCharles Brock, Greenville, SC: a daughter,Rebecca Cameron. 2/27/06Ann Greenwood Burns (’93) and JohnBurns, Dallas, TX: a son, David William.4/24/06. He joins his brother, Jack.Albert Cedric Calhoun (’93) andAmanda Kate Wenner-Calhoun, SilverSpring, MD: a son, Gavin Cedric. 2/7/06Leslie Austin Creel (’93) and BradCreel, Danbury, CT: a daughter, JennaAnn. 6/13/06Laura Amiot Greve (’93) and RichardGreve, Roswell, GA: a daughter, ZoieOlivia. 2/17/06. She joins her brother,Cameron (7).Brad Hipps (’93) and Laura Hipps,Houston, TX: a son, Walker Stroh. 5/25/06Carie Jones-Barrow (’93) and AndrewEdward Barrow (’93), Silver Spring,MD: a son, Jonathan Carl. 8/1/05. Hejoins his brother, Adam Edward (3).George Harrison Jordan (’93) and AmyYoung Jordan (’93, MD/MBA ’98),Greensboro, NC: a son, William Allen.3/21/06. He joins his brother, Ben (2).Julie Boswell McCulloch (’93, MAEd’95) and Michael McCulloch (’95),Charlottesville,VA: a daughter, ClaireElizabeth. 5/8/06. She joins her brother,Andrew Paul (2).Diane McKeon Smith (’93) and ForrestSmith, Cary, NC: a daughter, CaitlinEasterlin. 4/12/06. She joins her sister,Jordan Elizabeth (3).Elizabeth Ann Neighbors Way (’93)and Michael Way, Winston-Salem: adaughter, Rachel Ann. 5/3/06. She joinsher sister, Katherine Elizabeth (2).Jamie Vacca Chambliss (’94) andWilliam B. Chambliss (’96), Newton,MA: a son, James Kendrick. 2/14/06. Hejoins his sister, Maggie (3).58 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Blake Ellavsky (’94) and CarolineEllavsky, Cary, NC: a son, NikolaiEdward. Adopted from Moscow, Russia,4/06 at 16 months old. He joins his sisters,Sophia (6) and Maya (2).Allison Susan Gassner (’94) andGautam Srinivasan, Arlington,VA: adaughter, Harper. 1/2/06Julia Flanagan Gates (’94) and KevinGates, West Chester, PA: a daughter,Hailey Gwendolyn. 4/23/06Elizabeth Rees (’94) and HoldenHoofnagle, Alexandria,VA: a son, Dylan.6/13/06. He joins his sister, Sophia (2 1/2).Brenda Langenbacher Sperry (’94) andDouglas Sperry, St. Louis, MO: a son,Samuel Douglas. 5/11/05. He joins hissister, Abigail Marie (3).Thomas Kevin Taylor (’94) and JennyLynn Hinson (’95), Norwood, NC: a son,Thomas Cameron. 6/30/06Allison Tufts Utecht (’94) andAlexander Utecht, Malvern, PA: a son,Abraham Aidan. 3/27/06. He is theirfourth child.Greta Larkin Brunet (PA ’95, MBA’02) and James Brunet, Apex, NC: a son,Rylan Andrew. 5/9/06. He joins his brother,Braedon Jameson (2).Steve Bumgarner (’95, MBA ’02) andHeather Bumgarner, Winston-Salem: ason, William Steven. 6/8/06. He joins hissister, Caroline (2).Terese Renea Mack Ewing (’95) andKemp Ewing, Greenville, NC: a daughter,Emma Caroline. 4/15/05. She joins hersister, Courtney Madison (6).Steve Hunt (’95, MBA ’02) and TriciaGrant Hunt (’96), Atlanta, GA: a daughter,Tatum Pace. 11/20/05. She joins hersister, Ellie (2).Angela Denison Silva (’95) and SamuelSilva, Philadelphia, PA: a son, JonathanEber. 4/4/06. He joins his sisters, LydiaCaroline (4) and Esther Gabriela (2).Darrin Howe Skinner (’95) andHeather Skinner, Charlotte, NC: a son,Zachary Howe. 6/16/06. He joins his sister,Sasha ((2).Gillian Harrell Allen (’96) and MichaelAllen (’97), Charlotte, NC: a son, DavidWade. 2/13/06Heather Nunez Armstrong (’96) andAndrew Armstrong, McLeansville, NC: ason, Aidan Alexander. 8/31/05. He joinshis brother, David (1).Danielle Boyle-Ebersole (JD ’96) andJason Ebersole, Gilbertsville, PA: a son,Chase James. 3/6/06. He joins his sister,Skyler (3).Jera Nelson Cunningham (’96) andCarl Cunningham, Mechanicsville,VA: ason, Caleb Austin. 3/21/06Julie Grabarek McGinnis (’96) andShannen McGinnis, Thousand Oaks, CA:a son, Jeremy Donovan. 2/23/06. He joinshis brother, Owen Ray (2).Mindy Tischler Reed (’96) and CraigReed, Cincinnati, OH: a daughter, AnnaGrace. 2/22/06. She joins her brother,Max (20 mos).Kathy Day Stevens (’96) and EricStevens, Mason, OH: a daughter, HannahCarolyn. 12/28/05John Andrews (MBA ’97) and MaryShannon Andrews, Raleigh, NC: adaughter, Mary Catherine. 2/13/06Kelly Lynne Barham (’97, MD ’03) andKelly W. Baird (MD ’05), Lewisville,NC: a son, Sidney Haynes. 3/22/06Nathan Patrick Dean (’97, MD ’01)and Jennifer Beck Dean (’97, MD ’01),St. Louis, MO: a son, Liam Alexander.3/9/06Laura Philo Diaz (’97) and Kevin Diaz,Fernandina Beach, FL: a son, RobertCooper. 1/16/06Jean Ann Grant Mansfield (’97) andWhit Mansfield, Atlanta: a son, Whitacre“Tucker” II. 10/27/05Kristin Grassey McCann (’97) andChristopher McCann, Morrisville, NC: ason, Keegan Howard. 5/25/06Chuck McFadden (’97) and KathrynMeyer McFadden (’98), Greenville, SC:a son, Charles B. III. 4/19/06Hope Culpepper Mewborne (JD ’97)and Jeffrey D. Mewborne, Greenville,NC: a daughter, Andrea Claire. 3/1/06.She joins her brothers, Travis (6) andLuke (3).Nell Pittman Sutlive (’97) and CharlesEdward Sutlive Jr., Atlanta: a son,Charles Edward “Ward”III. 7/1/06Rebekah Demshar Zelenka (’97) andJoe Zelenka (’99), Jacksonville, FL:twins, Grace Rachel and Benjamin Jacob.6/18/06Nathan B. Atkinson (’98) and KristinW. Atkinson, Winston-Salem: a girl,Elizabeth “Ella”LeGrand. 2/3/06Christopher Kevin Behm (JD ’98) andKristin Behm, Wilmington, NC: a daughter,Josette Catherine. 6/15/06Autumn Stokley Chandler (’98) andRobert Michael Chandler (JD ’99),Charlotte, NC: a daughter, ReaganKincaid. 6/8/06Theresa Oubre Chielens (’98) andKlaas Chielens, Brussels, Belgium: a son,Thyl Luc Anthony. 7/2/06Karen Rzonsa Hauser (’98) andMatthew Hauser, Columbus, OH: adaughter, Elizabeth Hannah. 4/26/06www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 59

Andrew Hennessey (’98) and AllisonMilunic Hennessey (’99), Bristol, CT: ason, Rowan Amos Bede. 5/30/06. He joinshis brother, Beckett (2).Vanessa Slattery Kuklick (’98) andBrian Kuklick (’02), Charlotte, NC: ason, Cole Fletcher. 2/19/06Shannon Gardner Stockton (’98) andBryan Stockton, Reston,VA: a daughter,Hilarie Dawn. 2/15/06Erin Taylor Anderson (’99) and StevenAnderson (MD ’02), Durham, NC: adaughter, Anna Grace. 3/22/06Stacey Thurman Bradford (JD ’99) andFranklin Bradford, Birmingham, AL: ason, Harry Franklin III. 12/8/05Cynthia Cox-Walsh (’99) andChristopher J. Walsh (MBA ’04),Charlotte, NC: a son, BrennanChristopher. 6/12/06Beckie Heim Eggers (’99) and MikeEggers, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA: adaughter, Gabrielle Emelia. 6/12/06. Shejoins her sister, Annsley Jayne (2).Jonathan Harper (’99) and Elise AdamsHarper (’99), Dallas, TX: a son, LukeMcInnis. 5/25/06Maggie Shaffer Lindley (’99) and MattLindley, Franklin, TN: a son, RobertWinston. 5/23/06Chris McLaughlin (’99, MBA ’04) andTamara P. McLaughlin (’99), Winston-Salem: a son, John Connor. 3/6/06Emily Sanders Miller (’99) and KevinMiller, Rock Hill, SC: a son, SandersBlaine. 4/29/06Ryan Benjamin Opel (’99) and DawnShoultz Opel (’99), Winston-Salem: ason, Ian Malcolm. 12/20/05Jessica Skalyo Paul (’99) and RobertPaul (’99), Philadelphia, PA: a son,Brendan Russell. 5/20/06Roger Steur (’99) and Anne LanierSteur (’00), Birmingham, AL: a son,William Houston. 1/30/06. He joins hissister, Molly (2).Marcus Ramon Herdrich (’00) andKelly Marselle Herdrich (’01),Columbia, MD: a daughter, Erica Nicole.5/11/06. She joins her sister, SamanthaKay (19 mos).Cynthia Sheek Illingworth (’00) andBrent Illingworth, Brevard, NC: twindaughters, Kaitlyn Ada and CarolineBree. 5/17/06Kate Barber Jernigan (JD ’00) andTrent Jernigan (JD ’00), Winston-Salem: a daughter, Adelaide Tart. 6/11/06.She joins her brother, James (1 1/2).Shannon Lally McLay (’00) and BillMcLay, Tampa, FL: a son, William “Will”Seanne. 2/12/06Jeff D. Braintwain (JD ’01) and TracyCobb Braintwain (JD ’01), Atlanta, GA:a daughter, Catherine Frazier. 2/1/06Melissa Shearer (MBA ’01) and JeremyShearer, Kernersville, NC: a son, EthanChristopher. 1/15/06. He joins his sister,Nora (2).DeathsMarvin L. Davis (’31), June 30, 2006,Atlanta, GA. He served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II. He interned atWake Forest and practiced pediatrics inAtlanta for more than 50 years.William W. Finlator Sr. (’34), July 3,2006, Raleigh, NC. He was pastor emeritusof Pullen Memorial Baptist Church inRaleigh, having served as pastor therefrom 1956 to 1982. He was inducted intothe Raleigh Hall of Fame. He is survivedby his wife, Mary, son William (’67), anddaughters Elizabeth and Martha (’72),and eight grandchildren.Joseph C. Holloman Sr. (’35), May 12,2006, Powellsville, NC. He served in theU.S. Army during World War II andreceived several medals. He worked withSwift & Company in Norfolk,VA, had anoffice supply store in Ahoskie, NC, andretired from Mutual/United of OmahaInsurance Companies.William S. Harrill Sr. (’36), June 2, 2006,Greer, SC. He served in the U.S. ArmyAir Force during World War II. He ownedand operated Harrill’s Inc. from 1945until retiring in 1982. He received theMelvin Jones Fellow Award from theGreer Lions Club.Charles Lawrence Marks (’38),Feb.8,2006, Rocky Mount, NC.Edward C. Thompson Sr. (’38), April 30,2006, Forest City, NC. He worked withthe N.C. Highway Department, the U.S.Ordinance Department and was achemist and plant manager for FirestoneTire and Rubber Co. He was owner andpresident of Ron & Eddy’s Restaurant for57 years. He received the NC Order ofthe Long Leaf Pine Award.John H. Knight (’39), April 19, 2006,Greenville, NC. He was a Baptist pastorin Asheville, Concord, Durham andMebane, NC. After retiring, he served asinterim pastor for 20 churches in andaround Buncombe County.Thomas O. Wheless (’39, MD ’43),June 19, 2006, Louisburg, NC. He was aU.S. Army veteran of World War II andhad a medical practice in Louisburg forover 40 years, retiring in 1988. He is survivedby his wife Lois, daughter Kay, sonThomas Jr. (’75) and five grandchildren.Robert Strange Cahoon (’40), Jan. 7,2006, Greensboro, NC. He served in theU.S. Army in World War II. He practicedlaw in Greensboro for more than 50years, founding Cahoon & Swisher.Horace H. Hilton Jr. (’41), May 10, 2006,Wilmington, NC. He pastored churchesin Grayson, KY, Chattanooga andKnoxville, TN, Detroit, MI, and Charlotte,NC. From 1976 until retiring in 1986, hepastored the Myrtle Grove PresbyterianChurch in Wilmington, NC.60 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Charles R. “Chick” Jarrell (JD ’42),July2, 2006, High Point, NC. He practiced lawin High Point for over 60 years. He tookspecial pride in representing those lessfortunate.Samuel Herbert Massey Jr. (’42), June16, 2006, Warrenton, NC. He served in theU.S. Navy in World War II and theKorean War. He practiced dentistry inWarrenton for over 46 years. He receivedthe North Carolina Dental Society’sCitizenship Award.Dewey F. Nye Jr. (’43), April 23, 2006,Myrtle Beach, SC. He served three yearswith the Naval Dental Corps and practiceddentistry in Hartsville and thenColumbia, SC, for 25 years. He was thefirst full-time endodontist in SouthCarolina, was a life member of theSouthern Endodontic Study Group, adiplomat of the American Board ofEndodontics and a fellow of theInternational College of Dentistry.Robert C. Pope (’43, MD ’45), May 28,2006, Wilson, NC. He was a retired pediatrician,member of the American HeartAssociation, American Red Cross,American Cancer Society, Cystic Fibrosis,Wilson County Medical Society, NCMedical Society, Southern MedicalAssociation, American MedicalAssociation, NC Pediatric Society,Kiwanis Club and a past president of theWake Forest University School ofMedicine Alumni.Jean Bailey Brooks (MD ’44), June 17,2006, Greensboro, NC. She was the firstwoman to graduate from the BowmanGray School of Medicine and the firstwoman to serve as president of theBowman Gray Alumni Association.Along with her husband, the late Dr.James Taylor Brooks, she practicedmedicine in Greensboro, where shewas the city’s first female gynecologist,from 1948 until 1988. She served on themedical school’s Board of Visitors andon the boards of various arts organizationsin Greensboro. She and her husbandwere also major benefactors to themedical school.William C. Palmer (’44), May 12, 2006,Shelby, NC. He served in the Army AirForce during World War II. He workedfor 18 years as personnel director ofHudson Hosiery Mill and retired after 17years as personnel and public relationsdirector of J.P. Stevens Co.Lois Odom Dameron (’45), April 24,2006, Tabor City, NC.Carolyn Owenby Copeland (’47), June4, 2006, Wake Forest, NC. She was aretired chemist with the NC Departmentof Agriculture Soil Testing Division.Riley Moore Jordan (’47, MD ’51),May8, 2006, Pinehurst, NC. He was a familyphysician in Hoke Country (Raeford, NC)for 52 years and served on the staff ofMoore Memorial Hospital in Pinehurstfor 29 years. He served on theUniversity’s board of trustees in the1970s. He also served 22 years on theHoke County Board of Education andfour years on the Hoke County Board ofCommissioners.Charles W. Snell Jr. (’47), June 16, 2006,Greenville, NC. He served in the U.S.Marine Corps during World War II andthe Korean War. He worked for theNC Department of Transportation for35 years, retiring as division engineerin 1983.Jesse Edward Glasgow (’48), June 7,2006, Glen Arm, MD. He served in theArmy during World War II. He was aretired financial editor and columnistfor The Sun in Baltimore, where he hadworked since 1953.Clyde D. Hardin (’48), May 24, 2006,Charlotte, NC. He was in the U.S. Navyduring World War II and a civilian scientistand executive in Defense Electronicsfor 40 years. He became technical directorof the U.S. Army Electronics Researchand Development Command.John Dewitte Muse Jr. (’49), Jan. 20,2006, Granite Falls, NC. He was a WorldWar II veteran. He was a funeral directorin Ahoskie, NC, and was postmaster atWindfall, Gatesville, Conway andGranite Falls, NC, retiring in 1986.Charles George Owen (’49), April 18,2006, Delray Beach, FL. He served in theAir Force during World War II. He wasdrafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers andwas a teacher and coach from 1951 untilretiring as a guidance counselor in 1983.George H. Pryor (’49), July 6, 2006,Orlando, FL. He served during WorldWar II aboard an aircraft carrier. Hetaught and coached in the OrangeCounty School System, retiring after40 years.Carl David Rosenbaum (’49), June 25,2006, Fayetteville, NC. He retired in1992 as vice president of industrialsales at North Carolina Natural Gasin Fayetteville.Phyllis Timberlake Ross (’49), May 15,2006, Charlotte, NC. She was a retiredteacher, having taught in Coats andMatthews, NC, and 20 years at McClintockJr. High School in Charlotte, NC.Service ofRemembrancePLEASE JOIN FELLOW MEMBERSOF THE WAKE FOREST FAMILYFOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE TOHONOR ALUMNI AND FACULTYWHO HAVE PASSED AWAYBETWEEN OCTOBER 2005 ANDAUGUST 2006.The service will be held duringHomecoming weekend onSaturday, September 30 at 9:30a.m. in Wait Chapel.www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 61

Fitzhugh E. Wallace Jr. (JD ’49), April17, 2006, Morehead City, NC. He earneda Bronze Star for his service in WorldWar II. He was an attorney with WallaceMorris & Barwick PA in Kinston, NC, for50 years.Charlie Bryan Finch (’50), April 15, 2006,Oxford, NC. He served in the U.S. AirForce in the medical field and practicedmedicine for 45 years as a general practitionerin Granville County, retiring in1995. He is survived by his wife Gene, sonCharlie Jr. (’89), and daughter Tamara.Glenn B. Hays (MD ’50), June 16, 2006,New Cumberland, PA. He was an Armyveteran of World War II and served as ameteorologist in the European theater.He was a dermatologist, practicing inTarpon Springs and Ft. Myers, FL. Heserved as a physician in Zimbabwe,Thailand and Papua New Guinea.Rubert B. Pearce Jr. (’50), April 21, 2006,Henderson, NC. He served in the U.S.Navy during World War II and was amember of the American Legion inFranklinton for 50 years. He is survivedby his wife, Mary Jo, and son, Bert (’83).Garland Nathaniel Tolbert (BBA ’50),June 19, 2006, Greensboro, NC. He servedin the U.S. Army during World War II.He retired after 39 years with Pilot LifeInsurance Company, Jefferson Pilot.J.R. “Jack”Wrenn Jr. (’50), May 7, 2006,Roanoke Rapids, NC. He was a U.S.Army veteran and the owner of what isnow the Wrenn Clarke & Hagan FuneralHome.George John Bartels (’51), May 10,2006, Spring Lake, NJ. He served in theU.S. Army during the Korean War andwas a retired manager with National ArtIndustries, Ramsey.Dudley H. Britt (’51), May 27, 2006,Columbia, SC. He was a World War IIand Korean War veteran. He worked forFirst National Bank in Columbia and wasgeneral manager of Rawls Chevrolet Co.before graduating from the University ofSouth Carolina School of Law. He practicedlaw with Edens & Hammer beforepartnering with Taylor Rion.W.L. “Bill” Pearson Jr. (’51), June 27,2006, Boonville, NC. He served over 33years as a pastor in five Baptist churches,retiring in 1994. He was director of missionswith Surry Baptist Association from1983 until 1994. Since retiring, he hadserved as interim director of missions fortwo Baptist associations and interim pastorfor four Baptist churches.Norman Robert Schatzel (’51), June 11,2006, Irvington, NY. He retired in 1990 asvice president of administration of theAmerican Kennel Club in New York City.He was president and a board memberof the Half Moon CooperativeApartments North in Irvington.Joseph B. Barkocy (’52), May 3, 2006,Warwick, NY. He played football at WakeForest and was a high-school mathteacher for 33 years and a football coachfor 25 years before retiring in 1986 fromRidgewood (NJ) High School. A native ofPennsylvania, he was inducted into thePennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Helived in Orange County, NY, for 39 yearsbefore relocating to Asheville, NC. He issurvived by his wife, Carolyn (’56), threesons, Dean, Bruce and Paul (’90),adaughter Betsy, 17 grandchildren andone great-grandchild.Everett Eynon Jr. (’52), April 18, 2006,Aiken, SC. He served in the U.S. MarineCorps during the Korean War . He was asenior vice president of Weaver BrothersInsurance Inc. in Washington, DC, for 30years, retiring in 1996.Thomas F. Miller Jr. (’53, MD ’56),May 20, 2006, Portland, OR. He was aphysician with the Navy for 22 years inthe Philippines, Saipan, San Diego andOakland, CA, and Corpus Christi, TX.Douglas Holder Pruden Sr. (’56), Feb.13, 2006, Cary, NC.Robert Lee Davis Sr. (’57, MD ’61),May 19, 2006, Wadesboro, NC. He was aphysician in Anson and Richmond (NC)counties and until 1994 was the radiologistat Anson County Hospital. Aftergraduating from the Bowman GraySchool of Medicine, he was a flight surgeonin the Army before returning to hisnative Wadesboro to practice medicine.He completed his residency in radiologyat North Carolina Baptist Hospital in1972. He is survived by his wife, LulaAnn, and two children, Robert LeeDavis Jr. (‘87) and Melissa Davis Sikes.Jane Norton Fowler (’57), May 20, 2006,Alexandria,VA. She was a musician andtaught violin, viola and cello in her homeand at the Alexandria School of Music.She played for 40 years with severalorchestras, including the Washington, thePan American, the Ukraine National andthe Czech National Symphony orchestras.Alexander B. Kingman (BBA ’57),May 14, 2006, Winston-Salem. He was aretired accountant with Wachovia Bank.Charles E. Reeves Sr. (BBA ’57), April27, 2006, Hickory, NC. He served in theU.S. Army during the Korean War andwas a business leader in the furnitureindustry. He is survived by his wife,Libby, two sons, Charles and Alex (’86),and five grandchildren.Edgar “Lon” Boggs (’60), July 9, 2006,South Bend, IN. He was a retiredPresbyterian minister.Janice Grossman Vaughan (’60), June30, 2006, Rocky Mount, NC. She is survivedby her husband, Thomas RayVaughan Jr. (’66), a daughter, two sons,and six grandchildren.Joseph Henry Bridges (’65), June 8,2006, Fort Worth, TX. He was a captain inthe U.S. Army and served in the VietnamWar receiving a Purple Heart and theDistinguished Flying Cross. He was vicepresident of finance at the Bank of NorthCarolina, comptroller at Tower FederalCredit Union in Washington, DC, presidentof the Treasury Department FederalCredit Union, controller of the AmericanAirlines Federal Credit Union in Dallas,TX, and finally an international financeconsultant at Verizon.62 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

Joel David Russell (’65), July 16, 2005,Statesboro, GA. He was with KlopmanMills in North and South Carolina, anindustrial engineering manager atCrown Crafts Inc. in Calhoun, GA, andKing Finishing Co. in Dover, GA, beforejoining Ogeechee Technical College asvice president of economic developmentin 1994.William W. High (’66), June 16, 2006,Raleigh, NC. He was a social worker atNeal Middle School in Durham, NC.Charles Selle Jr. (’67), March 7, 2006,Palm Harbor, FL. He served in the U.S.Air Force and was in computer programmingand systems design for R.J.Reynolds in Winston-Salem, McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis, MO, and GTE inTampa, FL. He was a consultant for thestate of Georgia and most recently forFranklin-Templeton in St. Petersburg, FL.Paul Preston Hinkle Jr. (’68, JD ’73),May 30, 2006, Mocksville, NC. He was aU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War,receiving the Purple Heart. He workedwith the IRS Estate Division inGreensboro, NC, Linn and ShufordPartners and Happ Roberts. He practicedlaw and tax work.Ronald Vernon Carter (’70), April 19,2006, Cary, NC. He was a retired U.S.Army major who served in Vietnam.Richard Lee Goard (’70, JD ’73), May12, 2006, Old Greenwich, CT. He practicedlaw in North Carolina, and in 1977moved to New York City, eventuallybecoming a partner with Brown & Wood.In 1996 he joined the firm of SquireSanders & Dempsey, working in healthcare finance.John Daniel Bolz (MA ’73), May 28,2006, Winston-Salem. He was a retiredsupervisor in child welfare services for 27years in Forsyth County. He volunteeredfor the Civil Air Patrol and the Winston-Salem Rescue Squad.Samuel L. Cobb (’75), June 14, 2006,Greenville, SC.Thomas S. Lynch (’75), April 20, 2006,Lancaster, PA. He practiced dentistry inLancaster county for over 25 years. Hewas voted “Best Dentist in LancasterCounty”by Lancaster County Magazine.Joseph Lee Ayers (’77), July 7, 2006,Pine Hall, NC. He was a farmer andowner/operator of Riverview GolfCourse for over 40 years.H. David Hawthorne Jr. (’77), April 16,2006, Buffalo, NY. He worked for variousbusinesses, including Union CarbideCorp, the West Valley DemonstrationProject, and Chapter and Verse BookStore. He was a preacher, chalice bearerand Eucharist minister at St. John’s-Grace Episcopal Church.Cornelia Whiting Lowery (MBA ’77),June 8, 2006, Camden, SC. She was aprincipal in Whiting Products and TheEdge Inc. in Camden, and was a SCOREcounselor. She pioneered the JuniorAchievement Prison program inColumbia, SC.Raymond H. McPherson (’81), May 21,2006, Clemmons, NC. He was presidentof Piedmont News Co. Inc. and generalmanager of K&S News Co.R. Charles White (’84), May 21, 2006,Martinsville,VA. He was the owner ofCharles White’s Chevy Olds Cadillacdealership in Martinsville,VA, the thirdgeneration of his family to own the 70-year-old institution in downtownMartinsville. During college, he becameknown as the “onion man” for buyingVidalia Onions in Georgia and resellingthem in Martinsville; his story was featuredin the Washington Post and in nearly30 other publications. Starting with apick-up truck and 40 bags of onions, hegrew the business to 18-wheelers and40,000 pounds of onions per trailer,before selling the business after graduatingfrom Wake Forest and joining hisfather’s car dealership.Jack Fuller MacMillan Jr. (MBA ’99),April 20, 2006, Hickory, NC. He went tothe U.S. Naval Academy and was an officerin the U.S. Marine Corps from 1986 to1997. He received the OperationsManagement Award from Wake Forestand was senior financial analyst for theU.S. Trust Company, NA.David Eric Seamon Sr. (MBA ’01), June18, 2006, Winnsboro, SC.William Akinkumni Kingsley (MBA’04), April 27, 2006, Folsom, CA.FriendsClarence I.W. Baity, July 16, 2006,Yadkinville, NC. He was an owner ofBaity’s Tire Service in Winston-Salemand a major supporter of Wake Forestathletics.Charles Conger Ervin, June 1, 2006,Indian River Shores, FL. After serving inthe Navy during World War II, he settledin Charlotte, NC, where he founded whatbecame the largest homebuilder in theSoutheastern United States in the 1960s.After selling the Ervin Company in 1970,he continued to build and develop multifamilyand commercial properties. He issurvived by his wife, Carolina (’66), anda son.Gus G. Gallins, May 31, 2006, Winston-Salem. He co-founded, with his brother,Gallins Vending Co., which became oneof the largest independent vendors inNorth Carolina.Dorothy Edmondson Myers, May 3,2006, Charlotte, NC. Memorials may bemade to the Charlie and Addie MyersScholarship Fund, Wake ForestUniversity, PO Box 7227, Winston-Salem,NC 27109.Robert L. Rascoe, June 17, 2006,Winston-Salem. He was a stockholderand sales manager of Bocock-Stroud Co.for 52 years and a major supporter ofWake Forest athletics.www.wfu.edu/alumni SEPTEMBER 2006 63

C O N S T A N T & T R U EMemories of the MoveC ONSTANT& T RUEin Bostwick knew about the offer.Within 10 minutes everyone oncampus knew, and within 20 minuteseveryone in town knew—andthe bell in Wait Hall began to toll.Helen Tucker Beckwith (’46)Raleigh, North CarolinaThe Wake Forest Faculty, 1945–46OY, DO I REMEMBER the moveBand it surely did feel like aremoval of me from where I belongedand wanted to be. I was 8 years oldand my father was chairman of thesociology department (although onleave to work with the N.C. ParoleBoard at the time), and I was “forced”to leave lovely and idyllic WakeForest to go to a big new town, abig new school, a new home andnew people. I was a very unhappychild. I’m pretty sure I cried duringthe entire trip to Winston-Salemand, if I didn’t, that’s the way Iremember the move!I was a child and I certainly didnot understand or care that this wasa wonderful opportunity for theCollege (later to become the university).On trips to the “new” campus,what I saw was endless red clay andit definitely did not compare to theplace where I had lived since infancyand enjoyed a wonderful childhood.It was horrible to think of leavingthe beautiful magnolia trees and thesmall town for what appeared to beconstruction, dirt and the mostunappetizing unknown!What an interesting experiencein retrospect! Nearly all my friendsand folks I had known also movedand, in some ways, it seemed thatonly the surroundings had changed.Adele Patrick (’69)Athens, GeorgiaWOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU howIthe students and townspeopleof Wake Forest learned about theReynolds offer in 1946. It wassupposed to be a big secret untilannounced by the ReynoldsFoundation.Simmons Fentress (’45) was areporter on the Raleigh News &Observer. One night he was standingby the AP machine and saw astory coming over about the (then)$16 million offer from Reynolds.This was about 10 p.m. He immediatelycalled his fiancée, RuthBlount (’46), who was a senior andlived in Bostwick Hall. Withinfive minutes of that call, everyoneAM OBVIOUSLY not old enough toIhave even been alive much lessbeen a student at the Old Campus.However, I do feel that the OldCampus and the Wake Forest traditionsare as much a part of my lifeas anyone’s. You see, I grew up inthe town of Wake Forest. I attendedWake Forest Elementary School,Wake Forest-Rolesville High School,and of course graduated from WakeForest University. My home churchof 15 years is the original WakeForest Baptist Church which sits onthe grounds of the Old Campus. Iwas also married in this church.My graduation ceremony from highschool was held in Binkley Chapel.I have spent many, many hours inShorty’s shooting pool and hangingout with friends, listening to thetrain go by, just as students did.Growing up I was told story afterstory about the Old Campus. I haveplayed in more than one oak andmagnolia tree there. I rememberhearing stories of how the stonewall that circles the campus wasbuilt. I guess while I did not attendas a student, the Old Campus, theCollege and the town have mademe who I am. So, for me, the OldCampus lives on in a moderncampus student.Michael Coleman (’98)Myrtle Beach, South Carolina64 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE

HOMECOMING 2006RECONNECT WITH50 yearsin Winston-SalemOLD FRIENDS ANDMAKE NEW MEMORIESDURING HOMECOMINGWEEKEND, SEPTEMBER29–30, AS WAKE FORESTCELEBRATES 50 YEARSIN WINSTON-SALEM!FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29• Half Century Club Gathering and Luncheon• Academic Symposia:“Biotechnology: Innovation, Funding and Ethics”• Alumni Admissions Forum• Return to the Classroom with Rick Matthews• Book Discussion and Q&A with Emily Giffin (’94)• Alumni in Admissions (AIA) Training• 50th Anniversary Celebration and ReceptionSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30• Service of Remembrance• Festival on the Quad• Alumni Tailgate• Wake Forest vs. Liberty Football Game• Post-game Reception in Bridger Field HouseSpecial reunion events for the Half Century Cluband the Classes of 1956, 1961,1966, 1971, 1976,1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001.Visit the alumni Web site, www.wfu.edu/alumni, for more information about Professional School events, class reunion details and the most up-to-date schedule.

Portrait of a DeanA portrait of venerable Dean of the College Thomas E.Mullen was unveiled in Reynolda Hall in September.Mullen served as dean from 1968 until 1995 and continuedto teach in the history department for another five yearsbefore retiring.