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FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

William T. Young1918-2004

Do you remember?A L U M N I W E E K E N D 2 0 0 4April 23-25

Do you remember the Septembers at Transylvania when we chased

the clouds away? Join your classmates, friends, and faculty mem-

bers as we reminisce about those golden dreams and shiny days

during Alumni Weekend 2004.

Highlights include a golf outing, an afternoon at Keeneland, the

Pioneer Hall of Fame dinner and induction of new members, TGIF

kick-off party, alumni luncheon, class reunion receptions and din-

ners, the Coronation Ball, campus tours, and educational seminars.

An invitation with a detailed schedule is being mailed to alumni.

You can register on-line through a secure site using your Visa or

MasterCard. Go to www.transy.edu, click on For Alumni, News

& Events, then on Reunions/Alumni Weekend.

11 William T. Young, 1918-2004Former chairman of the board provided remarkableleadership and support for nearly four decades

14 Succeeding in Medicine and LawTransylvania’s demanding curriculum, focused advisingprepare students well for medical and law school

17 Professor of the YearPolitical science professor Don Dugi honored by Carnegie,CASE as Kentucky’s top professor for 2003

19 Isn’t It Romantic?Transy couples from the ’40s to the ’90s share memories of dating customs and favorite places to go for romance

2 Around Campus9 Applause

23 Class Notes25 Alumni Profile: Rick Berman ‘6428 Alumni Profile: Amy Holland ‘9431 Marriages, births, obituaries

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Transylvania is published three times a year. Volume 21, No. 2, Spring 2004.Produced by the Office of Publications, Transylvania University, Lexington,KY 40508-1797. Send address changes and alumni news to Alumni Office,Transylvania University, 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508-1797,fax to (859) 233-8797, or e-mail to alumni@transy.edu.

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Transylvania has received a challengegrant of $500,000 from the W. Paul andLucille Caudill Little Foundation that will beused to establish the Lucille C. LittleEndowed Chair in Theater. The Universitymust raise $500,000 in matching fundswithin four years to claim the award.

The grant will provide permanent fund-ing for the endowed chair—the first in anydiscipline at Transylvania—and allow fornew initiatives designed to enhance teach-ing and learning in the drama department.

“Instructional enhancements are a vitalpart of Transylvania’s 2003 Long-RangePlan,” said President Charles L. Shearer.“Like our very successful Bingham Pro-gram for Excellence in Teaching, endowedchairs can help the University attract andretain outstanding professors, whichenhances our students’ education. The Lit-tle grant will enable us to provide learningexperiences that are above and beyondwhat we have been able to offer on a regu-lar basis.”

The Little Foundation grant is especiallymeaningful because it matches Lucille Lit-tle’s interest in the performing arts withTransylvania’s needs, according to Mark

Blankenship ’81, interim vice president ofdevelopment.

Transy’s state-of-the-art theater is namedfor Mrs. Little, a Transy alumna and trusteewho died in 2002. Its opening in 1999marked a turning point for the drama pro-gram by providing space to expand the pro-duction schedule from three plays to asmany as nine productions annually, multi-plying teaching and learning opportunities,and increasing awareness and interestamong students.

In recent years, the number of dramamajors has doubled from eight to 16, eightstudents have declared drama as a minor,and an additional 70 students majoring inother academic disciplines take advantageof the program’s open audition policy toparticipate as actors, technicians, play-wrights, and directors. The Universityexpects to attract even more studentsinterested in theater and the fine arts as aresult of hosting the Governor’s School forthe Arts for the past four years and thenew contract extending GSA’s stay at Tran-sy through 2008.

The endowed chair will allow operatingfunds currently designated for one profes-

sor to be redirected to new initiatives.These include engaging an adjunct profes-sor to develop and teach a full semestercourse in children’s theater; employingguest artists to direct theater productions;arranging trips to New York City for dramamajors and minors to attend plays andmusicals; organizing workshops featuringvisiting actors, directors, playwrights, anddesigners for specialized training in rele-vant areas; and augmenting funds fordrama faculty travel, enrichment, and pro-fessional development.

“By providing the challenge grant, theLittle Foundation is following Mrs. Little’sdesire to enhance all aspects of theaterinstruction,” said Blankenship.

William T. Young Jr., chairman of theBoard of Trustees, and the late William T.Young, former board member and chair-man, already have made generous giftstoward the challenge.

To make a gift or obtain additional infor-mation, contact the development office at(859) 281-3692 or (800) 487-2679, or visitwww.transy.edu and click on Giving toTransy.

The installation of new win-dows during the summer of2003 brought renovations tothe art building closer to com-pletion, with final alterationsscheduled for summer 2004.

The windows, along withlandscaping to the front andrear of the building, the creationof an adjacent parking lot, andthe 2002 addition of a frontentrance with Transylvania’s sig-nature columns, are part ofefforts to transform the oldFayette School Building into arecognizable part of campus.

“Before, this was just a build-ing that we owned,” PresidentCharles L. Shearer said. “Thegoal of Mr. Rosenthal, who tookthis project on, was to makethis building look like a Transyl-vania building.”

Board of Trustees memberand chair of the developmentcommittee Warren W. Rosen-

thal has spearheaded fund-rais-ing efforts, which have nettedmore than $750,000 for therenovations.

This summer, a new centralheating and air conditioning sys-tem will be installed and a slop-ing roof added to furtherenhance the building’s appear-ance. An elevator will be con-structed and attached to therear of the building, making ithandicap accessible. The interi-or will be freshened with paintand ceiling work, especially theStudent Art Gallery. Each ofthese projects must be precise-ly timed so that work can becompleted by the fall term with-out interfering with the three-week Governor’s School for theArts program.

While the future upgrades arevery necessary, Shearer saidthe building has already under-gone a noticeable change.

“Replacing the windowsmade a tremendous differenceboth to the exterior and theinterior of the building,” Shearersaid. “The shrubbery helped tosoften the building’s outwardappearance. Before, we hadstreet, sidewalk, building. It

was very severe.”The trustees voted in Novem-

ber 2003 to name the structurethe Shearer Art Building. A cer-emony to officially dedicate thebuilding with its new name willbe planned for some time inthe fall.

Challenge grant will establish Lucille C. Lit t le Endowed Chair in Theater

■ New windows and landscaping, coupled with previouslyadded columns, have transformed the appearance of the artbuilding.

Art building renovations set to continue

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Davidson College music pro-fessor Neil Lerner ‘89 returnedto Transylvania in November togive three presentations on hisscholarship in American filmmusic and on the value of hisTransy education in relation tohis career.

Lerner provided live pianoaccompaniment to a silent film,then discussed how that musi-cal style developed in a jointsession of music professorLarry Barnes’ and English pro-fessor Tay Fizdale’s classes.

In a Coleman Recital Hallpresentation, Lerner read anddiscussed his paper titled “ ‘Look at That Big Hand MoveAlong’: Clocks, Containment,and Doomsday in High Noon.”He used clips from the 1952movie starring Gary Cooperand Grace Kelly to illustrate

thematic elements suggestingcontemporary political issues,especially communism and thetensions between the UnitedStates and the former SovietUnion. He related thosethemes to the film’s score,composed by Dimitri Tiomkin.The paper will be published in aspecial music issue of SouthAtlantic Quarterly.

“Neil did a fine job of show-ing how music is an absolutelyintegral part of what’s going onin the film,” said Fizdale. “He

blended his musicology withhis film criticism and theory inways that clarified the film’stext.”

Finally, Lerner gave a talktitled “Notes from the Frontierof Film Scholarship: How aTransy Education HelpedLaunch an Academic Career”during open hour in the facul-ty/staff lounge.

“Transy gave me a strongbalance of general and specificeducational skills that I useconstantly as a teacher andwriter,” said Lerner. “The pro-fessors showed me how to use

my ears, eyes, and mind todelve into a film’s inner andouter workings. They providedme with tremendous role mod-els as I embarked on my ownacademic career.”

Lerner did specialized studyin advanced music theory andelectronic music with Barneswhile completing a doublemajor in applied music and Eng-lish. Barnes, who invited his for-mer student back for the pre-sentations, said that he andLerner “did some graduate levelwork while he was at Transy.”

Lerner completed his mas-ter’s and Ph.D., both in musi-cology, at Duke University. Heis a tenured professor at David-son, where he teaches courseson music history, film, and thehumanities.

Transy music graduate returns for presentations

Prominent Biblical scholars Marcus Borgand Paula Fredriksen discussed and debat-ed historical interpretations of the Gospelsduring “The Search for Jesus,” Transylva-nia’s Lilly Lectures on Religion held Octo-ber 8-9 in Haggin Auditorium.

Borg is the Hundere Distinguished Pro-fessor of Religion and Culture in the philos-ophy department at Oregon State Universi-ty and the author of 11 books including thebestseller Meeting Jesus Again for theFirst Time. Fredriksen is the William Good-win Aurelio Professor of the Appreciationof Scripture in the religion department atBoston University. A sought-after lecturer,she appeared in ABC’s “The Quest forJesus with Peter Jennings” and has beenfeatured on The History Channel, theNational Geographic Channel, and National

Public Radio.Borg encouraged audience members to

regard the Bible as a metaphor, not anabsolute truth, while Fredriksen explainedthat biblical depictions of Jesus must begrounded in historical and religious con-texts of his time and not our own.

“The most interesting thing was seeingthem interact with each other,” said Aman-da Kerley, a junior history major and reli-gion minor. “They modeled academic dis-course. It was great to watch them and theway they treated each other’s material in arespectful manner while still maintainingtheir own viewpoints.”

On the second night of the event, thetwo scholars participated in a panel discus-sion on the relationship of faith and historyin the search for Jesus. Joining them were

Joel Green, dean of academic affairs andthe school of theology, Asbury TheologicalSeminary; Robert Miller, professor of reli-gion, Juniata College; Dwight Moody, deanof the chapel, Georgetown College; andJerry Sumney, professor of biblical studies,Lexington Theological Seminary.

During their visit to campus, Borg andFredriksen also talked with about 40 stu-dents taking religion courses during the fallterm.

“For students to read the top scholarson Jesus, and then sit down with themand have an uninterrupted conversation foran hour and 15 minutes is invaluable,” saidprofessor of religion and Lilly Project direc-tor Paul Jones. “That’s one of the benefitsof being at a small liberal arts college.”

Scholars debate historical perspectives on Jesus

■ Neil Lerner ’89 discusseshis academic career.

■ Panel members for the October 9 discussion on the relationship of faith and history in the search for Jesus were (from left)Joel Green, Robert Miller, Paula Fredriksen, Marcus Borg, Dwight Moody, and Jerry Sumney.

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An exhibit and visit by South Africanartist Berni Searle, whose work is part ofthe Guggenheim and Smithsonian perma-nent collections, is the highlight of theMorlan Gallery’s spring schedule. Theexhibit, titled Colour Me/DisColour Me, willbe on display from March 24-April 23.

“Searle explores issues of heritage,race, and gender in her work through vari-ous strategies, such as coloring her bodywith spices, or by staining her skin withhenna ink,” said art and women’s studiesprofessor Kim Miller. “She then takes largescale digital photographic prints of theseimages and manipulates them in ways thatencourage viewers to think about the poli-tics of race. In particular, she challengesthe arbitrary racial categories that wereimposed on South Africans by theapartheid government, and how they have impacted her personally.”

Under apartheid, people of mixed race,like Searle, were termed “coloured” andclassified into seven subgroups throughinvasive tests and measurements of physi-cal features. Colour Me/DisColour Me willinclude works such as “Lifeline,” a wall-sized image of Searle’s palm stained withblack Egyptian henna. The stain highlights

differentiations in color and suggests bruis-ing, linking a sense of trauma to the closeexamination of Searle’s body.

Searle will be on campus for the open-ing of her exhibit and present a slide showand video of her work in Carrick Theaterfrom 7-8 p.m. March 25. Immediately fol-lowing her visit to Transylvania, Searle willfly to Wales to learn if she has been select-ed for the Artes Mundi award. She andnine other artists have been short-listed forthe honor, which includes the largest cashprize ever offered to an individual artist.

Prior to Searle’s exhibit, New York-basedartist Devorah Sperber shared her unortho-dox take on common items in Banal andSublime, which was on display in thegallery from January 16-March 5. Withmeticulous precision, Sperber has trans-formed banal objects, such as spools ofthread, into sublime creations, like a wall-sized landscape of a rocky-river shore.What appear to be shimmering bandanasfrom a distance, prove to be thousands ofmasterfully arranged map tacks upon clos-er inspection.

“She’s very much working within thesphere of women’s aesthetics, taking thedomestic and elevating it to the art world,”

said Morlan Gallery director AndreaFisher. “She’s routing the traditionalhierarchy of male materials. Wethink of artwork as sculpture,bronze, oil painting—not thread.”

Sperber’s work has been exhibit-ed across the country and featuredand evaluated in scores of publica-tions, including Art Journal, Sculp-ture Magazine, and The New YorkTimes.

Parents Fund vital to library Transylvania offers students more than

700 courses in over 30 academic disci-plines, and nearly all of those coursesrequire a significant amount of reading andresearch—usually at the library. The ParentsFund helps maintain and enhance thelibrary’s resources to ensure that studentswill continue having access to the refer-ences that are necessary to support Tran-sy’s curriculum.

Members of the Parents Council spear-head the library fund-raising effort throughtheir annual phonathon, which was con-ducted October 5, 11, and 12, 2003. Fortyparent and grandparent volunteers obtainednearly $70,000 in pledges from parents andgrandparents of current students and alum-ni. The goal is $90,000.

Sharri Greer ‘75, co-president of the Par-ents Council, called all three days and col-lected the largest number of commitments.Other top callers were Steve Morton, CarlaRepass, Kim Repass, and Greg Beavin.

“The Parents Fund focuses on the librarybecause nearly every student visits thelibrary regularly,” said Dolores Roberson,director of parent programs.

Statistics prove that the library is a busyplace. During the 2002-03 academic year,19,000 books were checked out, nearly1,100 additional books and articles wereborrowed from other libraries through theinterlibrary loan service, Transy librariansanswered 1,358 reference questions, andmore than 400 students received instructionthrough classes and workshops conductedat the library. In addition, countless studentsstudied or worked collaboratively with facul-ty members in the library’s computer lab,media viewing rooms, study spaces, andthe Technology Learning Center.

Library Director Susan Brown pointed outthat today’s library extends far beyond thephysical building with its books and journals.

“The library is open 93 hours per week,but students and professors can accessmore than 5,000 journals and 50 electronicdatabases 24 hours a day from anywhereon campus,” she said. “Last academic year,more than 96,000 database searches wereconducted. These are resources that havebeen evaluated, so students can be confi-dent that the information they obtain isvalid.”

To make a pledge or request additionalinformation about the Parents Fund, call(800) 487-2679 or (859) 233-8512, or visitwww.transy.edu, click on Giving to Transy,then on Family and Friends.

Morlan Gallery welcomes renowned artists

■ Transy students install DevorahSperber’s artwork, VisualEnvironment I. Sperber used20,000 spools of thread to createa wall-sized image of a rockyshore.

Mars Rover scientist to give Kenan LectureSteven Squyres, the acclaimed principal investigator for the science payload on

the Mars Exploration Rover project, will deliver the spring Kenan Lecture on April28 at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium.

Squyres has received international recognition as the face and voice of the cur-rent NASA mission to Mars, which features the robotic rovers named Spirit andOpportunity. He is a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, and also worksat NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

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Like the lead character in theplay, drama professor Tim Soulisfaced a dilemma following try-outs for the Transylvania Theaterproduction of Hamlet. He had alarger than usual pool of talent,with about 45 people audition-ing, but a limited number ofroles, especially for female per-formers.

“I would have had to turnaway about 15 people who Ithought really would benefitfrom the experience,” Soulissaid.

He decided the best solutionwas to double the number ofavailable parts by having twoseparate casts, one male andone female. The casts per-formed on alternate nights, pre-senting a total of 10 shows inthe Lucille C. Little Theater inlate October and early Novem-ber. The idea for this approachwas inspired by an all-femaleproduction of Richard III thatSoulis had seen at the GlobeTheatre in London.

“One of the neat thingsabout doing theater in an aca-demic situation is that you cantest out some theories thatyou’ve read about or contem-plated and see if it works ornot, much like a scientist in alab,” he said.

For the two actors chosen tolead the casts, this experiment

presented an exciting, yetsomewhat intimidating opportu-nity.

“I was overwhelmed. I didn’tknow what to think,” said BradyJo Crafton, a junior dramamajor from Franklin, Ky., whoplayed Hamlet with the femalecast. “I was afraid of what peo-ple might think, that they mightnot take it seriously.”

The male cast’s Hamlet,Jonathan Clark, said the shockof winning the lead role andfinding out there would be twocasts took some time to sink in.

“Once I calmed down a little,then it wasn’t as hard to seemyself in the role,” said Clark, adrama and math double majorfrom Bardstown, Ky. “I startedthinking about things I wantedto do with the character. Thecast really helped with that. Wetalked about what needed tobe included or taken out andwhat the characters thoughtthat wasn’t explicated in theplay.”

Crafton also credits the cast,along with English professorTay Fizdale, with helping herunderstand Hamlet’s motiva-tions and his relationships withother characters. When thetime came to perform, shefound the audience to be quitereceptive, especially duringintense scenes.

“When I paused, alot of the audiencemembers shifted intheir seats andleaned in, waiting tohear what I wasgoing to say,” Craftonsaid. “That wasprobably one of themost excitingthings—to see peo-ple who are so inter-ested, they’re leaningforward in theirchairs.”

Soulis said it wasfascinating to note thedifferences betweenthe two casts’ inter-pretations.

“The women tended tofocus more on relationshipsamong the characters, and tolook at the emotional connota-tions of those relationships,” hesaid. “The men tended to lookmore at the aggressive quali-ties of some of the characters,the ‘What’s in it for me?’ atti-tude.”

While the demands ofmounting two performancessimultaneously were some-times exhausting, Soulis saidhe’s positive he made the rightdecision.

“It was so heartwarming forme to make others aware thatthere are no limits in drama,

aside from creating somethingof beauty, order, and meaning,”he said. “The thrill of seeingthat awareness and enlighten-ment come from both castswas really quite provocativeand meaningful.

“It convinced me that Shake-speare’s characters transcendthe limits of gender, race, andethnicity. They are archetypesplayed by humans, but thepower of the poetry, and thepower of the characters andthe situations go far beyond thekind of ephemeral, moment-to-moment life that we live everyday to take on far greatermeaning.”

■ The women’s production of Hamletfeatured Brady Jo Crafton, right, asHamlet and EvEnder Hodges as Laertes.

Single-gender casts give actors twice as many opportunities

Unity celebration features music and modeling

Transylvania held its annual Martin Luther King Jr.unity celebration in Haggin Auditorium January 19.The theme for this year’s celebration was “Dressedfor Freedom & Singin’ the Struggle: Black ResistanceCulture in Fashion and Music.”The program featuredmodels representing fashions from the 1940s to thepresent along with swing dancers, break dancers, andlive musical performances from the respective timeperiods. Senior Tracy Clayton sang “Strange Fruit” aspart of her portrayal of Billie Holiday. SophomoreStanley Bryant, left, and senior Will Ney modeledfashions from the 1940s during the program.Photos by Joseph Rey Au.

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It’s a universal student experience—thatmoment of truth when questions are

handed out and you open your blue bookto begin writing exam answers.

For some, it’s a hollow feeling of dread,for others a calm resolve to apply carefullycultivated knowledge to the questions athand.

Whatever your memories of blue booksmay be, we thought you might enjoy see-ing some of the challenging questionstoday’s Transylvania students are beingasked on their exams.

Pens and pencils ready? Begin writing.

Q: Assume that the U.S. economy is cur-rently at full-employment GDP (GrossDomestic Product). Due to a stock marketboom, consumers now have higher expec-tations for the future and so increase con-sumption. Alan Greenspan is asking you,as one of his advisers, to explain to thepress how the Fed will use open-marketoperations to return the economy to full-employment GDP. Explain in detail, that is,every step and why it occurs, how yourchosen policy will work to accomplish thisgoal. Your description should includedetailed explanations of both the moneyand spending multiplier effects.

Economics 2034,

Principles of Macroeconomics

Economics professor Alan Bartley

Q: (After listening to Aaron Copland’sSimple Gifts) This composition belongs to alarger work that, in part, tells of a countrywedding. In the tradition of a wedding, butin musical terms, describe something old,something new, something borrowed, andsomething blue in this composition.

Music 1004, Music Appreciation

Music professor Scott Phillips

Q: Although the Crusaders and the Vene-tians dominated some of the same parts ofthe eastern Mediterranean at intervalsbetween the 12th and 16th century, theremains of their presence are quite differ-ent. Crusader fortresses, for instance, tendto be built on hills overlooking agriculturalplains, while Venetian ones tend to be situ-ated by ports or on peninsulas. Explain thisphenomenon based on their domestic polit-ical organization (fiefs and manors vs. citystates) and their concepts of empire. Forextra credit (0-3 points): Comment in lightof the American presence in the same area,e.g., naval bases at Izmir and Marmaris.

History 1014, Western Civilization I

History professor Frank Russell

Q: Items produced by a manufacturingprocess are supposed to weigh 90 grams.The manufacturing process, however, issuch that there is variability in the itemsproduced and they do not all weigh exactly90 grams. The distribution of weights canbe approximated by a normal distributionwith mean 90 grams and a standard devia-tion of 1 gram. What percentage of theitems will either weigh less than 87 gramsor more than 93 grams?A) 6% B) 94% C) 99.7% D) 0.3%(Answer is on page 32.)

Mathematics 1144, Elementary Statistics

Mathematics and computer science professor James E. Miller

Q: Explain what Jonathon Kozol meanswhen he suggests that a “dual society” inpublic education is unquestioned. Addresswhether or not you agree with him whenhe says that essentially we have a privatesystem of education under public auspicesby backing up your claims with specific ref-erences to text materials and class discus-sion points.

Education 3414, Race, Ethnicity, and

Social Class in American Education

Education professor Amelia El-Hindi

Q: In the first parts of the Prologue ofThus Spoke Zarathustra, we find Nietzscheconfronting a hermit. What does the hermitrepresent? What is the significance of theirinterchange (“I love man [humanity]” etc.)for the Nietzschean central doctrine of con-tingency? Can you connect this scene toNietzsche’s analysis of the herd morality?To the Eternal Recurrence?

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Introduction to Philosophy

Philosophy professor Jack Furlong

Q: The perennial question that Christians,or any reader of the Gospels, must answeris the same query that Jesus posed to hisdisciples at Caesarea Philippi: “But who doyou say that I am?” (Mark 8:29). In youressay discuss and contrast the portrait ortradition of Jesus presented by four of thefollowing five writers: Paul, Mark,Matthew, Luke, John. Include in your essaythe overall Christian theme of the respec-tive Epistle/Gospel and how Jesus relatesto that particular theme (4 at 10 pointseach). Conclude your essay by comment-ing on why the tradition would incorporatedifferent images of Jesus (10 points).

Religion 2024,The Bible

Religion professor Paul Jones

Q: My four-year-old son seems to moveso mysteriously that I can never be surewhere he is at any given time. I think he isin the backyard while in fact he is in thestreet out front. When I think he is in hisroom, he is actually stuffing valuable itemsin the toilet. His maximum velocity is nomore than 10 miles/hour. I have tried touse Heisenburg’s Uncertainty Principle tojustify to my wife why I can never knowhis position with certainty. Explain (includ-ing an equation) why I cannot argue thisargument successfully.

Chemistry 1055, Principles of Chemistry I

Chemistry professor Carl Heltzel

Q: “You’ve done a man’s job, sir,” saysthe other cop at the end of Bladerunner,unintentionally emphasizing one of thecentral themes of film noir—the definitionof masculinity. Write a comparative essayon what it means to be a man in the noirworlds of Kiss Me Deadly, Vertigo, andBladerunner.

English 1194, Introduction to Film

English professor Tay Fizdale

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Chris Hobgood ’58 and Charisse Gillett,program director of the Lilly Project at Tran-sylvania, were elected to the top leader-ship positions for the Christian Church (Dis-ciples of Christ) in the U. S. and Canada atthe denomination’s biennial general assem-bly October 17-21 in Charlotte, N.C.

Hobgood will serve a two-year term asgeneral minister and president, providingpastoral oversight of the 800,000-memberdenomination in addition to managementand administration. Gillett was named to atwo-year term as moderator, the organiza-tion’s highest volunteer position. She willpreside as board chair over the business ofthe church and will moderate the 2005general assembly in Portland, Ore.

Nearly 5,500 church members attendedthe 2003 assembly, including a delegationof Transylvania students and staff mem-bers. A Transylvania luncheon drew morethan 60 alumni, according to MarkBlankenship ’81, interim vice president ofdevelopment. Dave Carr ’81, campus min-ister, hosted a reception for former partici-pants in Transy and TEAM, a weekendworkshop that allows high school studentsto explore opportunities as ordained lead-ers of the church.

Neither Hobgood nor Gillett activelysought the positions to which they wereelected. Based on their prior service to thechurch, they were asked to allow theirnames to be placed in nomination.

“I was surprised and humbled,” saidGillett, who is the first African-Americanfemale to serve as moderator.

Hobgood, who had retired in December2002 as regional minister of the Washing-ton, D.C., and Baltimore areas, led an anti-

racism initiative and worked on setting upa center for public witness. Gillett hasserved on the general board and the exec-utive board of the administrative commit-tee, and worked on a regional group todevelop models for women in ministry.

Hobgood explained his dual responsibili-ties as general minister and president. “Inmy pastoral role, I pay attention to the spir-itual life and health of the church as awhole, and as president, I keep attuned tothings going on in all the different parts ofthe church and how they work together,”he said. “My goal is to improve communi-cation so that we are the best organizationwe can be. I’m also focusing on leadershipdevelopment and the spiritual dimensionsof leadership.”

Hobgood said his Transylvania educationand experiences helped prepare him forhis career and the new position.

“My professors were remarkable,unique people who taught me not onlycontent but also how to learn,” he said.“And as choir manager, I learned a lotabout leadership.”

Gillett’s responsibilities include presidingat meetings of the general board andadministrative committee, planning for the

2005 general assembly, and working withthe general minister and president in lead-ership development.

“Two of the Lilly Project’s goals are tostrengthen Transylvania’s ties with theChristian Church (DOC) and to identify andnurture leaders for church and society, soit’s a privilege and honor for me to serve inthis position,” said Gillett. “We have anexcellent model of leadership developmentin Transy and TEAM.”

Hobgood, Gillett elected to top DOC leadership positions

Students make a differenceNearly 60 Transylvania students

observed Make a Difference Day on Octo-ber 25 by volunteering to help others invarious ways throughout the community.Projects included collecting 350 pounds offood for Kid’s Café, assisting with the Cen-tral Kentucky Riding for the HandicappedHalloween Trail Ride, painting a mural at anursing home, re-mulching a playground,and doing yard work for an elderly localwoman. Make a Difference Day is spon-sored by USA Today in partnership with thePoints of Light Foundation.Photos by Karen Anderson

■ Members of Delta DeltaDelta re-mulch a playgroundin Lexington’s Gardensidearea.

■ First-year student LindsaySchoeni works on a mural atthe Sunbridge Nursing Homein Lexington.

■ Members of Voice performyard work for a single womanin need of assistance.

■ Chris Hobgood ’58was elected generalminister and presidentof the ChristianChurch (Disciples ofChrist) in the U.S. andCanada.

■ Charisse Gillett,Lilly Project director at

Transylvania, waselected moderator of

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The men’s soccer team wonthe Heartland Collegiate Athlet-ic Conference tournament and

set two school records in a bril-liant 17-1-2 campaign that sawthe Pioneers come within threegoals of an undefeated season.

Transy’s lone defeat camelate in the season at HanoverCollege when the Pantherswon 3-0 to halt a 14 game Pio-neer winning streak that estab-lished a school record. Theother new school record is the.900 winning percentage.

“We tried not to focus onrecords we were attempting tobreak,” said head coach BrandonBowman. “We took it game-by-game, tried to improve, andsaid, hey, the results willcome—and they did.”

The Pioneers defeated HCACopponent Anderson Universityon the road in their regular sea-son finale to claim home fieldadvantage for the conferencetourney. Transy then got byAnderson 1-0 in the semifinalsand downed Defiance College2-0 in the finals to claim theirsecond title in three years. ThePioneers’ regular season HCACrecord was 4-1-1, good for sec-ond place.

Bowman used a roster domi-nated by underclassmen tooutscore Transy’s opponents42-7 for the season and chalk

up 15 shutouts.“Our strong point, by far,

was our team defense,” saidBowman. “Wescored enough toget the job done,but our defense isreally what kept usin most games.”

Junior KeithKlump, an HCACPlayer of the Week,was the goalkeeperfor 12 games,achieving a remark-able 0.08 goalsagainst averagedespite battling aninjury.

Conference Play-er of the Weekhonors also went

to junior fielder Nick Spurlock,the Pioneers’ leading scorer forthe season with 20 points oneight goals and four assists,and junior defender and mid-fielder Jon Kincheloe. Bothwere named to the All-HCACteam, along with senior mid-fielder Aaron Wathen and sen-ior defender Albert Gross.

Transy continued to be thedominant force in its first threeyears in the HCAC, improvingits regular season conferencemark to 16-1-1 and its tourna-ment record to 5-1.

Women’s soccerthird in HCAC

The women’s soccer teamcame down to its final Heart-land Collegiate Athletic Confer-ence game with a chance to tiefor the league’s regular-seasontitle. However, a 2-0 loss on theroad to Anderson Universitymeant the Pioneers had to set-tle for third place in the HCAC.

Transy struggled to a 3-6record in the first half of theseason against non-conferencefoes, then rallied for a 6-4-1record against mainly HCACopponents to finish 8-9-1 over-all and 4-2-1 in the conference

under head coach Scott Scan-lon. The Pioneers played twocritical overtime conferencegames in a row, tying Man-chester College 0-0 and losingto Hanover College 3-2.

Three Transy players werenamed to the All-HCAC team,led by junior forward and lead-ing scorer Sara Thornton, whohad 14 points for the season onseven goals. Senior defenderLindsay Cuadros had eightpoints on two goals and fourassists, while junior midfielderTandy Sutton tallied her eightpoints on four goals. Suttonwas also named to the Acade-mic All-District IV Women’sSoccer College Division secondteam by vote of the CollegeSports Information Directors ofAmerica.

First-year player Emilie Mont-gomery was the team’s leadinggoalkeeper with a 1.24 goals-against average.

Volleyball gets HCAC road win

A conference road win was ahighlight for the volleyballteam, which completed theseason with a 2-26 (1-6 in theHeartland Collegiate AthleticConference) record under headcoach Cindy Jacobelli.

The Pioneers were down 2-1at HCAC foe Hanover Collegebefore rallying to take the nexttwo games for their first win ofthe season. Sophomore middlehitter Claire Tingle had 12 killsfor the Pioneers while first-yearsetter Allyson Fisher had 29assists.

Transy’s other win also cameon the road when the Pioneersdefeated host Earlham College3-1 in a quad meet.

For the season, Tingle ledthe team in kills with an aver-age of 2.57 per game, followedby first-year outside hitterStephanie Journeay with 2.41 acontest. Fisher was tops inassists with 8.66 a game whilesenior outside hitter KristinHodges led in digs with 3.93per game.

Field hockeyloses close ones

The field hockey team playedwell against some strong oppo-nents, but couldn’t break throughto a win in an 0-17 season underhead coach Beth Lucas.

After losing their first threematches by an average of fivegoals, the Pioneers had a sec-ond half tie with Centre Col-lege on the Colonels’ homefield before falling 4-3. One oftheir better efforts came in theseason finale against Bel-larmine University in the Ken-tucky Indiana Tennessee Con-ference tournament when Tran-sy once again rallied for a 1-1tie, only to lose 2-1.

Sophomore forward Kay KaySpeer led the Pioneers in scor-ing with 16 points on 8 goals,followed by senior midfielderAllison Duncan with 9 pointson 4 goals and an assist.

Johnstone sets men’scross country mark

Transylvania placed two run-ners on the All Heartland Colle-giate Athletic Conference crosscountry team in a season thatalso saw a men’s school recordset. Head coach Toby Carriganled both teams.

Sophomore Ian Johnstone,competing in the WilmingtonFall Classic, covered the 8,000-meter course in 27 minutes, 7.2seconds to set a Transy men’srecord. He eclipsed Carl Spina’s1996 mark by 39.8 sec-onds. He also finished11th in the HCAC meetto join first-yearwomen’s team runnerShannon Price, whofinished seventh, onthe All-HCAC team.

In team competi-tion, the womenwere fourth in both theCentre Invitational and theBerea Invitational while themen placed fifth in the Earl-ham Invitational.

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Pyles is All-HCACfor women’s golf

First-year player Laura Pylesshot 86-93-179 in the HeartlandCollegiate Athletic Conferencewomen’s golf championships tolead the Pioneers to a fifthplace finish and earn All-HCAChonors.

Under interim head coachKelley Anderson, Transy placedthird in the Cumberland Invita-tional, paced by two first-yearplayers, Elizabeth Buford withan 83 and Rachel Ward at 84.Pyles added an 87.

Women’s tennisthird in HCAC

Transylvania’s women’s ten-nis team capped a very suc-cessful regular season underhead coach Chuck Brown witha third place finish in the Heart-land Collegiate Athletic Confer-ence championships.

A pair of seniors led the way

for the Pioneers in the HCACtournament as Megan Minixtook third in No. 1 singles andRachel Goodman won third inNo. 3 singles. First-year playerApril Young was third in No. 4singles play and teamed withsenior Beth Fansler to takethird in No. 2 doubles. Minixand Goodman were named tothe All-HCAC team.

During regular season play,Transy fashioned an 8-2 overallrecord (5-2 in the HCAC), withboth losses coming on thesame day in matches againstHCAC foes Manchester Collegeand Franklin College. The Pio-neers had two shutouts anddropped only one set againsttwo other opponents.

Minix was an HCAC Player ofthe Week in September whenshe was undefeated againstDefiance College and Collegeof Mount St. Joseph, winningboth her singles and doublesmatches.

T. Michael “Ted” Kinder, theathletics director at Ferrum Col-lege in Virginia since 1993,joined Transylvania as athleticsdirector in February. Hereplaces the late Ron Whitson‘67, who was named to thepost in January 2003 and diedunexpectedly last fall.

Kinder, 46, also taught physi-cal education and was headgolf coach at Ferrum, a liberalarts college of approximately1,000 students. The NCAA Divi-sion III school fields 14 intercol-legiate teams and is a memberof the USA South Atlantic Con-ference. Kinder is national chairof the Division III Men’s GolfCommittee.

President Charles L. Shearersaid Kinder is a proven leaderwith experience in all phases ofathletics administration. “Ted iscommitted to operating a suc-cessful intercollegiate athleticsprogram at a small liberal arts

college and will continue Tran-sylvania’s strong tradition ofembracing the true scholar-ath-lete ideal—valuing the impor-tance of competition while bal-ancing it with the pursuit ofexcellence in the classroom,”said Shearer.

Before coming to Ferrum,Kinder was co-director of ath-letics at Eastern MennoniteUniversity, where he alsotaught physical education andwas head baseball and headwomen’s basketball coach.

A graduate of ArmstrongAtlantic State University, Kinderearned a master’s in educationfrom Georgia Southern Univer-sity and a doctorate from Mid-dle Tennessee State University.

Kinder and his wife, Teresa,have a son, Thomas.

Transylvanians lead HCACThree Transylvanians are in leadership positions in the

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference for the 2003-04 academic year.

Accounting professor Dan Fulks, Transy’s faculty athleticsrepresentative, is president of the conference. PresidentCharles L. Shearer chairs the Council of Presidents, and CindyJacobelli, associate director of athletics and head volleyballcoach, chairs the Athletics Administrators Committee.

Education program wins grant A proposal written by education professor Angela Hurley

netted the education program a $12,370 grant for the TeacherEducation Model Program (TEMP). The grant will fund thesalary of a part-time technology consultant who will help cre-ate a more complex Web site for the education program,assist education faculty members with their Web sites, andprovide training for the Live-Text virtual exhibit room.

Delta Sigma Phi receives national awardTransylvania’s Delta Sigma Phi fraternity received the pres-

tigious Pyramid of Excellence Award, an honor it has capturedfor 19 consecutive years, during the fall term. The award isthe highest honor given by the national office of Delta SigmaPhi to a local chapter in recognition of a broad spectrum ofaccomplishments, including chapter operations, membershiplevel and recruiting, scholarship, and philanthropic activities.

Lane cited for excellencePhysical education professor Don Lane received a pres-

idential citation for excellence in sport from the KentuckyAssociation for Health, Physical Education, Recreation,and Dance at the organization’s November convention.

Web site, fundraising honoredTransylvania’s newly designed Web site received two Grand

Awards in a competition sponsored by the Kentucky chapterof the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.The University’s educational fundraising program, “The Powerof One,” received the Award of Excellence. The awards werepresented December 5 at a CASE conference in Lexington.

Bartley heads KEA board Economics professor Alan Bartley served as program chair

for the annual Kentucky Economic Association meeting heldOctober 17 in Lexington, and was named president of the KEAboard for the 2003-04 year.

Redmon sets powerlifting recordTransylvania senior Billy Redmon set a national power-

lifting record in his weight class with a deadlift of 651pounds at the USA Powerlifting Blacksmith Open inColumbia City, Ind., on December 6. The lift qualifieshim for the national competition in June.

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Conductor/composer EricWhitacre and author DanChaon, the Delcamp VisitingScholars for the fall term, gavestudents important insights onthe demands of their profes-sions and their approaches totheir work.

During his visit, Whitacredelivered a public lecture/demonstration titled “Composi-tion: Process and Product” atthe Downtown Arts Center in

Lexington, spent time in classwith music theory and musicappreciation students, and con-ducted the Transylvania instru-mental and choral ensemblesin a performance of his music.

“In each class and public lec-ture there was a time for ques-tions and answers. Eric wascandid, thoughtful, passionateabout music, and by his verynature raised the level of inter-est in music with everyone he

met,” said music professorGary Anderson.

Chaon, author of the shortstory collections Fitting Endsand Among the Missing, gave apublic reading of his story “TheBees,” which was included inthe Best American Short Sto-ries 2003. He also met withwriting students to discuss hiscraft.

“Chaon was very generousin talking about his process,

how he approaches material,and the struggles he has hadwith particular stories,” saidEnglish professor Ingrid Fields.“It is often a surprise for youngwriters to discover that a shortstory writer spends years work-ing on a story prior to publica-tion. Hearing that from a work-ing writer is somehow comfort-ing; it relieves the pressuremany young writers feel to besuccessful right away.”

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Delcamp Visit ing Scholars offer important insights

Like colleges and universitiesacross the nation, Transylvaniafaces the challenge of keepingannual tuition increases as lowas possible. Contributions byalumni to the Annual Fund are akey element in Transy’s battle toremain affordable for the broad-est possible range of students.

Tuition increases havebecome a national issuerecently as costs at public uni-versities rose by an average of14 percent last year. In Ken-tucky, the state’s flagshipschool, the University of Ken-tucky, implemented a 15 per-cent increase for the currentschool year.

In relation to its peer institu-tions, Transylvania is doing agood job of holding the line ontuition increases. Since 1994,the University has raised tuitionand fees an average of 5.2 per-cent a year, compared with 6.8percent for all four-year privatecolleges in the United States.That last figure was reported inOctober 2003 by the CollegeBoard.

Steady growth in the AnnualFund in recent years is helpingto ensure that well qualifiedand deserving low- and middle-income students continue tohave access to a Transylvaniaeducation.

“Many people are surprisedto learn that two-thirds of ourstudents qualify for need-based

financial aid,” said Cara Meade,director of development. “With-out support from alumni, manywell-qualified students frommiddle-income families whojust miss the cut-off for stateand federal grants would notbe able to attend Transylvania.”

The Annual Fund also helpsto buffer the University againstdownturns in the economy. Forexample, the stock marketdecline of 2001-02 might haveforced cutbacks affecting edu-cational quality if not forincreases in alumni support foracademic programs, scholar-ships, and faculty salaries.

During that period, alumnihelped offset a decline inendowment income while defy-ing national trends by increas-ing their support for the AnnualFund from $472,817 to$520,000. Coupled with$500,000 in budget cuts, thisallowed the University to honorits scholarship commitmentsand end the fiscal year with abalanced budget.

The alumni goal for the cur-rent Annual Fund campaign is$517,000.

“Transy’s alums have donean incredible job in recent yearsof supporting their alma materand making a quality educationpossible for many students,”said Meade. “We really dependon them for support, and theydon’t let us down.”

Longtime Transylvania trusteeTed Broida was honored inDecember with the dedicationof the Ted Broida Organ Loft inOld Morrison Chapel.

Broida, who joined the Tran-sylvania board in 1969, hasbeen the driving force behindkeeping an organ in the chapelsince the chapel was restoredfollowing the Old Morrison fireof 1969. Because of budget

restraints surrounding the OldMorrison restoration, he volun-teered, along with his sonRichard and daughter Jean, tobuild an electronic organ from akit.

That organ served the chapelwell until the late 1990s whenBroida launched an effort tolocate another organ to replaceit. With the help of Robert Kint-ner, a friend and Lexingtonorganist, he found a Moller

pipe organ originally custom-made for a Lutheran church inDetroit. The little-used instru-ment was in pristine condition.Broida, along with others, pro-vided financial support for bothorgans.

“This space has beentouched by the generous handof Ted Broida since 1971,” saidPresident Charles L. Shearerduring the dedication ceremony.

“It is a pleasure and an honorto dedicate the Ted BroidaOrgan Loft to a man who hasfaithfully served this Universityfor 34 years.”

Broida is a former memberand chair of the board’s Execu-tive Committee and played akey leadership role in the devel-opment of Transylvania’s 1992Long Range Strategic Plan andthe 1997 Strategic Plan.

■ Trustee Ted Broida, left, and Chairman of the Board ofTrustees William T.Young Jr. are shown in the organ loft of OldMorrison Chapel. At left is the Moller pipe organ.

Alumni support of the Annual Fundhelps keep tuition increases low

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William T. Young was the consummate Kentuckianand Lexingtonian. He wanted nothing but the

best for his native state and community, and that wasgood news for Transylvania.

The University had long been an important insti-tution in the town he loved, and that was reason enough

for Young to care deeply about the college’s fortunes.When he died on January 12 at age 85, the leadershiphe had provided during 37 years of involvement withthe Board of Trustees had helped to transform Tran-sylvania from a struggling school into one of thenation’s finest liberal arts colleges.

Former board chairman provided remarkable leadership and support for nearly four decades

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“Transylvania simply would not be theUniversity it is today without Bill Young’senthusiastic and untiring efforts on itsbehalf,” said President Charles L. Shear-er. “The late Jim Broadus (former Tran-sylvania education professor) once calledBill Young ‘Transylvania’s guardian angel,’and I really believe he was just that.”

Young, a highly successful business-man, horseman, and philanthropist, wasfirst named to the Transylvania board in1967. He was elected chairman in 1977and served in that role until 2000, whenhe stepped down, but continued as a boardmember until his death.

During his remarkable tenure on theboard, Young gave generously of his timeand financial resources while encouragingmany others to do the same. He was eitherthe creator or supporter of programs infaculty and student excellence, endow-ment growth, and campus developmentthat continue to have far-reaching effectson the quality of a Transylvania education.

“Bill Young was a unique individual,and any institution that he became inter-ested in was very lucky,” said James G.Kenan III, vice chairman of the board.“He was one of those unusual people whohave wonderful skills in one area that he

could transfer into another, whether it wasthe food industry, warehousing, the horsebusiness, or managing a university. Thereare not many people like that.”

A man of many talentsThough Young cherished his involve-

ment with Transylvania and gave it a highpriority, his business, civic, and philan-thropic interests were widespread. Mostnotably, he achieved great success in thethoroughbred horse industry, helped trans-form historic Shaker Village at PleasantHill, and was the lead donor for theWilliam T. Young Library at the Univer-sity of Kentucky, his alma mater.

Transylvania board member AlexCampbell, a close personal friend ofYoung for nearly 50 years, noted thebreadth of Young’s achievements.

“In my lifetime, he’s the greatest citi-zen we’ve had, not only in Lexington butin Kentucky,” he said. “He did more thanany one individual has ever done. I’ve neverknown anybody that gave as unselfishly ofhis money as well as of himself.”

William A. Marquard, also a Transyl-vania board member, offered another per-spective on Young’s life.

“While he spent his whole life here inthe city he loved, he was a worldly man.During my career I have had the oppor-tunity to know many of the top businessleaders and statesmen from all parts of theworld. In my judgment, Bill Young couldmatch the best of them. His intelligence,good judgment, dedication to his fellowman, and his humility led to his successand the admiration of so many.”

Going to work for TransyWhen Young was elected chairman of

the board in 1977, Transylvania had anendowment of just $2.7 million and wasstruggling to make ends meet. He imme-diately oversaw the Transylvania Bicen-tennial Campaign, which increased theendowment to $30 million in just fouryears. Two additional campaigns in thelate 1980s and mid-1990s added morethan $50 million to the endowment andset the University on the firm financialfooting it enjoys today.

In the early 1980s, Young had two rev-olutionary ideas that continue today todefine Transylvania’s commitment to qual-

ity in education. The first was a scholar-ship program to attract the brightest andmost highly motivated students to theUniversity, and the second was a facultyincentive program that would providemonetary rewards for quality teaching.

Today, the William T. Young Scholar-ship program provides full four-year tuitionand fees support for a select group ofincoming students each year, while theBingham Program for Excellence in Teach-ing recognizes exceptional performancein the classroom by Transylvania’s out-standing faculty members.

Claria Horn Shadwick ’91 was an earlyrecipient of a Young Scholarship and isbut one example of the many students whohave used the award to excel at Transyl-vania and in their later lives. Shadwick isa Vanderbilt University Law School grad-uate who formerly worked in a largeAtlanta law firm and as a federal prosecu-tor, and now has her own law practice inLexington, Strother & Shadwick, PSC.

“When I received the scholarship,my parents had three other children incollege, so it was the opportunity of alifetime for me,” she recalled. “At Tran-sylvania, I received a superb liberal artseducation, and made lifetime friends andmemories. I will forever be indebted tothis kind, generous, and thoughtful man.”

Young also played a lead role in theestablishment of two research funds—TheDavid and Betty Jones Fund for FacultyDevelopment and the Kenan Fund forFaculty and Student Enrichment.

“One of the things that has reallychanged the nature of the college was therole Mr. Young played in getting researchmoney for the faculty,” said art professorNancy Wolsk. “These funds have made itpossible for us to develop professionallyin ways that benefit the institution, our-selves, and our students. This researchmoney has had an extraordinary impactand puts us ahead of many small liberalarts schools.”

Bringing others on boardIn addition to the general endowment

campaigns, Young took a leading role infund-raising efforts for major projectssuch as the John R. Hall Athletic Field,Marquard Field, Poole Residence Cen-ter, and the Clive M. Beck Athletic and

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Recreation Center.Because of his many friends and con-

tacts in the business world, civic commu-nity, and horse industry, Young was ableto interest influential people in joininghim as Transylvania supporters.

The Beck Center provides a perfectexample of this phenomenon. Two ofYoung’s friends—Graham and RhonaBeck, residents of South Africa who areinvolved in the horse industry and own athoroughbred farm in Lexington—lost ason at an early age. Largely due to theirgenerous lead gift, along with the supportof many others, the $15 million Beck Cen-ter was opened in January 2001 and bearsthe name of the Becks’ son in a memori-al to an athletically gifted young man. Atthe dedication ceremony, the Becks werevery moved by this legacy to their son’smemory.

“By bringing people like the Becks andmany others into Transylvania’s sphere,he broadened our capacity to secure vitalfunding,” said Shearer. “Bill Young wasextraordinary at matching a need thatTransylvania had with a person’s interests.He had a unique ability to engage othersin the life of the University. This is a lega-cy that continues to benefit Transylvania.”

Young’s many friends and supportersinitiated a fund-raising campaign in theearly 1980s for construction of the William

T. Young Campus Center, named for himin recognition of his many contributionsto the University.

The human touchThose who knew and worked with

Young over the years reflected just as fond-ly on his human qualities as on his manyaccomplishments.

Elizabeth Moody Wagner ’37, a boardmember, recalled many board meetingswhen Young would make sure everyonewas brought into the discussion. “He hada special knack of always calling out some-body’s name whenever something reallyapplied to them,” said Wagner. “In thisway, he made you feel good and impor-tant, a part of things.”

As president, Shearer spent many hourswith Young, in an official capacity and asa friend and neighbor.

“He had a true warmth about him,”Shearer recalled. “He was a rare combi-nation of intelligence, insight, generosi-ty, a tremendous sense of fairness, and adeep feeling and affection for others. Andyou don’t find that wrapped up in oneperson very often.” ■

To read an op-ed piece on William T. Youngby President Charles L. Shearer, go towww.transy.edu/pages/magazine/spring2004and look on the contents page.

“Our Young Scholars are chosenbecause they have talents, andmany have now gone on to applythose talents to exactly what BillYoung had in mind—they havebecome leaders in theircommunities and in theirprofessions. We’re seeing now thefruits of his idea. This scholarshipwill be there serving students 50years from now, and in that sense,this program will have the mostimpact of anything he did.”

David L. ShannonInterim Vice President and Dean of the College

“The students who receive theWilliam T. Young Scholarship arenot necessarily those who alwayshave their heads in the books andjust have the grades. They wantstudents who are going to beinvolved on campus, who willmake a difference. Maybe evensomeone who could eventually bea leader in their community theway Mr. Young was.”

Lesley WellingtonWilliam T. Young Scholar

Class of 2004

“Everyone knows and speaks ofhis many magnificent gifts toTransylvania, the University ofKentucky, and Shakertown, toname but a few, and how heencouraged others to also makelarge grants to his favorite charitiesand organizations. But what manynever realized is that he wasequally generous to the charitiesand interests of those friends,always practicing quid pro quo. Hiskindness went beyond money—hegenuinely loved people from allwalks of life. Wealth and age,race, color, and creed were neverfactors—Bill just loved you if youwere worthy of his affection. Tobe worthy, all you had to be was agood human being.”

Warren W. RosenthalMember, Board of Trustees

■ William T.Young surprised Rhona Beck as he arrived at the May 2002 dedicationceremony for the Clive M. Beck Athletic and Recreation Center.The facility isnamed in honor of the late son of Rhona and Graham, right, a member of theTransylvania Board of Trustees.

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It’s no accident that Transylvania stu-dents gain admission to, and do well at,

many of the nation’s leading medical andlaw schools. A challenging curriculumcombined with timely advising gives themthe knowledge and skills they need to suc-ceed at the next level of academic achieve-ment.

Though students in every academicarea at Transy receive excellent advice andpreparation for graduate and profession-al school, the University has earned anespecially well deserved reputation for itsthoroughness in preparing students forlaw and medical studies. Transylvania’straditionally strong acceptance rates forgraduate schools continue today. In fact,approximately 90 percent of the studentsTransy recommends to medical schoolsare accepted, and virtually every studentwho applies to law school is admitted.

Here’s a look at some of the programs,professors, and students that make up acontinuing success story in these two verypopular subject areas.

The right prescriptionWhen Kelly Hoskins ’99 walked into

her first class at the Tulane UniversitySchool of Medicine, she felt the same senseof curiosity mixed with some anxiety thatmany students feel when confronting anew level of academic challenge.

“Just imagining what the classes weregoing to be like was very scary, but onceI got started, I realized it was manage-able,” she said. “It was hard and very chal-

lenging, and it was a lot more materialthan you cover in your undergraduatecourses. But my classes at Transy weredemanding, so I felt well prepared to dothat amount of work.”

Hoskins completed her M.D. at Tulanein 2003 and is now in her first year of afour-year residency in the obstetrics/gyne-cology program at the University of Alaba-ma Medical Center in Birmingham.

Hoskins’ feeling of preparedness formedical school was the result of her ownhard work—she was a magna cum laudebiology major at Transy—and the fact thatshe took advantage of Transy’s pre-medadvising program. Among other features,the advising covers course selection, prepa-ration for the Medical College AdmissionTest (MCAT), and the medical schoolapplication process.

The doctor is inChemistry professor Jerry Seebach,

chief health professions adviser, says theadvising process begins almost as soon asnew students arrive at Transylvania.

“We get all the students who have indi-cated an interest in pre-med together inthe fall term of their first year and tell themwhich science courses they need to take,when to take them, the grade point aver-age required, and a general overview ofwhat it takes to go into medicine,” he said.

Seebach also refers the students to Tran-sy’s pre-health Web site, which includesdescriptions of many specific areas of med-icine, from allopathy to osteopathy, vet-erinary, dentistry, physician assistant, andmore.

All pre-med students are required tocomplete a core group of classes in biol-ogy, chemistry, and physics. Beyond that,the choice of a major and minor, alongwith elective courses, is not prescribed,though the most popular major for pre-med students is biology, followed by chem-istry.

Hoskins always enjoyed her science

courses, but a summer job working in alaboratory convinced her that research wasnot her calling. “I’ve always been a peo-ple person,” she said, a prime reason sheadded a psychology minor to her biologymajor. “I thought medicine would be aperfect way to use my science and alsowork with people.”

Biology professor Kathleen Jagger, amember of Transy’s Pre-Health Com-mittee, says the University’s science cur-riculum is designed to prepare studentsfor graduate level work.

“The advising we do is very important,but so is the quality of our faculty and therigor of our courses,” she said. “The upperlevel courses in chemistry, biology, andphysics are quite intense, and because ofthat, there isn’t as much of an adjustmentwhen you go to graduate school—our stu-dents have already ‘made the leap’ in termsof a commitment to working hard.”

Let’s run some testsTransy offers pre-med students a prac-

tice MCAT test. The six-hour length mim-ics the real thing in content and intensity.“The MCAT is a longer test than mostpeople have taken,” Hoskins said. “Morethan the content, I benefited from justgetting in that state of mind.”

Most pre-med students take the MCATin April of their junior year and have theresults in June, at which point the appli-cation process begins. Helping studentswith the personal statement part of anapplication is a key part of the advisingprocess.

Shannon Tierney McElearney ’97remembers getting some good advice atthat stage.

“The personal statement was always adifficult thing to write, because it can soeasily become formulaic—‘When I was achild, I always dreamed of becoming adoctor.’ My Transy professors were verygood at suggesting more personal thingsto include and advising me on what was

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redundant or inappropriate.”McElearney, a magna cum laude chem-

istry major at Transy, earned her M.D.from Washington University in St. Louisin 2001 and is in the middle of a seven-year residency in general surgery at theUniversity of Virginia Health Center.

When medical schools are consideringan applicant, they invite them to campusfor an interview. Jagger says the mockinterview offered by the advising programcan be very helpful to students.

“They interview with the entire Pre-Health Committee, which includes biol-ogy, chemistry, and physics professors, plusseveral more from other academic divi-sions,” she said. “They have to dress upand put their best foot forward.”

McElearney recalls her mock interviewas being especially valuable.

“I always say that was my most stress-ful interview,” she said. “It was veryintense. They ask all the tough questions,such as why you got a lower grade in thisone class, or why your MCAT scoresweren’t better. Once I went though that,all my real interviews were a piece of cake.I don’t think anything could have rattledme at that point.”

Grade point averages, MCAT scores,

impressive applications, and good inter-views—they’re all pieces of the puzzlerequired for admittance to top medicalschools. Just how competitive is it? “Tulanegets about 8,000 applications every yearand interviews about 800 people for 150spots,” said Hoskins. In a nutshell, that’swhy Transy works so hard to prepare itsstudents well.

A healthy outcomeFor both Hoskins and McElearney, the

validation of their Transylvania pre-medexperience came during medical schooland, now, in their residencies.

“I was in class with several people whohad Ph.Ds and had published research inmajor journals,” said McElearney of herWashington years. “There were a lot ofincredibly brilliant people. I was able tohandle the classes better than I thought Iwould.”

Hoskins’ academics at Tulane wereequally as daunting.

“One of my classmates had gone toJohns Hopkins for undergraduate school,and others to Harvard, Yale, Georgetown,and West Point—some very prestigiousplaces,” said Hoskins. “I was able to dowell in this group—I was in the honor

society—and I feel like that’s a testamentto my undergraduate education.”

A non-technical skill that Hoskins tookwith her from Transylvania is the abilityto work well with people and exerciseleadership. She was very active at Transy,serving as president of the Student Gov-ernment Association and her sorority(Alpha Omicron Pi) and concertmaster ofthe orchestra.

“Leadership and interpersonal skills areat least 50 percent of what you do in med-icine,” she said. “There are people in med-ical school who are technically proficient,but don’t do well because they can’t relateto patients. At Transy, I got great experi-ence in all areas, and I think that’s veryimportant.”

Making the case for a liberal arts education

At Transylvania, where many classeshave less than 10 students, participating

■ Chemistry professor Jerry Seebach,chief health professions adviser, oftenmeets with students in his office. He’sshown with, from left, senior JimBuchino, sophomore Evan Mussetter,and first-year student CandaceHouston.

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in classroom discussions is something everystudent experiences. Allison Baker ’98 did-n’t fully realize the value of that oppor-tunity until she was in her first year of lawschool.

“Many of my classmates who had goneto large universities had never really spo-ken in class before, so that was nerve-wracking for them,” said Baker, whograduated magna cum laude from theGeorgetown University Law Center in2001. “Class participation is a large partof your grade in a lot of the political sci-ence classes that I took at Transy, and Ithink that really helped me prepare.”

Confidence, critical thinking skills, anda broad world view are a few of the ben-efits of Transy’s liberal arts education thatBaker and other alums who went on tolaw school have come to appreciate.

Crossing the first barBefore they can become successful law

students or lawyers, Transy students mustfirst gain admission to a quality law school,and that’s often where political scienceprofessor Don Dugi comes in. Dugi isTransylvania’s pre-law adviser, providingstudents with one-on-one counsel andconducting a free May term course onpreparing for the Law School AdmissionTest (LSAT) and other aspects of the appli-cation process.

Students don’t have to know they wantto be lawyers from the moment they stepon Transy’s campus. In fact, Dugi thinksit’s best if students take some time to growand explore their options in college beforecommitting to a career path. Once a stu-dent has decided that law school is theright choice, Dugi says the next step is toselect a major that accomplishes two objec-tives. “It should give them in-depth knowl-edge about something they’re interestedin, and it should be rigorous enough andchallenging enough to help them devel-op good intellectual habits,” he said.

As students begin the process of apply-ing to law school, Dugi’s May term coursecan help them prepare for the LSAT byfamiliarizing them with the three types ofquestions on the test: logical reasoning,which are single step logic problems; log-ical games, which are multiple step logicproblems; and reading comprehension.

Jeff Brinkman ’01, a third-year law stu-dent at Tulane University, said Dugi’scourse was extremely beneficial, and hefeels fortunate to have gone to a collegethat offers such a valuable resource at no

cost. “I tell other people who are in lawschool with me about (the course) andthey’re just amazed that our school hasthis completely for free,” he said. “I knowa lot of people who paid $1,000 for anLSAT prep course who didn’t get scoresany better than my own.”

Allison Baker said students who get toknow Dugi through classes or advisingcan turn to him for valuable assistancebeyond the LSAT.

“I think that Dr. Dugi’s May term classis very helpful to a lot of students, but evenmore important is his willingness to go tobat for students by writing incredible rec-ommendations,” she said. “He definitelycares about his students, not just whilethey’re at Transy, but throughout the restof their lives. I think that’s something youdon’t find everywhere.”

LSAT scores and GPAs are the first cri-teria law schools evaluate in the admissionsprocess. At some universities, a high enoughscore and grades can qualify a student forautomatic acceptance. If students don’tfall into that category, or if they’re target-ing a top law school that annually sees aplethora of outstanding applicants, theyhave to pay attention to other factors.

“If you’re not an automatic accept-ance or automatic rejection, then you haveto be concerned about other things likeyour personal statement and your lettersof recommendation. Any of those caneliminate you,” Dugi said. “The funda-mental lesson I try to impart is that theapplication process is less about them pick-ing you than it is about them rejectingyou. So you try to take away every chancefor them to reject you.”

Court is in sessionOnce a Transy graduate has been

accepted and starts taking law school class-es, the advantages of a Transy educationbecome even more apparent.

“The difficulty of classes at Transylva-nia definitely gave me the drive and thework ethic to apply myself as much asrequired in law school,” said Nicholas Hol-land ’01, who graduated summa cum laudefrom Transy and is now a third-year lawstudent at Duke University. He’s alreadysecured a position with Wiley, Rein &Fielding LLP in Washington, D.C.

Holland also credits philosophy pro-fessor Peter Fosl’s practical logic coursefor helping him develop reasoning skillsthat could easily be applied to the inter-pretation of law.

“Legal reasoning is a little more aboutanalogy, but when you’re arguing a caseor writing a brief, the logical A is B, B isC, therefore A is C, sort of underlies every-thing,” he said. Brinkman, who graduat-ed magna cum laude with a double majorin Spanish and history, says he liked thefact that Transylvania didn’t pigeonholehim into one area, but instead allowed himto explore a variety of interests.

“At Transy, I took everything from biol-ogy to art history, which ended up beingone of my favorite classes,” he said.

Another interest Brinkman pursued atTransy was community service. He servedas co-coordinator of Transy’s First-yearUrban Program and tutored at theCarnegie Center. As a law student, he spentone summer working at AIDS Law ofLouisiana and another at the New OrleansLegal Assistance. After his graduation fromTulane this May, he plans to work in pub-lic interest law.

Baker is now an attorney with Zucker-man Spaeder LLP in Washington, D.C.She focuses her practice on criminal liti-gation and government investigations, andsays her liberal arts background continuesto serve her well.

“I have a very broad practice where Ideal with all types of different cases, andhaving a liberal arts education, I know alittle bit about everything. That comes inhandy in life and in the practice of law,”she said. “At my first firm, I did mostlysecurity enforcement work, which was kindof odd for me because I hadn’t taken manybusiness courses, but it was amazing howeasy it was to adapt because in a liberal artsenvironment, you’re constantly picking upnew topics and having to learn them.” ■

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“I have a very broadpractice where Ideal with all typesof different cases,and having aliberal artseducation, Iknow a little bitabout everything. Thatcomes in handy in life and in thepractice of law.”

Allison Baker ’98

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by Katherine Yeakel

At one point during his four years atTransylvania, Matthew Jones ’00 had

a disagreement with a professor and tookhis complaints to his adviser, political sci-ence professor Don Dugi.

“I thought, ‘Dr. Dugi will understandthat I’m right and this professor is wrong,’”Jones recalls. “But he in no way took sides.He’s very good at making people realizethat things aren’t necessarily correct justbecause you think they are. He can helpyou see things from all different angles. Ifyou talk to people who’ve had him for aclass, they could all name some area thatthey came in thinking one way about, andhe made them alter the way they lookedat a particular subject.”

Since joining the Transylvania facultyin 1975, Dugi has taught and counseledthousands of students like Jones. He’shelped them understand new concepts,

resolve problems, and make decisionsabout their futures not by imposing hisopinions, but by encouraging students toexpand their perspectives and knowledge,so they can arrive at their own conclusions.

In November, Dugi’s empoweringapproach to teaching and commitment tostudent development were recognizedwith the Kentucky Professor of the YearAward from the Carnegie Foundation forthe Advancement of Teaching and theCouncil for Advancement and Support ofEducation (CASE). This marked the thirdconsecutive year—and the fourth time ineight years—that a member of Transylva-nia’s faculty was chosen as Professor of theYear. Philosophy professor Jack Furlongwas the 2002 winner, biology professorJames Wagner received the 2001 award,and retired economics professor LarryLynch claimed the honor in 1996.

The U.S. Professors of the Year pro-

gram, co-sponsored by Carnegie andCASE, honors the most outstandingundergraduate professors in the nation—those who excel as classroom teachers andinfluence the lives and careers of their stu-dents. The honor is considered one of themost prestigious awards given to univer-sity faculty. With this latest accolade, morefaculty members from Transylvania havereceived this award than from any othercollege or university in Kentucky.

Practice makes perfectSome of Dugi’s proficiency in the class-

room can be attributed to the fact thathe’s been teaching for so long. At the smallrural Texas school Dugi attended as a child,each teacher was usually responsible fortwo classes, prompting them to ask brightstudents like Dugi to assist their peers.

At St. Mary’s University in San Anto-nio, where Dugi completed his bachelor’s

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and master’s degrees before earning hisPh.D. from Purdue University, he encoun-tered many fine professors whose person-alities and techniques influenced him. Thefaculty ranged from a “good old boy”political science professor whose memo-ry and intellect were astounding, to asophisticated, urbane history teacher, toa fragile looking cleric who taughtadvanced composition and had the forti-tude to withstand and patiently respondto all of the arguments Dugi and hiscohorts could throw at him. Like Tran-sylvania, St. Mary’s offers small classes andpersonal interaction with professors, anattribute Dugi says was key to his devel-opment as an educator.

“If your model for teaching is taking asurvey course with 600 people and hav-ing a talking head professor and TAs wholead your discussions, how can you knowanything about effective teaching?” hesaid.

In Dugi’s classroom, students are notpassive learners sitting silently and absorb-ing what their professor has to say. Assign-ments and discussions compel students totake an active role in their own education.

“One of the old models of teaching isthe jug model, or banking model. Stu-dents are viewed as vessels to be filled bysomeone else. I think that’s totally bogus,”Dugi said. “People are going to learn morewhen you help them own it, rather thanwhen you just give it to them. My primaryresponsibility is to empower people, notto give them stuff.”

In her recommendation to the Profes-sors of the Year program, Transy alum andHarvard Law School graduate Ana Reyes’96 recalled the way Dugi forced studentsin his upper level theory courses to comeup with their own ideas instead of bor-rowing someone else’s. Dugi had the classread primary works by various theoristsand write papers on the works before hav-ing any class discussion.

“At first, I thought he was off his rock-er and had the entire process backward,”she said. “Any reasonable person wouldhave the class discuss the work first, andthen write a paper on the theorist’s views.I quickly learned that in this process, myfellow students and I were forced both tothink through the materials carefully andto think about our reactions to those argu-ments for ourselves. Refusing to spoon-feed us theory, professor Dugi taught ushow to become scholars of primary works,and by having us revise our papers in lightof our class discussions, how to become

theorists in our own right.”

Far-reaching effectsDugi’s dedication to students goes well

beyond the classroom. He has served asStudent Government Association advis-er, sponsor for both the College Democ-rats and College Republicans, andsupervisor for the University’s legislativeinternship program. As Transylvania’s pre-law adviser, Dugi offers a month-longworkshop to help students prepare for thelaw school admissions test and applica-tion process. The workshops, which heconducts at no personal benefit, havehelped Transylvania students gain admis-sion to top law schools, including Har-vard, Stanford, Duke, Columbia, and NewYork University. Practically every Transystudent who applies to law school isaccepted.

Jones, a recent graduate of Duke LawSchool, said Dugi assisted him first byencouraging him to apply to top schools,and then by writing personalized, effec-tive letters of recommendation.

“At many of those schools, I would talkto people on the admissions staff and theywould specifically reference the letter hehad written for me, and that almost neverhappens,” said Jones. “I’ve been on theother side of admission committees and(letters) all start looking the same after awhile, but because Dr. Dugi had taken aninterest in me, and knew me personally, Ithink that came through in the letter andit certainly helped me.”

Students aren’t the only people Dugihas affected during his tenure. Facultymembers have benefited from both per-sonal interactions with him and throughevents and programs he introduced as partof his Bingham-Young Professorship.

Philosophy professor Jack Furlong saidhis teaching style materially changed as aresult of team teaching a course with Dugi.

“What I learned was to be fearless inthe classroom,” Furlong said. “Don hasabsolutely no fear of going somewhereexotic and visiting that for a while and thencoming back to the main topic. It’s not adigression as much as it is an enrichmentof the class, and he’s not afraid to do that.I learned a degree of spontaneity that Ihad refused myself before.”

Dugi was the recipient of the first-everBingham-Young Professorship, a three-year program designed to stimulate cur-ricular enrichment and development ofthe art of teaching. The goal of Dugi’sprofessorship, which lasted from 1999-

2002, was to create opportunities for fac-ulty members to investigate the conceptof race as both an intellectual and peda-gogical concern. Seminars, films, and vis-iting lecturers, performers, and artistshelped stimulate discussion and researchon matters of race among faculty mem-bers, ultimately influencing both individ-ual teaching and course offerings. Whilethe professorship may have officially con-cluded, Dugi says the results of the proj-ect continue to unfold.

“I realized at an early age that thechanges most people make in life are notthe consequence of a big splash but rathertake the form of a ripple effect,” he said.“People who try to make a big splash oftenmake a big mess. If you want constructivechange, sometimes a ripple approach isbetter.”

Better students, better peopleWhether he’s teaching, advising, or just

talking with students, Dugi says his intentremains the same.

“I always say I don’t have a philoso-phy, I have a code, and my code is to leavepeople in a place better off for my havingbeen there,” Dugi said. “Not in a delu-sional way, but in an objective way.”

The results of adhering to that codecan be observed at almost any alumni func-tion Dugi attends.

“It is telling to notice that at suchevents there is always a crowd aroundDon,” Interim Vice President and Deanof the College David L. Shannon said inhis recommendation letter. “There maybe a recent student who has just gottenthrough his or her first year of law schoolor graduate school, or there may be a 20-year graduate who has recently beenappointed to a judgeship. The former stu-dents reminisce about his ‘harshness’ ofgrading on a paper, but of course, in real-ity they are now grateful that Don did notlet them get by with a weak argument.”

Senior political science major Carl Fra-zier said he’s learned much more than factsin the classes he’s taken with Dugi; he’slearned to be a better citizen.

“One of the things that he says a mil-lion times a day is that we should not befree riders,” Frazier said. “That’s his wayof saying we all owe it to the system tocontribute something. It’s that kind ofmentality that’s left a profound mark onme. He taught me that politics is morethan simply power and prestige. Politicsis about making an impact on someone’sexistence.” ■

by Katherine Yeakel

After speaking in Old Morrison chapeliduring the 1962 orientation week,

Mac Warford ’64 was approached by a first-year student who had a question about aword he used that she didn’t recognize.

“We discovered the term was ‘logos,’which was a fancy Greek word I had thrownin, but we moved quickly beyond philos-ophy and began the conversation that hascontinued for over 40 years,” Warford said.

He and Pam Neal Warford ’66 marriedin 1964, joining a long list of alumni whosetime at Transylvania yielded not only agood education, but also a partner for life.

Though dating customs, hangouts, andtraditions have changed from generationto generation, romance has been a con-stant fixture on Transy’s campus, givingalumni countless cherished memories.

First impressionsLike the Warfords, many Transy cou-

ples can trace their relationships back tothe start. Janet Nichols Hagley ’59 firstnoticed her husband, Norman Hagley ’58,while he was working in the Hamilton Halldining room.

“He always filled my glass or cup to thevery rim. Even one more drop would havecaused it to overflow,” she said. “Then,out of the corner of my eye, I would seehim watching my attempt to be neat, dig-nified, and dainty as I leaned over to slurpthe icy water or steamy coffee.”

This continued for months until Nor-man visited the Delta Delta Delta chapterroom and, between bites of apple pie, askedJanet for a date.

Paula Kimberly Wright ’65 also recallsa dining hall incident that brought hertogether with her husband, Larry Wright.

“When I started attending Transy inthe fall of 1961, the policy was to dress fordinner and sit down family style to eat. Oneevening I was running very late, and if Iremember rightly, they locked the doorafter everyone was seated. As I charged in,another student was also late and charg-ing in. Lo and behold there were just twoseats left in the entire dining hall and theywere right together by the door.”

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Couples share their memories of living and loving at Transy

Fortunately for Virginia Marsh andWayne Bell, they were both serious schol-ars at Transylvania and no strangers to thelibrary.

That’s where they metin September 1940,when Virginia was afirst-year Transy stu-dent and Wayne wasa May Transy gradu-ate just beginninghis first year ofdivinity school atthe College of theBible (later Lex-ington Theologi-cal Seminary),which wasthen located onthe Transylvania cam-pus. The two institu-tions shared a libraryon the second floorof the Bible schoolbuilding.

At first, the fact thatWayne was a divinitystudent was not a goodsign for Virginia. “In ourlittle church in Cynthi-ana we had older,retired ministers, and Ithought all ministersjust came into theworld already retired,”she recalled.

But when she metWayne, everythingchanged. “Wayne wasa breath of fresh air, a young man goinginto the ministry,” Virginia said. “I said,‘Wow—this is different!’”

For their first date, Wayne took Virginiato a Transy football game. Afterwards,they stopped off at the Transy Den, a stu-dent hangout, for a milk shake.

“We didn’t date steady at first, becauseI dated some other fellows, but Waynejust kept coming back,” said Virginia.Added Wayne, “I guess it was Aprilbefore we began to go steady.”

Virginia was living in Hamilton Hall, a

place Wayne was already familiar with.“Wayne was a favorite of Mrs. Franks,

a housemother in Hamilton,” said Virginia.“She trusted Wayne, so she would lethim stay after curfew and help me close

up—be sure all the win-dows and doors were

locked. That gave ussome extra time to

court.”They both remem-

ber dances in theHamilton Hall ball-

room. “Wayne is awonderful dancer,” said

Virginia, “and I haveproof that he truly lovesme because he carriedme on the dance floorfor four years.”

Wayne and Virginiawere married in 1944,just after Virginia’sgraduation with adegree in math andchemistry.

The couple nowlive in Lexington,where Wayne ispresident emeri-tus of LexingtonTheological

Seminary and involvedwith the GerontologySociety on Aging, andVirginia works with theAlzheimer’s Associationand has written or co-authored four books on

the subject. They have raised five children,and 17 members of their families haveattended Transylvania. Wayne serves onthe Transylvania Board of Trustees.

As they near their 60th wedding anniver-sary in June, they share a longstandingfeeling of commitment to their marriageand to one another. As for staying marriedthis long, Wayne says, “We just made upour minds that whatever came up, wewere going to work through it.”

WILLIAM A. BOWDEN

I sn’t it romantic?Virginia Marsh Bell ’44 and Wayne Bell ’40

■ Wayne and Virginia Bellwere married on June 10,1944, a week after Virginia’sgraduation from Transy.

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Though they didn’t date until two yearslater, Mike Finley ’90 and his wife, SelenaWingate ’90, had a dramatic encounterduring their first year at Transy.

“We were in the production of Dark ofthe Moon together in 1986,” he said. “Shewas into drama; I had never been in a play,but they needed an accordion player, sotheir only choices were Dr. Shearer or me.”

For Kelly Botkin Sayre ’99, it was a con-nection to another school that sparked herTransy romance. She had attended SayreSchool in Lexington, and her Sayre logocap caught the attention of her future hus-band, Corey Sayre ’99.

“He stopped me to ask, ‘Why do youhave my name on your hat?’” she recalls.“I explained where I had gone to schooland why I had the hat. He asked to bor-row it a little later.”

Getting to know you Whether they were looking for love or

just looking to unwind, Transy studentshave found plenty of places to socializeover the years. Because cars were often a

scarce commodity, many of these hang-outs were on or very near campus.

For their first date, Charles Prewitt ’39and Virginia Stewart Prewitt ’39 walkedto the Ben Ali Theater to see Dorothy Lam-our in Jungle Love. Frances Lutes Bobbitt’35 remembers walking to Hughes IceCream and the Opera House for a 10-centcinema with her husband, the late EdwinBobbitt ’35, when they were students atTransy. After ballgames, they’d catch a biteat The Green Lantern or the Transy Den.During their senior year, Frances served aspresident of Alpha Delta Theta, which laterbecame Phi Mu, and Ed was president ofPi Kappa Alpha.

“We were always invited to all the otherfraternity and sorority formals and we loveddancing together at those. They were suchfun,” Frances said.

Virginia Stevenson Bryant ’52 remem-bers many romantic evenings in the Hamil-ton Hall ballroom with her future husband,Marcus Bryant, who was attending thenearby College of the Bible.

“The lights were low, we girls dressed

in long gowns with hoops under them, andour music was the mellow sound of theBig Bands,” she said. “‘Stardust,’ ‘Moon-light Serenade,’ ‘Tennessee Waltz’ (played)as we danced cheek to cheek. Or our feetpicked up the quick beat of the jitterbugnumbers.”

In addition to the ballroom, HamiltonHall’s “rose rooms,” named for the wall-paper pattern, were quite popular. Thehousemothers patrolled these rooms reg-ularly making sure each couple kept “fourfeet on the floor,” Mark Johnson ’58remembers.

If a female student left Hamilton tomeet with her beau, or for any other rea-son, she was expected to return by a cer-tain time each evening. When FrancesBobbitt ’35 was a student, the “late night”curfew was 11 p.m. on Saturday.

“If we were late, we would have to ringthe doorbell and the housemother wouldopen the door without a smile on her face,”Bobbitt said.

The administration also frowned onpublic displays of affection, a policy that

The romance didn’t begin with a bolt oflightning, nor were there stars in theireyes. Instead, the 45-year love affairbetween Tom Watson and Dorothy Couchstarted with a simple introduction by amutual friend while they were sitting inhistory professor John Wright’s WesternCivilization class in the spring of 1959.

“I must say that while I was not sweptoff my feet by Dorothy Ann Couch, I didsee possibilities in pursuing a relation-ship,” recalls Tom. “I quickly realized thatDot did not have eyes only for me. Shewas very attractive (and still is) and well-liked on campus. As my interest in hergrew, I realized that making this a two-way street was not going to be easy.”

So the serious courtship didn’t startuntil the fall of 1960. That’s when the cou-ple began studying together or sitting inthe lounge of Forrer Hall talking andwatching TV. On weekends—the tradition-al time for dating in those years—theywalked downtown to see a movie at theKentucky Theatre or the old Ben Ali orState Theater.

Dot knew things were getting seriouswhen Tom volunteered to carry a bucketfilled with formaldehyde and the shark shewas dissecting from the biology lab to herdorm. “That was true love,” she said.

Their relationship blossomed duringTom’s senior year, and in the spring he

asked Dot to wear his fra-ternity pin. When sheaccepted, the brothers ofPi Kappa Alpha held theirtraditional pinning sere-nade and Tom sang asolo.

“I can’t rememberwhat I sang,” said Tom,”but I remember howmy knees were shak-ing and how relieved Iwas when it wasover.”

Soon afterthe pinning,talk of marriagebegan. Tom wentinto the U.S. Navyimmediately afterhis graduation, Dotfinished at Transythe following spring,and they were mar-ried in June 1962.

“At that point, thereal adventure began asmy career in the Navylasted over 30 years andtook us around theworld,” said Tom.

Today, two daughtersand five grandchildren

later, the Watsons live inTullahoma,Tenn., andspend much oftheir time at afree clinic for theworking uninsuredwhere Dot, a regis-tered nurse, is vol-unteer coordinator.Tom, an attorney,retired from theNavy in 1992 as acaptain in the JudgeAdvocate General’sCorps and still does

pro bono work in addi-tion to volunteering atthe clinic.

The Watsons saythey look back ontheir days at Transyl-vania with truly fondmemories.

“Transy not only pro-vided us with a qualityeducation and a zest forlearning, it instilled in usa sense of personal val-ues that has sustainedus throughout our lives,”said Tom.

MARTHA BAKER

■ Tom Watson posed withhis sweetheart, Dot Couch,in the spring of 1961 whenshe was named Dream Girlof Pi Kappa Alpha.

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eventually led to the designation of theKissing Tree. Located between the libraryand Old Morrison, the tree was a timeoutzone, according to Virginia Marsh Bell ’44and Wayne Bell ’40. Students and admin-istrators came to an unspoken agreementthat this was the only place on campuswhere displays of affection would be tol-erated, effectively turning the tree into agiant piece of mistletoe. Robert Hatchett

and Sally Hatchett, both class of 1953,recall there was never more than one cou-ple under the tree; when another couplecame along, you gave them your place.

Gratz Park was another location youcould often find Transy sweethearts.Eugene Scruggs ’59 and La Donna Loesch-er Scruggs ’61 spent so many eveningschatting in the park that Eugene wrote apoem about their experiences on the 40th

anniversary of their first date at the SadieHawkins Dance. In one stanza, he describesthe park as “A place and space in time—inseeming isolation, Where lovers dare todream and launch their plans, Hold handsand kiss and blush for more.”

Walking to downtown movie theaters,taking the bus to concerts at the Univer-sity of Kentucky, and visiting Asher’s Drive-In for strawberry pie were typicaloff-campus activities when Paula EvettShirley ’64 and David Shirley ’64 were stu-dents. Many students also went to Dance-land, an early version of a disco, Paula said.

In the 1970s, Columbia’s Steakhouseon Limestone and Joe Bologna’s becamepopular destinations. For special occasions,couples went to Demos’ Coach House,according to Carolyn Hilterbran Henry’73, who met her husband, Steve Henry’73, at Transy. Dances were held at theLexington Aquatics Club, the PhoenixHotel downtown, and the Imperial HouseHotel. On campus, Carolyn and Steve spenttime in “The Pit” in Mitchell Fine Arts andhis fraternity chapter room. They alsoenjoyed walking through the neighbor-hoods around Transy, especially Gratz Park.

When J. Paul Allen ’88 and Karen UtzAllen ’88 were dating, a trip to The GreenLantern, White Castle, or a midnight show-ing of Pink Floyd’s The Wall at the Ken-tucky Theater was not unusual. Katherine(Kaki) Keyton Turner ’91 remembers fre-quenting Joe Bologna’s, Chi Chi’s,DeSha’s, Keeneland, Masterson StationPark, Triangle Park, and Festival Market,though students in the 1990s, much liketheir predecessors, spent a great deal oftime socializing on campus.

“We were all cash poor, so we didn’t‘go out’ a lot,” said Rebecca Modys Jones’96. “Instead, we spent time doing thingslike talking by the edge of the HauptHumanities fountain, sledding down thesteps of Old Morrison after a huge snow-fall, and hanging out with friends in Rosen-thal Commons.”

Declarations of loveAs the oldest and most recognizable

building on campus, Old Morrison hashosted many weddings and witnessedcountless proposals, both on its steps andin its shadow.

Duncan Cavanah ’99 got his wife, SarahPuckett Cavanah ’98, to return to the famil-iar alabaster steps a couple of years afterthey graduated under the pretense of see-ing the temporary gymnasium, set up dur-ing the interim period between the

When Harold Higgs was courting MaryLee Williams, he would take her fordrives in his 1930 Model A Ford to “seethe sights” of his native JessamineCounty. One such site was High Bridge, arailroad trestle bridgethat spans theKentucky Riverat the dizzyingheight of 280feet.

“There’s a cat-walk on eitherside of the tracks,and I took MaryLee out there onthe bridge onetime when a trainwas due,” saidHarold. “The bridgekind of sways a littlebit when a train goesacross.” He has amemory of MaryLee with her armsaround him, hold-ing on for dear lifeas the train roarsby just a fewfeet away.

That may be one wayto get a hug, but back onthe Transy campus, dateswere less dramatic. Theymet in January 1950when Mary Lee was asenior and Harold was inthe middle of his Transydays, his college enrollment having beendelayed by military service and a year inbusiness for himself in Nicholasville.

“We were in the student union and Ibelieve it was someone fromNicholasville I had been in class with andknew him, who introduced us,” said MaryLee. The student union, in the basementof the old Little Theater Building, was apopular place between classes, to study,have a soda, or talk, she said.

As it was for many students from 1933until the opening of Forrer Hall in 1958,Hamilton Hall was a center of social lifefor Mary Lee and Harold. “I remember

having tea dances in theballroom in the lateafternoon,” said MaryLee. “We listened tomusic from the‘40s—Glenn Miller andothers, mostly 78 rpmrecords. It seems to mewe danced after dinner,too, if the ballroom wasopen.” One of the cou-ple’s favorite tuneswas “Stardust” byHoagy Carmichael.They also enjoyed

“Deep Purple”and “Peg o’ My

Heart.”Another place to

go on a date wasJoyland Park, an

entertainment venuein north Lexington on

the Paris Pike. “Therewas an open air building

where big bands wouldplay—Benny Goodman,Paul Whiteman,” saidHarold. “You could hearthem all over the park.They had an amusementarea there too. It wasquite popular.”

Harold and Mary Lee,who live in Nicholasville, celebrated their50th wedding anniversary in 2001. MaryLee is a retired eighth grade teacher, andHarold retired from 32 years as an elec-tronic engineer with the Lexington Blue-grass Army Depot. They have a son.

“We’ve been very blessed to havefound each other and to have continuedto love each other through the years,”said Mary Lee.

WILLIAM A. BOWDEN

Mary Lee Williams Higgs ’50 and Harold L. Higgs ’53

■ Mary Lee and HaroldHiggs are pictured at thePhi Kappa Tau spring formal in 1950.

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demolition of McAlister Auditorium andthe completion of the Beck Center.

The couple passed up “the bubble” andheaded to Old Morrison, where they hadmet six years earlier in the greet line. Dun-can proposed as Sarah held an umbrella toprotect them from the pouring rain.

Before offering an engagement ring,many Transy suitors professed their lovewith fraternity pins and serenades. JanetNicholas Hagley ’59 remembers her hus-band, Norman Hagley ’58, reciting hisown original words to “Melody of Love.”The ritual was repeated anytime a couplebecame “pinned.”

“At the designated time, the girl, hold-ing a candle or flashlight, sat in the sidewindow of the front room at HamiltonHall,” Janet said. “Other members of hersorority stood behind her in a semi-circleready to sing. The boy, whose pin she wasnow wearing, stood below the window sur-

rounded by his fraternity brothers. Some-times there were personal messages or songsexchanged between the couple, but alwaysthe sorority and fraternity members wouldalternate in singing songs to each other.Norman’s fraternity, Phi Tau, would alwayssing ‘Dream Girl of Phi Kappa Tau.’ Then,as they began walking away, they wouldsing ‘Good Night, Sweetheart’.”

Carroll Kelly Morrison ’78 remembers“candlelights,” ceremonies that sororitiesheld anytime a member became pinned,lavaliered, or engaged. When Carrollagreed to marry David Morrison ’78, allthe Chi Omega members gathered in thechapter room, and as was the custom, noone knew who had the news to share untila specific moment. This genteel event wasa sharp contrast to the reaction David’sfraternity brothers had when he announcedthe engagement. His fellow Delta SigmaPhi members tossed him in the Haupt

Plaza fountain that cold March day, afterbreaking through the ice.

Kristie Henderson Clark ’97 says oneof her fondest memories is when her soror-ity came together with the fraternity of herfuture husband, Casey Clark ’97, for a can-dlelight ceremony in the Forrer courtyard.

“It meant so much to look around andsee all our friends as Casey knelt down andplaced the engagement ring on my finger,”Kristie said. “We were married the fol-lowing summer and have celebrated fivewonderful years of marriage and the birthof our son, who will hopefully be a mem-ber of the Transy class of 2025. It has beengreat to have so many college memoriesthat my spouse shares with me.” ■

To read more from alumni about their memories of romance at Transy, go towww.transy.edu/pages/magazine/spring2004and look on the contents page.

David Morrison and Carroll Kelly met ontheir first day at Transylvania, but it wasfar from love at first sight.

“We did not like each other at all,”David said. “I thought she was toopompous, and she thought that I wasstand-offish.”

Their feelings toward each other didn’tchange until February of their sophomoreyear when Carroll came to the DeltaSigma Phi chapter room with some of herChi Omega sorority sisters.

“Once we started talking, we realizedthat our first impressions were not cor-rect,” Carroll said.

After that night, the couple spent agreat deal of time in the Sig chapterroom. David served as president and thenrush chair, which meant he had to attendall the fraternity functions. Students par-tied on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturdaynights at that time because the quartersystem designated Wednesday as a labday, which meant no classes.

Carroll was a Transy cheerleader, andduring their senior year, she convincedDavid to join the squad. He was motivat-ed by the fact that if he didn’t come onboard, her partner would be a formerboyfriend. David talked some of his frater-nity brothers into going out for cheer-leader as well, and had a great time, eventhough the activity was totally out of char-acter for him.

“I look back on it and still can hardlybelieve that I did it,” David said.

During their senior year, David decidedto propose at the couple’s favorite Chi-nese restaurant.

“I typed up my own ‘fortune’ and tookit to the restaurant earlier in the day,” hesaid. “When the cookie was delivered,the whole restaurant was watching.Thankfully, they were standing behindCarroll so she did not see them. The noteinside the cookie said, ‘Carroll, it is mygreat fortune to love you.’ When shelooked up, I had the engagement ring outand asked her to marry me. When shesaid ‘yes,’ the entire restaurant cheeredand clapped.”

Today, David and Carroll live in Clarks-burg, W.Va., with their two daughters anda son, ages 7-17. David is an employmentand labor lawyer with Steptoe & Johnson,West Virginia’s largest firm, and Carroll isthe principal of Notre Dame High School.The couple, who recently celebrated their25th wedding anniversary, attribute thesuccess of their relationship to sharingand communication.

“We’ve grown together and we’vereally worked at communication,” Carrollsaid. “When he went to law school, Iwent to law school classes just so I couldunderstand what he was going through.When I was involved in schools, he tookthe time to come and be involved as well.We’ve worked very hard to stay involvedin all aspects of each other’s lives.”

KATHERINE YEAKEL

■ David and Carroll KellyMorrison were married afew months after their grad-uation from Transylvania.The couple recently cele-brated their 25th weddinganniversary.

David Morrison ’78 and Carroll Kelly Morrison ’78

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1940

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son

‘35 Lillian H. Dale, Paris, Ky., received the2003-04 “Wind Beneath the Wings

of Iota Chapter” award from the Iota Chap-ter of Alpha Delta Kappa and will be recog-nized at the state convention in April. Shewas a charter member of the chapter in 1962and served as its first president.

‘38 Marvin J. Rabin, Madison, Wisc., professor emeritus at the University

of Wisconsin-Madison, was recognized inApril by the College of Music at Loyola Uni-versity New Orleans and the Loyola Sym-phony Orchestra for 18 years of guidanceand support for string education and a life-time of leadership and dedication to music

education throughout the world.

‘40 Nena Hale Hash, Galax, Va., and herhusband, Kelly, have been married

61 years. They are in good health and arevery busy with church, civic, and fraternalactivities.

‘42 Jean Pogue Walker moved to Lex-ington in 1993 after living in Cali-

fornia for 48 years. She attends writing class-es sponsored by the Carnegie Center, singsin the choir at Chevy Chase Baptist Church,and spends summers in Oregon with her sonand his family and Christmas holidays at herdaughter’s home in Texas.

AlumniNews & Notes

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■ It was the 1939-40 school year andthese Transy students were kicking uptheir heels, perhaps to Glenn Miller onthe jukebox, in what we believe to bethe student union in the basement ofthe Little Theatre building.This facilitywas created by new construction andrenovation of the 1895 gymnasium andwas fully operational for the 1938-39school year. It was demolished in themid-1960s to make way for the MitchellFine Arts Center. Do any Transylvaniareaders know the identity of these stu-dents?

‘43 George O. Anderson and HelenMcKenna Anderson, Stockton, Calif.,

celebrated their 60th wedding anniversaryin August.

‘44 Evelyn Weber Cartmill, Versailles, Ky.,and her husband, Donald, are active

in the Salvation Army in Woodford Coun-

ty. Evelyn has been chair of the service unitfor four years.

‘46 Martha Kalb Roush, New Richmond, Ohio, lost her husband, Don, in May

2003.

‘51 Robert C. Haynes, Mt. Sterling, Ky., was named Contributing Citizen of

the 20th Century by the Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Chamber of Com-merce in November. Haynes is the county’seducation foundation executive director andco-founder and is former superintendent ofMontgomery County Schools.

‘52 Barbara Watson Bowman, Albu-querque, N.M., is still teaching and

especially values her four years teaching inTanzania and Kenya from 1987-91.

Emma Nisbet Gould, Chambersburg, Pa.,and her husband, Glen, have moved fromtheir home of 36 years to a first-floor duplexin a nearby retirement community.

Patsy Barton Seay, Bloomfield, Ky., cele-brated her 18th year of singing in The Treeof Life, the yearly community Christmas pro-gram in Bloomfield.

‘53 Ray Allen and Joyce Yandell Allen ’55are now retired and living in Illinois.

They can be reached at rallen@spacecoast.net.

‘56 Linda Hensley Fields, Nashville, staysbusy taking volunteer medical teams

to Third World countries and arranging forpatients needing surgery to come to the Unit-ed States for treatment.

Leonard R. Rykaczewski has lived in VeroBeach, Fla., since retiring from teaching musicin Haddonfield, N.J. He is now in charge ofmusic ministry at St. Luke’s Church in Bare-foot Bay, Fla.

‘57 Joanne Ralston McNeil and her hus-band, Don, have moved to Boise,

Idaho, after 37 years in Hawaii to be neartheir children and grandchildren.

Albert A. Prewitt, Lexington, was honoredin October when Henry Clay High Schoolrenamed the school’s gymnasium for him.Prewitt coached basketball for 29 years atHenry Clay, winning the state title in 1983and finishing his career with 654 victories.

‘58 Edward I. Ackall and Gail Waggoner Ackall ’59, Fort Worth, Tex., are

enjoying their retirement, grandchildren,and traveling.

Larry T. McGehee, Spartanburg, S.C., hasauthored a book, Southern Scene: MeditationsPast & Future, to be published by the Uni-versity of Tennessee Press this fall. It containsabout 200 of his newspaper essays on South-ern culture, literature, history, food, the CivilWar, sports, and nature.

‘59 Clyde F. Roper, Vienna, Va., has retiredfrom the Smithsonian Institution but

continues to be active in his field of cephalo-pod biology. He is very supportive of edu-cation in the sciences and is frequently askedto be an enrichment lecturer on cruise shipsand Smithsonian Study Tours worldwide.

‘60 Eleanor Webb McCallum has retired after 41 years of teaching in Florida

and is now living in Salem, S.C.Thomas S. McCray, Franklin, Tenn., wel-

comed his fifteenth grandchild in May 2003.William D. Stroker, Madison, N.J., is on sab-

batical leave from Drew University and liv-ing in Strasbourg, France.

‘62 W.Winfield McChord Jr. has been nameddirector of the Georgia School for

the Deaf in Cave Spring, Ga.

‘65 Charles P. Taylor Jr., Nashville, asso-ciate director of regional develop-

ment at Vanderbilt University, has recordedOnce Upon a Time with a stellar cast of R&Bartists. The album is being distributed nation-ally by Rhombus Records and can be pur-chased at www.charlietaylormusic.com.

‘67 Stephen C. Merriman, Allen, Tex., hasa new job at The Boeing Company.

He is the lead for manpower, personnel,training, human factors, health hazards, safe-ty, and soldier survivability on the U.S.Army’s new future combat systems program.He can be reached through his e-mail addressat scmerriman@comcast.net.

‘68 Elizabeth Hagerty Dyckes, Chesterland,Ohio, visited Susan Edinger Daniel ’68

in Las Vegas, Nancy Hanson Smith ’68 in Ohio,and Richard L. “Dick” Wright ’66 in Floridalast year.

‘69 R. Douglas Hutcherson, Louisville, hasbeen named president and chief exec-

utive officer of Lexington’s First SecurityBank and its parent company, First SecurityBancorp.

‘70 Nancy Merriman Austin, Salt Lake City, is battling breast cancer and winning.

She rode her motorcycle to work every daythrough chemotherapy and radiation treat-ment.

‘71 Stuart B. Bonnington, Clarksville, Tenn., is president of the Tennessee

Board for Professional Counselors and Mar-riage and Family Therapy.

Susan Griffin Smith, Frankfort, Ky., receivednational certification as a senior profession-al in human resources and plans to consultafter retiring from 30 years of public serviceand education in state government.

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Alumni identify mystery students

Transylvania readers identifiedthe students in the above photo-graph, which ran in the fall issue.They are, front row, from left, JeanWillcox Westerfield ’51, AllanSharp ’49, Marion SpearsLacker ’51; middle row, BarbaraWeekley Smith ’50, HaroldStevens ’50; back row, StokleyB. “Jimmy” Gribble ’49, ElmerStephenson ’50 (deceased).Thephoto originally appeared in the1949 Crimson yearbook.

Many thanks to the alumni whohelped in the identificationprocess. Marion Spears Lacker andHarold Stevens contactedTransylvania magazine to identifythemselves and others. CarolynCrossfield Angelotti ’48, LaceyTandy Ballmann ’49, KatieBolin ’49, Ed Deysher ’50, DorisLoyd Ledendecker ’52 (with helpfrom Betty Hubble Blakemore’52), Norma Cundiff Loew ’49,and Jane A. White ’47 called,wrote, or e-mailed. LibbyBrumfield ’61 called to identifyElmer Stephenson ’50 and tosay that he had been one of herhigh school teachers.

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As Rick Berman ‘64 sees it, there are far too manypeople in America trying very hard to legislate how the rest of usshould behave, especially when it comes to what we choose toeat and drink.

The “nanny culture” is a term usedby Berman, an attorney and publicaffairs professional based in Washing-ton, D.C., to describe what he calls anoverbearing group of activists, lawyers,and academics who use “junk scienceand hysterical messages to get peopleto feel uncomfortable about making cer-tain choices.”

“In the area of food and beverage, Ibelieve that people should have a widerange of choices,” said Berman. “Thereshould not be product bans, heavytaxes designed to dissuade people fromusing certain products, or advertisingbans.”

For example, Berman opposes amovement to legislate “sin taxes” onsoda and snack foods, all in the name offighting what some have called an “obe-sity epidemic” in America. There is evena drive to label obesity in general as adisease.

“The whole concept of personalresponsibility is being eroded,” saidBerman. “If obesity were declared adisease, it would become the only ‘dis-ease’ you could cure without the aid ofa doctor simply by not eating as muchor exercising more.”

Berman mounts his battle for freeenterprise and consumer choice fromthe offices of Berman & Company, apublic affairs firm specializing in strate-gic research and communications thathe founded in 1986. He is president andCEO of the 25-person company, whichmanages four non-profit organizationsand provides services to additional clients. The organizations arethe Employment Practices Institute, FirstJobs Institute, AmericanBeverage Institute, and the Center for Consumer Freedom.

“Our public affairs practice is the largest in the country in thefood and beverage industries,” said Berman. “We represent majorfood, restaurant, and beverage companies, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic.”

A significant change in the way public affairs companies dobusiness these days, said Berman, involves bolstering traditionaldirect lobbying of legislatures with an energetic and focusedmedia strategy designed to influence the public opinion that law-makers must heed.

“If you’re going to be concerned about lobbying and legislation,you first have to be concerned about public opinion,” said Berman.“We spend time educating the media as well as educating theactual legislators.”

A formidable new tool in the public opinion arena is the Inter-net, a tool that Berman & Company uses extensively.

“The communication process today is very different than it wasas little as 10 years ago. So many more people get their informa-tion from the Internet. We have millions of unique visitors to our

Web sites each year. We’re giving peo-ple information without the filter ofanother reporter.”

Berman still makes good use of tradi-tional mass media outlets. He appearson television shows, is quoted in majornewspapers, was the primary referencein an editorial in The Wall Street Journal,was the cover story in an issue of ChainLeader magazine (a restaurant industrytrade publication), and was a featuresubject for articles in The WashingtonPost and Chicago Tribune.

Berman’s road to high-profile publicaffairs executive started at Transylvania,where he studied political science andhistory, was president of Pi Kappa Alphafraternity, and played baseball. Aftergraduating from Transylvania in 1964,Berman earned his law degree from theCollege of William and Mary.

He went to work as a labor law attor-ney for Bethlehem Steel in 1967, and itwas there he first envisioned becomingan advocate for public affairs issues.

“I was dealing with labor unions andfelt the law was totally skewed in theirfavor,” he said. “A colleague of minesaid, ‘If you don’t like having to try casesand pursue positions against an adver-sary where the law is tilted in theirfavor, why don’t you get involved on thefront side and try to fashion the law?’That was an epiphany for me.”

After a stint as a corporate law attor-ney for Dana Corporation, Bermanmoved to Washington and became laborlaw director for the U.S. Chamber ofCommerce. Finally, he could become an

advocate for views he believed in. “With the Chamber, I repre-sented business community interests when it came to the pas-sage or defeat of employment laws,” he said.

Berman headed west—to Dallas—for 12 years to work inhuman resources and public affairs for Steak & Ale as executivevice president for the Pillsbury Restaurant Group before returningto Washington to establish his own company.

These days, he is busy growing the company and planning forits survival after he leaves, though he says that time is still in thedistant future.

“We continue to expand our business as more people under-stand that they need to employ an offensive rather than a defen-sive game plan in their public affairs,” he said. “I’m having far toomuch fun to retire.”

Berman and his wife, Dixie, have five children, all from their firstmarriages. Transylvania presented Berman a DistinguishedAchievement Award in 1999.

-WILLIAM A. BOWDEN

——— R I C K B E R M A N ’ 6 4 ———

■ Rick Berman ’64 is a nationally knownadvocate for consumer choice who uses tradi-tional media, lobbying strategies, and InternetWeb sites to spread his clients’ messages.

Changing the debate over consumer choice

‘72 Ann Torstrick Davis, Louisville, is plan-ning the June wedding of her daugh-

ter, Jennifer, who attended Transy for onesemester.

James H. Gearhart, Jefferson City, Mo., hasbeen staff chaplain at St. Mary’s Health Cen-ter in Jefferson City since February 2003.This spring, his daughter, Rachel, will grad-uate from college and his son, Reuben, will

graduate from high school. He and his wife,Jill, will celebrate their 25th anniversary inJune.

‘74 Carol S. Codell, Lexington, is study-ing massage therapy and catering

homemade desserts for her new businessnamed Codella’s.

Larry W. Moore, Frankfort, Ky., is co-founder

of Broadstone Media LLC, a company pro-moting cultural activities. Under the imprintBroadstone Books, he has published HomePlace and Other Poems by Kentucky poetSheila Bucy Potter. More information is avail-able from Larry@BroadstoneBooks.com.

Andrew J. Oppel, Alameda, Calif., has joinedCeridian Corporation as a principal data archi-tect. He has also authored his first book titledDatabases Demystified, which was scheduledto be published in early 2004 by OsbornMcGraw Hill.

‘75 Evelyn L. Smith, Danville, Ky., is acounselor at the Kentucky School

for the Deaf in Danville. Her son, Stith, isattending college in Colorado Springs andher daughter, Rebecca, is a junior in highschool.

‘76 B. Kevin Bennett, Granville, Ohio, isserving in Operation Enduring Free-

dom with a duty station of Bagram,Afghanistan.

Teresa A. Isaac, Lexington, has a son, Jacob,who will graduate from the University ofMichigan with a degree in mechanical engi-neering in May. Her daughter, Ali, is a grad-uate of Henry Clay High School inLexington.

‘78 Debra Schmidt MacQuown, Lexing-ton, and her daughter, Rebecca, are

taking Tae Kwan Do. Debra is an advancedyellow belt and Rebecca, who is in fourthgrade and on her school’s honor roll, is ayellow belt.

‘80 James J. Goodpaster has returned toLexington and is practicing dentistry

at Blackburn Correctional Complex for theCommonwealth of Kentucky.

Andreas G. Probst and his wife, Denise,have been married for nine years and live inLexington with their two dogs, Bosco andMaggie.

‘83 Meredith Millard Moody, Lexing-ton, has been named vice president

of research/marketing for the LexingtonConvention and Visitors Bureau.

‘85 Richard D. Salisbury, Eastern, Ky., has a son, Morgan, who has been

named a Governor’s Scholar.

‘87 Leigh McMurry Carr, Lexington, hasbeen named loan review officer for

Central Bank and Trust Company.David A. Santrock Jr. lives in Wilmore, Ky.,

with his wife, Janie, and their three children,Beka, 7, John, 5, and Jacob, 3. David is thepharmacy manager at Cardinal Hill Reha-bilitation Hospital, where he has worked sincecompleting a pharmacy practice residency in1995.

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Cecilia Woloch ’78 was “stunned” to hear her poem “OnFaith” read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer’s Almanac, aMinnesota Public Radio production heard on many publicradio stations across the country.

“I felt like I was anointed,” she said. “Garrison is sowonderful at reading poems that he made it soundmuch better than I had ever imagined.”

“On Faith” is included in Late, Woloch’s third book of poetry, pub-lished in October by BOA Editions, Ltd. Keillor, of A Prairie Home Companionfame, selected Woloch’s poem for his November 6 edition of The Writer’s Almanac,a daily program of poetry and literary and historical notes.

Woloch describes Late as a collection of poems having to do with things thatcome late in life, such as the “faith” in “On Faith” that a long-term relationship maybe possible. “My parents had a relationship that lasted for 40 years,” she said. “Iwonder how people do that, how they hang in there for the long haul. My parents’relationship continues to be an inspiration for me.”

Woloch is a faculty member in the MFA in Poetry program at New England Col-lege and director of summer poetry for Idlewild, an annual California conference.She lives in Los Angeles and Atlanta.

On Faith

How do people stay true to each other?When I think of my parents all those yearsin the unmade bed of their marriage, not everlonging for anything else—or: no, they musthave longed; there must have been flickerings,stray desires, nights she turned from him,sleepless, and wept, nights he rose silently,smoked in the dark, nights that nest of breathand tangled limbs must have seemednot enough. But it was. Or they justheld on. A gift, perhaps, I’ve tossed out,having been always too willing to flyto the next love, the next and the next, certainnothing was really mine, certain nothingwould ever last. So faith hits me late, if at all;faith that this latest love won’t end, or endsin the shapeless sleep of death. But faith is hard.When he turns his back to me now, I think:disappear. I think: not what I want. I thinkof my mother lying awake in those armsthat could crush her. That could have. Did not.

Cecilia Woloch ’78 Copyright 2003, BOA Editions, Ltd.Reprinted with permission

Woloch’s poem heard nationally on public radio

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Alumni Bulletin Board

Transy Golf Classic set for May 10Join Transy’s athletics department and the alumni

office for the 2004 Transylvania Golf Classic, a four-play-er scramble set for Monday, May 10, at Marriott’s GriffinGate Resort and Golf Club in Lexington. Lunch will be at11:30 a.m., followed by a 1 p.m. shotgun start. First andsecond place prizes will be awarded at the closingreception.

Registration fee is $100 for an individual or $400 for afoursome. Three levels of sponsorship are alsoavailable—Gold ($1,000), Silver ($500), and Bronze($250). For more information on the tournament orsponsorships, contact Ted Kinder, athletics director, at(859) 233-8270, tkinder@transy.edu, or Mark Blanken-ship ‘81, interim vice president for alumni and develop-ment, at (859) 233-8402, mblankenship@transy.edu.

Events, merchandise ideas welcomedThe alumni office is always looking for ideas for new

events and activities as well as Transy merchandise youwould be interested in purchasing. This year’s eventsinclude an alumni trip to the Canadian Rockies, August1-9. What other destinations would interest you? Toshare your ideas and feedback so we can provide youwith the best service possible, contact Natasa Pajic,assistant director of alumni programs, at (800) 487-2679,or npajic@transy.edu.

Alumni dinner a great successAlumni representing each decade from the 1940s to

the 1990s attended the Blue-grass Alumni Club dinner atLabrot & Graham Distillery inNovember. The National His-toric Landmark distillery, builtaround 1812 and located nearVersailles, Ky., produces thepremium Woodford Reservesmall-batch bourbon.

David Larson, chef in resi-dence, and his staff prepared awonderful meal, while Brown-Forman Inc. and Gina ‘82 and

Larry Perry provided the wine and the WoodfordReserve bourbon.

For more information on Transylvania alumni clubs andchapters, contact Natasa Pajic, assistant director of alum-ni programs, at (800) 487-2679, or npajic@transy.edu.

Town hall meeting at LTSChris Hobgood ‘58, interim general minister and

president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) inthe United States and Canada, and Charisse Gillett,Transylvania’s Lilly Project program director, will lead atown hall meeting for Christian Church members inKentucky at Lexington Theological Seminary at 1:30p.m. Saturday, March 20. More information is availablefrom Dave Carr, campus minister, at (859) 281-3691 ordacarr@transy.edu.

Stay current on Transylvania newsIf you haven’t visited our Web site recently, you’re

missing out on Transy news. Go to www.transy.edu,click on “For Alumni” or “Giving to Transy,” and you’llget the latest updates on alumni events and the Univer-sity’s fund-raising efforts.

The latest issue of TransE-Mail, the monthly electronicnewsletter from the Alumni Office, is also posted on theWeb site. You can submit a class note for Transylvaniamagazine or a change of address, or shop on-line fordiploma frames and Transy bookstore merchandise.

On-line giving is becoming more and more popularamong Transy supporters. While making your gift, youcan also browse a list of designated scholarships. Doesyour employer match financial contributions to Transylva-nia? Find out by going to the Special Gifts section under“Ways to Give.”

All this and lots more is at your fingertips on the Tran-sylvania Web site.

To contact the Alumni Office:Phone: (800) 487-2679 or (859) 233-8275 ■ Fax: (859) 233-8797

E-mail: alumni@transy.edu ■ Web: www.transy.eduMail: 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508

■ From left, BluegrassAlumni Club presidentAnne Hutcherson Martin’97, Chris Martin ’95,and Ann Horton Burns’42 enjoy the evening.

When most people take a break at work, they gatheraround a water cooler or coffee maker. Amy Holland ‘94 and hercoworkers can spend that time watching a world-renowned balletcompany rehearse.

Holland is the associate director of marketing for the BostonBallet. The organization’s administrative offices are located in thesame building as its rehearsal studio, giving employees a chanceto catch previews of productions ranging from classic ballets, suchas Sleeping Beauty and SwanLake (Holland’s favorite), to theinnovative choreography of mod-ern pieces. Being in such proxim-ity to the art form she’s promot-ing is a major benefit, in Hol-land’s opinion.

“It’s just a very open environ-ment,” she said. “Everyone’svery focused on what we’redoing, and we have to worktogether to get things up andrunning. You see things takeshape, which is very exciting.”

Holland has been mixing finearts and business since her daysat Transylvania, where shemajored in studio art andminored in business administra-tion.

“I had always loved drawingand painting,” Holland said. “I didthe business side thinking thatwas a sensible combination.

“Transy was a very goodbeginning because it was a nur-turing environment, and a placewhere you had a very broadrange of study, which allows youto make more specific decisionsabout your career later on.”

After graduation, Hollandworked for a graphic designcompany in Lexington for twoyears and then spent six monthsworking in England, where she’d lived before moving to Lexingtonwith her mother and stepfather when she was 13.

When she returned to the U.S., Holland applied and was accept-ed to the arts administration program at Boston University. Theprogram allows students to take classes at night and work duringthe day, so Holland sent her resume to the ballet and was hired asa group sales manager. The job was a great companion to herstudies, giving her the opportunity to see all the principles shewas learning in class applied to a thriving organization. Hollandcompleted her master’s degree in 2000.

At the ballet, Holland was promoted from group sales to adver-tising manager, working with agencies and designers to helpdevelop a visual identity for each season and overseeing the pur-chase of ads in newspapers and magazines. Two years later, Hol-land’s title changed to associate director of marketing, and shetook on more responsibility for the ballet’s overall marketingstrategies and goals. Holland said she enjoys her job because it

incorporates her love for the arts and gives her the chance to workwith many talented, creative people.

“They’re a very interesting, eclectic group,” she said. “Mosthave a background in performing or visual arts, and everyone trulycares about the company.”

In addition to her coworkers at the ballet, Holland regularly inter-acts with marketing directors from ballet companies in Houston,Seattle, Pittsburgh, and New York as well as arts administration

professionals from differentfields through the Boston ArtsMarketing Alliance. This collabo-ration has been especially impor-tant as the ballet, like most artsorganizations, has been forced tocontend with budget cuts.

“We’ve had to come up withsome good creative strategies todeal with that,” Holland said.

Last fall, the ballet adopted anew performance format.Instead of producing a story bal-let and repertory program at twoseparate times, the performanc-es occur in tandem over a three-week period, saving the weeklycost of renting the theater. Thecompany also reduced the num-ber of seats it uses in its mainvenue, the Wang Theatre, from

3,600 to 2,200,allowing patronsto experiencefuller houses forthe repertory pro-grams.

“To accommo-date these twochanges, the bal-let had to movehalf of its 10,000subscribers, andconduct a majorcommunications

campaign to let them know what we were doing, why we weredoing it, and how it would affect them,” Holland said.

The format was implemented for every show except The Nut-cracker, which enjoyed a bittersweet surge in interest and ticketsales after the Wang Theatre announced it was booking New York’sRadio City Music Hall Christmas show in the time period usuallyreserved for the ballet. The “last chance” marketing campaign andpress coverage spurred more than 130,000 patrons to see the2003 show, exceeding the company’s sales goal by 20 percent.

This year, the ballet will face the challenge of locating a newhome for The Nutcracker, and Holland and her team will work tomake sure fans know where to find the holiday classic, a task thatwill undoubtedly be a labor of love.

“When you believe in the product, it makes your job much easi-er and more meaningful,” she said.

—KATHERINE YEAKEL

——— A M Y H O L L A N D ’ 9 4 ———

■ As associate director ofmarketing for the BostonBallet, Amy Holland ’94 worksin this modern, 60,000-square-foot facility, which houses theballet’s business offices,practice studio, and theBoston Ballet School.

A well-choreographed career

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‘89 J. Bryan Cloar lives in Basking Ridge,N.J., with his wife, Debbie, and son,

Tyler Joseph. Bryan is a senior manager withAccenture, specializing in the communica-tions industry.

G. Mark Tussey, Allen, Ky., was certified asa diplomate in nuclear cardiology by theAmerican Society of Nuclear Cardiology inOctober 2002 and as a diplomate in inter-ventional cardiology by the American Boardof Internal Medicine in November 2002.

Allan Witkowski and Renee Price Witkows-ki and their three children, Travis, 10, Erin,7, and Katie, 4, have moved to China, whereAllan is a management trainer and consult-ant. They still maintain their mailing addressin West Lafayette, Ind., and would love tohear from any of their classmates.

‘90 R. Keith Frank has moved to Lexing-ton with his wife, Dana, and their

four daughters, Maddie, Meredith, Morgan,and Mary Margaret. Keith is employed atFrank Accounting and plans to start a churchin the Lexington area. Prior to the move, hewas an associate pastor at Country BibleChurch in Kaufman, Tex.

Lonnie R. Laney, Sandy Hook, Ky., is theassistant principal in charge of seventh andeighth grades at Elliott County High School.

Adrian Oliver and Sara Vance Oliver ’92 livein Fort Mitchell, Ky., with their three chil-dren, Emma, 6, Joseph, 5, and Mary Glenn,2. They would enjoy hearing from friends viae-mail at asvoliver@aol.com.

‘91 Heidi Robinson Adams, Maineville,Ohio, teaches fifth grade science at

Independence Elementary in Westchester,Ohio.

P. Scott Dykes and his wife, Meghan, livein Louisville, where he works at AmericanAir Filter. Scott has turned his love of danceinto a weekend career by dancing at a localclub called Connections.

Angela Logan Edwards, Louisville, has beenelected partner at the law firm of Woodward,Hobson, and Fulton in Louisville.

Kathryn J. Grande-Allen, Houston, is anassistant professor in the department of bio-engineering at Rice University. She contin-ues her research in heart valve biomechanics,which she began at the Cleveland ClinicFoundation. Her new e-mail address isgrande@rice.edu.

Leenata G. Maddiwar, Taylor Mill, Ky., andher husband, Chris Adley, enjoy raising their2-year old daughter, Neema, as well as theirwork as pediatricians. They would love tohear from friends at cadley1@insightbb.com.

Amy Murphy McBroom and her husband,Clint, have moved to Pensacola, Fla., whereClint is a pastor at Cokesbury UnitedMethodist Church. Amy would love to hear

from her friends at amymurphymcb-room@hotmail.com.

Damon L. Preston and his wife, Amy, havemoved to Georgetown, Ky., with their twochildren, Abbie and Marissa. Damon has start-ed a new public defender office in Cynthi-ana, Ky.

‘92 Ian Crozier is a research fellow in infec-tious disease at the Vanderbilt Uni-

versity Medical School. His roommate is for-mer Transy Department of Public Safetyofficer John Alwes.

Elizabeth Grugin Scherrer, Columbia, Mo.,has been appointed an associate with orga-nizational leadership programs at the HarryS Truman School of Public Affairs, Univer-sity of Missouri-Columbia. As part of thisfaculty appointment, she will be conductingresearch on organizational development instate and local governments and the non-profit sector.

‘93 Laura D.Petry, Louisville,has been promoted to

consultant for the businessconsulting group and the officeof the CEO at Brown-Forman.

‘94 Carmen Hall Caldera, Elizabethtown, Ky., is enjoying her career as an

administrative law advocate with McDow-ell, Stromatt, and Associates. She performedin the Christmas musical 1940s Radio Hourand has been busy with her new family.

Shannan B. Stamper, Lexington, along witha team of experts, won the Trivia Champi-ons of Lexington award in August after a five-day tournament. The team received “TheCup of Useless Knowledge.”

‘95 Amy Templeton Buckley, LagunaBeach and Palm Springs, Calif., is the

executive vice president of Castello Cities

Internet Network, a global geo-domain cor-poration, and is also a nutritional consultantworking on a cookbook (www.holistic-gourmet.com) and a poet and painter(www.poetess.net). She will have a solo showat the Ojai Art Center in March 2004. Amyis also a patron and active volunteer for Chil-dren’s Hospital Orange County.

Shane W. Rau, Lexington, defended hisPh.D. dissertation titled “Mechanisms ofEstradiol-Mediated Protection AgainstStroke-Like Injury” in June. He is in his finalyear of medical school and is applying to res-idency programs in psychiatry.

‘96 Michael W. Nicholson, Arlington, Va.,is spending 2004 as an adviser on

competition policy in the former SovietUnion. When he returns, he will serve as aneconomist at the Federal Trade Commis-sion.

Natasa Pajic, Lexington, was sworn in as acitizen of the United States in September.

‘97 Jason A. Cormier and his wife, Corey, live in Quincy, Mass., just outside of

Boston, where he is working as a substituteteacher while obtaining certification in ele-mentary education. He can be reached atJason@Cormier.org.

Angela S.Tackett, Birmingham, Ala., is inher third year of an internal medicine andpediatric residency at the University of Alaba-ma Medical Center.

‘98 Tracy Todd Blevins, Berea, Ky., andher husband, Frankie, have formed

Blevins Law office in Berea.Alexia Schempp Couch, Columbia, Md.,

received her master of science degree in edu-cational technology from Johns HopkinsUniversity in May. She is in her sixth yearof teaching math in Montgomery County,Md.

Eskridge appointed Assistant Secretary of StateKentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson has appointed Transylvania alum

J. Allen Eskridge ’94 to serve as Assistant Secretary of State. Eskridge had previ-ously been a policy and budget analyst for the Office of State Budget Director Gover-nor’s Office for Policy and Management.

“(Eskridge’s) experience in state government and in policy development will proveinvaluable for our office,” said Grayson. “I look forward to working with him in our

effort to renew Kentucky’s prosperity.”At Transylvania, Eskridge majored in

history and minored in political science.He earned a master’s degree in publicadministration from the University ofKentucky and is currently pursing anoth-er graduate degree from UK. Eskridgeresides in Lexington with his wife,Randa Remer-Eskridge.

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Benjamin A. Marrs, Lexington, has beenpromoted as the youngest vice president ofBenefit Insurance Marketing.

Anand V. Narayanappa, Cleveland, hasbegun his second year of residence in anes-thesiology at the Cleveland Clinic Founda-tion.

Mary Kay Pendley, Lexington, received hermaster’s degree in social work from the Uni-versity of Kentucky in 2000 and is a psychi-atric social worker for The Bluegrass RegionalMental Health-Mental Retardation Board,Inc., in Frankfort, Ky.

Shane E.White has moved to Beavercreek,Ohio, and is the associate director of mar-keting for enrollment management at theUniversity of Dayton.

Taufika Islam Williams, Lexington, gradu-ated with a master of science degree in ana-lytical chemistry from Purdue University andis pursuing a Ph.D. in chemistry at the Uni-versity of Kentucky.

‘99 Matthew D. Ashmun, Hilliard, Ohio,is a resident in internal medicine at

The Ohio State University.Heather Godsey Brosodi is director of chil-

dren’s ministries at the Fairmount Presby-terian Church in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Georgia Ann Stamper Brown and her hus-band, Alexander, live in Cincinnati, wherehe is a resident at University Hospital. HeatherGodsey Borsodi ’99 assisted with the nuptialsat their August wedding and the weddingparty included Shannan B. Stamper ’94, TracyL. Pervine ’99, Tammy R. Hammond-Natof ’99,and Tresine Tatum Logsdon ’99.

Leigh A. Cooper, Louisville, graduated fromLouisville Presbyterian Theological Seminaryin May with a master of arts in marriage andfamily therapy and is in private practice atPastoral Counseling and Consultation Cen-ter in Louisville. She is also the domestic vio-lence program coordinator for the OldhamSheriff ’s Domestic Violence Unit inLaGrange, Ky.

Emily A. Damron, Lexington, recentlyappeared as Ron, Maggie, and Clem in theActor’s Guild of Lexington production ofBat Boy—the Musical. She is library mediaspecialist and dance team coach at WinburnMiddle School.

Amy D. Lewis, Lexington, is pursuing a doc-torate in counseling psychology at the Uni-versity of Louisville and is a teacher in ScottCounty. She will receive her Rank I in clini-cal counseling in May.

R. Hampton Scurlock, Lexington, hasopened his own financial planning firm, Scur-lock Financial Services Corporation. His e-mail address is financialwhiz1@hotmail.comand he would love to hear from classmates.

Derrick A. Sottile, Miamisburg, Ohio, hasbeen named managing attorney with the lawfirm of Macey, Chern, and Diab in Dayton.

Jeremy C.Vest, Minneapolis,graduated summa cum laudefrom Northwestern Universi-ty in Chicago and, after pass-ing the bar exam, is a licensedattorney.

Andrea Hill Whitenack, Harrodsburg, Ky.,has completed her master’s degree in libraryscience K-12 from Eastern Kentucky Uni-versity.

‘00 Donna Buchino Ayres, Lexington, is an assistant branch manager at

National City Bank in Lexington.Caleb A. Hodson, Chapel Hill, N.C., is a

doctoral candidate at the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill in cell andmolecular physiology. He would love tohear from anyone from Transy atcaleb_hodson@med.unc.edu.

Erica N. Johnson, Bowling Green, Ky.,graduated in December from Western Ken-tucky University with an M.A.E. in studentaffairs in higher education and has applied todoctoral programs in higher education andpolicy studies. She can be contacted by e-mail at ericanj@hotmail.com.

Elizabeth N.“Niki”Heichelbech, Lexington,has been named media/communicationsmanager for the Lexington Convention andVisitors Bureau.

‘01 Jessica K. James, Louisville, is in her third year of medical school at the

University of Louisville. Her college friendscan reach her at jessie.james@louisville.edu.

‘02 Alison R. Cook, Carrollton, Tex., received her master’s degree from

Northern Kentucky University in Augustand is a sales and use tax consultant at Ryan& Company, a national tax consulting firmin Dallas.

Bimal V. Patel, Georgetown, Ky., has beennamed regional director of operations for

Transylvania’s Chi Chapter of ChiOmega celebrated its 100th anniversaryin October with a weekend of eventshighlighted by the Centennial Luncheonat the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lex-ington.

More than 250 Chi Chapter alumnae,former advisers, actives, new members,and special guests attended the lunch-eon, which included remarks from ChiOmega national president Mary AnnFrugé. “It’s so enjoyable to be on a cam-pus where the Chi Omega chapter hassuch historical significance,” she said. “Itis humbling to be with the outstandingwomen of Chi Chapter.”

Transylvania’s chapter is among ChiOmega’s most historic. The fraternitywas founded in 1895 at the University ofArkansas, with Transy’s Chi Chapter fol-lowing just eight years later. On October9, 1903, five women were initiated ascharter members of the chapter. Today,Chi Chapter has 62 active members and29 new members.

At the luncheon, the chapter present-ed the University with a check for$16,880, to be used for creation andinstallation of an official seal of Transylva-nia in the floor of a renovated HauptPlaza. “In honor of our centennial, wewanted to create a permanent symbol ofChi Chapter’s heritage on Transylvania’scampus,” said Susan Ware ’84, chair ofthe Centennial Committee.

Jan Blackwell, national archivist, pre-sented an overview of Chi Omega histo-ry, and luncheon guests also viewed anaudio/visual presentation on the Transychapter titled “Chi Memories.”

Announcement was made of the Gar-nett Eva Gayle Scholarship Fund, whichwas named after a former adviser whoserved for 32 years and will benefit a Chiactive member. Thirteen alumnae werehonored as 50-year members.

“We were very excited that so manyChi Chapter alumnae came back to Tran-sy for the event,” said Ware. “Theyenjoyed seeing old friends and makingnew ones. My favorite moment camewhen we had our picture taken on thesteps of Old Morrison.”

■ President Charles L. Sheareraccepts a check for $16,880 from Chi Chapter of Chi Omega. From leftare Chi Omega national presidentMary Ann Frugé, CentennialCommittee chair Susan Ware ’84,and current Chi Chapter presidentJayme Combs ’04.

Chi Chapter of Chi Omega observes centennial

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Home-Towne Suites, an extended stay resi-dential facility for business travelers.

Derek A. Renfroe, Louisville, is a sopho-more at the University of Louisville Schoolof Dentistry and was the only sophomoreelected to the board of trustees for the Amer-ican Students Dental Association.

Julia L. Wise, Lawrenceburg, Ky., teachesfourth grade at Robert B. Turner Elemen-tary School in Lawrenceburg.

‘03 LaMarco A. Cable, Rogersville, Tenn.,is attending Lexington Theological

Seminary and is the senior minister at Has-son Street Christian Church (Disciples ofChrist) in Rogersville.

MARRIAGESJanet Leigh Staton ’78 and Dennis M. Con-

gdon, June 26, 2003

G. Mark Tussey ’89 and Belinda Hardin,November 29, 2002

Shelly Lynn Watts ’89 and Michael Loos,September 30, 2003

Jennifer Holly Chelf ’96 and Jeff Lindquist,May 17, 2003

Sherry Lynn Landers ’96 and Michael C.Hong, October 4, 2003

Jason Alan Cormier ’97 and C. Corey Fisk,June 21, 2003

Christopher Martin Tomlin ’98 and LauraBeth Miklavcic, May 2, 2003

Heather Renee Godsey ’99 and JohnathanBorsodi, August 9, 2003

John William Gragg ’99 and Julie ElizabethHays, August 31, 2003

Georgia Ann Stamper ’99 and AlexanderDeVries Brown, August 2, 2003

Donna Marie Buchino ’00 and John BrianAyres, August 2, 2003

Juliet Lockwood Bishop ’01 and Jay ScottMeredith, August 16, 2003

Lydia Patrice Wilson ’01 and Dale MichaelKohler ’03, August 2, 2003

CorrectionA marriage announcement in the fall Tran-

sylvania magazine incorrectly listed MargaretElizabeth Tucker’s spouse as Christopher T.Smedley ’96. Margaret Elizabeth Tucker ’98wed Charles Kenneth Smedley ’98 on July 13,2002. Transylvania regrets the error.

BIRTHSKaren Shaw Turner ’87 and Richard Turner,

twin daughters, Allison Lexi Turner and Bian-ca Ilene Turner, January 30, 2003

Carie Tur Kimbrough ’88 and Scott Kim-brough, a son, William Matthew Kimbrough,April 15, 2003

Melissa J.Wines ’88 and Joseph Vap, a son,Elijah Samuel Vap, July 22, 2003

J. Bryan Cloar ’89 and Debbie Cloar, a son,Tyler Joseph Cloar, September 5, 2003

Maureen Gregory ’89 and Adam Duke, adaughter, Meredyth Siobhán Gregory Duke,November 26, 2003

Jeanna K. Foley ’90 and James Gaglione, ason, Oliver Kit Foley, April 17, 2003

Laura Bennett Graves ’91 and W.Daniel Graves’92, a daughter, Ann Fortune Graves, June13, 2003

Melody S. Penington-Cole ’91 and JonathanCole, a daughter, Brooke Elizabeth Cole,March 19, 2003

Catherine D. Stavros ’91 and James Heister,a son, Nicholas “Niko” James Heister,November 12, 2003

Jacquelin Whitaker Murphy ’92 and JosephB. Murphy Jr., twins, Jack Mitchell Murphyand Mary Grace Murphy, June 7, 2003

Jennifer Robinson Proud ’92 and James W.Proud, a son, James Quentin RobinsonProud, August 5, 2003

Frederick B. Copeland ’93 and MelanieCopeland, a son, Grant Dixon Copeland,October 1, 2003

Amy Collignon Gunn ’93 and Kevin Gunn,a son, Connor Anderson Gunn, January 2,2003

Amy Kazee Kindrachuk ’93 and Don Kin-drachuk, a daughter, Grace Ann Kindrachuk,August 8, 2003

C.Todd Welsh ’93 and Angela Welsh, a son,Alexander Cole Welsh, June 23, 2003

Brigid Bakanowski Wickson ’93 and ArthurWickson, a daughter, Anneliese Marie Wick-son, January 8, 2003

Kimberly Smith Barnes ’94 and Jason Barnes,a son, Collier Jamison Barnes, March 28,2003

Mary Little Buzard ’94 and Chris Buzard, ason, Luke Thomas Buzard, October 30, 2003

Stephanie Collinsworth Diaj ’94 and SachaDiaj, a son, Luke Stephen Diaj, October 7,2003

Heidi Casconi Johnson ’94 and Scott T.John-son ’94, a daughter, Lillian Patricia Johnson,April 28, 2003

Melissa Stump Meier ’94 and Edward J.Meier, a son, Braden John Meier, July 30,2003

Jennifer Steele-Lantis ’94 and Stephen Lan-tis, a daughter, Abigail Grace Steele Lantis,November 24, 2002

Cleveland S. “Landy”Townsend IV ’94 and

Allison Sheckels Townsend ’96, a son, JohnCleveland Townsend, September 8, 2003

Fonda Estes Carter ’95 and Terry Carter, adaughter, Kaci Nicole Carter, May 7, 2003

Cynthia Ice Bones ’96 and Gordon Bones,a son, Ian Gregory Bones, November 19,2003

Chad E. Hurley ’96 and Chloe Hurley, adaughter, Ava Elizabeth Hurley, August 27,2003

Kim Jay McKinney ’96 and Neil B. McKin-ney, a son, Eli Grant McKinney, September17, 2003

Aimee V.Paul ’96 and Breck Carden, a daugh-ter, Eleanor Victoria Carden, November 3,2003

C. Scott Shultz ’96 and Leigh Shultz, a son,Jonathan Luke Shultz, June 24, 2003

Shannon Tierney McElearney ’97 and CharlesE.“Chip” McElearney ’97, a son, John Sebast-ian “Jack” McElearney, June 6, 2003

Andrew L. Sparks ’97 and Whitney FranzSparks ’99, a daughter, Mallory Sparks, August24, 2003

Jennifer Hamilton Frost ’98 and Chad Frost,a son, Conner James Frost, July 3, 2003

Benjamin A. Marrs ’98 and Missy Marrs, adaughter, Mary Keene Marrs, November 22,2003

Tresine Tatum Logsdon ’99 and MatthewJason Logsdon, a daughter, Isabelle TatumLogsdon, September 17, 2003

Kelly Botkin Sayre ’99 and J.Corey Sayre ’99,a daughter, Kathryn Kennedy Sayre, May 3,2003

Sarah Woodford Fegenbush ’00 and NikolasM. Fegenbush ’00, a daughter, Margaret Eliz-abeth Fegenbush, April 23, 2003

CorrectionThe birth announcement of Elizabeth C.

Woodford ’96 and J. E. B. Pinney in the fallTransylvania magazine was incorrect. Thecouple welcomed a son, Abbott Catesby Pin-ney, on May 20, 2003.

OBITUARIESOnly alumni survivors are listed.

Ernestine Delcamp Barnes ’34, Alma, Mich.,died November 15, 2003. At Transylvania,she was a member of Lamda Omega. She wasa retired professional musician, having per-formed with the Louisville, Toledo, andDetroit symphony orchestras, among oth-ers. Survivors include her brother, Robert M.Delcamp ’39. A memorial service is scheduledfor April 3 at the Lexington Cemetery; con-tact Darrel Barnes at (417) 890-7334 formore information.

Mary “Park” Avery Gragg ’38, Lexington,died December 10, 2003. She was a mem-ber of Antioch Christian Church (Disciples

Dorothy “Doppy”Richardson Curlin ’87and William H. Mathews ’89,August 9, 2003

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of Christ) and one of the founding membersof the Lexington P.E.O. Chapter F. Survivorsinclude her husband, Logan Gragg Jr. ’37, andher son, Wyatt L. Gragg ’70.

Norma Niswonger Lloyd ’41, Providence,Ky., died August 29, 2003. She was the retiredowner and manager of the Lloyd InsuranceAgency.

Marshall A.Sanders ’41, Louisville, died Sep-tember 23, 2003. He was a retired U.S. Armycolonel who had served as the Kentuckydeputy director of Selective Service, ownerand operator of the Margate Apartments,and a member of St. Matthews BaptistChurch. He also served on the Baptist Sem-inary Foundation.

Joyce Bird Carson ’42, Frankfort, Ky., diedNovember 18, 2003. At Transylvania, sheserved as president of Delta Delta Delta soror-ity. She was a homemaker and member of theDaughters of the American Revolution.

Nancy Slade Avent ’43, Bennettsville, S.C.,died October 18, 2003. At Transylvania, shewas a member of Delta Delta Delta sorori-ty. She was the former secretary to the deanof engineering at the University of Kentuckyand secretary and treasurer of the Pepsi-ColaBottling Company of Bennettsville. She wasa member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,where she had served as president of theE.C.W. and had been in charge of the Christ-mas Gift Program. She was a member of theBennettsville Garden Club, active in Hos-pice of Marlboro County, and a former JuniorCharity League Woman of the Year.

Sarah Warthen Simpson ’43, Newark, Ohio,died December 3, 2002. At Transylvania,she sang with the a cappella choir. She wasa homemaker and member of Family of FaithChristian Church.

Mary Jane Gibson ’45, Hilton Head Island,S.C., died September 29, 2003. She enteredthe U.S. Foreign Service in 1951 and servedin Italy, Karachi, Pakistan, and Vietnam. Sheearned a master’s degree in library sciencefrom Loyola University in New Orleans andretired from the Library of Congress in 1981.She was a member of University ChristianChurch in San Diego. Survivors include herniece, Gail Gibson Westerfield ’87.

Carl Lyle Haggard ’49, Taylor Mill, Ky., diedNovember 18, 2003. He served in the U.S.Navy from 1937-1941 and in the U.S. Armyduring World War II. He was a long-timemember of Ashland Avenue Baptist Churchin Covington, Ky., where he was a deaconfor 43 years and a Sunday school teacher.He taught math and physics in NorthernKentucky schools for 30 years. After retir-ing in 1979, he traveled extensively to loca-tions including Thailand, Egypt, China,Australia, and the Soviet Union. He was amember of the National, Kentucky, and

Northern Kentucky education associationsand the Kentucky Retired Teachers Associ-ation. Survivors include his daughters, LylaL.Haggard ’66 and Denise Haggard Caswell ’74.

Winburn L. Mitchum ’51, Lexington, diedNovember 2, 2003. He was a retiredaccountant, former Boy Scout leader, andmember of St. Andrew Antiochian Ortho-dox Church. Survivors include his wife, MaryCox Mitchum ’45.

Joyce Swango Holmes ’55, Cincinnati, diedNovember 23, 2003. She was an avid vol-unteer, supporting dozens of organizations,including the Visiting Nurses Association,Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Associa-tion, Cincinnati Ballet, Classical Music Hallof Fame, Cincinnati Opera Guild, AmericanFederation of Music Clubs, Cincinnati ArtMuseum, and Society for the Preservationof Music Hall. She was named woman of theyear by both The Cincinnati Post and TheCincinnati Enquirer, received a Post-Cor-bett Award and the key to the city, and wasa Kentucky Colonel. She received Transyl-vania’s Morrison Medallion in 1991 for out-standing service to the University. Survivorsinclude her husband, Harold L. Holmes ’55,her sister, Genrose Swango Turner ’50, and herson, Stephen S. Holmes ’79.

Myrna Davies Sambrook ’55, Catonsville,Md., died October 7, 2003. At Transylva-nia, she was a member of Delta Delta Deltasorority and the T-Day Court of Honor. Shewas named a Crimson Beauty and served asTransylvania’s representative to the Moun-tain Laurel Festival. She was a homemakerand elementary school teacher’s aide.

Jerald Clay Greenwade ’58, Mt. Sterling,Ky., died September 3, 2003. He was a cat-tle and tobacco farmer, a former employeeof Amburgey Farm Supply, a member of theCamargo Church of Christ, and former chair-man of the Soil Conservation Service.

Bruce P.Mac Vean ’59, Pompano Beach, Fla.,died April 12, 2003. At Transylvania, he wasa member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Lynn Marshall Stewart ’64, Lexington, diedDecember 12, 2003. He was a retired edu-cator of the Bourbon County public schoolsystem. At Transylvania, he was a memberof Kappa Alpha fraternity and received Hon-orable Mention All-America honors in bas-ketball. Transylvania’s men’s basketballprogram annually gives the Lynn Stew-art/Jeff Young award to the player who,despite injury or setback, makes an out-standing contribution to the team. Survivorsinclude his son, Steven M. Stewart ’93.

John Woodford Howard II ’77, Prestonsburg,Ky., died November 16, 2003. He workedas a staff attorney for the Kentucky Court ofAppeals before going into private practice.He was a member of First Methodist Church

and the Floyd County, Kentucky, and Amer-ican Bar associations. He served on the boardof directors of Mountain ComprehensiveCare Center for eight years.

Elizabeth Snowden Redmon, Lexington, afriend of the University, died November 11,2003. She was a member of Central Chris-tian Church and the Central KentuckyWoman’s Club. She was a former memberof First Christian Church and BellefonteCountry Club, and a former president ofFriends of the Children, Ashland, Ky. Herlate husband, Hiram, was a member of theTransylvania Board of Trustees.

Sudie F.Maupin Karrick, Lexington, a friendof the University, died December 12, 2003.She was a member of Central ChristianChurch, the Women’s Fellowship, theFriendly Service Sunday School Class, andthe National Association of Retired Feder-al Employees, and was past president of theShelton Club.

Weldon Shouse, Lexington, a former mem-ber of Transylvania’s Board of Trustees whoserved on the board for 28 years, died Feb-ruary 14, 2004. A graduate of the Univer-sity of Kentucky and the University ofKentucky College of Law, Shouse served asassistant attorney general of Kentucky from1946-48 and was a founder and long-timepartner of the Lexington law firm of Lan-drum & Shouse.

He served in the Corps of Military Policeduring World War II, and remained in theArmy Reserve for many years. Shouse wasactive in Republican politics for decades, andserved on the State Election Commission.He was a life member of the American BarFoundation, former president of the FayetteCounty Bar Association, and regent of theAmerican College of Trust and Estate Coun-sel. In 2002, he received the Henry T. Dun-can Award for life-long service to the legalprofession. Transylvania presented him withthe Irvin E. Lunger Award for outstandingservice to the University and an honorarydoctor of laws degree. Among his survivorsis his son, Jeffrey Shouse ’75.

The answer to mathematics and com-puter science professor James E. Miller’squestion (see page 6) from his ElementaryStatistics course is: D) 0.3 %.

■ Obituaries in Transylvania are basedon information available in alumnioffice files and from newspaper obitu-aries. Please send information con-cerning alumni deaths to the attentionof Elaine Valentine in the TransylvaniaAlumni Office, 300 North Broadway,Lexington, KY 40508-1797. Newspaperobituaries with complete listings ofsurvivors are preferred.

“Transylvania has steadily gone forward,and we’d like to see that continue.”

R O B E R T A N D S A L L Y H A T C H E T T ’ 5 3

Robert and Sally Hatchett felt

well prepared for graduate school and

their careers when they completed

their Transylvania education in 1953.

The Hatchetts have shown their

gratitude over the years by regularly

participating in the Annual Fund. And

when it came time to prepare their

wills, including Transylvania was a

natural choice.

“The scholarships we received were

quite important, and we want to help

ensure that future students have the

same opportunity,” said Bob, who

retired from his Evansville, Ind.,

orthodontic practice in 2003. “When I

was a student, I worked in Hamilton

Hall in exchange for my meals, and I

got $3 a week from my family, so

money was tight. But when I got to

dental school, I was much better

prepared than most of my classmates.”

Sally said she had no problem

finding a teaching position because of

the top-notch education she received

and Transy’s good reputation.

“Transylvania has steadily gone

forward, and we’d like to see that

continue,” she said.

“Transylvania has steadily gone forward,and we’d like to see that continue.”

—Sally Hatchett ’53

A gift for the futureNaming Transylvania as a beneficiary in your will can help the University continue attracting and

retaining top students and faculty members. It’s easy to establish a bequest. You can designate a dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or spe-

cific property. A bequest can name Transylvania to receive the remainder of your estate after otherbequests have been fulfilled, or you can name Transylvania as contingent beneficiary, in case there areno surviving beneficiaries.

For details on bequests and other forms of planned giving, contact Transylvania’s development officeat (800) 487-2679 or (859) 281-3692, or visit www.transy.edu and click on Giving to Transy.

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