Contents Editor Meghan Wright ’06 Contributing Writers Dr. Scott Colley, Megan Hall ’10, Dr. Michael Joslin, Rebekah Graham Saylors ’02, Lella Shaffner ’04, and Kevin Young Contributing Photographers Meghan Hall ’10, Dr. Michael Joslin Dee Thomas, and Kevin Young The Pinnacles is published for alumni and friends of the College by the Office of Communications. Please send all communications including questions, class notes and letters to the editor to: The Pinnacles Lees-McRae College P.O. Box 128 Banner Elk, NC 28604 or communications@lmc.edu
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President Dr. Scott Colley Board of Trustees, Chair Mr. Tommy Brigham ’72 Board of Trustees, Executive Committee Mr. Tommy Brigham ’72, Chair Mr. Joe Stahl, Vice Chair Mrs. Jane B. Stephenson ’57, Immediate Past Chair Dr. John Blalock ’91 Mr. Al Dickens Mr. Arch Hoxton ’64 Mr. Harvey Lowd Mr. Ed Shelton ’60/’95 Rev. O’dell Smith Alumni Council Executive Committee Kim Garrison Palmisano ’83, President Catherine Button Campe ’91, President Elect Lynn Swisher Neese ’88/’90, Vice President Jennifer Baker ’06, Secretary John “Pat” Monroe ’64, Chair, Decade Representatives Martha McAfee Kreiger ’86/’03, Immediate Past President Paul Stephenson ’95, Alumni Trustee Representative Board of Visitors Executive Committee Wm. David Carter, Chair Tricia Argabrite, Vice Chair Abigail Lord ’01, Secretary Office of Advancement Merritt Yackey, Director of Development Leslie J. Carter, Director of Alumni Relations, Major Gifts and Church Relations Frankie Needham ’55H, Director of Prospect Research Sandy Ramsey ’55H, Director of Internal Relations: Alumni Affairs Michelle V. Scott ’86/’90, Director of the Lees-McRae Fund Abigail Lord ’01, Director of Donor Relations and Special Events, Assistant to the President Meghan Wright ’06, Associate Director of Communications
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10 18 Features 11 Profiles of Excellence 16 A Commitment to Southern Appalachia 18 Acts of Generosity
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