Fall 2006 - Carson-Newman College

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260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 28Soundof theTimesA RichardsonTurnerConstructionworker sawspiping for Blye-Poteat Hall.Construction onthe facility canbe heard acrosscampus, but noone is complainingabout thenoise.Photo byCharles Key

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 1fall 20068Sound of the TimesThe College’s campaign produces first academic building in morethan two decades.12They Call Him ’FessorLessons learned from Charles Jones still resonate.19Homecoming 2006 PreviewC-N prepares for this year’s gathering on a weekend themed “A Legacy of Service.”122022What’s Good for the Soul... Faith andHealthcareC-N partners with Knoxville medical center to present innovativeconference.The Road HomeCarl Torbush returns to the field as an Eagle.20departments3 From the Creek7 Eagle Spotlight24 Classnotes29 Our JourneyONTHECOVERFCS Dean Kitty Coffey, center, is joined by C-N President James Netherton and Associate V.P. forAdvancement Vickie (Burkhart) Butler, ’76, at the construction site of Blye-Poteat Hall. (Photoby Wade Payne)fall 2006 JOURNEY 1

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 2From the presidenTOrientation for new faculty is an important part of our start-the-school-year calendar.This year I spoke at length to them about what a great heritage Carson-Newmanenjoys from the many outstanding men and women who have served on the faculty.Within twenty-four hours of that discussion, word came that two of our beloved retiredfaculty had passed away. Dr. Albert Myers and Dr. Tom Cronan were each strongChristians and trained professionals who modeled the highest character and shared apassion for their academic disciplines. And each was loved by their students andrespected by their colleagues.The families of these men have established memorials at Carson-Newman to perpetuatetheir educational interests. For Dr. Myers, gifts have been directed to an academicscholarship in his name. Funds in memory of Dr. Cronan have been designatedto establish a walking trail on campus. Each man was a blessing to the C-N communityand their legacies will now be continued. Of course, the truest legacy of theirtime here is found in hearts of those who studied under them and worked besidethem. And those touched by the lives of Albert Myers and Tom Cronan will continueto bless others for decades to come.Throughout the years, God has called many wonderful peopleto serve on the Carson-Newman faculty, and it is truly a calling–vocatio.Alumni and current students alike talk ferventlyabout the difference our faculty have made and continue tomake in their lives. Every week there are new signs that showagain that this institution and the folks who labor here are a specialpart of the Kingdom of God.Ours is a great mission and a sacred trust. It is timeless andeternal because it is centered on the One who is unchanging.And yet, it is ever changing as the world we serve is constantly changing. The focuson each student as an important individual created in the image of God is the samenow as it was ten, fifty and one hundred years ago. But the way that focus is carriedout is dramatically different to meet the needs of 21st century consumers.One area of change is publications. Ours have been redesigned to share our messagewith a fresh approach. Readers of our annual report noticed it back in the summerwith Carson-Newman 360˚, which demonstrated the impact this institution is havingon a global scale. That message has resonated with alumni and friends, but alsowith prospective students, other institutional leaders and philanthropic decision-makers.You are holding in your hand another example of our intentional approach totelling the Carson-Newman story. While the name Journey remains, the magazine hasbeen redesigned with a contemporary look and a concerted effort to draw its readershipinto stories that convey the timelessness of this institution.I hope you are pleased, and, as always, we request your prayers for the work that hasbeen set before us.For His glory,PresidentJames S. NethertonSr. Vice President for Advancementand AdministrationDavid Z. NowellAsst. Vice President forMarketingC. Parker LeakeJOURNEYStaffEditorJ. Charles Key, ’98Senior WriterJ. Mark BrownEditorial AssistantPaige Munroe-Mattocks, ’94C-N Alumni AssociationAlumni PresidentPaul H. Grossman, ’81Director, Alumni RelationsDavid Buchanan, ’79Design & ProductionB&B PrintersFor information andcomments, please write to:Carson-Newman CollegeOffice of News & PublicationsC-N Box 71986Jefferson City, TN 37760Phone: 865.471.3203Email: ckey@cn.eduJourney welcomes letters to theeditor. We reserve the right toedit letters according tostyle, grammar and length. Lettersmust include home address ororiginating email address, andtelephone number (for verification).Poetry and unsolicited articles willnot be considered for inclusion.While we are unable toacknowledge those letters wecannot publish, we appreciate theinterest of our readers.2 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 3From the creeKInstrumentalBeginningsDr. Marshall Forrester is fulfilling adream.The associate professor serves as C-N’s director of bands, chair of theConcert-Lecture Series, and is foundingdirector of SummerMusic Camp. He nowhas another role: conductorfor the newKnoxville WindSymphony. Forresterchuckles when asked whyhe would add somethingelse to his plate.“The chance to direct aprofessional wind symphony is somethingthat every band director probablydreams about,” says Forrester. “Irealized it would be a lot of work, butit’s worth it.”The idea came while Forrester wasworking with Gatlinburg-PittmanHigh School’s band in 2003.Following a rehearsal, he wasapproached by the school’s banddirector, Mark Harrell, with the ideaof starting a professional wind symphonyin Knoxville. The notionseemed sound.Forrester was well aware of the windorchestra movement that has beenescalating world-wide the past twodecades. With only a handful of professionalsymphonies in existence,East Tennessee seemed prime realestatefor the idea.“Things finally came into line [last]fall,” says Forrester. “We seated theboard members in November and hadour first concert in March.”Forrester is quick to praise the abilityof the KWS members. “They areprofessionals through and through,”champions the conductor. Half ofthe 40 members also play for theestablished Knoxville SymphonyOrchestra (KSO). Other playersinclude professors and communitymembers.Forrester credits co-founderHarrell for his role in bringing thegroup together. “Mark has assembledsuch a fine roster of players. Weknew they were outstandingplayers to beginwith from hearing themperform time after timewith the KSO.”The ensemble wasintroduced to the publicat Knoxville’s historicTennessee Theater.“I remember a feelingof uneasiness just because I wantedeverything to go well for this group,but a feeling of excitement certainlyeclipsed any apprehension,” herecalls.In fact, it’s easy to label the first seasona success. With the opening, followedby a May 8 concert, it seemedEast Tennessee welcomed the groupwith a standing ovation.“With the two performances, wehad about 1,000 in attendance,” saysForrester, “Half of those were highschool students.”Reaching students is one of theobjectives of the symphony.According to the Shelby, NorthCarolina native, there are about 1,000string students in East Tennessee andapproximately 12,000 band students.“This allows young people to hear thesame literature and composers theyknow in a professional performance.”Forrester personally understandsthe impact of such an experience,recalling a defining moment while inhigh school. “Our band directorloaded us up in a van and took us toMark Brownhear the North Carolina Symphony inRaleigh. That was the first time that Iever heard a symphony. I caught themusic bug right there,” he laughs.Looking to the new concert year,early plans include performing inother Knoxville venues and possiblythe Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg areawith hopes of ultimately offering asubscription season of four concerts ayear.But the newly installed KWS conductorcan’t help but look at the bigpicture.“We might just be a part of the nextensemble movement in this country,”he notes. “Maybe we’ll help the nextgeneration catch the bug.” -Charles KeyDanny Scatesfall 2006 JOURNEY 3

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 4From the creeKPassingsDr. Tom Cronan, 64, d. August 18, 2006, retiredchair of Health, Physical Educationand Recreation Department. A residentof Knoxville, he taught at C-Nfor 19 years before retiring in 2004.An avid athlete with a deep love forthe outdoors, he was also a formereducator at The Citadel, Universityof Tennessee and Maryville College.Last year he was featured on ABC’sGood Morning America for riding more than 6,600miles cross country on a motorcycle to raise awarenessabout cancer and the networks that support itsvictims and survivors. He is survived by his wife Joan,and daughters, Kristi and Stacey.Dr. Albert Myers, 90, d. August 17,2006, retired professor of chemistry.A resident of Jefferson City,he grew up in Nashville. During thewar years, he worked inPennsylvania and Ohio beforebecoming one of the early residentsof Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The 1937C-N alumnus spent much of his lifedevoted to teaching younger generations aboutchemistry. Along with 34 years of service at C-N, hetaught in classrooms at Ouachita, Furman, andHouston Baptist. He is survived by his wifeKatherine, as well as sons John, Bill and Jim.Donald Bart Seals, 67, d. August13, 2006, security officer. A residentof New Market and dairy farmer forsome forty years, he served on staffat the College from 1997 to 2006.He also served as deacon at FlatGap Baptist Church. He is survivedby his wife Sally, daughters VickieKowalsky and Paula Ausmus, andson Bart “Buster” Seals.Kevin GreggWeb Weaver v.2.0Kevin Gregg is the “go-toguy”for all things relatedto www.cn.edu. The siteunveiled new andimproved in January, hasyielded tremendousresponse. The number ofvisitors to the homepagealone is approaching themillion mark, averagingover 100,000 hits monthly.A background in gamedevelopment for Sony’sPlayStation2 andMicrosoft’s Xbox platformstook Gregg from SiliconValley to Boulder,Colorado. He joined C-Nin 2002.“I wanted to come backhome,” says the Clevelandnative, who serves asOnline Services director.“The position at Carson-Newman really fit my interest,plus I just liked theChristian atmosphere that Ifound here.”In the months leading upto the new site, Gregg wasbusy tending to C-N’s temporarywebsite, which healso designed, while devotingtime to constructingCharles Keythe second and latest version.“It was tough,” saysGregg of the hectic period.“I was maintaining one sitewhile developing another,and trying to help peopleunderstand that the firstsite was only temporary.”With the new site up andrunning, Gregg is able tonarrow his focus andbreathe a sigh of relief - butonly briefly.“There are severalupdates that go live weekly,”he notes. “It’s a challenge,a balancing act really.There is a need to beresponsive to requests, butthere is also a need tomaintain the site.”To date, he has authoredsome 90,000 pages thatcompose the site. Many arenever seen by the public asthey form the infrastructureof the College’s webpresence.“People are finding outthat websites full of informationonly, just don’twork anymore,” he asserts.“College and universitysites are moving toward amore stylized and interactivedesign. We’re alreadythere, which puts us wellbeyond the power curve.” 4 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 5The Reluctant HonoreeThe presence of a companionkeeps Jean-Ann Washam from givinginto complete nausea. Her voicebreaks as she tries to talk about whatshe has just seen, but what she wouldreally like to do is pull to the side ofthe road and let go of the turmoilgripping her.The metal-roofed shed she has justdriven away from would pass for aworkshop that should have beenrazed years ago, but it actually housesa family of eight. Encumbered bya seedy odor that is two parts dankand one part the acridity of urine,the place weighs heavy on her sensesand emotions.The Appalachian Outreach directoris not burdened by the fact that amarried couple chooses to inhabitthe hovel. Rather, her heart iswracked by the thought of the childrenwho also live there but don’tget a vote. This year, they are theleast of these.One might think Washam, C-N’s2005-06 Community ServiceAwardee, would be immune tosqualor. After all, the 1990 alumnahas been on the front lines of povertyrelief work for a solid decade. But,she is quick to point out, there arevast differences between poverty andfilth. To her, the words only gotogether when the two conditionscollide by human choice.An area church has been trying tomake life better for the six couple’schildren but has maxed out itsresources and needs AO’s help. Inturn, Washam’s staff has called in“the cavalry,” a crew from Georgiathat always reserves the last week ofJuly for the toughest project AOfinds each year.Her trip to check the site a coupleof days before the Georgians arrive isnormal. In most cases, she makes twotrips, one before the repair and onein the midst or near the end of aFrom the creeKChecking on homeowners near the conclusion of repair projects is but one of Washam’s numerous duties. Hereshe speaks with “Miss Gladys,” an elderly Jefferson City resident whose home received a new roof and a wheelchairramp.project to check on the homeowner.Most of the time, she talks to thehomeowner about what needsrepair–in this case almost everything–andwhat the crew will actuallybe able to get done in four day’stime. She made three visits beforeapproving this final mission of theeight-week summer season, prayingafter each that it would be a good useof time and money. On each visit shehas dealt with the couple’s 11-yearold son who, says Washam, “is thefunctional-parent of the situation.”Dealing with the youngster sealedher heart and mind that it was theright thing to do.“I’m sick at my stomach,” sheadmits as she drives a half-hour backto Jefferson City. “I mean, here’s alittle freckle-faced boy who doesn’tsee anything abnormal with the wayhis family is living. He deservesmore than that, more than a bathroomthat I could barely walk into.It’s just hard for me to accept that it’sokay because I don’t think that it is.”Washam also wasn’t crazy aboutbeing officially honored with theCommunity Service Award. She saysshe is only doing what she was calledto do.“It’s not why I do it,” she said of therecognition. “I just thank God forthe opportunity to serve Him for thelast 10 years at AO.”Washam and her husband,Shannon, ’91, were staffers forKentucky Baptist Homes forChildren when Jim Wilson askedthem about leading SamaritanHouse and AO respectively. Thecouple worked together until 2004when Shannon was hired by theKnox County Association of Baptiststo direct the group’s WesternHeights Baptist Center.Accomplishments made duringher tenure include tutorial programsthat help make clients employable,developing Coats for the Cold andschool supplies distribution efforts,bringing more local churches intothe work and adding adult teams toAO’s home repair work. In the wakeof Hurricane Katrina, she wrote agrant proposal for $10,000 that wasawarded to Campus Ministries by theBonner Foundation.Washam stresses the fact that sheonly directs activities, saying, “It’s thepeople who volunteer their time andresources that really get this workdone. I just coordinate people andtry to make it work smoothly, but itwould not happen if people didn’thave a willing spirit to participate.” fall 2006 JOURNEY 5Mark Brown

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 6Touching History in OxfordWhen does something become historic–whenit happens or when it’snoticed?As part of her Oxford Studiesminor, Algernon Sydney SullivanAward Winner and 2006 graduateKara Blankenship wrote a paper thatexamined late-Victorian attitudesabout the role women should play inthe Baptist Church. Beyond receivinghigh marks for her work, Karatouched history by finding a forgottendocument.In 1876 British pastor JohnClifford argued that women shouldbe ordained into the ministry of theGospel. His advocacy, included inthe second installment of a seriestitled Where are the Men? was forgottenuntil Kara went to Oxford Universitylast year.Kara’s rediscovery and her scholarlyabilities made an impression onher professor, noted historian Dr.John H.Y. Briggs, who hopes toinclude an abridgment of her articlein the Baptist Quarterly, which he publishes.“My recollections of Kara are of aThe Gift of Giving BackFrom the creeKWhile discovering and studying forgotten texts inOxford, Kara learned that punting a boat is not aseasy as it might look.very pleasant and willing student whoworked hard at her project and madea great success of it,” says Briggs, whodirects the Centre for Baptist Historyand Heritage at Regent’s ParkCollege. “(S)he gleaned from a widevariety of articles, from obituaries tonew items to sermonic material, afine array of insightful quotationsillustrating very nicely attitudes towomen in the second half of the C19To demonstrate his appreciation for his education, Nick Cook, the male recipient of the2006 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, wanted to be the first 2006 graduate to become aCarson-Newman donor.To make it official, he came to graduation with a check in his pocket. As Nick’s classmatesrecessed from Roy Harmon Field, he met Annual Fund Director Chris Cates, ’99,near the podium and presented his gift.“I want future students to have the opportunity to receive the gift of a Carson-Newmaneducation like I have,” says Nick, who double-majored in philosophy and political science.“I want others to be able to have the kind of relationship with their professors that I have.We are blessed by having professors who love teaching and who open their hearts andhomes. They care about students on a personal level. Their direction in the classroomand personal interest empowered me to think critically and effectively.”“Nick was dynamite as a student,” says English Professor Dr. Shawn O’Hare. “He understandshow to read texts on a number of different levels and he also writes very well. Hehas a strong ability to take something complex and talk about it in very basic terms.”(19th Century).”A religion major, Kara was a memberof the Mortar Board honor societywho was named to the Dean’s Listseveral times. Additionally, she waspresident of Baptist CollegeMinistries (BCM), a SPOTS missionteam leader, a BASIC (Brothers andSisters in Christ) Team Chair, a Biblestudy leader and Welcome WeekCommittee member.“Kara is a multitalented and deeplycommitted Christian whose list ofaccomplishments speaks for itselfand her sincere discipleship,” praisesDr. Don Garner, chair of the ReligionDepartment. “I remember her eagernessas a freshman, and I anticipateher future in ministry.”She plans to take a year beforegraduate school and work in studentministry at First Baptist Church ofKnoxville and at UT’s BaptistCollegiate Ministries Office. Afterthat, she will attend MercerUniversity’s McAfee School ofTheology, where she has been awardedthe Josiah Penfield Scholarship. During a trip to Israel, as part of anAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committeein January, Nick Cook stands at Megiddo(Armageddon).While his classroom experience fostered his appreciation for C-N, it was working within the College’s AdvancementDivision that showed him the value of financial support.“As president of the Student Ambassadors, I saw the importance of giving back to the College that gave me so much,”says Nick. “It provides scholarships to students through the Annual Fund, helps build new facilities that keep us competitiveamong the top liberal arts schools in the nation, and it allows us to retain a premier faculty.”Nick’s undergraduate success included being a regular on the Dean’s List, a SGA senator, and FLIGHT leader, as wellas a member of the concert band, the marching band, jazz ensemble, Men’s Chorus and A Cappella Choir. After a summerspent working for U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Corker, he is attending UT Law School. 6 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 7EAGLE SPOTLIGHTSupporting Scholar-Athletes at Carson-Newmansponsored by the Eagle ClubBRANDON BURCHFIELDBrandon Burchfield is swift on abaseball diamond, but theMaryville native adopts a steadierpace in pursuing his college education.Brandon earned second-teamESPN The Magazine Academic All-American honors in 2006 afterearning a 4.0 grade point averagein Business Administration.“I was pretty surprised when Iearned the award, but it’s a greathonor,” Brandon said. “It’s hard tobalance academics and athletics.”Burchfield helped the Eagles win35 games last season, batting .380with five doubles, one triple, and 25RBIs while leading the team andthe South Atlantic Conference with31 stolen bases. He credits HeadCoach Tom Griffin for helping himset his sights high in the pre-season.“Coach Griffin asked me beforethe season what my goals were asfar as stolen bases and I said ’30,’”noted the C-N senior. “We’re realaggressive on the base paths and acouple of us are green-light guys.”“On the field, he is an outstandingplayer who was an All-Conference selection in the SouthAtlantic Conference,” championedGriffin, who begins his second yearas head coach. “He has contributeda lot to our program bothoffensively and defensively.”In the larger picture,Burchfield’s success runs deeperthan athleticism. His work ethic onand off the field can be attributedto his mother, a high schoolEnglish teacher at Maryville HighSchool where Brandon graduatedin 2003 and was a member of theHonors Society.“My mom has a great work ethic,”he said. “She is constantly on meabout my grades, and Coach Griffinkeeps me and my teammates onour toes regarding grades.”Players sometimes miss class dueto away games and other schedulingfactors. Because of this,Brandon has benefited from hiscoach’s encouragement of keepingan open dialogue with his professors.“Brandon is the definition of astudent-athlete,” proclaimedGriffin, who says the outfielder is agood example for younger playerson the squad. “In the classroom hehas never received a grade lowerthan an ‘A.’ Our athletes have to beresponsible in making up missedassignments. Some of the workthey do is on the bus or van duringroad trips finishing up homeworkor class projects,” explained thehead coach. “Brandon has shownthe maturity and work ethic to handlethis responsibility.”Brandon admits there are temptationsto shift his focus, but hisconcentration and dedication tohis academic pursuits help him persevere.“My friends give me a hard timeand tell me to hang out at theirplace once in a while,” Brandonsaid. “I just try to lead by exampleon and off the field. Coach Grifconsistently reminds us why we’rehere: academics first, baseball second.”Eagle ClubC-N Box 72009Jefferson City, TN 37760eagleclub@cn.edufall 2006 JOURNEY 7

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260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 9News of the FCS expansion has already ignited an interestwithin the business community. A partnership hasbeen established between the College and BSH HomeAppliances Corporation, the makers of Thermador andBOSCH products and the world’s third largest appliancemanufacturer. BSH will fully supply the foods and nutritionlab with premier equipment including ranges, dishwashers,refrigerators, ovens and pro hoods. The gift isestimated at $250,000.Such a buzz would certainly not be possible without endowed studentscholarships, generous donors and supportive alumni.-Vickie Butler, ’76Autumn on campus is full with sound.The success of C-N’s capital campaign, For Such ATime As This can be gauged in what is being heard:student laughter and conversation on Henderson Lawn;afternoon cheers rising from a new Burke-Tarr Stadium;and the hum of anticipation as the campaign moves forward.“Such a buzz would certainly not be possible withoutendowed student scholarships, generous donors and supportivealumni,” says Vickie (Burkhart) Butler, ’76, associatevice president for Advancement. “It’s safe to say thatthe excitement this campaign is creating is contagious.”Over the past several months, a new sound hasarisen–this time on the western perimeter of campus.Chiming in with the symphony of progress is the constructionof Carson-Newman’s first academic building in25 years. The roar of diesel trucks, accompanied by reverberanthammers and drills, is music to the ears of Dr. KittyCoffey.“This brings us into the 21st century,” says an excitedCoffey, who serves as dean for the Family and ConsumerSciences (FCS) division. “This new facility will increase ourarea’s accessibility and visibility.” Timing for the undertakingcouldn’t be more perfect as the Division celebratesits centennial year at the College.Named Blye-Poteat Hall after the late Gertrude Blye, a1928 alumna, and Kingsport businessman John Poteat, thebuilding will provide students and faculty with much neededspace. The latest in classroom and lab technology willbe housed throughout the 18,000 square-foot facility.Additionally, the project features a 6,000 square foot ChildDevelopment Lab that will be located in the formerJefferson Memorial Hospital building.Dr. David Nowell, senior vice president for Advancementand Administration, notes that because FCS had outgrownits 1952 environs, there was a desire for improving academicspace for the division while laying the framework forthe campaign. “This has really been a long time coming,”says Nowell. “Since the very early planning stages of theproject, there has been such an energy shared by everyoneinvolved. Now, after a lot of hard work by key individuals,the College will soon reap the benefits of its first academicbuilding in over two decades.”Dr. Beverley Hammond, a consumer scientist with theBSH Corporation, says she’s excited about the possibilitiesof the recent announcement. “It really is a win-win situationfor both of us,” notes Hammond. “We get to showcaseour products to interior design students, dietetics students,and the community at large here at Carson-Newman and,of course, we hope to promote C-N as well.”“It’s a wonderful fit,” agrees Coffey. “The partnering ofacademia with industry and business manufacturing opensup a whole new world for our foods, nutrition and dieteticsprogram,” she says. “We are going to have a true stateof-the-artlaboratory.”Dr. Beverley Hammond (left), a consumer scientist with BSH Corporation visitswith Carson-Newman FCS Dean Dr. Kitty Coffey during the division’s HonorsBanquet in April. While addressing students and faculty during the eveningevent, Hammond championed C-N’s FCS program while expressing enthusiasmfor the new partnership between the College and BSH.As a BSH test site, the lab will be updated by the companyas new appliances move toward the end user. Suchupdates are expected to take place every two to three years.fall 2006 JOURNEY 9

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 10DuncanHallBenefitsfromBarile GiftPete and Sami Barilelove Carson-Newman.The College’s Family and Consumer Sciences Division hasreaped the benefits of the couple’s time and energy overthe years. In July, the division was once again on the receivingend of the friendship.In an afternoon ceremony, the division unveiled a newaddition to Duncan Hall, an “outdoor room.” The gift wasmade possible through the Morristown couple’s enterprise,Barile Hardscape & Landscaping, which is overseenby the couple’s son, Breau. Located at the rear of the1920s-era hall, the hardscape design features extensivestonework, an arbor and a fire-pit with outdoor seating.The area connects the driveway to the newly configuredrear entrance, making Duncan Hall universally accessibleto visitors and alumni.“The Barile courtyard will enlarge the capacity andenhance the function of Duncan Hall,” says FCS Dean Dr.Kitty Coffey. “The required meal service and entertainmentactivities, which are a part of the ResidentManagement Lab curriculum, will certainly benefit fromthis gift. The extraordinary generosity of the Bariles helpsto bring our dreams for Duncan to fruition.”Pete, who retired from Morristown’s Shelby-Williams asexecutive vice president, also owns Daniel Paul Chairs. Pete,a former chair of the FCS Advisory Board, and Sami havesupported the FCS Division since 1989. Coffey says such field testing will give students a valuableand unique opportunity.“We are going to get the prototype in its final testingstage,” explains Coffey. “We will be recording data andsending it to design engineers. Our students and facultyare going to actually be involved in the final developmentstages of a product before it goes to market.”The FCS dean believes students will find such hands-onlearning beneficial as they enter the job market. “Thisexperience will allow our students to learn what cuttingedgetechnology can provide. Our students will be valuableto retailers because they have had access to this kindof knowledge,” she proclaims. “That will give them a competitiveedge.”Butler says that donors are playing a significant role inthe academic expansion, but that funding opportunitiesare still available. One way donors can help, notes Butler,is to pursue a naming opportunity. “I often recommenddonors consider naming a classroom or another area inthe facility. It is an excellent way to leave a legacy or paytribute to a spouse or loved one.”Coffey’s enthusiasm can be heard clearly – even over thesound of bulldozers.“Events over the past few months have given our area arenewed energy,” she smiles. “It really is a renaissancemoment for us.” C-N Recognizes YoungestCenturionsIn July, Clark Denton, a 1992 alumnus, and his wifeSuzanne became the youngest Centurions of the College.Clark serves as a financial adviser with MetLife and runsDenton Financial Services in Knoxville and Oak Ridge. Hehas been consistently involved with his alma mater sincegraduating, serving as a member of the Alumni Board ofDirectors. In 1999-00, the Clinton native was presented theCollege’s Outstanding Young Alumnus Award.Suzanne also devotes much ofher time to advancing theCollege’s mission. The Universityof North Carolina at Greensboroalumna has served the last threeyears on the Nursing AdvisoryBoard and is also on the group’sScholarship Subcommittee.Clark, who recalls giving his firstgift to the College in 1994, saysthat he is forever grateful for theeducation he was afforded at C-N.“I quickly realized what an advantage it is to have aChristian, liberal arts education, and how much it helpedme in adult life,” he says. “I wanted to be sure other studentswould have the same opportunity.”The Knoxville resident adds that contributing to C-Nover the years has given him a strong sense of connection.“At this stage of my life with young children, my wife and Iare unable to be involved in mission work first-hand. I can,however, vicariously experience the Christian activity of thestudents my donations are supporting,” says Clark. “WhenI read about the impact the College is making, it makes mefeel a part of the team.” 10 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 11You and I, today, arefounding the college ofthe future. Let us besure that it will standupon rock.- Dr. Carl Tabb BahnerC-N Professor of Chemistry1937-1973(excerpt from1965 Founders’Day Address)For Such A Time As This:A Campaign for Carson-NewmanFor 155 years Carson-NewmanCollege has made the difference inthe lives of others. Now there is anopportunity to make a difference inthe life of Carson-Newman. To learnhow you can play a role in thishistoric campaign, contact theAdvancement Office at865/471-3459..Carson-Newman College1646 Russell Ave. SouthJefferson City, TN 37760www.cn.edu

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260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 13Thomas Wolfe opened Look Homeward, Angel with a theory of connectivity,arguing that a Mediterranean incident four millennia ago maywell have crushed a Texas romance yesterday. “...(E)very moment isa window on all time,” he surmised.Consider a phone call made from Jefferson City to Williamsburg,Kentucky 60 years ago. There, Carson-Newman President Dr. James Warrenfound a young man who was visiting his mother shortly after his dischargefrom the Air Force following a four-year tour of duty during WWII.Surely Warren could not have known that the window he opened by hiringthe young teacher would generate a breeze of change that continues toblow across the scene of American arts and culture. Warren’s action resonatesstill, having recently flavored nationally televised programs, dailyinfluencing the arts in a Midwestern state, facilitating performances acrossthe country and factoring into corporate decision-making.The C-N president hired a music teacher named Charles Jones, but, say ahost of alumni, what they actually received was a ’Fessor.Fond remembrances of Jones abound. From 1946 until 1983, save a twoyearperiod when Uncle Sam recalled him to active duty in 1950, theKentuckian built a legendary career as a teacher and mentor. Scores of formerstudents credit the A Cappella director as being their major Carson-Newman influence and the central figure of myriad anecdotes. But, they say,what they learned from him transcends both musical instruction andhumorous vignettes.A KEY CHANGEThe irony of the Charles Jones era is that he was not hired to direct choralactivities, but rather as a piano and voice teacher. He was a third of the threemembermusic department that taught classes and lessons in the long-sinceremoved Henderson Dormitory for Young Ladies, located where Stephens-Burnett Library now sits. After a couple of years, the department moved tothe administration building and then to Chambliss Fine Arts Building,by Mark BrownThough he was hired in 1946 toteach voice, piano and theory,being assigned the leadership ofthe A Cappella Choir changedCharles Jones’ life, and,subsequently, the lives of 40years’ worth of alumni.fall 2006 JOURNEY 13

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 14(C-N Archives)The 1946-47 A Cappella Choir poses for its yearbook photo on the steps ofold Henderson Hall. Charles Jones is at the center of the back row.Choral music was just a sideline. What little Iknew about it I learned from the students hereat C-N.—Charles Joneswhich has since become the home of social sciences.The second and even grander irony of his tenure wasthat Jones had to learn how to lead a choir. While he haddirected music for churches, he had never studied choirleadership and or taken a course in conducting.“Choral music was just a sideline,” he said in a 1995interview recorded for C-N’s archives. “What little I knewabout it I learned from the students here at Carson-Newman.”Using his summers to make up for what he did notknow, Jones ventured to Princeton, New Jersey to examinethe approach of Westminster Choir College, now part ofRider University. He also attended a couple of travelingclinics offered by Minnesota’s St. Olaf College.“I was trying to find a common denominator in choraltone, but I didn’t like either one, so I tried to find somethingin between,” he said recently.Assessing St. Olaf’s style as “too open, too nasal ... withnot enough pharyngeal resonance,” and, given that“Westminster overdid the pharyngeal resonance,” theyoung director decided on a Goldilocks approach andsought the middle ground of the two models. Ultimately,he was looking to match the sound he carried in his head.In between those early summers of clinics and study, hebegan each fall semester with auditions. He listened to asmany as 100 singers competing for less than 50 slots. Fixedon the sound in his mind’s ear, he had to keep up withwhat voices matched other voices and how they might corporatelyproduce the ideal tone he sought.Imagine a cross between playing the gameConcentration and putting together a jigsaw puzzle withoutseeing all of the pieces at once. If he ever fully understoodhow he was able to catalog vocal tones, comparingand contrasting each while knowing what he ultimatelywanted, then the memory has been swamped by thousandsof rehearsals, hundreds of performances and ninevery full decades of living.“I don’t remember how I went about it,” he allows aftera brief pause.To assist his memory he closes his eyes, then says, “I triedto work on resonance in the lift of the voice, which I gotfrom Princeton (Westminster). There’s a place in therewhere the voice takes on upper resonant sounds, and Itried to classify voices according to where I heard the liftof the voice. I don’t know whether I knew what I was doingor not.”While he may not have expected to become a choraldirector, he is charmed by the experience, which he sayshe liked from early on.“Oh, I enjoyed it very much,” he smiles. “I liked the challengethat I had. I kept wanting to hear more of the soundI had in my head, and so I was challenged to do that ... andI was very happy about the enthusiasm of choir members.They were there 100 percent, and that’s a joy for any director,but I never was quite happy with what I heard at theend of a rehearsal. So I kept trying to make it better andbetter each day.”By the time Carolyn Springer Harding came to C-N in1948, just two years after Jones arrived, someone hadalready bestowed on Jones the moniker “’Fessor.” Itremains the name most alumni and Jefferson City friendsuse to refer to or address him.Though she majored in English and minored in Bible,Springer Harding had long been interested in music.Inescapable joy flooded her when she was accepted intothe A Cappella choir her freshman year.“Music was just the most important thing in the world tome” she enthuses. “So I was very excited to have made it.”She remembers the end of her first semester when wordcame that the director wasn’t happy. Something was tonallydispleasing to him.“He was afraid that it might be a problem of having toomany voices,” she recalls. “So he had a second set of auditionsfor the spring semester.”Nervous, she tried out for the second time and madethe cut.“’Fessor taught us to strive for excellence in everythingwe did,” affirms Carolyn. “He just wasn’t pleased with anythingless than that.”TOURS DE FORCEFor their diligence, those who perservered were rewardedwith a Jones’ innovation, Spring Tour.14 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 15“It was the first time the group had ever been out of thestate regularly,” he says. “They may have taken some tripshere and there, but we started going out of state on springholidays in the last part of the ’40s,” noting that springtours lasted as long as 12 or 14 days.“We had this little school bus, we called it a ‘crackerbox,’” he notes while squinting his eyes for the visual memory.“It couldn’t hold everybody, so each spring we calledoff a tour list, and we took those who had been in longerand had more experience.”Jones enlisted “Arkie,” the caretaker of Blanc-DavisHall–the men’s residence hall affectionately called “TheBarn”–to drive the bus that seemed to break down as muchas it ran.“He never knew why we called him that, Arkie, but it wasbecause he talked about how much he liked driving for the‘Ark-a-pella’ Choir,” laughs the Cincinnati Conservatorygraduate who began his undergraduate career atCumberland College.“The cracker box didn’t last long,” deadpans Jones. “Itbroke down so many times we finally had to get a Trailwaysbus.”While C-N officials granted permission for his idea ofexpanding the tour schedule, Jones said their support wasmostly of the moral kind.“The administration went along with us, but didn’t supportus too much financially,” he says with a grin.Costs were kept to a minimum, thanks to church memberswho would put up choir members for a night. As thechoir reassembled on the bus, he made sure each memberhad demonstrated gratitude to the familywith whom they had stayed.“The first thing every morning ’Fessorsaid, ‘Write your thank you notes,’” chucklesSpringer Harding, ’52. “That was agood thing because it taught us good lessons.”Jones’ wife, Ann, a 1961 graduate andchoir alumna, still laughs at the machinationsof the thank-you notes. “You’d gothrough the house just hoping to find amagazine that had their address, and hopingyou didn’t get caught trying to find it,”she laughs heartily. “And then you’d get onthe bus asking, ‘How did you find youraddress?’ It was all quite comical.”Beyond countless Sunday worship servicesaround East Tennessee, spring toursalone accounted for more than 600 ACappella performances during his 38-yeartenure. In retrospect, the geographical spread reachedfrom Florida to Pennsylvania and from Newport News,Virginia to Pineville, Louisiana. At the time of his retirementit was estimated that some 88,000 people had attendedconcerts he directed. The same article speculates thatJones-led tours amassed more than 83,000 miles of travel.Interspersed with tour dates and area concerts, the choirmade several special appearances. They included TheBaptist Hour, a Southern Baptist Convention broadcast, televisedconcerts in Knoxville and for large stations inNashville and Louisville and two appearances at the prestigiousAmerican Choral Directors’ Association. And, asAmerica celebrated its bicentennial in 1976, the groupbrushed history.“’Fessor and Ann told me they were coming up to tourand that they were having some problems getting responsesfrom the, shall we say, appropriate government officials,”recalls Susan Manola, ’69, who has sung with TheChoral Arts Society of Washington for some 25 years andwas in chorus for the July 4 ABC broadcast, “An AmericanCelebration at Ford’s Theatre.”To help the Joneses, the now retired public schoolteacher contacted a church friend from First Baptist-Alexandria, a Washington suburb. The friend madearrangements for the group to tour the U.S. CapitolBuilding and to perform in the Russell Senate OfficeBuilding Rotunda. He also invited members of Tennessee’sCongressional Delegation who were left wondering why onearth North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms was hosting oneof their institutions.’Fessor talks after class with student Beverly Tissott McLaney, who graduated in 1967. JohnSimmone, ’70, now a music minister in Georgia, is the student in the background.(C-N Archives)fall 2006 JOURNEY 15

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 16Mark BrownJones congratulates his successor, Dr. Eric Thorson, at the conclusion of the ACappella’s 2005 Home Concert, the official conclusion of the Spring Tour.“Hey!” laughs Manola, feigning mock defense, “You callwho you know in this town!”Since they were tightly scheduled–the tour followed bylunch in the Congressional cafeteria just prior to the concert–choirmembers wore costumes that fit the sense of historythat was awash across the country that year. Theirgarb caught the eye of none other than Senator HubertHumphrey (D-MN), the former vice president underLyndon Johnson.Rushing by the group on his way to the Senate chamber,the 1968 Democratic Presidential nominee nonethelesspaused to ask members about their costumes. Told theywere dressed for an afternoon concert in the RussellBuilding, he said he would try to attend.“The Russell Building is a glorious place to sing; (it’s)high ceilings and lots of marble make for a great resonatingchamber!” says Manola, who remembers that Jonesopened with “When Jesus Wept,” by William Billings.“His (Jones’) way of performing this simple but beautifulgem of early American music gave the chamber an aura ofa shimmering crystal spinning without end,” praises theWashingtonian. “People walking through just stopped andstared, then sat and listened, mesmerized by the sound.And, sure enough, as if on cue, in the door came SenatorHumphrey and his aides. He marched right up to the frontrow of seats, sat down–beaming–and waved at the choir tolet them know he was there. He didn’t get to stay for thewhole program, but he had promised those kids he wouldcome, and he lived up to his word.”Embarrassed at the thought they might have interruptedthe Senator’s busy schedule, Jones was pleasantly shockedwhen he received a letter from the statesman. He still hasthe letter Humphrey sent congratulating him for the qualityof the performance.THREE-HALVES OF ADORATIONDr. Eric Thorson, who joined the faculty in 1981 and followedJones as director of choral activities in 1983, creditshis predecessor with C-N’s rich musical tradition and fortranscending music for music’s sake.“Charles made us (A Cappella) a family,” praisesThorson. “He established the thought that this is a groupthat consistently aspires to be outstanding.”With excellence as his baseline expectation, Jones wasable to seamlessly instill in his choirs the importance ofdivinity.“He saw to it that the choir was always worship-centered,”extols Thorson. “There are so many choirs now that singsacred music but, when you get down to it, they really donot know what they are singing about. Thanks to Charles,it has always been about worship.”Those who sang under Jones confirm Thorson’s assessment.“There was never a question about why we were singing,”attests Manola. “We were singing for the Lord, and thereforeit was expected that we would give it everything wehad and continually strive for excellence. And we alwaysknew that we were missionaries of Carson-Newman.”They also knew that the bar Jones set for his charges washigh. Whether they ever fully realized it or not, they werepart of his quest to satisfy that ideal tone he tried toHe established the thought that this is a groupthat consistently aspires to be outstanding.—Dr. Eric Thorsonachieve for almost 40 years. It was his muse, the unattainableperfect. He never quite got there, he says, but itserved as the musical holy grail for which he strove.Having just celebrated his 91st birthday, the best days ofhearing are well behind him now. Even so, the muse stilldances to the perfect music.“Yes,” he nods when asked about it. “I think I still havethat ideal sound in my mind. I never got it, but I know it.”It’s not so much that his choirs did not reach the pinnaclehe sought. It may well be that even when it was the verybest ever–even on the utmost summit of MountEverest–the perfect remained beyond his grasp. That’swhat makes it perfect.16 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 17“I absolutely understand that,” says pianist and New YorkCity Opera Assistant Conductor Lynn Baker, ’76, whoaccompanied soloist Harolyn Blackwell during a June PBStelevisedprogram that celebrated the Dance Theatre ofHarlem. “’Fessor was this complete conductor; he puttogether so beautifully the theatricality of the music... I justthink that’s where he lives, so he was looking for the perfecttool.”“Singing in ’Fessor’s choir was an absolutely formativepersonal and musical experience for me,” she explains. “Ithought he was eccentric, terrifying and warm all at thesame time. He would sometimes conduct rehearsals seatedat the piano, but rarely playing, and would suddenlyleap up, almost overturning the bench... I understood thatenthusiasm and intensity for what it was: real passion.”Dr. Stanley Romanstein, ’76, clearly remembers his firstA Cappella rehearsal, as he noted in a letter congratulatinghis prof on his 90th birthday last year. It began simplyenough, with Jones snapping, “Miss notes! Miss words!But don’t miss rhythm!”Just minutes later, the rules changed when Jones barked,“Miss words! Miss rhythm! But don’t miss notes!”Romanstein tried to regroup, thinking, “Okay. It’s notrhythm I should focus on but notes. Notes, notes, notes.Get the notes right!”Then like playing a game of Twister, except one wherethe colored spots spontaneously morph in mid-stretch; ithappened.“Just when I was digging into the notes,” wroteRomanstein, “he shouts out, with, his right index fingerpunctuating the air, “Miss rhythm! Miss notes! But howcan you miss the words?!”Exasperated, the novice thought to himself, “Who is thisguy, and what does he want?!”And there it is; that’s the Platonic ideal that hasremained above the reach of the man who would havebeen a physician had his parents not suggested music. Hewanted it all to happen, and all at the same time. Thenmaybe, just maybe, the muse would rest, if only for aminute or two.Like Romanstein, her nearly-tormented classmate,Baker was captivated by the bundle of frenetic energycalled ’Fessor.“Oh yeah,” she confirms. “I was half in fear of him, halfin awe and, I think, half in love with him, if there can bethree halves of something.”LEADING MORE THAN MUSICThe push Jones gave his students was not limited tomusical direction or even to their time on C-N’s campus.Rather, according to consensus, it was more like a fatherwho teaches his children to ride a bicycle. Everything isindeed interconnected because everything that followsthat one final thrust into independence can be traced backto the earliest lessons of balance, coordination and faith inone’s own ability to pedal and navigate simultaneously.“The impact ’Fessor had on my life ... has helped tomold me into the musician that I have become,” championsMarilyn Webb Shadinger, an assistant elementaryschool principal in Middle Tennessee who in 1989 foundedThe Nashville Children’s Choir, which she still codirects.“I can directly connect my love for conductingchoirs back to (him).”“(H)e didn’t just teach me about music,” intones DianeFritsche who directs Enterprise Operations for Sabre, aFort Worth corporation that owns Travelocity among severalother companies. “Every principle that he applied toteaching music, I have applied to my life and career.”As one of many examples, she cites the importance JonesAnn, a C-N legend in her own right, was awarded the inaugural R.R. TurnerSpirit of the College Award, presented by C-N’s Alumni Association. Althoughshe had been a choir member before she graduated in 1961, the couple didn’tsee each other socially until they met again as doctoral students at IndianaUniversity a few years later. They celebrated their 41st wedding anniversaryearlier this year. Their son, Todd, is a high school band director who lives in theFort Worth-area. He and wife Joanna have an 18-month old daughter, GraceElizabeth.placed on paying attention to the particulars.“Details, details, details,” she recalls. “I never went a daywithout having some kind of ‘list’ from my sessions with’Fessor. My (Sabre) teams always hate my attention todetail and when they complain, I always get to tell another’Fessor story!”fall 2006 JOURNEY 17Charles Key

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 18“Singing under ’Fessor’s direction was a daily lesson inclassic leadership,” says Romanstein, the president andCEO of the Minnesota Humanities Commission.Specifically, he says that Jones demonstrated what heexpected by working harder “than anyone in the rehearsalroom.”“The goal was to match ’Fessor’s level of effort, his meticulouscommitment to detail,” he stresses. “And, if andwhen you reached that goal, he upped the ante.”Springer Harding says she was frightened the first timeJones interspersed male and female voices to employ a“quartet-style” approach during rehearsals since itremoved her from her comfort zone. A half-century later,her professor remembers why he did it.“That was to help them,” Jones replies when asked aboutit. “It was to make them better readers, make them moreindependent ... and to give them more leadership.”While far removed from Jones’ rehearsal room or a tourstop in Florida, the cultural affairs administrator practiceswhat he saw daily from Charles Jones.“He set the standard – a consistently high standard – andchallenged us to stretch beyond our past accomplishments,to do more and better than we thought we werecapable of doing,” Romanstein summarizes. “He wasalways prepared, always came to rehearsal with a gameplan for what we needed to accomplish that day. Isn’t thatwhat leadership is?”CODAPerhaps the most confounding thing about the legacy ofCharles Jones is the disconnect between his students’impression of him and his view of himself. They love him,lionize him even, but he’s not sure why. They have celebratedhis milestone birthdays, given him gifts and madefinancial contributions in his honor. Though deeplyappreciative for all of it, he remains baffled by the attention.He is also emphatic that people not think he was evertrying to pass himself as something he’s not.“I don’t understand why you’re doing all of this,” hedemurs while sitting at a piano in his wife’s C-N office. “Ijust hope all this (interviews and photographs for thisstory) does not come across like I was a real conductor.”“I never had any choral training,” he stresses. “I hadvoice training, piano and theory at the Conservatory(Cincinnati) and at Eastman, but, as far as having choraltraining in classes, I never had that.”Even if Charles Jones does not know why he still generatesinterest and inquiry about his well being, his academicprogeny do, and they are sure he’s worthy of it.“I owe a debt of gratitude to ’Fessor, my major professorat Carson-Newman from 1949-1953,” notes Mary Frances(Higdon) Jones Mooneyham from her home in Virginia.Singing under ’Fessor’s direction was a dailylesson in classic leadership.—Dr. Stanley Romanstein“He was a master teacher, always inspiring and motivatingyou to do your best... He was the model teacher andChristian human being. I feel that ’Fessor had more influenceon my life and teaching than anyone else besides myparents.”Springer Harding seconds her classmate’s assessment:“When I think of Carson-Newman, I think of ’Fessor. Tome he is Carson-Newman. Maybe that’s a lot to put onsomebody’s shoulders but that’s just how I feel about him.”With the youngest of Jones’ students only mid-waythrough their careers, the window Dr. James Warrenopened in 1946 is far from closing. And, if Wolfe’s theoryholds, it never will. It will slip forward, passing into thefuture one generation at a time in the same way that hisstudents are never more than one memory away from aperformance or practice.Sometimes, particularly on a fall afternoon when thewind is just right, Susan Manola feels a familiar longing inthe breeze. The first time it happened, some 37 years agonow, she couldn’t figure out what it was or where it camefrom. One day it dawned on her.“I realized that it was about the time we would have leftrehearsal,” she says somberly. “And, after all these years, Istill miss it.” Want to share your own ’Fessor story?A webpage has been developed for former studentsof Charles Jones at http://www.cn.edu/journey/fessor.htmTo include your story to the page, email them to: fessorstories@cn.edu(Submissions may be edited for length or content)18 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 19HOMECOMING 2006Schedule HighlightsFriday, October 613th Annual Homecoming Golf Classic8:00 a.m. Team Registration8:30 a.m. Shotgun StartPatriot Hills Golf ClubMark BrownAlumni and Friends,Homecoming is the highlight of the year for theCarson-Newman family. This year’s event will offernumerous opportunities for you to visit with former faculty,reacquaint with former classmates, and discovernew friends.With the theme A Legacy of Service, Homecoming 2006celebrates our strong commitment to Christian service.From local ministries to mission trips around the world,C-N has always been involved in service. Carson-Newman may have been the place that encouraged youto get involved in Christian ministry for the first time inyour life, beginning your own legacy of service. Becauseof this, we want to celebrate the history of C-N’s commitmentto outreach.Let me encourage you to join us this year on October 7for the festivities. Please feel free to contact the alumnirelations office at 865/471-3415, cnalum@cn.edu, oronline at www.cncybereagles.orgWe look forward to seeing you!David BuchananDirector, Alumni Relations5:00 p.m.Sunset Memorial CeremonyLoving Prayer Garden (Behind Fite Admin. Building)5:30 p.m. Reception, 6:00 p.m. DinnerClass of 1956 ReunionStokely, Private Dining Room6:00 p.m.Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Centennial DinnerFBC Fellowship Hall7:30 p.m.Lyric Theatre presents: Gilbert and Sullivan’sHMS PINAFOREHenderson Hall, Gentry AuditoriumSaturday, October 78:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.Alumni Pancake BreakfastStokely Cafeteria9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Departmental Open HousesMaddox Student Activities Center, 3-gym area10:00 a.m.Music Department SamplerFirst Baptist Church11:15 a.m.Founders’ Society LuncheonStokely, Private Dining Room11:15 a.m.Reunion Luncheons(Class years ending in 1 and 6 - 1961-2006)Stokely, Main Dining Room12:30 p.m.Reunion Gatherings(Class years ending in 1 and 6 - 1961-2006)Refer to Homecoming Brochure for locations1:00 p.m. - 2 p.m.Alumni Awards Recipients ReceptionSeaton House2:00 p.m.Homecoming ParadeTaking time out for prayer while helping victims of Hurricane Katrina in theGulf Coast region.3:00 p.m.C-N vs. Mars HillBurke-Tarr Stadiumfall 2006 JOURNEY 19

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 20by Mark BrownDr. Greg Phelps remembers the hospital visit to see a close friend like it wasyesterday.“She asked if I would pray for her,” he recalls. “With uncertainty, I noddedand said I would add her to my prayer list.”It was not the answer his friend wanted.She grabbed his hand, commanding, “No, not later–Now!”Phelps, chief medical officer for St. Mary’s Health Partners, says he has forgottenwhat he prayed aloud that day, but he clearly recalls his simultaneousunspoken supplication.“My silent prayer was that I hoped to learn what to say in times just like that,”he says.Since then, Phelps’ request has been answered, thanks to a three-year graduatedegree program at Aquinas Institute of Theology, located in St. Louis,Missouri.“The program, which involved online discussion of readings followed by anintensive weekend at the convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph, was just what I waslooking for to feed my spiritual needs,” says the Episcopal layman who says hewas raised as a “nominal Presbyterian.”“I had long thought that the Gospels focused more on healing than anythingelse–except teaching,” says Phelps. “The Aquinas program helped me place mythoughts in context. It began with ‘Introduction to Theology,’ moved to ‘Oldand New Testament,’ and then blazed into the territory where healthcare andmission reside together.”Beyond applying what he learned about spirituality to his own practice, heseeks to share what he learned with fellow healthcare providers.✝“ Mandoesn’t havea soul, he isa soul.”– Dr. Bill Blevins20 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 21C-N representatives on the Conference planning committeeinclude Drs. Bill Blevins and Patty Kraft (left). They areshown with St. Mary’s Health System representatives Dr.Greg Phelps and Becky Dodson.Mark BrownIt has taken the healthcare industry ages to figure outwhat Judaism always knew and Jesus always practiced, saysDr. Bill Blevins, who believes Phelps’ experience is a microcosmof contemporary medicine.“Man doesn’t have a soul, he is a soul,” says Blevins, C-Nprofessor of counseling and director of behavioral health.“People are holistic beings, and you cannot deal with justone aspect of their lives, be it mental, physical, emotionalor spiritual. You cannot divide people up and act like ourcomponents are not all interconnected.”“In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for soul is nota Greek-Western idea of soul,” he continues. “It’s nephesh,literally in Genesis nephesh hayah, a living being, an animatedbody. It is the fact that we are a whole being–Godforms man out of the dust of the earth and breathes intohis nostrils the breath of life.”“The soul actually refers to the whole being, the lifeforce, the body–and certainly the physical body,” he adds.“And that is why the Hebrew faith addresses the whole person.The guidelines, we call them laws, are for the way peopleare to live. It involves social relationships, relationshipto God, their diet, what they eat, how they live, theirhealth. It involves the total person. And Jesus addressedhis ministry to the total person; he fed people as well ashealed them, and he healed people as well as forgave theirsins. I mean he addressed the whole person.”A New Testament scholar who served for several years aschair of C-N’s religion department, Blevins says his entréein graduate psychology in the early 1970s countered theidea of interconnectedness.“When I started doing my graduate work, the emphasiswas not holistic,” he recalls. “We were told that if you havea client with a spiritual problem or anything like that youdo not deal with it. You send them to their local pastor,rabbi or priest. At the time, they were using a medicalmodel to separate these things out.”He says it only took a few days in practical settings to realizethat the academic notion did not jibe with what he saw.“There is no way that something that affects an individualdoesn’t affect all of him or her,” he notes while shakinghis head. “People, all of us, have various dimensions–physical,emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual–and whataffects us in one area, affects us in all areas.”Dr. Patty Kraft, dean of Nursing and Behavioral Health,agrees with her colleague, saying, “When people are facedwith their own mortality it’s a wonderful time for ministry.I have met people who otherwise never thought about Godor what they need to do before they die, or before a lovedone dies. These situations provide an opportunity toexpose them to your own faith.”Like Phelps’ work at St. Mary’s, Blevins and Kraft havebeen able to integrate their faith into the way they teach atC-N, they say there is a real need among healthcare professionalswho want to know how to deal with patients’ spiritualneeds. They are therefore excited about what theysay is a unique opportunity to reach out to physicians,nurses and other medical professionals with “Faith andHealthcare: Bridging the Disconnect,” a conference C-Nwill co-sponsor with Knoxville’s St. Mary’s Health Systemon November 10.“We expect that this one-day seminar will be helpful tothose who are made nervous by spiritual matters as well asChristian healthcare providers,” asserts Kraft. “It is so easyto get caught up in the tasks of day-to-day professional life,and as a result so many physicians and nurses are on theverge of burnout. We hope to provide them an opportunityto sort out many of these pressing issues.”The conference will begin at 2 p.m. and will be held atSt. Mary’s Medical Center in Knoxville. Registrationincludes a dinner and keynote address from Dr. JohnTarpley of Vanderbilt Medical Center. Other program personalitiesinclude Blevins, Kraft and Phelps, as well asBecky Dodson, St. Mary’s vice president for MissionServices; orthopedic surgeon Dr. John McGraw, Dr.Candace Qualls and Maggie Tarpley. For more information,or to register, contact C-N’s Nursing and BehavioralHealth Division at 865/471-3425. fall 2006 JOURNEY 21

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 22By Michael Baur, Sports Information DirectorCarl Torbush never forgot where home was.Throughout his career, he’s had the opportunity to coachin some of the nation’s premier athletic departments, utilizingideals and principals he learned while a student atCarson-Newman. A phone call from C-N Head Coach KenSparks in the spring helped the 1974 alumnus realize it wastime to return home.After many years coaching at the Division IA level,Torbush joins the C-N squad as assistant head coach andlinebackers coach. While a C-N student the Knoxvillenative earned first-team NAIA All-American Honors inboth football and baseball. He still holds the career battingaverage record at .401.“He could be anywhere doing anything,” Sparks notedduring a press conference to announce his new hire. “Heprobably could be in 50 places right now with a whole lotbigger job in the eyes of the world.”Torbush brings quite a resume back to campus. Hisearly coaching career began at Knoxville’s Carter HighSchool, and carried him to schools that included BaylorUniversity, Louisiana Tech and Ole Miss. He earned hisfirst head coaching job at Louisiana Tech in 1987.Torbush accepted the defensive coordinator position atNorth Carolina in 1988. He established the Tar Heels asan ACC defensive powerhouse, and was recognized as1996’s National Defensive Coordinator of the Year. Afterbeing named head coach in 1997, he led UNC to a victoryover Virginia Tech in the 1998 Gator Bowl.In 2001 Torbush became the defensive coordinator atthe University of Alabama under Head Coach DennisFranchione, and helped the Crimson Tide boast the thirdbest defense in the country. He followed Franchione toTexas A&M in 2002, serving as defensive coordinator.Then came the phone call, and the return trip toJefferson City.Despite experiencing Division IA success, Torbush sayshe never forgot what he learned while at Mossy Creek andthat such lessons continue to pay dividends in his career.“Martha Wilson was one of the best teachers I ever had,”recalls Torbush. “She gave you great knowledge and then22 JOURNEY fall 2006put you in a position to have to teach it. That gave me confidenceto teach,” he explains. “At C-N, we had to learn toteach, not just gain book knowledge.”Carl Torbush (left) stands with C-N Head Coach Ken Sparks at a press conferenceannouncing his return to his alma mater.Torbush credits Sparks and former C-N coach Dal Shealyas positive influences that have benefited his coachingstyle.“Coach Shealy got me started in coaching,” remembersTorbush. “He gave me my first graduate assistantship atBaylor. Coach Sparks really took me under his wing andhelped me to be more comfortable with public speaking.”Moving to Division II might not make sense to some, butfor Torbush and the Eagles coaching staff, the logic couldn’tbe more sound.“Because I had the background at Carson-Newman andknow what it stands for...I haven’t had any second thoughtsabout this decision,” says Torbush. “I’ve had the opportunityto meet goals in Division I, but [Division I football] isnot what it was 25 years ago,” he notes. “I felt that this iswhere I needed to be. I love this school and this area. Itjust took 30 years to get back here.” Charles Key

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 23Madisonby Mary Bozeman Hodgesfrom Tough Customers and other StoriesEvery day Madison wandered up and down Main Street,smiled at us, all yellowed-toothed, said, HideeWe said Good day, Madisonwhile strangers in town looked at his rumpled clothes,hair like scattered straw, and passed him with a frown.Madison saw us at the Post Office mailing letters and packagesto friends and family. He called us all by name.His tall frame, too big for his small mind,roamed in and out of Shipe and Catlett’s Hardware Storewhere men sat around the pot-bellied stove, discussed work and weather.In Cathy’s Clip and Curl ladies kept their noses stuckin True Romance magazines while beauticians combed and coloredand Cathy gave Madison a bottle of Coca-Cola.In Bell’s Café we ate and chatted with friends and neighborsabout births and deaths while Madison leaned over the counter,hoping for a hamburger hand-out and another Coke.He liked Coca-Colas in glass bottles,and occasionally we gave him fifty cents, no more.He’d waste it, we said.Madison drifted through the Baptist college campus,in and out of classes. Students teased him,asked if he were taking Christian Ethics 301 or Social Theory 405.He smiled and shook his head.Madison meandered in and out of First Baptist Church,First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church,up and down the aisles among the first in believerswho sang Nearer, My God, to Thee.Worshipers stared, mouths closed tight.The preacher droned sermons of brotherly loveand You will say, Lord when did we see you hungry?At night Madison went home to an old mother who prayedshe’d outlive him. She died at ninety-two.We got the State to put him in a nursing home.They said they couldn’t be responsible for Madison roaming around.He died there a few years later, bent over, but still smiling,drinking Coca-Colas.“Madison” isreprinted on theoccasion ofHomecoming2006 courtesy ofMary BozemanHodges. Hodgesis a JeffersonCity native andauthor of PlasticSanta, publishedby Iris Press, andToughCustomers,published byJesse StuartFoundation. Sheretired from C-Nin 2006 as aninstructor ofEnglish.

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 24CLASSNOTESIn Memory Of...Classes of 1920-29’22 Ellis M. Hodgson’27 Louise (Cowan) DixonClasses of 1930-39’30 Chester Hawk’30 Julia (Cowan) Stewart’31 Mildred (McPherson) Henderson’34 Barbara Ruth (Nicholson) Sampson’36 Lillie F. (Haun) Fitzgerald’37 Mabel Alberta Coffey’39 Lloyd E. Line, Jr.’39 Lt. Col. Claude M. TerhuneClasses of 1940-49’40 Daniel S. Hamilton’40 Ernest Neal’40 W. Landon Miller’41 Ruth Cates Baird’41 Harold B. Walton’41 John R. Shults’42 J. Fred Watson’42 James H. Williams’43 Dr. James Earl Stallings’43 Georgia (Anderson) Renfro’44 Ann Lambert’45 Aurelia (Crawford) Gregg’47 Paul R. Guinn’48 Norma F. Myers’48 Helen (Musick) Soape’49 Billy J. Litton’49 Homer C. McElyea’49 Thomas A. “Buddy” SheppardDr. Michael T. JustusClasses of 1950-59’50 Fuller G. Marshall’51 Jean Carson’55 Richard H. Hollifield’55 John Inman Jolliffe’55 H. David Smith’57 Grace Y. Gold’58 Peggy (Steele) BibleClasses of 1960-69’62 Don E. Cloys’62 William Kinneth McNeill’63 Kenneth E. Wright’65 Robert “Bob” H. Palmer, Jr.’66 Hugh L. Myers’66 David L. Sandridge’67 Jim W. Pearson’69 Janice Kirby’69 Catherine (Clark) MorganClasses of 1970-79’71 Robert H. FloydClasses of 1980-89’80 Grant Smith’81 Elvis L. Pressley’85 Cynthia “Cindy” (Maxwell) Benfield’87 Dorothy Nell Jernigan FiteClasses of 1990-99’91 Keith WoodClasses of 2000-’05 Wendy Cantrell (Harrison) Blalock’82, is the 2006 recipient ofTruett McConnell College’s Awardfor Faculty Excellence. He waspresented with the award duringthe college’s annual Honor’s Dayin April, served as faculty marshaland carried the academicmace for the college’s 2006 commencementservice. Justus, whowas C-N’s 1982 OutstandingGraduate in History, went on toearn an M.A. from the Universityof Georgia and a Ph.D. from theUniversity of Florida. He currently serves as assistantprofessor of history and political science and chairsthe Humanities Division of the Cleveland, Georgiainstitution. He and wife Janis are the parents of threechildren.1940s’45 Harry Davis was featured in anarticle published by the University ofTexas Medical Branch newsletterImpact in which he reflects on 40years with UTMB Psychiatry.1950s’56, ’56 Marshall M. and Gladys(Price) Wilson celebrated their 50thwedding anniversary on May 20,2006. Both hold graduate degreesfrom Duke University.’59 Carolyn (DeArmond) Blevinsretired from Carson-Newman thisyear as associate professor of religion,after having taught at the Collegesince 1977. She lives in JeffersonCity with husband, William Blevins,’59, who is director of the graduatemarriage and family therapy programand professor of counseling at theCollege.’59 N. Stephen Warden received adistinguished staff award for ElyriaSchools (Ohio) in October 2005.1960s’60 Barbara Ann (Farmer) Hugheswas honored as the 2005Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneurof the Year at the annual Food andNutrition Conference and Expo inSt. Louis, MO.’62 David Creech retired from theU.S. Marines and has relocated toMorristown.’65 Jere Loveday, who retired fromSevier County High in 1995, wasrecently inducted into the SevierCounty High School Sports Hall ofFame.’65 James McReynolds serves asminister of First Christian Church inWeeping Water, Nebraska. His latestbook, Passionate Joy: Building aWealth of Joy in a World Starved forLove was recently published byiUniverse.com.’65 Calvin F. Meyer was promotedto full professor and received tenurefrom Marshall University in SouthCharleston, WV. He and wifeShirley (Meadows) Meyer, ’66x,reside in Scott Depot, WV.’65 Nina (Spradlyn) Stephenson isthe ministry coordinator for Hungarywith Friendship International.1970s’71 Gary P. Ricucci is pastor atCovenant Life Church inGaithersburg, MD. He and wifeBetsy recently wrote the book, LoveThat Lasts: When Marriage MeetsGrace, published by Good News &Crossways in April 2006.’73 Robert E. “Bob” Albrittonbecame the senior minister ofVienna Baptist Church, Vienna, VAin June 2006.’75 Diana Cornett’s first UnitedMethodist pastoral appointment willbe the New Market Circuit,Morristown, TN District.’78 Lynn (Sutter) Adler, professionalsinger/songwriter, is co-proprietorof Crossroads Coffeehouse & MusicCo., an equal parts coffeehouse,music store and live music venue, inWinnsboro, TX.’78 Jeffery H. Conley is employedas an assistant principal in GwinnettCounty Public Schools. He and wifeMindi reside in Duluth, GA withtheir three daughters, Cati, Cristiand Courtney.’79 Charles Michael Gass hasaccepted a position as director ofinstitutional research at GeorgiaCollege and State University inMilledgeville, GA. He is married toBeth Rushing, ’81.1980s’80 Debbie (Beck) Edmondsonjoins Integrian, Inc. in Morrisville,NC as vice president of human relations.She is married to PrestonEdmondson, ’80.24 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 25CLASSNOTES’81 Robert J. Campbell has been amember of the U.S. Air Force since1989, and is the chief of BehavioralHealth Services and social work consultantto the Air Force SurgeonGeneral. He and his family currentlyreside in Beavercreek, OH, where heis assigned to Headquarters, AirForce Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Robert hasbeen married to Cindy (Edwards),’79, for 20 years. They have twodaughters, Rebecca and Emily.’82 E. Lorraine Gray is employed byVanderbilt University’s Our KidsCenter, a Team Leader Facility forthe medical-legal evaluation ofchildhood sexual abuse.’82 Keith Travis has been namedthe director of ChaplaincyEvangelism with the NorthAmerican Mission Board. ColonelTravis is in his 28th year with theU.S Army as a Chaplain on ActiveDuty and with the U.S. ArmyReserves.’83, ’85 Karen (Castle) Smith is thecampus minister at the BaptistCollege of Health Sciences. Her husbandC. Kerry Smith hand carveswildfowl sculptures, featured on hiswebsite www.thebirdcarver.com.They live in Bartlett, TN with theirtwo children, Jonathan and Allie.’84 Lieutenant Colonel Maurice A.“Mo” Ottinger graduated from theU.S. Army War College ResidentCourse at Carlisle Barracks,Pennsylvania on June 10, 2006, andearned the master’s degree in strategicstudies. Mo now reports to theOffice of the Joint Staff Comptrollerat the Pentagon, his second assignmentin the National CapitalRegion. Mo, his wife Lorie and theirson Allan have been very active inthe Protestant Chapel Community.’84 Mike Ingram has been promotedto full professor and associate deanfor faculty development atWhitworth College in Spokane,WA.’85 Ronald F. Huber and wife Joycehave been married since 1987 andhave three children, Kendra, Carsonand Cole. They reside in Waukesha,WI.’86 Melissa (Boring) Newsomegraduated a second time from C-N in2003 with a master’s in teaching andis now teaching 4th grade at PigeonForge Primary. She married BoNewsome in 1991 and they have twokids, Dalton and Luke.’87 Lisa (Davis) Whitfield has beennewly appointed as an InternationalMission Board missionary.1990s’91 Kimberly (Tyler) Scruggs andhusband Joey live in Mt. Pleasant,TN with their twin boys SethNicholaus and Zachary Tyler, anddaughter Mollie Katherine.Kimberly teaches at a home-schoolco-op.’91 Kara E. Stooksbury joined thefaculty of C-N in January 2006 as anassistant professor of political science.’91, ’91 John Wells has beenappointed Interim President ofYoung Harris College in Georgia, aswell as serving in his position of academicdean of the college. Gayle(Maddox) Wells has accepted a facultyposition at Western CarolinaUniversity.’93 Elizabeth “Renee” (Goodner)Goins is employed withBlueCross/BlueShield of TN as acompliance project manager. Shereceived her M.P.A. at theUniversity of Tennessee,Chattanooga in 2005. Elizabethmarried Bobby Goins, Jr. in 1998 andthey reside in Chattanooga.’93 Ann (Luck) Knopp attendedSouthern Seminary where she mether husband, Faron. They were marriedin 1996 and have two sons,Aaron and Eric. She works forSylvan Learning Center inElizabethtown, KY.Jan (Bridwell) Walker’95, is doing what she loves. Asinstructor of art at ErskineCollege in South Carolina, sheachieved her goal of becoming aprofessor in her chosen field. Sheinstructs students with diverseexposures to the arts and a varietyof majors, and says that everyclass is a different experience.“It’s not a stereotypical set-up,”she explains. “For example, whenwe study Jackson Pollock, we don our old clothes andgo sling paint onto bed sheets.”She credits C-N for inspiring her to pursue her classroomcareer. “I can’t say enough about the talent anddedication to teaching that is present in C-N’s ArtDepartment,” says Walker, “That’s the reason I’mteaching today.”Jan and her husband, Bart, former C-N assistantdirector of admissions, reside in Due West, SouthCarolina with their two children, Kate and Cal.’93 Alice (Coomer) Moon marriedDarin Moon in April 2003 and theyhave 2 children, a daughter and son.Alice received her M.S. in healthpolicy and administration fromMercer University in 1997. Thefamily resides in a suburb of Atlanta.’93 Amy Whitt-Bachman is a childprotection services investigator withthe Tennessee Department ofChildren’s Services. She and husbandDeon reside in Blountville.’94 Lee Collins has joined the teamat Home Town Mortgage, Inc. inAlpharetta, GA as a mortgage loanofficer. He and his wife Anna havetwo children.’94, ’94 John Dorset is a physicaltherapist at the University ofTennessee Medical Center inKnoxville. Amy (McMahon) Dorsetis the rehab manager at Fort LoudonMedical Center.’94 Angel D. Rains has been nameda principal in the firm of Lukins &Annis, P.S. Attorneys in Spokane,WA. Angel’s practice focuses onemployment, business and commerciallaw and litigation.’95 Gretchen (Crute) Best plays 1stviolin in the Heartstrings Quartetand Gaston String Orchestra. Sheand husband Jerry reside inGastonia, NC with their two children,Nicole Emaline and SamuelWhittington.’95 Johnathan L. Childs works inNew York as a founding partner andvice president for corporate sales ofVictory Pharmaceuticals, based inSan Diego. His wife, Claudine M.Rippa works in New York as a seniorvice president for human resources inthe capital markets division of Bankof America.’95 Patrick Leland is a doctoral candidatein philosophy at JohnHopkins University. He is one of sixstudents from the University whowas awarded the opportunity to studyabroad during the 2006-2007 academicyear, and one of five studentsnamed as a Fulbright scholar. Heholds two master’s degrees in philosophyfrom Northern Illinoisfall 2006 JOURNEY 25

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 26CLASSNOTESDeonte Bolden’05, has joined the TennesseeValley Vipers, an arena footballfarm team in Huntsville, Alabama.The team returned to Huntsvilleafter a brief stint as the RockvilleRaptors of the United IndoorLeague. Assigned a defensivespecialist role, Bolden has alreadymade an impact on the team. Inhis first game out, Bolden was onthe receiving end of a 15-yardtouchdown reception. He alsoscored 4 touchdowns in the 3games he played for the Vipers.The two-time Division II All-American played in 48 games atC-N and recorded 127 tackles, 38pass break ups and 18 interceptionsfrom 2002-2005. He wasnamed to All-SAC and All-Regionteams.University and Johns HopkinsUniversity.’95 W. Brian Shockley has accepteda position with PIPS Technology inKnoxville as director of marketing.Brian and wife Laura reside inKnoxville and have three children,Kelsey, Anna and Ainsley.’96 Chad Holt was named assistantvice president of enrollment managementand dean of admissions atChowan College in Murfreesboro,NC.’97 John M. Bowman graduated in1998 from University of Tennessee,Knoxville with a master’s in accountancyand earned both CPA andCMA designations. After graduatingfrom Caterpillar’s Central Regioncorporate management training program,he assumed the role of treasurerof the Cooperative Association ofTractor Dealers, Inc. (CATD), afinancial cooperative servingCaterpillar dealerships. He currentlyresides in Memphis, TN with wife,Brenda and their children.’97 Man Li (Wei Wei) is an instructionalanalyst for Sungard HigherEducation. She also works as theStart-up Academic Technologydirector for new clients.’98 Natasha (Winegar) Bice is continuingto teach school in HawkinsCounty, TN. She and her husband,Rob, have two children, EmmaGrace and Maggie Hope.’98 Monica (Janzen) Dunham is abereavement counselor for TidewellHospice & Palliative Care inSarasota, FL. She and husbandBrent now reside in Sarasota, wherehe works as an estimator for TaylorWoodrow Homes in Riverview.’98 Allison E. Erwin received thejuris doctor degree from theUniversity of Memphis School ofLaw in 2006.’98 Alice Louise (Bruckmann)Fitzgerald received her master’s inelementary education from NorthernKentucky University in May 2005.She and husband Ken live inCincinnati, OH with their sonBryson.’98 Joy Fouts has been named deanof students in a Greenwich Villagemiddle school in New York.’99 Erin Burnette has earned aM.Div. degree and is working for anon-profit agency in Richmond, VAdoing philanthropic work.’99 Shu-Fen Cheng continues toteach in a bilingual elementary/middleschool in Taiwan where she hastaught for the past six years.’99 Liliane Dusabe-Ziheramberegraduated from Ben-GurionUniversity Medical School forInternational Health in collaborationwith Columbia UniversityMedical Center in June 2005. She isin residency at East CarolinaUniversity Hospital.’99 Michelle (Robish) Estes completedher pediatric residency in June2006 and will be joining FirstChoicePediatrics in Johnson City, TN. Sheresides in Johnson City with husbandRob and their daughter HannahGrace.’99 Adam Hammond and wifeJennifer were newly appointed asInternational Mission Board missionaries.Following a two-yearInternational Service Corps term inthe Dominican Republic, they willserve as career missionaries in theCaribbean.’99, ’99 Phillip and Michelle(Grubb) Parker have served inChristian Missionary Fellowship’smarketplace ministry in SoutheastAsia since 2002. They have two children,Nathanael and Hannah.’99 Prapassorn Suwansang “Ann”completed a master’s of developmentstudies at the University ofMelbourne, Australia.2000s’00,’00 Christy (Cobb) Leadinghamearned her M.Div. degree with languagesin 2006. She and husband,Jason Leadingham, reside inFayetteville, NC.’00 Clarie (Lane) Santuae and husbandChris moved their home fromBangkok and are now living inFlorida, where Claire is a stay athome mom with their children,Mark and Mary Glen.’01 Brian M. Bogle is employed as afinancial planner with Mass Mutualin Easley, SC. He and his wife Jillhave two daughters, Macaila andSavannah, and make their home inSimpsonville, SC.’01, ’01 Jonathan and Heather(Hogan) Bundon have relocated toKings Mountain, NC whereJonathan has accepted the positionof minister of music and worship atFirst Baptist Church and Heather isemployed in human resources atRegions Bank.’02 Mark Raedisch is an ESLteacher with the Hamilton,Tennessee department of education.He and his wife Marie recentlymoved to Chattanooga. They haveone daughter, Hannah Emily, whowas born in October 2005.’02 Yi-Chen Tsai “Nicole” receivedher undergraduate and graduatedegrees from C-N, and received amasters degree from New YorkUniversity. She has worked atSUNY-New Paltz and Marist Collegeas well as ABC Language Exchange& China Institute in Manhattan.She presently works for ChinaAirlines and plans to pursue herPh.D.26 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 27CLASSNOTESDavid Toombs’00, dresses up like Frankensteinfor a living. As part of “MonstersRock Live” at Universal Studios -Osaka, Japan, he spends an houror more putting on makeup toplay between one and five shows,depending on the schedule.Since graduating in 2000,David’s career has taken himfrom Pigeon Forge to venuesacross the country as well. He isunder contract at Universal -Osaka until spring 2007.David cites the now retired Dr.Thomas Teague as an “amazingprofessor” who readied him forthe music entertainment business,and notes that he continues to feel “love andsupport” from Anne Drawdy, C-N’s music librarian. Headds, “She was definitely an inspiration to me and stillis to this day.”’98 Alice Louise Bruckmann andKen Fitzgerald 7/31/04’99 Jennie M. McLeer and WilliamM. Raines, Jr. 3/5/06’01 Brian M. Bogle and Jill 1/4/03’02 Melissa Mask and Craig Parrish12/18/04’04, ’06 Thomas Wayne Carter andNoelle E. Snapp 5/20/06’04 Hannah Guess and DrewCampbell 11/1/04’04, ’04 Joshua Stone and Melissa“Missy” Hoag 5/28/05’04 Amanda Turner and Cody R.Cornatzer 7/8/04’05, ’06 HongRi Lian “William”and Yanzhu Wu “Diana” 5/14/05’06 Lindsey L. McLaughlin andKevin D. Lester 6/24/06Births-New Arrivals’87 Bonnie (Barnard) Metcalf andhusband LanceJonathan Dowling on 4/17/06’89 Amy (Sisson) Byers and husbandStephenHannah Cho 2/21/05’94 Lee Collins and wife AnnaChesni and Leejay 12/4/01’94, ’94 John and Amy (McMahon)DorsetCharlie Easton on 12/7/04’95 Gretchen (Crute) Best and husbandJerrySamuel Whittington on 3/2/06’95 W. Brian Shockley and wifeLauraAinsley Danielle, on 12/14/05’96 James Robert Paul (Robb)Cates and wife SharonJamin Michael 3/7/06’03 Ben A. Burnette lives inKnoxville and teaches music in theKnox County school system. He alsoserves as worship leader for SharonBaptist Church.’04 Hsiao-Chuan Chiu “Daphne”returned to teaching in Taiwan. Hersons, Kevin and William are withher.’04 Matthew Cram-Smith is spendinga year in practical training at C-N’s Center for Global Education.’04 Charlotte N. Taylor is currentlyteaching 8th grade language arts atMaury Middle School in Dandridge.’04 Mindy Taylor is an admissionscounselor at Brevard College in NC.’04 Qingzheng Wang is spending ayear in the US in practical training.’05 Joaquin Goni is in practicaltraining with Clayton Homes intheir insurance department.’05 Machiko Watanbe “Mitilda”returned to Japan after graduationand has a new job that focuses onEnglish education.’06 Holly Clark participated in thefirst Journalism Institute at NorthCarolina’s Campbell University inJune 2006.’06 Lindsay L. (McLaughlin) Lesterand husband Kevin reside inJonesborough.Marriages’83 Karen Willis and JuergenMoegerle 5/21/05’89 Kathy Kuberek and DannyJackson 8/6/2005’93 Amy Whitt and Deon Bachman12/31/05’95 Jonathan L. Childs andClaudine M. Rippa 5/13/06Lindsey Powers’06, went to Mexico lastSeptember and came homewith a mission.As a volunteer with a team ofInternational Mission Boardmissionaries in Guadalajara,she helped lead small-groupBible studies and assisted inthe coordination of communityoutreach events for a week.Based in a section of the cityknown as Canal 58, the taskforce led activities for childrenliving in the poverty-strickenarea.A Spanish major, Lindsey wasable to communicate directly with the children, severalof whom made faith decisions. She has heard fromher IMB contacts that the children are regularlyattending church.Upon graduating from C-N’s Teaching English as aSecond Language program, she hopes to return toMexico as an ESL teacher.fall 2006 JOURNEY 27

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 28CLASSNOTESAllyson Conner’99, works as an outdoorrecreation planner for theFederal Energy RegulatoryCommission in re-licensingcommercially and privatelyowneddams in the U.S. Anavid white water kayaker, sherecently earned her master’sdegree from MTSU.Conner’s duties includeevaluating an area’s culturalaspects, aquatic biology &fish habitats, as well as aesthetics,water quality andsocioeconomics. She alsoassesses recreation opportunities available in the designatedlocations, such as swimming, kayaking, hikingand camping, as well as the cost effectiveness ofhydro projects to ensure that both people and powercompanies benefit from the area.’96 Robin (Barnes) Morelock andhusband DannyMaggie Grace on 6/3/06’97 Nicole “Nikki” (Horner)Crosslin and husband JohnChloe DeLong 12/2/05’97 Jill (Watson) Belue and husbandBrandonCaleb Andrew on 12/1/05’98 Rick Billingham and wife SusanNoah Ray on 12/21/05’98 Alice Louise (Bruckmann)Fitgerald and husband KenBryson Thomas on 11/16/05’98 Wesley L. Mayes and wife KymHaley Paige and Hayden Elizabethon 4/26/06’98 Susan (Douberly) Mayo andhusband GregCarter Braden on 1/16/06’99 Michelle (Robish) Estes andhusband RobHannah Grace on 3/30/05’00, ’99 Jonathan “Jon” and Taleen(Hobbs) JacksonRyan Ellis on 6/8/05’01, ’02 Chad and Connie (Hill)BallingerPatti Ann on 6/2/05’01 Brian M. Bogle and wife JillMacaila Marie on 7/8/04Savannah Collett on 2/10/06’03 Claire (Lane) Santuae and husbandChrisMary Glen on 12/2/05Show Your Colors.The Carson-Newman Bookstoreis your one stop for all thingsOrange & Blue, including a widevariety of Eagle apparel and new“Spirit Eagle” merchandise.Located at 2130 Branner Avenuein the Maddox Student ActivitiesCenter, and online athttp://cnbookstore.cn.edu.Store Hours:8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Monday - Fridayand select hours ongame days28 JOURNEY fall 2006

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 29Our journeyBaker Memorial Building, circa 1961. A gift from Knox County Baptist Churches, Baker once housed both the campus bookstoreand student center. It has served as home to the Family and Consumer Sciences Division since 1952. (Photo courtesy of C-NArchives)fall 2006 JOURNEY 29

260670 Fall 06 9/8/06 1:53 PM Page 30CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGEOFFICE OF NEWS & PUBLICATIONSC-N Box 71986Jefferson City, Tennessee 37760Non-ProfitOrganizationU.S. POSTAGEPAIDPermit No. 224Bristol, TNParker LeakeIncoming freshmen and transfer students take part in the College’s Matriculation Ceremony. The annual Augustevent welcomed new students to campus.