Valedictorian and Salutatorians Recognized Ken Brewster Recognized
with Yearbook Distinction
James Gordy
Catherine Krug
Valedictorian James Gordy and co-salutatorians
Catherine Krug and Rachel Mathis were named
the Class of 2004’s top three academic achievers at the Awards Day assembly May 19 in
the Alumni Chapel.
An Eagle Scout, James was the recipient of
this year’s Science Achievement Award and
Art Forum Award for drama. A resident of
Ringold, Ga., he will attend the University of
Georgia.
Rachel Mathis
Catherine, a resident of Chattanooga, was
co-captain of Baylor’s champion soccer team,
winner of the Scholar-Athlete Award, as well
as the John Roy Baylor Award. She will attend
Notre Dame University.
Rachel served as the editor-in-chief of the
Baylor Notes. She received the Spanish Literature Award and was also a National Merit
Scholarship winner and candidate for the U.S.
Presidential Scholar Award. A resident of Rock
Spring, Ga., she will attend Yale University.
Ken Brewster was honored with the Class of
2004 dedication in The
Tower yearbook. A
veteran teacher and
current coach for varsity
football and junior
varsity baseball, Ken
retired from the classroom last year but has remained an integral
part of the school as the Lower School Activities Director. In his current role he helps
organize dances and works with the Lower
School class officers on various events. He
also organizes and chaperones trips throughout the year, including the eighth grade trip
to Washington, D.C.
“Ken is what we as teachers all strive to
be – he is knowledgeable, thorough, patient,
organized, enthusiastic, supportive, and most
importantly, he always sees the best in others,
especially children,” said Park Lockrow, Dean
of the Lower School.
Red Raider Club Hosts Regional Gatherings
For more information on how to get involved
in the Red Raider Clubs, contact Rob Robinson, Director of Alumni Affairs, or the following chapter presidents:
Atlanta
Fred Akers ’72
[email protected]
Joe Wheeler ’81 hosted a meeting of the Nashville Red Raider Club at the Hillwood Country
Club. Pictured left to right are Buddy Fisher ’46, Margaret
Darby ’88, Tom Paden ’75, Rob Robinson ’68, Director of Alumni
Affairs, Virginia Casalone, parent of Tyler ’05, Joe Wheeler ’81,
Susan Johnson, Director of Annual Giving, and Tracy Hackney
’89. Not pictured is Rick English, parent of Jeff ’88.
The Atlanta chapter of the Red Raider Club
held its spring gathering in April at the Georgian Club. The well-attended event was a
great opportunity for Atlanta-area Baylor
alums and supporters to greet Jack Stanford,
Baylor’s incoming interim headmaster.
Pictured left to right are Hillary Williams ’98, Charlotte Smith ’96,
John Postell ’82, Alisha Van Slooten ’96, and Brandi Stevens ’96.
Birmingham
Ramsey Reich ’73
[email protected]
Chattanooga
Greg Wright ’64
[email protected]
Memphis
David Sutton ’62
[email protected]
Pictured left to right are William Anderson ’44, Jack Stanford,
Interim Headmaster, and Edward Godfrey ’63.
Nashville
Joe Wheeler ’81
[email protected]
Athletic Round Up
CREW ENDS SEASON ON HIGH NOTE
The Baylor crew ended their season on a high note at the Southeast
Rowing Championships in Oak Ridge. The girls Varsity Four boat
and the boys Varsity Lightweight Eight finished second, qualifying
for the National Rowing Championships in Cincinnati in June. Girls
and boys Varsity Eight boats finished fourth at the Southeast regatta.
BAYLOR SWIMMING TEAM WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Baylor’s varsity girl’s crew coach and crew of the girl’s Varsity Four
boat are pictured (left to right), Megan Hanewald, Hilary Joyce, Jesse
Bertke, Julia Young, Katie Sanger, and coxswain Kate Enzenauer.
A small but talented Baylor swimming team won the combined boys
and girls state championship with the boys finishing second and the
girls third. The combined Baylor squad also won the Excel High
School Invitational with both boys and girls teams finishing second.
The relay team of Stephanie Napier, Alex Prebul, Elle St. Charles, and
Kacey Weddle earned All-American honors in the 200 free relay, tying
a state record with a 1:37.73 to rank seventh nationally. Stephanie,
Alex, Elle, and Rachel Dyer swam 3:32.48 in the 400 freestyle relay,
a time that ranks 11th among the nation’s independent school
swimmers. Johnny McMahan was All-American in the 50 freestyle with
a third-ranked time of 20.92, and he anchored the All-American 200
free relay team that included Jay McKenzie, Charlie Berge, and Jake
Hora swimming a 1:27.48.
Napier Represents Baylor at U.S. Nationals
Baylor’s varsity men’s crew coach and crew of the men’s Lightweight
Varsity Eight are pictured (left to right), Greg Maynard, coach, Tory
Grubbs, Cody Trigg, Garrison Connor, Tyler Settles, Tom Clark, Andrew
Krug, John Pollock, Ray Boaz, Stephen Wallace, and alternate coxswain,
David Kealey.
Baylor All-American swimmer
Stephanie Napier finished 45th in
the 50 meter freestyle event at this
year’s U.S. Spring Nationals in
Orlando, Fla. Her time of 27.10
was just .71 seconds short of the
qualifying sophomore for the U.S.
Olympic Trials. Stephanie also
qualified as an All-American
swimmer in four events. Her 50
freestyle time of 23.51 ranks her
fifth in the nation among independent school swimmers and her
100 freestyle time of 51.52 is
ranked 11th in the same group.
BAYLOR’S SOFTBALL HERITAGE...
Even though Baylor has fielded softball teams for less than 20 years,
Raider teams have won three state championships and were aiming
for their fourth when Baylor Magazine went to press. Some of the
athletes contributing to the softball heritage at Baylor returned to the
campus in May for a cookout reunion following the Baylor-Webb
School doubleheader. Pictured, left to right, are former coach Doug
Moser, Liz Card ’97, current coach and former player Kelli Howard
Smith ’94, Katie Dyer ’02, Emily Scarbrough ’00, Jennifer Martin Winfree
’94, Amy Robertson Whitaker ’94, Allison Scarbrough Boyd ’96, Lindsay
Pledger ’95, and Jennifer Pledger Redman ’92.
For daily updates on Red Raider sports, visit the Raider Recap at www.baylorschool.org/extra/athletics.html
Athletic Round Up
JORDAN LEEN WINS NATIONAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Four-time
state wrestling
champion Jordan Leen ‘04
was crowned
the 130-pound
champion at
the National
High School
Seniors in
Cleveland, Ohio. Jordan, a
number three seed in the national
tournament, defeated top-seeded
Joe Gomez of Illinois 3-0 in the
final match becoming only the
WRESTLING
Of the 14 wrestlers in its lineup,
Baylor placed 13 on the medal
stand on the way to winning the
2004 traditional state championship. Senior Jordan Leen was an
individual champion for the fourth
time and later won a national
tournament, earning the most
wins for a high school wrestler in
Tennessee history. State runnersup were Ben Johnson, Corey Manson, Jake Geismar, Tim Manson,
Dan Waddell, and Derek Walker.
Cross Doster, Timothy Moore, and
Doug Vaughan placed third, Philip
Spitalny and Brandon Hufstetler
were fourth, and Jay Carson placed
second Tennesseean to win a NHSCA national championship. His
career record is an amazing 2819, with six of those losses coming
in his eighth grade year. In addition, he won state championships
in each of his high school years
and ends his career at Baylor with
the most wins for a high school
wrestler in Tennessee history. A
top student at Baylor, he was
named Academic All American
by Wrestling USA Magazine. Jordan will wrestle at Cornell University in the fall.
fifth. Baylor, 30-3, also won championships at the McEachern Duals,
the Greeneville Invitational, and
the Battle of the South, and was
runner-up at the McCallie Invitational, the Knox Catholic Invitational, and the Alabama Duals.
BOYS BASKETBALL
The boys team finished with an
18-9 overall record that included
an 11-game winning streak and
three wins over rival McCallie.
The Raiders were 7-1 in region
play and earned a trip to the state
tournament, where they lost to
Brentwood Academy in the quarterfinals. Junior Jonathan Adams,
who averaged just under 20 points
and 12 rebounds per game, was a
finalist for the TSSAA Mr. Basketball award.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
The team finished 14-10 overall
and 7-1 in the region, including
a co-championship with Webb
School of Knoxville. Baylor beat
rival GPS twice during the season
but was upset by the Bruisers in
the region tournament to end the
campaign.
BOWLING
A duo of region championships
highlighted Baylor bowling in
2004 with both boys and girls
teams finishing the season with
region crowns. The girls finished
9-8 overall, 3-1 in region play,
losing to Elliston in the state semifinals. The boys were 13-8, 5-1 in
the region, and defeated McCallie
to win the region title before bowing to Montgomery Bell Academy
in the state semifinal match.
BOYS SOCCER
The team ended their season with
a 7-6-3 overall record and a 2-1-1
region record, good enough to seed
Baylor second in the region tournament, and also surprised a favored
McCallie team with a 1-0 victory.
The season ended with a loss to
Webb School of Knoxville in the
semifinals of the region tournament
and a final record of 7-7-3.
2004 BAYLOR VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
DATE
OPPONENT
SITE
TIME
Aug. 27.........Hixson ......................................Hixson .....................7:30 pm
Sept. 3..........Boyd Buchanan ..........................Baylor......................7:30 pm
Sept. 10........Webb School ..............................Knoxville..................7:30 pm
Sept. 17........Montgomery Bell Academy .........Nashville..................7:30 pm
Sept. 24........Open
Oct. 1 ...........Memphis University School .........Baylor......................7:30 pm
Oct. 8 ...........Franklin County..........................Baylor......................7:30 pm
Oct. 15 .........McCallie School ..........................Finley Stadium..........8:00 pm
Oct. 22 .........Brentwood Academy ..................Nashville..................7:30 pm
Oct. 29 .........Father Ryan...............................Baylor......................7:30 pm
All game times are based on local home team time.
Student Kudos
Mathis Presidential Scholars Semifinalist
Carlin Longley Receives Toyota, Target Scholarships
Rachel Mathis has been selected as a semifinalist
Carlin Longley has been recognized as one of only
in the 2004 Presidential Scholars competition, one
of the nation’s highest honors for high school
students. She has also been selected as a recipient
of a National Merit Scholarship in the 2003-04
National Merit Scholarship program.
The semifinalists for the Presidential Scholarship
were selected from more than 2,700 candidates
on the basis of superior achievements, leadership qualities, personal
character, and involvement in community and school activities.
Rachel has been a member of Baylor’s Chemistry Olympiad team
the last two years and was named a National Chemistry Olympiad
exam qualifier. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Cum
Laude Society, president of Baylor’s Round Table, and active in the
school’s community service program. She serves as editor-in-chief of
The Baylor Notes and editor of Periaktoi, Baylor’s literary magazine.
100 high school seniors across the country to receive
the prestigious Toyota Community Scholarship for
his commitment to academics and community service.
Each year Toyota awards approximately $1.12
million in college scholarships. To be eligible,
students must be proven leaders both in the
classroom and in the communities in which they
live. According to Toyota officials, there were over 11,000 students
nationwide nominated for the honor this year.
Carlin has received the U.S. President’s Student Service Award for
the past three consecutive years and serves as one of two students
who assist Baylor’s community service director in overseeing 200
volunteers who serve in the greater Chattanooga community.
Carlin was also awarded a Target All-Around Scholarship, which
recognizes volunteer work as well as academic achievement.
Student Kudos
Whitney Schenck ’04 was one of
two U.S. students accepted as a
GAP Year Assistant at the Westminster School in southern Australia. She will serve as an assistant
teacher, assistant coach, and dorm
parent beginning this August
through July, 2005. A popular concept in the British system, GAP is
a commonly used term to describe
an interim year experience between
high school and college study.
Probasco Hall residents assisted
St. Peter’s Episcopal School this
spring with the set-up and cleanup of their annual school auction
and the set-up for the school’s
spring play, fulfilling one of many
community service projects as part
of the Residential Student Leadership Initiative. The group was
led by Grant Wood, Dean of Residential Life, and Andy Roth, Associate Dean of Residential Life and
Dorm Head of Probasco. Participants were Denton Gupton, Carl
Mendiola, Reid Nicewonder, Charlie
Hankey, Taka Koizumi, John Koti,
Jack Priske, Corby Howard, Ben
Leatherman, David Stobaugh, Cameron Lee, Dalton Harper, Julian
Jones, Isaac Elkins, Daniel Fishel,
James Folsom, Corey Jewell, and
Johnny Ogle.
James Gordy ’04 has achieved the
rank of Eagle Scout, the highest
honor a Boy Scout can receive. A
member of Ringgold’s Troop #99,
James renovated property for the
Ringgold United Methodist
Church as his service project.
Baylor’s fifth annual celebration
of International Day featured various nationalities and tempted
taste buds with crepes cooked by
French classes, pretzels prepared
by German classes, and sopapillas
served in the student center by
Spanish classes. The day concluded with a banquet and representations about different countries.
Chase Amis, Chelsea Jewell, Olivia
Lee, and Jonathan Cleary will par-
ticipate in a three-week French
immersion program in Alma,
Quebec this summer. The group
will stay with French-speaking
families, attend classes, and take
weekend excursions. The group
will be accompanied by instructor
Kenneth Parks.
A team of eighth grade students
won the local Math Counts Contest
sponsored by the Chattanooga
Chapter of the National Society of
Professional Engineers. Team members were Michael Schulson, Joshua
Lea, Val Hansen, and Anton Fleissner,
who also took four of the top five
spots in the individual competition.
Seven students have been selected
to participate in the Liz Aplin
Memorial Trip to Anghiari, Italy,
this summer. The students, along
with faculty members Laura Yann,
and Betsy Carmichael, will spend
one month this summer living and
painting at the Fortress of Pianettole, a former Medici castle. The
group will study landscape, still
life and figurative painting while
exploring a variety of media. This
intensive study will be led by master painter and instructor, Daud
Akhriev, an accomplished, internationally known artist. The group
will also travel to Florence and
Rome to study art history and
experience Italian culture. The
students are Jesse Bertke, Jessica
Biggs, Kate Enzenauer, Michael Gulas, Jimin Rhim, Reagan Schmissrauter, and Wells Wright. Previous
Liz Aplin Memorial trips have
been to Florence, Italy, and Yellowstone National Park. The trips
are a tribute to Liz Aplin, a member of the Baylor arts faculty, who
died suddenly in August 2000.
Rachel Adams, Kathryn George, Indy
Harper , Johanna Kearns , Katie
Sanger, Madison Werner, and Jack
Wood had work accepted for Art
Scene, a local high school arts competition at the Hunter Museum of
American Art. Rachel received a
merit award for her painting.
Eighth graders Michael Schulson,
Radhika Patel, and Tyler Brasfield
were selected to attend the Young
Round Square conference hosted
by the Athenian School in Danville, California. In addition to
attending the conference, the students camped at Point Reyes National Park, and were lucky
enough to fit in some sea kayaking, hiking, and whale watching.
Cathy Bradford, an instructor for
the Lower School and Round
Square Coordinator for the Lower
School, also attended.
Cat Boland, a sophomore, recently
returned from South Africa, where
she attended St. Cyprians School
in Cape Town as a boarding student. When she wasn’t studying
at St. Cyprians, Cat stayed with
host families and soaked up the
sites and culture of South Africa.
Highlights included visits to Johannesburg and a game reserve and
rafting trip on the Orange River.
She also participated in a community service project in a village in
Namibia. Francis Knox, a sophomore, is currently attending Westminster School in Australia as a
Round Square exchange student.
Baylor students earned top awards
at the 52nd Annual Chattanooga
Regional Science and Engineering
Fair held at UTC in March. The
winners were Michael Gulas, Sarah
Yarnell, John Colquitt, Lauren Carter, Trey Lloyd, David Marks, Keely
Stockett and Matthew Sutton.
Emily Curtis, Liz Norred, Sean Pitt,
Madison Hammett, Diana Villa, Jessica Ottinger , Marcus Capehart ,
Whitney Ewing, Mathew Hartje,
Maddy Young , Audrey Sullivan ,
Geoff Millener, and Tyler Casalone
participated in the Student Congress competition this year. The
judged competition requires students to research, write, and debate bills and resolutions on a
variety of current national problems. Liz Norred was named Novice House nominee, Marcus Capehart was named to the Senate and
awarded first place speaker; and
Sean Pitt was awarded Outstanding Speaker and first place, Novice
House. Sean was also elected Pre-
siding Officer of the House, an
honor awarded by a vote of the
chamber to the student who best
manages the debate during a trial.
Emily Curtis, Liz Norred, Sean Pitt,
Jessica Ottinger, Mathew Hartje,
Audrey Sullivan, Geoff Millener,
and Tyler Casalone participated in
the Harvard Model Congress in
Boston, along with faculty members Fontaine Allison and Judy Millener. Before the conference students were assigned roles and
topics to research, enabling them
to become experts on substantive
policy issues and better understand the perspectives of the political figures they were assigned
to portray. At the conference the
group joined high school students
from across the country in exploring the intricacies of U.S. government. Led by Harvard University
students, they wrote and debated
bills on various national issues.
Nine students participated in the
Southeastern High School Model
United Nations held in Chattanooga. Sean Pitt served as Chairman
of the Social and Humanitarian
Issues Committee, while Jana Lukacova, of Slovakia, Ashley Kim, HoSun Lee, Annan Jin, Ye-Ji Kim, all
of Korea, Nyle Buss, of Kentucky,
and Jarius Anderson-Baylor , of
Chattanooga, represented the Republic of Korea. The students debated international problems including arms proliferation, water
quality, disposal of radioactive
waste, and the global refugee crisis.
Sean Pitt has been elected to the
top position of Secretary General
for the 2005 Model U.N. Conference. Additionally, Sean won a
spot on the All-Star delegation and
represented the World Health Organization for the Model United
Nations Conference at George
Washington University.
Awards Day Recipients
Outstanding Student Leaders Honored
Catherine Krug
Trey Levie
Carlin Longley
Alanna Afton
John Roy Baylor, Alexander Guerry, & Barks Recipients Named
Baylor honored seven of its outstanding student leaders with Leadership
Awards that are the highest the school celebrates that are selected by
a vote of the faculty.
The John Roy Baylor Award is presented to a senior who has
contributed richly to the school both as a citizen and a scholar. Named
for Baylor’s visionary founder and first headmaster, the John Roy
Baylor Award for 2004 is shared by Catherine Krug and Trey Levie.
Trey will attend Vanderbilt University. Catherine will attend Notre
Dame University.
Carlin Longley is the winner of this year’s Alexander Guerry Award.
Named for Baylor’s second headmaster, the award is presented to a
senior who contributed richly to the position of honor and right at
Baylor. Mr. Guerry served Baylor from 1913-29, serving as headmaster
from 1926-29. Carlin will attend Clemson University.
The Herbert B. Barks, Sr., Award is presented to boarding students
who have contributed richly to the spirit and quality of life of the
residential program. This honor is named for Baylor’s third headmaster,
who joined Baylor in 1924 and served as headmaster from 1929-64.
Four Upper School Students
Saluted by Their Peers
Katie Sanger
Stephen Wallace
Meghan Pauls
Rob Robinson
The Class of 2004’s honorees are Alanna Afton, Katie Sanger, and
Stephen Wallace.
Alanna is from Chattanooga and lived in Riverfront Dorm. She
will attend Lake Forest College. A resident of Hickman, Ky., Katie
lived in Lowrance Dorm. She will attend the University of Kentucky.
Stephen, a resident of Paducah, Ky., and Lupton Three Dorm, will
attend Rice University.
The Herbert B. Barks, Jr., Award is presented to seniors who have
contributed richly to the Baylor spirit. Dr. Barks was headmaster from
1971-88 and is especially remembered for his charismatic leadership
and remarkable enthusiasm. This year’s honorees are Meghan Pauls
and Rob Robinson. Meghan, a resident of Chattanooga, will attend
Emory University. Rob, a resident at Baylor, will attend the University
of Tennessee.
Lower School Honors Leaders
Academic awards went to the top two scholars in the eighth grade
class at the Lower School commencement exercises on May 26. Valerie
Hansen was named valedictorian, and Anton Fleissner was named
salutatorian.
The Alexander Guerry Award, named for Baylor’s second headmaster
and presented to Lower School students who contribute richly to the
position of honor and right at Baylor, went to eighth graders Brooke
Pancake and Michael Schulson.
The Michelle Kadrie Award, given to students who combine a strong
desire to do their personal best in school activities with a caring
attitude toward others, was presented to eighth graders Mary Shelton
Bryant, William Probasco, and Currant Scruggs.
Rachel Adams
Tim Manson
Blair Waddell
Brandon Stansell
The O.B. Andrews Awards, presented each year to the male and
female students who are judged as the best all-around seniors by the
vote of the Upper School student body, were given to Rachel Adams
and Tim Manson.
The Jumonville Awards, given annually to the best all-around male
and female juniors as determined by a vote of the Upper School
student body, were presented to Blair Waddell and Brandon Stansell.
Both Rachel and Tim are from Lookout Mountain,Tenn., Rachel
will attend the University of Tennessee, and Tim will attend Washington
& Lee University. Tim also received the Service Award. Blair and
Brandon are from Chattanooga.
2004 Senior
College Choices
For a full listing of this year’s
Senior College Choices
please go to the College Counseling
section of our website at
www.baylorschool.org
Awards Day Recipients
Ten Win Special Faculty Awards
Aaron Schmissrauter
Beth Felts
Leigh Pendergrass
Ten honored as recipients of special awards selected by the faculty.
Carlin Longley
Tim Manson
Taylor McLachlan
Whitney Schenk
Crystal Dillard
Rankin Morgan
The Hubert J. Stagmaier Award is given to
outstanding all-around senior students. This
year’s honorees are Aaron Schmissrauter, Beth
Felts, and Leigh Pendergrass, all of Chattanooga.
Aaron will attend Maryville College, Beth will
attend the University of Kentucky, and Leigh
will attend James Madison University.
The Service Award is presented to seniors who
have contributed richly to the school through
Ashley Smith
service to the community. This year, the award
was given to Carlin Longley, of Signal Mountain, Tenn., who will attend
Clemson University; Tim Manson, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., (Washington & Lee University); Taylor McLachlan, of Chattanooga, (Vanderbilt
University); Ashley Smith, of Chattanooga, (Vanderbilt University), and
Whitney Schenk, of Woodbine, Ga. Whitney will spend next year at
Westminster School in Australia as part of the Gap Year program. Carlin
is also the recipient of this year’s Alexander Guerry Award. Tim is the
recipient of the O.B. Andrews Award.
The Michelle Kadrie Award is given to senior students and eighth
grade students who combine a strong desire to do their personal best
in school activities with a caring attitude toward others. This year,
the Kadrie Award was given to two seniors, Crystal Dillard and Rankin
Morgan, both of Chattanooga. Crystal will attend the University of
Tennessee, and Rankin will attend the University of Georgia.
Students Earn Recognition for Achievements in Academics, Athletics, Arts
Departmental Awards
Art Award (Studio)
Rachel Adams
Johanna Kearns
Dance Award
Meaghan Fitzgerald
Holly Hobbs
Drama Award
Jessica Chazen
William Oehmig
Student Congress
Sean Pitt
Instrumental Music Award
Josh Blockley
Vocal Music Award
Andy Welsh
Fine Arts Award
Kathryn George
Computer Science Award
English Award
Biology Award
Studio Art
Lynsey Stewart
Clay Stockett
History Award
Chemistry Award
Andrew Godbold
Indy Harper
Vishruth Reddy
Caitlin Taber
Jordan Apfeld
Social Studies Award
Charles Hudson
Lynsey Stewart
French Award
German Award
Ray Boaz
Sarah Harlan
James Gordy
Art Forum Awards
Drama
Nathaniel Duvall
Kate Enzenauer
Emory Evans
James Gordy
Robin McKenzie
Sarah Paden
Spanish Language Award
Instrumental Music
Keely Stockett
Nick Szapiro
Margy Bacon
Crystal Dillard
Alex Krug
Latin Award
Spanish Literature Award
Rachel Mathis
Photography
Lindsay Galloway
Math Award
Charles Hudson
Lauren Carter
Meaghan Fitzgerald
Carlin Longley
Science Achievement Award
Jody Stein
Brett Ponsler
Creative Writing Award
Physics Award
Vocal Music
Athletic Awards
Outstanding Athlete Award
(by coaches’ vote)
Beth Felts
Jordan Leen
Scholar-Athlete Award
Jake Geismar
Catherine Krug
Meghan Pauls
Best All-Around Athlete Award
(by vote of senior varsity letter
winners)
Beth Felts
Britton Stansell
Special Recognition Award
Leigh Pendergrass
Faculty & Staff Kudos
John Bradford, Dr. Dan Kennedy,
Marti Wayland, Bill Abel and Ron
Stewart gave presentations at the
Productivity in Schools.”
Chattanooga Area Math Teachers
Association conference held at
UTC. Also attending were Marilyn
McAnnally, Melanie Albert and Tom
Watson. Dan gave a presentation
at the T3 conference in New Orleans and the annual conference
of the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics (NCTM) in
Philadelphia. Ron also gave a presentation at the NCTM conference.
sculpture accepted for “SOFA
2003,” the International Exposition
of Sculpture and Functional Art in
Chicago. Some of her work will
also be included in the book 500
Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists
Celebrate the Human Form, scheduled for publication this fall.
Jim Buckheit, Headmaster, was
asked to contribute a chapter to
a book being published by NAIS,
entitled Looking Ahead: Independent School Issues and Answers,
2nd edition. The book includes
contributions from other heads
and educational leaders. The title
of his chapter is “The Problem of
book at the American Classical
Studies in Athens, Greece.
Judy Condon had ceramic figurative
Kathy Hanson has been selected to
chair the 2005 CASE/NAIS Annual
Conference in San Diego. Kathy’s
role is to form a committee to
design the conference offerings and
to attract experts in the various
areas to speak at the conference.
Dr. Dan Kennedy was named by
David Conwell recently presented
lectures at the annual convention
of the Classical Association of the
Middle West in St. Louis, Mo.,
and at the University of Mississippi.
The lectures were based on a book
he is currently writing about the
Athenian Long Walls. David is
also the recipient of a 2004 stipend
from the National Endowment for
the Humanities, which will allow
him to do further research on the
the College Board, Southern Region as the winner of this year’s
Distinguished Service Award.
Dan has been an important voice
in the national movement to reform the undergraduate calculus
curriculum. He was the first high
school teacher to chair the Advanced Placement Calculus Development Committee, a six-member
group who determines the AP calculus curriculum and writes AP
tests. Under his tenure the committee made calculators an essential part of high school calculus
throughout the country.
After serving for three years on
the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s Editorial Board, Joanne Letendre has
been appointed its chair. The Editorial Board, composed of seven
college admission officers and high
school college counselors from
across the country, provides guidance in the content development
of major association publications
in print and electronic media.
Ron Stewart received the Edyth May
Sliffe Award for Distinguished Junior High/Middle School Mathematics Teaching at this year’s annual
conference of the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics.
Class Notes
1930s
The late
Rupert Colmore Jr. ’33
and the late Alex Guerry ’35 were
among 23 individuals named to
the Sports Hall of Fame at the
University of the South. Rupert
was Sewanee’s only All-SEC football player and also a track captain. Alex excelled in tennis.
Tommy Lupton ’47 was honored
recently by the Siskin Hospital
for Physical Rehabilitation at the
First Annual Possibilities Luncheon. He received the Possibilities
Award for his celebration of life
after disability.
1950s
Apologies to
recipient of the third Annual Chief
Justice Thomas O. Marshall Professionalism Award. The award
honors one lawyer and one judge
who demonstrate the highest level
of professional integrity in their
relationships with clients, other
lawyers, the courts, and the public.
Tom began his law practice in
August, 1977, in Homerville, Ga.
Paul Patton Winkel,
R. Dillard Teer ’39 and Mildred,
Jr. ’50, for misidentifying him in
Tom Rackley ’57, retired from Op-
his wife of 62 years, have raised
five children. They are enjoying
their eight grandchildren and fouryear-old great granddaughter in
Durham, N.C.
the class of ’42. Paul is writing a
book about his experiences in the
Landing Zone X-Ray battle in
Vietnam which was featured in
the Mel Gibson movie “We Were
Soldiers.”
penheimer Capital, lives in Ponte
Vedra Beach, Fla., with his wife,
Cheryl.
1940s
Roger Elmer Logan ’42 writes from
Birmingham that his expertise in
both the Big Band Era and baseball has taken him throughout
Alabama and Georgia, where he
has presented over 300 programs
on baseball and Big Band trivia.
Classmates Reid Moore ’52, Bill
Gardner ’52 and Marshall Binford
’52, along with Tom Frazier ’51,
met in Charlottesville, Va. for a
45th law school reunion.
Carolyn Christian Cauttrell, the
daughter of Chris Cauttrell ’58,
received her Ph.D. from Washington University and is now a professor at Tulane University.
1960sreceived the Albert
Jeff Boehm ’60
Thomas E. Chambers III ’57 was
selected by the Past Presidents of
the State Bar of Georgia as the
Hodge Volunteer Award from the
Chattanooga Bar Association.
George Mann ’60 has been hon-
ored by the Alabama Sports Hall
of Fame as Distinguished Alabama Sportsman.
John Hardaway III ’63 writes that
his son Geoffrey got married on
November 15, 2003.
Pete Letcher ’64 received his Ph.D.
in biology at the University of
Alabama in December 2003.
Dr. Jerry Mitchell ’65 recently com-
pleted his four-year term as President of the Donald Ross Society.
Zan Guerry ’67 received the Fred
Gregg, Jr. Award from the Greater
Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame
in March. The award is the highest honor the Hall of Fame bestows annually to a person who
has contributed to the greater
Chattanooga community through
sports. Zan is a current member
of the Baylor Board of Trustees.
Class Notes
Col. John Davenport ’69 retired
from the Army in December 2003
but went back into active duty on
January 2, 2004, when he began
work with the Army Secretariat
in the Pentagon.
also received a Top Producer
award for Dekalb County, awarded to the top 15 individual agents.
Garry participated in over $10
million in sales in 2003.
James Mark Goese ’72 moved to
Former University of Alabama
football star and Hall of Famer
John Hannah ’69 is the new football coach at Somerville High in
Somerville, Mass. John played pro
ball with the New England Patriots for 13 years.
1970s
John I. Foster III, M.D., ’70 started
his own orthopaedic surgery practice in Atlanta, Ga., called Dominion Orthopaedics.
Bill Anderson ’71 is an assistant
professor of economics at Frostburg State University in Maryland.
He and his wife have a two-yearold adopted daughter from Guatemala and two sons adopted
from Ethiopia. His oldest daughter, Leah, was recently married
to the world decathlon champion.
Ray Boaz ’71 has been made a
partner in the architectural firm
Derthick, Henley & Wilkerson.
the Los Angeles area in 2002
where he ran into his former girlfriend Pamela Knussmann, and
they married in August 2003. He
is the director of Information Systems at a health insurance concern.
He and Pam together have James,
17, Taylor, 16, and Spencer, 10.
The movie of the best-selling novel
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur
Golden ’74 will now be directed
by Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard. Arthur spoke
at the commencement exercises
in May at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
group of Chattanooga physicians,
dentists, nurses, a pharmacist, and
a businessman, recently returned
from a medical mission trip to
Leogane, Haiti. The trip was sponsored by the Children’s Nutrition
Program, a program committed
to the survival and growth of Haitian children.
For the fifth year in a row, Garry
Wilmot ’71 was the number one
agent at Karafotias Realty Co. He
individuals chosen for the newly
established Sports Hall of Fame
at the University of the South for
his years on the tennis team.
plished one of the goals he set at
Baylor by successfully competing
in the 2004 Masters golf tournament held in Augusta, Ga. “The
greens were a little slow on Thursday – but the course came around
– and on Friday it played right into
my game,” he told the Augusta
Times and Constitution. Unfortunately, after a poor back nine on
Friday, he did not make the cut.
He looks forward to improving
on his score in the 2005 Masters.
Hunt Davis ’86 writes from Miami
Nikki Cupp Graves ’92 and her hus-
Shores, Fla., where he is president
of his family business that manufactures a variety of products for
the materials handling and marine
industries. He and his wife, Paige,
are the parents of two-year-old
Robert Huntington Davis IV.
band, Derrick, are expecting their
third child in July 2004. Daughter
Mally Mackenzie, three, and Jon
Garland, two, are also excited
about the addition to the family.
Pat Guerry ’85 was among the 23
John P. Reynolds ’74 was recently
Chattanooga from Charleston, S.C.
named vice president in commercial
lending at the Bank of North Ga.
Linh Austin ’88 (along with wife,
Randy Wilson ’74 has been elected
a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar
Foundation. He is a partner at
the law firm of Miller and Martin
in Chattanooga.
23 individuals chosen for the newly established Sports Hall of Fame
at the University of the South for
his three years on the swim team.
John Snow ’75 writes from Jack-
sonville, Fla., that he sings and
plays guitar in country clubs and
private parties while holding
down a full-time job as a financial
adviser with A.G. Edwards.
John Stark ’71 and his wife, Deb-
by, have two children: son Ken
will be a junior and daughter
Kathleen will be a freshman this
fall, both at Furman University.
Kathleen was elected 2003 Homecoming Queen at Camp Hill High
School in Camp Hill, Pa.
Christian Fitzgerald ’91 accom-
Stanley to start his own financial
advisement firm, Strategic Investment Management, in conjunction
with LPL Financial Services. His
office is located at Lee Highway
and Highway 153 in Chattanooga;
his e-mail is [email protected].
Jeff English ’88 has moved back to
Scott Ferguson ’75 was among the
Peter Rawlings ’71, along with a
Jeffrey King ’84 has left Morgan
1980s is a vice president
Todd Tindall ’80
at the Chattanooga office of the
financial company Morgan Keegan.
Beth, and kids Will and Sarah)
has moved to London, where he
will work for BP as the global
strategy director out of the London office.
“Home Again,” written and directed by Troy Hill ’89, opened at
the Abingdon Theater in New
York in May. Tickets are available
at smarttix.com.
1990s will conclude his
surance Group Inc. in Chattanooga was recently re-elected as a
regional director of the Insurors
of Tennessee.
dent-elect of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, a bar
association of the State Bar of
Georgia.
Brian Baker ’94 lives in Chatta-
nooga after finishing the Master’s
of English Literature program at
Belmont University. Brian’s new
company, Fusion Communications, specializes in advertising
and marketing.
Katie Cope Murchison ’95 and her
husband, Blake, have moved back
to Signal Mountain from Nashville. Katie is an OB/GYN nurse
practitioner with Dr. Shahul Majeed’s practice in East Ridge.
Leo L. Wong ’90
two-year clerkship with the Hon.
Rosemary Gambardella, Chief
Judge, United States Bankruptcy
Court, District of New Jersey in
August of this year. In September,
he will start as an associate in the
Financial Services Practice at McCarter & English, New Jersey’s
oldest and largest firm.
Anthony Hunt ’90 has been elected
Mark Slater, Jr. ’81 of Sunbelt In-
Laurie Speed-Dalton ’92 is Presi-
Chairman of the Visual Arts Association of Belize and will serve
as the Financial Director of the
Rotary Club of Belize for the coming year (July ’04-June ’05).
Andrew Richey ’95 is a second year
law student at Boston University.
Jamilia (Hadi) R. Battle ’95 received
her Doctor of Medicine degree
from the University of North
Carolina School of Medicine in
Chapel Hill in May, 2004. She
will be training with Cabarrus, a
family medicine residency in Concord, N.C. She and her husband,
Christopher, are the parents of
three-year-old Aubria.
Wil File ’95 has completed his first
year at the University of South
Class Notes
Carolina School of Medicine,
where he was recently elected as
AMA vice president. This summer
Wil will be doing a summer internship in pediatrics in Columbia, S.C.
Justin Guthrie ’95 has moved to
Chattanooga where he works for
Beacon Verification Services,
founded by Jeff Tarumianz ’92.
Ward Henneker III ’95 is finishing
his third year of law school at the
University of Alabama and is
ranked in the top 20 in his class.
Currently he is a senior editor of
the Journal of Legal Profession
and a research assistant. He has
also received the award for the
best paper in personal income tax
and in legal research and writing.
Next year Ward will attend the
University of Florida School of
Law where he will earn his L.L.M.
in taxation.
Jocelyn Allen ’97 is the top gradu-
ate in the College of Veterinary
Medicine at UTK and was recognized at the spring commencement
on May 8, 2004.
Hap Richardson ’97 graduated two
years ago from Georgia Tech and
joined the Peace Corps. He lives
in Malawi, Africa, in a hut-like
house with no electricity or running water. He teaches school in
a nearby village and travels around
Africa when school is not in session. Hap’s contract with the Peace
Corps lasts until January 2005.
Marilyn Cathcart ’98 was named
“most outstanding student
teacher” by the Education Department at the University of Memphis, where she recently received
a B.A. in education.
Elizabeth Hallman ’98 received her
master’s degree in business administration, specializing in healthcare
and leadership, from David Lipscomb University in Nashville.
Grant Norman ’98 has just com-
pleted his first semester in Suffolk
University’s Master of Science in
Finance program. He finished the
semester with a 4.0 grade point
average. Grant has worked at
MFS Investment Management
since graduating from Mercer University in 2002. He was recently
promoted to MFS Fund Treasury,
where he calculates dividend and
capital gains rates, performs indepth analysis on fund expenses
and is on a team that does initial
tax reporting for MFS domestic
and international funds. He resides in Boston’s North End.
Aslynn Johnson ’99 passed the en-
tire CPA exam on her first try and
works at KPMG in Atlanta, where
her current focus is on the WorldCom bankruptcy case.
Jack Lambert ’99 graduated cum
laude from Tufts University in
Boston in May 2003. He has been
working in research at Massachusetts General Hospital and will
begin UT Medical School in Memphis in August 2004.
After graduating from Emory
University in May 2003 with a B.A.
in sociology, John Daniel Thompson
’99 joined AmeriCorps National
Civilian Community Corps
(NCCC) based in Washington,
D.C. NCCC is a ten-month, teambased residential, national service
organization for individuals ages
18-24. His team has been involved
with projects in disaster relief,
education and unmet human
needs in three different states.
Future plans include attending
graduate school to earn a master’s
degree in sociology. He would
also like to teach high school
sociology or work for a non-profit
organization in the Southeast.
majoring in horticulture at the
University of Georgia, where she
is the service project coordinator
for the Horticulture Club.
Kaki McLachlan ’00 presented a
paper to anthropologists attending
the National 2004 Conference of
Sociologists and Anthropologists
at the University of Santa Clara
in April. The paper, which she
co-wrote, detailed recent archeological findings in the Sewanee
area. Kaki graduated from the
University of the South in May
with a B.A. in anthropology.
Kim Richardson ’00 graduated from
Mercer University with a B.B.A.
in marketing in May 2004 and is
looking for work in the Chattanooga area.
Robyn Richardson ’00 is a student
teacher for Young Life in Fort
Worth, Tex. She will graduate
from Texas Christian University
in May 2005.
Katherine Van Deusen ’00 will
graduate from UTC this spring
with a degree in biology/chemistry. She has been accepted into Ph.D. programs in biomedical science/immunology at
Vanderbilt University, University
of Virginia, University of North
Carolina, and Dartmouth with
stipends at each institution.
Mary Webber ’00 recently ended
her James Madison University
swimming career with a fourth
place freestyle finish in the Colonial Athletic Association meet.
Her time of 52.55 seconds for her
final event was a personal best.
Jonathan Branch Davis ’00 com-
pleted his fourth year as a scholarship athlete on the men’s varsity
tennis team at North Carolina
State, graduating in May 2004
with a business degree.
Rachael Johnson ’00 is a junior
Lance Hagaman ’01 is the student
body president-elect for his upcoming senior year at College of
Charleston, where he served as
student body treasurer this year.
In the past two years Lance was
also president of the College Republicans. Throughout his sophomore and junior years he was
an executive board member and
founding father of the Lambda
Kappa chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha
at College of Charleston.
Wake Forest University wide receiver/kick returner Willie Idlette
’02 has been named to the
Scripps/Football Writers Association of America Freshman AllAmerica team. The redshirt freshman received the recognition at
the all-purpose position after finishing the season second on the
Deacon squad with 1,109 allpurpose yards, an average of 92.4
yards per game. That figure also
led all ACC freshmen and ranked
11th in the league overall. Idlette
was also the ACC’s top rookie,
fifth overall, in punt returns, averaging 7.0 yards per return with
one touchdown.
Josh Nelms ’02 had his best season
of golf ever at Middle Tennessee
State University with three topten finishes in five tournaments,
including a third place at the Fred
Marx Invitational in Monroe, La.
May Wood ’02 was crowned the
Boston University students participating in the school of education’s
junior pinning ceremony, which
signifies a commitment to a life of
teaching. She also serves as a resident adviser at the University.
individual champion after her
Vanderbilt team won its first
Southeastern Conference Golf
Championship on April 18, 2004
in Baton Rouge, La. Later that
month, May was named SEC CoGolfer of the Year. She had an
average score of 73.16 this year,
the best in the conference and 10th
nationally. She also finished in the
top ten in five tournaments and
was a first team All-SEC selection.
Will Brandt ’01, an All-American
Ben R. Bates ’03 has been named
swimmer (breast stroke) at Auburn
University, is featured in the
to Vanderbilt University Dean’s
List with high honors (a 3.5 aver-
Heidi Allison ’01 was one of 80
2000s
March/April issue of Splash magazine.
Class Notes
age). Ben is part of Vanderbilt’s
school of engineering.
been elected president of his
pledge class.
Caroline Boland ’03 was selected
The Atlantic Coast Conference
named Wes Hodges ’03 its Player
of the Week in April. Hodges,
who led the Red Raiders to the
state championship last spring,
currently leads the Yellow Jackets
in hitting with a .413 average and
has a team-high 12 RBI’s.
to participate in the UNC-Chapel
Hill Honors Program Abroad to
study in Berlin, Germany, for the
spring semester.
Alexander Herrald ’03 is a fresh-
man at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. He has pledged Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity and has
Kilie Latandress ’03, a member of
the Dean’s List at the University
of Southern California, was invited to join the Honor Society.
She’s also been accepted into the
school of theater, where she will
major in theater and minor in
Spanish.
Vanderbilt Freshman Luke List ’03,
and Baylor senior Beth Felts were
honored as athletes of the year by
the Greater Chattanooga Sports
Hall of Fame for their outstanding
achievements in golf. List was also
named the Southeastern Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week
after finishing in a tie for third
place in the Seminole Invitational
in Tallahassee, Fla. He recently set
a new Vanderbilt school record
with a nine-under par round of 63
at the Hyatt/Dorado Beach Intercollegiate.
Marriages & Engagements
David Quave ’77 and Kristi Rene
Moon were married February 21,
2004, at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Chattanooga.
editor of Publications International in Lincolnwood, Ill.
Travis Miller ’93 and Holly Painter
were married June 5, 2004, at
Baylor Alumni Chapel.
Julie Jackson ’92 and Jason Merrill
Stephanie Bachus ’94 and Alex-
be married June 19, 2004, at St.
Timothy’s Episcopal Church on
Signal Mountain. Scott is an attorney with Miller & Martin law firm.
were married April 10, 2004, at
Inchcape Villas in Christchurch,
Barbados. Julie is a UTK grad who
is currently the outreach director
for the Creede Repertory Theatre
in Creede, Colo.
Geoffrey Hardaway ’88 and Kath-
Jenny Kirk ’93 and Ira Steck were
Heather Huffman ’95 and Andrew
ryn Self Anastos were married
November 15, 2003. Geoffrey is
a partner in Hardtone Development Corporation, which locates
sites for Dollar General Stores.
married August 16, 2003, at Foley
Winery and Estates in Solvang,
Calif. They reside in Los Angeles.
Rogers were married August 1,
2003. Heather teaches at Birchwood Elementary and McConnell
Elementary Schools.
Scott Ruth ’83 and Mitzi Bayne will
Jenna Galbreth ’89 and Trevor
Henderson from Antrim, Northern Ireland, were married January
18, 2004. Both are members of
Downtown Presbyterian Church
in Nashville.
Burton McKenzie ’91 and Elizabeth
Abbott were married recently in
Manchester, Vt. They live in Boulder, Colo.
Chip Waller ’91 married Jennifer
Elizabeth McLaughlin of Columbus, Ga. on November 23, 2002.
They live in Alpharetta and work
in Atlanta.
Vanessa Ettkin ’92 and Jason Asher
were married March 27, 2004, at
the Chattanooga Golf and Country Club. Vanessa is managing
ander Jon Lehman of Nolensville,
Tenn. were married June 5, 2004
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Stephanie is employed as a medical sales representative.
Davis were married October 18,
2003. They reside in Chattanooga.
Jennifer Swafford ’99 and Travis
will be married September 18,
2004, in Durango, Colo. John
plans to attend medical school
after a honeymoon in the Far East.
Tony Cannon ’97 and Melissa Sartin
were married May 22, 2004 at
Cross Roads Baptist Church. Tony
is currently employed by Insequence Corp. in Smyrna, Tenn.
Christee Foree ’93 and Shelby
Ricketts were married April 3,
2004, at Patten Chapel at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Both live in Dallas, Tex. where
Christee is director of marketing
with the American Airlines Center.
will be married June 19, 2004, in
the Baylor Alumni Chapel. Kelly
and Andy met at the University
of Alabama and currently reside
in Mobile, Ala.
Justin Guthrie ’96 and Ashley Lynn
John Anderson ’96 and Janel Ferrin
Anne Elizabeth Pettway ’93 and
John Dyke Darby Rogers of County Kildare, Ireland, were married
May 15, 2004, at the Church of
the Good Shepherd. Anne Elizabeth is the director of an art gallery, Gallery 29, in Dublin, Ireland.
She and John met at the Savannah
College of Art and Design.
Kelly Simmons ’98 and Andy Beck
The May 2003 wedding of Josie
Daniel Domenico ’99 included several Baylor alums: Emily Daniel
’02, Katie Daniel Brock ’93, Anne
Louise Cranwell ’99, Susan Joy Dallas ’99, Charlotte Higgason ’99,
Anne Elizabeth Pettway ’93, John
Arthur Daniel ’89, and Matthew
Brock ’91. Josie and Todd live in
Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Lance Healy ’93 and Ashley Harris
were married Memorial Day weekend in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Lance
works in commercial real estate at
Carter Associates in Atlanta, Ga.
2004, at Our Lady of the Mount
Catholic Church. Lauren graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia, where she is pursuing a master’s degree in speech
language pathology.
Mallie Mitchell ’98 and James
Bushnell Whatley were married
October 11, 2003, in Mountain
Brook, Ala.
Lauren Nolan ’98 and Henry Glas-
cock Jr. will be married July 3,
Richards were married May 15,
2004 at Bluff View Sculpture Garden. Jennifer is currently employed
by A.G. Edwards & Sons.
Paige Blake ’01 and Caleb Rogers
were married on May 22, 2004
at the Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. Paige is pursuing a
degree in psychology from Clemson University.
Baylor Babies
(from left to right) Augustin Batt; William “Tine” Latimer, shown here with his brothers; Happy Bell, shown here with his dad; Lucas Lane; Tanner Vorse; Gracie and
Ellie Tomisek; and Owen Trainor shown here with his dad.
. . . a son, Augustin Elmer, born
2/23/04 to faculty members Jack
and Penny Batt
. . . a son, Anthony James, born
12/31/03 to faculty member Jimmy
Weekley and his wife, Cayce
. . . a daughter, Mary Alexander,
born 5/6/03 to Jim Bachus ’65 and
his wife, Leigh Ann
. . . a daughter, Haven Bree, born
2/17/04 to E.K. “Dutch” Magrath
’80 and his wife, Debbie
. . . a son, William “Tine,” born
3/5/04 to Tom Latimer ’83 and his
wife, Michelle
. . . a son, Happy Briland, born
4/8/04 to Burke Bell ’90 and his
wife, Kenya
. . . a son, Lucas Allan, born 9/11/03
to Gray ’91 and his wife, Sherie Lane
. . . a son, Tanner Eugene, born
11/10/03 to Kristina Cashatt Vorse
’91 and her husband, Capt. Chris
Vorse (US Air Force)
. . . a son, Wilson “Wade,” born
11/26/03 to Ashley Wynne Shepard
’93 and her husband, David
. . . twin girls, Grace Elizabeth and
Eleanor Noelle, born 1/22/04 to
Tim Tomisek ’93 and his wife, Christy
(granddaughter of faculty member
Sue Ramsey)
. . .a son, Owen Marshall, born
4/8/04 to Chris ’96 and Simrall Pratt
ford, Va.; ten grandchildren;
brother, Bill Cushman ’59; nephew Chris Cushman ’86; and niece
Diana Stefanuik.
University of Alabama.
Survivors include his wife,
Joyce Keenon Bromberg; daughters Elizabeth Sullivan, Mary McKee, Katherine Sprain, and Joyce
“Buffy” Allen; sons William Gregory Bromberg II, John Keenon
Bromberg, and Gene Marshall
Bromberg; and 18 grandchildren.
Trainor ’96
. . . a son, Ethan Alexander, born
4/3/04 to Anthony Hunt ’90 and his
wife, Camilla
In Memoriam
G. Wayne Kindrick ‘34, died on
December 14, 2003. He was 70.
Mr. Kindrick was raised in
Chattanooga and had resided in
Atlanta since 1969. A retiree of
Coca-Cola, U.S.A., he worked in
marketing and sales for over 35
years. He is survived by one
daughter, Katherine Kindrick, of
Atlanta.
F. Guy Henley ’44 died January 31,
2004.
A graduate of Vanderbilt University, he began his career with
Dixie Mercerizing Company in
Chattanooga, Tenn., in their textile school program and later
moved to Dalton, Ga., to work
with Coronet Industries, Inc. He
retired in 1980.
Survivors include his wife,
Betty C. Henley; son, Buddy Henley; and daughters, Cathy, Tricia
and Holly Henley.
Ernest deSabla Cushman Jr. ’46,
died March 3, 2004.
A retired minister of the Holston Conference in the United
Methodist Church, he served on
the board of trustees, numerous
committees, and chaired the Commission of Archives and History.
He served in ten churches in East
Tennessee as well as serving as
Baylor's chaplain for seven years.
He graduated from the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga and
Candler School of Theology at
Emory University. He also served
as director for Contact Ministries.
He was a longtime member,
leader and supporter of the Chattanooga/LaFayette Emmaus Community. He was one of the
founders of the Chattanooga Area
Prayer Breakfast and was a past
chaplain and board member of
Downtown Civitan Club of Chattanooga. In retirement he continued to preach in various churches.
He taught Sunday School at Hixson United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Ernest and Katherine
Cushman of Chattanooga.
He is survived by his wife of
50 years, Julia Taylor Cushman;
four children, David Cushman
’72 of Needham, Mass., Mark
Cushman ’72 of Dalton, Ga.,
Kathy Crye of Pine Mountain Valley, Ga., and Liza Bisbee of Bed-
Eugene Alexander Bromberg ’49
died December 15, 2003 in Birmingham.
Gene attended the University
of the South and graduated from
the University of Alabama. Upon
completion of the University’s
ROTC program, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the United
States Air Force. After two years
of active duty, he returned to his
family business, Bromberg and
Company.
He was a member of the
American Gem Society and retired
as Chairman of the Board of Bromberg and Company in 1998.
He was also a member of the
Country Club and the Rotary
Club of Birmingham. He attended
St. Francis Xavier Catholic
Church where he served in many
areas of the church’s ministry.
He also served on the Beaux Arts
Krewe, the Inland Lake Association, and the steering committee
of the Fine Arts Committee of the
Leonard Earl Webb, Jr. ’67 died
December 23, 2003, in Chattanooga.
At Baylor, Earl won a MidSouth Wrestling Championship
before heading to the University
of Tennessee Knoxville and Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy.
He and his wife, Donna, both practiced pharmacy in Chattanooga.
A member of Signal Mountain
Bible Church, Earl served as past
president of the ChattanoogaHamilton County Pharmaceutical
Society and was the owner of
Webb Mobile Home Park.
Earl is survived by his wife,
Donna Roberson Webb; two children, Jenny ’97 and Chip Webb;
half brother, Jim Orten; and two