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Please send alumni news and photos for future
publication by January 15, 2002, to Alumni News Editor
Jackie Hays, Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd.,
Unit 8257, DeLand, FL 32720-3756, or e-mail
< jhays@stetson.edu >. Digitized photos in tif format should
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questions about photos contact < dlaprime@stetson.edu>.
Original photos will not be returned.
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Charlotte Farrington Vogler,
Delray Beach, was
one of 150 women honored in Tallahassee in June
by the Florida Supreme Court as a pioneering
Florida female lawyer. "These were women who
literally suffered scorn and indignities, as they
ended the centuries-old tradition that only men
could practice law," said Florida Chief Justice
Major B. Harding in a statement. Vogler was the
first woman to practice law in Palm Beach
County, setting up shop in 1922. She earned her
law degree from Stetson University in 1924, but
chose to raise her children and assist her husband
in his Delray Beach medical practice.
'34
The late Catherine Howarth Carter, Deland,
was among 10 others from Volusia and Seminole
counties honored at a ceremonial session of the
state Supreme Court recognizing Florida's first
150 women attorneys. The session also recognized
the state's first five African-American
women lawyers. Carter was the first woman to
graduate from Stetson's College of Law in 1908
and was the first woman lawyer recorded in
Florida Supreme Court records. She practiced law
with her family in DeLand and later moved to
Memphis.
'36
The late Wm. Amory Underhill,
a long-time
attorney and influential political leader in
DeLand and Washington, D.C., was named a
Great Floridian 2000. The program recognizes
people who played key roles in Florida's historical
and cultural heritage. Plans are under way to
display a Great Floridian plaque at the old
Volusia County courthouse to honor him.
'44
Dennis C. McNamara Sr. , Orlando, sold his
three auto dealerships to Kelley Automotive
Group in September. He plans to step back, catch
up on things and spend time with his family.
Walter Ret Turner, Los Angeles, Calif., was
featured in an article in The Reporter: Seven
Decades in Hollywood,
November 2000 issue
entitled, "70th
Anniversary Empowering
Their Own." A
member of the
Costume Designers
Guild, he works as a
consultant and
associate designer on
many awards shows,
including the Emmys
and the Academy
Awards. He has
received five Emmys as
well as 21 Emmy
nominations.
'53
George H. Shriver,
Statesboro, Ga.,
recently authored a
book entitled, "Pilgrims Through the Years," a bicentennial
history of the First Baptist Church,
Savannah, Ga.
'54
Stafford Lee Win g, Chapel Hill, N.C., is an
associate professor and chairman of voice in the
University of North Carolina Department of
Music, Chapel Hill.
'59
Gary A. Meadows , DeBary, former associate
vice-president for alumni relations at Stetson
University; received Stetson's Distinguished
Service Award during the 2000-01 year. This
award is presented to individuals who give
selflessly of time and energy to Stetson, who
demonstrate a personal commitment to the ideals
and objectives of the Alumni Association and
who are dedicated to the advancement of the
goals of the university. The Alumni House on the
DeLand campus also was named the Meadows
Alumni House in his honor. Elizabeth Butcher
Rhinehart,West Windsor, N.J., has retired from
her teaching position at Oak Park Elementary
School. William A. Watson Jr., Jacksonville, son
William A. Watson III '96, and daughter
Carlotta Landschoot, were featured in an article
in an advertising special section of the Florida
Times Union - Real estate -A family affair. His
entire family is involved in the real estate
business.
'60
William E. Rhinehart I II, West Windsor, N.J., is
an educational consultant at Justens Learning
Corporation in San Diego, Calif.
'63
Richard E Reiff, Athens, Ga., has been named
interim associate provost for international affairs
at the University of Georgia.
'65
Paul C. Bremer, Palm Beach Gardens, has joined
the board of directors of the Fidelity Federal Bank
and Trust. Charles N. Cole, St. Paul, Minn., is a
principal applications engineer for Lucent
Technologies in Bloomington. Cheryl Peters
Lamar, Houston, Texas, is the dean of academic
development at Houston Community College,
Central Campus.
'66
Priscilla Jones Tunnell, Rome, Ga., was ordained
as minister of faith development at First Baptist
Church of Rome in September 2000. Gary W
Hanson, Florence, S.C., has been a member of
the Francis Marion University psychology faculty
since 1971 and served as department chair from
1986-97. He has also taught at the University of
Georgia at Thomasville. Hanson was chair of the
faculty for three years and also served as an
associate provost for three years. He holds the
Walter Douglas Smith Professorship of Psychology
and was named the university's Distinguished
Professor for the Year for 1997-98.
' 67
Murray Arnold, DeLand, has retired as Stetson
University's men's basketball coach. In four years
at Stetson, he compiled a won-lost record of 42-
47. Curtis H. Hutchings, DeLand, served as
marshal of the Volusia County Veterans Parade in
downtown DeLand. Richard K. Knapp, Apex,
N.C., and Charles W Wadelington recently coauthored
a book entitled, Charlotte Hawkins
Brown and Palmer Memorial Institute: What One
Young African-American Woman Could Do.
'68
Timothy H. Baughman, Atchison, Kan., was
named dean of the College of Liberal Arts of the
University of Central Oklahoma. Jeffrey H.
Ledewitz, Daytona Beach, who was instrumental
in obtaining a $1 million pedestrian overpass at
no cost to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,
has been appointed vice president of government
relations for the Daytona Beach-based university.
He also has served as acting president, vice
president, dean of students and director of
counseling. He assists ERAU President George
Ebbs with Governor Jeb Bush's Florida Commission
on Aeronautics and Space. Leon Moody,
Jacksonville, is a sales manager for Zephyr Stripe
N' Seal. He is one of six new Wesley Chapel
Chamber of Commerce board members. Ned B.
Ricks, Houston, Texas, is a senior training
manager at New York Life Insurance Company.
'69
Barbara Barnes Plourde, New Smyrna Beach,
took a semi-solo kayak trip from her home to
Charleston, S.C., to raise awareness and funds to
benefit The American Liver Foundation for
research of hepatitis C. Jean Studeman, Blowing
Rock, N.C., is a tour director for Christian Tours
in Newton. David E. Sumner, Anderson, Ind.,
published an article about his great-great
grandfather, "Everybody's Cousin: John J.
Thrasher Was One of Atlanta's Founders and
Most Colorful Figures," in Georgia Historical
Quarterly, summer 2000.
'70
Ronald A. Crews, Tucker, Ga., former pastor of
New Covenant Community Church, is president
of the Massachusetts Family Institute. J. Mitchell
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