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1960s
’68 W. Allan Williams, M.A. ’69, has semiretired
from the practice of law. He is a Roman
Catholic clergyman (ordained permanent
deacon) for the Diocese of San Diego, California.
1970s
’79 Stephanie J. Phelps received the 2016
Linwood F. Tice Friend of APhA-ASP Award in
recognition of her long-term services and
contributions to the American Pharmacists
Association Academy of Student Pharmacists.
She is associate dean of academic affairs and
professor of clinical pharmacy and pediatrics at
the University of Tennessee Health Science
Center, College of Pharmacy, in Memphis,
Tennessee. 1
1980s
’81 Charles R. Woods, Jr., was elected
executive committee chair of the American
Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on Epidemiology,
Public Health and Evidence. He is affiliated with
the University of Louisville Physicians practice
group, specializing in pediatric infectious
diseases, in Louisville, Kentucky.
’82 Jon R. Roebuck is executive director of the
newly formed Belmont Institute for Church
Leadership in Nashville, Tennessee. He was most
recently pastor of Nashville’s Woodmont Baptist
Church for 17 years. He and his wife, Linda,
have three children and two granddaughters. The
institute is designed to equip church leaders for
entrepreneurial thinking and innovative means to
meet the modern needs of the local community
and culture at large.
’84 Joyce T. Heames, M.B.A. ’88, is dean of
the Campbell School of Business at Berry College
in Mount Berry, Georgia. She was most recently
an associate dean at the College of Business and
Economics at West Virginia University. Prior to
earning a Ph.D. in management at the University
of Mississippi, she was an instructor in the
Community Banking School and director of
undergraduate programs in Samford’s business
school.
’84 Mark Douglas Ray of Decatur, Alabama, is
the new program director at Albany Clinic, an
outpatient counseling center affiliated with the
Mental Health Center of North Central
Alabama. He is a past district president of the
Alabama Counseling Association.
’87 Denise Stimpson Bates is a sales engineer
for Automated Voice & Data Solutions in
Alabama and Texas. She lives in Alexander City,
Alabama.
’88 Peyton C. “Pat” Thetford, J.D., was
appointed by Alabama Governor Robert Bentley
to serve as a judge in the 10th Judicial Circuit,
Birmingham.
1990s
’92 Jeff Roberts of Birmingham was listed in
the March 7, 2016 issue of Barron’s Magazine as
among the top 1,200 financial advisers in the
United States and among the top four in
Alabama. He was inducted into the Ameriprise
Financial Hall of Fame in May.
’94 Tod Hyche, J.D., was named South Carolina
State Chair for the American College of Trust
and Estate Counsel, which includes lawyers who
have demonstrated high levels of integrity,
commitment to the profession, competence and
experience as trust and estate counselors. He is
partner in charge of the Greenville, South
Carolina, office of Smith Moore Leatherwood
LLP. 2
’95 Stephanie L. Morgan-White, J.D., is an
administrative principal with the Glenview Trust
Company in Louisville, Kentucky. She was
honored by her peers as a “Top Lawyer” in the
March 2016 issue of Louisville Magazine. 3
’95 David Rausch, M.B.A., is the new vice
provost of academic affairs at the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is responsible for
the coordination of various academic units that
include international programs, continuing
education, student success, assessment, accreditation,
institutional research and others.
’96 John Roland earned a Master of Business
Administration degree from Kennesaw State
University in May. He is marketing and social
media lead at Smart Tuition, a tuition management
company for private and faith-based
schools. He and his wife, Amy Gluth Roland ’98,
live in Newnan, Georgia.
’98 Ed Stetzer, M.Div., was named to the
faculty of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois,
and executive director of Wheaton’s Billy
Graham Center for Evangelism. His roles will
include service as publisher of Evangelical
Missions Quarterly, and as chair of the Wheaton
College Graduate School’s evangelism and
leadership program. 4
’99 Eric Fowler was recently promoted to
lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and was
selected to command the Baltimore Recruiting
Battalion in 2017. He earned a Ph.D. in
international studies from Old Dominion
University in Norfolk, Virginia, in May.
2000s
’01 Robert M. Moss, J.D., is legal director and
senior counsel at Medical Properties Trust Inc. in
Birmingham.
40 • Seasons • Summer 2016