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1940s Florence Richardson James ’48 is a retired bridal consultant from Rich’s in Atlanta. She has four children, and now lives in St. Louis, Mo., where she married her college boyfriend in 2002. Florence spends the winters at the beach to avoid the cold and snow. She still plays bridge as often as she can, just as she used to play between classes at Oglethorpe. Her favorite Oglethorpe memories are the people, including faculty like Mrs. Eva Brown and Dr. Sewell. She also enjoyed the good baseball team and the dances.
1950s S. Bleecker Totten ’51 married Bebe in 1955 and had one child. Bleecker received his JD from Fordham University Law School. He joined CB Richard Ellis, Inc. in 1980 and has more than 40 years’ experience in commercial and industrial real estate. His expertise includes site acquisition, negotiating architectural and construction contracts, and buying and selling land and buildings. He is a member of his company’s strategic vision group. Prior to joining CB Richard Ellis, he served as vice president of real estate with McGraw-Hill and worked as in-house patent counsel for Union Carbide Corporation. He has written numerous articles and lectured extensively. He remembers
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Oglethorpe as a small college where faculty and students were a solid group and everyone knew and cared about each other. Sheldon “Shelly” Godkin ’52 received his master of communication in 1963, a master in Air Command at Staff College in 1966, and a master in military operations at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1971. He was ranked Colonel in the USAF for 31 years as a fighter pilot, public affairs officer, and AF ROTC commander. Following his retirement in 1983, Godkin established and managed the University Club at Colorado State University. As a result of his long association with CSU, he was named an honorary alumnus, and awarded the Special Meritorious Service Award and the Community Partner Award for his dedication to CSU’s AFROTC program. He married Aloma Jean in 1957 and they have three children. Sheldon’s favorite Oglethorpe memories are practicing and playing basketball in the basement gym of Lupton Hall and playing tennis. Howell Breedlove ’57 is a retired chairman of Keystone Profiles. He graduated from Emory University with a BBA in 1959. He married his wife Ann in 1957 and they had six children. He founded J&L Structural, Inc., a steel manufacturer in 1987. He sold the business in 1995 and retired in 2000. Since then he has been an “angel” investor for Stars-Op Medicine Device Com-
panies and active in the YMCA of Pittsburgh, National Museum of Wildlife, and John Medical Center Foundation. He summers in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and winters in Jupiter, Fla. He is an active philanthropist. Howell’s favorite Oglethorpe memory is receiving four academic scholarships which permitted him to “escape” the farm and achieve an excellent educational and social experience.
1960s Edloe “Penny” Jones ’61 is a retired attorney from the Boy Scouts of America. He earned his JD at Woodrow Wilson Law School in 1976. He married Mary Jo in 1967 and they have one daughter. His hobbies include golf and exercising. Penny has volunteered as president of Western Atlanta Rotary Club, chairman of the board of Southern Christian Hospice, United Way Campaign volunteer, and at the Atlanta Area Council Boy Scouts of America. His fondest Oglethorpe memories are the American Humanics Program and classes with Professors Brown, Colburn, Bilancio, Abbott, Cohen, Goslin, Daugert, and Cressy. Belle Turner Lynch ’61 graduated magna cum laude and earned the Sally Hull Weltner Award for Scholarship. She was elected to the OU Board of Trustees in 1983, served as
board chair, and has been active on numerous committees and in leadership positions. She established the Milner Professorship in Education and has supported numerous campus efforts. In 1992, Lynch received the Talmage Award, which honors an individual’s contributions to the university and in the professional world. Belle received an honorary Oglethorpe degree in 2010. She is a founding member and president of the Atlanta Alzheimer’s Association, a trustee of the Atlanta Preservation Center, and volunteers with the Milner Award, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring the love of reading in children. Silas L. Moore ’61 served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 19591965. He married his wife Ann in 1967 and they have two children. After graduation he flew off during the summer of 1961 and drove a Volkswagen Beetle around Europe. He joined a tour group entering the Soviet Union, where he sported a homemade Goldwater button in Red Square. Once home, he began a career in journalism, writing, and editing for newspapers and business magazines, and later managed media relations for the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Silas started the board’s Victim Services Office and retired as its director in 2001. Among his favorite Oglethorpe memories are writing for the Stormy Petrel and performing with the Oglethorpe Players.
1 James “Tony” Paredes ’61 earned his master’s and PhD in anthropology from the University of New Mexico. He married his wife Alleen in 2003 and has three children. Tony was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow predoctoral research fellow (196162); president of the Southern Anthropologist Society (198889), the Society for Applied Anthropology (1993-95), and the Association of Senior Anthropologists (2008-10); professor of anthropology at Florida State University (1969-1999); on the American Anthropological Association executive board (199395); and a regional ethnographer for the National Park Service (1998-2006). He is currently professor emeritus at FSU and is the author and editor of numerous publications. His fondest Oglethorpe memories are Rat Week, Players productions, and formal dances. Shelia Ross ’61 is employed by the Bay Village Board of Education in Ohio. She married in 1962 and has two children. She was widowed in 1996. Shelia’s favorite Oglethorpe memories are the great students and teachers. 1 Joseph Soldati ’61 received
his master’s in English at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1968, and his PhD in English at Washington State University, Pullman, in 1972. He served in U.S. Army Intelligence in Vietnam from 1962 to 1964. He has numerous awards and recognitions including Teacher of the Year, Western Oregon
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University (1993-94); Fulbright Fellow, Lecturer in American Literature and Civilization, National University of Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa (1980-90); and, Fulbright Fellowship, Lecturer in Literature, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt (1982-84). He has written and been featured in many books, including On Account of Darkness, Apocalypse Clam, and Making My Name.
1980s 2 Sherry Rosen ’85 was selected as a Paralegal Superstar for December 2011 by Paralegal Gateway, the world’s largest online resource for paralegals. Sherry has been a litigation paralegal for more than 20 years and is currently a senior litigation paralegal at Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, in Atlanta, Ga.
Hope Waldman Targoff ’86 recently co-authored a textbook about effective teaching practices, titled Demonstrating the New Florida Educator Accomplished Practices: A Practical Guide for Becoming an Effective Educator. The book is used for prospective teachers, current teachers, mentors, and administrators as a resource and guide to understand and perform the state standards. Mauricio Amaya ’87 was promoted to laboratory manager and fermentation manager for his company Genesis Biosci-
ences, a global leader in custom fermentation, microbial product formulation, and antimicrobial product development. As laboratory manager, Mauricio will oversee all aspects of Genesis’ laboratory, including overall microbiological quality control for production and fermentation, chemical quality control, research and product development, and customer technical support. Mauricio was previously chief chemist at Genesis.
1990s 3 Beth Eckard Concepción ’90 earned a Doctor of Philosophy in mass communications at the University of South Carolina. She successfully defended her dissertation, titled “How Journalists Perceive Internal and External Influence: A Qualitative Assessment of Local Television Reporters’ Ethical Decisionmaking,” on June 14, 2011. Concepción is a writing professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga.
Derek Hambrick ’97 is now a writer by profession, not just by inclination. He is the senior writer for Tribe Inc., an Atlantabased corporate culture company working with national and global clients to build internal brands and employee engagement. 4 Aimee Thrasher Hansen ’98 is pleased to announce the birth of her son, Atticus Calder. He was born on March 27, 2011,
5 and weighed 9 lbs., 12 oz. and measured 21 in.
2000 5 Misty Hood Whitlock ’00 and Kyle Whitlock were married on October 23, 2010, at Oak Grove United Methodist Church in Decatur, Ga. Alumni Dave Pass ’98 and Heidi Blackwell ’99 attended. The couple honeymooned in Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Loyalty Island, and the Isle of Pines. They now reside in Smyrna, Ga. Fellow alums will recognize the background of the wedding portrait shown here.
2002 Joy Evans Gilbert ’02 completed her Pediatric Residency on June 30, 2010, at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga. After working for a year as a general pediatrician in Savannah, she has relocated back to Atlanta and is working at Conyers Pediatrics. She’s glad to be back!
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