CONTENTS
Alumni Magazine President..............................................William “Bill” N. LaForge ’72 Executive Director, Alumni-Foundation.................Keith Fulcher ’83
Alumni Magazine Advisory Committee: Editor............................................................... Jordan Thomas ’11 Alumni Board Representative.............................Richard Myers ’91 Foundation Board Representative.................. Anne Weissinger ’81 Alumni Editor.........................................................Jeffrey Farris ’04
DEPARTMENTS 2
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
3 ALUMNI MESSAGE
4 CAMPUS BRIEFS
Foundation Editor..................................................... Ann Giger ’93
10
ATHLETICS
Board of Directors Delta State University Alumni Association:
14
DEVELOPMENT
26
WITH THE CLASSES
Richard Myers ’91, President; Rob Armour ’95, President Elect; Patrick Davis ’96, Secretary; Sayward Fortner ’04, Treasurer; George Bassi ’87, Past President; Anne Weissinger ’81, Foundation President; Michael Ainsworth ’94, Angela Boone ’02, Serena Clark ’97, Brad Evans ’87, John Fletcher ’91, Angela Grayson ’94, Chrissy LaMastus ’96, Paul “Bubba” Mancini ’00, George Miller ’00, Henry Outlaw ’61, Jeremy Pittman ’05, John Polles ’05, Chris Shivers ’94, Reagan Smith ’08, Lauranne Tomaszewski ’03, Sydney Hodnett ’14, Amy Scott ’14
Board of Directors Delta State University Foundation, Inc:
FEATURES
Anne Wynn Weissinger ’81, President; Tim Harvey ’80, Vice President; Nan Sanders ’67, Secretary/Treasurer; Mike Neyman ’72, Past President; Jeff Tarver ’76, Finance Chair; Tom Janoush ’90, Trusteeship Chair; Ned Mitchell ’62, Campaign Chair; Judson Thigpen ’79, Development Chair; Richard Myers ’91, Alumni President; David Abney ’76, Louis Baioni ’56, Dr. William C. Bell ’82, Anita Bologna, Amanda Borgognoni ’82, Hunter Cade ’66, Jeff Ross Capwell ’60, Kay Clark, Dr. Anna Looney Dill ’74, Hank Drake ’69, Bryce Griffis ’54, Laird Hamberlin ’87, Earnest Hart ’77, Peter Jernberg ’65, Gloria B. Johnson ’79, Ed Kossman Jr. ’59, Draughon McPherson, Rex Lyon ’73, Billy Nowell ’72, Carol Puckett, Randy Randall, Krista Roberts, Homer Sledge III, Sam Waggoner ’76, Margaret Walker ’67, Alan Walters, Dr. David Webber ’78, Jimmy Wilson ’68, Dr. Bennie Wright ’74 The Alumni & Foundation Magazine is published by the Delta State University Alumni & Foundation DSU Box 3104, 1003 West Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS 38733 E-Mail: alumnimagazine@deltastate.edu Phone: (662) 846-4660 Note: In an effort to reduce our environmental impact, only one magazine per household is mailed.
Art and Layout by mothlitemedia.com President LaForge with a group of Alumni at the Memphis Alumni Chapter Meeting at the Crescent Club.
Special Thanks to our Delta State Alumni Association Corporate Sponsors
STATESMEN LEVEL
18 Billy’s Home
LaForge returns to his beloved Cleveland to take the helm of Delta State
24 Outstanding Alumni Chapters Cleveland Medical Clinic, PLLC and Wright Surgical Services
OKRA LEVEL
Alumni use chapter meetings to raise scholarship dollars for Delta State students
On the cover:
DSU President William “Bill” N. LaForge with a host of Delta State students, faculty, staff, and alumni on the quadrangle during his second week as President. Photographed by Rory Doyle ’11.
Patrick Davis
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