The Magazine of Elon, Fall 2013 by University Communications

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UNEARTHING HISTORY BY ROSELEE PAPANDREA

An unexpected letter from a French teenager allowed Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Paul Cheek to rekindle buried World War II memories and heal some of the heaviness he has long carried in his heart.

THE POWER OF THE ARCHIVES BY ROSELEE PAPANDREA

The digitization of records is making it easier for people to discover the power of the Elon University archives and to access the institution’s 125-year history.

GOING VIRAL

BY PHILIP JONES

As advertisers increasingly rely on videos to court consumers, we look at some Elonrelated videos to see what it takes to go viral in our saturated media environment.

Cover Story

125 THINGS WE LOVE

There are many things that make Elon a special place: its sense of community, its people, its traditions. As we celebrate 125 years of rich history, we highlight some of the things we love about Elon.

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I AM ELON BY KIM WALKER

Addie Haney ’14 credits her innate curiosity with guiding her to a major in broadcast journalism. “I love knowledge. I’m a sponge,” she says. The Communications Fellow spent the summer interning at “NBC Nightly News,” where she had the opportunity to meet Brian Williams P’13. “I grew up watching the show every night with my family, and to be part of the team that brings this show to a huge national market was really cool,” she says. “These are the people who are shaping public thought.” Delving into history and popular culture is shaping her fall semester and teaching her valuable lessons. As part of her senior capstone project, she is researching the portrayal of minority women in advertising. “I’m interested in gender studies, and as a person of color, it is beneficial to look at those types of trends,” she says. Outside of class, Addie dedicates much of her time to the hip-hop dance group Elon’s Finest—a stress reliever that allows

her to continue a childhood passion and gives her the opportunity to work with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Alamance County this semester. She is also very active with Elon Local News, the student-produced weekly news show. Since joining the ELN team her first year, she has performed many roles: anchor, writer, reporter and camera operator. Looking for a study abroad experience that would expose her to a different culture and pull her out of her comfort zone, Addie spent her spring semester in Istanbul, Turkey, which she says was one of the best decisions she’s made at Elon. “I tried to take every opportunity to explore, meet new people and do new things. I didn’t say no, and as a result I had a great adventure,” she says. Addie is Elon. Visit elon.edu/magazine to see more of Addie’s story, part of our “I Am Elon” multimedia series featuring Elon students in their own words.

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MIND THE GAP

hen I greeted new students at Opening Convocation Under the Oaks at the start of the year, 15 members of the Class of 2017 were absent. These studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; semester had already begun 2,000 miles away as part of the Elon Gap Semester Program, an innovative alternative way to begin university studies. Now in its second year, the program has three distinctive phases: 1) a three-and-a-half week leadership and wilderness experience at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS); 2) a series of four service experiences at a Native American reservation in South Dakota, a nonprofit dedicated to providing fresh food to inner-city residents of St. Louis,

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Mo.; an opportunity to study Appalachian culture and the impacts of the coal mining industry in southeastern Kentucky; and a Washington, D.C., experience focusing on the systemic issue of homelessness; and 3) a six-week study abroad experience in Costa Rica, which includes a home stay with a local family and study at the Elon Center in San Jose. I was delighted to catch up with these adventurous members of the Class of 2017, along with program director Steve Morrison and Professor Phil Miller of the human service studies department at Elon, for two days in mid-September at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Having just

arrived at RE-MEMBER, a nonprofit dedicated to cultural understanding and improving life on the Oglala Lakota reservation, the students were thrilled to find the bunk beds in our cabin following their three weeks of wilderness camping. The rates of unemployment, teen suicide and alcoholism at Pine Ridge, combined with poor living conditions for many and lack of ready access to healthy food, made an indelible impression on us all. On a service day at a local school, clearly an anchor institution within the community, we were impressed by capable and dedicated teachers and school counselors at work. After-dinner lectures by tribal elders amplified both pride of the Lakota in their great heritage and the systemic challenges of life on the reservation. Time in the cabin before bedtime gave students an opportunity to discuss what they

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{ l-r, Judith Howard, Jim Pace & Susan Klopman }

had witnessed that day, as well as to work on journals and reflection papers. When I returned to campus, I interviewed three members of the Class of 2016—Cat Hollister, Corey Shegda and Dan Zangmeister—who participated in the inaugural year of the Gap Semester, and asked them to reflect on their experiences. Here are some of their thoughts. Corey: I’m an Elon tour guide, and I recommend the program to every student I meet. I loved it. It was the best experience of my life. Cat: NOLS affirmed for me a broad perspective of my place in the world. I realize how small each of us is in the larger world, yet that you can still have influence on the world around you. … You realize your experience can still be rich living with simplicity. Dan: I learned tolerance of adversity and uncertainty, and being OK at facing challenging conditions and learning how not to freak out. Corey, Cat and Dan told me stories about feeling like an outsider for the first time in their lives, of learning to depend on each other every day, of strong bonds and a special and lasting closeness of the group, of being pushed to their limits, of gaining perspective on what real challenge is all about, of getting to know people without the distractions of texting and technology, and of immersion in a new culture and language. Certainly the program is not for everyone. Corey cautioned that students must be willing to adapt to new surroundings and unplug from cellphones. And students who are not interested in serving others aren’t appropriate for Gap. My belief is that the Gap Semester Program is tailor-made for a young person seeking perspective, wanting time to reflect on their place in the world before beginning a traditional university semester, committed to exploring life outside often relatively privileged communities, seeking deep bonds with 14 soon-to-be-lifelong friends and testing their limits in the most constructive ways. I predict the overall Elon educations of Gap Semester graduates will be immeasurably enriched by their non-traditional start. They will have a jumpstart on what it means to think like a global citizen. Leo M. Lambert President

Howard, Pace and Klopman receive Elon Medallions On Aug. 19, retired Elon University professors James “Jim” Pace and Judith Howard, along with retired vice president Susan Klopman, received Elon Medallions, the highest honor the university bestows on individuals for meritorious service to the institution. Pace joined Elon’s Department of Religion in 1973. For the next 37 years, he taught courses such as Archeology of Palestine, Introduction to the Old Testament, Biblical Hebrew and Hebrew Prophets, and led Winter Term and semester study abroad programs in London and Italy. He regularly participated in archaeological digs in the Middle East and was devoted to his work with the Karak Resources Project, which brought together teams of archaeologists to excavate sites at an ancient fortress in Karak, Jordan, which he called his “home away from home.” Pace served multiple terms as chair of the department and received the Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1987. Throughout her 18 years at Elon, Howard served as a professor of education, director of the Master of Education program, department chair and interim dean of the School of Education. She also taught 24 different courses, used a $1 million federal grant to produce a series of problem-based K-12 curriculum units that integrated technology in the classroom and conducted research

exploring how to implement those units in settings with exceptional learners. She was named director of Elon’s M.Ed. program in 1998 and led major initiatives to enhance academic quality and expand the program, including the current summer cohort system for elementary and special education programs. She received the School of Education’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2004 and the Excellence in Service Award in 2010. Klopman served Elon for 27 years in a variety of leadership roles. She began her career at Elon in 1985 as assistant director in the Department of Publications and Public Relations, now the Office of University Communications. She moved to Elon’s development office as director of foundation relations and prospect research and, in 1993, became assistant to President Fred Young and the Board of Trustees. She joined the admissions office in 1997 as assistant dean, was named dean of admissions in 2000 and vice president for admissions and financial planning in 2006. Klopman led the change from rolling admissions to deadline admissions, expanded international student recruitment and graduate admissions operations, and helped develop the Fellows programs, the Watson and Odyssey Scholars Program and the Elon Engagement scholarships.

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Keren Rivas ’04 DESIGNERS

Christopher Eyl Timothy Paulson PHOTOGRAPHER

Kim Walker EDITORIAL STAFF

Holley Berry Katie DeGraff Philip Jones Roselee Papandrea Eric Townsend STUDENT CONTRIBUTORS

A. Vaughn Vreeland ’15 Natalie Brubaker ’16 Shakori Fletcher ’16 VICE PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

Daniel J. Anderson EDITORIAL OFFICES

The Magazine of Elon 2030 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244-2020 (336) 278-7415 elon.edu/magazine BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CHAIR

Wesley R. Elingburg P’11 Greensboro, N.C.

ELON ALUMNI BOARD, PRESIDENT

Julia Strange Chase ’84 P’13 Richmond, Va.

YOUNG ALUMNI COUNCIL, PRESIDENT

Dave Dziok ’05

Falls Church, Va.

PARENTS COUNCIL, CO-PRESIDENTS

Ellington Health Center rededicated

Current and former university employees gathered Aug. 20 for the rededication of a campus medical and wellness center named for a longtime Elon health director. During the summer, the R.N. Ellington Health and Wellness Center moved from its former location near Moseley Center to a state-of-the-art facility on South Campus. The new facility features expanded resources and additional parking to serve students, faculty and staff. The center, named for Dr. Robert “Bob” Ellington, houses the Student Health Services, Counseling Services, Faculty/Staff Wellness and the Office of Student Health and Wellness. Before retiring from the university in 2003, Ellington treated tens of thousands of patients as campus physician for nearly two decades. “We wouldn’t enjoy the success that we do in Student Life, and particularly in Health Services, without your great guidance and leadership,” Elon University President Leo M. Lambert told Ellington during the rededication ceremony. “It is such an honor for the university to have a name on this building that is synonymous with compassionate care.” The new student health facility features nine medical exam rooms, a procedure room, separate blood-drawing and allergy labs, a larger waiting area for students, a pharmacy and an office suite for Counseling Services.

“I want you to know that the people of our state appreciate you. Not just your family and friends, but the people of this state. You as teachers are our heroes. I really mean that, and the people mean it, whether or not they say it often.” Former N.C. Gov. Jim Hunt during the Aug. 17 Master of Education Commencement Ceremony at Whitley Auditorium. To watch excerpts from Hunt’s remarks, visit elon.edu/magazine.

Jill & Josh Baker P’14

Great Falls, Va.

BOARD OF VISITORS, CO-CHAIRS

Russell R. Wilson P’86 & P. Scott Moffitt P’14

Burlington, N.C.

SCHOOL OF LAW ADVISORY BOARD, CHAIR

David Gergen

Cambridge, Mass.

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY BOARD, NATIONAL CHAIR

Brian Williams p’13

New Canaan, Conn.

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY BOARD, CHAIR

Michael Radutzky P’12 P’17 Summit, N.J.

MARTHA AND SPENCER LOVE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD, CHAIR

William S. Creekmuir p’09 p’10

Atlanta, Ga.

PHOENIX CLUB ADVISORY BOARD, CHAIR

Mike Cross

Burlington, N.C.

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Cinema major Dean Coots ’13 won both the 2013 Sprite Films competition’s fan vote and judge award for his 60-second film “Break the Night.” This is the first time the competition has had a double winner since it began in 1998. Coots’ prize includes a $30,000 contract to work with Sprite and Coca-Cola executives to develop content, along with a trip to attend AFI Fest, the American Film Institute’s festival, in November.

Senior Joe Bruno was honored at the national Excellence in Journalism Conference held in August with the Presidents Scholarship from the Radio Television Digital News Association. Bruno, a broadcast journalism major, is the news director for student-run Elon Local News and president of Elon’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Elon junior accounting major Michael Visconti was a member of the winning team in the 2013 Project Run With It business competition held during the Beta Alpha Psi annual meeting in August. More than 70 Beta Alpha Psi students from multiple chapters across the nation participated in the competition, which challenged participants to create solutions for business problems faced by actual nonprofit organizations.

{ Michael Visconti ’15 }

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SYLLABUZZ

BY SHAKORI FLETCHER ’16

HNR 238A: The Southern Renaissance

n his 1920 essay “The { Nancy Midgette & Janet Warman } Sahara of the Bozart,” H. L. Mencken declared the American South was essentially devoid of culture. Yet over the next few decades, this region produced some of the United States’ most critically acclaimed literature. What was behind this incredible turnaround? The Southern Renaissance. Not the movement associated with Galileo, Michelangelo or Da Vinci, but rather William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor and Tennessee Williams. From World War I through the early civil rights movement, a reinvigoration of learning, literature and culture took place in the South. Professor of History Nancy Midgette is an expert on American, military and Southern history. Professor of English and Education Janet Warman is a poet and American literature expert. Together they co-teach an honors course analyzing the literature that emerged from the Southern Renaissance and the history that contextualizes it. “It occurred to us we could each bring together what each of us understood about the time period,” Midgette says. “We were both able to see how the literature and history could feed off of and inform the other. It was almost natural.” ABOUT THE PROFESSORS The course for sophomore Honor Fellows challenges students to examine how social and cultural factors Since joining Elon in 1985, influenced authors’ depictions of life in the South. Nancy Midgette has taught in Students explore these connections in class discussions a number of fields, including and written analyses. The course culminates in a the American South, the large-scale research paper connecting the Southern American Civil War, American Renaissance to any theme or discipline. military history and leadership “They also write three short essays in which we have studies. Janet Warman joined them pull together the works that we’ve read so far in Elon’s faculty in 1990. She has a particular way,” Warman says. “They understand the taught courses on composition, history better because they’re coming to learn about creative writing, American the literature. They understand literature better because literature and teaching they have historical context.” methods, among others. This fall marks the duo’s third time teaching the course. They collaborate on almost every detail and say RECOMMENDED READINGS their partnership allows them to learn something new every day. No matter the level of knowledge a person Absalom, Absalom! by might have on a subject, they say, there is always room William Faulkner for improvement. All the King’s Men by “I think one of the most exciting things people can do Robert Penn Warren is broaden their reading,” says Midgette, who holds her own in the literary world. “You never heard of Richard Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith Wright? Robert Penn Warren? Lillian Smith? Well, come Native Son by Richard Wright on! Read it and see what you think. “Whether or not you take the course, just read some of this great literature.”

Elon tops national rankings National publications have ranked Elon among the nation’s best in several categories as part of their 2014 rankings of colleges and universities. The university topped the list of master’s-level universities in the South in the 2014 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” the most widely read assessment of the nation’s colleges and universities published annually by U.S. News & World Report. Elon tied for the #1 spot in the Southern Region with Rollins College of Florida while recording the highest reputation score, graduation rate and student SAT scores in the category, which includes 124 master’s-level universities.

U.S.News & World Report Princeton Review

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Fiske Guide

Elon is also recognized in the U.S. News national rankings more often than any other college or university for programs that “Focus on Student Success” based on seven signature categories: study abroad, internships, service learning, undergraduate research, learning communities, first-year experiences and senior capstone. The Princeton Review ranked Elon the nation’s #2 “best administered” business school and among the top business schools in the Southeast in its 2014 edition of the “Best 295 Business Schools.” The Princeton Review’s annual guide of top graduate business programs is based on data provided by schools and a survey of 20,300 business school students across the nation. The university also earned top marks in four categories in the 2014 edition of The Princeton Review’s “The Best 378 Colleges” guidebook, ranking #6 on the list of the nation’s “best-run colleges,” with a #9-ranked study abroad program, top-15 college theater program and one of the nation’s most beautiful campuses.

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FACULTY/STAFF SPOTLIGHT

{ Eric Ashley Hairston }

Associate Professor of English and Law and Humanities Eric Ashley Hairston published The Ebony Column: Classics, Civilization, and the African American Reclamation of the West in June. The book, the inaugural volume of the Classicism in American Culture Series published by the University of Tennessee Press, takes a deeper look at the way antiquity shaped the ideas of early black scholars and writers whose works challenged whites’ justification of slavery and disparagement. Three Elon professors were named to professorships this fall. Professor of Management Mathew Valle was named the Martha and Spencer Love Term Professor in Business, an honor established by a gift from The Martha and Spencer Love Foundation. He will work with faculty colleagues and provide leadership in enhancing the research profile of the Love School of Business. Eric Hall, a professor of exercise science, was named the Japheth E. Rawls Professor for Undergraduate Research in Science. The rotating two-year professorship, funded by the estate of Dr. Japheth E. Rawls Jr. ’35 and wife Virginia Riddick Rawls, supports the efforts of faculty engagement with students in the scholarship of scientific discovery. Assistant Professor Amy L. Allocco was named the Distinguished Emerging Scholar in Religious Studies. The professorship recognizes a junior religious studies faculty member who has potential for a distinguished academic career and provides support for research, travel and professional development. Three Elon faculty collaborated on a grant proposal awarded to Elon’s K. Wilhelmina Boyd Office of African & African-American Studies program by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Jamane Yeager, assistant professor and Belk librarian, Prudence Layne, associate professor of English and coordinator for African & African-American Studies, and Frances Ward-Johnson, associate professor in the School of Communications, worked on the grant proposal. The grant includes a $1,200 programming stipend to provide scholarly presentations and exhibit four civil rights documentaries to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King’s March on Washington and the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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A celebration of our history As part of Elon’s 125th anniversary commemoration, the university is publishing a richly illustrated book by Professor Emeritus of History George W. Troxler. From a Grove of Oaks: The Story of Elon University, is the first detailed study of Elon’s history in more than 30 years, documenting the institution’s origins and development through the first half of the 20th century. It also provides a thorough record of the dramatic growth during the administrations of presidents J. Earl Danieley, J. Fred Young and Leo M. Lambert. Troxler joined the Elon faculty in 1969 and retired in 2010 as dean of cultural and special programs. Since he retired, Troxler has done painstaking research and analysis for the book, following in the footsteps of Professor Durward Stokes, whose 1982 book, Elon College: Its History and Traditions, provided an authoritative record of Elon’s first 90 years. “I cherish the close friendship I had with Durward Stokes,” Troxler said. “This volume benefits from the long conversations I had with the remarkable man and the insights he shared.” In his 376-page volume, Troxler carefully documents milestones and special events in Elon’s history, provides profiles of faculty, staff and student leaders, and details the remarkable growth of the campus. The book contains more than 400 photographs and illustrations, including many previously unpublished images from the university’s Archives and Special Collections.

Order your copy today at a special price

From a Grove of Oaks: The Story of Elon University will be available March 1, and Elon’s Office of Alumni Engagement is now accepting orders at a discounted pre-publication price of $29.95 (plus sales tax & shipping). To reserve your copy, stop by Martin Alumni Center or order online at elon.edu/125.

CAMPUS UNCOMMONS BY SHAKORI FLETCHER ’16

For many Elon students and alumni, the name

Smith Jackson is synonymous with campus

email alerts. Indeed, as vice president for student life and dean of students, Jackson has sent plenty of emails about inclement weather or security notices. And while his emails are legendary— they even inspired a 2010 YouTube video—he is most proud of the Student Life programs he helps create. In his nearly 20 years at Elon, Jackson has been at the center of much of Elon’s growth and development. When he joined Elon in 1994, the college had just shifted its course structure from three to four credit hours, which accelerated Elon’s emphasis on experiential and engaged learning. Moseley Center was about to open and only two of the now seven residential neighborhoods existed. Under his direction, Elon developed living-learning communities and the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, among other initiatives. “We keep our eye on the North Star—where we want to go—continuing to be ourselves but thinking of new and better ways to provide a student-centered environment and a strong community,” Jackson says, a task that at times can be monumental for a man who oversees 15 different departments—from campus recreation and Greek life to residence life and the university chaplain. “I have a lot of meetings on a daily basis,” Jackson says. “That’s probably one of my biggest challenges—balancing all the meetings with spending time with students, parents, staff and faculty, and moving the university forward.” While it has not always been easy, the end result makes it all worthwhile. “Elon is a place that is so intentional about providing an environment where people can discover who they are … to go out into the world and live lives that are both satisfying and meaningful,” Jackson says. “If you can be a part of that, that’s a worthy vocation.”

What faculty or staff member do you think is uncommon? Send a suggestion to themagazineofelon@gmail.com.

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LONG LIVE ELON

Alumni donors enhance the Elon student experience Thousands of Elon alumni who answered the call to pave the way at Elon can now find their personalized bricks at the new Martin Alumni Center. The engraved bricks honor alumni donors who supported Elon’s Pave the Way campaign, which launched in April as part of the university’s 125th anniversary celebration. The campaign is an opportunity for alumni to leave their mark on campus by reserving a personalized brick, while supporting the needs of Elon’s student body.

{ l-r: William J. Inman, Patricia K. Inman, Leo M. Lambert, Laurie Lambert & Greg L. Zaiser ’90 G’95 }

Construction begins on Inman Admissions Welcome Center

BY MEGAN MCCLURE

A beautiful and functional new space will soon welcome prospective students and their families to Elon’s campus, thanks to the generosity of several university donors. Construction of the two-story, 32,000-square-foot building, which will house all admissions and financial planning staff in addition to Elon’s admissions welcome center, began Oct. 18 with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by donors, members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff and students. Fundraising efforts were launched last spring when Elon trustee William J. Inman and his wife, Patricia, pledged the lead gift for construction of the building. Inman Admissions Welcome Center will be located on the north end of the Moseley Center parking lot and is scheduled to open in spring 2015.

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THE FOLLOWING PARENTS, ALUMNI AND FRIENDS MADE GIFTS IN SUPPORT OF INMAN ADMISSIONS WELCOME CENTER: William J. and Patricia K. Inman P’00 Robert A. Clohan ’67 P’98 P’02 GP’10 Cannon Foundation, Inc. Thomas P. and Sarah Mac Mahon James R. Nugent P’15 and Tracey Walser Nugent ’84 P’15 J. Carlton and Jane V. Showalter P’15 Randall J. and Catherine P. Weisenburger P’14 H. Andrew and Stacy K. Fox P’14 P’15 P’17 John A. and Joy T. Tricoli P’13 LP’16 Jay B. and Daphne H. Shipowitz P’12 M. Clayton and Beverly D. Hollis P’13 William T. and Susan V. Tucker P’16 Samuel L. Burke ’89 and Kelly D. Burke John R. Hill ’76 and Lesley W. Hill Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker P’78 P’79 GP’06 William T. and Julie W. Heflin P’13 Anthony L. and Sarah H. Menchaca P’12

Nearly 2,800 bricks have already been reserved during the campaign. Pave the Way donors have invested more than $350,000 in student scholarships, faculty development and distinctive engaged learning experiences such as study abroad and undergraduate research. Campaign donors also lifted Elon’s 2012–13 alumni giving rate to 21 percent, up from 19 percent in the previous fiscal year. Overall, alumni gave more than $2.9 million to Elon last year. Alumni can still support the campaign with a gift of $125 and reserve a personalized brick at elon.edu/bricks. Pave the Way bricks will be installed on the outdoor terrace and pathways of Elon’s Martin Alumni Center, a new campus home for alumni at the corner of Haggard and North O’Kelly avenues (see page 26).

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Elon hosts international conference on teaching and learning

A proud history of giving: The power of community Throughout Elon’s 125-year history, support from private donors has sustained the institution during difficult times. On Jan. 18, 1923, a fire ravaged Elon’s Main Building and destroyed all student and alumni records, the president’s safe and nearly all the library books. The disaster could have easily closed the young college for good. Yet within a week, Elon College trustees and Alamance County residents banded together and launched an emergency campaign to raise funds for rebuilding the campus. Along with the college trustees and Elon’s faculty and staff, the residents of Alamance County helped bring Elon back to life. At Elon’s 1923 Commencement, the cornerstone for Alamance Building was laid in front of a large crowd. The building opened that fall and was named in honor of the generous donations by local residents.

More than 600 scholars, college administrators and students from around the world gathered in Raleigh, N.C., in October for a major conference hosted by Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning. The annual meeting of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) featured prominent experts on best practices in higher education. Plenary speaker Lee Shulman, president emeritus of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, discussed trends in the ways faculty approach more specific research topics. He also pointed out the dramatic ways technology has changed the way students and educators access information. “What does it mean to teach inquiry skills to students who can call up Wikipedia in 10 seconds? What’s the most important thing to teach them?” Shulman asked. He said today’s students must learn “how to dig their way out of a flood of information and make some sense out of it.” The ISSOTL conference, held at the Raleigh Convention Center, was organized by Peter Felten, executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning, and Jessie Moore, the center’s interim associate director. The Center for Engaged Learning

was created as part of the Elon Commitment strategic plan to advance the university as a leader in the international conversation about high-impact educational practices. The center brings

together international leaders in higher education to develop and to synthesize rigorous research on teaching and learning. It fosters investigations of research questions related to learning; hosts multi-institutional research and practice-based initiatives, conferences, and seminars; and shares related resources for faculty and faculty developers who are working to integrate engaged learning practices in their work with students.

“When something matters to you—and it’s not just getting a grade, it’s not just getting a salary, it’s not getting a stock option or an award or a title in a company—those are the things that push you the hardest and have the most meaning in your life.” Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak, during Elon University’s Fall Convocation on Oct. 3. To watch excerpts from his speech, go to elon.edu/magazine.

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PHOENIX SPORTS ▶ elonphoenix.com Photo by Jeremy McKnight

A PROFESSIONAL TOUCH Having played for a semiprofessional team this summer, three members of the 2013 soccer squad bring a different level of experience to the field.

BY NATALIE BRUBAKER ’16

fter two consecutive championship seasons, the Elon men’s soccer team shows no sign of slowing down. Its impressive roster includes nine returning starters and three semi-pro players who bring a different level of expertise. Senior top scorer Matt Wescoe, along with junior Nathan Dean and sophomore Nathan Diehl, are members of the U-23 Carolina Railhawks team that won the U.S. Adult Soccer Association National Championship this summer. “The experience was amazing. I really enjoyed the coaching staff and the group of guys playing for the team,” Wescoe says. “Every day was competitive, so I really had to push myself to get playing time throughout the summer.” Playing with this semi-pro team not only kept Wescoe and his teammates in shape, it also gave them a taste of a professional soccer career—a notion not far from the minds of several Elon players. “The majority of players on this team have that ambition,” Dean says. “It’s not something we want to give up at the end of our college season. But it’s also not an easy task.”

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Since their premiere season in 2008, the Railhawks have developed a number of amateur players. The team offers players like Wescoe the type of exposure that can help them achieve their post-collegiate goals. “I want to take soccer as far as I can,” he says. “I would love to play professionally once I graduate. If the opportunity presents itself, I will gladly pursue it.” But playing with the Railhawks also has a more immediate impact for Wescoe, Dean and Diehl. Practicing every day over the summer gave each of them confidence to perform at their top level during the regular season. Although each player has a distinct role in Elon’s lineup, Coach Darren Powell says they all bring strength to the team through their character and leadership. “Wescoe always shows those traits,” Powell says. “He’s a player that is going to leave everything on the field every single game.” While Wescoe gives the team an offensive push, goalkeeper Dean, who led the SoCon with 84 saves last season, helps direct the defense. “Games can get really crazy so I try to be a calming influence on the team,”

Dean explains. “Hopefully I can affect the defenders in front of me, which helps get us through difficult moments in the games.” Unlike Wescoe and Dean, midfielder Diehl is in his first season with the Phoenix as a transfer student from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. But he echoes his teammates’ passion and determination for the success of the team. “It’s a pleasure to be a part of an up-and-coming program,” he says. “I want to see us achieve as much as we possibly can.” This attitude makes the team special, Powell says. He can rely on each player’s character, work rate and willingness to play every game to the final whistle. That cohesiveness not only allows the team to defend and attack well; it also translates into strong relationships on and off the field. “We have the best team chemistry of any team that I’ve played on,” Dean says. “The freshmen have integrated really well and the overall team is similar to last year because of all of the returning players.” Diehl agrees. “The more we’re around each other, the more we learn each others’ playing style. It always helps to have a bond between players. It helps with communication and the flow of the game.” Always looking to refine their legacy of post-season success—the team was 10-2 by Oct. 18—the players strive for consistency in each game. “It’s exciting to have been involved in the successes of the past two years,” Wescoe says. But, he adds, “we want to have the best season in Elon history.”

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European adventure The Elon University volleyball team spent 10 days this summer visiting cities in Italy and Switzerland and playing international clubs as part of its study abroad experience. Glenn Scott, an associate professor in the School of Communications, led the course, Travel Writing in Italy, which gave the student-athletes a deeper understanding of culture, people and place through observation and reflection. The course, which blended academic and athletic experiences, also allowed the team to compete against Italian and Swiss club teams. The team arrived in Milan on May 26 and spent the day in the Lake Como area. The following day, besides exploring Alprose Chocolat, a chocolate factory in Caslano-Lugano, Switzerland, the team had its first taste of international competition. After two days in San Marino, where the team played a second match, the Phoenix visited Bologna before heading to the Tuscany region of Italy. There, the team played another match and later traveled to the picturesque area of Cinque Terre. The Phoenix returned to Milan on June 2 and visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa before playing a fourth and final match and returning home. Throughout the trip, the student-athletes, as well as many of the coaches, shared their observations on a blog. “From the vast lakes, to the wondrous castles perched high on top of mountains, to the richly colored, historic architecture that is a staple of Italy, I fall more and more in love with this country every day,” middle blocker Kris Harris ’15 wrote. “Don’t even get me started on the food.” NCAA regulations allow athletics teams to make one international trip every four years. This was the volleyball program’s first trip overseas.

Head men’s basketball coach Matt Matheny served as a court coach for the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games during the June 24–July 1 training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The team, which competed in the World University Games July 6-17 in Kazan, Russia, under the guidance of Davidson College’s Bob McKillop, and assistant coaches John Beilein of Michigan and the University of South Carolina’s Frank Martin, finished ninth overall. “I am thrilled and very honored to be associated with USA Basketball,” Matheny said. “Many of the things that I have learned in coaching I have learned from Bob McKillop. The opportunity to spend more time with him is an incredible opportunity for further development in this profession.” Voted the 2013 Southern Conference Coach of the Year by the media, Matheny guided the Elon Phoenix to a 21–12 record in 2012–13—the program’s best season ever at the NCAA Division I level—and to its first postseason appearance at the Division I level.

Photo by USA Basketball

One for the playbook

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BY ROSELEE PAPANDREA

UNEARTHING HISTORY

For 68 years, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Paul Cheek was able to push aside his World War II memories. But when a letter written by a determined French teenager with a penchant for history arrived in his mailbox in 2012, he rekindled those memories and healed some of the heaviness he has long carried in his heart.

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{ The serial number on the plane’s tail seen in this photograph eventually led French teen Antoine Berthe to Paul Cheek (both pictured left). }

he B-17 Flying Fortress was heading for Germany on March 20, 1944, when one of its engines blew an oil line. Elon Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Paul Cheek, an Army Air Corps navigator at the time, and the rest of the 10-member crew of the 388th Bomber Group, 562nd Squadron, had only one choice. They had to break formation and head back to Knettishall, England. On the way, the plane lost a second engine. Flying low and alone across France, the B-17 was hit by cannon fire from the ground that instantly killed two crewmembers. The other eight survived

a fiery crash landing in a field in the small town of Hernicourt. “Much of the plane burned. It was a big fire,” Cheek recalls. “I was a little numb about it, thinking, ‘Is this really happening?’” While the crew made it across a nearby road and through a wood, they couldn’t escape the German forces that were waiting. They were split between two camps and spent more than a year as prisoners of war. Cheek’s camp was liberated April 29, 1945. By early 1946, Cheek, a native of a small community in the southern part of Alamance County, N.C., was back in the United States earning degrees in chemistry at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He met his wife, Ruth, while there, and they married in 1948. He started teaching at Elon in 1950 shortly after earning his doctorate. He moved ahead with his life, pushing from his mind the memories of the war and his time as a POW—from the shock of the crash to a 60-mile march in below-freezing temperatures from the town of Sagan, which is now part of western Poland, to Spremberg, Germany, to an uncomfortable boxcar ride where dysentery passed rapidly from one passenger to another. “Like many, I didn’t talk about it very much,” says Cheek, who retired from Elon in 1986. “I remember a few

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instances when friends and acquaintances seemed aggravated because I didn’t tell them more about my experience. At that time, to me, it was difficult to describe.” Instead of dwelling on it, Cheek moved on. “There were things to be done and life to be getting on with, but I do remember it vividly,” he says. Then, almost 68 years later, a letter written by a determined French teenager with a penchant for history arrived in Cheek’s mailbox in January 2012. The four-page, handwritten note was sent by then-15-yearold Antoine Berthe of Le Parq, France. The teen explained his fondness for World War II history and his extensive research, including the conversations he had as a young boy with his great grandfather who told him about the B-17 crash. With encouragement from his father, Lionel Berthe, the youngster talked with a former mayor of Hernicourt. The exchange led him to the Catteau family, the owners of the field where the plane crashed. The Berthes visited the site and took photos. The Catteau family also shared a black-and-white photograph of the plane wreckage. The photo provided a visual to Berthe’s childhood story and a valuable piece of information: the serial number was clearly visible on the plane’s tail. That information led Berthe to an Internet site with details about the 10-member crew flying in the B-17 that crashed on that March day. In addition to all their names, the site listed all their home addresses at that time. Berthe searched the white pages and found Cheek in Elon. “I would like to know what you have done since the end of the war and if you would share your memories from that time,” Berthe, who is still learning English, asked in his letter. “... Thank you for your service during the war, make sure France truly owes its current freedom to men like you.” Berthe’s interest in the crash and what Cheek’s life has been like since, as well as the amount of time the teen dedicated to gathering information, impressed Cheek. It also stirred up buried memories at a time in his life when he was ready for deep reflection. “It was a complete shock when I heard from Antoine,” Cheek says. “I realized what an unusual thing this is that one so young should be so interested in one’s local history and world history. Of course, I had great appreciation for what this young man was doing.” The two started exchanging letters and

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{ Paul Cheek (front row, third from left) & the B-17 Flying Fortress crew in 1944. }

emails, sharing details about their lives. Berthe sent photos of what the field in Hernicourt looks like today—a familiar sight to Cheek, even after all these years. In addition to searching for Cheek, who is now 94, Berthe tried to track down the rest of the crewmembers who survived the crash. Cheek, who at 25 was the oldest of them in 1944, and the plane’s pilot, Joseph Patterson, were the only two still living when Berthe first made contact. Patterson has since died, but Berthe has been in touch with his family. Berthe, who is now 17 and a senior in high school, and his father, a civil engineer, traveled to the United States in July with only one purpose in mind: to pay homage to Cheek for his military service. “Imagine Antoine coming to see me,” Cheek says, still a bit bewildered by the surprising and unique relationship the two have developed. “It’s just fortuitous that the person he came to the United States to visit happens to be me.” During the visit, Berthe and Cheek spent several days together, sharing stories and building bonds. They went to the Eli Whitney community where Cheek grew up. They visited the Company Shops Museum and then the historic train depot, both in downtown Burlington, N.C., because it was from there that Cheek left for the war. For Berthe, seeing Cheek face-to-face was

a remarkable end to his research. “I’m very happy,” he says. “When you see a man, and he is real, it’s very wonderful.” Together they pored over old photos and the many documents, including a police report from the day of the crash, that Berthe found. Cheek showed the teen a fork he used at the prison camp, identifiable by the swastika on the handle, that he kept after he was freed. While Berthe could speak some English, retired French Professor Jane Romer and her husband served as translators. Cheek is very humbled by Berthe’s interest in his military service and the great lengths his parents went to so he could get the most out of this firsthand history lesson. “It’s just dawning on me more and more what an unusual thing this all was,” Cheek says. The experience rekindled a lot of memories and even healed some of the heaviness Cheek has carried deep in his heart all these years. It also provided the opportunity for the sole survivor of the 388th Bomber Group, 562nd Squadron to give his brothers-in-arms their due praise. “The visit prompted more and more thinking about that time of my life and also my air crew,” Cheek says. “I think about the two crewmembers killed at that time and the passing of all my other crewmembers. “I honor and revere those men.”

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THE POWER OF THE ARCHIVES

The digitization of records is making it easier for people to discover the power of the Elon University archives and to access the institution’s 125-year history.

here was a time when one had to go to great lengths to access archival documents. But thanks to the digitization of records, it’s getting easier to not only have direct access to countless documents but also know what exactly is being housed in library archives—including the Elon University Belk Library Archives and Special Collections. Retired Army Col. Robert Fix first learned about the value of the university archives when he was doing research five years ago. At the time, he was looking for an annecdote from Elon’s history to add to a speech he was preparing for the ROTC commissioning ceremony that his son, U.S. Army Capt. Joey Fix ’08, and other seniors were participating in that year. Robert Fix, of Centreville, Va., contacted Katie Nash, special collections librarian and archivist, for assistance. Between the various publications, such as academic catalogs, yearbooks and student publications that are now all digitized, to the online finding aids that provide access to inventories within the archival and manuscript collections, Nash was able to lead Fix to the university’s World War I Collection. While the materials in that collection, including newspaper articles and other related documents, aren’t yet digitized, Nash could easily access them at a satellite location, a 2,400-square-foot facility in the Arts West building on Haggard Avenue, where movable shelves are lined with boxes Visit elon.edu/archives for information stacked from floor to ceiling. The rest of about how to search the archives or the archives are located on the second donate to the collections. Read about floor of Belk Library. what’s in the archives in the blog “Under The World War I Collection was the Oaks” at belkarchives.wordpress.com. exactly what Fix was seeking. He honed in on Herbert Harper Barber, an Elon alumnus who was drafted into the Army two weeks after he graduated in 1918 with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. Barber, a private in Company L, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, sailed from Long Island to France in August of that same year. He was wounded in

battle that October, died two months later and was buried in St. Mihiel, France. Fix thought a story like Barber’s would have some relevance to the newly commissioned officers, several of whom might also find themselves deployed overseas. “Barber was wounded in the extremely bloody last offensive of the war,” Fix says. “It was very poignant. I tied that all into this speech. I think very few had recognized that Elon had graduates who served and were killed in combat.” THE DEPTH OF THE ARCHIVES As someone who organizes and catalogs every detail, Nash understands the power the archives hold. “You are the first to discover it, and it’s nice to let others discover it, too,” she says. In its entirety, Elon’s Archives and Special Collections—if laid box after box—is the length of about 10 football fields. It is divided into sections, including university archives, the special collections, the manuscript collection, the audio-visual collection, the photographic collection and the presidential papers. Church history, the largest special collection, contains books, photos, audiovisual materials and a seemingly endless volume of papers that document the history of the Christian Church, which founded Elon. There also are 70 to 80 boxes of information in the satellite facility that aren’t yet cataloged, which is the ongoing challenge of managing the archives while answering requests for information. “We need to keep organizing our collections, cataloging and figuring out what we have in our offsite facility,” Nash says. “We don’t have a full idea of what is there. It’s important to keep that going so we can help researchers get the content they want.” Already this year, Nash and other staff have fielded more than 200 requests related to the archives. From June 2012 to May 2013, they answered more than 400 inquiries. In addition to Elon staff and students, the general public,

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{ Katie Nash, Elon’s special collections librarian and archivist, works with Nancy Clevenger-Bell on genealogy research. }

including alumni, use the archives to look for genealogy information, rekindle memories or conduct research for a publication. Archivists never know what items will spark the interest of users. “I can be working on a collection and think no one is going to look at these stories,” Nash says. “Then someone comes in and wants to see something that in your mind was insignificant but means the world to them. It’s really heartening.” The collection is filled with donations from alumni, faculty, past presidents, public officials and friends of the university. There are scrapbooks, letters, maps, artifacts and more than 35,000 print photographs, 46,900

slides, 15,800 negatives and 41,000 digital images. Most of these materials offer insight into the university’s history—from the monumental accomplishments to a snapshot of what a student’s life might have been like at any point in Elon’s 125-year history. Last fall the relative of an Elon alumnus who graduated in 1917 contacted the archives after learning her great grandfather’s scrapbook was digitized and available online on the Belk Library Archives and Special Collections website. The woman wanted the alumnus’ daughter, who didn’t grow up with him, to see the scrapbook in person. “They spent half the afternoon here looking at that

scrapbook,” says Nash, who was touched by the impact it had on the woman who saw photos of her father’s life at Elon for the first time. Discovering the depth of the information preserved in the collections convinced Pam Richter ’10, a journalism major, to pursue her graduate degree in library and information science. She is now an archivist and information services librarian at the Atlantic City Free Public Library. While she was a student at Elon, she worked in the archives for two years. “The biggest reason I was drawn to being a journalist was having the ability to share

WHAT’S IN THE ARCHIVES? The archives contain a variety of books, documents, photos and artifacts. Among the items preserved are:

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A brick from Main Building, the first building erected on campus in 1889 that was destroyed by the 1923 fire

Beanie caps worn by first-year students in the 1960s

A handmade paper maché Fighting Christian head worn during football games in the early 1970s

A button made for the groundbreaking of Moseley Center in 1993

A World War II service flag given to Elon by the federal government that once hung in Whitley Auditorium

people’s stories,” Richter says. “I think once I realized that archival collections had the power to share stories as well, I was hooked.” MAKING THE ARCHIVES AVAILABLE Elon began digitizing a portion of the archives in 2011 and has outsourced digital projects, such as the early student newspaper publications, alumni magazines and academic catalogs dating to 1891. Elon has also worked with the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to get additional student newspapers, scrapbooks and yearbooks digitized. Regardless of whether information is made available digitally, Elon preserves the original, and it is clear there are items from the past that won’t ever be digitized because of copyright laws or the time and resources it takes to get it done. Since there is such a large volume to contend with, Belk Library has had to prioritize. “We thought about what publications we consult most frequently on a variety of questions that contain a lot of information over a large span of years,” Nash says. It’s the main reason the academic catalog was given priority because it doesn’t just provide a listing of the courses offered. It’s full of details, such as a description of the university, a listing of organizations and the board of trustees, tuition costs, the types of religions practiced as well as the changing infrastructure as buildings are torn down and added. “It’s something we consult on a regular basis,” Nash says. “We chose things that contain good snippets of university information.” In 2012 the archives staff started digitizing the audiovisual collection, which has more than 4,000 cataloged items. The collection contains the recordings of campus cultural events, Elon traditions and President Emeritus J. Earl Danieley’s walking tour of campus, to name a few. Nash and Linda Lashendock, the video archive technologist, developed procedures, policies and workflows for digitizing the collection that is likely to take years to complete. Even though the public can’t see every collection online, the digital finding aids, which are essentially detailed guides explaining what’s cataloged and available, make the university’s archives more accessible. “It reaches a wider audience, and they can be more autonomous in their research,” Nash says. “It can also serve as an open invitation to ask an archivist for help if they see something they are interested in.”

etired Army Col. Robert Fix P’08 reached out to the Elon University Belk Library Archives and Special Collections expecting to learn more about the life Pvt. Herbert Harper Barber, who graduated from Elon in 1918, led before he died during World War I. What he didn’t know until he delved into the details was that Barber’s story, preserved in the archives, might have a personal connection to him as well. As it turns out, Fix’s grandfather was the senior non-commissioned officer in charge of all the medics in the 165th Infantry Regiment during World War I. Barber, who was seriously wounded in battle, also served in the 165th Infantry Regiment. Fix immediately wondered if the paths the two men traveled had crossed. Then while at Elon for his son’s graduation in 2008, Fix stumbled upon a plaque honoring WWI and WWII veterans hanging in Alumni Memorial Gymnasium that includes Barber’s name. “I could feel the hair on the back of my neck stand up,” says Fix, who became interested in Barber while doing research for an ROTC speech he was giving at Elon. “Six weeks prior, I had never heard of this person. It was like the door to the hereafter had cracked just a little bit and Barber was there waving ‘I am here.’ Things like that don’t just happen. It was really poignant. It brought it full circle for that moment.” During a visit to France in 2012, Fix and his wife, retired Army Col. Debra Fix, decided to visit the cemetery in St. Mihiel where Barber was buried—a trip he later learned his own father, who also was a professional soldier, made almost exactly to the day 50 years prior. While there, Robert and Debra Fix walked among thousands of crosses searching for the one marking Barber’s grave. “We broke into tears when we got to it,” Fix says. And just like when his father visited, the couple was asked by the cemetery’s superintendent to lower the American flag that day. They also learned they were the first to visit Barber’s grave, according to cemetery records. “We were the first people in almost 100 years who had sought him out and paid tribute to him,” Fix says. “We found that incredibly moving.” Barber’s story remained relevant to Fix and in August, he contacted Nash again, hoping to dig deeper into the archives to learn more about Barber, his family history and time at Elon. Fix plans to visit the National Archives with his brother where historical documents from their grandfather’s military company are located. He expects those documents will contain more links to Barber. “We are not sure where this whole story ends,” Fix says. “It’s really been this amazing trek. None of this would have been possible without Katie and Elon archives having captured all of that. What Elon University has done has kept alive the memory of this young man not only in a historical sense but in a spiritual one.”

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GOING VIRAL BY PHILIP JONES

As advertisers increasingly rely on videos to court consumers, we look at some Elon-related videos to see what it takes to go viral in our saturated media environment.

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could have happened at any minor league baseball game and wouldn’t have seemed out of place. On this particular Friday night last summer, it happened at a New Britain Rock Cats game. The team, based just outside Connecticut’s capital city of Hartford, is a Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. And like most other minor league baseball clubs, it crams in as many promotions between innings as possible. That’s why no one batted an eye when a pair of fans—introduced simply as David and Jessica—took the field with the team’s emcee to answer three trivia questions. The third query brought the crowd to its feet. “Will you marry me, Jessica?” David is captured asking in a video as he gets down

on one knee while the team’s mascot solicits cheers from fans. “That’s a big question!” the emcee exclaims, as the camera slowly zooms in on Jessica. Stunned, she raises her hands to her mouth, takes two steps backward and musters an answer when the emcee rushes in with his microphone. “David, I’m sorry,” she whimpers. “I can’t. I’m sorry.” The camera follows David as he sprints toward the Rock Cats’ dugout, embarrassed and looking as red as his shirt. Jessica springs back into the stands and disappears into the crowd. Within seconds, fans are tweeting about the public heartbreak they just witnessed.

Within hours, video of the rejection surfaces online. And within days, that video has more than 1.5 million YouTube views and is being shown on national television, spread wildly across social media sites and featured on websites all over the world. Then came the announcement by the Rock Cats’ management that the failed proposal was a calculated marketing stunt, part of a plan to entertain fans at the game and draw attention to the team with a video that went viral. There was no proposal. David wasn’t humiliated. And Jessica? She’s an Elon University senior whose real name is Julie Hart. “We definitely planned this to make sure we got the most out of it,” says Hart, a strategic communications major who interned with the Rock Cats’ marketing and public relations team over the summer. “We just wanted people to see that we are entertaining and if you come to a Rock Cats game, all the in-game promotions are going to be fun. “[We’re] going to get people involved, we’re going to keep you on your toes guessing through each game. And I think that was the overall message.” Most people understood that message and not only laughed at some poor guy’s heartbreak, but also their own willingness to buy into what they saw on the video. Others felt duped, taken by the team and what they deemed an underhanded marketing ploy. The backlash in the comments section of the video was fierce but far from the majority. “I felt like for every one negative comment, there were 20 other positive comments,” Hart says. Whether fair or foul, the Rock Cats’ plan worked. The team estimates that, given the media attention, between 2 and 5 million people were in some way exposed to both the video and the Rock Cats brand. But the question still remains: Did the Rock Cats go too far? “I think that all is fair in love and marketing,” says Derek Lackaff, an assistant professor of communications at Elon. “[Creating viral videos is] partially an attempt on the behalf of commercial endeavors to make sense of the current media environment.” Lackaff teaches courses for Elon’s interactive media master’s program. He knows how loud and crowded today’s social media climate can be, and says brands big and small are doing whatever it takes to catch consumers’ eyes.

“Since we don’t have the captive audiences that we had a decade ago or two decades ago, reaching an extremely fragmented audience is something that’s tough,” he says. “So having the audience do the work for you by sharing (viral) videos is a fantastic strategy, when it works.” When it doesn’t work for a company, “you’re just another flash in the pan—one of a million,” Lackaff adds. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. But even when everything goes according to plan, as it did for the Rock Cats, consumers can feel deceived. Still, Lackaff says the overall risks are small. “There are things that we hold grudges about and viral videos are probably not part of that,” he says. “I think the risks are pretty minimal because the payoffs are pretty huge. … It’s a medium that responds well to risk-taking.” While Lackaff says he doesn’t know the secret recipe for cooking up a video that is guaranteed to go viral—if he did, he says he’d “probably be retired on a beach somewhere”— he and Hart agree on the ingredients. Both say tapping into viewers’ emotions is key, whether you shock them, sadden them, make them laugh, connect them to something culturally important or give them a feeling of nostalgia. That’s just what a group of Elon seniors did when they re-created the iconic opening credits from the long-running television show “Friends” and unwittingly produced another viral video hit. This one, though, drew nothing but acclaim. “We really had no intention of making it a big ordeal,” Will Anderson ’13 says. “It was just supposed to be for our group of friends and that was it.”

Instead, almost 300,000 people have seen the video. First posted to YouTube in May, the video’s view count continues to grow every day. “We really didn’t think anything would happen from it,” says David Gwynn ’13, one of the friends in the video and owner of the YouTube page. “We were going to share it with friends and family only, but decided to put it on YouTube for fun. I actually thought I was getting spammed when I got a message in my email box from the people at ‘Good Morning America’ two days later.” Yes, that “Good Morning America.” The video of these real-life friends splashing around in Fonville Fountain became an Internet and television sensation that even drew praise from one of the “Friends” stars, Lisa Kudrow. The video contained several ingredients that boosted its likelihood of going viral: it connected viewers back to an enormously successful pop culture sensation, it offered folks a chance to reminisce about their own college days and left those who saw it with a smile on their faces. But it also had something of a secret sauce. A company called Storyful saw the video on YouTube within hours of being posted, contacted Gwynn and offered to promote it to media outlets. Undoubtedly, Gwynn says, that helped it land on “ABC News,” the Huffington Post, Yahoo.com and theguardian.com. Would the video have taken off without the boost from Storyful? Perhaps, but there is no question its push certainly spurred the video’s popularity. That Elon students were key players in some of the most talked about online videos of the summer doesn’t surprise Lackaff. Nor is it shocking that for the second straight year, an Elon entry won the national fan vote in the Sprite Films competition. This year’s entry by School of Communications graduate Dean Coots ’13 also won the judge’s award, the first time the national competition has had a double winner since it began in 1998. “It speaks well of our students that by the time they’re getting to be juniors and seniors, they’re incredibly proficient and they’re incredibly creative,” Lackaff says. As for Gwynn, Anderson and their group of friends, their video’s enduring, surprising success galvanized their love for Elon. “We have no idea what it will continue to do as it stays online,” Anderson says. “But it will always tie us back to the university.”

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125 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT ELON (RANDOMLY SELECTED AND ARRANGED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

There are many things that make Elon a special place: our sense of community, our people, our traditions. As we celebrate 125 years of rich history, we’re highlighting 125 things that set Elon apart.

To read submissions by students and alumni, go to elon.edu/magazine.

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1. OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY No matter where you come

from, at Elon, you are home. Our founders relied on this strong bond to lay a solid foundation for the past 125 years and the bright days ahead.

“The squirrels, the acorns, the oaks, the bricks that tripped me daily, the memories may fade but my fondness never will. Long live Elon.” —A C ’97 imee

arter

3. OUR GREAT ALUMNI 27,280 strong and

2. HOMECOMING There is no better way to keep the memory of

college days alive than coming back for Homecoming weekend, a tradition that traces it origins to 1895.

growing. Proud partners, advocates and investors in their alma mater. Bleed maroon and gold. Exemplary global citizens. Successful professionals.

“I learned to love learning at Elon.” —Jena Tenley Black ’01

“I love that no matter where in the world I may live, Elon will always be my home.” —Amanda Thaxton ’06

4. COLLEGE COFFEE One of Elon’s most cherished traditions, College

Coffee unites the Elon community for conversation over coffee and pastries every Tuesday during the academic year.

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5. THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS Elon’s 620-acre campus is recognized as one of the nation’s most beautiful. Its designation as a botanical garden means

that Elon’s landscape serves as a model for environment stewardship.

“I love that not only is Elon one of the best schools in the country, it continues to be one of the most beautiful year after year!” —Mandy Hemphill Krause ’93

7. THE PEOPLE From the dedicated faculty who 6. STRONG VALUES Honesty,

integrity, responsibility and respect are the backbone of the Elon Honor Code, which guides the Elon community.

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encourage and challenge students in and out of the classroom and supportive staff who work behind the scenes to keep programming going, to the physical plant crews that work 24/7 to maintain the campus, the people of Elon are at the heart of the university’s success.

9. NUMEN LUMEN Elon’s

motto, “Numen Lumen,” is Latin for “spiritual light” and “intellectual light.” It challenges students to be a light wherever they go and to do good in the world.

8. ENGAGED LEARNING Elon has earned a national reputation for

its engaged and experiential model of teaching and learning, and is recognized as one of the nation’s top liberal arts and sciences universities.

“I love how Elon has grown while maintaining respect for its traditions and history.” —Eric Hall ’76

“What do I love about Elon? It’s the love. It is the magical place where I met my wife, fell in love and have been with her ever since that day when our eyes met.” —Mickey Leggett ’77

10. TRADITION OF SERVICE Elon is a community bound by compas-

sion. Whether it’s tutoring children in the local schools as part of a service-learning course, spending a week serving meals in Washington, D.C., or helping build a village in Zambia, service is at the core of an Elon education.

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11. LIFELONG RELATIONSHIPS You may leave Elon, but

Elon will never leave you. The friends, faculty and staff you meet on campus are like a second family. 12. FACULTY FOCUSED ON STUDENTS From its founding, Elon has been a student-

“The bond that stays with you, even after you graduate.” —K atie Roberts ’10

centered institution. Exceptional faculty members choose to dedicate their talents and further their scholarship at Elon because they love to teach and mentor students, both in and out of the classroom.

13. SPIRIT OF INNOVATION Elon’s spirit of innovation has allowed the

institution to seize exciting opportunities in the face of adversity. From being the second co-educational four-year college to be founded in North Carolina, to its signature study abroad program, Elon’s talent for innovation is unparalleled.

14. LIVING THE MAROON LIFE The proud history of Elon athletics dates

back to 1900. The term Fighting Christians was first used for Elon sports in 1923 and stuck until 2000 when the Phoenix was adopted as the athletics identity. The Phoenix will join the Colonial Athletic Association in 2014.

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16. STUDY ABROAD China. Turkey. England. South

Africa. Peru. Elon offers study abroad courses around the world and 72 percent of Elon graduates have at least one international study experience.

15. DOC-TOR DAN-IEL-EY! For the past six decades, J. Earl Danieley ’46—or “Dr. D”

as he’s lovingly called by students and administrators alike—has served Elon in different roles: from alumnus to faculty member to president. Whether he is in a chemistry lab or an Elon 101 classroom, carrying the university mace at special events, talking with students at College Coffee or waving a victory towel at basketball games, Dr. D is one of Elon’s greatest treasures.

“[I love] all my professors, especially Dr. Danieley, my adviser and second father.” —C J ’80 hris ones

18. THE “OLD MAIN” BELL The bell once served as a bea-

con for Elon’s earliest students, calling them to class and chapel from its perch atop the tower of the Main Administration Building, the first to be constructed on Elon’s campus. It now sits on a podium inside Alamance Building.

17. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE About 2,400 of our alumni are

married to each other, proving that besides being a foundation for lifelong learning, this institution also nurtures long-lasting love. There are 850 alumni and students with a parent or grandparent who also attended Elon, and countless others who share an Elon connection.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! The list continues on page 53. Read submissions by students and alumni at elon.edu/magazine.

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ALUMNI ACTION

FELLOW ELON ALUMNI

t is truly a privilege to serve as Elon Alumni Board president while the university celebrates its 125th anniversary. As a proud Elon alumna with deep family connections to campus—both my brother, Robert Strange ’77, and daughter, Ellis Chase ’13, are Elon alumni—I can’t imagine a more exciting time to be in this role. This year the board wants to build on the momentum created by past president John Hill ’76, enhancing current programs and creating new ways for alumni to act as LifELONg partners, advocates and investors. One of the best ways for alumni to stay connected is by returning to campus. A generous gift from Elon parents Chris ’78 and Nicolette Martin has created Martin Alumni Center, a vibrant new gathering space where alumni can find their Pave the Way campaign bricks and watch Elon’s new alumni video. With special events like the “Long Maroon Line” of 125 alumni opening Fall Convocation and Elon’s 125th Anniversary Homecoming, countless alumni have already participated in this new welcome experience. We are also expanding LifELONg learning and networking opportunities for alumni. Starting this fall, alumni can access a new series of professional development resources free of charge, with a new webinar debuting the first Wednesday of every month. In January, National Networking events across the nation will provide alumni with the chance to expand and develop new professional connections. Now more than ever, the board encourages Elon alumni to invest in the university. Our alumni giving rate continues to grow each year, rising by five percentage points since 2009–10 to a new high of 21 percent last year. If you have not already given, I encourage you to contribute to Elon’s great success. By working together, we will build the nation’s strongest alumni network. Long Live Elon! Julia Strange Chase ’84 P’13 President, Elon Alumni Board

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Nominations now open for Top 10 Under 10 Awards If you know alumni from the 2004 to 2013 classes who have recently experienced major professional success, made an exceptional difference in their community, or have been loyal advocates and partners of Elon, then nominate them for the annual Top 10 Under 10 Awards. The Young Alumni Council will be accepting nominations through Nov. 30. Nominations can be submitted online at elon.edu/alumni. For more information about the awards, contact Colleen Cooper ’08, coordinator of young alumni and student engagement at ccooper4@elon.edu or 336-278-7424.

Visit Martin Alumni Center Whether you are stopping by or staying for the weekend, Martin Alumni Center is the place to be for all alumni returning to Elon. The center offers a welcome experience that includes a variety of amenities and benefits just for alumni. Enjoy refreshments, watch the new alumni video produced by Max Cantor ’10 and Tim Johnson ’09, receive a personalized tour and parking pass, get game-day tickets (limited games on a first-come, first-serve basis) and more. Alumni who participated in the Pave the Way campaign should look for their personalized brick in the sidewalk and patio surrounding Martin Alumni Center. Alumni staff will help you locate your brick and take a photo for you to share with your friends.

Want to visit? Martin Alumni Center is open 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.–3 p.m. on Saturdays. To register for your customized tour or for more information about the center, visit elon.edu/e-web/alumni/mac.

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Photo by Don Bolden

{ Inset: J. Rankin Parks ’32 & granddaughter Elizabeth Fisher Goad ’95. }

ALUMNI “LONG MAROON LINE” CELEBRATES ELON’S PAST AND FUTURE To mark Elon’s 125th anniversary, 125 alumni formed a “Long Maroon Line” as part of Elon’s Fall Convocation on Oct. 3, which featured Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak. Alumni were selected by members of Elon’s faculty and staff based on their ongoing commitment and involvement with the university, and the line included members from every decade of Elon graduates dating to the 1930s. A special reception was held following Convocation to honor the participants. “The ‘Long Maroon Line’ celebrates the importance of alumni in both Elon’s past and future,” said John H. Barnhill ’92, Elon’s assistant vice president for university advancement. “These alumni have stayed involved at Elon by serving on boards and reunion committees, attending university events, opening professional doors for other Elon graduates, and investing in the university every year. “They embody what it means to act as Elon partners, advocates and investors.”

At age 103, J. Rankin Parks ’32 was the oldest living alumnus present, which earned him a standing ovation as he led the procession inside Alumni Gym. While the Elon of his era is considerably different from today’s university, he felt right at home surrounded by alumni who shared his love for the institution. “I’m surprised at the growth,” Parks said about the transformation the campus has undergone during his lifetime. But, he added, “I’m quite proud of Elon and the way it turned out.” During his opening remarks, President Leo M. Lambert thanked Parks for his continued support to Elon through the Rena Cole and J. Rankin Parks ’32 Endowed Scholarship, a fund Parks and his late wife established to support students with financial need. Lambert also thanked all the alumni participating in the “Long Maroon Line.”

“Elon is 125 years young and has a vibrant and dynamic future ahead, thanks to the 30,000 men and women in our alumni body,” Lambert said. “Members of the ‘Long Maroon Line,’ thank you. You honor us with your presence and we are so proud to have you with us today.” For Elizabeth Fisher Goad ’95, Parks’ granddaughter who accompanied him in the processional, being part of the “Long Maroon Line” alongside her grandfather was particularly special. “It meant a great deal to me,” she said. “Elon is our special connection.” Other alumni participants included J. Earl Danieley ’46, and trustees and trustees emeriti Noel Allen ’69, Sherrill G. Hall ’55, Jack R. Lindley Sr. ’56, James A. Hendrickson ’71 and Kebbler McGhee Williams ’98. A full list of participants is available at elon.edu/magazine. The yearlong celebration of Elon’s 125th anniversary continued during Homecoming 2013, Nov. 8–10, with special events scheduled throughout the weekend. Look for coverage of those events in the winter edition of the magazine. For a complete list of events commemorating Elon’s quasquicentennial, visit elon.edu/125.

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contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at (336) 278-7500 or toll-free (877) 784-3566.

For more information about Evening for Elon or other alumni events sponsored by the university,

Los Angeles, Boston, Charlotte and Denver.

Evening for Elon event will be Dec. 5 in Atlanta. Spring events will be held in Charleston, Raleigh,

events scheduled for the 2013–14 academic year to celebrate the university’s 125th anniversary. The next

and friends in cities around the country. The New York City event was one of 12 Evening for Elon

Evening for Elon events are held to build strong connections between the university and alumni, parents

of the academic year and the progress on the Elon Commitment, the university’s strategic plan.

Michael Rodgers ’97 made the closing remarks. President Leo M. Lambert provided an update on the start

Caughell ’12 and Clark Kinkade ’12. Music theatre alumnus Dan Gibson ’09 accompanied on piano and

Cary Mitchell ’07, Carly Casey ’09, Jeff Ostermueller ’09, Jared Loftin ’11, Vinnie Meduri ’11, Kennedy

The reception included performances by performing arts alumni Ian Frazier ’06, Corey Loftus ’07,

premiere of the new Elon alumni video produced by Tim Johnson ’09 and Max Cantor ’10.

Joan, parents of Kerry Doherty ’07, hosted the event in the Big Apple, which drew a record crowd for the

City at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. For the fourth consecutive year, Elon trustee Ed Doherty and wife

Nearly 650 alumni, parents and friends attended the Sept. 12 Evening for Elon event in New York

NYC Evening for Elon event draws record crowd

lumni ON THE TOWN

elon.edu/alumniupdate to receive information about upcoming events in your area.

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respectively. For a full list of chapters and events, visit elon.edu/alumni.

will also mark the creation of two new clubs in Columbia, S.C., and Pittsburgh,

year—more than double the number in attendance the previous year. This fall the events

series of events, more than 100 alumni turned out to launch the Charlotte Chapter’s new

Alumni Network events start the fall programing for each chapter and club. To kick off the

effort to strengthen the alumni network in their hometowns. The Welcome to the City &

More than 650 alumni welcomed members of the Class of 2013 to their cities this fall in an

Welcome to the City & Alumni Network series a success

of regional alumni engagement, at arobinson16@elon.edu.

or to help plan an event, contact Amanda Robinson, coordinator

more than 20 cities across the country. To see events in your area

clubs are designing networking events in a variety of formats in

Washington, D.C., Chapter. Volunteers in chapters and

graduate school application advice session sponsored by the

the Philadelphia Chapter and a resume critique and

Past events include a speed networking session hosted by

professionally by providing career development opportunities.

commitment to help alumni grow both personally and

this January. National Networking events deliver on Elon’s

to Los Angeles—and more events are being planned for

participated in National Networking events—from Boston

In the past two years, more than 1,100 alumni have

National Networking events kick off in January

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At the age of 101, Ethel G. Booker Taylor stays mostly at home but enjoys reading The Magazine of Elon and reminiscing about the wonderful memories of her college years. Among the people who made her time at Elon special are Professor John W. Barney 1910, Dean Alonzo L. Hook 1913, Mildred Carr Cox ’33, Fanny Knox and Minnie Dofflemyer Hensley ’35. She advises students to “have a positive attitude and cooperate with fellow students, faculty and staff.”

Jane Whitlock Langston, wife of the late James M. Langston Jr. and mother of the late James M. Langston III ’72, is now retired as senior report editor for the U.S. Government Accountability Office and living in Fern Park, Fla., near her daughter, Linda Carol Langston Tubbs. She fondly remembers singing in the choir during her

four years at Elon and meeting Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46, Dean Daniel

J. Bowden, Dr. Merton French,

Professor Alonzo L. Hook 1913 and Professor John W. Barney 1910. She

advises students to enjoy Elon’s beautiful campus and “learn all you can for your future needs.”

Barbara A. Haynes Francis’

health prevents her from returning to campus for functions but she fondly remembers the great professors she met at Elon as well as her suitemates, with whom she has kept in touch throughout the years. To students, she says: “Keep active, study hard and dreams can be achieved.” Barbara lives in a retirement community in Newport News, Va. Jack A. Moody, married to Mary H. Barden Moody, is now retired after 35 years of law practice. His favorite Elon memory is a Christmas party for the children at the Elon Orphanage. To students he says, “Work hard, be a good student, honor your father and mother and believe and have faith in the Lord.”

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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Henry I.B. McNeilly ’93 (center)

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Lauren Evoy Davis ’98 & daughters Carrie Morris ’96 & daughter Millie Olivia Maeve & Indira

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Laura Harbin Stern ’98, Brian Stern & son Grayson James

Jane L. Transou Fowler,

who retired from the City of Winston-Salem, N.C., at the age of 78, is an active volunteer at Sunnyside Ministry. Her fond memories of Elon include trips with the choir and the cheerleading squad, Professors Fletcher Moore and John Westmoreland, and best friend June de Simone ’53 and her late husband, Hank. Since the Fowler family has sent 11 students to Elon since 1928, including Jane’s daughters, Rebecca Anne Fowler Gilliam ’77 and Betsy F.

Fowler Idol ’79, and late husband, Arthur F. Fowler III ’51—Jane says

Elon is very dear to her heart. To students she says: “Soak up all the education you can and use it in a productive way. … Never stop learning something new every day.”

Walter Boyd considers Elon

his home. He met his late wife, Mary L. Huffine Boyd ’53, there and two of his children are Elon alumni—Walter Boyd Jr. ’76 and Nancy L. Boyd Martin ’99. He especially remembers Dr. Alonzo L. Hook 1913 and Stella Huffine. Walter encourages students to study and behave. Betsy Melson Deaton is now retired. Her favorite memories of Elon include her days as a cheerleader, which she says was a wonderful experience. One of the people who made her time at Elon special was Mrs. Stouffer, the housemother for the ladies hall dorm. Elon still has a role in Betsy’s life today and she has participated in the Life@Elon program. John David Vance is still working as a piano tuner-technician and recently celebrated 45 years in the business. His favorite Elon memories include participating in school plays and traveling with the choir to New England and the Norfolk, Va., area. Among the people who made his Elon experience special are drama Coach Betty Smith, Dr. Paul Reddish in the department of biology, Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46, alumni members of the Class of 1950 and his late wife, Martha Veazey Vance ’50. He says Elon will always be a part of his life and has set up a music scholarship in memory of his late wife. To students he says: “Be passionate for your field of endeavor. It should not be work but feel like a hobby.”

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Margaret Mebane Parker

Roger W. Phelps lived in

remembers driving with friends from Burlington to attend day classes at Elon. She is grateful to Professor of Biology Paul Reddish for making her Elon experience so special. In return, she and her brothers set up a scholarship to support students, to whom she encourages to “give education a priority.”

Santa Rosa, Calif., for 42 years before moving to a retirement community in the Valley of the Moon. He says it’s hard

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to pick a favorite Elon memory because he has so many, but he is, “impressed by the tremendous evolution from the Elon College I attended, transformed to the up-and-coming Elon University of today.” Roger commends Jim ’60 and Faye ’61 Humphrey for their work as Golden Alumni presidents and for challenging alumni to remain engaged.

Clate F. Huffman’s favorite

Richard B. Simpson reports

James Micheal Fargis credits

memories of Elon include his classes and Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46, who made his Elon experience special. Clate still enjoys visiting campus from time to time and enjoys swimming in his down time.

he is practicing geriatrics. He fondly remembers the caring help from Elon professors, including Dr. Paul Cheek and Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46. He advises students to “never stop learning, never say ‘can’t’ and always dream of success with relationships.” his Elon education for providing him the training needed to be a CPA for the past 55 years. He is also thankful for accounting professor Bill Reece for being encouraging and having patience and Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46 for making him feel relaxed and helping him to fit in as a freshman. James encourages Elon students to “take full advantage of being able to attend a university that is highly ranked and regarded in the nation.” Allen J. Martin Jr. is now retired and visits campus and attends alumni events as often as he can. His fondest memories of Elon include living in East Dorm, being a “big brother” at the Elon Home for Children and using the “new” Alumni Memorial Gym. Allen has established a scholarship in the name of Professor of History H.H. Cunningham, and says Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46 and Professor of Biology Paul Reddish also made his Elon experience special. To Elon students, he says, “acquire as much knowledge as your brain can absorb.”

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After practicing law in Florida for more than 30 years, Paul Amundsen is relocating to the Philadelphia area to join Philadelphia Energy Solutions, which operates the largest

petroleum refinery complex in the Northeast. In his new position as senior director of safety and environment, Paul oversees environment, security and safety matters at the refinery. He also serves as assistant general counsel.

{ Elon students posing with the O’Kelly Monument in the 1930s . }

R. Lee Farmer was one of 12 lawyers recognized this summer with the 2013 N.C. State Bar Citizen Lawyer Awards. The awards recognize lawyers who exemplify the ideals of a citizen lawyer by serving their communities in ways well beyond their law practice. A longtime State Bar councilor, Lee has served as attorney for the Town of Yanceyville and Caswell County. He is past chair of the Piedmont Triad Chambers of Commerce and has served as president of the Caswell County Chamber of Commerce, Piedmont Community College Foundation, N.C. County Attorneys Association, N.C. Municipal Attorneys Association and Caswell County Midget Football League.

Chris Jones and daughter Katherine ’14 have

co-authored a volume of prose, poetry and photographs titled Sandbars, Sandlots, and City Street: Growing Up in the Old South (1957). Published by Xlibris, the book includes photos of and prose about Elon and is available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and through the publisher at Xlibris.com. It is also available in e-book format. For the second year in a row, Jim Stephenson has been included in Best Lawyers in America in the area of insurance law. Jim is a partner in the law firm of Stephenson, Stephenson & Gray in Cary, N.C., where he concentrates in civil litigation. Jim lives in Apex with wife Theresa, who is a deputy commissioner at the N.C. Industrial Commission. The couple have two daughters.

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Melissa Tedder Osborne

works as an inventory fulfillment manager at Lowe’s Home Improvement. She is responsible for managing a team of specialists who support more than 1,700 Lowe’s stores with their inventory needs. She and husband Bo and daughters Payton and Meah live in Millers Creek, N.C.

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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Henry I.B. McNeilly is commander of the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, known as the “Centaurs,” of Fort Knox, Ky. During a July ceremony, the Centaurs assumed command of the Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak in Afghanistan, where they will continue the mission of supporting the local security forces as they grow into full independence.

at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. She and husband Ephraim live in Socorro. Andrea Lauri Urvina recently became a certified dermatology nurse through the Dermatology Nursing Certification Board, a nationally recognized certification program. Andrea lives in Danbury, Conn., with husband Miguel and their two children, Jacob and Nicole.

tary school teacher in the Onslow County (N.C.) Schools, was awarded the 2013–14 Southeast Region Teacher of the Year award. Carrie praises Elon University for providing students with a strong foundation in elementary education. She and husband Curtis and their daughter Millie live in Swansboro, where Carrie teaches at Swansboro Elementary School.

Julie Dyke Ford has been

promoted from associate professor to professor of technical communication within the mechanical engineering department

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Carrie Morris, an elemen-

Nat Jones and wife Kiera wel-

comed son Declan Nathaniel on 6/10/13. Nat is senior manager of recruiting for Interstate Hotels & Resorts. The family lives in Arlington, Va. Meaghan Owens LeNard and husband David welcomed son Matthew Trevor on 5/11/13. The family lives in Rockville, Md.

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Kevin Flint ’01, Hanny Rampen & friends

Grace Bardsley Hull ’02, Aaron Hull & daughter Stella Winslow

98 Brandy Barrett Coward ’03 & Quint Coward

Laura Kirby Lemons ’03, Greg Lemons & children Cal & Mylah

Lauren Evoy Davis and

husband Jake welcomed daughter Olivia Maeve on 11/12/12. Olivia joins older sister Indira, 5. Lauren is a freelance health and science writer. The family lives in Chesapeake Beach, Md. Dana Crothers Obrist and husband Patrick welcomed son Ryan Harrison on 5/14/12. The family lives in Charlotte, N.C. Rwany Sibaja received a doctoral degree in Latin American history from George Mason University in August. His dissertation uses soccer to examine middle class anxieties and concepts of identity in Argentina between 1955 and 1970. Rwany is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. He lives in Ellicott City, Md., with wife Lisa and their two children. Laura Harbin Stern and husband Brian welcomed son Grayson James on 1/18/13. The family lives in Friendswood, Texas. Melissa Rutt Szabo graduated summa cum laude from the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences Paramedic Program in July. She is now a national registered

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Sarah Starkey ’04 & friends

Brittney Osikowicz Coburn ’05, Robert Coburn & friends

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Paige N. Lee Hoagland ’04, Brad Hoagland & son Bennett Joseph

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Chris Morse ’05, Jackie Morse & friends

paramedic and has accepted a full-time position with Topton Community Ambulance Corps in Topton, Pa. She lives in nearby Blandon with husband Brian. Jeff Wirick recently became the associate director of digital communications at the Pennsylvania Medical Society. He lives in New Freedom.

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Thomas McDow and Holly McDow adopted son Nathan

Robert Davidson has taken

Lee on 8/9/13. The family lives in West End, N.C.

a position as strategy analyst for the Virginia Lottery. He and wife Jennifer live in Midlothian with their two daughters, Maddy, 4, and Ali, 2.

Kevin Flint and Hanny Rampen were married on 10/19/12 in Leesburg, Va. Elon alumni who participated in the wedding party included Ryan Dunn, Kevin Hoffman ’02, Mark Ludden ’02, Jonathan Walsh ’02 and Andrew Frace ’04. Kevin is a department manager at Nordstrom. The couple live in Fountain Valley, Calif.

Grace Bardsley Hull and

husband Aaron welcomed daughter Stella Winslow on 3/17/13. The family lives in Nantucket, Mass. Tom O’Neill and wife Kelly welcomed daughter Cassidy Lynn on 7/5/13. The family lives in Charlotte, N.C. Bryan Stempka has been promoted to the role of methods engineer for the motor and parts division of heavy fabrication at GE Transportation in Erie, Pa. His responsibilities include identifying and solving problems in the manufacturing processes, working with companies to implement new technologies, eliminating variation in the quality of manufactured parts and fabrications, serving on the heavy fabrication plant leadership team to set strategic priorities and goals of the business, and identifying and implementing cost reductions through process improvement projects.

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Brandy Barrett and Quint

Coward were married 6/8/13. Alumni in attendance included Jennifer Shelton Wilson, Whitney Stahl Akom ’05 and Jason Smith ’05. Brandy is a senior recruiter for Greene Resources. The couple live in Raleigh, N.C.

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Photo by Gregg Forwerck

{ Jim Schlossnagle ’92 with Cuba Manager Victor Mesa after Game 5 of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team series against Cuba. The USA squad swept the series 5–0. }

A SEASON TO REMEMBER BY KEREN RIVAS ’04

his summer Jim Schlossnagle ’92 reached a professional milestone when he was tapped to manage the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. “It’s a bucket list item for sure,” Schlossnagle said in July before the national team faced the Cuban squad to close the season with a 20–3 record. “This is the closest you get to being a major league coach.” Though Schlossnagle is no stranger to USA Baseball—he wore the red, white and blue uniform as pitching coach for the collegiate team in 2006—this summer’s experience was different. As a manager, “you are the face of the team; you are making decisions, not just suggestions,” he said. “It’s a unique experience.” It’s just another highlight in Schlossnagle’s already successful career as a baseball coach. After serving a season as an assistant coach at Clemson University and eight more as an associate head coach at Tulane University, Schlossnagle became head coach at the

University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 2001. Two years later, he began his career at Texas Christian University, where he has won seven conference coach-of-the-year awards. In 2010 he led TCU to its first berth in the NCAA College World Series, a feat that earned him the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association National Coach of the Year title. Not bad for someone who was more of a basketball fan growing up. It wasn’t until his high school years that Schlossnagle developed into a baseball player. At Elon, he studied physical education and was a member of the 1989 Fighting Christians team that went 36–9 and advanced to the NAIA World Series. From 1990 to 1992, he served as a student coach under former head coaches Mike Harden and Rick Jones, who he says had a big impact on his career. After all, it was Jones who told him to consider coaching instead of playing the game. “It’s turned out OK,” Schlossnagle said with a smile.

Besides making history by sweeping the Cuban national squad 5–0, one of the highpoints of his season at the helm of the collegiate national team was a trip to Japan, where the team played its Japanese counterpart five times. While the experience was worth the long 29 hours of travel, the team lost a day—and not just any day—as they crossed different time zones. “We actually never experienced July 4,” Schlossnagle said. “We left July 3 and we got there July 5.” But, he added, the life experiences the players gained were priceless. “They were as fascinated by us as we were of them,” he said of the Japanese fans. “No matter the country or socioeconomic status, baseball was the common language.” While Schlossnagle enjoyed the opportunity to work with young, talented players from universities across the country, including three from TCU, by the end of the season he was ready to stop traveling and go back to his family—wife Kami and children Jackson and Kati—and coaching the Horned Frogs. “It’s been a great honor; no questions about it,” he said. “This is something I’ll remember for the rest of my life.”

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Laura Kirby Lemons received her MBA from the McColl School of Business at Queens University in Charlotte, N.C., where she lives with husband Greg and their children Mylah, 2, and Cal, who was born 12/27/2012.

Steve Earley {G’10} reports eight members of the School of Communications’ inaugural class in the Master of Arts in Interactive Media program gathered for an unofficial reunion Aug. 2–4 in Maryland, where they took in the many charms of Baltimore and sailed the Chesapeake Bay on a houseboat from the legendary Annapolis Sailing School. Other graduates in attendance included Alisa Petitt G’10 ’07, Andrew Rushton G’10 ’07, Laura Bradford G’10’09, Brook Corwin G’10, Matt Hunter G’10, David Kennedy G’10 and Paul Wagner G’10. While all but one were sailing rookies, Steve said the group was

Christina Sacco Shea ’05, Ryan Shea & friends

Caity Cummings Cardano ’07, Elliott Cardano ’07 & friends

confident they all earned a “P” for passing—in iMedia grading vernacular—in their day on the water. Previous reunions were held on Jordan Lake and Cape Cod. Paige N. Lee Hoagland and husband Brad welcomed son Bennett Joseph on 1/4/13. The family lives in Gaithersburg, Ma. Megan Cowley McGlynn and husband Brian McGlynn welcomed daughter Isla Kathleen on 6/5/12. The family lives in San Jose, Calif. Sarah Starkey and Michael Reardon were married on 8/17/13 in Savannah, Ga. Alumni in attendance included Kathryn Zell Kelley ’03, Donald Spalding ’03, Clara Urquhart Blanchard, Brianne Bussell Cartlidge, Hillary Knorr Kroboth,

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Gabrielle Komorowski Universal and Danielle Wilson. The couple live in Jacksonville, Fla. Brian Strawberry and Kelly Lawrence ’09

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Bethany Boyd Reeves ’06, Jared Reeves & daughter Kathryn Sophia

Rachel Hiskey Cloud ’07, Brandon Cloud & son James Armagh

Kate White ’06, Jesse White & daughter Eliana Jolene

Claudine LaFavre Schrock ’07 & Robert Schrock

were married 11/3/12. The couple live in Raleigh, N.C.

Kathleen Niple Donohue was

elected to serve in the 2013– 15 Alpha Omicron Pi Foundation Board of Directors at the Alpha Omicron Pi International Convention in Chicago. Her term began on June 29 and will expire at the 2015 international convention in Los Angeles. She lives in Abington, Mass. Amy Jo Jenkins is now working at Isa Air Base in southern Bahrain as the liberty director for morale, welfare and recreation. In that role, she provides recreation and fitness opportunities for active duty U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force personnel. Chris Morse and Jackie Kershis Morse were married 6/29/13 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston, S.C. The couple held a reception at Lowndes Grove Plantation. Alumni in attendance included Allison Breeding ’99, Paul Breeding ’99, Sarah Starkey ’04, Myra St. Clair ’04, Lindsey Tanona ’04, Prudence Scott, Zachary Lauritzen, Andrea Rezendes, Steve Sypole ’06, Jamey Falkenbury ’07, Jessica Gerber ’07, Jeff Casullo ’09, Jay Kahn ’09, Laura Kahn ’09, Gibby Harnett ’10, William Elias ’11 and Graham McGoogan ’11. The couple live in Raleigh, N.C., where Chris works as manager of corporate marketing and strategy at Red Hat. Brittney Osikowicz and Robert Coburn were married 8/11/12. Alumni in attendance included Amanda Hall Huffman ’04, Robert Blaine Huffman ’04, Ashlee Finecey Kastendike, Chris Kastendike, Laura Murtha, Dan Hawkins, Matthew Swope and Carolyn Klasnick ’09, who served as videographer. Elon parents Barry and Donna Hall P’04 and Gregory Osikowicz P’05 also attended. Christina Sacco and Ryan Shea were married 3/2/13. Christina is an operations manager with CompHealth. The couple live in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Briana Yoho and Chris Long were married 9/22/12. Briana is an accountant with the Social Security Administration. The couple live in Westminster, Md.

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Andy Fox ’08, Courtney Napierala & friends

Allison Tencza Guidetti ’08, Richard Guidetti ’08 & friends

Bethany Boyd Reeves and

husband Jared welcomed daughter Kathryn Sophia

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A GOLFING TRADITION

For the past two years, we have also hosted members of the Elon athletics department, including football coach Jason Swepson and baseball coach Michael Kennedy, during practice rounds.

BY A. VAUGHN VREELAND ’15

very year since 1993, a group of Elon alumni have come together to play in the Duffers Cup, a four-day golf tournament they created to celebrate their friendship and love of the game. In June, and in honor of the cup’s 20th anniversary, 16 friends—including 12 Elon alumni—boarded a plane bound for Ireland. The group, which includes several former Phoenix athletes and Kappa Sigma brothers, spent eight days playing seven rounds of golf for the Duffers Cup and visiting three cities in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Magazine of Elon caught up with one of the golfers, Garrett McKnight ’94, soon after the group returned home to learn more about their golfing tradition and how it all started. How did the Duffers Cup begin? A few of my buddies —all Elon guys— started the tournament 20 years ago. We call it “duffers” because it’s a description of not-so-good golfers; our group consists of single-digit handicaps, as well as some guys you might describe as hackers. It doesn’t matter how good you are … it’s about getting together and having fun with one another. It has been a great way for a group of guys to keep in touch.

had been to Ireland on a weeklong golf trip and knew it was the perfect place. I pitched the idea to the Duffers and the rest is history. We priced the options and managed to pull it off. We played seven of the top 25 golf courses in Ireland, including Royal County Down and Royal Portrush, a former site of the British Open. It was amazing. Who participates in the tournament? We usually have 16 players; most are Elon graduates and a few former athletes. Four alumni—Art Dornik ’92, Michael Beale ’93, who typically coordinates the tournaments, Eddie Burleson ’94 and Todd Martineau ’95—have played in every tournament since 1993. Guys come from all over the country, including New York, Washington, D.C., Virginia, North and South Carolina, Arizona and Pennsylvania.

You also have started making a group donation to the Phoenix Club. Yes. We are all sports fans and we all have the same affection for Elon athletics. When you graduate and look back over the years, it’s a great excuse to reunite. … I’m always impressed with the number of lifelong friends made at Elon. How has Elon stayed with you during the past 20 years? Without Elon, none of us would’ve ever met. It holds a soft spot in all of our hearts. For four or five days a year, you know you’re going to be around a group of guys you don’t have to prove yourself to. No one cares about that. Elon is the thing that keeps all of us together. Come Duffers, it’s like nothing has ever changed.

How does the tournament work? On Wednesday, we hold a practice round. Teams are drawn that night and battle it out for the next three days. Golfers play individually to win a money prize and a mustard yellow jacket with past winners’ names stitched on the back. They can also play the team match for a chance to win a trophy. Where does the tournament usually take place? We typically play in Myrtle Beach. However, we have made trips to Pinehurst and Charleston. Why Ireland? A couple of years ago, we decided to do something for the cup’s 20th anniversary. I

{ Elon alumni at the County Sligo Golf Club in Ireland. (l-r) Back row : Carter Smith ’92, Scott McQueen ’92, Todd Martineau ’95, Jay Dodson ’91, Art Dornik ’92, Michael Beale ’93, Garrett McKnight ’94, Ryan Lantz ’94; front row : John McCoy ’94, Matt McCue ’95, Mark Foley ’93, Eddie Burleson ’94. }

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on 7/8/13. The family lives in Garner, N.C. Kate Hart White and Jesse White welcomed daughter Eliana Jolene on 3/30/13. Kate is an attorney with Law Center of Manassas LLC. The family lives in Woodbridge, Va.

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husband Brandon Cloud welcomed son James Armagh on 11/17/12. The family lives in Annapolis, Md. Caity Cummings and Elliott Cardano were married 9/15/12. Alumni participating in the wedding included Mallie Colavita ’05, Andrew Fitzgerald ’05, Natalie Sampson Fitzgerald ’05, Christine Hopewell Fenn ’06, Brad Austin, Haley Carr, Elizabeth Colquitt, Michael Austin Fenn, Ryan Lehrl and Lauren Austin Summers. Other alumni in attendance included Colleen Jones Myers ’04, Steve Hillebrand ’05, Lindsey Estwanik Hillebrand ’05, Andrew Barnes ’06, Lindsey Paquette Barnes ’06, Shane Gerken ’06,

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Christina Mangano ’09 & Scott Mackenzie ’09

Andrea West Houghton ’09 & Bryon Houghton ’09

Day Peery Palmer ’06, James Rill ’06, Nick Bogdovitz, Ashley Sumwalt Chastain, Matt Chastain, Taylor Cobb, Clayton Collins, Samantha Holland, Kim Miller Iannucci, Lesley Merrill, Jay Myers, Kristen Payne, Melissa Raffetto Prelec, Matt Wheeler and Leslie McFarland ’08. Caity is a seventh

grade teacher with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools and Elliott works in human resources for Fifth Third Bank. Andrew High and Leanne Jernigan were married 4/20/13 at the Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, N.C. Alumni in attendance included Dan Duncan, Bryan Hansrote, Chris Kaas, Mark Ryan, Hayley Schools, Tim Taylor, Michael Vivenzio, Krista O’Connell ’08 and Kaitlin Szulik ’08. Andrew is press secretary for U.S. Rep. David E. Price while Leanne is senior public affairs associate for the National Association of Realtors. The couple live in Arlington, Va. Claudine LaFavre and Robert Schrock were

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Allison Elcock Cooper ’10 & Doug Cooper ’10

married 7/27/13 in Nantucket, Mass. Alumni in attendance included Cindy Doxsey and Khara Conlon Bauer. Claudine is director of marketing and communications at Northwestern Mutual. The couple live in Boston. Robin Smith Minette says she and her family— husband Greg and son Justin—are in for the adventure of their lives. They just moved to Italy where they will be stationed with the U.S. Air Force for the next three years.

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Mary Cunningham works in

the communications office at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, an all-girls Catholic school in Washington, D.C. She continues to live in northern Virginia. Andy Fox and Courtney Napierala were married 4/6/13. Alumni in attendance included Chuck Billig ’06, Diana Demaree Innes ’06, Joey Innes ’06, Scott Wingrat ’06, Raegan Cassady ’07, Brian McElroy ’07, Chad Taylor ’07, Will Black, Laura Callinan, Marty Callinan, Jack Cassady, Doug

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Stacey Markham Rusterholz ’11, Stephen Rusterholz ’12 & friends

Catherine Elmore ’12 (center)

TURN YOURSELF IN!

Robin Vance ’10

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Standing: Paul Wagner G’10, Laura Bradford ’09 G’10, Matt Hunter G’10, Alisa Petitt ’07 G’10; sitting: Steve Earley ’04 G’10, Brook Corwin G’10, David Kennedy G’10 & Andrew Rushton ’07 G’10

elon.edu/ classnotes Laura McCabe Stump ’12, Satchel Stump & friends

CLASS NOTES Photo by Lahcen Boufedji

RED CARDING CANCER BY ERIC TOWNSEND

he first sign of trouble appeared two years ago as Anthony Catalano ’06 worked with a personal trainer to strengthen his upper body. There it was, a protrusion that soon grew to where the former captain of the Phoenix men’s soccer team knew it wasn’t muscle that bulged from his neck and left clavicle. That was in June 2011. By July he was receiving chemotherapy for an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and over the next six months, through loss of hair, energy and appetite, Catalano never wavered in his battle against a cancer that kills upward of 20,000 Americans each year. By his final radiation treatment in December, the disease had vanished, but it is never too far from his mind. “I kicked cancer’s butt and I really wanted to help the next person,” says Catalano, a leisure and sport management major who played professional soccer following college and now works as a medical device salesman in Atlanta. “I felt it was my calling to do something. I’m fortunate that I came from a family with a medical background and I really felt passionate about helping somebody else who doesn’t have connections.” In partnership with the Georgia chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society—and with encouragement from family and close friends—Catalano has since hosted a series of events under a grassroots initiative he calls Keep Kickin.’ He recently completed the Herothon Half Marathon in San Antonio, Texas, with his girlfriend, Lauren Heflin, and former Elon teammate Brandon Hayes ’05. Last spring, Catalano rallied supporters under the Keep Kickin’ moniker to help Hayes compete in the Georgia chapter’s Man & Woman of the Year campaign. There have been other local races that generated donations, and Keep Kickin’ even organized a pub crawl as a fundraiser. These efforts and more have contributed close to $50,000 toward cancer research and patient advocacy. Staff members at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society offer nothing but praise for Catalano,

{ Anthony Catalano ’06 }

calling him a “wonderful supporter” of their organization and lauding the energy with which he motivates others fighting the disease. “He really focuses on spreading the mission and letting people know how everyone truly has the ability to help patients and their families,” says Aileen Bleach, the Team In Training campaign manager for the society’s Georgia chapter. “He is a living, breathing call to action. If there’s something he can do to help, he’ll do it, and it’s amazing to see how wholeheartedly he gives back in not just fundraising dollars but with time.” No surprise there, says Elon men’s soccer head coach Darren Powell, who named Catalano the team captain in his first season at the helm of the program in 2005. “I had several conversations with Anthony and he was treating [his cancer therapies] like a soccer game, getting ready to do battle and

beat something. He had that mentality and kept it throughout, even when it was tough,” Powell says. “You look at Anthony and the way he approaches things—‘How do I get around this obstacle? It’s not going to stop me!’—and he’s always positive.” Connecting with people to help them realize that the mind is so much greater than the body is Catalano’s ultimate goal. Ask him to explain his approach, and the answer is simple. “It’s all about your attitude,” he says. “If you believe you’re not going to make it, your percentage is starting to drop. If you start to believe that you’re going to get through something and won’t give up, your chances go up for a positive outcome. “Keep Kickin’ really encompasses who I am. I never take ‘no’ for an answer.”

More Online: www.keepkickin.com On Twitter: @keep_kickin On Facebook: Keep Kickin

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DuShuttle, Rob Olson, Gentry Radwanski, Chris Shoemaker, David Wells, Ross Chernin ’09, Matt Nathanson ’09, Jennifer Ward ’10 and Liz Baldwin ’11. The

couple live in Sylvania, Ohio. William Romanowicz and Katherine Jones ’11 were married 9/8/12. William is an attorney will Richards, Layton & Finger. The couple live in West Chester, Pa. Natalie Stephens and Timothy Pitchford were married 6/9/13. The couple live in Bloomington, Ill., where Natalie works as an instructor of voice for music theatre and Timothy works as professor of jazz and trombone at Illinois Wesleyan University. Allison Tencza and Richard Guidetti were married 6/8/13. The couple started dating their first year at Elon.

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Brittany Davis Gregoricus, Tayler Kent and Ryan Weber were in

the wedding party. Other alumni in attendance included Melissa Apperson ’07, Meredith Taylor ’07, Cory Taugher ’07, Ben DeLoose, Seth Gleeson, Tiffany Lyons and Kris Moody.

Bethany Goodell received

a master’s degree in theatre arts from Reagan University in May. She is now teaching drama in Loudoun County, Va. Christina Mangano and Scott Mackenzie got engaged on 06/30/13, Christina’s birthday, aboard Scott’s boat on the Potomac River. The couple met during graduation when they sat together during the ceremony Under the Oaks. Scott is an associate at Winning Strategies

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In Memoriam Marguerite Harris Waters ’34, Greensboro, N.C. 8/9/13. Martha Franks Williams ’47, Wake Forest, N.C. 6/21/13. Charles Albert Hilliard ’49, Goldsboro, N.C. 6/29/13. Elwood M. Leviner ’51, Orlando, Fla. 8/1/13. Robert E. Dunlap ’56, Greer, S.C. 6/24/13. C. Graham Heath ’56, Emerald Isle, N.C. 6/14/13. Don Evans Paul ’60, Greensboro, N.C. 7/27/13. Charles Benjamin “Charlie” Rayburn Jr. ’61, Springfield, Va.

5/9/13.

Donal Keith Dennis ’64, Burlington, N.C. 6/24/13. Mary S. Smith ’73, Edenton, N.C. 6/27/13. Patricia Jayne “Pat” Roark Rogers ’77, Eatonton, Ga. 7/24/13. Thomas C. Alessi ’88, Ledgewood, N.J. 6/30/13.

FRIENDS Loretta E. Dancer GP’05, Lake Forest, Ill. 7/18/13. Dancer

was the mother of Don Dancer, an adjunct professor at the Elon University School of Law, and the grandmother of Dana Dancer Jacobs ’05. The Gordon and Loretta Dancer Endowment, which Don first established in 2001 in memory of his father, supports international study at Elon. Robbie Wayne McClellan, Greensboro, N.C. 7/6/13. McClellan taught business administration at Elon from 1980 to 1996. Muir William “Bill” Grant, Burlington, N.C. 7/30/13. A longtime friend of the university, Grant loved music and named the Lorraine Fogleman Grant Music Scholarship at Elon in his wife’s honor. He enjoyed meeting his scholarship students and often invited them to join him for Greensboro Symphony concerts.

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Washington in Washington, D.C., and Christina manages her family farm, Sunridge Farm, in Upperville, Va. Their wedding is scheduled for June 21. Daniel Mauney and Karen Scovill were married 6/29/13. The couple live in Athens, Ga. Hannah Oliver and Ryan Bleam ’10 were married 5/25/13. Alumni in attendance included Paul Benedict, Sarah Garnitz, Lauren Hudson, Evan Ross, Mary Thibault, Erin Williams, Ryan Catanese ’10, Greg Orfe ’11 and Justin Puleri ’11. Hannah is a program associate at Sonoran Institute and Ryan is a doctoral student at Arizona State University. The couple live in Scottsdale. Andrea West and Bryon Houghton were married 10/13/12. The wedding party included Elon alumni Amanda Arnet ’08, Nick Savell ’08, Whitney Bossie, Mike de Boer, Kristin McCarthy, Mike McCubbin, Andrew Maurin and Suzi Rice. Other Elon alumni in attendance were Ryan Kinahan ’07, Carter Bolln ’08, Katherine Black, Heather Broughton Maurin, Kristen Rectenwald, Zach Stein, Ashley Cooper ’10, Sami Leonard ’10 and Kristen Thompson ’10. Andrea works in international education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte while Bryon is a loan officer for Wells Fargo.

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9/7/13 at Duke Chapel in Durham, N.C. Alumni in attendance included Jackie Sgambati ’98, Meghan Schwindaman ’08, Katie White ’09, Will Elias ’11, Hilary Fogle ’11, Emily Fournier ’11, Lauren Fredrickson ’11, Brittany Hallberg ’11, Chris Kanoy ’11, Clark Richards ’11, Bruce Rosell ’11, Cab Rossi ’11, Chris Shafto ’11, Kate Sloan ’11, Craig Wood ’11 and Courtney Whalen ’12. Cait is sales and customer service manager at Rosenberry Rooms and Miller is an associate in investment research at CAPTRUST Financial Advisors. The couple live in Raleigh. Cathryne Blair Clark graduated in December with a master’s degree in speech language pathology from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She lives in Salisbury,

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couple live in Groveland, Fla. In July Chris Dorsey joined the Brooklyn-based advertising agency Cooke&Co as management supervisor. In that role, he manages all client relationships, pitches new business ideas and directs production of all campaigns. Michelle Longo and Ian Taylor were married on 6/23/13 at Holy Rosary Church in Hawthorne, N.Y. The reception was held at Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown. Bridesmaids included alumnae Jennifer Schafer Ruff and Hannah Williams. The best man was Derek Theall ’09 and Matt Ruff was a groomsman. Alumni in attendance included Mitch Plummer, David Edge ’11 and Nathan Edge ’13. Michelle is the managing editor at Advantage Business Media and Ian is a senior accountant at WithumSmith+Brown. The couple live in Haskell, N.J. Robin Vance recently visited her Elon oak sapling at her parents’ home in Cleveland. She now lives in Chicago.

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Catherine Elmore graduated

married 5/4/13. Stacey is the coordinator of Elon University’s Center for Leadership. Stephen is a physical education teacher with the Alamance-Burlington School System. The couple live in Burlington.

in June with a pastry diploma from Le Cordon Blue in Paris. She ranked in the top five students at the superior level. She is now completing an internship at JeanCharles Rochoux Chocolatier. Laura McCabe and Satchel Stump were married 5/25/13. Alumni and students in attendance included Jackie Immordino ’07, Jill Singhaus ’10, Emily Wise ’11, Sam Baranowski, Dina Hilaris, Brooke Kassner, Andy Matz, Amanda Mischo, Skylar Stump, Kenny Tamres and Martin Petras ’14.

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to announce he just moved to Chicago to start a new job as account executive with Addus HealthCare.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

A THEATRICAL AFFAIR BY MEGAN MCCLURE

am White ’61 is the kind of guy many people would describe as a true character. The Pittsboro, N.C., native always has a story to share, and he rarely meets a stranger. A twinkle in his eye suggests he stays on the verge of mischief. After a few minutes with White, it’s clear this flair for the dramatic was largely inspired by his time at Elon, where he developed a lifelong connection to the performing arts. “Within my first month on campus, I went to see ‘The Glass Menagerie.’ I’d never seen anything like it before,” he says. “It was my first real experience with live theater, and I was like a kid in a candy shop.” Though he initially came to Elon to pursue a spot on the basketball team, seeing the performance spurred him to audition for Elon’s next play, “The Rainmaker.” After earning the role of File, the deputy sheriff, he spent countless hours learning lines, building props and performing with fellow students. More than 50 years later, White is helping ensure students have the same life-changing opportunities. After making an initial gift to establish the Sam White Theatre Endowment in 2007, he recently included Elon in his estate plan so his scholarship can assist more students in the future. The scholarship is awarded annually to students majoring in theatre studies or musical theatre. The funds may be used for co-curricular

experiences such as attending conferences, taking master classes or traveling to auditions. White created the endowed scholarship in honor of Professor Melvin Wooten, a former professor of dramatics who served as adviser to the Elon Players and inspired White and other students. By including Elon in his will, White has both honored Wooten’s legacy at Elon and strengthened the university’s Department of Performing Arts for generations of students. “Elon gave me an appreciation for many of the finer things in life, especially dramatic arts,” White says. “I wanted to give students a chance to do some things they wouldn’t have the funding to do otherwise. To see people who get the award go on and do great things is so rewarding.” As much as possible, White still returns to the campus where his love for performing arts first took hold. He attends several Elon performances each year and can often be spotted at football and basketball games as well as Homecoming. For White, it’s important to remain connected to a place and a community that has meant so much to him. “My mother and father, my church, and Elon— these are the things that have shaped my life,” he says. “When I stop and think about what Elon has done for me, I can’t help but think that I ought to give something back.”

{ Sam White '61 has included Elon in his estate plan. }

LEARN MORE

by contacting Carolyn DeFrancesco director of planned giving (336) 278-7454 cdefrancesco@elon.edu elon.plannedgiving.org

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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

{ Leo M. Lambert }

The Elon Society

HONOR ROLL

owhere is the vibrancy of the Elon network more evident than at our annual New York Evening for Elon, where this fall nearly 650 alumni, parents and friends came together to reconnect with old acquaintances and make new ones. In what has become our largest annual off-campus program, the New York event is generously hosted each year by Ed and Joan Doherty, parents of Kerry Doherty ’07. Ed, a university trustee, challenged this year’s crowd to support Elon each year and to forever remain connected to each other and to the university that means so much to us. The Doherty message of the power of philanthropy and community was an ideal way to kick off our 125th anniversary year at Elon. In this celebratory year, filled with reflection on moments that forged our path to national leadership in engaged learning, we are reminded that our community— which grows stronger each day through the accomplishments of alumni and the transformative relationships between students, faculty and staff—has been central in the journey to create the modern Elon. Along the way, philanthropy has fueled higher levels of excellence throughout the Elon community, especially with regard to the support of students—students like Natalie Lampert ’11, whose experience as a Periclean Scholar in Sri Lanka led her to a successful application for a Fulbright Scholarship. As a recipient of this prestigious award, Natalie returned to Sri Lanka for nine months to teach English literature at the university level, providing life-changing education for her students. She credits the

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passion she brought to the classroom to her professors at Elon, who shaped her time and experience on campus. Today she is applying for prestigious international fellowships and graduate programs in journalism, so she can provide a voice to populations which, like the one she encountered in Sri Lanka, so often go unheard. Every one of our donors shares in Natalie’s accomplishments as well as the achievements of all our students. In the 2012–13 fiscal year, generous donors made history by investing more than $17.5 million in cash gifts to Elon. These contributions supported student scholarships, building projects, endowment initiatives, funds for Elon Experiences, including study abroad, undergraduate research, leadership, service and internships, and more. It is important to note, too, that support for the Phoenix Club topped $1 million for the first time last year, and giving from every quarter—alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff—also increased. In addition, more than $3.1 million in planned gifts were committed to Elon during 2012–13, and many of those gifts will ultimately create endowed scholarships to support students. In this year’s edition of The Elon Society Honor Roll of Donors, we honor the generous contributors whose support undergirds academic excellence, makes Elon the preeminent community for engaged learning and maintains our position as an exceptional educational value. I am truly grateful for this remarkable generosity, which affects the experience of every student on campus. Because of you, Elon will continue transforming the lives of its students for the next 125 years, and beyond.

HONOR ROLL

Elon Society Founder’s Circle $25,000+

Alamance County Economic Development Foundation Alamance Regional Medical Center ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Anderson Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Badavas Dr. & Mrs. James H. Baird A. Christine Baker ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Berg The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Chandler ◆ Robert A. Clohan III Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Cooper Mr. & Mrs. William S. Creekmuir Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Dancer Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Darling Louis DeJoy & Dr. Aldona Wos Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Doherty Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Dufficy, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Wesley R. Elingburg ◆ The Evergreens Foundation Ronald Francesco Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Allen E. Gant, Jr. Glen Raven, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John Godfrey Mr. & Mrs. Eric Helman Mr. & Mrs. James A. Hendrickson ◆ Dr. & Mrs. William N. P. Herbert Ernest C. Hunt, Jr. The Hon. & Mrs. R. Samuel Hunt III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. William J. Inman ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Israel Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Jennings, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Kiernan Mr. & Mrs. Maurice J. Koury ◆ LabCorp Mr. & Mrs. William E. LaCoste, Sr. ◆ Gail & Beau Lane Dr. & Mrs. W. Bryan Latham Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Leith

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phoenix club *deceased

The Levine-Sklut Family Foundation/ Lori & Eric Sklut, Directors Ikey T. Little Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Long, Jr. Martha & Spencer Love Foundation Mr.* & Mrs.* Walker E. Love, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Frank Madren Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Mahaffey ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Mark Mariani Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Martin ◆ Mr. & Mrs. H. S. Graham McBride The Hon. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter & Bynum Hunter Mr. & Mrs. Dalton L. McMichael, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Moriarty Mr. & Mrs. George T. Nall ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Igor V. Pavlov John William Pope Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David C. Porter Estate of Virginia R. Rawls Barbara H. Rhoades The Riversville Foundation Dr. & Mrs. William S. Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Jerry R. Robertson ◆ Carmen J. Scarpa, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Schar Richard J. Schmeelk Virginia Schmeelk Donald E. Scott Ellen Scott Richard H. Shirley, Jr. ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Simpson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Smialek ◆ Mr. & Mrs. William H. Smith ◆ Mr. & Mrs. David Snow, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Steers Estate of Kathleen M. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. R. Christopher Teter Mr. & Mrs. Brian Thebault Cordelia Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Grady Thompson Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Zachary T. Walker, III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. H. Michael Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Randall J. Weisenburger Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wise Mr. & Mrs. W. Cecil Worsley III ◆

Chairman’s Circle $10,000–$24,999

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Howard F. Arner ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Dwight I. Arnesen Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Baker R. H. Barringer Distributing Co./Mark Craig ◆ Raymond Beck & Dr. Deborah Hatton-Beck ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Blalock ◆ John W. Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. Callum Brown ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John H. Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. Jin S. Chung Mr. & Mrs. James L. Correll, Jr. ◆ Soraya Cricenti & William Collins Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Cross ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Alan H. Crouch Loretta Dancer* Mr. & Mrs. John Deford Dell, Inc. Douglas J. Dooley Mr. & Mrs. M. Kevin Dugan ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Owen H. Dugan, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Martin Emerson Mr. & Mrs. John Gaither Anna L. Gerow Mr. & Mrs. Myles D. Gillespie Lucille R. Glassman Steven M. Glazer Mr. & Mrs.* Thomas B. Gold III ◆ Golden LEAF Foundation Herman Goldman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon M. Gordon Thomas Grathwohl & Dorothy Jordan Mr. & Mrs. B. Kelly Graves, Jr. ◆ Estate of Elmon T. Gray Estate of Pamela S. B. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Gullquist Mr. & Mrs. John R. Hill ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Hollis, Jr. Dr. Steven House & Dr. Patricia House The Hon. Jeanette W. Hyde & Wallace N. Hyde* Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Igdalsky Dr. Randy Kansky & Dr. Beverly Kansky Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Keaveney

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey R. Kenyon Mr. & Mrs. George J. Kilroy ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Walter C. King Dr. & Mrs. Leo M. Lambert ◆ Eugene M. Lang Michelle LaRose & Nathan Sowden Mr. & Mrs. Marc B. Lautenbach Learning by Giving Foundation, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery M. Leiden Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Livingston Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Lyon ◆ Dr. Rose C. Mattioli Mr. & Mrs. James W. Maynard Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. McAllister John McCrary III & Dr. Ellen Piwoz Margaret M. McDermott Mr. & Mrs. James C. McGill, Sr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John McGovern Dr. Wayne T. Moore New Leaf Society Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Norris ◆ Mr. & Mrs. David P. Osborn Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Paone ◆ Paycom Payroll, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Pennington Dr. Richard Pipan & Dr. Barbara Israel Mr. & Mrs. David M. Powell Dr. & Mrs. James B. Powell Mr. & Mrs. Bruce B. Proctor Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey S. Rehnert, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Reifler ◆ Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. Emily N. Romfh ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Steve J. Schneider Allison Scollar Mr. & Mrs. James C. Showalter, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Sneed, Jr. ◆ Dr. Patricia Soscia & Stephen Soscia ◆ David Spina & Victoria Mars Hattie M. Strong Foundation Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Tabor ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tadler Mr. & Mrs. James M. Theiss ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Robert Thomas Dr. Richard Thompson & Dr. Peggy Thompson ◆ Brad Trimble Mr. & Mrs. William Tucker F. Davis Turnage, Jr. Twin Lakes Community fall 2013 41

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H. Michael Vinson, Jr. Pamela B. Vinson Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Waesche, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur T. Ward III Arthur T. Ward IV Charles E. Ward Christopher V. Ward Cynthia F. Ward ◆ Dorothy M. Ward Mr. & Mrs. W. Hunt Ward ◆ Nancy J. Watson Mr. & Mrs. Winston Weinmann Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. White Wade Williamson, Jr. ◆ Taylor L. Wilson ◆ Estate of Edwin C. Wright III Alan J. Young ◆ Mr. & Mrs. David Young ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Fred Young ◆

President’s Circle $5,000–$9,999

Mr. & Mrs. Noel L. Allen Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas Amick ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Anderson ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Armstrong, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Avera Dr. Robin L. Baker & Dr. Susan Baker ◆ Mr. & Mrs. A. M. Barnes III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. James A. Barnwell, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Bass III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bolden ◆ Mr. & Mrs. James A. Bollenbacher Mr. & Mrs. Peter Boneparth Mr. & Mrs. Alexander B. L. Brener Mr. & Mrs. Shaun Broderick Mr. & Mrs. Roberts W. Brokaw III Mr. & Mrs. Joel E. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Samuel L. Burke ◆ Burlington/Alamance County, NC Convention & Visitors Bureau ◆ Mr. & Mrs. David Byron III Mr. & Mrs. Reid Campbell ◆ Camp-Younts Foundation Carneal-Drew Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Gregg K. Carpenter Dr. & Mrs. Paul H. Cheek Mr. & Mrs. Francis C. Clark ◆ Charles R. Clohan Adminta E. Coeyman Mr. & Mrs. William S. Coffman 42 the MAGAZINE of ELON

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence F. Cruise Dr. Lawrence D’Angelo & Dr. Dolores D’Angelo Dr. J. Earl Danieley ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DiFiglia Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Donley Mr. & Mrs. James A. Drummond ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Craig L. Eckstrom Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Ellington ◆ EMC Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. Peter Fox Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gallagher, Jr. ◆ David R. Gergen Mr. & Mrs. M. Lee Gibson Ellen Gregg & Michael Lebo D. H. Griffin, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Hamill Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Harris Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hearn ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Hedrick Mr. & Mrs. James D. Henderson, Jr. ◆ Peggy B. Hinkle Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Holbrook Lisa Huntting International Textile Group, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. G. Smith Jackson ◆ Tom James Company Mr. & Mrs. Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ◆ George R. Johnson & Linda Morris Mr. & Mrs. Horace M. Johnson, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Johnson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Johnson Darden W. Jones, Jr. David B. Kay Ellen C. Kay Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Keery Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Kingsley Mr. & Mrs. William Kinsella ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Kirchen Bond Koga Mr. & Mrs. Bradford A. Koury Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kundla Mr. & Mrs. David Landahl Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. LeBlanc ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Linneman Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Linsz Mark London & Dania Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Malloy ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Warner P. Mason, Sr. The McClatchy Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. McInerney Mr. & Mrs. Sanjeev K. Mehra Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Middleton Mr. & Mrs. W. Sheppard Miller III

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Moore, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Morrison ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Ocie F. Murray, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. C. Ashton Newhall ◆ Byron Nimocks & Emilie Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. O’Callaghan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. William O’Keefe Dr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’Malley Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Parker Caroline M. Plyler Mr. & Mrs. David B. Plyler Dr. & Mrs.* Thomas E. Powell III Mr. & Mrs. David H. Priebe Dr. Jeffrey Pugh & Dr. Janice Rivero Mr. & Mrs. T. Scott Quakenbush ◆ Kevin Queen & Anne Pipkin Mr. & Mrs. G. Alan Rafte Mr. & Mrs. Elias S. Rauch Janie C. Reece ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John B. Replogle Mr. & Mrs. Fairfax C. Reynolds ◆ Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Riccio, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Richardson, Sr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Richardson ◆ The Hon. & Mrs. Stephen M. Ross ◆ Patrick D. Rudd Frances F. Rufty Gordon C. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Y. Safrit Bruce Satalof & Marie O’Donnell The Select Group LLC Mr. & Mrs. W. David Sellers Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Shapero ◆ Sallie Shuping-Russell Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Sirabella Mr. & Mrs. W. Gregg Smart Mr. & Mrs. James H. Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Evan Solender Mr. & Mrs. Courtland Spotts Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stack ◆ William M. Stewart, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. David Sussan Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Marshall F. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Keith B. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. David Thompson W. Campbell Tims James P. Turner IV UPS Foundation, Inc. The Wagner Foundation ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John Walters Jack Weeden Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Weidenkopf

Mr. & Mrs. William Westendorf Mr. & Mrs. C. Grayson Whitt ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Russell R. Wilson ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wise Mr. & Mrs. Ray Womack ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Woodlief, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Yaffe Youths’ Friends Association

Leadership Circle $2,500–$4,999

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Adriaanse Susan Kearns Alderman Daniel J. Anderson & Janna Quitney Anderson ◆ Lucile S. Andes Mr. & Mrs. Tom L. Armstrong Duncan C. Augustine* Jeffrey Bacciocco & Karena Zakhour-Bacciocco Arthur J. Ballard Ian T. Baltutis ◆ BB&T Corporation Mr. & Mrs. William Bell ◆ Kathryn Blanchard & Greg Ross Mr. & Mrs. David L. Blank ◆ Mr. & Mrs. David M. Blumberg Mr. & Mrs. J. Roger Bolton Mr. & Mrs. James R. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Barry A. Bradberry ◆ Mr. & Mrs. James C. Brainard Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Branson ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Andrea F. R. Broggini Bruce Brown & Susan Benfield-Brown Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Browne Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bruno, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Burke, Jr. Burlington Motors, Inc. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Philip B. Cady, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jay Caler Bruce B. Cameron IV Capital Bank Charitable Foundation ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Chandler ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Wallace L. Chandler ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John A. Chavis ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Donald V. Covington ◆ Dr. Glenda Crawford & Dr. Larry Crawford* Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Crimmins, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Crouch, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Deavens ◆ Zachary T. DeBusk ◆ Mr. & Mrs. William DePuy ◆

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Dr. & Mrs. F. Gerald Dillashaw ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Domeck Mr. & Mrs. James K. Dorsett III Mr. & Mrs. John E. Doubek ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Dunham Dr. & Mrs. G. Reid Dusenberry Dr. James P. Elder, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert N. Ellington ◆ Patrick A. Elliott Mr. & Mrs. W. Benjamin Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Flower Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Foley Mr. & Mrs. H. Andrew Fox ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. Foy III ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Francis ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Gannaway Mr. & Mrs. Edmund R. Gant ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Giegerich Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Gilder Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ginsberg Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Bill Gomory Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Grant M. William Grant* Mr. & Mrs. James W. Green Elizabeth F. Greenberg Miriam A. Greenberg Suzanne Grimes Mr. & Mrs. J. Thad Gulliford ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Scott D. Gullquist Mr. & Mrs. D. Keith Hall ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Sherrill G. Hall ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Marc D. Hallberg ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Harris ◆ Dr. Nancy Harris & Dr. Joseph Harris Dr. Richard Hawkins & Trena Griffith-Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. William Heflin Mr. & Mrs. Christopher H. Heyn, Sr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Harold W. Hill, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John H. Hill, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hill Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Mr. & Mrs. Niels Host Kathleen Hunsinger Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hykes ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Kasey Jarosz Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Johnson ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Kelly D. Johnston Mary G. Jones Nathaniel W. Jones ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Kahle ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Kelley Mr. & Mrs. John D. Kilmartin 44 the MAGAZINE of ELON

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kincaid, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Klopman ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Kohler III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Ernest A. Koury, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Ernest A. Koury, Sr. ◆ Dr. & Mrs. David C. Kowalski Mr. & Mrs. Steven Kyriakos Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. Larson Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Lembo, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. LeSourd Agnes Lilly Mr. & Mrs. Jack R. Lindley, Sr. ◆ Dr. Deborah Long & Dr. Eugene Long ◆ The Rev. Dr. Robert Martin & Carol Thrane Mr. & Mrs. John J. McCombe Mr. & Mrs. John McDonald ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Royce T. McDuffie ◆ Mr. & Mrs. A. W. McGee ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. McGowen, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. David McKissock Mr. & Mrs. John J. McMackin, Jr. Dr. Nancy S. Midgette & Charles O. Midgette ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Mitgang Dr. Kristen Moffitt & P. Scott Moffitt ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John T. Mollen Mr. & Mrs. David R. Moore ◆ Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar & Dr. Robert Shetlar ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Paul Morse Mr. & Mrs. William B. Morten, Sr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs.* Bill L. Nall ◆ Maj. W. R. O’Brien ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Oudmayer Warren V. Overman Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Page Margaret M. Parker Mr. & Mrs. James B. Piatt, Jr. ◆ Dr. Gerald Plovsky & Dr. Deborah Schoenhoff Mr. & Mrs. Andrew M. Ponzio Andrew S. Pou Mr. & Mrs. B. C. Preslar The Presser Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Steven Provenzano Mr. & Mrs. Zachary E. Pund ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Reed Mr. & Mrs. William F. Reighley Repair the World, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Wesley B. Reynolds, Sr. ◆ Ramona Rishi Mr. & Mrs. James E. Robertson William G. Rudd, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Sakin Patricia Sanderson Mr. & Mrs. Bennett B. Sapp ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Schiffman III ◆ Katherine Schuett Mr. & Mrs. Kirk A. Shaw ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Jay B. Shipowitz Linda B. Shirley Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Sims ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Allen T. Smith Melanie R. Soles The Hon. & Mrs. James C. Spencer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William W. Sprague Mr. & Mrs. James Staten Katherine G. Stern Mr. & Mrs. David A. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. M. Kent Strosnider ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Stuart ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Sullivan Kaitlin M. Szulik ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Szulik Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Szyperski Dr. & Mrs. Raghuram Tadepalli Lydia Tart ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Nancy M. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Team III Stephen Thompson ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Ray Thompson ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Tildesley, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jerry R. Tolley ◆ Mr. & Mrs. William Tomko ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Trapani Mr. & Mrs. John Tricoli III ◆ Samuel P. Troy The Rev. & Mrs. John G. Truitt, Jr. ◆ Garrett A. Turner Mr. & Mrs. James P. Turner III Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Vadini Dr. & Mrs. Joel W. Walker ◆ James W. White Mr. & Mrs. Stephen K. Whitfield ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Gerald O. Whittington ◆ William Wilkinson & Carolyn Hunt Mr. & Mrs. T. Evans Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Yarwood Dr. Deborah Yow-Bowden & Dr. William Yow-Bowden ◆ Raymond J. Yozwiak Rene Zakhour

Elon Society $1,500–$2,499

Dr. & Mrs. John Afshar Mr. & Mrs. Brooks A. Ahalt ◆ Alamance Breakfast Rotary Club Mr. & Mrs. Brian N. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Reginald R. Allen ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Ambrose Paul H. Amundsen ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Paul V. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Rick D. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Dewey V. Andrew ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Antonelli ◆ James B. Anwyll Dr. & Mrs. Mark E. Archambault Mr. & Mrs. Tait P. Arend ◆ Edwin B. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Baker ◆ The William A. Barbe Family ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Dexter R. Barbee ◆ Dr. & Mrs. James L. Barbour Mr. & Mrs. John H. Barnhill ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John C. Barr Dr. & Mrs. Laurence A. Basirico Mr. & Mrs. Ted M. Beal, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Allen D. Beck ◆ Mr. & Mrs. David Beck Kyle A. Belkoski ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bell ◆ Dr. Rhonda A. Belton ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Bennett ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Michael Benson Mr. & Mrs. Clement M. Best III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Munroe Best, Jr. ◆ Mary Hope Best-Crocker & Blain Crocker ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Walter Bixby ◆ Patricia Blau Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Boal Dr. Constance Ledoux Book & Dr. R. Wayne Book ◆ The Hon. James F. Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Brinkley Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert C. Brittle, Jr. R. Edwin Brittle, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan Brodie Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Brooks ◆ Dr. & Mrs. J. Dixon Brown Dr. Janie P. Brown ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Chalmers S. Brumbaugh III Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Buckley ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Scott H. Buechler ◆ Dr. George M. Bullard, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John J. Burbridge, Jr. ◆

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Mr. & Mrs. Mark Burgess Loura M. Burnette ◆ Dr. & Mrs. William J. Burpitt, Jr. Jeanne M. Busse Dr. & Mrs. Paul Byerly ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Califf Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Capel Dr. & Mrs. B. Keith Cash Dr. Arthur D. Cassill ◆ Jeffrey N. Casullo Mr. & Mrs. John Chadwick Mr. & Mrs. Ed Choe Clark Family Private Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Clark ◆ Dr. Jim Clark ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Richard Clement Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Coats, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Conally ◆ Donna L. Cooke Kathy & Wes Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Todd L. Cooper Dr. David A. Copeland Dr. Joseph A. Cote Douglas H. Cox Richard A. Crittenden, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Crowder, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Croxson Mr. & Mrs. John G. Currin, Jr. Cypress Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Dagger Mr. & Mrs. James W. Daniel ◆ Mr. & Mrs. F. Leary Davis, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. Davis ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Dawkins, Jr. Carolyn K. & Dr. Martin A. DeFrancesco ◆ Mr. & Mrs. John Denick Mr. & Mrs. James A. Dick, Jr. Roxann Dillon ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Chris G. Dockrill ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Jim Donohue Andrew J. Doud Dr. & Mrs. James P. Drummond ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Duffy Dr. A. J. Ellington, Jr. ◆ Dr. Melinda J. Elliott & Dr. William F. Cassano Mr. & Mrs. Edward Eng ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Esters, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. William Estes ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin A. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Fadde IV ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Ryan J. Fairchild Frank H. Fannon IV ◆ ◆

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Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Faris Dr. Peter Felten & Sara Walker ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Fisher Dr. & Mrs. Richard N. Fisher, Sr. ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Walter L. Floyd Mr. & Mrs. Jameson S. French Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Fulkerson Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Gabriel Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Galante Mr. & Mrs. John Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Gallagher ◆ Dr. Kathleen Gallucci & James Gallucci Elizabeth Gant Mr. & Mrs. Roger Gant III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. C. John Gardner, Jr. ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Russell B. Gill Dr. Kerry J. Gilliland Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Glass goahead vacations, Inc. Dr. Mary Gowan & Dr. Ed Moore Mr. & Mrs. John Graham, Jr. Bobby L. Green ◆ Dr. Thomas Green & Catherine McNeela Dr. & Mrs. Eugene B. Grimley III Dr. Leslie Gruss Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Gunn, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Guy Jaleh M. Hagigh ◆ Mark A. Hale Brittany V. Hallberg ◆ Clifford Hardy & Judy Morris-Hardy Liz Harper Capt. & Mrs. Thomas J. Harper ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Chris B. Harrell ◆ Dr. & Mrs. James A. Harrell, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Heaton, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Henderson Dr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Henricks Ted S. Henson ◆ David A. Higham Erica Hill Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hill, Jr. Jennifer A. Hiltwine Dr. & Mrs. Earl D. Honeycutt, Jr. Brian E. Hooper ◆ William A. Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Alan Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. Rex Hudgins Mr. & Mrs. Craig Huggins Mr. & Mrs. Steven Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hutchinson, Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. William C. Ingold ◆ Dr. & Mrs. John J. Jasper

Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. Charles Jepsen Mark S. Jetton, Jr. ◆ Barbara A. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. David S. Johnson ◆ Mr. & Mrs. James F. Johnson, Sr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Kamenz Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kane Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Kantlehner Mr. & Mrs. Leo Karas Mr. & Mrs. John J. Keegan III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Keener ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. Keeny, Jr. Linda C. Kelley ◆ Trevor W. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Dave L. Kennedy ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Kennedy ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Trent M. Kernodle ◆ Mr. & Mrs. James E. Killorin ◆ Mary Ann Barnes Kimball & R. David Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Kindy Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Klepcyk ◆ The Rev. & Mrs. Robert Knox Mr. & Mrs. William E. Koffel ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Kornegay ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Alan Krapf Mr. & Mrs. William Kuntz Ronny B. Lancaster Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Lanham ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Larson Mr. & Mrs. Hock Lau Eugenia H. Leggett & Barry S. Frank R. Cruse Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Manning H. Lilienthal III ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Locher Mr. & Mrs. Harmon L. Loy, Jr. Renee Luberoff Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Lucente Mr. & Mrs. Greg A. Lunsford ◆ Stephen Luparello & Laurie Drysdale Mr. & Mrs. Dennis S. Lutes ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Mann ◆ Mr. & Mrs. William H. Mann, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Marsh Mr. & Mrs. Noble G. Marshall, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Martindale ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Matheny ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Mayer ◆ Mr. & Mrs. James D. McCauley ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Larry B. McCauley, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McEntee Mr. & Mrs. Hugh McKay Mr. & Mrs. David McLain Daniel J. McNulty & Melanie Bloom

Mebane Antique Auction Gallery ◆ Donna Medlin Blair S. Menzel Eric S. Meredith Mr. & Mrs. Dewitt T. Methvin IV Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Michel ◆ Judy Miller Virginia Miner Mr. & Mrs. Neil Moore ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Victor W. Moran Virginia Moriarty T. William Morningstar, Jr. ◆ David L. Morrow II ◆ Buell E. Moser, Sr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. James D. Moser, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. William Moss Dr. Thomas Mould & Dr. Brooke Barnett Mr. & Mrs. F. Brad Myers, Jr. ◆ Josh J. Norris Laura K. Norwind ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Nowalk ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O’Brien Dr. & Mrs. Kevin J. O’Mara ◆ Brian C. O’Shea Rodger G. Page ◆ Elizabeth J. Parker Richard A. Parker ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Paul F. Parsons ◆ Dr. Jana Lynn Patterson & John Patterson ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Alfred M. Payne ◆ James D. Peeler ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Peeples ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Perkins ◆ Dr. Rebecca Peters & Dr. Jeffrey Hatcher The Rev. & Mrs. Robert E. Peterson ◆ Dr. Philip Philbin & Dr. Valerie Morgan-Philbin Mr. & Mrs. Casey S. Pickler Mr. & Mrs. Steven Plummer ◆ Dr. Linda Poulson & Bennie L. Poulson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Powell ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Shane D. Powers Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Proffitt ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Michael Radutzky Mr. & Mrs. Peter Renner Mr. & Mrs. Timothy W. Rhoads Terrie L. Rice Mr. & Mrs. David K. Rich ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Crit Richardson ◆ Matthew W. Richardson ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Norman J. Rinaldi ◆ fall 2013 45

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he 1889 Society was created as part of Elon’s 125th anniversary celebration to recognize alumni for their consistent annual support of Elon. Named for the year Elon was founded, this giving society celebrates the simple act of giving each and every year and recognizes alumni gifts of all sizes and designations. In The 1889 Society’s first year, the generosity of Elon alumni has been nothing short of remarkable—so remarkable, in fact, we do not have space in this issue of The Magazine of Elon to list the names of the more than 5,000 alumni who made a gift to Elon in 2012–13. Instead, we highlight three proud Elon graduates who are part of The 1889 Society’s charter group of donors and who exemplify the commitment of society members. For a full list of alumni in The 1889 Society, visit elon.edu/honorroll.

or Jane Aaron Carmichael ’68, earning a steady paycheck while pursuing her undergraduate degree was a necessity to meet the costs of college. Just down the road from her Burlington, N.C., home, Elon proved the perfect match for those needs. Carmichael took classes in the mornings and held a full-time clerical position at Kayser Roth in the afternoons and evenings. Her time at Elon sparked a lifelong interest in higher education, a field in which Carmichael has spent the better part of her career. This passion is also evident in her long history of supporting Elon, a tradition she began soon after graduation and has upheld for more than 40 years. Her consistent support places Carmichael among Elon’s most loyal alumni donors in The 1889 Society. She is also recognized by the university’s legacy society, Order of the Oak, for supporting Elon through her estate plan. “I give back consistently because Elon was there for me when I needed a college nearby,” she says. “I am deeply grateful for the many opportunities my Elon education afforded me.”

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t’s easy for Carter Smith ’92 to explain why he supports Elon year after year. “I am forever grateful for the outstanding education I received and the experiences I had at Elon,” Smith says. “I give back every year so today’s undergraduates can have the same worthwhile experience I had.” For Smith, much of that experience was defined by his campus involvement in Kappa Sigma and the Student Government Association, which he led as student body president his senior year. Elon still plays an active role in Smith’s life, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. He has served on various boards, and stays involved with Kappa Sigma as a chapter adviser and member of the fraternity’s 20th, 30th and 40th anniversary committees. He has hosted and attended Elon events in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he now lives, and frequently returns to campus for Homecoming and other events. “I love coming to campus and seeing all the exciting things that have happened over the last several years,” he says. “By investing in Elon, I am doing my part to make it a better place for generations to come.”

s a student, Erica Ayala ’08 found her voice and realized a desire to make a positive impact on the community around her. “My experience as an orientation leader and an Elon Academy intern helped me carve out a career,” says Ayala, who works with the Children’s Defense Fund in New York City. “Those experiences helped make me successful and put me on the path to leadership development and training.” Ayala has given to Elon every year since she graduated. She supports both Elon’s Black Alumni Network scholarship fund and the softball team, for which she played as a student. She has also established a recurring gift benefitting the Elon Academy. “I know people invested in me when I was a student,” Ayala says. “The least I can do now is honor my commitment to the Elon Academy by giving on a monthly basis.” Formerly a member of Elon’s Young Alumni Council, Ayala has also volunteered her time to keep Elon graduates connected to their alma mater. “I wanted to help other young alumni be confident in what they have to offer Elon, and know that they can benefit the university and the students that have followed us.”

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Mr. & Mrs. George M. Riter, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Robson Dr. Elizabeth A. Rogers Gregory A. Roman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Rosenberg Fredrick J. Rubeck Mr. & Mrs. Archibald C. Rufty, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Rushmore, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James M. Russo ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Norman Samet Gavin Sands ◆ Mr. & Mrs. George Scanlon Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Schimmel Mr. & Mrs. Greg S. Seelagy Mr. & Mrs. John H. Sellers Mary Leighton Sellers Mr. & Mrs. Russell S. Selover Taylor A. Seymour Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Sharp Mr. & Mrs. Thaddeus Shelly James D. Shepherd* Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Shoe ◆ Mr. & Mrs. James K. Simmons, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Barry R. Sisson Scott T. Slatten ◆

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Smiddy Mr. & Mrs. Bradford T. Smith Madelyn A. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Smith ◆ Lisa C. Smithdeal ◆ Christen E. Snead Vickie L. Somers ◆ Rachel E. Southmayd Mr. & Mrs. John W. Sparks Mr. & Mrs. Rick Spong Dr. & Mrs. David Srour Derek B. Steed Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Steele, Sr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Charles Steele, Jr. ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Stein ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Howard Stern Mr. & Mrs. Clay Stober ◆ Walter S. Struve Dr. & Mrs. John G. Sullivan Dr. & Mrs. Wonhi J. Synn Barbara Z. Taylor Dr. George Taylor & Dr. Rebecca Olive-Taylor ◆ Dr. Bennett Thomas & Dr. Elizabeth Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Raymond L. Thomas ◆

Mr. & Mrs. Barron L. Thompson Dr. Thomas Tiemann & Dr. Eileen McGrath Mr. & Mrs. Dustin M. Tonkin ◆ Dr. Michael Touloupas & Dr. Cynthia Touloupas ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Tourtellot Dr. George Troxler & Dr. Carole Troxler ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Tyler Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Ulasewich, Jr. ◆ Samuel M. Upton Catherine G. Valero Dr. Donna Van Bodegraven & Alan Van Bodegraven ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Steve A. Van Pelt Mr. & Mrs. John H. Vernon III Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Vetack ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Claudio E. Vincenty Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Voelker Robert R. Vonick & Carole Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Wallender Dr. & Mrs. Zane T. Walsh, Jr. Dr. Janet L. Warman Scott P. Warner ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Waters ◆

Dr. Linda Weavil & Robert Weavil Mr. & Mrs. Reich L. Welborn ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Clyde E. Welch, Jr. ◆ Dr. Keith Wells & Dr. Nancy Wells ◆ Dr. & Mrs. Alan J. White ◆ Mr. & Mrs. J. Harvey White, Jr. Mark White & Pamela Butterfield Mr.* & Mrs. Richard A. White, Jr. ◆ Christian A. Wiggins ◆ Mr. & Mrs. William C. Wilburn ◆ Ronald Willacker & Judith Maness The Rev. David & Mrs. Sarah Williams Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Williams Dr. Jo W. Williams ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Mark Williams Mr. & Mrs. Patrick H. Winston, Jr. Dr. Mary Wise & Jerry TerBeck ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Worrell III Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Young Mr. & Mrs. Philip Zachary Mr. & Mrs. Greg L. Zaiser ◆ Mr. & Mrs. Paul Zaykowski

LabCorp Gail & Beau Lane Robert E. LaRose ’62* & Gail Hettel LaRose ’64 Lincoln Financial Group Carl H. Lindner III & Martha S. Lindner Robert Long Family Martha & Spencer Love Foundation Mr.* & Mrs.* Walker E. Love, Jr. John M. Lowry ’32* Thomas & Sarah Mac Mahon Family Foundation Mark & Marianne Mahaffey James W. Maynard & Jo Anne A. Maynard Bob E. McKinnon ’62 & Ray Kirbo McKinnon Dalton L. McMichael, Sr.* The McMichael Family Foundation

Furman C. Moseley ’56 & Susan Reed Moseley Edna Truitt Noiles ’44 & Douglas G. Noiles James B. & Anne Ellington Powell T. E. Powell, Jr. Biology Foundation Warren G. “Dusty” & Margaret L. “Peggy” Rhodes Jerry & Jeanne Robertson Royall H. Spence, Jr. ’42* & Luvene Holmes Spence ’43* Hatcher P. Story ’38* & Louise Fletcher Story* Zac Walker ’60 & Dot Walker Leon V. Watson ’25* & Lorraine Brubeck Watson* Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.

Cumulative Giving Societies Numen Lumen Society

The university’s premier cumulative giving society, the Numen Lumen Society recognizes benefactors whose cash gifts to Elon equal $1 million or more. The Latin words “numen” and “lumen,” which mean “spiritual light” and “intellectual light,” signify the highest purposes of an Elon education. Numen Lumen Society members embrace the vision of Elon’s founders, an academic community that transforms mind, body and spirit. Alamance Regional Medical Center Bud & Suzanne Baker The Children of Roger & Bernice Barbour Irwin Belk & Carol Grotnes Belk The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation Isabella Walton Cannon ’24* Wallace L. Chandler ’49 Marvin Clapp* & Eva Burke Clapp* Edward W. & Joan M. Doherty & Family Richard M. Drew* Wes, Cathy & Nolan ’11 Elingburg ◆

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Allen & Denise Gant Glen Raven, Inc. William A. Graham, Jr. ’62* Sam & Vicky Hunt Mr. & Mrs. William J. Inman James W. Johnston* & Edwina Hughes Johnston* William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust M. Camille Kivette ’41* & Florence Kivette Childress ’37* Maurice & Ann Koury, Ernest ’40 & Ann Marie Koury & Family The Kresge Foundation

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Palladian Society

“Palladian” is derived from Latin and means “pertaining to wisdom, knowledge or study.” Members of the Palladian Society have made cumulative lifetime cash gifts to Elon totaling between $500,000 and $999,999. Their generosity demonstrates their belief in Elon’s innovative approach to education. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Anderson Dr. & Mrs. James H. Baird Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Belk Foundation Booth Ferris Foundation Cannon Foundation, Inc.

Capital Bank Foundation The Cemala Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Chandler Robert A. Clohan III Louis DeJoy & Dr. Aldona Z. Wos A. J. Fletcher Foundation

Aesculus Society

“Aesculus” is an ancient Latin tem for “tallest oak.” Members of the Aesculus Society have made cumulative lifetime cash gifts to Elon totaling between $100,000 and $499,999, and their generosity has helped shape the university. AIG United Guaranty Alamance County Economic Development Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Noel L. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Ameen Lucile Stone Andes Andras Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Howard F. Arner AT&T North Carolina Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Badavas A. Christine Baker Bank of America Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Bass III BB&T Charitable Foundation Beazley Foundation, Inc. Charles G. Berg Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Blalock Boone Station North Associates Limited Partnership The Hon. J. Fred Bowman Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Bruns Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund Anita Lee Butler Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Califf Bruce B. Cameron, Jr.* Capital Bank Mr. & Mrs. Damion Carufe Mr. & Mrs. John H. Cavanaugh Cone Health Mr. & Mrs. John R. Congdon, Jr. 48 the MAGAZINE of ELON

Irene Hook Covington* Mr. & Mrs. William S. Creekmuir Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Dancer Dr. Lawrence D’Angelo & Dr. Dolores D’Angelo Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Darling Arthur Vining Davis Foundations George L. Davis Mr. & Mrs. John Deford The Dickson Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Drummond Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Duke, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Robert N. Ellington Mr. & Mrs. John G. Ellison, Jr. The Evergreens Foundation Barry S. Frank & Eugenia H. Leggett The Stanley & Dorothy Frank Family Foundation Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John Gaither Mr. & Mrs. Edmund R. Gant Rose Anne Gant Golden LEAF Foundation M. William Grant* Mr. & Mrs. B. Kelly Graves, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Haley Dr. Bernhard Hampl & Dr. Carmen Hampl Mr. & Mrs. William A. Hawks The Hearst Foundations, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Henderson Dr. & Mrs. William N. P. Herbert Hillsdale Fund, Inc.

The Hall Family Foundation/ Michael T. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hazel Jay & Amy Hendrickson International Textile Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Kaplan A. Michelle LaRose R. Scott LaRose Dr. & Mrs. W. Bryan Latham Lorillard Tobacco Company William E. Loy, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Martin Phyllis S. Pruden The Riversville Foundation Donald E. Scott Ellen Scott Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. H. Michael Weaver Weaver Foundation, Inc.

Holt Sublimation Frank S. Holt III Mr. & Mrs. George Holt Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Hultquist Ernest C. Hunt, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gordon P. Hurley The Hon. Jeanette W. Hyde & Wallace Hyde* ING Foundation Donald D. Jansen Mr. & Mrs. Maurice N. Jennings, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John M. Jordan Esther C. Kernodle Mr. & Mrs. Walter C. King The Thomas M. Kirbo & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Williams E. LaCoste, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Leo M. Lambert Mr. & Mrs. John N. Landi The Levine-Sklut Family Foundation/ Lori & Eric Sklut, Directors Mr. & Mrs. Jack R. Lindley, Sr. Ikey T. Little Adrienne Livengood-Baker & Tony Baker George W. Logan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Maroney Dr. Rose C. Mattioli Harold V. McCoy, Jr. The Hon. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter & Bynum Hunter Mr. & Mrs. James C. McGill Mr. & Mrs. John McGovern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. McInerney Della Vickers McKinnon Mr. & Mrs. Willard L. Mills, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stewart P. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Moore, Jr. Dr. Wayne T. Moore

William T. Morris Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. George T. Nall Mr. & Mrs. C. Ashton Newhall News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. Oak Foundation, USA Francis Asbury Palmer Fund Mr. & Mrs. David E. Pardue, Jr. Park Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Patrick Mr. & Mrs. Igor V. Pavlov Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Pennington John William Pope Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David C. Porter John Powell & Martha Hamblin Dr. & Mrs.* Thomas E. Powell III Mr. & Mrs. T. Scott Quakenbush The Redwoods Group/ Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Trapani Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Reifler Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Revson Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Neil M. Richie, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William S. Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Feliciano S. Sabates, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bennett B. Sapp Sapphire Foundation/ Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Woods Mr. & Mrs. Milton T. Schaeffer, Jr. Dick Shirley Linda B. Shirley Mr. & Mrs. William H. Smith Smith Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Sneed, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Snow, Jr. Southern Conference, United Church of Christ Festus & Helen Stacy Foundation, Inc. Joan Z. Steinbrenner Katherine G. Stern

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William M. Stewart Mary Behrend Straub Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Inc. Teagle Foundation Times-News Publishing Company Dr. Martha Smith Trout & Jack Trout United Church of Christ Local Church Ministries

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Vadini Mr. & Mrs. John H. Vernon III Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur T. Ward III Arthur T. Ward IV Charles E. Ward Christopher V. Ward Cynthia F. Ward Dorothy M. Ward

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Ward Mr. & Mrs. W. Hunt Ward Thomas C. Watkins Nancy J. Watson The Weezie Foundation Wells Fargo, Burlington, N.C. The Wells Fargo Foundation Western Electric Company Shirley A. White

Mr. & Mrs. T. Leonard White, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William E. Wilkinson, Sr. Wade Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Russell R. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. W. Cecil Worsley III Dr. & Mrs. Fred Young Youths’ Friends Association Margaret J. Zint*

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Leith Mr.* & Mrs.* Walker E. Love, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Mahaffey Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Malloy Mr. & Mrs. Mark Mariani Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Martin Mr. & Mrs. James C. McGill, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Moore, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. C. Ashton Newhall Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Paone Mr. & Mrs. T. Scott Quakenbush Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Reifler Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Richardson, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Richardson Dr. & Mrs. Jerry R. Robertson Emily N. Romfh Carmen J. Scarpa, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Schar Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Shapero Richard H. Shirley, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Smialek Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Sneed, Jr. William M. Stewart, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Tabor Mr. & Mrs. James M. Theiss Mr. & Mrs. Grady Thompson Dr. Richard Thompson & Dr. Peggy Thompson The Wagner Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Zachary T. Walker, III Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Cynthia F. Ward Mr. & Mrs. W. Hunt Ward Mr. & Mrs. C. Grayson Whitt Wade Williamson, Jr. Taylor L. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Ray Womack Mr. & Mrs. W. Cecil Worsley III Alan J. Young Mr. & Mrs. David Young Dr. & Mrs. Fred Young

Phoenix Club IMPACT Circle The IMPACT Circle is the premier donor recognition group for the Phoenix Club and Elon athletics. Donors who make annual contributions of $5,000 or more to athletics or have made cumulative gifts of $1 million or more exclusively designated for annual, endowment and capital athletics purposes are members of the IMPACT Circle. Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas Amick Mr. & Mrs. Howard F. Arner Dr. Robin L. Baker & Dr. Susan Baker Mr. & Mrs. A. M. Barnes III Mr. & Mrs. James A. Barnwell, Jr. R. H. Barringer Distributing Co./ Mark Craig Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Blalock Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bolden Mr. & Mrs. Callum Brown Burlington/Alamance County, NC Convention & Visitors Bureau Mr. & Mrs. Reid Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Francis C. Clark Mr. & Mrs. James L. Correll, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Cross Mr. & Mrs. Alan H. Crouch Mr. & Mrs. M. Kevin Dugan Mr. & Mrs. Wesley R. Elingburg Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gallagher, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hearn Mr. & Mrs. James D. Henderson, Jr. Jay & Amy Hendrickson The Hon. & Mrs. R. Samuel Hunt III Mr. & Mrs. William J. Inman Mr. & Mrs. George J. Kilroy Mr. & Mrs. Maurice J. Koury Mr. & Mrs. William E. LaCoste, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. W. Bryan Latham Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. LeBlanc

Grandparent Leadership Society Grandparents of current students and Elon alumni become part of the Grandparent Leadership Society by contributing $5,000 or more annually to the Parents and Grandparents Fund or other Elon operating funds, by making a planned gift valued at $25,000 or more, or by having made cumulative gifts totaling $25,000 or more to the university. Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Boal GP’14 Beulah B. Cameron GP’94 Bruce B. Cameron, Jr. GP’05* Dr. & Mrs. Wallace L. Chandler GP’07, GP’10, GP’11 Robert A. Clohan III GP’10 Irene Hook Covington GP’01, GP’02, GP’04, GP’07* Mr. & Mrs. Francis Craig GP’11, GP’13 ◆

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Loretta Dancer GP’05* Dr. J. Earl Danieley GP’05, GP’10, GP’14 Roxann Dillon GP’11 Mr. & Mrs. Henry Gabriel GP’13 Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Gullquist GP’15 Mr. & Mrs. Sherrill G. Hall GP’08, GP’12 Dr. R. Leroy Howell GP’10 Ernest C. Hunt, Jr. GP’13

Mr. & Mrs. Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. GP’13 Mr. & Mrs. John M. Jordan GP’14 Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Kaplan GP’10, GP’15 Esther Cole Kernodle GP’05 Jean Killorin GP’07, GP’10 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest A. Koury, Sr. GP’11 Eugene M. Lang GP’13 R. Cruse Lewis GP’12 Dr. Eugene Long & Dr. Deborah Long GP’13, GP’16 Yardley Minnix Manfuso GP’08 Dr. Rose Mattioli GP’99, GP’02, GP’15

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Maynard GP’13, GP’15 Mr. & Mrs. Norris P. Moses GP’13 Emily N. Romfh GP’16 Frances F. Rufty GP’15 Richard J. Schmeelk GP’13 Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Steele, Sr. GP’16 Joan Z. Steinbrenner GP’10 Katherine G. Stern GP’14 Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. GP’06 Cynthia F. Ward GP’11 Dorothy M. Ward GP’05, GP’08, GP’14 Shirley A. White GP’13 Margaret J. Zint GP’08*

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Order of the Oak Established in 1988, the Order of the Oak recognizes donors who, through planned gifts such as bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts, pooled income funds and life insurance policies, are securing the future of Elon University. The Rev. Donald J. ’71 & Carole Allen J. B. Allen, Jr. ’63 L. Carl Allen III & Peggy S. Allen L. Carl Allen, Jr. ’48 Louise C. Allen ’47 Noel Lee Allen ’69 Lucile Stone Andes Dewey ’63 & Susan Andrew Mildred Daniels Argyle Beverly F. Arner ’66 Howard F. Arner ’63 L. M. Baker John & Anne Barry Caroline S. Baskin Thomas L. Bass, Jr. ’67 & Sandra B. Bass ’67 Walter H. Bass III ’62 & Barbara D. Bass ’61 Barbara Bayliff ’70 C. Conway Bayliff ’70 David Beahm ’83 Raymond L. Beck ’75 Gordon S. Becker Louise Giovane Becker Leota Taylor Beisinger John W. Blanchard ’50 Paul R. Bleiberg ’69 Mary Lou Chandler Boal ’63 Don & Billie Faye ’56 Bolden Elizabeth & Robert Bowater Barry A. Bradberry ’75 C. Merrill Branch Edith R. Brannock ’39 Jolene C. Bray Eddie C. Bridges ’57 Gilbert C. Brittle, Jr. ’55 C. B. ’51 & Peggie Brown Eloise Stephenson Brown ’41 Dr. Janie P. Brown Pam & Chalmers S. Brumbaugh James A. Buie ’63 Vincent R. Bujan ’59 Samuel L. Burke ’89 Allen Bush ’68 James D. Bush ’91 Linda B. Byrd Beulah B. Cameron Roy C. Campbell ’68 ◆

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Jane Aaron Carmichael ’68 Richard D. Carmichael Wallace L. Chandler ’49 Colleen Minnock Chulis ’04 Beverly A. Clement ’68 Robert A. Clohan III ’67 Faye Danieley Conally ’61 Thomas G. Conally ’67 Angel & Luther R. ’55 Conger, Jr. Vera W. Congleton The Rev. John R. Corbiere ’70 Dr. Joseph A. Cote ’65 Dr. Alonzo Hook Covington ’73 Dr. Don ’75 & Ellen ’73 Covington Frank E. Covington Irene Hook Covington ’41* Patricia Bryan Covington Ray Covington ’86 Robert L. Covington ’79 Douglas Cox ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Francis Craig Robert D. Craig ’80 Charles G. Crews, Jr. ’55 Joe Ann W. Crews ’56* Alan H. Crouch James B. Crouch, Jr. Florine R. Culbreth ’40* Howard C. Culbreth ’42* James Benton Dailey ’67 Jane Benton Dailey ’67 Drs. Lawrence & Dolores D’Angelo Edwin L. Daniel ’46 Earl Danieley ’46 Joy & Leary Davis George Davis ’47 Robert A. de la Fé ’81 Rexanne A. Domico ’87 Kathleen Niple Donohue ’05 Ken Dudley ’59 Mattie Pickett Edwards ’39 James Perry Elder, Jr. ’60 Helen A. Ellington Dr. Robert N. Ellington J. Terry Emerson ’56* Gary W. Evans ’74 Patricia Russell Evans ’73 J. Michael Fargis ’58 Joshua Felix ’00

Helen B. Floyd Walter L. Floyd Margaret V. Foreman Matthew H. Foreman Oscar ’67 & Margaret ’66 Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Gabriel L. Alvin Garrison, Jr. ’67 A. Roger Gibbs ’52 Betty C. Gibbs Emery K. Gilliam ’48 Thomas B. Gold ’68 Willa C. Gold ’67* M. William Grant* Thomas J. Grathwohl Kelly & Meredith Graves Adele J. Gray John Bowie Gray V Martha M. Grimson ’67 Bob Gwaltney ’64 Robert A. Hall Liz Harper Jeanne H. Harrell ’45 Dr. W. Kelly Harris ’78 Allison Connelly Hart ’98 Thomas R. Hart ’98 Mary Glenn Briggs Haskell ’63 Virginia Pruitt Hawks William A. Hawks Shelly Skeens Hazel ’78 Marje G. Henderson Dr. Richard Henderson Amy Thomas Hendrickson ’69 James A. Hendrickson ’71 Marsha T. Herbert Dr. William N. P. Herbert ’68 John R. ’76 & Lesley Hill Victor H. Hoffman ’61 Rachel Y. Holt ’64 Jessie Thurecht Hook ’46 William Andrew Hopkins ’51 Dr. Herbert W. House, Jr. Steven & Patricia House Dr. R. Leroy Howell ’51 George W. Hughes ’69 Catherine & Rob Hutchinson Robert T. Inzetta ’68 Arthur M. Ivey ’60 E. Vennecia Bynum Jackson, M.D. ’81 Donald D. Jansen Dorothy B. & Geoffrey H. Jenkins Dina ’87 & Burney ’87 Jennings, Jr. Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57 Mr. & Mrs. James F. Johnson, Sr.

Thomas P. Johnson, Jr. ’66 Darden W. Jones, Jr. John M. & Margaret C. Jordan Ellen C. Kay John F. Kelley Esther Cole Kernodle ’36 Leslie Roessler Kernodle ’99 George J. Kilroy ’73 Peggy F. Kilroy Gregory L. Knott ’67 Ernest A. Koury, Sr. ’40 William E. LaCoste, Sr. ’62 Leo & Laurie Lambert Gail H. LaRose ’64 Philip E. Larrabee, Jr. Mary Anne Elder Larson Linda M. Lashendock Joe G. Lee ’68 Margaret A. Leister ’67* Loyce H. Lesley Barbara Lilienthal ’74 Jack R. ’56 & Dorothy C. Lindley Ikey Tarleton Little ’59 Thomas L. Lively ’72 Evelyn P. Lloyd C. Vincent Long, Jr. ’47 Ann W. Love* Walker E. “Dub” Love ’48* Amy V. Loy ’74 Lee Loy ’71 William E. Loy, Jr. Yoram Lubling George C. Ludden Mark T. & Marianne D. Mahaffey E. Boyce Maness ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Allen J. Martin, Jr. ’58 Christopher P. Martin ’78 Mr. & Mrs. David S. Massey ’83 Sally O’Neill Mauldin ’70 Dr. Harold E. ’41 & Jolene C. Maxwell C. V. May ’67 James W. & Jo Anne A. Maynard The Rev. Richard W. McBride Donna G. McCauley ’96 James D. McCauley ’59 Robie W. McClellan* James G. McClure, Jr. ’68 Tim McDowell ’76 Charles O. Midgette Nancy Smith Midgette Carol A. Miskelly James R. Miskelly fall 2013 51

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Dr. Beulah Mitchell Louise Bemis Mitchell ’56 Jane B. Moncure * Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Mooney, Jr. Krista H. Mooney ’94 Michael A. Mooney ’93 Dr. Wayne T. Moore ’49 Dick More ’62 Shigemi Morita ’59 Michael A. Morris ’65 Furman C. Moseley, Jr. ’56 Ann Watts Moses George T. ’56 & Jerolene K. ’60 Nall Janell Otis Niebuhr ’02 Alex W. Oliver ’68 Virginia Moorefield Ortiz ’62 Sunshine Janda Overkamp John P. Paisley, Jr. ’70 Patsy E. Palmer Joy Pamplin David E. Pardue, Jr. Dr. Richard E. & S. Diane Park J. Rankin Parks ’32 Paul & Mary Helen Parsons John K. Patterson ’59 Susan Morgan Patton ’02 Stafford R. Peebles, Jr. ’70 Donald S. Pennington ’54 Helen Hodge Pennington ’52 James Patrick Pepe ’66 Edward T. & Nan Phipps Perkins The Rev. & Mrs. Robert E. Peterson Dr. & Mrs. Edward F. Pinn Anne E. & James B. Powell

Ed Powell III Lacy M. Presnell, Jr. ’51 Rosalie I. Radcliffe ’62 Janie C. Reece Dusty Rhodes Peggy Rhodes Neil M. Richie, Jr. Rosemary B. Richie William Wynn Riley ’60 Norman J. Rinaldi ’54 Dr. William D. ’43 & Helen B. ’46 Rippy Patricia L. & Peter R. W. ’80 Roughton, Jr. M. Tyrone Rowell ’66 C. Wayne Rudisill ’59 William J. Ruth ’66 Mary Coolidge Ruth ’66 Maple M. Sanders Gavin Sands ’07 Clifford W. & Anne R. Sanford Adelaide Raye Sapp Bennett B. Sapp R. Brent Sexton ’75 Larry W. Sharpe ’69 Grace D. Shepherd Sylvia E. Sims ’59 J. Lowry Sinclair III ’65 Karen W. Small ’70 Larry K. Small ’68 D. Wayne Smart ’68 Sarah R. Smith ’98 Richard C. ’60 & Eva B. Sneed Joanne Soliday Vickie L. Somers ’89

Charles C. Springs ’69 Mona C. Stadler ’88 Anne Dechert Staley ’74 Betsy Stevens Elwood E. Stone, M.D. Mary Behrend Straub ’82 Donald Lee Tarkenton ’70* Dr. Allen D. Tate, Jr.* Barbara Z. Taylor ’77 The Rev. J. Rex Thomas ’59* Shelby G. Thomas ’62 Demus L. Thompson ’64 & Ellen Burke Thompson ’63 W. Campbell Tims ’00 Dr. & Mrs. Jerry R. Tolley Martha Smith Trout Samuel P. Troy ’67 Dolores Hagan Truitt ’53 John G. Truitt, Jr. ’53 F. Davis Turnage, Jr. Mary S. Underwood Angie Henry Utt ’42 Drew L. Van Horn ’82 John D. Vance, Jr. ’51 Alex S. Vardavas, Jr. ’72 Paul V. Varga ’51 & Joanne M. Varga Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Zachary T. Walker, III ’60 & Dorothy S. Walker Carl E. Wallace, Jr. Diana H. Wallace Christopher A. Walsh ’72 Judith W. Walsh Cynthia F. Ward

Dorothy Mears Ward Frank Lee Ward ’52* Hunt ’82 & Julia Ward Nancy H. Ward Nancy Turner Watson ’66 Dr. & Mrs. Frederic T. Watts, Jr. Odell L. Welborn ’57 Ed Welch ’59 Faye Welch Nelson A. L. & Elaine K. Weller Marie Schilling Wertz ’67 James W. White ’40 Kathryn C. White ’69 Richard A. White, Jr. ’71* Samuel Wade White Christian Adam Wiggins ’03 Ann M. Wilkins ’53 C. Jeter Wilkins ’53 Shirley Willard Jonathan W. ’84 & Debra S. ’86 Willard Jo Watts Williams ’55 Wade Williamson ’70 Edward C. Wilson ’60 Brad Rader Winstead ’03 Janet M. Winstead ’70 William C. Winstead, Jr. ’70 Delhis M. Wolf Frances D. Wood ’55 Dr. & Mrs. Fred Young Dr. Deborah A. Yow-Bowden ’71 Dr. William W. Yow-Bowden Joey Zeller ’85 Margaret Jane Zint ’84*

Visit elon.edu/honorroll to view a searchable honor roll of everyone who made a gift to Elon University in fiscal year 2012–13. You may search the database by donor’s name or use the drop-down menus to search by class year, donor category (parent, faculty, friend, etc.) or giving recognition group.

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19. FESTIVAL OF HOLIDAY LIGHTS The Elon community gathers each December to share hot chocolate and cider, sing holiday songs of all faiths, light

a Menorah and stroll through more than 2,000 luminarias set up around Young Commons and Scott Plaza.

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Commencement Under the Oaks The Elon fight song “Alma Mater” The Carolina blue sky and great weather The cupolas Founders Day Winter Term SportsFest Family Weekend College Chapel/Numen Lumen Acorns Oak saplings at Commencement New Student Convocation The squirrels The railroad E-Net The oak trees BioBus Admission tour guides President J. Fred Young President Leo M. Lambert Home games Campus Rec and Club Sports The Elon Academy Habitat for Humanity projects The Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement 46. Call to Honor ceremony 47. The Honor Code 48. Our commitment to sustainability

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Loy Farm Clubs and organizations CELEBRATE! Week SURF SURE Model UN The Lumen Prize Elon 101 The Academic Village Experiential learning Fellows programs Global Studies courses Study USA Alternative Spring Break The Fighting Christians The Phoenix ELONTHON The Fire of the Carolinas The cheerleading squad Sidetrack/The Root Tailgating The Elon Network Greek Week Lighthouse The Turkey Trot The “bubble” Turning 21 Dinner West Dorm Alamance Building The old power plant The Old Well Alumni Gym Whitley Auditorium

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Jordan Center The O’Kelly Monument The fountains Lake Mary Nell and the swans Lake Verona The old soda shop The colonnades Fonville Fountain Small classes The art walk The campus in the fall The brick pathways The Pendulum The sculptures The historic brick walls Phi Beta Kappa Commons Senior Oak The Acorn Coffee Shop Belk Library Moseley Center Org Fair El Centro de Español Opportunities for scholarships The labyrinth Maroon and gold The Mace Great convocation speakers The annual Martin Luther King Jr. observance Rhodes Stadium Young Commons WSOE Radio Phoenix 14/Elon Local News

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Performing arts Elon University Seal The Magazine of Elon The meditation garden Late night McEwen “Downtown Elon” SUB events The challenge rope course The Elon Forest Isabella Cannon ’24 Holidays at Maynard House

125. LONG LIVE ELON! Former

N.C. Secretary of State and Elon trustee Thad Eure was the first to utter this quintessential Elon phrase to end his speeches on campus, a tradition that continues today at Commencement.

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{ Elon SGA leaders Avery Steadman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 (left) & Kyle Porro â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 (center) help plant a white oak in the Academic Village following the annual Call to Honor ceremony on Sept. 12. It is the first of 125 trees to be planted on campus this year as Elon celebrates its quasquicentennial year. }

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