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A Home for ArtCharles L. Shearer Art Building dedicated

LIBERTY, SECURITY, AND JUSTICEPhilosophy professor Peter Fosl’s two-yearBingham-Young Professorship offers anengaging and stimulating mix of speakers,panel discussions, seminars, workshops, visitingartists, film screenings, art exhibits, andtheatrical events, all aimed at illuminatingissues of liberty, security, and justice in today’sworld. The program recognizes that theseissues have taken on new urgency since theterrorist attacks on the United States ofSeptember 11, 2001.

More information on the program and upcoming events, many of which are open to the public, may be found atwww.transy.edu/pages/lsj/home.htm.

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9 Giving and ReceivingService learning travel course to the Philippines helpsstudents gain new perspectives on the world

12 A Fitting TributeTransylvania celebrates dedication of the Charles L. ShearerArt Building and the Susan P. Shearer Student Gallery

14 Crossing Academic BordersTransylvania professors and students embrace an integrated,interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning

18 A Caring LifeKim Tharp-Barrie ’83 has combined a nurturing spirit withleadership skills to become highly successful in healthcare

20 A Transy Family TreeFive consecutive generations of the Gamboe/McGuire familyhave earned Transylvania degrees, beginning in 1896

2 New faculty members4 Transy student finds Hollywood in Kentucky5 Transy officially in NCAA Division III6 New residence halls planned

22 Class Notes25 Alumni Profile: Joe Thomson ’6627 Alumni Profile: Shelby Spanyer Sheffield ’9529 Marriages, Births, Obituaries

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Director of Public Relations: Sarah A. Emmons ■ Director of Publications:Martha S. Baker ■ Publications Writer/Editor: William A. Bowden ■ Publica-tions Assistant: Katherine Yeakel ■ Publications Designer: Barbara Grinnell

Transylvania is published three times a year. Volume 22, No. 1, Fall 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.

President Charles L. Shearerand his wife, Susan, showoff the handcraftedstoneware platter createdby art professor Dan Selterand presented to them dur-ing the dedication of theCharles L. Shearer Art Building andthe Susan P. Shearer StudentGallery. See story on page 12.Photo by Helena Hau

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Transylvania welcomes eight new faculty members

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Eight professors joined the Transylvania faculty for the 2004-05 academic year. Membersof the group have research interests that range from Latin American history and adolescentdevelopment to molecular biology and Schadenfreude.

Kirk Abraham (exercise science)most recentlytaught at theUniversity ofMissouri. Heearned hisB.S. in physi-cal educationfrom the Uni-versity of

Puget Sound, his M.S. in exer-cise and sport science from theUniversity of Arizona, and hisPh.D. in physiology from theUniversity of Missouri. Hisresearch interests includeskeletal muscle metabolismand interactions of exercise anddiet on health and disease.

Gregg Philip Bocketti (history)most recentlytaught atTulane Uni-versity. Heearned hisB.A. in historyand Englishfrom HartwickCollege, and

his M.A. in Latin Americanstudies and Ph.D. in historyfrom Tulane University. Hisresearch interests include LatinAmerican and Caribbean histo-ry, especially modern Brazil;sports and popular culture; liter-ature and intellectuals; and rev-olution and revolutionaries.

Melissa Fortner (psychology) isa 1996 gradu-ate of Transyl-vania, whereshe earnedher B.A. inpsychologyand philoso-phy. Sheearned her

M.S. and Ph.D. in human devel-opment and family studiesfrom Penn State University. Herresearch centers on adolescentdevelopment, particularly howadolescent developmentshapes relationships with par-ents and how relationshipswith parents shape adolescentdevelopment.

Lisa Haefele (English) wasmost recentlya postdoctor-al fellow atStanford Uni-versity. Sheearned herA.B. in com-parative litera-ture and polit-

ical science from Duke Univer-sity, and her M.A. and Ph.D. inEnglish from the University ofCalifornia, Irvine. Her researchinterests include transatlanticmodernism, postmodern andcontemporary British literature,nineteenth-century British liter-ature, women’s literature andculture, and contemporary liter-ary criticism and theory.

Mark Jackson (psychology)was a visitingassistant pro-fessor at Tran-sylvania dur-ing the 2003-04 academicyear. Heearned hisB.A. in psy-

chology from the University ofMemphis, and his M.A. andPh.D. in psychology from theUniversity of Kentucky. Hisresearch interests includesocial comparison; negativesocial emotions such as humili-ation, shame, envy, andSchadenfreude; interpersonalperception; and the self.

Danae T. Orlins (Spanish) wasmost recentlyan associateprofessor ofSpanish atKentuckyWesleyanCollege. Sheearned herB.A. in Span-

ish from the University ofSouthern California and herM.A. and Ph.D. in Romancestudies from Cornell University.Her research interests includeSpanish, German, Ukrainian,and Franciso Delicado’s 1528prose dialogue La Lozanaandaluza.

Belinda J. Sly (biology) mostrecentlytaught cours-es at IndianaUniversitySoutheast.She earnedher B.S. inzoology fromOregon State

University and her Ph.D. inmolecular, cellular, and develop-mental biology from IndianaUniversity. Her research inter-ests include developmentalbiology, molecular biology, andevolution.

John M. Zink (business admin-istration) wasmost recentlya senior part-ner in hisown CPA firmin Lexington.He earned hisB.A. and M.A.in microbiolo-

gy and his MBA from SouthernIllinois University–Carbondale.His research interests includeorganizational behaviors andpersonnel development in thebusiness setting.

The 2004 Kentucky Governor’s School forthe Arts took place on Transylvania’s campusJune 20-July 10, with 224 high school stu-dents from 55 Kentucky counties and 11international students from Northern Irelandin attendance.

GSA offers instruction by some of Ken-tucky’s finest teaching artists in eight disci-plines: creative writing, dance, drama,

instrumental music, musical theater, visualart, architecture and historic preservation,and vocal music. The program has been con-ducted on Transy’s campus for the last fiveyears, and GSA has selected Transy to serveas host through 2008.

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■ A music student practices on the lawn dur-ing the 2004 Governor’s School for the Arts.

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Documentary filmmakerHerb E. Smith and Kentuckyauthor Wendell Berry answeredquestions from students aspart of Transylvania’s fall convo-cation held September 12 inHaggin Auditorium. Smith is co-founder of Appalshop, an inter-nationally known multi-discipli-nary arts and education centerin Whitesburg, Kentucky. Theauthor of more than 30 books,Berry has been a fellow of boththe Guggenheim and Rocke-feller foundations and receivedawards from the NationalEndowment for the Arts andthe National Institute and Acad-emy of Arts and Letters.

The evening began with a

screening of a film Smithbased on Berry’s essay,“Thoughts in the Presence ofFear,” which responds to thehorrors of September 11, 2001,by challenging cultural assump-tions about globalization andprogress. Students then hadthe opportunity to ask Berryand Smith about the film andits philosophies.

This year’s convocation wasthe introductory event of phi-losophy professor Peter Fosl’stwo-year Bingham-Young Pro-fessorship on Liberty, Security,and Justice. Events, discus-sions, and related activities willcontinue through the spring of2006.

Author, filmmaker discuss global politics

Eight students took part inthe Kentucky BiomedicalResearch Undergraduate Train-ing program at Transylvania thissummer. Funded by a grantfrom the National Institutes ofHealth, the eight-week pro-gram gives students who havejust completed their first yearat Transy a more realisticresearch experience thanwhat’s possible in the laborato-ry portion of an academiccourse.

Students spent full days inBrown Science Center working

on their research and learninglab techniques for proceduressuch as removing and purifyingDNA from inside cells, trans-ferring pieces of DNA fromone bacteria into another, andcutting long pieces of DNA intoshorter pieces so they can bepasted together in other waysor in other organisms. Stu-dents also visited institutionsthat are potential graduateschool destinations, includingthe University of Cincinnati andthe University of North Caroli-na-Chapel Hill. As their projects

came to a close, students dis-played posters and gave oralpresentations about their find-ings.

Biology professor PeggyPalombi, who organized theNIH grant proposal and coordi-nated the program with assis-tance from biology professorKathleen Jagger, said KBRUThelps students determinewhether they’d enjoy a careerin research.

Jin Shi, a sophomore fromHendersonville, Tenn., said theprogram opened her eyes to a

variety of possibilities. “I had my mind set on going

to medical school and specializ-ing in anesthesiology or sur-gery, but during KBRUT, Ilearned that there are manyfields in medicine of which Iwas completely unaware,” shesaid. “I am still very interestedin medical school, but I enjoyworking in the lab, so if I everchange my mind, I know I willhave the option of going tograduate school and doingresearch.”

Summer program gives students biomedical research experience

■ Tony Smith explains his research on “Comparisons ofResults and Methods Used in Extracting Genome DNA fromFour Different Kingdoms” at the Kentucky BiomedicalResearch Undergraduate Training program poster presenta-tion held this summer in Brown Science Center.

■ Kim Clark discusses the before and after results of anexperiment during the poster presentation held July 23.Clark’s research project determined the growth curve ofstaphylococcus epidermis at 30 and 37 degrees Celsius.

■ Appalshop filmmaker Herb E. Smith, left, and Kentuckyauthor Wendell Berry listen to questions from Transylvaniastudents during the fall convocation.

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Sophomore Elizabeth Buford had heardrumors that a movie was going to befilmed near her home in Elizabethtown,Ky., but it took a trip to New York for her tofind out the details and discover a way shecould become part of the production.

Buford went to New York as part of herMay term Introduction to Fine Arts course,taught by music professor Greg Partain anddrama professor Tim Soulis. The class wentto several Broadway shows and talkedwith performers. Buford asked one actresshow she found work, and the woman toldher about the Ross Reports, guides thatprovide the names and contact informationof casting directors for television and film.Buford picked up a copy at a newsstandand found the listing for Elizabethtown.

A Cameron Crowe film set to open in2005, Elizabethtown stars Orlando Bloomas a young man returning to his home inElizabethtown, Ky., for his father’s funeral.Kirsten Dunst of Spider-Man fame playsthe romantic lead. Portions of the moviewere filmed in Elizabethtown, Louisville,and Versailles, Ky., in the spring.

Buford sent a resume to the address

listed in the Ross Reports, and was askedto work as a casting office assistant duringcasting calls held in Louisville and Lexing-ton. She also served as a production assis-tant during the filming in Kentucky, andwas hand-picked by Crowe to be an extrain a bridal party scene with Dunst.

During production, Buford got to talk

with Dunst, Bloom, Crowe, and Oscar-win-ning cinematographer John Toll, as well asother cast and crew members.

“It was an extremely educational experi-ence,” she said. “I learned so much just bywatching how they did everything. Forexample, I never realized how importantlighting can be in a film. It just changed theway everything looked.”

Although she was rubbing elbows withthe Hollywood elite, Buford resisted thetemptation to ask for an autograph.

“If I had done that, I’d have been puttingmyself at a level below them, when I feelthat eventually I could be at that samelevel,” she said.

Buford, who had originally intended tofollow the pre-med program at Transy, isnow a drama and business double majorwith a music minor. She said she’d love tohave a career on Broadway someday, but ifthat doesn’t work out, she can fall back onher business and language skills. Bufordspeaks Korean, is learning Chinese, andplans to learn Japanese.

“If I don’t make it in acting, I’ll be happydoing something else,” she said.

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The 330 members of Transylvania’sclass of 2008 bring total enrollment to1,114 students—right where the Universitywants to be, according to AdmissionsDirector Sarah Coen.

The first-year students are academicallytalented, with test scores well above thenational average. They include six NationalMerit Finalists, 36 Governor’s Scholars, andseven Governor’s School for the Arts partic-ipants.

Geographically, class members hail fromnearly every county of Kentucky, and thenumber from Louisville doubled over lastyear. “High-achieving students fromthroughout Kentucky are attracted to Transyfor its academic excellence, state-of-the-artfacilities, and award-winning faculty,” saidCoen.

In addition to the Midwestern states,class members came from California,Nevada, Florida, New Hampshire, New Jer-sey, New York, and the Virgin Islands. Near-ly all of the out-of-state students learnedabout Transylvania through alumni, and 21percent of the incoming class memberswere alumni referrals.

“Alums were extremely helpful in recruit-ing this class,” said Coen. “They made

phone calls, wrote notes, attended off-campus events, and did much more.”

Six percent of the class members areminorities, with fewer African-Americansbut more Hispanics, reflecting general pop-ulation trends. Transy is conductingresearch to help develop new strategies forincreasing student diversity.

More than 25 percent of the enteringclass will play a varsity sport at Transylva-nia. The percentage of students who haveperformed community service, worked at

part-time jobs, and traveled abroadincreased over last year. Reflecting theirvaried interests, the class includes a stu-dent who completed an internship in a fed-eral prosecutor’s office, one who wrotemusic reviews for a local newspaper, theauthor of a book on volunteerism, and anElvis impersonator.

Entering class brings enrollment to 1,114

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■ Members of the class of 2008 get toknow each other during the traditionalGreet Line, a part of first-year orientation.

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Transylvania’s official accept-ance into full, active member-ship in NCAA Division III bringsa new level of excitement andanticipation to the campus asstudent-athletes, coaches, andadministrators look forward toopportunities for post-seasonplay and other NCAA-relatedadvantages.

In August, the National Colle-giate Athletic Association’sPresidents Council gave formalapproval to Transy’s Division IIIapplication, ending a four-yearprovisionary period that pre-pared the University for activemember status, effective Sep-tember 1. Division III is theNCAA’s non-scholarship division.

“It’s been a long process anda very educational and reward-ing experience,” said PresidentCharles L. Shearer. “On behalfof our student-athletes andcoaches, I am excited about themany positive aspects andopportunities that result frommembership in the NCAA.”

Among those advantages arefunding for seminars for stu-dent-athletes and coaches, thechance for students to partici-pate in the governing structureof the NCAA through represen-tatives to the national conven-tion, and financial support forpost-season play.

The more intangible benefitsmay be the most important toTransy in the long run. Inclusionwithin the NCAA’s largest divi-sion (422 member institutionsand more than 140,000 stu-dent-athletes) positions the Uni-versity with like-minded schoolsthroughout the nation thatstress the importance of aca-demics and the complementaryrole athletics play in the totalcollege experience.

“We have allied ourselveswith schools that have thesame kind of goals and objec-tives that we have, mostnotably high academic stan-dards,” said Transy athleticsdirector Ted Kinder. “With Divi-

sion III, the focus is on the stu-dent-athlete, on participation,on the educational componentof athletics, and how all thatties into the academic missionof the institution.”

Division III athletes have adistinctive outlook on their col-lege experience, said Kinder.

“If you ask them to reflect ontheir college years, many willsay they learned important les-sons on the basketball court, onthe golf course, or on the ten-nis court about relationships,how to deal with people, howto be a leader, and how to usesocial skills that have helpedthem in their careers.”

In the shorter run, student-athletes and coaches are eagerto savor the fun of NCAA post-season play. Transy’s confer-ence—the Heartland CollegiateAthletic Conference—receivesautomatic NCAA bids for itsleague champions.

“I’m very excited about pos-sibly competing on a nationallevel in the post-season,” saidjunior Amelia Martin, an out-fielder on the softball team whois also co-chair of Transy’s Stu-dent-Athlete Advisory Commit-tee. “We were No. l in the con-ference during the regular sea-son my first year, but our sea-son just kind of ended. Hopeful-ly, that will change this year.”

Her coach, Kelley Anderson,takes a similar view.

“All the coaches and playersare excited about the opportuni-ty to play for a conferencechampionship and go to post-season,” she said. “The regularseason determines the seed-ings for the conference tourna-ment, so all of our HCACgames will be important.”

Head men’s basketball andmen’s golf coach Brian Lane ’90said the move to NCAA DivisionIII has created intriguing newscheduling opportunities andthe promise of exciting con-tests for fans. He pointed tonational Division III powers

Maryville College (Tenn.), TheCollege of Wooster, and Witten-berg College (Division III’s win-ningest program) as examplesof new regional rivalries thatNCAA affiliation makes possible.

“These schools, along withothers we play like DePauwUniversity, represent solid programs at great institutionsthat are a perfect fit for Transyl-vania.”

Recruiting as an NCAA-affili-ated college also puts Transy ina strong position, said Lane.

“We’re recruiting some ofthe top players in Kentucky. Wehave two regional players-of-the-year on this year’s team,along with a school’s all-timeleading scorer. There are manyplayers who value a Transylvaniaeducation, the experience ofgoing to college in Lexington,and competing on the nationalstage at a very high level.”

Overall, as a former Pioneerbasketball player and now alum-nus and coach, Lane looks for-ward to seeing Transylvania risein the HCAC and NCAA ranks.

“When we were in the NAIA(National Association of Inter-collegiate Athletics), weshowed we could competeagainst anybody in the nation.That should be no differentwith our move to NCAA Divi-sion III. Our goal is not just tocompete in the conference, but

to get back to among thenation’s elite in all our sports.”

Transy teams that qualify forpost-season play have a lot tolook forward to, according toKinder. “For a student-athlete,being part of that experience istremendous,” he said. “Theatmosphere at NCAA nationalchampionships is great—every-thing is first class.”

No matter how it’s viewed,the transition from an NAIAscholarship program to the non-scholarship NCAA Division IIIrepresents a milestone.

“To achieve active member-ship as an NCAA Division IIIinstitution is a historic event inthe athletics life of Transylvaniaand a credit to all those whohad the vision to make it hap-pen,” said Kinder.

As to the notion that DivisionIII status represents a de-emphasis on athletics at Transy,Kinder points to the majorexpansion of facilities (John R.Hall Field, William A. MarquardField, Clive M. Beck Athleticand Recreation Center) and anincrease in full-time coachingpositions that have taken placein recent years as abundant evi-dence to the contrary.

“We are not de-emphasizingathletics—we are reemphasiz-ing the entire educationalexperience.”

Transylvania achieves full NCAA Division III membership

■ First-year student Erin Milliken helped the women’s tennisteam to a 4-5 overall record this fall.

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Tassie named outstanding librarianCarolyn Tassie received the 2004 Outstanding Academic

Librarian of the Year Award and the President’s Award fromthe Kentucky Library Association at the KLA Conference inSeptember. The awards recognized her contributions to theadvancement of academic librarianship and information sci-ence at both Transylvania and across the state.

Students participate in young scientist programTransylvania senior Tonya Jernigan and junior Kevin White

took part in the 2004 Kentucky Young Scientist SummerResearch Program at the University of Kentucky. About 10 stu-dents from across the state were selected for the eight-weekprogram, which allows participants to conduct research,attend seminars, discussion groups, and lectures, and interactwith graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, visiting scien-tists, and faculty members in a working environment.

Cardona recognized for history paperHistory and Spanish double major and 2004 graduate

Kristin Cardona won the Thomas Clark Writing Prize from theKentucky Association of Teachers of History. Named for Ken-tucky’s historian laureate, the annual award recognizes thebest history research paper written by an undergraduate at aKentucky college or university. Cardona’s prize-winning paperwas based on her senior thesis in history titled “A TennesseeGentleman in Office: Cordell Hull and Foreign Policy in 1933.”

Greek organizations honoredAll eight of Transylvania’s Greek organizations received

awards and recognition at their national conventions over thesummer, with exceptional honors being presented to KappaAlpha Order and Delta Sigma Phi. Kappa Alpha Order wonthe Marshall Award, an honor presented annually to the topthree of the 134 chapters in the nation. This is the first yearTransy’s chapter has won the award, although it receivedequivalent honors in 1978. Delta Sigma Phi received the Pyra-mid of Excellence award, the fraternity’s top national honor,for the 20th consecutive year. In recognition of the chapter’sachievement, Scott Wiley, the national fraternity’s executivedirector, came to Transylvania and presented the award duringa ceremony in Old Morrison Chapel.

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In the competition for thebest students, campus livingarrangements can sometimesbe a deciding factor. With thatin mind, Transylvania recentlyannounced plans to constructtwo new residence halls withsuite-style rooms andenhanced social spaces thatwill accommodate both maleand female students.

The $7.2 million project willinclude twin four-story build-ings that will be developed instages near the William T.Young Campus Center on a sitenow occupied by three tenniscourts. The courts will bemoved to a new site on thenorth side of Fourth Street nearRosenthal and Poole residencefacilities.

“Today’s students oftencome from homes where theyhave had their own room, andsometimes their own bath-room, and these new resi-dence halls will provide themwith a living experience thatmeets contemporary expecta-tions,” said President Charles L.Shearer.

The floor plan for the build-ings shows two-student suitesthat include separate living andsleeping areas, a kitchenette,and private bath. There will alsobe space for social events andstudent support services. Eachof the new residence halls willaccommodate 80-90 students.

Transylvania currently hastwo residence facilities—Rosenthal Residence Complex

and Poole Residence Center—that offer either apartment- orsuite-style accommodations.

“Rosenthal and Poole werevery innovative facilities whenthey were constructed in the1980s,” said Shearer, “and thisnew project also represents aforward-looking approach.Many students desire thesetypes of accommodations, andTransylvania’s ability to offerthis choice will play an impor-tant role in future recruitmentand retention efforts.”

The new residence halls willalso allow the University toenhance the living situation inForrer, Clay, and Davis halls,which provide traditional stu-dent housing with two-studentrooms arranged along a hallwaywith community bathrooms.The number of students livingin those facilities will bereduced so that some roomscan be reconfigured into studyor social gathering areas.

The residence halls project ispart of an overall initiative bythe University that alsoincludes the much-needed ren-ovation of laboratory space inBrown Science Center, a $7million project.

For more information on theresidence hall project or otherUniversity initiatives, contactthe development office at (800)487-2679 or (859) 281-3692.

New residence halls being planned

■ Delta Sigma Phi president Bryan Conover, left, receivesPyramid of Excellence award from executive director ScottWiley as Delta Sigma Phi alumnus Kirk Tolle ’82 looks on.

■ Architect’s rendering ofplanned new residence halls.

Former Transylvania headmen’s basketball coach DonLane was inducted into theKentucky Athletic Hall of FameSeptember 9 in a ceremony atthe Executive West Hotel inLouisville.

Lane retired from his coach-ing position at Transy in 2001 asthe University’s all-time win-ningest men’s basketball coachwith a 509-241 record over 26seasons. His final year was onefor the books—a 27-2 record,No. 1 national NAIA ranking,top seed in the NAIA champi-onship, and national coach andplayer of the year awards forLane and Pioneer Collier Mills’01. His players excelled in theclassroom, with 92 of 97

receiving their degrees.Lane is also a member of

the Union College (his almamater) and NAIA halls of fame.He was inducted into the Pio-neer Hall of Fame in 2002.

A former Transy athleticsdirector, Lane is currently atenured professor in the physi-cal education and exercise sci-ence program.

The national observance ofthe bicentennial of the Lewisand Clark Expedition gives Tran-sylvania an occasion to remem-ber its own connection to theepic 1804-06 journey thatmapped a route through theAmerican Northwest to thePacific Ocean.

George Shannon, at 18 theyoungest member of the expe-dition’s permanent Corps of Dis-covery, came to Lexington fol-lowing his grand adventure andwas a student at Transylvaniafrom 1808-10. The historicalrecord is unclear concerning hiscourse of study—perhaps clas-sical instruction in the academicdepartment or classes in thelaw school.

After living in Philadelphia fortwo years, where he helped toedit the journals of the expedi-tion and may have studied law,Shannon returned to Lexingtonand married Ruth SnowdenPrice in 1813, with whom hehad seven children. He prac-ticed law in the city beforebeing elected to the KentuckyHouse of Representatives for

three consecutive one-yearterms (1820-23), then wasnamed a circuit judge in 1824.

Shannon and his familymoved to Missouri in 1828, set-tling in St. Charles, where hehad been with Lewis and Clarkin 1804 as they made finalpreparations for the expedition.He practiced law there, was aU.S. attorney general and ajudge, served in the state sen-ate and house, and ran forU.S. senator in 1832 againstThomas Hart Benton. Hedied suddenly in court in1836 at age 49.

Shannon was wellthought of by WilliamClark, who described himas “one of the most activeand useful men we had.”Because of a two-weekadventure in wildernesssurvival he experiencedwhile hunting for some ofthe expedition’s stray horses,a portion of the Lewis andClark Trail in northeast Nebraskais named the George ShannonTrail and includes 15 statuesdepicting Private Shannon in

various scenes. Missourinamed a county for him just ayear after his death.

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George Shannon:Transy’s Lewis & Clark connection

Lane inducted into hall of fame

Transy in Jeopardy!

Transylvania’s fame has

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Michael Cronk, assistant director of career developmentat Transy, passed along this bitof Transy trivia.

■ Former Transylvania headmen’s basketball coach DonLane, right, is joined at theKentucky Athletic Hall of Fameceremonies by Lee Rose ’58,also a former Transy headmen’s basketball coach as wellas player for the Pioneers.

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The Transylvania ParentsCouncil kicked off the academ-ic year with a phonathon tohelp meet its goal of raising$91,000 for the J. Douglas GayJr./Frances Carrick ThomasLibrary.

“We concentrate on thelibrary because it benefitsevery student,” said Phyllis Bry-den, co-president of the groupwith her husband, John.“Tuition alone doesn’t cover thecost of the books, periodicals,and on-line resources that areneeded every year to keep thelibrary’s holdings up-to-date.”

Last year, the library addedmore than 2,000 titles. Anaverage of 2,800 individualspassed through the library gateevery week, and librariansanswered 1,400 referencequestions and taught 42 classsessions.

The library is very respon-sive to students’ needs, stay-ing open 93 hours a week anduntil 2 a.m. during finals. Infact, many of the library’sresources are available 24

hours a day throughtechnology that allowsstudents to browsethe library’s cata-logs—and catalogsfrom libraries aroundthe world—from theirresidence hall com-puters.

“During the year,members of the Par-ents Council andother volunteers willbe calling to ask foryour support of theParents Fund,” saidJohn Bryden. “Whenyou receive a call,please be kind to thevolunteer, be gener-ous in your pledge ofsupport, and fulfillyour pledge promptly.”

In addition to fund-raising,the 34-member Parents Councilplans programs for students’families and helps with studentrecruitment and career develop-ment. Dolores Roberson, direc-tor of parents programs, servesas coordinator.

Parents Council fund-raising goal is $91,000

A new book by an eminent Ivy Leagueprofessor emeritus represents anotherstep in the rehabilitation of the schol-arly reputation of Constantine SamuelRafinesque, the 19th-centuryTransylvania natural history professorwhose important contributions tobotany are sometimes overshadowedby his eccentric ways and lapses in sci-entific method.

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque: A Voicein the American Wilderness was writtenby Leonard Warren, the InstituteProfessor at the Wistar Institute ofAnatomy and Biology in Philadelphiaand American Cancer Society ResearchProfessor Emeritus at the University ofPennsylvania. It was published in Julyby The University Press of Kentucky.

Billed as the first full-length biogra-phy of Rafinesque, Warren’s bookrecounts Charles Darwin’s praise ofRafinesque’s pioneering theories of theevolution of plant species, which pre-ceded the publication of Darwin’s TheOrigin of Species by three decades, andhis classification of over 6,700 plantsduring his travels across the country-side.

Warren portrays Rafinesque, whosesix-year career at Transy ended with hisdismissal in 1825, as the first naturalhistory professor in the Midwest and aworld-class scientist. As the subject ofmyth and legend among Transy stu-dents to this day, he remains among themost intriguing and controversial fig-ures in the college’s history.

■ 2004-05 members of the Parents Council are, from left, firstrow: Greg and Carla Repass,Tim and Sarah Atkinson, Johnand Phyllis Bryden (co-presidents), John and Beverly Karaffa.Second row: Greg and Shirley Beavin, Harley and MingaTrogdlen, Shannon Shields, Mike and Cathy Francisco. Thirdrow: Art and Denise Moser, Greg and Marilyn Peterson, Jerryand Martha Baker. Fourth row: Sharri Greer, Rusty Ashcraft,Davis and Rita Smith, Aaron and Jo Evelyn Milliken. Not pres-ent for the photo: Jennifer Ashcraft, Lee Greer, Bob and SarahJohnson, Harry and Jimmie Rankin, Greg Shields.

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As Erik Weber perused the course offer-ings for May term 2004, one course

in particular caught his attention: ServiceLearning in the Philippines.

“Traveling to the Philippines is notsomething you see typically,” said Weber,a sophomore from Lexington. “Mostcourses go to Western Europe or SouthAmerica. I’d traveled extensively in Europealready, so I thought it would be a reallyinteresting experience to go somewherecompletely different.”

The unusual destination was only oneaspect of what made this course such aunique and valuable addition to Transyl-vania’s curriculum. Team taught by biol-ogy professor Kathleen Jagger and artprofessor Dan Selter, Service Learning inthe Philippines combined traditional class-room elements with a study abroad oppor-tunity and the chance to make a differencein the lives of others.

Fourteen students spent three weeks inthe Philippines conducting environmen-tal health surveys, constructing a restroomfor an elementary school, and repairinganother elementary school and a preschool.

“One of the goals was helping the stu-dents develop leadership skills in a contextthat is meaningful for them,” Jagger said.“They were in some ways examining theirrole in the global community and their rolein service to others. These are deep ques-tions that students this age are really search-ing for answers to. We provided a

Giving andreceiving

Service learning coursehelps students gain new perspectives on the world

by Katherine Yeakel

■ Becky Ford, a senior biology majorfrom Louisville, moves cinder blocksduring the construction of a restroom,or comfort room as it’s called in thePhilippines, for an elementary school onMactan Island.

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framework for those questions to be devel-oped and asked.”

Planning aheadCommunity service has long been an

integral part of student life at Transy. Fromorganized group projects such as the First-Year Urban Program, Alternative SpringBreak, and Crimson Christmas to indi-vidual volunteer opportunities with com-munity organizations like 3M Tutors andBig Brothers/Big Sisters, students havecountless ways to discover the value ofhelping others. Some academic courses inthe past have also incorporated a serviceelement, but Service Learning in thePhilippines was the first Transylvania courseto be developed around the service com-ponent.

Jagger had conducted service learningcourses at the colleges where she taughtbefore joining the Transylvania faculty in2002. She mentioned the endeavors dur-ing her interview seminar, and when shebegan teaching that fall, several studentsapproached her about developing some-thing similar at Transylvania. Lori Beth

Craig ’04, Paul Thomson ’04, and Har-vey Jones ’03 took a special interest andhelped with much of the preliminary leg-work. Jones graduated before the coursewas implemented, but Thomson servedas the student project coordinator andCraig was the health team leader.

In the summer of 2003, Jagger andThomson visited the Philippines with assis-tance from the Kenan Fund for Facultyand Student Enrichment and the Davidand Betty Jones Fund for Faculty Devel-opment. They worked with a local organ-ization, Island Ventures, to determine whatprojects would best benefit the local peo-ple. When they returned, Jagger lookedfor a fellow faculty member who had expe-rience using tools and could help overseethe construction projects. Selter had theskills and was eager to help create thisopportunity for students.

Because the class planned to spend threeweeks of the four-week May term in thePhilippines, preparation during winterterm was essential.

“The students took responsibilities fora variety of aspects of this course,” Seltersaid. “A couple of people did culturalaffairs, someone else handled the finan-cial aspects, and another person served asphotographer. We had a team leader forthe construction crew, another team leaderfor the survey group.”

Prior to departure, students learned

about Filipino history, culture, and cur-rent events. While on site, they researchedvarious aspects of Filipino life, and uponreturning to campus, presented papersthat drew on their reading, research, andproject experiences. Research topics rangedfrom transportation, nutrition, and waterquality to the political system and the bridetrade.

A matter of perspectiveFor the majority of the trip, members

of the class resided on Mactan Island inan Island Ventures facility that had no run-ning water. They slept on wooden floorsand ate local cuisine prepared by some oftheir hosts.

“We were looking at the Philippinesfrom the inside,” Jagger said. “Instead ofjust staying in a hotel, we were actuallymembers of the community, living withthem and working on projects that wereof interest to them. I think we had a realadvantage over a tourist-type experience.”

Amanda Wilburn, a senior biologymajor from Olive Hill, Ky., said adjustingto life on Mactan Island was easier thanshe anticipated.

“One of the big surprises for me washow easy it was to settle into their cul-ture,” she said. “Before I left Lexington,I thought it would be hard to handle, justhaving a bucket of water to shower with,and I thought I’d be hungry all the timebecause I wouldn’t like the food. But buck-et showers turned out to be more thanadequate and I miss the food now. It waswonderful.”

Seeing how content the Filipino peo-ple were despite their impoverished livingconditions prompted students to fre-quently reflect on their own lifestyles.

“Every day in every setting, people weretalking about how this made them thinkmore deeply about how the United Statesis viewed by foreign countries, how weview ourselves, and what really is impor-tant in life,” Jagger said. “There were verythoughtful dialogues going on in smallgroups and large groups. For me, that wasthe most valuable aspect.”

When they weren’t working on theservice projects, students toured the island,becoming familiar with the local forms oftransportation, including jeepneys, col-orfully decorated mini-busses, and trikes,motorbikes with covered passenger cartsattached. They enjoyed getting to knowthe local children, who often swarmedaround the construction sites, and seeing

■ Sophomore Erik Weber and MarniRakes ’04 prepare to reinforce a columnfor the construction of a comfort roomfor an elementary school on MactanIsland.

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a reenactment of Lapu-Lapu’s defeat ofMagellan. The trip took place during theheight of the election season, which afford-ed students special insight into Filipinopolitics as well as the chance to hear pres-ident Gloria Macapagal Arroyo deliver aspeech as she campaigned for reelection.

Time and time again, members of theclass encountered the Filipino’s amazinghospitality. When students went to a disco,officials offered them seats of honor towatch a ceremony that preceeded thedance. When they visited SouthwesternUniversity in Cebu City, a huge sign wel-comed them to campus. And when theytraveled to the tiny island of Pangan-Anto repair a preschool, residents welcomedthem into their homes for the night.

The family that hosted Wilburn andanother student included three children,a cousin, and two parents, who all shareda one-bedroom home attached to a smallgeneral store.

“When we stayed, they insisted that wetake their bedroom, but they didn’t justdo that,” Wilburn said. “They took all thecushions from all over the house, and what-ever soft things they had, and put a sheetover it so it would be more like what wewere used to.”

Making a differenceAt the end of three weeks, the class had

finished three construction projects thatimproved the lives of local school children.They built a restroom for one elementaryschool; added a ceiling to an outdoor stageand painted walls and doors for anotherelementary school; and repainted, repairedthe roofing, built furniture, and made achalkboard for a pre-school.

“One of my most memorable experi-ences was beating away coral rock to builda trench for a septic tank,” Thompson said.“We had no power tools and used a 25-pound metal pole to break away the rock.It was exhausting work, but once thetrench was in place, it was rewarding tosee the result.”

Members of the health team workedwith local officials to complete 3,500house-to-house surveys that addressedwater quality, hygiene practices, sanita-tion, and other environmental health con-cerns. Once the data analysis is complete,the team will send a report to the localcommissioner of health so he can use theinformation to make improvements.

Many students said the experience hada profound effect on their lives and their

outlook on the world. Wilburn used whatshe’d learned as part of the health surveyteam to conduct similar research over thesummer with the support of a KenanGrant.

Meeting the Filipino people andobserving their optimistic attitudes great-ly impressed Joe Meranda ’04.

“No matter how little the people had,they always seemed so warm, inviting, andhappy,” he said. “This study abroad expe-rience really expanded my understandingof the world. Visiting a third-world coun-try radically changed my definition ofpoverty and forced me to realize how muchwe have in the U.S. This realization mademe aware of how wasteful we are and hasmotivated me to make improvements.”

Janelle Mingus, a senior biology majorfrom Hawesville, Ky., credited the coursefor offering an exceptional educationalopportunity, along with a chance to reeval-uate her priorities.

“The entire trip was an amazing learn-ing experience,” she wrote in a reflectionpiece for a Philippine newsletter. “It notonly allowed me to realize how blessed Iam, but also showed me how to appreci-ate the more important things—friends,family, and community. Working with the(local) health clinic showed me a side ofmedicine and public health that I mightnot have received in the states. And final-ly, I began to realize that community canbe as near as your hometown and as faraway as Mactan Island.” ■

■ Amanda Wilburn, a member of thepublic health team, takes a dance les-son from a Filipino friend.

■ Junior Jon Hall, a sociology/anthro-pology and religion double major fromHuntsville, Ala., poses with some of theFilipino children who often swarmedaround the construction sites eager totalk with members of the class and tohelp any way they could.

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Over the last five years, support fromthe Transylvania Board of Trustees,

alumni, and friends have transformed anabandoned Fayette County school build-ing into a functional and attractive facil-ity for the college’s art program.

On October 16, this versatile additionto Transylvania’s campus officially becameknown as the Charles L. Shearer Art Build-ing, named in honor of the presidentwhose dedication and guidance for thepast 21 years helped transform Transyl-vania from a struggling institution into athriving, nationally respected liberal artscollege.

“Charles has succeeded in one of themost difficult jobs I can think of,” saidchairman of the Board William T. YoungJr. during the dedication ceremony. “He’soverseen the renovation of this campuswith dramatic quality improvements inall areas, and he has done this under thewatchful eyes of students, parents, facul-ty, staff, trustees, and graduates, each ademanding group with different agen-das.”

Recognizing that Shearer’s tenurecould not have been so successful with-out the support of his wife, Susan P. Shear-er, the board decided to name the studentart gallery in her honor.

“Susan has been a constant support toCharles through thick and thin, even

before he came to Transylvania,” Youngsaid. “Over the years, Susan has hostedtrustees, faculty, and students in her home,attended innumerable university func-tions, and provided important counseland advice to Charles. I can’t think of amore fitting tribute to a special man andhis wife than this building and its studentgallery.”

Originally designed and constructedin 1950, the building was blessed withmany large windows and high ceilings,key design elements that made it an idealadaptation project as an art building. Tran-sylvania purchased the building in 1999and spent the past two years renovatingit. The Board of Trustees voted to namethe building in honor of Shearer in 2003on the occasion of his 20th anniversaryas president, and planned to dedicate thebuilding when the renovations were com-plete.

Board of Trustees member Warren W.Rosenthal, who serves as chair of theDevelopment Committee, said raisingfunds for this project was a pleasurebecause his fellow board members wereso eager to see this building dedicated tothe president.

“The other reason this was so reward-ing is that we took one of the ugliest build-ings that ever existed and turned it intothe fine building that we have now, with

A Fitting Tribute

Transylvania celebrates dedication of the Charles L. Shearer Art Building and the Susan P. Shearer Student Gallery

by Katherine Yeakel

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■ Clockwise, from bottom left:Warren W. Rosenthal,Transylvania

Board of Trustees member and chair ofthe Development Committee, addressesthe audience during the dedication cere-mony.

Art professor Dan Selter presentsPresident Charles L. Shearer and SusanP. Shearer with a handcrafted stonewareplatter.

The Shearers accept congratulationsfrom Board of Trustees chairman WilliamT.Young Jr.

Mark Shearer adjusts his father’s bou-tonniere while Todd Shearer, and Mark’swife, Kristi, wait in the background.

Art and English double major SarahWalker talks about the significance ofthe Shearer Art Building and the newlyrenovated Susan P. Shearer StudentGallery.

great lighting and architecture that blendswell with the campus.”

The three-level, 15,000-square-footbuilding received new windows, a newcentral heating and air-conditioning sys-tem, an elevator to make the buildinghandicapped accessible, fresh paint andceiling work, a columned front entrance,landscaping, and an adjacent parking lot.

The building now has one traditionalclassroom; four studios; six studio/class-room combinations for drawing, paint-ing, design, photography, sculpture, andceramics; and numerous rooms and spe-cial spaces for such functions as stretch-ing canvases and building frames, mixingplaster and clay for sculpture and ceram-ics, and arranging studio lighting andbackdrops for photography. An outdoorkiln for firing ceramic creations is locat-ed immediately outside.

“This building offers further evidenceof Transylvania’s understanding that thearts–music, drama, literature, and the visu-al arts–manifest the very essence of whatit means to be a human being,” said artprofessor Dan Selter, who pointed outhow Shearer has nurtured the fine arts atTransylvania with projects ranging fromthe construction of the Lucille C. LittleTheater to the recruitment of the Gov-ernor’s School for the Arts program.

Sarah Walker ’06, a William T. Young

scholar from Utica, Ky., who’s majoringin art and English, said she was gratefulto have this dedicated space to work onher classroom projects and personal cre-ations. She was especially appreciative ofthe recent enhancements that havechanged the space now designated as theSusan P. Shearer Student Gallery from abland room with poor lighting to an invit-ing display area for student art.

“The room has been made to look andfunction like a gallery, with nice walls andcarpet, blinds and track lighting, and aprojection room,” she said. “All in all, wehave new potential for displaying ourworks well.”

As the ceremony came to a close, Pres-ident Shearer thanked the Board ofTrustees for the honor they had bestowed.

“Susan and I are deeply grateful andhonored to have our names associatedwith this fine education building,” he said.“Our greatest satisfaction comes fromseeing the progress made by Transylva-nia and the positive experience our stu-dents have over their four years here.When you believe in an institution andthe people who make it successful, andyou believe in its mission, it’s easy to bean advocate and do all you can to makeit better.” ■

Photos by Helena Hau

What do art and poetry have to dowith a study of geopolitical liberty,

security, and justice issues? Why woulddrama be considered an integral part offoreign language, philosophy, or historyinstruction? And where do modern busi-ness methods fit during an examinationof ancient Rome under Caesar Augustus?

The general answer to all three ques-tions is that they represent an interdisci-plinary approach to teaching and learningthat is a highly valued aspect of academ-ics at Transylvania. In fact, these combi-nations of seemingly disparate subjectmatter and intellectual methodology arequite common throughout the curricu-lum and academic life overall.

It’s an attribute of the liberal artsapproach to education that flourishes atTransylvania, bringing a level of innova-tion, stimulation, even excitement to thelearning process. It is proof positive thatthe traditional academic divisions and pro-grams, such as humanities and social sci-ences, biology and drama, that Transy usesto organize its curriculum are viewed bystudents and faculty alike only as conven-ient handles, not impregnable barriers.

“What you genuinely want to do isteach your students to make connectionsbetween and among the courses they’retaking,” said vice president and dean ofthe college William F. Pollard. “It spurscreativity and gives students critical toolsto use in considering divergent views anddiscriminating between good and badideas.”

Examples of the interdisciplinaryapproach at Transy are found throughoutthe curriculum, in cross-listing of cours-es between programs, in programs thatare specifically cataloged as interdiscipli-nary (women’s studies, for example), inspecial major patterns created by studentswith advice from professors, and in team-

■ Philosophy professor Peter Fosl, left,and history professor Frank Russell usedrama to get at philosophical, political,and historical issues in a re-creation ofthe Trial of Socrates (399 B.C.).

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Transylvania professors and studentsembrace an integrated, interdisciplinary

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teaching. It also shows up in convocations,faculty seminars, film series, faculty andstudent research projects, internships, andguest artists and speakers, among otherplaces.

In short, toss a pebble into the pool ofTransylvania academics and you’re likelyto hit something that benefits from aninterdisciplinary approach.

A classical beginningAn excellent starting point in survey-

ing Transy’s interdisciplinary landscape isthe recent creation of a new major in clas-sics, a subject with a long history of cross-ing curricular borders and integratingknowledge. It’s the offspring of classicsprofessor John Svarlien and history pro-fessor Frank Russell, who is also trainedin classics.

In addition to proficiency in Latin orGreek and the expected requirements inclassics courses per se, students earning amajor in the field have history require-ments and a list of electives to chose fromthat includes courses in history, art, phi-losophy, political science, and religion.

“I’ve always thought of classics as anideal subject for a liberal arts college

because it brings all of these things togeth-er so you can see, for instance, how ancientphilosophy affected politics,” said Svar-lien.

Among the professors contributing tothe classics curriculum are philosophy pro-fessor Peter Fosl with Ancient Greek andRoman Philosophy, art professor NancyWolsk with Art History: Ancient to Goth-ic, and political science professor Don Dugiwith Political Theory I: Classical andMedieval.

Svarlien is teaching a new course titledAugustan Rome that uses Augustan Cul-ture by Karl Galinsky as its text. An inter-disciplinary and millennium-hoppingaspect of the book is a parallel the authordraws between contemporary businessmodels and the leadership style of CaesarAugustus. “Galinsky looks at Augustus asa CEO, a brilliant manager,” says Svarlien.“It’s inspired an accounting major in theclass to study the era in terms of itsaccounting procedures.”

Krysta Forry, a senior from Russellville,Ky., helped to pioneer the classics majorby creating her own special major patternin classics. She has added that to her biol-ogy major and plans to enter dental school

after graduation.“I took Latin because I thought it

would go with my medical career,” shesays. “Then I had mythology and took theMay term travel course to Greece (TheAncient Polis). That’s what made me wantto learn more about it. Classics has so manyareas you can look at—history, philoso-phy, art, architecture—about anything youcan imagine.”

Chris Cansler, a senior computer sci-ence major from Bristol, Tenn., is com-pleting a minor in classics and seesrelationships between the grammaticalstructures he learned in Latin and Eng-lish and the languages he’s learned in com-puter programming. “We’ll have a groupof terms in computer programming, andit’s just like doing sentence diagramming,”he said.

Classical studies was given a theatricalflair when professors Fosl and Russellteamed up to present a dramatic inter-

■ Classics professor John Svarlienkeeps an office appointment with senior Chris Cansler, a computer science major and classics minor from Bristol,Tenn.

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pretation—complete with period cloth-ing—of the Trial of Socrates (399 B.C.).The event highlighted some of the textsstudents were exploring in Foundationsof the Liberal Arts, an interdisciplinarycourse for first-year students that requiresessays based on readings of classical textsand novels, viewing of films and docu-mentaries, and attendance at lectures andexhibits.

The use of drama as a teaching deviceis common in the foreign languages pro-gram. French and Spanish professorSimonetta Cochis, for example, puts herstudents in structured performance situ-ations—a scene from a play or a skit writ-ten by the students—so that they can fullyexperience the meaning of the languagein real life.

Fosl and Russell also represent anoth-er interdisciplinary experience offered atTransylvania, the team-taught course,which is usually offered during May term,a four-week session during which studentstake one course. They recently took a classto Greece for the course The Ancient Polis,which studied the Greek concept of the“good life” as seen in the city-state, incor-porating philosophy and history into aclassical studies experience.

A different lensWomen’s studies comes by its inter-

disciplinary nature by looking at a varietyof established subjects, such as history, lit-erature, political science, art, and others,through the lens of gender, says art andwomen’s studies professor Kim Miller.

“A good example is a course I teach inAfrican art, where scholars look at the mostpopular image from that tradition—themother and child—from different per-spectives, such as religion, art history, andanthropology,” she says. “A women’s stud-ies lens would bring up different issues,

such as the implications of the image forvaluing women primarily for their abilityto reproduce and whether that limits theiropportunities in other realms.”

African art in general, says Miller, is alsostudied from the perspective of anthro-pology, which considers the artwork as anobject that is important in certain socialsituations, in addition to its inherent artis-tic qualities.

Catherine Greene, a senior political sci-ence major and women’s studies minorfrom Louisville, teamed up with SpenceWitten, a senior from Hyattsville, Md.,who created a special major pattern ininternational affairs, to make a successfulgrant proposal for an interdisciplinary sum-mer research experience in Ecuador. Theystudied micro-lending, a program of small,low interest loans to impoverished womenin Quito. Their research, which encom-passed economics, politics, and women’sstudies, revealed a slightly different pic-ture of the program compared with whatthey had learned in class.

“We were very surprised to find thatthe lender—Corporacion Femenina Ecu-

atoriana—after fees and everything, hadwhat would be equivalent to a 20 percentinterest rate over six months,” says Greene.“Because they have this micro-lendingprogram, they can appeal to the UnitedStates or the World Bank for charity,because they’re doing these programs tohelp the poor. I came back very skepticalof how they are handling micro loans inrelation to how they are intended to work.”

Witten said he encourages more stu-dents to explore the possibilities forresearch supported by Transy’s KenanFund for Faculty and Student Enrichment,which funded the Ecuador trip. “This grantprogram gives students the opportunityto get their feet wet in terms of research,and to learn from their experiences. Whenwe got to Ecuador, we realized there werecomplexities involved that we were notaware of. Because of that experience, we’rebetter prepared for the next time.”

Witten’s special major pattern, whichhe designed with help from his professors,is giving him the academic experience hewas looking for. “If you look at interna-tional affairs majors at other schools, it can

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be very narrowly defined. With my spe-cial major, I have a variety of patterns—economics, history, political science,women’s studies—all of which look at theworld in different ways. You learn to takethe best from each one. That’s what I thinkis unique about this program—by takinginterdisciplinary classes, I’ve gotten anintellectual diversity of courses that Iwouldn’t have had otherwise.”

Liberty, security, and justiceMoving away from the curriculum itself

and looking at other interdisciplinary ini-tiatives, philosophy professor Peter Fosl’sBingham Professorship titled “Liberty,Security, and Justice” is a two-year cor-nucopia of speakers, panel discussions,seminars, workshops, visiting artists, filmscreenings, art exhibits, and theatricalevents, all aimed at illuminating theseissues, which have taken on new urgencysince the terrorist attacks on the UnitedStates of September 11, 2001.

“History and political science are thetypical disciplines that bear on liberty,security, and justice, but we are also draw-ing people from biology, chemistry, art,theater, philosophy, mathematics—fromall fields,” says Fosl. “We believe that ata liberal arts college, all professors andstudents should participate in discussionsof common issues. Our goal is to help theUniversity better understand the newworld we’re living in so that we can meetthe challenges it presents to us.”

Writers and artists play an interpretiverole in this discussion, says Fosl. “One ofour first speakers was Wendell Berry, a fic-tion writer and poet, and another speak-er, Christopher Hitchens, is trained inphilosophy, political science, and eco-nomics. We also hope to have an art showon these issues and commission an orig-inal artwork. After 9-11, poetry reallyspiked because people found in poetry ameans of coming to terms with the situ-ation and expressing feeling.”

A long-range goal of the professorshipis to create an interdisciplinary minor inthis area. “This pattern would address all

of the issues related to making a moresecure, peaceful, and just world,” saysFosl.

Those issues are closely related to theself-designed special major pattern in inter-national security that Austin McCubbin,a senior from Hopkinsville, Ky., is com-pleting. His studies cross the disciplinaryboundaries of political science, history,and economics to focus on military his-tory and politics.

McCubbin is also increasing the inter-disciplinary nature of his studies by intro-ducing a strong classical element in hissenior seminar paper. “I’m going to proj-ect modern concepts of interoperablecommunications, communications fail-ures, and solutions back to the Romancontext of tactical military communica-tions, as seen in Roman Britain where theyhad non-Latin speaking people integrat-ed into their fighting forces. Besides mil-itary history, I’ll be studying the socialand economic context of the times.”

Interoperable communications—theability of units from police, firefighting,and emergency medical units, plus otheragencies, to communicate directly withone another in a emergency—was a hottopic following the 9-11 terrorist attackswhen it was revealed that federal agencieshad communication failures. It was alsoa topic during McCubbin’s summerinternship with the Kentucky Office ofHomeland Security.

“Kentucky is going to emphasize get-ting interoperable communicationsstatewide,” says McCubbin, “so that allfirst-responders in an emergency canswitch radios to the interoperable chan-nel and talk to each other.” McCubbin’sinternship resulted in his becoming a tech-nical expert on grant proposals submit-ted primarily by cities and counties seekingfunds from the $35 million grant Ken-tucky received from the Federal Home-land Security Grant Program.

McCubbin is sold on the value of hisinterdisciplinary special major pattern.“I’m glad we have that option at Transyand that my adviser (history professor

Frank Russell) encouraged me to do it.You can channel interdisciplinary studiesinto your major and integrate the strengthsof different angles of study.”

The finish lineTransylvania values excellence in teach-

ing as the prime attribute of its educationalmission. The use of an interdisciplinaryapproach to many areas of study illustratesthe University’s commitment to findingthe best tools for professors and studentsto use in their intellectual pursuits.

For Krysta Forry, the tool has provento be effective. “There’s a certain way thatscience students think, but the way thatliterature or philosophy students think iscompletely different. What it has done forme is allow me to think differently. Itallows me to attack issues from a com-pletely different perspective.”

Chris Cansler sees a similar value to hisclassics studies. “I notice so many morethings now. I definitely think that com-ing out of Transy, I’m going to be a lotmore versatile in my mindset and how Ithink than I was coming in.”

For Austin McCubbin, the self-designed major pattern brought a sought-after depth to his studies. “If I had beena history major, I would have been read-ing history, but not thinking about it theway I do in my special major pattern. Withthe interdisciplinary study, I’m gaining ahigher level of thinking and am able tounderstand issues from a greater per-spective.”

Classics professor Svarlien believes theinterdisciplinary ideal has a meaningfulhome at Transylvania.

“One of the purposes of education isnot just to convey information, but tocreate a type of mentality, a sensibility.You can’t just say, ‘Here’s step one, two,and three,’ and that happens. But you cancreate an atmosphere for this to take placein. And that’s where the interdisciplinaryapproach is a perfect fit for Transylvania.It gives students the chance to find thatbroader perspective, which I think is whatundergraduate education is all about.” ■

Philosophy professor Peter Fosl’s Bingham Professorshiptitled “Liberty, Security, and Justice” is a two-year

cornucopia of speakers, panel discussions, seminars, work-shops, visiting artists, film screenings, art exhibits, and

theatrical events, all aimed at illuminating these issues.

Kim Tharp-Barrie’s corner office in the executive suite at Norton Healthcare

overlooks Louisville’s bustling medicaldistrict, a complex of hospitals and healthsciences research and teaching institutionson the eastern edge of the city’s down-town area. The 1983 Transylvania grad-uate is vice president, surgical services atNorton, Kentucky’s largest health servic-es provider with six hospitals in Louisville,more than 40 locations throughout theregion, and a medical staff of over 2,000doctors and 3,000 nurses.

Her work overseeing the directors whoensure the best possible surgical experi-ence system wide for Norton’s thousandsof patients is demanding and enormous-ly fulfilling. “I really love this organiza-tion,” she says. “I’ve found a home atNorton.”

Yet, spend any time with Tharp-Barrieand you will soon realize that her corpo-rate life has done little to disguise her deep-seated passion to care for people in a veryimmediate, personal way. In fact, it is thisessential nature of her character that Tharp-Barrie says led her to make healthcare hercareer in the first place.

“I think that people are called to docertain things,” she says. “I’m a very nur-turing person, and I knew from a youngage that I needed to be in a field where Icould reach out and touch and make a dif-ference in people’s lives. There are peo-ple whose role in life is to care, and to me,caring is an art.”

A foundation of careThe thought that caring can be the

foundation for a career stemmed partlyfrom a childhood confrontation with aserious disease, and from the care shereceived. “I was diagnosed with lupus atage 14, and spent a lot of time in and outof hospitals as a child. I had nurses whorealized I was a kid from the south end ofLouisville with a working mother and thatI didn’t have a lot of people to hang outat my bedside. They would bring me amagazine or just sit at my side, and I real-ized even then that it’s those little simpleacts of kindness that mean so much to peo-ple who are contending with an illness.And I decided I wanted to give somethingback.”

Her mother, whom Tharp-Barrie sayswas her primary role model, passed awayin 2002, but not before she had encour-aged her daughter to relate to others in apersonal way, and to go to college. “My

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A Caring LifeKim Tharp-Barrie ’83 has combined a nurturing spirit with strongleadership skills to become highly successful in healthcare

by William A. Bowden

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mother was a self-made businesswoman,and I saw how well she interacted with hercustomers. I was the first on either side ofmy family to get a college education. Mymother inspired me to do that—in fact,she didn’t give me an option.”

With a mandate from her mother, anda realization of how important caring wasto her sense of being, Tharp-Barrie begana pre-med course of study at Transy, withbiology and education as her majors. Shewas also taking nursing courses at Bel-larmine University in the summer, thanksin part to the late Monroe Moosnick, for-mer Transy chemistry professor, whohelped coordinate her studies. She wasalso an outstanding collegiate athlete andwas elected Miss Transylvania in 1982.“They recruited me by telling me I couldhave it all at Transy, and I did,” she says.

Former biology professor Lila Boyarskyhad a major influence on Tharp-Barriefrom the beginning of her Transy years.“She was the one who probably inspiredme the most to look toward my fieldtoday,” she says. “She was my freshmanbiology teacher, and she took me underher wing. She put me in a starched lab coatand let me work in her genetics lab withthe mice and hamsters.”

Former coach and physical educationprofessor Pat Deacon was also a mentorfor Tharp-Barrie, who was the female Ath-lete of the Year at Louisville’s Valley HighSchool her senior year. She lettered in bas-ketball at Transy and competed on fieldhockey and cross country teams that wonstate championships. “Pat Deacon is oneof the most positive people I’ve ever met,”she says. “She was very inspirational tome.” Tharp-Barrie was inducted into thePioneer Hall of Fame in 2002.

To this day, Tharp-Barrie credits herextensive athletic experience at Transy withgiving her skills and attributes she has usedto succeed as a healthcare executive.“When you’re an athlete, you learn earlyon how to take criticism, and that hashelped me to be very coachable. Being inthat tough arena brought out my naturalcompetitiveness, and it helped me under-stand the value of teamwork.”

Tharp-Barrie’s Transy biology majorhas served her well in clinical areas, andshe draws upon her education studies inher role as a consultant and visiting lec-turer. But it was Transylvania’s value-basedenvironment that meant the most to her.

“Looking back on Transy, what I appre-ciate is the people who either modeled theright thing or weren’t afraid to call you

out, to teach you, to encourage you to dothe right thing. I remember my historyprofessor, Dr. Paul Fuller, calling me asidewhen I had used a word incorrectly andtelling me, ‘You’re at Transylvania, andthis is the way you use that word.’ At thetime, you don’t realize what a gift that isto have someone who cares enough aboutyou to stop you and correct you. That waswhat my Transy experience was all about.The liberal arts education I received thereis just priceless.”

Managing the matrixAfter completing her B.A. at Transy,

Tharp-Barrie added an RN diploma fromKentucky Baptist Hospital School of Nurs-ing and BSN and MSN degrees from Bel-larmine. Following a series of clinicalnursing positions, she became vice presi-dent, surgical services at Jewish Hospitalin Louisville. She was executive director,surgical services; vice president, hospitaloperations; and chief nursing officer atCaritas Health Services before joining Nor-ton in 2002.

Her position at Norton includes cor-porate oversight of an operating roommatrix team consisting of operating roomdirectors at six hospitals. “Wecall this the perioperativearena, or ‘all around the oper-ating room’,” she says. “Itincludes working with physi-cians’ offices to schedule sur-geries, pre-admission patienttesting, clinical support of thesurgical procedure itself, andeducation of the patientabout post-surgery care.”

Tharp-Barrie also hasresponsibility for anesthesiafor all of the hospitals, thegrowing use of bariatric (obe-sity) surgery, and the gener-al surgery line that includesgall bladder removal,endoscopy (sigmiodoscopyand colonoscopy), and otherrelated procedures.

All of this keeps things going on a day-to-day basis throughout the Norton sys-tem. The other big part of Tharp-Barrie’sjob is looking to the future and helpingthe organization stay informed about newtechnology and procedures.

“There is a movement, especially in car-diovascular surgery, away from major inva-siveness. I have to be able to forecast whatthat means to our organization and topatient care. I may have to research and

procure technology more aggressively, ordo a better job of taking care of patientsduring shorter hospital stays.”

Tharp-Barrie is an investigator in a studyof bone morphogenic protein, a labora-tory produced material that may eliminatethe need for bone graft transplanation inspinal surgery. She is also helping Nortonintroduce virtual colonoscopy, and isinvolved in a direct marketing initiative toencourage the public to take better advan-tage of gastrointestinal screening proce-dures.

A valued consultantHer expertise has also been on loan to

other healthcare organizations, both inthe United States and abroad. She trav-eled to Russia with a National Institutesof Health-sponsored team of medical pro-fessionals after the fall of the Soviet Unionto help that nation modernize its healthservices delivery. She has been a consult-ant to Duke University Hospital in devel-oping an anesthesia/surgical servicesmodel, and a guest lecturer at Johns Hop-kins on behalf of the Society for Ambula-tory Care Professions, speaking onpre-admission processes and a reengi-

neering of the anesthesiaservices.

Along the way, Tharp-Barrie has found time toserve on the boards of manyorganizations, among themthe American Heart Associ-ation and the March ofDimes. She co-chaired anAmerican Heart Walk and isa volunteer at the Center forWomen and Families.

She and her husband,Jon, live in Sellersburg, Ind.,just north of Louisville, withtheir four children, Kaycee,17, Brian, 15, Katie, 13, andWil, 12.

In the end, Tharp-Bar-rie’s take on herself refers

back to her core value, the ability to be acaring person. That’s why, though she isproud of her role as a highly motivatedexecutive who values her career, she refus-es to let it completely dominate her life.

“It’s a big job, but it’s not my biggestone. To me, my most important job isbeing a mother to my kids and a goodwife to my husband. To have a great part-ner at home to share my life with, andthese four wonderful kids—that’s whatmoves me.” ■

“Looking back

on Transy, what I

appreciate is the

people who either

modeled the right

thing or weren’t

afraid to call you

out, to teach you,

to encourage you

to do the right

thing.”

Rachael Gamboe McGuire ’45 alreadyhad her sights firmly set on Transyl-

vania at the tender age of six when hermissionary parents, both Transy gradu-ates, brought her to Lexington in the sum-mer of 1929 while on furlough from India.

“I had heard about Transylvania fromthe time I was knee-high to a duck,” sherecalls. “We always had a picture of OldMorrison on the dining room wall in ourhouse in India. When we got to Lexing-ton, mother took me to a kindergartenrun by the YWCA over near Transy, onthe corner of Fourth and Upper streets. Iwas terribly disappointed because Ithought I was going to Transylvania! AndI told everyone that.”

Her Transylvania wish came true 12years later, in July 1941, when she returnedto Lexington to enroll for classes in thefall semester. Today, she stands at the mid-point of an extraordinary run of five con-secutive generations of her family, nowtouching three different centuries, thathave included a Transylvania graduate.

The string began with her grandfather,continued with her parents, and nowincludes her son, plus a grandson andgranddaughter, the later three all McGuiresbecause of Rachael’s marriage in 1947 toFranklin McGuire ’45.

In the beginningRachael’s grandfather, William Small-

wood Gamboe, started it all in 1896 when

he graduated from Kentucky University(the name Transylvania used from 1865-1908 before reclaiming its historic name)with an A.B. degree. He had also earneda degree in 1895 from the College of theBible, then located on the Transy campusand now Lexington Theological Seminary.He became an ordained Christian Churchminister and served churches in Illinois

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by William A. Bowden

A TRANSY

FAMILY TREEFive consecutive generations of

the Gamboe/McGuire family have

earned Transylvania degrees

■ Two McGuire couples—Rachael ’45 and Franklin ’45, andKaren ’73 and Kevin ’71—and current Transy student CaitlinMcGuire ’07 represent three consecutive generations ofTransylvanians in the same family.Two additional consecutivegenerations of this family are symbolized by the Row Housebehind them, where William Smallwood Gamboe, class of 1896(inset photo) was living when his son, Homer Pharis Gamboe’18, who is Rachael’s father (inset photo, with his mother,TacieA. Pharis Gamboe), was born there.

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and Ashland, Ky.William and his wife, Tacie Pharis Gam-

boe, had a son, Homer Pharis Gamboe,born in 1894, while the family was livingin a boarding house on Upper Street justacross from the Transy campus. This struc-ture is now the Row House, restored in1996 as part of John R. Hall Athletic Field.

Homer Pharis Gamboe graduated fromTransy in 1918 and from the College ofBible in 1920. He also chose the ministry,becoming a missionary to India. It waswhile he and his wife were living there thatRachael Gamboe McGuire was born, in1922, and her sister, Alice, also to becomea Transy graduate, in 1923.

Rachael and her sister grew up in Indiaand attended Woodstock, an Americanboarding school located at 7,000 feet inthe Himalayas, where they had manyadventures. “We learned to run up anddown the hills like goats,” she recalls.“Once, a wealthy man brought his ele-phant with eye trouble to our hospital,and the doctor climbed a ladder every dayto treat it. The elephant took all of us chil-dren for rides.”

Coming to AmericaWhen she graduated from Woodstock

in 1941, Rachael left India with seven ofher classmates, all bound for college in thestates. War was raging in Europe as theyleft Calcutta on a blacked-out ship.

From San Francisco, Rachael took thecross-country train “Challenger” to Chica-go, where her grandmother and auntawaited. Then, it was on to Lexington toenroll at Transylvania.

There Rachael met Franklin McGuire,also a freshman, from Mt. Sterling, Ky.The two became college sweethearts andmarried in 1947. Today, the retired cou-ple live in Lexington.

Their memories of being at Transylva-nia during World War II paint a differentpicture from today’s college. No soonerhad they completed most of the fall semes-ter when the Japanese attacked Pearl Har-bor on December 7, bringing the UnitedStates into the world conflict.

“Pearl Harbor threw everyone on cam-pus into shock,” remembers Franklin.“The war was a very persistent, terriblefact on campus. We were losing friends wehad known who went into service.”

In spite of wartime hardships, socialand athletic life at Transy persisted, thoughstudents had few cars and little money forluxuries, and enrollment dwindled toaround 100. “It’s remarkable that Tran-

sy was able to hold on during that period,when even the president, Dr. RaymondMcClain, left for military service,” saysFranklin.

The next generationsAfter graduating from Transy, Franklin

completed a degree at the College of theBible and began a Christian Church min-istry. Rachael earned a master of nursingdegree from Case Western Reserve andhas done clinical nursing and teaching.They were living in Georgetown, Ky., in1967 when their son, Kevin McGuire ’71,was pondering his college choice and aboutto become the fourth consecutive gener-ation of his family to choose Transy.

“I had heard about Transylvania all my

life,” says Kevin. “My folks talked aboutit around the dinner table, so I was veryaware of it.”

Kevin was considering engineering atfirst, and Transy wasn’t high on his list.“But then I won a National Merit Schol-arship and Transy began talking to me,”he says. He eventually completed a psy-chology degree from Transy while gettinginvolved as a head resident, and even servedas the college’s dean of students briefly.

After a fling as a horse-mounted rangerat Yosemite National Park, Kevin returnedto Lexington to marry Karen KellyMcGuire ’73 and enroll in Lexington The-ological Seminary’s clinical pastoral edu-cation program. But a religious career wasnot to be for Kevin.

“I went into building for a short timeto explore that possibility,” he says. “I car-pentered through two of the worst win-ters Kentucky ever had, then decided thatdesign would be an indoor job.”

Kevin earned an architectural degreefrom the University of Kentucky and is

now a principal with JRA Architects inLexington. After almost 20 years with thefirm, his work now involves business devel-opment and client relations more thanactual drawing board time.

“I still use my Transylvania psycholo-gy degree,” he says. “It doesn’t hurt tohave insights into life other than archi-tectural. It’s helped me understand howpeople think and work.”

Karen is curriculum resource adminis-trator for Nicholasville Elementary Schoolin Jessamine County, Ky.

When it came time for Kevin andKaren’s first child, Patrick McGuire ’02,to select a college, the couple chose to behelpful, but open to Patrick’s wishes. “Weencouraged him to look around, and hecame in on his own and said, ‘I’m goingto Transy.’ We were just tickled to death.”

Patrick graduated with a drama degreeand is now with the staff of Filter maga-zine, living in Los Angeles and helping topromote concerts. His younger sister,Caitlin, is a sophomore at Transy and playson the soccer team. For her, Transy wasan easy choice.

“I got to see my brother go throughhere and all the friendships he had. Ithought I had a good feeling about anoth-er school I had visited until I came here,and it felt like a home environment andeverybody was so welcoming.”

Home to TransyIf ever imagery of the “home” were

appropriate for a family’s relationship witha college, it would have to be with theGamboe/McGuire family. From WilliamSmallwood Gamboe to Patrick and CaitlinMcGuire, this family has truly broughtTransy into their homes.

“It’s not the same school today as whenRachael and I were there,” says Franklin,“and yet that thread is there—you alwayshave a sense of belonging.”

Caitlin, the youngest in the Gam-boe/McGuire lineage, already has thosefeelings.

“I remember my grandparents send-ing out a Christmas letter that told aboutPatrick being another family membergoing to Transylvania, and that they wereproud. And I thought, hmmm, that’d beneat if that was me. It’s nice to know thatso many people from my family have beenthrough this same place and we are fol-lowing in their footsteps. It’s somethingyou can share.”

For more on Transy family generations,see page 29. ■

Gamboe/McGuire

Transy Tree

William Smallwood Gamboe

1896

Homer Pharis Gamboe

1918

Rachael Gamboe McGuire

1945

Kevin McGuire

1971

Patrick McGuire/Caitlin McGuire

2002 Class of 2007

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■ Jim Stephens ’60 and Carolyn Barr Ashman ’60 were first-year students in October 1956 when they were crowned king andqueen of the fall carnival. Jim retired in 2001 from an administrative career in manufacturing and long-term healthcare andlives in Mt. Sterling, Ky., with his wife, Susan Miller Stephens ’61. Do any Transylvania readers know of Carolyn’s whereabouts?

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AlumniNEWS & NOTES

’49 Katie Chandler Bolin, Lexington, hasretired from Merrill Lynch after being

with the company for 32 years.

’55 Jane Cocanougher Harmon, HollyHill, Fla., and her husband, Mike,

celebrated their 50th wedding anniversaryin September.

’56 James K. Dunavent, Sebastian, Fla., isa family therapist for Suncoast Men-

tal Health Clinic in Vero Beach, Fla.

’57 Edwin C. Linberg, Laverne, Calif., hada mini-reunion with Clyde F. Roper

’59 and Ingrid Braunohler Roper ’59 at theRoper’s home in Vienna, Va., in April.

Eddie K. Stubblefield and his wife, Norma,are living in Kalispell, Mont. Eddie is retiredafter serving in the ministry of the ChristianChurch (Disciples of Christ) for 45 years. Hecan be reached at stubby66@aboutmon-tana.net.

Clark M.Williamson, Indianapolis, gave thebaccalaureate address at Kalamazoo Collegein Michigan in the spring.

’58 Lee H. Rose, Charlotte, N.C., has written The Basketball Handbook,

which was published by Human KineticsPress in August. Since his retirement fromactive coaching in 2001, Lee has done con-sulting with the NBA for their developmentalleague coaches.

’59 Peggy Gordon Elliott Miller, Brook-ings, S.D., was awarded the Distin-

guished Alumni Service Award by IndianaUniversity in June. The award is IU’s high-est honor for an alumna or alumnus.

’61 Roger D.Bishop, Nashville, has workedin libraries and bookstores his entire

adult life. He’s spent the last 11 years withDavis-Kidd Booksellers and was the focus ofa feature on the business published by TheTennessean in March. Roger also foundedBookpage, a review of books that’s distrib-uted nationwide, and he continues to serveas a contributing writer for the publication.

’64 F. Lynn Luallen, Frankfort, Ky., has retired as chief executive officer for

the Kentucky Housing Corporation and hasbeen inducted into the Kentucky AffordableHousing Hall of Fame by the U.S. Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Development.

’65 Joanne Achberger Rankin, Rock Hill, S.C., is teaching English as a Second

Language in the Rock Hill school system.

’67 Paula Parsons Degen, Arnold, Md., lost her husband, Carl, in February

and her father died in June.Carl B. Fairchild, Orlando, has been coaxed

out of semi-retirement to become vice pres-

ident and general manager of Neelco Indus-tries, a specialty truck manufacturer in Cocoa,Fla.

’72 Julie E. Dodd, Gainesville, Fla., rep-resented Transylvania at the Sep-

tember 10 inauguration of the University ofFlorida’s eleventh president.

’73 Elizabeth “Lizi” Ruch Plotnick, Marina Del Rey, Calif., exhibited her

hand-painted ceramic portraits of TripleCrown Winners in May at the Cerlan Galleryin Lexington.

’76 Margaret Foley Case, Danville, Ky., a Kentucky public defender for 15

years, received the Kentucky Department ofPublic Advocacy’s Gideon Award at the statedefender conference in June. The award ispresented annually to the person who hasdemonstrated extraordinary commitmentto equal justice and who has courageouslyadvanced the right to counsel for the poorin Kentucky.

John C. Mayoue, Atlanta, has written a book titled Southern Divorce, which exam-ines the divorce process in several southernstates. This is his fourth book, but the firstaimed at a general audience. It includes a for-ward written by Johnnie Cochran and is nowavailable in most bookstores.

’78 Dana H. Havron, Huntsville, Ala., has been promoted to ensign in the U.S.

Naval Reserve. He is an intelligence officerat the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Cen-ter in Atlanta and serves as the N2 DivisionOfficer. In his civilian job, Dana is an engi-neer with the Boeing Company in Huntsville,working on the Ground Mid-Course DefenseProgram.

Roger L. Kirk, Lexington, has been nameddirector of operations for God’s Pantry inLexington.

Patrick A. Leggett, West Union, W.Va., hasbeen named president of the West VirginiaSchool Counselor Association.

Melissa A. Penry, Nashville, received the2003 School Bell Award from the TennesseeEducation Association for “Outstanding Cov-erage by an Individual Reporter.”

’80 David L. Scher, Gainesville, Ga., received a master’s degree in theo-

logical studies from Emory University’s Can-dler School of Theology in May.

’81 W. Preston Martin lives in Orlando with his wife, Beth, and their three

children. Preston is a real estate broker in theLake Nona Country Club area of Orlando.

’82 Jack E. Hillard, Lexington, has beennamed development director for the

Central Kentucky Blood Center.

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Gray wins OAK AwardLois Howard Gray ’40, senior

chairman of the James N. GrayCompany, Inc., of Lexington, washonored by the Kentucky Advo-cates for Higher Education withits Outstanding Alumnus of Ken-tucky (OAK) Award during a ban-quet in Bowling Green, Ky., inSeptember.

The annual award is presentedto alumni of Kentucky collegesand universities who have gainednational recognition in their pro-fession or in civic endeavors andhave shown a lasting commit-ment to their alma maters.

Gray became chairman ofJames N. Gray Company in 1972.She has since built the familybusiness into one of the nation’stop design and construction firmsspecializing in heavy industrialand commercial projects, alongwith military contracts. The com-pany is ranked No. 11 among thetop U.S. design-build firms byBuilding, Design & Constructionmagazine.

A member of the TransylvaniaBoard of Trustees since 1990,Gray is a passionate advocate forthe arts and education. She hassupported Transy art student trav-el to exhibitions in Los Angeles,New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,and Washington, D.C.

Gray is a past president of theAlumni Executive Board and therecipient of the Morrison Medal-lion, the University’s highesthonor, in recognition of extraordi-nary leadership and service to heralma mater.

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’86 Nicholas R. Nelson has returned to Louisville and is developing brands

business manager for the Midwest divisionof Brown-Forman Spirits Americas.

’89 Lili Solinger Lutgens, New Albany,Ind., has been named the first-ever

staff attorney for the American Civil Liber-ties Union of Kentucky.

Amy E.Wells has moved to Oxford, Miss.,where she is an associate professor of highereducation at the University of Mississippi.She is also affiliated with the Institute for theStudy of Southern Culture.

’90 Stephanie Miller Broering, Ft. Mitchell, Ky., returned home last fall after liv-

ing in Brussels, Belgium, for a year. Whileliving abroad, she volunteered at the Alsem-berg Refugee Center working with childrenfrom Bosnia, Iraq, Syria, and Russia, and atHome Leopold, a center for elderly and dis-abled adults. When not volunteering or trav-eling, she worked on her MBA andcompleted a post-graduate certificate in lead-ership and change management from Unit-ed Business Institutes of Brussels.

Kara Little Covert, Georgetown, Ky., hasbeen named assistant vice president foradvancement for Eastern Kentucky Univer-sity.

Laura Harrison Klumb, Fort Thomas, Ky.,is donor relations officer for the CincinnatiChildren’s Hospital Medical Center.

Kimberly Hackney Lowry, Wilmore, Ky., hascompleted the qualifying exams for the Ph.D.in Spanish. She continues to teach at AsburyCollege as an assistant professor of Spanish.

Jessica Fitzgerald Navarro lives in CoralGables, Fla., with her husband, Ore, and theirtwo boys, Tyler McNeal, 11, and ForestWayne, 8. She stays busy with her landscapedesign business, Creative Ideas, and volun-teers at her sons’ school. She would love tohear from old friends at jfitzit@att.net.

Tiffany R. Wheeler, Lexington, KnightFoundation Minority Teaching Fellow inTransylvania’s education department, deliv-ered the commencement address at Ivy TechState College in Wabash, Ind., in May.

’91 Todd Bruner, Albuquerque, N.M., has been promoted to senior member of

technical staff at Sandia National Laborato-ries. He was also nominated for a technicalexcellence award for his work helping to cre-ate Sandia’s Integrated Network Securityand Reliability Center.

Claria Horn Shadwick, Wilmore, Ky., hasbeen named executive director of The Ken-tucky Equine Education Project, an organi-zation whose mission is to educate the publicand legislators on the economic impact ofthe horse industry in Kentucky.

Stephen King presides at ‘Tribute to Courage’ for Ed Eckenhoff ‘66

Edward A. Eckenhoff ‘66 was the honoree at the Casa Colina Centers forRehabilitation’s “Tribute to Courage,” an annual dinner program that was hostedby best-selling author Stephen King in July in Pasadena, Calif.

Eckenhoff, co-founder, CEO, and president of the National Rehabilitation Hos-pital in Washington, D.C., was recognized for his role in shaping our nation’sviews on medical rehabilitation services. He has overseen the growth of theNRH from a single hospital in 1986 to today’s NRH Medical Rehabilitation Net-work. The NRH enjoys an international reputation as an innovative treatment,research, teaching, and technological center for rehabilitative medicine and sci-ence.

Located in Pomona, Calif., Casa Colina has earned national and internationalacclaim for its commitment to clinical excellence, education, and research inmedical and rehabilitative care. The organization, founded in 1936 to provide carefor children with polio, provides inpatient and outpatient programs and commu-nity services.

Casa Colina asked King, the world-renowned author of such horror classics asCarrie, The Shining, and Christine, to present the courageous story of Ecken-hoff’s life because of his own rehabilitative experiences following a catastrophicaccident in 1999. King was hit in the back by a minivan while walking along ahighway in Maine near his home, suffering lung, rib, leg, and hip injuries.

During the evening, King read excerpts from his novel On Writing thatincludes references to his accident, which has parallels to Eckenhoff’s experi-ences. In the spring of his first year at Transylvania, Eckenhoff was involved in anautomobile accident that injured his spine and left his legs paralyzed. His deter-mination to succeed carried him through rehabilitation and on to his presentstature as a leading administrator in his field.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a letter published in the dinnerprogram, praised Eckenhoff for influencing national policies on medical rehabili-tation, saying, “Your contributions have earned you the respect and appreciationof your community and colleagues, and I commend you for this well deservedtribute.”

■ Ed Eckenhoff ’66, left, receives congratulations from author StephenKing, who served as host at a “Tribute to Courage” event given inEckenhoff’s honor.

Business, horse racing, and life allhave a built-in element of unpredictabili-ty. Just when you think you’ve got thedeal, or the race, or your future all sewnup, the unexpected can come along andchange the outcome.

Take Joe Thomson for example. Aftergraduating from Transylvania in 1966, hethought he’d be starting a career at ScottPaper Company, but after about twoweeks on the job, he was drafted intothe U.S. Army. Thomson served in theofficer recruiting program in the North-east, traveling through Maryland, NewJersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Hebecame so fond of the area that after histour ended, he got a job with the FirstInvestment Annuity Company (FIAC) inPennsylvania.

At FIAC, Thompson got his first tasteof working in the retirement planningbusiness and met his wife, JoAnn,although the two didn’t start dating untilafter JoAnn had left the company.

They married in 1975, and during thatsame year, Thomson’s career took a second unanticipated turnwhen an IRS tax ruling forced FIAC out of business. Inspired by asuggestion from his wife, Thomson and a colleague launchedPLANCO. The business started in the den, but quickly spread toother parts of the Thomson home.

“When we took over the kitchen, JoAnn evicted us,” Thomsonsaid. “I was still so sure the company wasn’t going to work that Ididn’t want to get any more than a year’s lease.”

Thompson’s fears proved to be unfounded. The business flour-ished, becoming one of the biggest independent financial servicewholesalers in the country. By the time Thomson and his partnerssold the company to Hartford Life in 1999, it was doing about $15billion in sales annually.

In the midst of growing PLANCO, Thomson began to stake aclaim in the horse breeding industry.

“I didn’t particularly care for golf, but I wanted to do some-thing, and I always enjoyed horses and livestock,” he said.

Thomson got his first experience with livestock growing up ona farm in Cynthiana, Ky. His family didn’t own any horses, but heand his father went to races at The Red Mile, a harness racingtrack in Lexington, and while he was a student at Transy, he andseveral other members of the Kappa Alpha fraternity worked atLexington’s Keeneland Race Course.

Thomson started out in the thoroughbred business, but sawmore opportunity in the standardbred industry. He worked withpartners from 1979 until 1991 when he and his wife purchasedWinfield Farm in Maryland. The farm had been home to famedthoroughbred racehorse and sire Northern Dancer, the winner ofthe 1964 Kentucky Derby. As a condition of the sale, the farmcouldn’t retain the Winfield name, so the Thomsons came up with

a new, personalized moniker. “We stuck with the ‘win’ name

because that’s good for horses, and‘bak’ are the first initials of our chil-dren’s names: Bradley, Ashley, andKimmy,” he said. “That’s why it’s Win-bak and not Winback.”

Since the initial purchase of theMaryland farm, Winbak has grown toinclude farms in Delaware and NewYork, but its expansion in size can hardlymatch the expansion of its reputation ashorse after horse fulfills the farm’smotto, “Born to Compete, Raised toWin.”

For the years 1998-2004, the farmbred and sold winners of 7,395 races,which earned a combined total of $63million, ranking Winbak as the secondleading money winning standardbredbreeder in North America. The farmbred and sold No Pan Intended, thepacer Triple Crown Winner and 2003Horse of the Year, and Bettors Delight,the 2001 Pacer of the Year and Canadian

Horse of the Year. In recognition of these and other achieve-ments, TIMES: in harness magazine named Thomson “Owner ofthe Year” in 2002.

Thomson extended his involvement in the standardbred indus-try closer to his Kentucky hometown in 2000 when he and threepartners purchased The Red Mile and began a series of renova-tions aimed at rejuvenating the racetrack.

“It’s a necessary piece of the standardbred business with a tra-dition that goes back more than 125 years,” Thomson said. “Tosee it turned into housing, or turned into something other than aracetrack, would have been sad.”

Juggling so many different interests is challenging, but Thom-son said he’s found many dependable people to help share theworkload, including Transy classmate Bill Gerweck ‘66, who man-ages the Maryland farm, a nearby restaurant, and other business-es the Thomsons own in the area.

As he’s progressed from one successful venture to the next,Thomson has drawn on the confidence and people skills hedeveloped at Transylvania. He’s helped ensure other studentshave the same opportunity by supporting the Harrison CountyScholarship at Transylvania and serving on the Board of Visitors.He was recently elected to the University’s Board of Trustees.

Thomson said becoming the well-rounded person a liberal artseducation encourages is an extremely valuable asset.

“Somebody may be smarter than you are, somebody may bebigger than you are, somebody may have more money than youdo, somebody may have any number of things, but what you are,the sum total of your experiences, may be all you need to go for-ward and be very successful.”

—KATHERINE YEAKEL

Joe Thomson ‘66

No shortage of horse sense

■ Joe Thomson ’66 owns Winbak Farm, picturedin the background, one of the most successfulstandardbred breeding operations in NorthAmerica.

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’92 M. Jane Brannon, Lexington, has joined the law firm of Stites & Har-

bison as a member of the firm’s liabilitydefense service group.

’94 Kenneth O. Cayce IV, Columbus, Ohio, has graduated from The Ohio

State University residency program and is ina sports medicine fellowship at the Univer-sity of Kentucky.

’95 Brandy Fulkerson Baird, Lexington, graduated cum laude from the Uni-

versity of Kentucky College of Law in May.She is serving a one-year term as law clerk toMarcia Phillips Parsons, U. S. bankruptcyjudge for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Robert “Rob” J. Hill II, Nashville, has pub-lished his first book, Savannah Squares(www.SavannahSquares.com), and his sec-ond book, What No One Ever Tells You AboutInvesting in Real Estate (www.RealEstateSto-ries.com), will be published in November.He is licensed to practice law in Georgia andKentucky, but is currently building a mediabusiness (www.MusicCityPhotos.com) inNashville.

Shannon Moreman Holt has completed her

residency in obstetrics and gynecology atGood Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati andhas returned to Lexington with her husband,John, and their new baby, Jackson. She is inprivate practice at Kentucky Clinic Southand would love to hear from anyone still inLexington.

’96 Kira Munson Campbell, Ypsilanti, Mich., and Robert C. Campbell ’98

were among the nine artists from Canada,England, India, and the U.S. who exhibit-ed their work in a show titled Nomad’s Landat the University of Michigan’s Warren Rob-bins Gallery in August and September.

Melissa Head Fortner, Lexington, is teach-ing psychology at Transylvania.

Barton T. Hanna, Lexington, is an admis-sions counselor with Transylvania.

Carrie Reed Shufflebarger and her husband,Eric J.Shufflebarger ’97, have moved to Union,Ky. Carrie is an attorney for Greenebaum,Doll & McDonald in Covington.

Alumni Bulletin Board

Executive Board officers, members electedIn April, the Alumni Association elected Angela Logan

Edwards ‘91 as president and Christopher W. Arnett ‘91as president-elect of the Alumni Executive Board. The fol-lowing were elected to three-year board terms: Steven T.Adams ‘79, E. Douglas Baldridge Jr. ‘77, Raymond K.Cooper II ‘77, Mary Lou Dietrich Harmon ‘56, SusanMarine ‘92, Lynn Sowders McGaughey ‘77, Eileen M.O’Brien ‘77, Bobby S. Pace ‘59, and S. Brandl Skirvin ‘87.

Transy Golf Classic set for May 16, 2005Join Transy’s athletics department and the alumni office

for the 2005 Transylvania Golf Classic, a four-player scram-ble set for Monday, May 16, at Marriott’s Griffin Gate GolfResort in Lexington. Lunch will be at 11:30 a.m., followedby a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Sponsorship opportunities areavailable. For more information on the tournament orsponsorships, contact Cindy Jacobelli, associate directorof athletics, at (859) 233-8663, cjacobelli@transy.edu, orMark Blankenship ‘81, alumni programs director, at(859) 233-8402, mblankenship@transy.edu.

Board, award recommendations soughtAlumni are encouraged to submit recommendations

for several awards that will be presented during AlumniWeekend 2005 and for new members of the AlumniExecutive Board.

Recommendations are sought for the Pioneer Hall ofFame, Morrison Medallion, and distinguished achieve-ment and service awards. The Hall of Fame recognizesformer athletes, coaches, and others who have madeoutstanding contributions to Transylvania athletics, whilethe Morrison Medallion is given to an alumnus or alum-na for outstanding service to the University. Achieve-ment and service awards honor professional excellenceand service to Transylvania.

Those recommended for the Alumni Executive Boardshould have a record of support and service to the Uni-versity and be willing to serve a three-year term. Newmembers are nominated by the board and elected atthe annual meeting during Alumni Weekend.

To request recommendation forms, contact the Alumni Office or submit recommendations to MarkBlankenship ‘81, director of alumni programs, atmblankenship@transy.edu.

To contact the Alumni Office:Mark Blankenship ’81, director of alumni programs, mblankenship@transy.edu

Natasa Pajic ’96, assistant director of alumni programs, npajic@transy.eduElaine Valentine, administrative assistant, alumni@transy.edu

Phone: (800) 487-2679 or (859) 233-8275 ■ Fax: (859) 281-3548Mail: 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508

Web: www.transy.edu

■ Seated, from left, Carol Carter Morgan’68, Mike Morgan ’68, and Jane WieselDe Martini ’67; standing, StephanieMcGann Gardner ’66, and Ann DickeyHaynes ’69 got together at Carol andMike’s home in Findlay, Ohio, in July.

Shelby Spanyer Sheffield ‘95 thought thatthe beginning of her law career in 2001would mean the end of the intense trainingschedule she’d maintained during law schooland the triathlons she’d enjoyed duringbreaks. As a kind of last hurrah, she signedup to compete in her first Ironman triathlon,a distance race that consists of a 2.4-mileswim, 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-milerun.

“I thought I’d probably never have achance to do one again because I’d be work-ing so much,” she said. “I thought it wasnow or never. I’d knock that off my list andthen go on into the real world.”

The Ironman she selected was in LakePlacid, N.Y., and took place two days aftershe finished her bar exam.

“I wouldn’t recommend that to anybody,”she said, laughing. “I had no idea howdrained I would be after taking that exam.”

Despite her exhaustion, Sheffield com-pleted the grueling race, and over the lastthree years, she’s used that same uncom-promising determination to continue hertraining while juggling the hectic schedule ofa fledgling attorney. Her hard work paid offwhen she distinguished herself at the 2003and 2004 Ironman Triathlon World Champi-onships in Hawaii.

The Hawaii event is the oldest and mostrespected of all the Ironman challenges. Triathletes from aroundthe globe battle just to qualify for the event.

“It was the dream of a lifetime to compete there,” Sheffieldsaid. “It was something I never thought I’d have the opportunityto do—never thought I’d be good enough to do.”

Sheffield developed a passion for one of the triathlon’s compo-nents, swimming, while growing up in Louisville. At Transylvania,she became a member of the swim team, serving as captain hersenior year, and played field hockey. Both sports gave her theopportunity to sharpen her athletic skills while simultaneouslybuilding meaningful friendships.

“Those were some of the best times in my life,” she said. “Ican think of so many great memories. Practices and the travelingwere probably the most fun.”

Sheffield majored in sociology and minored in communication.She thought her future lay in social work, but she also had aninterest in law. Shortly after graduation, at the invitation of herfriend and former Transy swim teammate Jan Alvey Ward ‘93,Sheffield went to Nashville. There, she met her future husband,Bob, and became a paralegal, a job that set her on course tobecoming an attorney.

Sheffield began classes at the University of Memphis LawSchool in 1998. She lived in Memphis during the week andreturned to Nashville on weekends and breaks. Swimming, run-

ning, and competing in triathlons helped herbalance the stress of school. The summerafter her second year, she took a break fromracing to focus on a clerkship at Waller, Lans-den, Dortch & Davis, where she now worksas an attorney practicing regulatory law.

“I really liked this group of people and Iliked this kind of work because there are somany things that fall under the regulatoryumbrella,” she said. “I can go from doing atelecom project to doing government rela-tions to doing something on a landfill. It’snever dull.”

While studying for the bar, she ramped upher training to prepare for her first, and inher mind, last Ironman. But once she passedthe bar and survived the Lake Placid chal-lenge, an interesting thing happened.

“I continued to get up early and train, andfollow the same kind of program I’d hadbefore,” she said. “I made time to run andswim in the morning and bike on the week-ends. I don’t train an exorbitant amount ofhours compared to a lot of other triathletes.It’s still a stress relief thing for me, and I did-n’t want to give it up even with working, so Ifound a way to fit it in.”

Depending on her work schedule and thecompetition she’s preparing for, Sheffieldtrains between 15 and 19 hours per week.

In 2002, Sheffield experienced a rapidimprovement in her performance, which gave her the confidenceto try to qualify for the Hawaii Ironman. She not only qualified,she finished sixth overall in the amateur division and third in thefemale 30-34 age group with a time of 10 hours, 26 minutes, 54seconds.

“I was on cloud nine just to be there with all those other peo-ple,” she said. “The best in the world are there, and you get torace right along side of them.”

Although she was pushing her body to the limit, Sheffield saidshe managed to enjoy the island’s beauty and the unique featuresof the race, such as the messages fans write alongside the roadusing pieces of white lava rock.

In the 2004 Hawaii Ironman in October, harsher weather condi-tions caused Sheffield to clock a time of 11:08:07, still goodenough for fifth in the female age 30-34 group.

With these and other impressive performances under her belt,she now has the option of turning pro, a decision she’s weighingcarefully.

“The most important thing to me is to have fun while I’m doingthis, and I think I could have fun either way,” she said. “It wouldbe really neat at some point to be able to say ‘I did that as a pro-fessional’ because not too many people have that opportunity. ButI’m certainly happy with the way things are right now, too.”

—KATHERINE YEAKEL

Shelby Spanyer Sheffield ‘95

Flexing her ‘iron’ will

■ Shelby Spanyer Sheffield ’95, shownin the midst of the 112-mile bike ride ofthe McMinnville City,Tenn.,Triathlon,distinguished herself at the 2003 and2004 Ironman Triathlon WorldChampionships in Hawaii.

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Deborah J. Stigall, Lexington, completedher master’s degree in business administra-tion at the University of Kentucky GattonCollege of Business and Economics inDecember 2003. She is currently pursuingher doctoral degree in organizational com-munication from the UK College of Com-munications and Information Studies.Deborah has served as graduate assistant tothe associate dean of the communicationsgraduate program and co-chair of the Grad-uate Student Association during 2003-04.

’97 Kevin C. Brown, Lexington, has been named assistant general counsel for

the Kentucky Office of Legal and Legisla-tive Services in Frankfort.

Matthew A. Fresca, Lexington, is an attor-ney and investment adviser for Fifth ThirdBank.

Kimberly Woosley Poitevin, Decatur, Ill., isan assistant professor of English at Millikin

University.Stacie L. Walker has moved to Louisville

and works in the Office of the Provost andVice President of Academic Affairs at Bel-larmine University. She continues to workon her dissertation for a Ph.D. in drama fromthe University of California, Santa Barbara.She hopes to finish her degree in December.Friends may contact her at staciewalker@att.net.

’98 Mackenzie Riney Leachman, Lexing-ton, graduated from the University

of Kentucky Education and Counseling Psy-chology Department with her doctorate inschool psychology in May. She also receivedthe 2004 Rookie of the Year Award from theLexington Bluegrass Junior Women’s Club.Mackenzie is a school psychologist for theFayette County public schools system.

Stephen C. Monge has been named assis-tant tennis coach at Bucknell University inLewisburg, Pa.

’99 Brittany A. Dales, Lexington, is an account executive for Sheehy and

Associates Advertising Agency in Louisville.Laura Collins Leathers is assistant director

of enrollment services for The Ohio StateUniversity’s Moritz College of Law in Colum-bus.

John R. Parker, Savannah, was named Non-commissioned Officer of the Year at the U.S.Army Special Operations Command com-petitions in Fort Bragg, N.C.

’00 Kristie L. Bulleit, Lexington, is enrolled in the doctoral program in

Spanish at the University of Kentucky. Shecan be contacted at kbulleit@yahoo.com.

Vitesh M. “Victor” Enaker, Lexington,received a master’s degree in kinesiology andhealth promotion from the University of Ken-tucky and has been accepted into UK’s doc-toral program. He also received theDermontti F. and Regina M. Dawson grad-uate fellowship from the UK College of Edu-cation for the 2004-05 school year.

Kelly Rogers Ponsler ’00, Fishers, Ind., isregional director of marketing for AmericanSenior Communities, a senior housing con-tinuum offering solutions such as gardenhomes, assisted living communities, andskilled nursing facilities. Kelly provides mar-keting consultation for 16 facilities through-out Indiana.

’02 Matthew L. Bricken, Washington, D.C., has received his master’s degree

in political management from George Wash-ington University and is a business officerand research assistant for the British Embassyin Washington, D.C.

’04 Lori M. Anderson, Louisville, is attend-ing the University of Louisville School

of Dentistry.

■ Transy alumni enjoyed a visit to theNewport (Ky.) Aquarium in June. Fromleft,Tonda Shockley Anderson ’97,TyAnderson ’98 and Ian Anderson, NatasaPajic ’96, Laura, Maya and JuliaCreamer, Allyson, Meredith, Peg andKeith ’88 Johnson, Jen Brown Richard’95, Ashton and Donna Brown,Christopher and David ’87 Richard.

Transy and TEAM—a formative experienceA weekend at Transylvania during her junior year of

high school was a turning point for Rachel NanceWoehler ’98. That’s when she participated in the Transy& TEAM (Totally Excited About Ministry) program andrealized that she “could walk in the shoes” of theordained ministers who made presentations.

“Several ministers stood behind picture frames thatwere suspended from the ceiling and talked to us abouttheir ministries,” she recalled. “Learning about all the dif-ferent opportunities that are available beyond the tradi-tional congregational pastorate rounded out my defini-tion of ministry and helped solidify my calling.”

After graduating from Transy, Woehler completed amaster’s degree in divinity at Vanderbilt University andcurrently serves as associate minister at St. Paul’s Chris-tian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Woehler’s experience is typical of the more than 350 students who have partici-pated in Transy & TEAM since its inception in 1992. The original two-day programexpanded to three days in 2001, and last year a record 60 high school students fromall over the country registered for the event.

“It’s a forum where high school students who are contemplating ordained ministryas a vocation can interact with other such students and professionals,” said DavidCarr ’81, campus minister and coordinator of Transy & TEAM. “We bring in a promi-nent, nationally-known Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister as a keynoter,along with well-known specialists who talk about their areas of expertise.”

Teaching participants about ministry opportunities beyond the local congregation isone of the major goals. “They may be wrestling with a call to ministry, but the onlycontact they’ve had with an ordained minister is their local pastor, and preachingevery week may not be attractive,” said Carr. “At Transy & TEAM, they get to meetministers who work with music, missions, health care, higher education, and more.”

Transylvania junior Kelsey Blankenship, who attended Transy & TEAM during hersenior year of high school, said the most memorable part of the weekend was herpersonal conversations with other students about their call to ministry. “Some of theTransy and TEAM participants who are now Transy students are my best friends, andI still keep in touch with others I met during the weekend,” she said.

Blankenship plans to enroll in seminary or divinity school after completing herdegree in religion and math, and she is leaning toward youth ministry.

Rachel Nance Woehler

Charlie C. Campbell, Bonnyman, Ky., is agraphic designer for The Idea Farm, an inter-national public relations, marketing, andadvertising agency in Danville, Ky.

MarriagesMary Combs Logsdon ’65 and George E.

Councill, October 17, 2003W. Kibbey Stovall ’90 and Janet Marie

Gagnon, March 28, 2004Martha ElizBeth Stice ’93 and Jonathan Kid-

well, May 16, 2004Kenneth O.Cayce IV ’94 and Ariane Schieber,

June 12, 2004Robert J. Hill II ’95 and Amber Ferguson,

August 1, 2004Tonya Marie Tincher ’95 and Frederick Joseph

Cox, March 27, 2004David C. Leachman ’97 and Mackenzie Day

Riney ’98, June 7, 2003Leigh Ann Blackburn ’98 and Michael Eric

Napier, April 24, 2004Travis A.Crump ’00 and Faith DeLynn Hawkins

’02, August 7, 2004Claudia Jean Lee ’00 and Warren French,

August 7, 2004Whitney Allison Meriwether ’01 and Joseph

E. Harmon ’01, August 16, 2003John M. Reynolds ’01 and Miranda Leigh

Clapp ’02, April 10, 2004Krista Louise Smith ’01 and Joshua A. Stock-

ton, June 12, 2004Megan Elizabeth Hoffman ’02 and Jeremy

Alan Boone, June 12, 2004Susan Kara Sims ’02 and William Chelsey

Olson ’01, June 19, 2004

BirthsW. Preston Martin ’81 and Beth Martin, a

son, Joseph Anderson Martin, April 15, 2004Leslie Goff Sultana ’82 and Keith Sultana,

a son, Jonathan Luke Sultana, June 2, 2004Clifton L. Gooch ’84 and Penne Gooch, a

daughter, Alexandra Nicole Gooch, June12, 2003

Julianna Billips Wylie ’85 and Patrick Wylie,a son, Patrick Maxwell Wylie, July 18, 2004

Catherine Bullard Morgret ’86 and Brian J.Morgret, a daughter, Jessica Lynn Morgret,October 12, 2002

Beth A.Blankenship ’87 and Peter Rapoport,a daughter, Tara Ann Rapoport, July 28,2004

Cheryl Edwards James ’87 and Earl C.James, a son, Carter Edward James, July 14,2004

Kara Little Covert ’90 and Michael D. Covert’91, a son, Evan David Covert, September1, 2004

Michaela Ball Miller ’90 and Charles R.Miller, a son, Solomon Rhys Miller, Decem-ber 27, 2003

Elisa Pape Millett ’90 and Phillip M. Millett,a son, William McMillan Millett, April 4,2004

Angela Moore Smith ’90 and Kevin M.Smith, a daughter, Katherine Claire Smith,June 15, 2004

Thomas C. Allison ’92 and Denise S. Alli-son, a son, Benjamin Oliver, March 9, 2004

Lori Rosen Bohan ’92 and Matthew P. Bohan’93, a daughter, Brooke Elizabeth Bohan,November 25, 2003

Frederick Burczyk Jr. ’92 and Kelley GarrettBurczyk ’93, a son, Evan Frederick Burczyk,August 12, 2004

Mary Tom Tudor Hamrick ’92 and SamuelClayton Hamrick, a son, Mason ThomasTudor Hamrick, July 23, 2004

James S. Kreutzer ’93 and Jeanne ThomasKreutzer, a son, Joseph Thomas Kreutzer,October 16, 2003

Meredith Kirklin Slechter ’93 and MatSlechter, a son, Kenton Matthew Slechter,April 18, 2004

Shannon Moreman Holt ’95 and John R.Holt, a son, Jackson Randolph Holt, May22, 2004

Alison Redford Smiley ’95 and Reid A. Smi-ley, a daughter, Claire Elizabeth Smiley, June23, 2004

Melissa Korte Bongiolatti ’96 and Nick Bon-giolatti, a son, Thomas Andrew Bongiolat-ti, June 1, 2004

Ashley Hatcher Drury ’96 and Donald E.Drury Jr., a son, Tyler Chase Drury, July 6,2004

Marsha Mills Hubbs ’97 and Gary A. Hubbs,a daughter, Lily Kathryn Hubbs, June 20,2003

Jennifer L.Price ’97 and Peter Moossy, a son,Jacob Tyler Moossy, June 18, 2004

Kimberly Ehret Jones ’00 and Adam D.Jones’00, a daughter, Abigail Rose Jones, March

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Alums chronicle Transylvania

family heritageAs an adjunct to our article on the

five consecutive generations of Gam-boe/McGuire family Transylvania grad-uates (see page 20), we sent a queryon TransE-Mail, a monthly electronicnewsletter for alumni, asking if otherTransy families had at least four con-secutive generations.

Cheryl Fisher Houston ‘71 wrote totell us of her five generations of Tran-sylvanians that began with HarveyBaker Smith in the late 1800s andincludes her and her husband’s (JohnThomas Huston Sr. ‘71) son JohnThomas Houston Jr. ‘96.

Susan Ware ‘84 told us of the fourgenerations that began with hergreat-grandfather John Robert Farrow,class of 1872. “My father’s side are allgraduates and my mother’s side arealumni starting with my great-grand-mother,” she wrote. Susan’s parentsare Sam H. Ware ‘61 and Carolyn Col-lier Ware ‘61.

Margaret Sweeney Foley ‘43 had agrandfather—John Steele SweeneySr.—who was chairman of the Transyl-vania Board of Curators. Her daugh-ters—Margaret Foley Case ‘76 andMary Ellen Foley ‘79—represent herfamily’s fourth generation.

Buddy Edwards ‘68 had a grand-mother—Alice Bacon—who went toHamilton College, a former women’spreparatory school attached to Transyl-vania, and a daughter, Sarah Edwards‘95, for the fourth generation.

Catherine “Mills” Nallinger ‘02 isthe latest in a four-generation stringthat began with her great-grandfatherMarmaduke Hargett in 1895. Her par-ents—Richard E. and Janice HargettNallinger—are 1974 graduates.

George Vaughn ‘53 says his grand-father, Henry Clay Bell, attended Tran-sylvania in the early 1910s, and thathis father, E. R. Vaughn ‘27, and anephew, David Clay Robertson ‘85,give his family four generations.

David Windley ‘92 told us about hisparents, David H. Windley ‘65 andAnn Orme Windley ‘65, and a Transyheritage that goes back two moregenerations to a great, great aunt,Sue Hopkins.

■ Mary Ellen Meurer ’00 and KevinMatthew Ford were married December20, 2003.Transy friends in attendanceincluded, from left: Shannon Rumble’99, Emory Presler ’99, and Mary Ellen;back row: Suzanne Segabarth ’01, JulieRambo ’00, Lisa Prevette Ward ’01, andRebecca Williams ’00; front row: PaigePresler ’01 and Brooke Burhans ’01.Also in attendance, but not pictured,was Leigh Ann Blackburn ’98.

20, 2004Julie Gleim Lyons ’00 and Robert T. Lyons,

a daughter, Katherine Jean Lyons, August13, 2004

Kelly Rogers Ponsler ’00 and Chris Ponsler,a son, Kyle Steven Ponsler, March 5, 2004

Shelly C.Ferrell ’01 and Elizabeth Stafford Fer-rell ’03, a son, David Shelly Ferrell, January31, 2004

Rebecca Sanders Wallace ’02 and James Wal-lace, a daughter, Rylee Louise Wallace, May12, 2004

CorrectionA birth announcement in the summer

Transylvania magazine incorrectly identifiedthe husband of Erica Fike West ’00. Ericaand Joseph B. West welcomed a son, JosephElliott Lawrence West, April 21, 2004. Tran-sylvania regrets the error.

OBITUARIESOnly alumni survivors are listed.

Ruth Womack Layson ’30, Millersburg, Ky.,died May 31, 2004. An avid music lover andgardener, she was a charter member and for-mer president of the Millersburg GardenClub, former director of the South AtlanticRegion of Garden Clubs, past president ofthe Garden Club of Kentucky Inc., and servedas chair of the state club’s Wallis Home head-quarters in Paris for more than 20 years. Shewas a former trustee of Cane Ridge Shrinein Bourbon County, a member and formerchaplain of the Colonial Daughters of theSeventeenth Century, and had been a mem-ber of the Daughters of the American Rev-olution. She was the organist at MillersburgChristian Church for 66 years. She was pri-marily a homemaker, but she also worked asan enrolling clerk for the Kentucky Houseof Representatives and as secretary of theMillersburg Cemetery Company.

Ruth Jones Hoskins ’36, Maysville, Ky., diedAugust 6, 2004. She had been a teacher inNorth Middletown and Mt. Sterling publicschools. She also was employed by the Ken-tucky Department of Human Resources inMt. Sterling, and was a member of the Ascen-

■ Catherine Genevieve Curtis ’00 andAdam Mayer ’00 were married July 3,2004. Front row, from left: Adam andCathy Mayer,Tara Nicholas ’00, SummerWilkes ’00, Lisa Merlo ’00; back row:Casey Morton ’03, Alison Shepherd ’01,Heather Rowland ’01, Kara Cross ’04,Andrew Horne ’01, Brad Bolen ’03, ShaneWhite ’98,Thommy Chumney ’00, ForestRatchford ’00, Noel Green ’96,ToddBryan ’00, and Richard Foley ’00.

■ Laura Roberts ’00 and Chris Jones ’99 were married June 12, 2004.Transyalumni in attendance were, on floor, from left: Mark Heidinger ’00, David Stephan’01, John Storts ’98, Paul Dmytrewycz ’97, Zack Rother ’00, Hans Pfaffenberger’99, Duncan Cavanah ’99, Mitch Meade ’01; sitting in chairs: Catherine Deehan’01, Lindsay McWilliams Workman ’02, Cerise Bouchard ’01, Kristy Allen ’99,Carey Sunderland Fansler ’00, Bryan Fansler ’97, Chris Jones ’99, Laura RobertsJones ’00, David Rice ’99, Nancy Riley ’99, Sarah Puckett Cavanah ’99; first rowstanding:Teri Cox ’01, Jen Davis Keefe ’98, Laura Rice ’00, Andrea Perry ’01,Natalie Gray Ballash ’01, Jenny Osborne ’01,Tom Kegelman ’99, Jason Blair ’01,Sharlene Taylor Blair ’00, Billy Hubbard ’02, Liz Conley ’00, Aoife Timoney Shah,Davida Daniels Hansel ’99, Mindy Timberlake Sunderland ’00, Susan Sims Olson’02, Annie Barret ’01, Chelsey Olson ’01; second row standing: Stephanie Humes’98, Erin Barnhill ’00, Rachelle Williams ’98, Mary Kay Pendley ’98, Julie GleimLyons ’00, Debbie Shuttleworth Neff ’01, Kelly Elkins ’00, Ryan Neff ’01, KevinTaulbee ’04, Whitney Cassity-Caywood ’97, John Caywood ’97, Clark Batten ’01,Colt Fleu ’01, Jay Shah ’00, Joe Hansel ’98, Matt Shorr ’98.

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■ Shelly C. Ferrell ’01 and Elizabeth Ann Stafford ’03 were married May 30, 2003.Many Transy alumni and professors were in attendance.

sion Episcopal Church and the WashingtonHomemaker’s Club. Survivors include hersister, Frances Jones Gaitskill ’44.

Lelia Whittington Clark ’37, Somerset, Ky.,died June 16, 2004. A homemaker, sheenjoyed knitting and Civil War history. Shewas a member of the Ewalt Homemaker’sClub and the First Christian Church of Paris,where she sang in the choir. Survivors includeher son, Danny M. Clark ’58.

Allen S. Estill ’37, Nashville, Tenn., diedJuly 15, 2004. He was a graduate of Lex-ington Theological Seminary and receivedan honorary doctor of divinity degree fromEureka College. He served Christian Church(Disciples of Christ) ministries in Kentucky,

Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri, and retiredin 1980 as the regional minister of the

Christian Church in Tennessee. Survivorsinclude his wife, Mildred Hopkins Estill ’44,

and sister, Ethel Estill Seitz ’39.Robert F. Maybaum ’38, Chandler, Ariz.,

died July 3, 2004. Harvey Bogen ’39, Dallas, died March 27,

2004. While at Transy, he was a member ofLampas, Alpha Lambda Tau, and SigmaEpsilon. He served in the U.S. Army dur-ing World War II. He was a copy editor,reporter, assignment editor, assistant cityeditor, and night city editor for the DallasMorning News, a radio newscaster, and a tel-evision news editor.

Charles R. Heckel ’39, La Mirada, Calif.,died May 12, 2004. After serving in the U.S.Army, he taught in Corona, Calif., whileearning his master’s degree in music fromthe University of Southern California. In1953, he became band director for Califor-nia High School in Whittier, Calif., andremained there until his retirement in 1976.

Gwen Mangus Kildahl ’39, Lexington, diedJune 15, 2004. She was a social worker forthe Commonwealth of Kentucky before con-tinuing her education at Purdue University,

where she received her master’s degree inEnglish. She taught third grade, middleschool English, high school French, andserved as cheerleading sponsor at schools inIndiana.

Fred K. Smith ’40, Lexington, died July 18,2004. At Transylvania, he was a member ofPi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He served in theU.S. Army during World War II andremained in the reserves until his retirementas a lieutenant colonel. He worked for theVeterans Administration, and then becamea field representative for the Social SecurityAdministration, where he remained until hisretirement in 1979. He was a member ofCalvary Baptist Church, the Joy SundaySchool Class, Lexington Kiwanis Club, Tran-sylvania Barr Society, Spindletop Hall, BooneFaculty Club, Lexington Cotillion, Reserve

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Alumni Weekend 2005April 29-May 1

A busy three days are planned, beginningwith a golf outing and racing at Keeneland onFriday and culminating with Sunday morning’sRobert Barr Society breakfast and a chapelservice in Old Morrison Chapel. Other high-lights include the Pioneer Hall of Fame din-ner and induction ceremony Fridayevening, followed by the TGIF AlumniWeekend Kick-Off Party; the Alumni Cel-ebration Luncheon on Saturday; and

class reunion recep-tions/dinners and the Coro-nation Ball Saturday evening.

The event will fall during Transylvania’s celebrationof its 225th anniversary. The University was founded by anact of the Virginia legislature in May 1780 as the first col-lege west of the Allegheny Mountains and the 16th in thenation.

Reunion classes are 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960,1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000.Reunion classes in the Barr Society (1940, 1945, and1950) will also celebrate their special milestones. Evenif this is not your reunion year, you are invited to joinus for the weekend.

Talkin’ ’bout my generation

Alumni will be mailed an invitation and detailedschedule in late winter. For more information, con-tact Natasa Pajic ‘96, assistant director of alumniprograms, at npajic@transy.edu.

Join your classmates and Transy friendsand recall your own special generation during Alumni Weekend 2005, set for April 29-May 1.

Reunion class Web sites are located atwww.transyreunions.com—there’s a link at Tran-sy’s Web site, www.transy.edu—select For Alum-ni, News & Events, and Reunions/Alumni Week-end. Be sure to sign the guestbook for yourreunion. There is also an on-line reunion ques-tionnaire at the Transy site.

For your first choice in lodging, plan ahead,since this same weekend is a busy one inLexington with the Rolex Kentucky Three-DayEvent, an international equestrian event to beheld at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Officers Association, and Ellerslie Bass Club.Survivors include his wife, Dorothy SteinbeckSmith ’42.

Virginia Meacham Stephan ’40, Lewisburg,Pa., died February 11, 2004. After gradu-ating from Transy, she studied at RutgersUniversity and the University of Delaware.She was a kindergarten teacher in the Brandy-wine school system in Wilmington, Del. Sur-vivors include her sister, Evelyn MeachamCunningham ’39.

Omer Cunningham ’41, Lexington, died May22, 2004. In the 1930s, he was consideredone of Kentucky’s finest fast-pitch softballpitchers, receiving recognition from Ripley’sBelieve It Or Not for pitching 104 consecu-tive scoreless innings in state and city tour-nament play. He served in the U.S. MarineCorps during World War II and was award-ed the Navy and Marine Corps medal for sav-ing a fellow crew member. He spent 21 yearswith the Lexington Fire Department, retir-ing as assistant chief in charge of training. Hewas an instructor for the annual state fireschool for 16 years, served as deputy sheriffof Fayette County for seven years, and helda rural mail route for 18 years. He was a mem-ber of Porter Memorial Baptist Church andwas a charter member and past president ofthe Fayette Lions Club.

Peter Presnick ’42, Hanahan, S.C., diedJune 17, 2004.

Margaret Cossaboom Silver ’42, Cincinnati,Ohio, died February 16, 2004. She workedfor the Eastman Corporation, first in Ten-nessee and then in Cleveland, and served ascoordinator of Volunteers for Head Startfrom 1970-1988. Survivors include hergrandson, Ethan D. Burgmann ’05.

Janice Heltsley Farmer ’47, Lexington, diedMay 25, 2004. She was a member of DeltaDelta Delta sorority and Central ChristianChurch. Survivors include her son, Steven P.Farmer ’70.

Lloyd C. Bell Jr. ’49, Montgomery, Tex.,died June 23, 2004. He was a member ofKappa Alpha Order, a Kentucky Colonel,and a World War II veteran who received thePurple Heart and Bronze Star. Survivorsinclude his wife, Marjorie Young Bell ’51.

Floyd R. Whiteford ’50, Cleves, Ohio, diedJune 11, 2004. He served in the U.S. ArmyAir Corps during World War II. After return-ing to Cleves, he became a claims adjusterfor an insurance agency. He earned his lawdegree from the Salmon P. Chase Law Schoolin 1957, but continued working in insurancefor several years. He took the bar exam in1970 and opened an office in Sayler Park.He served as attorney and solicitor generalfor Cleves from 1975-1989.

Guy N. Moore ’51, Frankfort, Ky., died May27, 2004. He was a retired farmer and a mem-ber of the Church of the Ascension in Frank-

fort. He was a life member of the KeenelandClub, Frankfort Country Club, and LionsClub of Frankfort. An avid University of Ken-tucky football fan, he was active in the UKAlumni Association. Survivors include hiswife, Martha Townsend Moore ’44.

John Kovac ’53, Leesburg, Fla., died May29, 2004. He served in the U.S. Coast Guardand later helped build a U.S. air base in Thule,Greenland. He spent most of his career work-ing for food industry publications, includingSupermarket News and Progressive Grocer Mag-azine. He was the editor and general manag-er of the Thomas Grocery Register in New YorkCity for 18 years before his retirement.

J.W. Cate Jr. ’57, St. Petersburg, Fla., diedMarch 5, 2004. He was a retired minister ofthe Palm Lake Christian Church in St. Peters-burg. He was active in his community, serv-ing at various times as a city council member,vice-mayor, and president of the Greater St.Petersburg Association of Clergymen andthe West St. Petersburg Exchange Club.Transylvania presented him with a Distin-guished Achievement Award in 1986. Sur-vivors include his wife, Juliet Kalb Cate ’55,and daughter, Andrea C. Cate ’89.

Charlotte Ingram Pennington ’59, Maysville,Ky., died December 22, 2003. She workedfor the Kentucky Employment Office andwas a member of the First Christian Churchof Maysville.

Jerry D.Thomson ’59, Shepherdsville, Ky.,died August 11, 2004. At Transylvania, helettered in basketball and was a member ofKey Club and Pep Club. He earned a mas-ter’s degree in education from Western Ken-tucky University and worked for the JeffersonCounty Board of Education as a teacher, ath-letics director, and principal. Survivors includehis wife, Janet McGinnis Thomson ’60.

Robert J.Wright ’62, Los Angeles, died May28, 2004. He was a 28-year veteran of ABCTelevision public relations, having workedhis way up from the company’s Hollywoodmailroom to vice president and west coastdepartment head, the position he held from1986 until his retirement in 1992. At ABChe handled publicity for series such as Bat-man, The Fugitive, The Mod Squad, and theAcademy Awards, and television movies andmini-series, including The Day After, Northand South, Amerika, and War and Remem-brance. After retiring, he traveled extensive-ly, sailing more than 245,000 nautical milesby cruise ship and visiting 107 countries.

Webster L. Cowden ’64, Lexington, diedAugust 20, 2004. He was the former presi-dent of Cowden Manufacturing, best knownfor producing jeans for Levi Straus, J.C. Pen-ney, Sears, Liz Claiborne, and other retail-ers. He was also the former president ofTococo Company, an apparel manufacturerin Wilmore, Ky., and was the current owner

of QuaLex LCC, a specialty steel fabricationcompany in Georgetown. He was the pastpresident and member of the board of theLexington Hearing and Speech Center andwas former chairman of the Bluegrass Chap-ter of Ducks Unlimited, a conservation group.He was also a member of the Keeneland Club,Lexington Club, First Presbyterian Church,and Idle Hour Country Club.

Carlene Urban Partelow ’65, The Villages,Fla., died December 16, 2003. She was aretired elementary school teacher for theRock Hill, S.C., school district and was amember of the St. George Episcopal Church.

Michael J.Walsh ’65, Louisville, died June5, 2004. He taught in Jefferson County untilhis retirement in 2002, and received sever-al awards and accreditations throughout hiscareer, including a National Education Asso-ciation Life Membership Certificate for MostAdmired Teacher, Voice of DemocracyAward from the Veterans of Foreign Wars,and Male High School Teacher of the Year.He inspired students in one political histo-ry class to launch a letter writing campaignconcerning POWs and MIAs in Vietnam;the effort expanded nationwide, eventuallycollecting 10 million letters, which the U.S.Air Force flew to a conference in Paris. Sur-vivors include his wife, Patricia Duff Walsh ’65.

Simeon W. Meigs ’73, Richmond, Va., diedJune 11, 2004. He served in the U.S. MarineCorps and earned his law degree from theMarshall Wythe Law School in Williams-burg, Va. He was associated with the lawfirm of Parker, Pollard, and Brown in Rich-mond, and later with Erie Field Claims Insur-ance. He was an active member of St. JamesEpiscopal Church in Richmond.

Walter J.Oller Jr. ’76, Providence, R.I., diedOctober 3, 2003. He earned a master’sdegree in English from Hollins College inVirginia, a master’s degree in Arabic studiesfrom New York University, a master’s degreein library science from Queens College inNew York, and a Ph.D. in Middle Easternstudies from NYU. He worked as a refer-ence librarian for NYU’s Bobst Library andas a biliographer at Brown University’sJoukowsky Family Middle Eastern StudiesLibrary. He was a proficient musician, hav-ing mastered the flute, guitar, saxophone,and several other instruments.

32 TRANSYLVANIA

■ 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.

As a physician and hospital administra-

tor, Byron Young knows well the value

of a modern laboratory environment

for students in the sciences. That’s why

he is chairing the alumni campaign for

renovation of the lab space in Brown

Science Center. No major renovation

has been done to the labs since the

building’s opening in 1970.

“In large part, we are as successful as

we are because of our Transylvania

education,” says Young. “ Considering

the benefit we received from that

experience, we owe it to the University

to support the younger generation’s

education by making Transy the best it

can possibly be. One way of doing that

is by investing in this very necessary

and overdue renovation of laboratory

space in the Brown Science Center.”

A. Byron Young is chief of staff; chief, Division of Neurosurgery;

and associate dean of clinical affairs at the University of Kentucky Hospital.

A pressing needBrown Science lab space must be redone

in essential ways to create an environment

that supports modern teaching and learn-

ing methods, which include the integra-

tion of lectures and lab work as well as

collaborative research and experiments by

students. The cost of a comprehensive

upgrade of the Brown Science labs is esti-

mated at $7 million, according to engi-

neering and architectural analysis.

For more information on supporting

this vital campaign, contact the

development office at (800) 487-2679 or

(859) 281-3692.A. BYRON YOUNG ’61

“If we’re going to attract the most creative minds that are scientificin bent, we have to have the best workplace for them to learn.”

—A. Byron Young ’61

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Head men’s soccer coach Brandon Bowman, left, and soccer coordinator Parviz Zartoshty address the team during a first-round NCAA men’s national soccer tournament game against Allegheny College, hosted by Transylvania at Thomas Field.Inset, senior defender Albert Gross makes a play on the ball.The game marked the first NCAA post-season appearance by aPioneer team since Transy’s Division III membership was formally approved in August. Allegheny won the game in a 4-3shootout after the teams had battled to a double-overtime scoreless tie.Transy finished the season with a 15-1-4 record.TopHeartland Collegiate Athletic Conference awards went to Pioneer senior sweeper Jon Kincheloe as Player of the Year and toBowman as Coach of the Year. Photos by Joseph Rey Au

First NCAA Division III tournament game at Transy