Winter 2010 - Carson-Newman College

winter 2010An Inauguration&A Vision

winter 20106101422Contemplatives in the WorldA trip to India helped to educate, challenge and inspire C-N students.It was also an experience that led many of them to wonder “what morecan I do.”An Inauguration & A VisionThrough song, scripture, speech and ceremony, the college communityofficially welcomed Randall O’Brien as its president. In return, he sharedhis hope and vision for the years ahead at Mossy Creek.Presidential HistoryThroughout its 158-years, the College has looked to the leadership ofspecial individuals who have believed in its mission and who led throughtimes of adversity and prosperity. All help tell the story of an institutiondevoted to Truth, Beauty and Goodness.O’Brien Inaugural Address6Fast FriendsSophomore Katie Hayes plays a pickupgame of soccer with local childrenduring a missions awareness tripto Kolkata, India. The opportunityprovided 12 students and three facultymembers an experience they will neverforget. (photo by Nicole Garner)Departments32833OntheCoverFrom the CreekClassnotesOur JourneyUpon becoming the College’s 22nd president, Dr. Randall O’Brien received thePresidential Medallion, which depicts the seal of Carson-Newman. (photo by Charles Key)

from theCreekfrom theCreekC-N Welcomes Largest Freshman Class in Two DecadesC-N Announces Four Administrative AppointmentsEagles Show Strength in NumbersIn the fall, Carson-Newman welcomed 513 freshmen to campus.The number not only represents the largest incoming class since1987, but ranks as the third highest in the school’s 158 year history.The growth represents an increase of more than 15 percent over2008’s figure of 444.The College celebrated a total enrollment of 2,148 students, 116more than the previous fall. The data represents the school’s strongestshowing in eight years. It also marks the third consecutive year theCollege has experienced an enrollment increase.President O’Brien credited faculty and staff for the enrollmentbump. “Our faculty work to inspire minds and transform lives inthe classroom and our staff members are committed to serving theadministrative needs of students and the institution. We are gratefulto our enrollment management team, including the Admissions andFinancial Assistance Offices, for a yeoman’s effort in telling our storyto prospective students.”The number of graduate students increased by nearly 19 percent—from 209 last year to 247 this fall. Other areas of increase includethe number of non-traditional students and those who are duallyenrolled,meaning high school students simultaneously takingcollege courses.220021502100205020001950190018501800205320044 JOURNEY winter 2010Total Enrollment1993200519492006201220072032200821482009Since its establishment in 1984 by Executive Director Jim Wilson’70 and Kerry and Karen Smith ’85, ’83, Appalachian Outreachhas become a name recognized across the region for helpingthose in need. Having averaged seven home projects annuallyin the mid-1980s, AO now oversees 35-40 jobs a year and haswelcomed volunteer teams as far away as Texas and New Jerseyto assist on projects. The College’s auxiliary ministry continues tobenefit from some 300 student volunteers each year who representa wide campus spectrum including the schools of Social Sciences,Humanities, Religion, as well as the Bonner Scholars Program. Todate, AO has completed some 1,000 projects while sharing theMarch Gathering To Help Celebrate 25 Years of AOThe College began the academic year with four administrativeappointments. In keeping with President O’Brien’s commitment tomake only “strategic hires,” all but one of the positions were filledthrough promotions of current employees.Rodney Dyer ’04 was named interim vice president for StudentAffairs following the resignation of Dr. Tom Huebner, who took aposition at Logan University. Dyer previously led the College’sLife Directions Center. As LDC director, he retooled what hadbeen known as Academic Support by changing delivery methodsof services, including developmental education, tutoring, careerassistance and student retention. Prior to arriving at C-N, Dyer wasa teacher at Morristown’s Lincoln Heights Middle School. He alsoserved as an Army helicopter pilot and instructor for 19 of his 23years before retiring as a brigadier general.Tim Norton was appointed interim vice president for Advancement,succeeding Vickie Butler ’76, who continues her service as C-N’smajor gifts officer. Prior to coming to C-N, Norton served as a Baptistpastor, missions leader, development officer and founder/principalconsultant of The CDN Group. His denominational experienceincludes business manager for The Christian Index, associate vicepresident for development at Palm Beach Atlantic University, andin staff roles for the Southern Baptist Convention’s BrotherhoodCommission and Home Mission Board.Dal Shealy ’60 fills the new position of associate athletic directorfor fundraising. The former Eagle head football coach (1970-73)oversees fundraising for major gifts in support of C-N’s 16 sportsprograms, with particular focus on scholarship and capital needsfor existing projects. His experience includes service as assistanthead coach and offensive coordinator on coaching staffs at Baylor,Tennessee and Auburn. He also led the football teams at MarsHill College and the University of Richmond. He served as bothexecutive vice president and president of the Fellowship of ChristianAthletes before retiring in 2005.Alden Starnes ’83 was named vice provost. His duties includeoverseeing the institutional research office and coordinating C-N’saccreditation process through the Southern Association of Collegesand Schools. A member of the faculty since 2001, the mathematicsprofessor came to C-N after teaching at Virginia Tech and servingon faculty at Bluefield College. A product of C-N’s ROTC program,he was company commander for the 304th Military Police in SaudiArabia during the Gulf War. He retired from the U.S. Army Reservesin 2004 as a military police major.love of Christ through hammers, nails, paint,and mortar. It is a history worth celebrating.To commemorate 25 years of Christianservice, AO will hold a special banqueton March 12 at 6:00 p.m. in StokelyMemorial Cafeteria. Though anyoneis welcome to attend, reservations arerequired as seating is limited. To makereservations, or request more information,call 865-475-5611.Four C-N teams, football, volleyball and both soccer teams, recentlyadvanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs. While the efforts did notyield national hardware for the trophy case, the multiple successesmake for the best fall sports season in memory and have elevatedan already strong reputation. The effects of the accomplishmentswere first noted in phone calls and emails from across the country.Athletic Director David Barger began collecting congratulationsfrom colleagues and alumni that only grew as each team won.The football team returned to the form that made it one of themost recognized and successful programs in Division II. Afterlimping out of the gate with an 0-2 start, the Ken Sparks-ledEagles went on an 11-win tear – including an undefeatedSouth Atlantic Conference schedule (7-0). Followinga first round bye, the team defeated the Universityof West Alabama. The Eagles followed that with itsfirst-ever win at Florence, Alabama’s Braly Stadium,beating the Terry Bowden-led University of NorthAlabama team. The 24-21 victory sent the finalfour squad to Allendale, Michigan for a semi-final match againstGrand Valley State University.Broadcast on ESPN, the clash ended with a 47-21 defeat forthe Eagles and some three hours of Saturday afternoon nationalexposure. With seniors Buck Wakefield and Alex Good leadingthe way the team posted one of the best seasons in C-N history.Wakefield, a running back, was noted in the December 14 issue ofYour Photo HereA Call for PhotosWe want to see where you’ve been. Planning a trip up Pikes Peak,down under to Australia’s Outback, or over the pond to England?Perhaps you’re going to be vacationing at Disney World, relaxing inthe Adirondaks, or cheering at the NBA Playoffs.Wherever you may go, don’t forget to take your copy of Journey. Weare interested in photos of you reading the magazine while on yourtravels. Send it to us. If your photo is chosen, you will receive a $25gift card to the Carson-Newman Bookstore and have your photofeatured in a future issue.You can email photos to ckey@cn.edu. Digital images should behigh-resolution. You may also mail your photos to: Carson-NewmanCollege, Attn: College Communications Office, 1646 Russell Ave. S,Jefferson City, TN 37760. Submitted photos will not be returned.Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd.” Quarterback Alex Good,named SAC Offensive Player of the Year, finished his career withthree SAC titles and career records for 7,853 yards of total offense,39 rushing TDs by a QB and 48 passing touchdowns. Sparks wasnamed SAC Coach of the Year.Women’s soccer won its second-straight South Atlantic ConferenceTournament title and made its seventh consecutive nationaltournament appearance. The Lady Eagles advanced to the EliteEight for the third time in school history, but fell to then top-rankedWest Florida, 2-1.C-N finished the year ranked fifth in the nation inthe final National Soccer Coaches’ Associationof America Poll and head coach Phil McNamarawas named SAC Coach of the Year for the fourthtime in his career and the second year in a row.Seven Lady Eagles garnered All-SAC honors.Men’s soccer made its seventh consecutive NCAA Tournamentshowing. Four Eagles won first-team SAC honors while Allen Vitalwas the conference’s Coach of the Year.The volleyball team finished second in conference play for thesecond straight year, ultimately reaching the second round of theSoutheast Region Tournament for the first time in school history.The Lady Eagles finished with its third straight 20-win season.Now you can access www.cn.eduwhile on the go. Alumni and friendscan use their 3G handhelds to getthe low down on what’s going onat Mossy Creek. Both Blackberryand iPhone-friendly, the mobile sitesite offers everything to keep youconnected. You’ll find informationon events, the latest news, acampus map and even admissionsinformation. Now’s the time to see ifyou can C-N 3G!www.cn.eduJOURNEY winter 2010 5

An Inauguration&A Visionby Mark BrownThe October 30 inauguration of J. Randall O’Brien hadthe pomp and circumstance befitting the investiture ofCarson-Newman’s 22nd president.Guests assembled in the sanctuary of Jefferson City’s FirstBaptist Church while those comprising the academic delegationgathered in Tarr Music Center. At precisely 1:50 p.m., the colorfulprocession of some 200 professors, delegates and platform guestsleft the building’s lobby. Led by an ROTC military honor guard,participants marched up Russell Avenue in two columns.The event included vocal gifts offered by C-N’s OratorioChorus, the presentation of a medallion, an inaugural litany andthe presence of both a former ambassador and a sitting U.S.senator. And yet the heart of the academic rite was not ceremonialbut worshipful, which is what Dr. Clark Measels, dean of theSchool of Fine Arts and co-chair of the inauguration committee,says the president wanted.“Dr. O’Brien was clear that he wanted anything we plannedto be about Carson-Newman’s mission to serve the Lord througheducation,” recalled Measels. “In keeping with his wishes, wetried to do that. We went into the service thinking that it wouldset a tone for vision and great energy, but, by the time it was over,I realized that his vision sets the tone for what I believe can be anew day for Carson-Newman in particular and Christian highereducation in general.”The 100-voice chorus, led by Dr. Eric Thorson, laid thefoundation for worship with “Psalm 150” and “God of Beauty,Truth and Goodness,” both of which were written for C-N.Greetings and congratulations to Dr. O’Brien came fromrepresentatives of the student body, faculty, staff, alumni andtrustees, as well as from local public officials, the TennesseeBaptist Convention, the International Association of BaptistColleges and Universities and Baylor University, where he servedfor 17 years prior to accepting the call to lead C-N.“For 158 years Carson-Newman has embraced the missionof sending men and women from the banks of Mossy Creek tochange the world as people who are prepared academically andspiritually for the tasks that lay before them,” noted C-N TrusteeChair Dr. Marvin Cameron in his welcome to guests. “The sunnever sets on the service rendered by those who have graced thesehalls. They have gone across the world to teach, to serve those inneed, to care for the sick and to fulfill the Great Commission ofour Lord.”He noted O’Brien’s background as an Old Testament scholar,adding, “Who knows but that you have come to this position forsuch a time as this?”“It is the firm belief of the Board of Trustees,” he said, “that Dr.Randall O’Brien has come to this position through the grace andmercy of God.”C-N Provost Dr. Kina Mallard delivered greetings from thefaculty, saying, “We offer to you, Mr. President, our desire toremain intellectually curious teachers and scholars and spirituallydisciplined followers of Jesus Christ.”“We share with you a transformational vision of a college thatis a Christian community; a society of students and scholarscharacterized not only by the quest for truth, but also by charity,trust and grace; a community whose distinguishing mark is joy.Thank you, Mr. President for saying yes to Carson-NewmanCollege. The Carson-Newman College faculty say yes to you.”Speaking on behalf of his fellow staff members, AssistantAthletic Director Dale Clayton opined that the 16-month intervalbetween O’Brien’s introduction as the board’s selection and theinauguration helped the new president and the campus communitynot only get to know one another, but to actually gel.“When you first arrived, the staff welcomed you because wewere in need of a president,” said Clayton, Eagles head basketballcoach. “Now…the staff is welcoming you and Kay, not becausewe need a president, but because we have found a leader and afriend who has a pastor’s heart.”Victor Ashe served as a fitting bridge between C-N andWashington, D.C. as he presented the keynote speaker. The greatgrandsonof John T. Henderson, the College’s president from1892 until 1903, as well as the son of its first female trustee,Martha Ashe, the former mayor of Knoxville and immediate pastambassador to Poland introduced his friend, U.S. Sen. LamarAlexander.The only Tennessean to be elected both governor and senatorof the state, Alexander, a Maryville native with strong JeffersonCounty roots, also served as president of the University ofTennessee. He therefore understands the magnitude of O’Brien’swork.“I was once asked, ‘What is more difficult; being governor ofyour state, being a member of the president’s cabinet, or beingpresident of a university?’“And I said, ‘Obviously, you’ve never been president of acollege or university… You would not ask a question like that,”Alexander chuckled, as did the audience.“To the Carson-Newman family, I can tell,as I think everyone here can tell immediately,that it’s perfectly obvious that this is a good fit,maybe a perfect match; a very good manfor a very good college in a very special place.”The crux of the senator’s remarks concerned what he learnedthrough a dozen years of friendship with author Alex Haley, whoreconnected with his Tennessee roots during Alexander’s firstterm as governor. While noting his friend had been celebrated asthe genius behind The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the 900-page Roots, he said Haley’s best lesson came down to six wordshe often heard the writer say – “Find the good and praise it.”To the Carson-Newman family, the senator validated O’Brienas the board’s selection, saying, “I can tell, as I think everyonehere can tell immediately, that it’s perfectly obvious that this is agood fit, maybe a perfect match; a very good man for a very goodcollege in a very special place.”Having been introduced by David Ogle, who chaired thesearch committee that called him, O’Brien stepped to the podiumat the behest of Cameron, who then asked Kay O’Brien to joinher husband. Given their partnership and pledge to serve C-Ntogether, the board chair asked the couple to both take part in thelitany.-Senator Lamar AlexanderAfter former C-N presidents Drs. Cordell Maddox and JamesNetherton placed O’Brien’s medallion around his neck, Dr. HulittGloer prayed the prayer of dedication.“Bless him, O God. Bless him with the faith of Abraham, who10 JOURNEY winter 2010 JOURNEY winter 2010 11

L to R: Randall and Kay,Kay’s parents Nell and EdgarDonahoe, daughter Elise and husbandNathan Syer, Randall’s sister SueWimberly, son Chris, mother IreneO’Brien, Randall’s sister Faye LePre.believed God and obeyed, with the might andmeekness of Moses…,” intoned the TruettTheological Seminary professor, going onto note several Biblical figures and howthe Lord worked in their lives. Ultimately,he asked that his friend would be blessed“with the mind of Christ, who came not tobe served but to serve, who emptied himselfand took the form of a servant… May thismind of Christ govern his every thought, hisevery word and his every action.”In keeping with the event’s “Future ofthe Past: Celebrating Our Heritage andHope” theme, O’Brien quickly reviewedthe institution’s 1851 founding by EastTennessee Baptists, its location on the banksof Mossy Creek, name changes and its moveto coeducation in 1889, when Carson andNewman Colleges became one.In his remarks (the full text of which canbe found in this issue), he called C-N “a starwithin a breathtaking galaxy,” citing it as oneof a host of colleges established before 1865that “came forth from church organizationsor devout Christians with intentionalChristian ends in mind.” His list includedHarvard, William & Mary, Yale, Princeton,Columbia, and Dartmouth, as well as Brownand the University of Chicago, both of whichwere founded by Baptists. He then noted thata sea change occurred in Christian highereducation in the previous century as manyschools slipped their foundational mooringsand drifted toward a worldlier course.He maintained that the role of Carson-Newman is therefore clear, saying, “I wouldlike to join the caravan of sages through theages, including the company of evangelicalconfessing scholars today, who hold to theunity of truth, and to the belief that faith andlearning, not faith OR learning, is the bestway to attain true erudition.”The day concluded with a reception in theMaddox Student Activity Center. As guestsenjoyed refreshments, punch and coffee, aline formed and ran much of the length of thethree-court intramural gym. It ended withthe first couple greeting friends new and old.The scene was fitting to both Dr. EricHolleyman, a friend since 1974, and C-N’sDean of the School of Education Dr. SharonTeets, who has worked with the presidentsince his July 2008 appointment.“In my opinion, what Carson-Newmangives them is the best venue I’ve ever seenfor them to truly share a ministry,” saidHolleyman, a Baylor professor who firstmet O’Brien at Mississippi College in 1974and watched him court and marry Kay. “Ibet there are more things that they work ontogether here than in any other place they’vebeen.”“I am very happy that Dr. O’Brien joinedus,” enthused Dr. Sharon Teets, one ofthose who had moved through the line tocongratulate the couple. “I find him to beencouraging, inspirational, and honest.”Teets said she found the theme of theinauguration to be consistent with theimpending All Saints Day on November 1.“Hebrews, Chapter 12, comes to mind,” shenoted, quoting, “‘Since we are surroundedby such a great cloud of witnesses, let usthrow off everything that hinders and the sinthat so easily entangles, and let us run withperseverance the race marked out for us.’Added Teets, “We understand that it is arace for us and I look forward to runningalongside him every step of the way.” nTo find out how to receive acommemorative inauguration DVDgo to www.cn.edu/dvd.Dr. J. RandallO’Brien FirstGenerationScholarship FundAt the conclusion of the inauguralceremony, and to the surprise ofDr. O’Brien, Board of TrusteesChair Dr. Marvin Cameron,revealed the establishment of ascholarship in honor of the newlyinstalled president: The Dr. J.Randall O’Brien First GenerationScholarship Fund.The scholarship is designed toassist students who, like theO’Briens, seek to be the first intheir families to earn a collegedegree. The goal is to raise enoughto permanently endow the fund,making it an enduring financialbridge between aspirations andreality for first generation students.If you would like more informationor to contribute to the scholarship,contact the Advancement Officeat 865-471-3459, or make checkspayable to: Carson-NewmanCollege. Please note your gift is forthe OFGS Fund.Mail to:Carson-Newman CollegeAdvancement OfficeC-N Box 72017Jefferson City, TN 3776012 JOURNEY winter 2010

xThe practical view would be that the men and womenPhotoUnavailableWilliam RogersServed: 1851(1817-1851)Reverend Rogers is votedunanimously by theBoard of Trusteesto serve as the firstpresident of Mossy CreekMissionary BaptistSeminary. Within threemonths of the school’sopening fall session, hesuccumbs to typhoidfever at 34 years of age.R.R. BryanServed: 1851-1853, 1866-1868(1822-1878)One of the “Oak Tree Five,” RobertReedy Bryan transitions fromprofessor to president after hiscolleague’s untimely death. In 1852he oversees construction of theSeminary’s first building, located ontwo-acres just across Mossy Creekfrom the church where classes hadbeen held. Fourteen years later, heserves again as president. His secondterm requires extensive fundraisingand bold leadership during theschool’s closure in the wake of acampus decimated by the Civil War.going out from its walls—not only preachers andteachers- but the mechanics, the farmers, thebusiness men, should go back to their homecommunities trained for, and impelled to, communityservice, not only personally and through churchactivities, but also by means of their business orPhotoUnavailableDr. Anderson presidesover the institution’s firstcommencement in 1855, thesame year the school changesits name to “Mossy CreekBaptist College.” Andersonoversees the completion ofthe College’s first dormitoryin 1857. After his presidency,he returns to the classroom.Reverend Hillsman is electedpresident in 1858, in part asrecognition for serving as actingpresident in late 1857. While atthe school’s helm, he continuesto be an active minister ofBaptist churches in Knoxville,Morristown and New Marketamong others. His great demandas a preacher forces him to resignhis college duties.profession. One’s business should be made to servethe ends of humanity as well as one’s self.Samuel AndersonServed: 1853-1857(1824-1885)Matthew HillsmanServed: 1858-1859(1814-1892)President J.M. Burnett1917N.B. GoforthServed: 1859-1862, 1870-1882(1828-1907)Already an instructor at the College,Reverend Goforth is elected president.When Tennessee votes to secede fromthe Union in 1861, faculty and studentsdepart for service on both sides of theconflict. Following commencement in1862, the College closes and remainsso until 1868. Bolstered by the workof his predecessor, Dr. Jesse Baker,Goforth’s second term sees the Collegebegin to thrive, establish the AlumniAssociation and to acquire additionalproperty that includes a largemansion suitable for holdingclasses and administration.In 1880 the schoolchanges its name to“Carson College,”” honoring one of itsfounders, James Harvey Carson.Served: 1869-1870(1836-1902)Inheriting a college struggling tosurvive after the Civil War, Dr. Bakeris chosen to lead at a dark time. Theschool’s debt stands at some $6,000.With creditors insisting on paymentwithin a year, Baker undertakesa 3,500-mile horseback ride in aneffort to assure the future of CarsonCollege. By the end of the year hepays the creditors, leaving theCollege debt-free for the first timein its history. Though he serves onlyone year, he becomes C-N’s mostcelebrated hero.

D. Harley FiteServed: 1948-1968(1902-2003)Known as “The Great Builderof Carson-Newman,” Dr. Fite isresponsible for the constructionof more than 20 buildings duringhis tenure as president. Duringhis term Carson-Newmancelebrates 100 years of highereducation. Fite also overseessignificant academic andcurriculum development. Underhis leadership, the institutiondoubles its enrollment,creates 26 new programs, andadds eight majors. Carson-Newman celebrates nationalchampionships in both debateand baseball in 1965.John A. FincherServed: 1968-1977(1911-2002)Dr. Fincher’s term sees thecompletion of Stephens-BurnettLibrary. He also orchestratesthe construction of DoughertyScience Center. In 1974, the Collegeexperiences a numbing déjà-vuas Henderson Hall burns to theground. Two years later, HendersonHumanities Building is built on thesame location.xJ. Cordell MaddoxServed: 1977-2000(1931- )The College’s 20th president,Dr. Maddox helps to increaseannual financial contributionsfrom $1.5 million in his first yearto almost $6 million at the end of histenure. During the College’s longestpresidential tenure, a new musicbuilding and student activities centerare completed. A graduate program isreestablished, as well as the College’sfirst Strategic Plan. C-N is recognizedby several national publications.The College’s football team wins fiveNAIA National Championships.James S. NethertonServed: 2000-2007(1947- )Dr. Netherton leads theCollege into a new century.Carson-Newman celebrates itsSesquicentennial in 2001. Campusgrows during his tenure. Underhis leadership the institutionbuilds Appalachian Commons,Blye-Poteat Hall and the newBurke-Tarr Stadium. Followingrenovations of Sarah Swann andAlumni halls, C-N breaks groundon the Ted Russell Hall.We face the future with a feeling of pridein past accomplishments, with confidencethat foundations are well laid.President D. Harley Fite1961INTERIMJoe Bill SloanServedas Interim:2007-2008(1945- )Having served 38 years on faculty,C-N trustees see Sloan as a naturalchoice to serve as interim. He leads therestructuring of C-N’s pension plan, aswell as fundraising efforts for campusfacilities. The College adoptsa university model, moving from“Divisions” to “Schools” within theacademic structure.J. Randall O’BrienService: 2009-(1949- )Though not officially presidentuntil January 2009, Dr. O’Brientakes on most duties during theprevious fall semester. Ted RussellHall is completed in the spring of2009. Carson-Newman receivesnational recognition as Forbes callsit one of “America’s Best Colleges.”The 2009-10 year marks the thirdlargest freshmen class in theCollege’s history with 5 13 enrolled.On October 30, 2009, O’Brien isinaugurated as Carson-NewmanCollege’s 22nd president.

267631Inauguration Events1. 10.3.09Junior Nick Gonyea and sophomore JoshHall landscape at New Market’s Senior Center.They were two of some 550 students, facultyand staff who participated in OperationInasmuch, a Saturday service projectacross the surrounding community.2. 10.6.09Dr. O’Brien shares a moment with one of hispredecessors, Dr. Cordell Maddox. Maddox,the College’s 20 th president, spoke atFounders’ Day Chapel.3. 10.8.09Freshman Sonoles Gonzalez performs AveMaria at the Inauguration Legacy Fund Dinner.The evening hosted some 230 C-N donors.4. 10.13.09Brenda Coomer of Growing Leaders Inc.challenges and encourages students at aSpecial Inauguration Chapel Service.5. 10.26.09A Presidential Dinner draws faculty andstaff for a time of fellowship and hospitalityat the home of the O’Briens.6. 10.27.09Senior Jacob Phillips sings during thePresident’s Chapel for Students.In the weeks leading up to the inauguralceremony, the campus community heldseveral events to help celebrate theinstitutional milestone.547. 10.29.09On the eve of the inauguration, a prayerservice was held in the sanctuary of FirstBaptist Church, Jefferson City. The campuscommunity, alumni and area pastors offeredtheir support and prayers for the Collegeand the new first couple.20 JOURNEY winter 2010 JOURNEY winter 2010 21

The Future of the Past:Celebrating our Heritage and HopeEditor’s note: In preparing for his inauguration, Dr. O’Brienedited his remarks to fit within the program’s allotted time. Thefollowing represents his full manuscript.Distinguished platform guests, esteemed Board of Trustees,illustrious presidents and notable colleagues from sister institutions,treasured faculty, staff, students, and alumni, and beloved familyand friends:The Psalmist says it so well: “This is the day the LORD has made;let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Ps. 118:24)May I thank each of you for being here today? How absolutelygracious of you! I would love to call each of you by name, but thatwould take all of my allotted hour and forty-five minutes. (laughter)However, I simply must thank the Presidential Search Committeeand the Board of Trustees for extending the call to us to serve thisincredible Carson-Newman family. To Search Committee ChairOgle I would like to say a special thanks for your leadership andfriendship in the process, and my dear friend, for your exceedinglygracious introduction today.The Inauguration Committee, co-chaired by Deans Clark Measelsand Kitty Coffey, worked long, hard, sacrificially, and well to makethese days a success. I am grateful to each of you.Kay and I have been so warmly welcomed to East Tennessee. Thefaculty, staff, students, alumni, community, convention, pastors,and churches have all made us feel right at home. And we are!Senator Alexander, your untiring public service as president ofthe University of Tennessee, as governor, as U.S. Department ofEducation secretary, and now as our senator has provided us amodel of visionary leadership. You traveled a long way to deliveryour inspiring words to us today, but your words will travelfarther. You have spoken prophetically in the national conversationregarding higher education and we have listened. Moreover, wewill act. Beginning in January we will offer 10 or more programsof study wherein students may receive a baccalaureate degree in 3years. We have entered a new era in higher education.Obsolescence is not limited to manual typewriters, 8-tracktape cartridges, party-line telephones, and Edsel automobiles.Senescence is not limited to America’s roads, bridges, anddowntowns. Everything ages, including higher education; muchbecomes obsolete, including academic programs, informationdelivery systems, and approaches to education.“The Golden Age of American Colleges is past; the Age of Survivalis upon us.” So say some of the experts in our field. If, in fact, thisclaim is true, institutions who fail to comprehend current dangersand adapt will not survive.Accessibility and affordability are major issues, along withyears of study required to complete a degree. There are others.Distinguishing between price and cost is critical. For it’s hard tocontrol the price of a college education when the costs continueto soar, which include energy, insurance, maintenance of agingbuildings, construction costs of new facilities, health care,technology, salary needs and other operational costs. Changes mustcome in innovative pricing, degree reform, green initiatives, budgetdecentralization and accountability, organizational and structuralreform, alternative scheduling, distance learning, graduation rates,continuing education, and in globalization of higher education.Senator Alexander, we appreciate your seasoned service andwisdom, your watchful eye, prophetic voice, and authoritativeleadership in higher education. Thank you for your importantwords today.My remarks which follow will move along a different track, oneno less critical, no less urgent. We are in a crisis. But before weaddress the present crisis, much less the future, we must take noteof the past.Oh, what a glorious past we share, Carson-Newman Collegeand our sister American colleges and universities! First, Carson-Newman: When the Baptist Education Society of East Tennesseecalled a meeting at the Dandridge Baptist Church in 1849 toconsider founding “an institution of learning” 21 trustees wereelected to raise money and secure a charter. One of the leaders wasJames Carson, for whom the school would eventually be named.The host pastor was William Rogers, who would become the firstpresident of the school.Around that time in nearby Mossy Creek, later, in 1901, to becomeknown as Jefferson City, five gentlemen known today as “The OakTree Five” met under an old oak tree after a hard day’s work in thefields and determined to create a place of education for their sons—and later their daughters, as well. These five men—the ReverendWilliam Bowen, Professor Robert Reedy Bryan, and three farmerbuildersnamed Newman: I.M., Samuel, and William—alongwith the aforementioned trustees secured two acres of land on thebanks of Mossy Creek just below our current baseball field, raised$2,386.50 to start the School, named Mossy Creek Missionary BaptistSeminary, and began holding classes in the Mossy Creek Baptist Church.Soon, in 1855, Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary changedits name to Mossy Creek Baptist College. The first graduate was adoctor, the second a lawyer, and the third, a minister.The 1876-77 mission statement of Mossy Creek Baptist Collegenoted: “This institution looks to the highest possible grade ofintellectual and Christian culture of all its pupils.”In 1880 the trustees changed the name of our school to CarsonCollege, in honor of James Carson, a founder and 30-year trustee.Five years later in 1885, The Mossy Creek Female Academy waschartered and soon became known as Newman Female Seminary,then Newman College, in honor of the Newman family of founders.The two colleges, Carson and Newman became one: Carson-Newman College in 1889.The 1919-20 mission statement of Carson-Newman Collegeemphasized: “It has always been the purpose of the College to offerits students instruction in the light of the teachings of Jesus Christ.…The College owes its allegiance to Christ and considers itself anagency for the spread of His righteousness among men.”The 1993-94 mission statement proclaimed: “We purpose to:…develop graduates who understand that the lordship of Christtouches all vocations and professions and involves the graduates inbecoming leaders in church and state.”What a glorious past!Conceived in a church, along with echoes of Eden’s Tree andthe Tree planted by streams of water in Psalm 1 reverberatingnuminously around the Oak Tree Five, with classes born in thechurch, this sacred academy, indeed, stands as a testament toProvidence and prayer.Yet, we are but a star within a breathtaking galaxy. The birth ofnearly all colleges in America before 1865 came forth from churchorganizations or devout Christians with intentional Christian endsin mind.• Harvard (1636) was established by Congregationalists.• William & Mary (1693) was established by Anglicans.• Yale (1701) was founded by Congregationalists.• Princeton (1747) was founded by Presbyterians.• Brown (1765) and the University of Chicago were foundedby Baptists.• Other church colleges of distinction include Columbia(1754), Penn (1755), and Dartmouth (1769).Harvard’s motto in 1650 proclaimed Christi Glorium, (Glory toChrist). Her motto in 1692 became Christo et Ecclesiae, (Christ andChurch). Harvard’s earliest set of “Rules and Precepts” decreed thateach student was: “to be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed toconsider well, the main end of his life and studies is, to know Godand Jesus Christ which is eternal life…and therefore to lay Christin the bottom, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge andlearning.”Yale’s stated purpose from the beginning was, “to teach and engagethe children to know God in Jesus Christ and to love and serve himin all sobriety, godliness, and righteousness of life….”The first public announcement regarding the University of Chicagoread: “The new University is to be a Christian institution. It is tobe forever under the auspices of the Baptist denomination.” Herfirst president announced that the: “President and two thirds ofits Trustees will be Baptists…. In all and above all and under all,the University of Chicago, whatever else it may be, by the graceof God shall be Christian in tone, in influence, and in work. Theprovisions of this charter…are pledges to you that this shall alwaysremain true.”Dartmouth President, Asa Smith, charged in his inaugural addressof 1863 that: “The College…should be distinctly and eminentlyChristian…. Let the studies which we call moral, have a Christianbaptism…. Let Ethical Science…be bathed in the light of Calvary.”President’s Smith charge of 1863 came as late as 100 years afterDartmouth’s founding.By the early 1900s, however, the secularization of higher educationhad displaced the dominant Christian intellectual position in stateuniversities and major private universities, and by the 1960s, inmost church colleges, as well.Aware of the dangers of the secular way, Yale President, CharlesSeymour, in his inaugural address in 1937, called for a return to ourChristian heritage and hope declaring:22 JOURNEY winter 2010 JOURNEY winter 2010 23

“Yale was dedicated to the upraising of spiritual leaders. We betrayour trust if we fail to explore the various ways in which the youthwho come to us may learn to appreciate spiritual values…. Thesimple and direct way is through the maintenance and upbuildingof the Christian religion as a vital part of university life. I call onall members of the faculty, as members of a thinking body, freelyto recognize the tremendous validity and power of the teachingsof Christ in our life-and-death struggle against the forces of selfishmaterialism. If we lose that struggle…scholarship as well asreligion will disappear.”Oh, what an uproar William F. Buckley, Jr. created in 1951 withthe publication of his book, God & Man at Yale! In critiquing hisalma mater, Buckley alleged that Yale had lost its way, that she hadbecome incoherent, suffering a loss of mission, that she had driftedso far from her founding ideals in failing to Christianize Yale thatthe average student attending Yale graduated with a shatteredrespect for Christianity.Professor McGeorge Bundy, who would later serve the Kennedyand Johnson administrations as National Security Advisor,published in the Atlantic Monthly a scathing response to Buckley,essentially presenting the University’s official statement of denialof Buckley’s allegations. The battle was joined.So, where are we today? At a critical crossroads. It is difficult toimagine any of our nation’s major private universities, or stateuniversities, being anything but bored with the conversationregarding Christianity’s mission on campus. Christianity, alongwith Elvis, has left the building.Will Christian faith forever be vanquished from higher education?Or will it be allowed to return from exile? What does Athenshave to do with Jerusalem? Tertullian asked. “Much,” Dunsreplied! “Much,” sing a chorus of contemporary voices acrossAmerica! “Everything,” say hundreds of history’s brightest lights,as well as today’s leading intellectuals! Paul, Clement, Anselm,Augustine, Acquinas, Erasmus, Calvin, Luther, Orr, Kuyper,Newman, Trueblood, Holmes, Marsden, Noll, Burtchaell, Dockery,Ringenberg, Lewis, Schwehn, Neuhaus, Jacobsen, Beaty, Benne,Plantiga, Wolterstorff, McGrath, Hughes, Evans, and countlessother luminaries testify of the inseparable nature of truth andtheology. Anselm and Augustine wrote passionately of “faithseeking understanding.”On the contrary, Richard Dawkins, a leading spokesman for atheismtoday, claims, “Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evadethe need to think and evaluate evidence.”Hear what John Polkinghorne, past Chairman of the NuclearPhysics Board of the Science Research Council in Great Britain,has to say of the matter:“…we live in a cosmos, not a chaos, so that the world makes totalsense. In other words, there is indeed a Theory of Everything…the name of that Theory is Theology,…the world makes total sensebecause it is a creation, the unified expression of the Mind and Willof its Creator.”Polkinghorne, now fellow of Queen’s College, Cambridge,continues:“I believe that theology is of continuing significance in a scientificage and that its pursuit is an indispensable part of the activity of acomplete university.”Francis Collins, one of the world’s leading geneticists and thelongtime head of the Human Genome Project, the decade-longwork to decode the DNA of our species, writes:“…the principles of faith are, in fact, complementary with theprinciples of science…. In my view, there is no conflict in being arigorous scientist and a person who believes in a God who takes apersonal interest in each one of us.”All of this is well and good, but is there anyone here who believesthat Ivy League U., or State U., will rush to become citadels for theintegration of faith and learning? Do we really believe our publicand major private universities may choose to become bastions ofChristian orthodoxy? What then is the future of the past? Wherethen might academies of science, humanities, fine arts, education,professional schools, and faith be found? I’m glad you asked.Comes the prophet!In 1975 Arthur Holmes, influenced heavily by Abraham Kuyper,John Henry Newman, and Elton Trueblood, published, TheIdea of a Christian College. Holmes argued that only an activeintegration of faith and learning truly distinguishes the secular andChristian university. Floodgates opened, and out poured volumesof sympathetic works from the ranks of the intelligentsia. Theleit motif of each of their works calls for Christian colleges anduniversities to reverse their retreat, reclaim their heritage, and to doso by marching boldly into the Promised Land of Christian highereducation holding high the banner, “All Truth is God’s Truth.”Comes the surprise!“Distant cousins” are “preaching” a “not-so-distant” message fromthe halls of secular universities. As William Ringenberg notes:“At least since the appearance of Allan Bloom’s The Closing of theAmerican Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracyand Impoverished the Soul of Today’s Students (1987) and PaigeSmith’s Killing the Spirit: Higher Education in America (1900)…the general modern critique of secular higher education hasbemoaned the tendency to replace the character and valueseducation dimension of learning with an intellectualist conformityand anti-religion bias.”Ringenberg continues:“Even the traditionally elite institutions themselves are becomingaware of their growing barrenness as noted by Columbia Universityprofessor Andrew Delbanco: ‘There is a nervousness that mayaccount for the use of compensatory institutions within theinstitution such as the Center for Human Values at Princeton…orthe Institute for Ethics at Duke. But what can it mean that thinkingabout ethics has become mostly an extracurricular activity?’”24 JOURNEY winter 2010

And to this critique the work of Harry Lewis, former Dean ofHarvard College, entitled Excellence Without a Soul: How aGreat University Forgot Education, in which he acknowledgesthat “moral education has withered” in our universities and thetestimony of crisis mounts.All of this is nice, but we in Christian colleges and universities arenot simply talking about values and ethics. It is certainly true thatwe, among others, concur with the need for a renewed focus uponmorals. But the cry is for more than that.If America’s colleges displaced historic orthodox Christianity withgeneric religion and social good, or at best confined Christianity tothe office of the campus minister, or a chapel service, or a speciallycreated department of religion, leaving no place for Christian faithin the nerve center of the university, the curriculum; if sciencebecame the new orthodoxy in the halls of academe; if our campusessevered the rose from its roots by finding a place for morals in thefields of study but none for Christianity; if our colleges came intime to find morals passé, while manners, whatever that means,became the mark of an educated person, are we really surprised todiscover that we are living in communities stuffed with informationbut starved for values? And if we have fallen over the precipiceis the appropriate corrective step to climb part of the way up theslippery cliff during the cultural monsoon and hope we won’tbe washed away again? Or should we consider ascending to thetop of the rock and rest on the solid footing of historic orthodoxChristianity? Why then the call for a focus on morals? Without anauthoritative foundation do not morals erode? Isn’t that preciselywhy we have arrived at our point of need?Perhaps in our secular age secular colleges and universities willnot desire to integrate faith and learning, choosing to go their ownway instead. But I would like to join the caravan of sages throughthe ages, including the company of evangelical confessing scholarstoday, who hold to the unity of truth, and to the belief that faithand learning, not faith or learning, is the best way to attain trueerudition.In our search for knowledge, our quest for truth, why should ourlearning communities and faith communities remain separate?Let us embrace an open search for truth wherein freedom to thinkincludes permission to ask any question and to analyze everyperspective. Open intellectual inquiry may not, after all by selfdefinition,exclude thinking Christianly across the curriculum. Anysearch for truth which excludes, a priori, consideration of evidence,or particular views, is at best misguided elitism, mishandledepistemology, or mistaken scientific method, but at worse,missionary secularism intent upon installing the new atheism asthe fundamentalist religion of college campuses. Enough of thisidolatrous sacrifice of our children!Let us no longer accept the patronizing heresy of compartmentalizingour Christian faith into non-threatening conclaves safely away fromthe classroom. Rather let us champion both free academic inquiryand committed theological loyalty. We in the academy make muchof academic freedom. Then let us in our Christian colleges dare tolet truth and error compete for residence in our minds. Let us readwidely, listen deeply, reflect critically, observe studiously, presenteffectively, debate delightfully, write masterfully, analyze keenly,question honestly, dissent respectfully, think Christianly, and livegratefully in the presence of our Creator-Redeemer-Sustainer God.The universe is our campus; the cosmos is our campus. All truth isGod’s truth. Vocatus atque non-vocatus Deus aderit, the eminentpsychologist, Carl Jung, had carved above the door of his home(Bidden, or not bidden, God is present).So, what is the future of the past?In a story titled, “Christian Colleges are Booming,” Time magazinereported a U.S. Department of Education survey which revealed anenrollment increase of 67.3 percent for the decade of 1992-2002 forschools listed in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities.The increase for all other colleges and universities during the same10-year period was 2.1 percent, a 65 percent differential!Apparently the longing is for a place where the life of the mindand the shepherding of the spirit might find a welcome home. If so,Carson-Newman’s ethos of open intellectual inquiry and a deeperspiritual life – a beautiful tapestry of faith, learning, and caringcommunity – positions us providentially to meet the deepest needsof our neighbor and realize the highest dreams we dare to dream.I dream of a college where our graduates have learned how to think;they have learned what the best and brightest minds throughout theages have thought and currently are thinking; but they have alsolearned to think for themselves, and to think Christianly, at that.The college of my dreams features the Christian intellectualtradition as a centerpiece, the integration of faith and learning as thecornerstone, and classroom excellence, cutting-edge scholarshipand love of students, all within a caring community.The college of my dreams stands firmly under the lordship of JesusChrist where we faithfully accept our Lord’s invitation “to loveHim with all of our hearts, all of our souls, and with all of ourminds.”As Victor Hugo shared, “There is nothing like a dream to shapethe future.”Thank you.aJ. Randall O’BrienOctober 30, 2009Collinses Leave $3.8 million for ScholarshipsAs an incoming freshman in the fall of 1923, Lena Mastersoncould not have dreamed that she would meet her future husbandin chemistry class. And she certainly could not have imaginedthat he would be her professor, nor that their partnership wouldyield to Carson-Newman one of its richest legacies.With the settlement of her estate late last year, Lena MastersonCollins and her late husband Samuel contributed more than $3.8million to benefit Carson-Newman students.The couple’s story is legendary. Lena had a required physicscourse taught by Professor Collins. Impressed by his student’sconfidence and joie de vive, he is reported to have once declared,“She’s the most independent person I’ve ever met.”Though Sam left to complete his PhD at UNC-Chapel Hill, hefondly remembered the spunky Lena. Upon her 1927 graduation,Lena began teaching home economics at her alma mater. A longdistance courtship ensued and the couple married on September4, 1929. They moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts when he wasappointed as a research associate at Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology.As Sam made discoveries in cryogenics, Lena developedprofessional-grade drafting skills by drawing schematics for themachines. Following governmental service near Washington,D.C. from 1941 to 1943, the couple returned to Cambridgewhere Sam would develop the Collins Helium Cryostat whichrevolutionized cryogenics and made research possible inlaboratories across the globe.The Littles with their daughter Dr. Karen Milliganand C-N Provost Dr. Kina Mallard.Mark BrownUsing proceeds from Sam’s inventions, the couple expressedtheir commitment to education and their appreciation for C-Nwhen they established a scholarship in 1972. They moved to Ft.Washington, Maryland where Sam worked at the Naval ResearchLaboratory following his MIT retirement.Although Sam passed away in 1984, their partnership willcontinue to produce lasting legacies at MIT and at C-N wherethe Collins Scholarship Fund benefits students in the partners’respective disciplines, Family & Consumer Sciences and NaturalSciences & Mathematics.School of Education Receives Gift from LittlesJoe ’50x and Louise ’52 Little have long appreciated and understoodthe value of education. The most recent evidence of their commitmentcan be found in the School of Education’s new resource center,which offers a stunning array of educational helps for students whowill become educators.Established to support teachers-to-be while honoring their parents,The Cole-Little Curriculum Laboratory offers books for childrenand young adults as well as activity kits, curriculum guides, games,textbooks and teacher resources. It provides lamination services,an Ellison letter press and a place for students to both study andconstruct teacher-made materials. It also houses the Lynn AlexanderChildren’s Literature Collection and the Morgan ComputerLaboratory, which was provided by Allen’68 and Phyllis Morgan.“My prayer is that the students that come through these doors willbecome extraordinary teachers who share the love of Christ withtheir students for many years to come,” said the Little’s daughter Dr.Karen Milligan, associate professor of education.26 JOURNEY winter 2010JOURNEY winter 2010 27

ClassnotesClassnotesPassingsDr. Raymond Coppenger, 100 d.November 24, 2009, former associateprofessor of Bible. Coppenger taught atboth C-N and Belmont University beforeserving at Ouachita Baptist University for20 years. He retired from OBU in 1974.He pastored churches in Tennessee andVirginia and was a Navy chaplain duringWWII. He is preceded in death by his wifeAgnes and a daughter. He is survived by adaughter, son, several grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren.Stephen Jones, 44 d. June 27, 2009,former men’s soccer coach. Jones coachedthe Eagles from 1990-97, and earnedthe honor of South Atlantic ConferenceCoach of the Year in his second season.Serving as C-N’s first full-time men’ssoccer coach, the Opelika, Alabama nativewas also instrumental in establishingthe groundwork for the women’s soccerprogram. He is survived by his wifeShannon and four children.Dr. Frances Morgan, 86 d. October 28,2009, retired associate professor of Spanish.Morgan taught for over 40 years at NorrisHigh School and Carson-Newman, retiringfrom C-N in 1986. A WWII Navy Veteran,she was a resident of Norris before movingto Knoxville. A member of Concord UnitedMethodist Church, she is preceded indeath by her husband John Morgan. Sheis survived by a daughter, son, severalgrandchildren and great-grandchildren.In Memory of...Classes of 1930-39’34 Herbert C. Gabhart’37 John L. Curtis’37 Dorothea Young Fleetwood’37 Hazel Ward Shull’37x Frances Baumgardner Jones’38 Martha Allen Nevils’39 William King Gaut’39 Walker N. Stockburger’39 Edward R. WatsonClasses of 1940-49’40 Caroline Cross Below’43 Joe R. Haynes’43 Robert (Bob) McInturff’44 Nancy Harris Henry’44 Ellen Combs Kite’45x Thomas D. Lee, Jr.’45 Ruth Brown CrumleyDr. Dillard Mynatt, 78 d. December 9,2009, former trustee. A native of FountainCity, he pastored Baptist churches inKnoxville, Madisonville, Oak Ridge andForest City, North Carolina. After retiringfrom FBC, Oak Ridge, he served as interimpastor at several additional churches.The 1954 C-N graduate also served onthe Board of Trustees for his alma mater.In 1994 the College awarded him anHonorary Doctorate of Divinity. He issurvived by his wife, Frances, two sons andgrandchildren.Dr. William Purdue, 87 d. October 18,2009, director of the former C-N BibleSchool and former trustee chair. Hepastored churches in Illinois and Missouribefore serving at First Baptist Church ofKingsport for 17 years. The author of threebooks, he was the founding director ofC-N’s Bible School, a non-bacculareatecertificate program for bivocationalministers that preceded the College’scurrent Associate of Arts in ChristianMinistries degree program. He is survivedby his wife, Joyce, and a daughter,son, several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.Dr. Lonas Hurd Tarr, 89 d. September1, 2009, was a life-long supporter of theCollege. Serving on the Board of Trusteesfor 40 years, he also helped oversee theconstruction of the Mabel Lewallen TarrMusic Center. The 1941 graduate endoweda number of C-N scholarships and’45 Burldean Freeman Paul’46 Archie D. King’46x Robert E. Dodson’47 Evelyn Slucher Allen’48 Carolyn Meador Crenshaw’48 Mae I. Danner’48 Lyons A. Hamblen’48 Ruth Roberts’49 Harrell R. Coulter’49 Elise McCarroll Ingram’49 Richard D. Lucas’49 Dennis Lyle’49 Dorothy L. Payne’49 Ernest C. Pippin’49 Thurman B. PrewettClasses of 1950-59’50 Robert W. Boggs’50 Ruth Ownby Simmons’50 James A. Wight’51 Clyde M. Hill’51 Eugene C. Mayfieldfinancially supported several C-Nendeavors throughout his life. In 1997C-N presented the WWII veteran andJefferson City resident with an HonoraryDoctorate of Letters. An active member ofFirst Baptist Church in Jefferson City, heserved on several committees and was alife deacon, as well as a Sunday schoolteacher. An accomplished businessman, hewas owner of Tarr Chevrolet since 1952. In2002, he was honored by Chevrolet as a“50 Year Dealer” and for having the oldestChevrolet dealership in the state underoriginal management. He is survived by hiswife, Helen, two sons, a daughter, severalgrandchildren and great-grandchildren.Dr. Edward A. Tarratus, 77 d. February 2,2009, retired assistant professor of music.He served on the C-N music faculty from1956-60. He was conductor emeritus ofGeorgia’s Albany Symphony Orchestra. In1967, while serving as the Arts Divisionchairman at Albany Junior College, nowDarton College, he was named conductorof the orchestra. He is survived by his wifeVivian H. Tarratus, ’60.Wright Tisdale, Jr., 65 d. July 22, 2009,director of Charitable Gift Planning. Priorto arriving at C-N in 2008, Tisdale servedas Baptist Health System Foundation inKnoxville. Born in New York City, he alwaysconsidered North Carolina “home.” Hewas a member of both the North Carolinaand Tennessee Bar Associations. He issurvived by his wife, Susan and two sons.’52 Barbara Collier Brooks’52 Claude B. Kelley’52 Sue Shelley Parton’53 Nelle Ballentine Beazley’53 Betty Webb Hammer’53 Joyce Stone Hart’53 Joyce Money Jackson’54 Wilburn C. Hoglen’54x James R. Kitchens’54 William E. Jackson’54 James (J.D.) Price’54 Clifford L. Tribble’55 Iris Greenwell Lingerfelt’56 Robert M. Hendrick’56 Myrl H. Kyte’57 James B. Staples’57 Meredith T. White’58 Doris Gibson Gill’58 Betty Jean Cooper Peek’58 Raymond J. Phillips’59 Charles R. Etherton’59 Patricia Gibson RamseyClasses of 1960-69’61 David E. Brooks’61 Donne E. Newberry’61 James K. Taylor’62 William P. (Bill) Clark’62 Martin L. (Buddy) Dail’62 C. Ray Kitts’62 John W. German’63 John L. Campbell’63 Horace A. Hamm’63 Richard A. Stout’64 David L. Bean’64 Bruce E. Bierman’64 Charlotte Gail Abbott Burnett’66 Martha Crosby Kerr’69 Barbara Cody Hart’69 Danny S. WynnClasses of 1970-79’71 Tommy J. Haggard’71 Chester B. Hall, Jr.’72 Tony C. Evans’73 E. Eugene Gooch III’73 John D. Karpowicz’73 Susan A. Russell’74 Robert B. Nelson’77 Bridgett Gray Jackson’79 Joseph C. PooreClasses of 1980-89’80 Richard C. Presley’85 Margaret V. Stiles’87 Tina Henson Vick’89 Jeffrey K. TaylorClasses of 1990-99’99 Matthew H. HarpClasses of 2000-’02 Arlene Green Laverty1940s’49, ’49 Sally (Rives) and Oscar Brookscelebrated their 60th wedding anniversary onAugust 5, 2009.Philip Dorr’49 T. Eugene Oody published his autobiographyFrom the Corn Field into God’s Vineyard, a420-page narrative poem. He is currently pastorof the senior adults of FBC, Loudon.1950s’52 Ann (Weed) Cushing wrote and publishedFor Better, For Worse, Forever, the stories of20 C-N couples, most of whom have been marriedfor over 50 years.’53 Mattie (Carroll) Mullins received thetribute of honor by the General Federation ofWomen’s Clubs on April 18, 2009.’56 Buddy C. Byrd was the 2009 Commitmentto Excellence Award recipient for the Texas Associationof School Business Officials.’57 Emma (Watts) Lane and Ronald E. Lanecelebrated their 50th wedding anniversary onAugust 15, 2009.’58 Barbara (Harris) Youree has written fourChristian, historical romance novels whichhave been collected under the title RenaissanceBrides. Her latest nonfiction book is CourageousJourney, Walking the Lost Boys Pathfrom the Sudan to America. She has also writtensix children’s books.1960s’60 Dalmuth Shealy was named associateathletic director for fundraising at C-N.’61 Roy E. Grant retired from the Universityof Georgia faculty and was granted emeritusstatus in 2009.’62 Harold W. Haddle, Jr. has recentlypublished a poetry book, Seeking is Finding.He is a psychologist and maintains a privatepractice in Atlanta and Douglasville, Ga.’75, (pictured with one of his actors) has been involved in theGutenberg II Project for the last several years. The project, alsoknown as GII or God’s Stories, is a collection of dramatizations ofBible stories from creation through the New Testament. Filmed onlocation at the original sites, each program features native actors,production crew and designs. The project, filmed in Arabic,will be dubbed in many other languages, giving many their first opportunity to hearthe gospel. From Israel to Morocco, Dorr has been on set for every production, writingscripts while his brother, John, serves as producer. Growing up in the Middle East wherehis father was a medical missionary, Dorr was active in C-N’s theatre program and hasdone professional theatre work.’62 Maurice P. Hartley was a 2009 inducteeof the Caldwell County Schools Hall of Honorin Hickory, N.C., and is professor emeritus atRutgers University.’62 A. Benjamin (Ben) Strand was selected bythe Tennessee Council of Juvenile and FamilyCourt Judges Executive Committee as the 2009McCain-Abernathy Memorial Award recipient.’63 Zachary F. Carden published his firstnovel, Tootie Green.’63 Frederick W. Edwards retired January2009 from serving as a chaplain for the SouthernIllinois Healthcare System.’64 Bob W. Bailey is senior vice presidentinvestment officer for Morgan Stanley in Birmingham,Ala.’64 Linda (Smith) Smith retired from the S.C.Health and Human Services Department inSeptember 2008. She and her husband live inPiedmont, S.C.’68 Linda Blair retired from teaching after41 years at McMinn Central High School inEtowah.’68 Janice (Sailors) Saylors, a motivationalspeaker, started a business called Passion forthe Possible.1970s’70 James L. Raines retired from ChesterfieldCounty Schools in Va. after 39 years of service.’70 James H. Wilson was named executivedirector of Appalachian Outreach.’73 Freda (Honeycutt) Montgomery retiredfrom Mecklenburg County, N.C. Departmentof Social Services for Adults in 2009 after 29years of service.’74 David Skinner’s sculpture designed forthe University of West Georgia’s new footballstadium went on permanent display September 5.He also designed mascot wall decals for the Universitiesof Tennessee and Alabama, which areavailable at Wal-Marts in those respective states.’75 Terry D. Wilson was a 2009 AmericanSociety of Composers, Authors and Publishersaward recipient.’76, ’76 Roger Haun and Sarah (Pate) retiredas IMB missionaries in 2009 after 25 yearsof service. Roger is director of the personnelservice center for the IMB, and Sarah is a freelancewriter for the IMB’s International Centerfor Excellence in Leadership.28 JOURNEY winter 2010 JOURNEY winter 2010 29

ClassnotesClassnotes’76 Craig C. McDaniel was named presidentof Georgia Northwestern Technical College inRome, Ga.’77 Harold G. Ball retired from pastoral ministryin May 2009. He and wife Geraldine residein Dandridge.’77 Tressella (Benson) Jaggers retired afterteaching 31 years in the Jefferson County, Ky.school system.’79 Brandon Keith Travis completed theDMin at Erskine Theological Seminary in May2009.1980s’80 James (Jim) R. Moore was named headfootball coach at Seymour High School inSeymour.’81 Mark S. Hearn published Being Church101 through Crossbooks Publishing.’81 Debora (Debbie) Land is general managerof the Natural Bridge, in Natural Bridge, Va.’82 Leisa Hammett published From Heartacheto Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Livingwith Autism, a coffee table book of stories.’85, ’84 Jeffrey B. Moore received the EdDdegree from Trevecca Nazarene University inMay 2009. He is a principal, and wife Wena(Shults) teaches in the Sevier County schoolsystem.’86 David C. Maynard is the 2008-09 Teaching/LearningExcellence recipient for theKentucky Community and Technical Collegesystem.’87 Mark Cate was named campaign managerfor Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam’s 2010 gubernatorialcandidacy.Dr. Christiana Tah’87 Susan K. Schmid will be working withGateway Church International in Emalahleni,South Africa for 2 years.’89 Eileen Campbell-Reed was named the associatedirector of the Learning Pastoral ImaginationProject at Luther Seminary in St. Paul,Minn., and is the 2009 TCBF Betty GallowayAdvocacy for Women in Ministry Award recipient.She and her family reside in Nashville.’89 Stephen Tracy Porier recently became anaccount executive for Marriott. He and wifePaula live in Nashville.’89 Frank C. Willson was named the honorarychairman of the Dublin, Ohio Irish Festival for2009.1990s’90, ’95 Andy Rines is the head girls’ basketballcoach and teaches English at SeymourHigh School. His team posted a 22-9 recordduring the 2008-2009 season and won theregion 2-AA tournament championship. Andy,wife Leslie (Boyles), and their daughter Rachellive in Knoxville.’91 Joseph W. Monroe was named chiefof police for the University of Kentucky inLexington.’91 J. Doug Stump was named principal atDominion Academy, a private, non-denominationalChristian school in Leesburg, Va.’92 F. Braxton (Brack) Terry was named a“Rising Star” by the Super Lawyers publication.He practices law with Terry, Terry andStapleton in Morristown.’93 Terrell C. Cassada was named senior vicepresident and chief information officer by FirstGuaranty Bank of Jacksonville, Fla.’72 was named Liberia’s Minister of Justice by President Ellen JohnsonSirleaf. After assuming her post, the former Montgomery College facultymember began tackling pertinent issues such as strengthening Liberia’sinstitutional systems, especially in the law enforcement sector. Shereceived the MA from Kent State, and her LLB from the University ofLiberia. She also holds an LLM from Yale. After joining the Liberiangovernment in the mid 70s, Tah served in the Ministries of Health, Justice and Finance.She returned to the States to teach at the University of Maryland and then MC, where shereceived the Outstanding Teacher Award in 2000.MichaelAlvis’77, haspublished thebook Japan{Shashin},a collectionof photography by the C-N adjunctinstructor of art. Compiled from some12,000 photos taken while on a trip toJapan last July, the book is one of fiveworks featuring his shutter art takenwhile in the country. Having worked andlived in the country for six years, Alvis isno stranger to the sights and sounds ofJapan. The 2009 excursion was a muchanticipated return to the Land of theRising Sun to see old friends and newsights.’95 Christopher S. Howard earned the PhD inorganizational leadership from Regent Universityin December 2008.’96 Mark Burnette, was named president ofthe central region for MainNerve Inc., an informationsecurity company.’96 Jill L. Hobby was named principal ofWhittle Springs Middle School in Knoxville.’96 Kathy Barnes-Hemsworth is teachingEnglish at Cocke County High School. She wasformerly the Lifestyles writer for the NewportPlain Talk.’97, ’97 Amy (Fouts) Hamlin received tenureas an associate professor of nursing at AustinPeay State University. Her husband, Spencer,practices law in Ashland City.’98 Steven D. Amos was named city presidentof the Morristown and Jefferson City branchesof Regions Bank.’98 Jonathan E. Richardson had two arrangementspublished in Pedal Point magazine. His“How Firm a Foundation,” dedicated to FBCMorristown’s 205th anniversary, was publishedin the fall 2009 edition and his arrangement of“Brethren, We Have Met to Worship” appearedin the spring 2009 publication.’99 Christopher F. Cates was promoted todirector of major gifts at C-N.’99 Arthur (Trey) Youngblood is insuranceagency manager for Farm Bureau of JohnsonCounty in Mountain City.’99 Ronald S. Jones is an instructor in the C-NSchool of Business.2000sApril WatsonTimko’01, is broadcastproduction managerat Davis NewmanPayne, an advertisingagency in Knoxville. Assupervisor of the agency’s television,radio and video production, Timkohas managed and produced awardwinningadvertising for a variety of clientsincluding Food City, Weis Markets, HomeFederal Bank of TN, Superpetz and BostonWhaler. She also plays a major role inthe company’s creative process, andspecializes in music production and talentcasting. Aside from DNP, she also enjoysacting and singing with theatre companiesand churches in East Tennessee. She justfinished the role of Kate Keller in theWordPlayers’ mainstage production ofThe Miracle Worker. Timko resides inKnoxville with her husband Randall, andtwo stepchildren, Austin and Kendall.’00 Garin Hill is pastor at Sandy Plains BaptistChurch in Shelby, N.C.’00 Michael Valentine was a guest soloist for aSunday evening service at the Crystal Cathedral,home of Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power.’01 Gregor Franz is a transfer pricing economistfor KPMG. He and his wife Wan-Ju live inHouston, Tex.’01 Jeramy Keen was named Teacher of theYear in Indian River County, Vero Beach, Fla.’01 Ted Stryk’s color combination photo ofMars was used by the European Space Agencyon their web page in December 2008. He usedthe Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on theMars Express orbiter to capture images of thedistant planet to create a vivid color photo.’03 Robert G. Bossardet received the MSdegree from Nova Southeastern University.’03 Carrie Herstam completed her MA inspeech-language pathology from the Universityof Southern Mississippi in May 2008. She iscurrently working as a speech-language pathologistfor Winchester City Schools, Va.’04 Sarah (Cox) Patrick received the EdSdegree from LMU in 2007, and is a schoolcounselor in Sullivan County.’04 Rebekah (Phillips) Fisher teaches familyand consumer science at Morristown HamblenEast High School.’05 Nan E. Monroe graduated from UT’s Collegeof Dentistry in May 2009. She is currentlyin general practice residency at the Universityof Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.’05 Lena Ashleigh Smith teaches at KarnsMiddle School in Knoxville.’06,’05 Andrew Presnell received his MA inClinical Psychology from Western CarolinaUniversity. He and wife Amanda (Axley) nowreside in Tuscaloosa where Andrew is pursuinga PhD in Clinical Psychology at the Universityof Alabama.Marriages’96 Jill Hobby and Philip Meyette6/21/08’99 Sarah Milam and Scott F. Quinlan5/23/09’01 April Watson and Randall Timko4/8/06’03 Keri Boyatt and Daniel (Larry) Beaver12/27/03’04, ’04 Jessica L. Brown andTimothy S. Wise9/2/06’04 Sarah Cox and Preston Patrick6/7/08’04 Denise Fletcher and Christopher Spaulding6/14/09’04 Rebekah Phillips and Eric Fisher8/18/07’04 Elissa Thomas and Martyn Ling1/4/08’05 Bethany Bull and Keith Carpenter5/24/09’05 Holly Gragg and J. Allen Whittemore6/6/09’08 Rachael Caldwell and Jeffrey Cinnamon10/3/09’08, ’08 Stephanie Harris andJonathan Trevor7/15/08’08 Shannon Korda and Cap J. Stewart6/6/09’08 Nathan B. Ray and Valerie Jones9/19/08Now Available!MBA at Carson-NewmanTo find out how you can earnyour Masters in BusinessAdministration degree fromC-N’s School of Business,contact mtaylor@cn.edu,or call 865.471.3316.30 JOURNEY winter 2010 JOURNEY winter 2010 31

Classnotesour journeyBirths’93, ’92 Christine (Nickels) Dalton andhusband Eric6/27/09 Natalie Page’94 Todd M. Moore and wife Jennifer7/11/09 Evan Layne’95, ’95 Becky (Simmons) Hughes andhusband Jason11/6/00 Lucy Rebecca5/7/04 Henry Matthew’96 Michael D. Turner and wife Heather10/25/09 Seth Dean’97, ’97 Amy (Fouts) Hamlin andhusband Spencer9/19/02 Hollister5/10/07 Camdyn Jayne,adopted from Langson, Vietnam 1/23/08’97, ’96 Jennifer (Bryant) Wilkins andhusband Daniel1/4/06 Josiah Thomas9/6/07 Ava Elizabeth3/25/09 Micah James’97, ’97 Shylon (Whitley) Perkey andhusband Kevin6/14/07 Blake’98, ’97 Candace (Shelley) Elliott andhusband Brian12/17/08 Sarah Kathryn’99, ’97 Ashleigh (Trent) Judd andhusband Michael8/24/08 AnnaRuth Grace’99 Christopher F. Cates and wife Sarah10/19/09 Grace Addison’99 Michelle (Robish) Estes andhusband Robert7/3/07 Madison3/22/09 Joshua’99 Geoffrey C. Tolley and wife Sara2/17/09 Mitchell Cash’00 Garin Hill and wife Rachel10/2/09 Eli’01, ’99 Elizabeth (Wilson) Jones andhusband Spencer3/15/09 Noah Christopher’01 Kathryn (Foster) Monroe andhusband Bob1/14/09 Jackson Cole’03 Keri (Boyatt) Beaver and husband Larry5/2/06 Chloe Ashlyn10/17/08 Courtney Gracex Alumni Non-graduateShow Your True ColorsCarson-Newman’s Eagle Club is committed to helpingstudent-athletes be all they can be in the classroomand on the playing field. Eagle Club donors’contributions are directed to athletic scholarshipsfor C-N’s 16 intercollegiate sports. To find out howyou can become a member, call 865.471.3364.Support the Eagle ClubCorrection:In the Summer 2009 issue it wasincorrectly reported that Betty(Rose) White ’56, and Roy D.Thomas ’58 were deceased. Ifyou have obituaries, or otherupdates you would like includedin Classnotes, please contact theAlumni Relations Office at865-471-3415 or e-mailcnalum@cn.edu.Seal of Approval. On April 2, 1949 at 10:00 a.m., Dr. Harley Fite was inaugurated as Carson-Newman’s 18th president. Heldin the old John T. Henderson Memorial Auditorium, the ceremony was presided over by Dean I.N. Carr and featured a keynoteaddress by Dr. Philip Davidson, dean of the Graduate School at Vanderbilt. Those in attendance included Board of Trusteemembers, faculty, students, alumni and a host of educators representing over 40 institutions of higher learning. Pictured is Fitereceiving the president’s medallion from Board of Trustees President Henry D. Blanc. (photo courtesy of C-N Archives)32 JOURNEY winter 2010 JOURNEY winter 2010 33

CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGEOFFICE OF COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONSC-N Box 71986Jefferson City, Tennessee 37760Non-ProfitOrganizationU.S. POSTAGEPAIDPULPWorth A Thousand Words: Megan Huddleston, of Sevierville, points out her family members to Heather Huizenga of Lombard,Illinois. The photography majors were among 110 Winter Commencement graduates who received their degrees in Holt Field House.Charles Key