WANTED

His survivors include daughter and
son-in-law Betty (Waddell) and
Gerald Sams ’56 ’55, daughter Linda
Waddell Erwin ’63, all of Arden, N.C.,
and a sister-in-law Sarah S. Speer ’32
of Tusculum, Tenn.
Andrew Kmetz ’35 of Venice, Fla.,
passed away January 9, 2005. Mr.
Kmetz was a charter member of the
Tusculum College Sports Hall of
Fame, having excelled in both basketball
and football. He was also a member
of the Garfield (N.J.) High School
Athletic Hall of Fame. Mr. Kmetz was
a career educator, having served as a
teacher, principal, and coach. At his
retirement, he was principal of a junior
high school in Hasbrouck Heights,
N.J. After his retirement, he moved to
Florida, where he lived for two decades.
Mr. Kmetz was also past president
of the Yarmouth Campgrounds
Association in Cape Cod, Mass., and
was a member of Christ Lutheran
Church in Englewood, Fla.
Herman Rudolph Nussbaum ’37 of
Louisville, Ky., passed away September
20, 2004.. Mr. Nussbaum was the
former owner of Karl Nussbaum and
Sons, new and used industrial machinery
and equipment and a former
member of Richmond Boat Club,
Louisville Yacht Club, River Road
Country Club, American Legion and
the US Coast Guard Auxiliary. He
served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II and was a member of Pilgrim
Lutheran Church.
Dr. Leon Levin ’38 of Ewing Township,
N.J., passed away November,
25, 2004, after a long illness. Born in
Trenton, N.J, After graduating from
Tusculum, Dr. Levin continued his
education at Temple University Dental
School and Jersey City Medical
College. He practiced dentistry in
Trenton for 34 years before his retirement
30 years ago. During his retirement,
Dr. Levin served as a consultant
for GHI Insurance Company. A
World War II veteran, he served in the
U.S. Army medical corps and was stationed
in North Africa and Europe.
Dr. Levin was a member of Har Sinai
Temple, Greenacres Country Club
and American Legion Post 93.
Donna Murton Spaulding ’38 of
Irvington, Va., passed away December
16, 2002. Mrs. Spaulding was a retired
college librarian.
George Willis Doughty ’39 of
Greeneville, Tenn., passed away November
15, 2004. A popular and
widely known retired automobile
dealer, Mr. Doughty was a former
member of the Tusculum College
Board of Trustees and served as its
secretary in the 1970s. While at Tusculum
as a student, Mr. Doughty
played football on scholarship. A veteran,
he served in the U.S. Navy during
World War. II. Mr. Doughty was
serving aboard the USS Bismarck Sea
when the ship was sunk in a Kamikaze
attack by the Japanese during
the battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. He was
in the ocean for several hours before
being rescued. Returning home after
his military service, Mr. Doughty was
a businessman in Johnson City for
nearly 30 years, owning and operating
Courtesy Motor Co. and also
working in the tobacco market for The
Austin Company. He later returned
to Greeneville, where he owned and
operated Towne Gate Motors for several
years.
Mr. Doughty was very active in the
civic affairs, serving as president of
the Johnson City Country Club, as a
member of the Hurstleigh Club, and
as a campaign chairman for the
Johnson City Community Chest campaign
in the 1950s. He was president
of the Tennessee Automotive Association
in 1970-71 and received an award
for his 17 years of service to the
Watauga Mental Health Center. He
also served on the board of Greene
Valley Developmental Center and
Link Hills Country Club, where he
enjoyed playing golf and for years
excelled at it. He was a very active
member of St. James Episcopal
Church in Greeneville. Mr. Doughty
was a member of the Kiwanis Club
in Johnson City and Greeneville for
more than 50 years. He was named
“Kiwanian of the Year” in 1984 and
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received the Kiwanian International
George E. Hixon Fellow Award in
2001. He is survived by his wife,
Joyce Doughty ’04, community service
coordinator for the Center for
Civic Advancement at Tusculum.
Alfred Miller ’39 of Myrtle Beach,
S.C., passed away March 8, 2005.
Ned T. Sherer ’39 of Maryville, Tenn.
passed away November 24, 2003. Mr.
Sherer was for many years the manager
of Proffitt’s Housewares Department.
As a life long-learner, he then
made the decision to change careers
and become a classroom teacher. He
eventually became the principal of an
elementary school. Mr. Sherer was a
32 nd Degree Mason and was active in
the Jaycees. He was a veteran of
World War II, having served as a staff
sergeant air crew member on a B-24
Liberator bomber in the China-
Burma-India Campaign as a photographer-gunner.
Mr. Sherer received
the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
and the Distinguished Flying Cross
among other awards.
Blanche Bates Sueltz ’39 of Homer,
N.Y., passed away May 7, 2003. Mrs.
Sueltz was retired from Cortland
State University.
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Mildred Ripley Barker ’40 of
Greeneville, Tenn., passed away on
May 31, 2005. Mrs. Barker worked for
the First National Bank in Greeneville
and taught at the Greeneville
School of Commerce before moving
with her family in 1959 to West Palm
Beach, Fla. After retiring from the
Palm Beach Post-Times, she returned
with her family to Greeneville.
Ruby Irene Lamb ’41 of Knoxville,
Tenn., passed away January 17, 2005.
Ms. Lamb taught school briefly in
Greene County after graduating from
Tusculum and was a former government
employee in Oak Ridge. She
was retired from the Baptist Sunday