Berry Magazine Fall 2014

BERRY Fall 2014

Migrant worker to medical doctor Guadalupe Sanchez (74C) forges inspiring path to success

The Berry Formula

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believe in my heart of hearts that Martha Berry founded Berry College for me. She had me in mind. I came from a broken home and would not have gone to college without an institution like Berry, with the support systems that it provides, with all of the things that are so good about building work ethic and character. Nobody in my family had graduated from college, and only one person had graduated from high school.

I can tell you that Berry absolutely changed my life and that of my wife of 44 years, Michele, in ways beyond comparison.

And that’s what’s happening now. When the young people at Berry today look back in 15, 30 or 40 years, they will say, “You know what made the biggest difference in my life? It was the experience I got from Berry College.”

But there’s a broader implication here. There’s a bit of a crisis going on with higher education today. Debt is soaring. People are coming out without being able to get jobs. There’s a mismatch between skills and what’s needed in the workplace.

Higher education inflation is out of control. There is a serious, serious problem, and I believe that Berry College can be that “beacon of hope” that people point to and say, “You want to know how to do it? Here’s how you do it.”

I’m a big believer in formulas. Coca-Cola’s formula is secret, but we have a formula we don’t want to keep in a safe. We want to share our formula with the world. We want to say, “You want to know how to make education meaningful? Here are the ingredients: “You start with a founder who had an enduring vision for what education ought to be, one that would last for eternity.

You sprinkle on that a little bit of a 27,000-acre campus with more to do than you can imagine. You add a caring, loving faculty whose primary concern is the student. You take a highly professional staff who care about the students and talk to them every single day. You take a board of trustees who absolutely care about and are connected to what’s going on with the campus. And you take a president who gets it – who writes, talks and lives what we’re trying to do. And then you multiply all that by relevant work experience, and all of a sudden you have an alchemy that you can’t get anywhere else.”

It’s a wonderful, wonderful product that we are developing.

And we want to take what we do to an even higher level. I hope you’ll join us. If you read page 11, my bet is that you will.

J. Barry Griswell (71C)

Vol. 101, No. 1

fall 2014

BERRY Features 11 LifeReady Berry announces a mission-based, $100 million fundraising initiative

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Ready for life’s challenges

2014 Distinguished Alumni Awards

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Guadalupe Sanchez (74C) forges inspiring path to success

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Growing hope

Kirk Hines (92C) uses nature’s power to help patients

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20 From migrant worker to medical doctor

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27 Funny business Eve Krueger (02C) makes comedy her career

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Noteworthy News

• Stadium site moved to preserve eagle buffer • Tina Stancil DeNicole (85C) named CFO of 2015 Super Bowl host committee • Berry blazes trails with “One Health” minor • Eagles gain international following

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President’s Essay

Paths through Berry

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Class Notes

• Back home: Alumni Weekend and Work Week

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Gifts

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Stacey Bode Photography

Departments

Terry Allen

Rebuilding homes, restoring lives

John Moore (63C) lives out Berry motto after super typhoon hits the Philippines

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The sun sets over Berry’s historic Gate of Opportunity in this photo by Zane Cochran.

Cover photo: Dr. Guadalupe Sanchez (74C) at St. Louis’ famed Gateway Arch.

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noteworthy news

BERRY magazine

Published three times per year for alumni and friends of Berry College and its historic schools Editor Karilon L. Rogers Managing Editor Rick Woodall (93C) Contributing Writers Debbie Rasure Joni Kenyon

architectural concept

Design and Production Shannon Biggers (81C)

Class Notes and Gifts Listings Justin Karch (01C, 10G), Joni Kenyon and Rose Nix Contact Information Class Notes and Change of Address: alumni@berry.edu; 706-236-2256; 800-782-0130; or Berry Alumni Office, P.O. Box 495018, Mount Berry, GA 30149.

Editorial: rwoodall@berry.edu; 706-378-2870; or Berry magazine, P.O. Box 490069, Mount Berry, GA 30149.

Berry Alumni Association President: Timothy J. Goodwin (03C) Immediate Past President: Haron W. Wise (57H) Vice Presidents: Alumni Events, Ruth Martin (65C); Berry Heritage, Dr. David Slade (97C, FS); Financial Support, T. Mack Brown (82C); Young Alumni and Student Relations, Laura Sutton (09C); Alumni Awards, Rebecca Christopher (61C) Chaplain: The Rev. Valerie Loner (91C) Parliamentarian: Patrick Ouzts (03C) Secretary: Mandy Tidwell (93C) Historian: Nathan Butzen (03C) Director of Alumni Development Jennifer Schaknowski Assistant Vice President for Public Relations and Marketing Jeanne Mathews Vice President for Advancement Bettyann O’Neill President Stephen R. Briggs

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Valhalla rising Officials shift stadium site to prevent eagle nest disturbance A dream for Berry students will be realized in fall 2015 – but in a slightly different

location than originally imagined.

College leaders announced in late May that the planned site for Valhalla – Berry’s new stadium for football, lacrosse, track and field, and other campus events – has been moved in order to preserve the surroundings of the bald eagle nest located near the college’s main entrance. Already shifted once as part of an eagle buffering plan approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Valhalla site is now south of the original location in the corner of the pasture bordered by Maple Drive (the service entrance), Martha Berry Highway and Memory Lane.

The decision to move the stadium was hailed by alumni, nature enthusiasts and other fans of the Berry eagles, which have developed an increasingly worldwide following thanks to streaming video provided by two webcams trained on the nest (see page 8). The eagles first established the nest in spring 2012. They returned that fall and successfully produced two eaglets in 2013. A third eaglet hatched earlier this year, making its successful first flight in May. “We didn’t see the eagles coming,” said Gena Flanigen

Chief Photographer Alan Storey

President Steve Briggs. “But they certainly knew what they were looking for in a college. It would be difficult to find a more fitting home for a pair of nesting bald eagles than Berry’s amazing campus.

The eagles epitomize this place – both its uncommon beauty and its educational opportunity.”

While ensuring that the nest will be undisturbed by construc­ t­ion crews, the new location remains convenient to spectator parking behind the Cage Center and is within easy walking dis­ tance of recently renovated Roy Richards Memorial Gymnasium, home to locker rooms and offices for Berry’s football, lacrosse and tennis teams as well as a strength and conditioning weight room open to all students.

The stadium will feature Williams Field, a synthetic playing surface for football and lacrosse circled by the eight-lane Clark Track. The project will include the widening of Maple Drive and the addition of a grassy field for track-and-field throwing events.

Fundraising continues, and momentum is building to bring the project to completion.

Construction is expected to begin this fall. The stadium will open in time for the 2015 football season. Games this fall will be held at Barron Stadium in Rome.

Berry alumna and Board of Visitors member Tina Stancil DeNicole (85C) is

helping to “call the plays” for the host committee planning one of the world’s highest-profile sporting events – Super Bowl XLIX. As chief financial officer, she is responsible for financial management, human resources, risk management and infor­ mation technology during preparations for the game, to be held Feb. 1, 2015, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona.

DeNicole’s prior experience includes service as vice president of business operations for Cox Communications in Phoenix, Atlanta and Las Vegas and as business manager for KPNXTV12 in Phoenix. She also spent time with Insight Computers in Tempe, Ariz., participating in the negotiation of significant deals with Dell Computers, Toshiba and Netscape. She’s been a member of the Board of Visitors for a decade.

Look for more about DeNicole’s work with the NFL’s big game in a future issue of Berry magazine.

The interdisciplinary study of population health is the focus of a

revolutionary new minor available through Berry’s School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences.

Building on programs at the Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization, as well as graduate-level programs at several major universities, Berry has become the first college in the world to offer a One Health program tailored specifically to undergraduate students.

“We are really breaking new ground here,” said Gund Professor of Biology Bruce Conn, who recently was appointed to a federal task force charged with developing an educational pipeline to ensure that the U.S. population is protected from pandemics and other emerging infectious disease threats. “This minor will help Berry to emerge as an international leader in what is becoming a major new area of interdisciplinary science.”

The One Health concept (sometimes called One Medicine) provides a theoretical framework in which physicians, veterinarians, public health officials, ecologists and many others come together to study and better understand the relationships between humans, animals and the environment that contribute to overall health and disease.

Associate Professor of Biology Chris Hall serves as director of Berry’s new One Health program. He cites the assistance of numerous faculty from several departments as instrumental in developing a comprehensive and highly interdisciplinary curriculum for the minor.

“It’s the strength of the faculty here at Berry, especially in the sciences, as well as the expansive 27,000-acre outdoor laboratory available to support collaborations and student research projects that make One Health such a perfect fit

for Berry,” Hall said. “Students should find the curriculum to be both flexible and focused, with a core that provides a firm foundation as to the underlying concepts central to One Health. The selection of elective courses and the required research element allow the students to tailor the minor to fit their interests and needs.

“We’re very excited to bring this to Berry College. It is definitely a program that will provide students with a unique perspective on population health while also providing academic instruction and research experience not available at any other college.”

by Brittni Trollinger (14C), student public relations specialist

Photos by Alan Storey

Courtesy of Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee

Super role with the Super Bowl!

Berry blazes new trails in undergraduate education with “One Health” minor

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Who

said that?

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That’s a unique thing in higher education – that you put the students ahead of everybody else. That’s not always the case.

That’s hardly ever the case. I find that much more impressive than how many acres you have. It’s a place where you are producing human capital.

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James Carville, famed presiden­tial campaign manager, addressing a crowd of more than 1,200 in the Cage Center as copresenter of the 2014 Gloria Shatto Lecture. He shared the stage with longtime spouse and political adversary Mary Matalin, who also expressed appreciation for Berry.

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Program puts creative spin on technology The new creative technologies program is

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putting a futuristic spin on Berry’s tradition of hands-on learning. This flexible inter­ disciplinary major combines elements of design, creative thinking, computer science, communication, art and business with the goal of producing graduates who have firsthand experience making products with 21st century technologies.

“There’s a variety of ways you have to think about objects as you create them,” explained Dr. John Grout, Garrett professor of

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business administration and dean of the Campbell School of Business. “That thought process – making a physical artifact of thought – is what we’re after.”

Inspiration for the program was fueled by student interest and the Rome Chamber of Commerce’s current strategic plan, Rome/Floyd 20/20 Part III, which encourages local colleges to produce more graduates possessing the technical skills, creativity and design savvy needed by forwardthinking businesses. The curriculum is designed to

complement a wide variety of other majors ranging from art to physics.

Using 3-D printers, laser cutters and other tools, students will gain important insight into the technologies that drive modern digital fabrication. The result will be graduates who understand the unique combination of science and art that drives industry in the computer age.

by Maxine Donnelly, philanthropic communications student writer

Viking Connections, a program designed to provide networking opportunities for students with successful alumni in their prospective fields, took flight this spring with mixers in Metro Atlanta for students and alumni from Berry’s business and communication programs.

Companies represented included Coca-Cola, Cox Communications, CNN and AT&T. “It was a business setting with employers from Atlanta, which can be intimidating, but these were great events,” said Mark Kozera (79C), director of employer development for Berry’s Work Experience Program. “People were talking, the energy level was up, and students had the opportunity to meet all the alumni and employers in attendance.”

As the program grows, Kozera envisions more events

like the ones held this spring, along with additional mentoring opportunities and an expanded alumni career network in Atlanta. Chris Hannah (01C), one of more than 50 alumni who took part in the pilot mixers, welcomes the chance to give back in this way.

“This was an event with a purpose,” said Hannah, director of market planning and analytics for the commercial services divisions at Cox Communica­ tions headquarters in Atlanta.

“The chance to make a personal and professional connection is invaluable. And as Berry has given so much to alumni, it’s the least we can do to give back and truly make a difference for students.”

by Maxine Donnelly, philanthropic communications student writer

What a crowd!

Student Photographer Blake Childers

Rain may have forced spring commencement indoors, but no amount of bad weather could take the shine off the largest graduating class in Berry history – 425 strong.

Speakers included former Boys & Girls Clubs of America President and CEO Roxanne Spillett (see page 6) and chemistry major Josh Hughes (14C), who graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Hughes, an AcademicAll-American soccer player who plans to pursue his dream of a career in the sport, challenged his classmates to push forward in pursuit of their own goals.

“The world ahead of you is yours to build,” he said.

“You must be the one to push your horizon as far as it can go. For all the work that you have survived in order to be here today, you owe it to yourself and to those who have supported you to follow your path limitlessly.”

Hayden George (14C) is all smiles on graduation day.

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Making connections

Faculty and staff honors A long-serving faculty member credited with helping foster a campus community that is Christian in spirit and welcoming of all and a member of the physical plant staff whose innovative ideas have helped to streamline setups for campus events are the 2014 recipients of the Martindale Awards of Distinction.

Professor of Philosophy David McKenzie (right) claimed the faculty Martindale Award, capping a 36-year career highlighted by his strong commitment to student interests and academic integrity, as well as the leadership role he played in faculty governance, the creation of the Cultural Events program and the formation of Berry’s Interfaith Council. The staff award went to Jonathan Bopp (05C), a valued member of the physical plant team since his student days, whose contributions in the area of special events have helped the campus run smoothly despite a calendar that continues to get busier.

These special honors were endowed by Susan Byrd Martindale (73C) and husband Larry to reward those who promote continuous improvement, implement innovative approaches to problem solving and inspire others to extraordinary achievement.

Other notable spring honorees include: • Dr. Judy Wilson, associate professor of animal science, Vulcan Teaching Excellence Award • Dr. Victor Bissonnette, associate professor of psychology, Eleana M. Garrett Award for Meritorious Advising and Caring • Dr. Matthew Stanard, associate professor of history, Mary S. and Samuel Poe Carden Award for Outstanding Teaching, Scholarship and Service • Dr. Alice Suroviec, associate professor of bioanalytical chemistry, Dave and Lu Garrett Award for Meritorious Teaching • Dr. Alice Bristow, associate professor of theatre, Outstanding Faculty Member (SGA) • Laura Phillips, administrative assistant, vice president for student affairs and dean of students office, Outstanding Staff Member (SGA) • Matt Forrester, systems engineer for network operations, John R. Bertrand Superior Work Supervisor Award

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Berry People Executive leadership:

Roxanne Spillett

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Brad Dinsmore

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Pete Capponi

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Fred Tharpe (68A)

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Nonprofit leader Roxanne Spillett, banking executive Brad Dinsmore and former Berry Board of Visitors Chairman Pete Capponi have been elected as members of the Berry College Board of Trustees.

They are joined in service as trustees by newly-appointed Board of Visitors Chairman Fred Tharpe (68A) and Berry Alumni Association President Tim Goodwin (03C), while emeritus recognition has been extended to retiring trustees Pete Roberts and Terry Graham for distinguished service of 28 and 15 years, respectively.

Spillett was president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for 16 years and an appointee to the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation under George W. Bush. She made three consecutive appearances on The NonProfit Times’ “Power 50” list and is a past recipient of the Excellence in National Executive Leadership Award of the National Human Services Assembly. In 2006, she was cited in a Newsweek feature, “15 People Who Make America Great.” In May, she addressed graduates at Berry’s spring commencement.

Dinsmore is corporate executive vice president of consumer banking and private wealth management for SunTrust Bank Inc., overseeing operations and delivery to nearly 5 million consumers.

Previously, he held leadership positions with Citigroup and Bank of America. In addition to his work with Berry, he serves with the Woodruff Arts Center and the Greater Atlanta Christian School Foundation.

Capponi is senior vice president at RPS/GaiaTech, a leading environmental services firm. His service to Berry dates to his 2007 appointment to the Board of Visitors. In 2012, he was named chair of that leadership and advisory group.

Tharpe is senior director for global construction management at Turner Properties, a division of Turner Broadcasting. He has served on the Board of Visitors since 2009 and is a past member of the Executive Advisory Council for the Campbell School of Business.

Goodwin is the owner of an investment advisory firm and the 2007 recipient of Berry’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award (see page 7 for more).

In addition to a new chairman, the Board of Visitors also gained four new members: David Asbury (84C), CEO of Northwestern Benefit Corp. of Georgia; John Beck (71C), a retiree from Aflac Insurance Co. and co-owner of Homewood Suites by Hilton in Columbus, Ga.; Anne Berry Bonnyman, retired Episcopal minister and full-time painter; and John Coleman (04C), head of strategy for Invesco Ltd.

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Boards welcome new members

Alumni leadership

Jennifer Schaknowski (above) is heading up Berry’s alumni efforts as the new director of alumni development, while Jennifer Beard (93C, 00G) has been promoted to associate director of alumni relations.

Schaknowski possesses a strong mix of skills and experience that includes creation of her own marketing company and service as a brand and communications leader for Cox Communications. She impressed the search committee – that included alumni representing more than a half century of Berry history – and the campus community with her energy, enthusiasm and instant grasp of what makes Berry special. She is charged with building on past successes and taking alumni connectivity to even higher levels.

Beard is a longtime member of Berry’s alumni team who most recently served as interim director of alumni relations following the March departure of Chris Watters (89C) to further her career goals in a senior alumni role with Bucknell University in Pennsylvania.

Alumni Association officers the Berry Alumni Association. He succeeds Harry Wise (57H), who will continue his involvement as past president now that his twoyear term is complete.

Goodwin has spent the last year preparing for his new role through service as presidentelect. The owner of Goodwin Investment Advisory and 2007 recipient of Berry’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award recognized the importance of alumni involvement even as a student, noting, “I fell in love with Berry early on, and I never had the notion that I would disconnect after I graduated. I always felt like I would stay involved and try to further the mission.”

As president, Goodwin is looking for ways to improve the function of the Alumni Council with an eye toward engaging more alumni in the process and

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Breton is new dean for MNS

Callaway Professor

of Organic Chemistry Gary Breton has been granted a three-year appoint­ment as dean of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences. The 20-year veteran of the Berry faculty first assumed the title on an interim basis last year after Dr. Bruce Conn made the decision to end his 16-year tenure as dean and return full time to the classroom.

making the experience even more meaningful for members.

He is also enjoying the opportunity his position affords to represent the Alumni Association on the Berry College Board of Trustees.

“I have dreamed of serving on the Board of Trustees since I was a student,” he commented. “It’s been an incredible experience to meet the board members and to see how much they love and care for Berry. They are the kind of people I aspire to be.”

In addition to his service as Alumni Association president, Goodwin is an active member of the Executive Advisory Council for Berry’s Campbell School of Business and a coach for the school’s entrepreneurship program. Wife Maureen Trane Goodwin (03C) also serves Berry as an elected member of the Alumni Council. The Goodwins live in Canton, Ga., with daughters Canaan, Shiloh and Eden and are active members of Watermarke, a North Point Community Church campus.

Other new Alumni Association officers and appointed members include Dr. David Slade (97C, FS), vice president, Berry Heritage; the Rev. Valerie Loner (91C), chaplain; Patrick Ouzts (03C), parliamentarian; Mandy Tidwell (93C), secretary; Joseph Ragsdale (65C), Work Week coordinator; Nathan Butzen (03C), historian; Mary Chambers (14C), experience director; and Michael Williams (03C), strategic advisor.

Longtime FBI Special Agent Gary

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Tim Goodwin (03C) has taken office as the 55th president of

Berry taps former FBI agent for new post in emergency management

Will joined the Berry staff in January as assistant vice president for campus security and emergency response management. This is a new position responsible for overseeing Berry’s campus safety office and the college’s emergency response management, planning and notification efforts. A primary focus for Will is student, faculty and staff preparation, with particular emphasis on training student workers to be aware of their environment and how to take action in emergency situations.

Will brings significant experience to his new role, including 27 years in the FBI (22 as a special agent). He became familiar with Berry during a 12-year stint in Rome that included his 2009 promotion to a supervisory position over FBI offices in North Georgia. The Ohio native holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Miami (Ohio) University and is a CPA.

by Casey Cox (14C), philanthropic communications student supervisor

Board of Trustees grants tenure, promotions and retiree honors

The Board of Trustees recently promoted the following previously tenured faculty members to full professor: Dr. Bill Davin, biology; Dr. Chris Diller, English, rhetoric and writing; Dr. Michelle Haney, psychology; Dr. John Hickman, government and international studies; and Dr. Alan Hughes, psychology.

In addition, Dr. Kevin Hoke, chemistry, and Dr. Chang Pu, education, have been tenured and promoted to the rank of associate professor, and Dr. Curt Hersey (93C), assistant professor of communication, has been tenured.

The trustees also granted emeritus status to the following retirees: Dr. Tom Carver, vice president for student affairs and dean of students emeritus; Dr. David McKenzie, professor of philosophy emeritus; and Martha Reynolds, associate librarian emeritus.

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Gena Flanigen

Flying high Lawler tapped for U.S. Commission on Civil Rights state committee Dana Professor of

Eagles gain international fame The bald eagles nesting near Berry’s main entrance

became worldwide celebrities this spring, drawing millions of visits to the college’s Eagle Cam website (www.berry.edu/eaglecam) and garnering coverage from The Weather Channel, NPR,

National Geographic, the New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, USA Today, ABC World News and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

A Facebook page tracking the progress of eaglet B3 in the months leading up to its May 22 first flight has drawn more than 66,000 likes, among them teachers and school children from coast to coast and beyond.

Hopes are high that the original eagle pair will return this fall to begin another nesting season.

Government and International Studies Peter Lawler has been appointed to a two-year term on the Georgia State Advisory Committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights. The 35-year veteran of Berry’s faculty and former member of the President’s Council on Bioethics is among 14 Georgia residents focusing their attention on immigration and other issues of importance to the state.

Animal science major tops in research

Katie Doran (14C) outshined students from the University of Arkansas, Auburn University, Oklahoma State University and other institutions to win the Undergraduate Research Presen­ tation Contest at the 2014 meeting of the American Society of Animal Science Southern Section.

Doran’s presentation detailed results of bovine reproductive research conducted as part of the University of Missouri’s Miller Summer Research Internship Program. The spring graduate has been accepted to The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

No. 500 (and counting) David Beasley reached a new

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career milestone this spring with his 500th win as Berry baseball coach. The landmark victory against Sewanee came in the midst of a 29-15 season, the team’s best since transitioning to NCAA Division III. Beasley’s record now stands at 519-352-1 in 17 seasons as head coach.

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UGA’s Grady College honors Berry provost

Provost Kathy Richardson has been awarded the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. A member of Berry’s communication faculty since 1986, Richardson is a past recipient of Berry’s top awards for teaching and service. She holds master’s and doctoral degrees from UGA.

Service conference puts Berry in spotlight Representatives of 56

colleges and universities

affiliated with the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation visited Berry for the 2014 Summer Leadership Institute.

More than 300 students, faculty, Bonner administrators and national service partners participated. The Bonner Foundation is a national organization promoting involvement in community service and social justice on college campuses nationwide.

Berry’s own Bonner Scholars Program dates to 1991.

Videography team grabs national prize

An animated take on a 17thcentury mathematics dispute has earned Josy Roman (14C), Michael Baldvins (14C) and Professor of Mathematics Eric McDowell a second-place national award in the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts. This is the second award-winning collaboration for Roman and McDowell.

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Reports compiled by Carey Blankenship, philanthropic communications student assistant

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marketing position in Chick-filA’s corporate office. The SASEA represents colleges and univer­ sities from Texas to Virginia.

of Student Employment

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Berry teams among nation’s best A successful spring for Berry’s student-athletes

culminated with a No. 8 national finish for men’s

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Administrators honored Mary Chambers (14C) as regional Student Worker of the Year in recognition of her achievements as director of Berry College Student Enterprises. In this role, she provided strategic direction for the program’s approximately 120 student participants and leadership for the student team responsible for accounting, marketing, project management and business planning for the 14 on-campus enterprises.

The former intern at The Broadmoor – America’s longest standing Five-Star, FiveDiamond resort – graduated this spring and now holds a

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Senior earns regional work award

golf and a second-round national tournament Mary Chambers (right) with Yvonne Williams, coordinator of student employment at Furman University and representative of the Southern Association of Student Employment Administrators.

appearance for women’s tennis – both Berry firsts in NCAA Division III – as well as a fourth-place showing for the equestrian team at western nationals.

Graydon McCrite (14C) became the first Berry swimmer to compete at a Division III national meet,

Social entrepreneurship earns student prestigious grant

while the women’s softball team closed out the

Sydney Hulebak’s (14C) vision of putting her love of fashion to work in support of others has led to a $4,000 Resolution Project grant for Lion’s Thread, a business venture started with Brin Enterkin (12C) that markets bow ties crafted by Ugandan women.

Profits provide money for salaries, entrepreneurship training and seed funding so that the women can one day start a business of their own. Lion’s Thread grew out of Hulebak’s involvement with the African SOUP, a nonprofit started by Enterkin to serve Ugandan orphans. The grant resulted from Hulebak’s participa­ tion in the Clinton Global Initiative University, a venture started by the former president to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses worldwide. (See page 11 for more on Hulebak’s Berry experience.)

consecutive Southern Athletic Association regular-

most successful season in its history with a secondseason championship.

Numerous student-athletes earned individual acclaim for performance on the field and in the classroom, highlighted by recognition for lacrosse player Kristan Dziurzynski (14C) as a third-team Division III Capitol One Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America. In addition, Tommy McCloskey was named an honorable-mention Division III PING AllAmerican in men’s golf after capping his strong sophomore season by tying for 15th at nationals.

Two others – volleyball player Stephanie Quinn (14C) and softball player Andrea Cole (14C) – were chosen for international competitions in Brazil and Australia, respectively, while 98 Berry studentathletes made the SAA spring sports honor roll.

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Mountain Day 2014: A celebration 100 years in the making

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which represents the renewal of a tradition dating back decades to the annual Mountain Day football rivalry between the Georgian and Syrreb campus literary societies. According to Dr. David Slade (97C, FS), vice president of the Berry Alumni Council’s Heritage Committee, that game was a Mountain Day mainstay for many years until the two societies dissolved. He also noted a second Mountain Day football rivalry matching teams from Berry Academy and the college.

This year’s contest takes on an intercollegiate flavor as Berry’s second-year team hosts Washington University in St. Louis. Kickoff is 6 p.m. at Barron Stadium in Rome, leaving plenty of time for alumni to enjoy all the festivities on Lavender Mountain before heading to the game.

Slade gained insight into the history of the football rivalry between the Georgians and Syrrebs and other Mountain Day traditions while conducting research to assist the alumni relations staff in planning the centennial celebration.

“Mountain Day has been a defining event in Berry’s culture almost from its inception,” he said. “It is fascinating to see how the event became a part of Berry tradition so quickly. While many of the activities around Mountain Day have changed significantly since the early days, it was pleasing to see how the heart of it more or less is the same – the march, a meal, the gift of pennies, a celebration of Berry.”

Watch your mailboxes, the Alumni Accent e-newsletter and Berry’s alumni relations website, www.berry.edu/alumni, for registration details and a full schedule of events.

New traditions and old favorites will help alumni mark the 100th anniversary of Mountain Day, Oct. 3-4.

Highlights include a Saturday brunch for reunion classes in lieu of the evening Mega Reunion held in recent years. Alumni taking part include those in the classes of 1974A, 1974C, 1979A, 1979C, 1984C, 1989C, 1994C, 1999C, 2004C and 2009C. “This was something requested by many alumni,” said Jennifer Beard (93C, 00G), associate director of alumni relations. “The brunch will allow our alumni to get together and find each other before going up to the mountain.”

Reunion classes also are participating in a special service project tied to the centennial, “100 for our 100th.” The idea is a simple one – perform an act (or acts) of service tied to the number 100 in the months leading up to Mountain Day. For example, the class of 2009 is collecting 100 Berry t-shirts to donate to The Salvation Army and other charities, while student philanthropy group Firsthand4You will make an effort to secure 100 new scholarship pledges from each class in the lead-up to the event.

Another notable addition is the Saturday evening football game,

Sustainablesuccess Berry named Tree Campus USA continues to gain national acclaim, this time through recognition as a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation.

The program honors schools with a demonstrated commitment to effective urban forest management. Standards for recognition include a tree advisory committee, an action plan and dedicated funding for preserving the campus canopy, student involvement in preservation efforts, and an annual campus Arbor Day observance.

“Berry is fortunate to have a legacy of some of the strongest, longest-lived hardwoods native to the southeastern U.S.,” said Eddie Elsberry, director of environmental compliance and sustain­ ability. “Though the campus lost many trees in the storms of 2011, we have been working to preserve the many more that survived.”

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Berry has approxi­ mately 7.5 million trees on its 27,000-acre campus, and 150 more are planted in strategic locations each year.

“Trees are a tremendous natural resource in that they create cleaner air, reduce temperatures and inspire us with their beauty while inherently promoting sustainability,” Elsberry said. “Becoming a Tree Campus USA formally recognizes Berry’s efforts to care for the campus so it can be as environmentally rich 100 years from now as it is today.”

by Maxine Donnelly, philanthropic communications student writer Zane Cochran

Berry’s legacy of stewardship and sustainability

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A young woman from Huntsville, Ala., came to Berry with a flair for fashion and a goal: to make a name for herself in the fashion media. By the time she graduated, she’d started a social enterprise marketing bow ties made by Ugandan women, earned a fellowship with one of the South’s preeminent philanthropic foundations, and altered her goal. Her new focus: to facilitate fashion-influenced change in Africa.

What happened? She became LifeReady.

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n high school, Sydney Hulebak (14C) made elaborate plans to move to New York City and shake up the world of fashion as a journalist for Vogue.

“But then came Berry,” she declared. “Berry provided threads of experience I didn’t even realize were tying together my future.”

The path Hulebak forged wound through student work in Berry’s volunteer services office and involvement with a nonprofit organization supporting children in Uganda established by fellow student Brin Enterkin (12C). She navigated an internship with fashion designer Billy Reid and an eye-opening trip to Seoul, South Korea, where the communication major who had never been far from home learned that “people are people, no matter where you are in the world.”

A leadership program challenged her to envision herself bettering the world in some way, and a semester abroad in Africa put her face to face with the women she and Enterkin would eventually hire to handdesign unique African-print bow ties for sale to an American audience through an enterprise they call Lion’s Thread.

“After being exposed to what good can do, I couldn’t imagine not working toward it,” Hulebak emphasized. “It no longer felt right to just tell any story. I wanted to tell someone’s story. I envisioned working with these strong, capable and inspiring Ugandan women and telling their stories through Lion’s Thread. I wanted to give them a voice, and fashion speaks loudly. Sometimes the dream your initial plan adapts into is even more exciting than you could have ever imagined. Without

the varied opportunities I had at Berry, I would never have gotten to where I am today.”

Hulebak is just one of the students who make the most of the Berry experience. Many other stories are equally compelling. Take the selfdescribed “gregarious geek” Harrison Daniels (14C) who followed both technical- and people-oriented paths (see page 13) to a master’s program in human-computer interaction at Georgia Tech.

“The really cool thing about my Berry experience,” Daniels stressed, “is that I don’t just have a great portfolio. I also have a slew of unforgettable lessons from all of the things I was able to do. I made it through a rigorous science program. I spent four years developing leadership skills, teamwork and a mentality to care for other people in my campus jobs and involvements, and I have a team of professors, work supervisors, mentors and peers who will continue to support and inspire me.

“But the impact of Berry is greater than just my personal develop­ ment. I am entering a field in which rapid technological growth threatens to leave our humanity behind. But four years at Berry has ingrained in me the importance of fostering relationships with people, and our motto ‘Not to be ministered unto, but to minister’ is now imprinted in my mind. I will carry that message into my work.”

Berry is committed to providing every student opportunities that lead them to LifeReady. To learn about our plans, please turn the page.

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What really sets Berry apart is a commitment we make to our students – a promise to prepare them with real-life skills so they are ready for what comes next.

J. Barry Griswell (71C) Co-Chair, Campaign Steering Committee

ready to work – now. ready to learn – more. ready to serve – always.

Yours most sincerely,

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D. Randolph Berry Co-Chair, Campaign Steering Committee

Karen Holley Horrell (74C) Chair, Board of Trustees

Portraits by Alan Storey

Berry’s pledge is to help our students become LifeReady, and this mission has produced tremendous results. Since Martha Berry began her educational experiment in 1902, the experience of a Berry education has changed lives while the character of a Berry education has changed communities.

On May 17, we publicly announced LifeReady: The Berry College Campaign for Opportunity, a $100 million fundraising effort to both renew and expand our historic commitment to providing opportunity that prepares young people for life.

In the pre-launch “silent phase” of this campaign, alumni and friends made gifts and pledges of more than $73 million, including funding for 130 mission-based Gate of Opportunity Scholarships that make it possible for students to earn their way to graduating debt free. This amount exceeded our launch goal and demonstrates the depth of commitment to Berry’s timeless and time-tested educational approach.

Now we are turning our focus toward new and renewed facilities for the arts, sciences and student life as well as capitalizing further on Berry’s strengths in developing leaders and entrepreneurs with strong work ethics and integrity.

When you choose to invest in this campaign, you will be investing in the lives of the talented students who seek the character of a Berry education and in their potential to impact their world. You also will be investing in Berry College’s mission and its potential to serve as a model for what matters most – helping young people become LifeReady.

Stephen R. Briggs President, Berry College

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Leah Bolden wants to earn her future. Berry donors gave her the chance.

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LifeReady Goal 1:

Expand opportunities for students to invest in their own success Help young people with talent and drive to envision the possibilities and then give them the chance to make their own dreams come true. That’s Berry opportunity; that’s the heart of the Berry mission. It develops character, broadens horizons, strengthens work ethic and builds self-respect. Our priorities total $38 million: ■ Gate of Opportunity Scholarships (FUNDED!) and other endowed scholarships Targeting low- and middle-income students who need support the most, as well as recognizing outstanding effort and achievement.

■ LifeReady mentoring To help students navigate the path from entering student to ready-for-life graduate.

eah Bolden now helps a professor with research, but not long ago she was doing her own, looking for a way to go to college without burdening her family. After all, two brothers were already in college when her turn came, with a third close behind. That’s why the future doctor with a strong desire to make her own way – and to attend Berry – literally leaped with excitement right in the Atlanta airport when accepted into the Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Program. Her enthusiasm for working her way through college with the chance to graduate debt free has never waned, and Leah has made the most of the opportunity, also working as a Presidential Ambassador and tutor.

Leah thrives on challenge and works extra hard to honor her donors. Thanks to early campaign supporters, 130 Gate of Opportunity Scholarships are being endowed for generations of students like Leah.

LifeReady Goal 2:

Develop leaders and entrepreneurs with character and compassion Leadership and entrepreneurship are in Berry’s genes, particularly when it comes to using these skills for the benefit of others. Expanding our efforts means building on our heritage as well as our strengths. Our integrated education of the head, heart and hands provides context for the development of leaders and entrepreneurs with a service orientation and integrity. Our priorities in this area total $12 million: ■ Entrepreneurship Center To help students in all majors think innovatively, solve problems and launch ideas.

Jason Jones

■ Integrity in Leadership Center To foster abilities in forging partnerships, engaging different perspectives and utilizing critical- thinking skills to make ethical and moral choices that improve the lives of others.

■ Student enterprises and advanced work positions Providing the means for student teams to expand existing student-operated enterprises and create new ones and to support high-level positions for student workers who rise to the top in Berry workplaces.

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Emily Barton doesn’t just dream about becoming a large-animal vet.

She works hard at it.

E Jason Jones

mily Barton knows what it takes to get into vet school: grades, experience, interests, determination. Her GPA? Near perfection! It’s an impressive 3.95 out of 4.

Her level of experience? Exceptional! A hands-on leadership position with the Berry College Dairy and two summers working with veterinarians, as well as caring for a horse and raising a guide-dogin-training. Her interests? Broad. She’s also a ballerina, choreographer and Dance Troupe manager.

Emily is determined to do everything she can to build her future. What does she deserve? The best learning facilities possible. We’re committed to creating them.

LifeReady Goal 3:

Create places and spaces that spur student achievement

The Sciences ■ Animal science teaching and research facilities To take Berry’s No. 1 major to the highest level for students interested in postgraduate work in veterinary medicine or research, as well as those drawn to futures in animal industries.

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■ Ford Auditorium renovation Transformation of an English Gothic classic into a modern recital hall for the music program, carefully working within its beautiful bone structure to bring it into the 21st century.

■ Blackstone Hall renovation and addition Melding old and new to create the kind of facility that allows talented theatre majors to craft the highestquality productions for our campus and local communities.

Student Life

Jason Jones

■ McAllister Hall endowment (FUNDED!) An alumni-led effort to name Berry’s science building in honor of the late Dr. Lawrence E. McAllister, a physics professor renowned for his efforts to help students become LifeReady.

The Arts

Jason Jones

We ask our students to do their best; they deserve ours. That means providing the kind of places and spaces that Martha Berry and her supporters did so many years ago in creating our wonderful campus – beautiful, functional, student-focused structures that continue to inspire, engage, educate and motivate. We can do that by preserving and renewing venerable older structures whenever possible and by building anew when necessary to meet the needs of students at this time in Berry history. Our priorities total $25 million:

■ Valhalla stadium and Richards field house Construction of Valhalla, a lighted stadium for football, lacrosse, and track and field (see page 2 for more information), and the nowcompleted renovation of Roy Richards Memorial Gymnasium as a field house.

■ Welcome Center and entry enhancement Creating a campus entry that is both more welcoming and more secure for Berry as an educational, historical, cultural and recreational destination.

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You can tell some leaders by the “hats” they wear.

With Harrison Daniels, it’s t-shirts.

Jason Jones

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he sure sign of any student-leader is the t-shirt, that revered and respected article of clothing proclaiming the activity or event in which the wearer has a stake.

At last count, Harrison Daniels had about 80 of them. His titles were just as numerous – Berry Leadership Fellow, leadership coordinator, Presidential Ambassador, head SOAR leader and teaching assistant, to name just a few. The double physics/math major – now on his way to graduate school at Georgia Tech – also became the go-to student expert on 3-D printing (note tie), microcontrollers and other new technologies in the Physical Computing Lab and spent a year helping others through “Random Acts of Hope” with his six Hope Cottage roommates.

Scholarships made it possible for Harrison to come to Berry; work program wages helped him stay here. Annual giving supports both.

LifeReady Goal 4:

Meet current needs and fund future opportunities As we work to build tomorrow, we must excel today. We can’t wait. Every student at Berry – now, next year and every year – deserves the very best experience we can provide. Our priorities total $25 million: ■ Annual giving for current needs Supporting scholarship aid, work wages, classroom technology, sports equipment, well-maintained facilities and more.

■ Estate gifts for greatest need Helping Berry both prepare for the future and capitalize on it as the Berry mission is carried forward.

■ Targeted gifts for special opportunities Allowing Berry to answer the proverbial door for students when strategic opportunity knocks.

How to give

www.berry.edu/LifeReady

Paul O’Mara

Ninety percent of Berry donors will make their gifts to this campaign through the Annual Fund, and 100 percent of those gifts will be needed and important to Berry students. Yet some may feel that a $25, $100 or even $1,000 gift each year won’t matter much in a $100 million campaign. Nothing could be further from the truth. As President Steve Briggs said in an email message to all alumni when the campaign was launched, “We could not be where we are today without your support, and we will not achieve the goals of this campaign without your help going forward.”

Gifts can be directed to the priority of your choice or earmarked for greatest need. And there has never been a better time to consider leaving a legacy through your future estate. An envelope is included in this magazine; gifts also can be made online at www.berry.edu/gift. For more information, please contact the Berry College Office of Advancement toll-free at 877-461-0039.

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president’s essay

Dr. Stephen R. Briggs

Alan Storey

Paths through Berry The paths Berry students follow to LifeReady are necessarily personal, yet they unfold within the context of relationships that shape them.

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of being ready for a major presentation just weeks into her first post-graduation job?

Kelsey’s path highlights two vital components for making the most of opportunity: purposeful preparation and purposeful relationships. And her story demonstrates that an education of the head, heart and hands – Berry’s time-tested approach – is as effective as ever in preparing graduates to be LifeReady.

Making the most of college: purposeful preparation

Kelsey’s success in large part derives from the way she persistently pursued opportunities to mix academic studies and firsthand experience. With interests in computer science and the arts, her passion materialized at the intersection of Web development, visual communication and graphic design. She probed this passion by creating an interdisciplinary major of her own design, calling it “computing and digital media.”

To build upon her classes in these areas, Kelsey found work on campus as a Web

content assistant in the e-communications office and a teaching assistant in computer programming. She then served for two years as creative director for Nonprofit Strategic Services, a Berry Student Enterprise that assists local nonprofit organizations with marketing, fundraising, public relations and strategic planning.

Kelsey’s efforts focused on developing sustainable websites, leading the design team in workflow and scheduling. During these two years, she also worked off-campus as social media and marketing coordinator for The Season in Rome, using social media and blog platforms to promote the company’s wedding and event-planning service.

By the summer of her junior year, Kelsey had put together an enviable resumé and Student Photographer Hayden Sloan (14C)

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hen Kelsey Zablan (14C) received her diploma in May, she was already working one day a week for Turner Broadcasting System in preparation for her current full-time position as product coordinator at HLN (formerly Headline News). Kelsey uses innovative software to analyze Web-page metrics and emerging trends regarding HLN’s “must-see, must-share” stories of the day.

There are also unexpected assignments.

Recently, she was asked to coordinate a monthly event that promotes HLN products with key audiences. Kelsey planned the program format from the ground up, including a watch-and-discuss session focused on the hottest videos and a social hour on the latest trending apps. Approval of the format required Kelsey to present the idea directly to HLN’s president via videoconference. It was her first major presentation, so she was relieved and pleased when he approved the project.

Kelsey has a strikingly 21st-century job, and she is poised for success. But how did Kelsey – once hesitant even to make a professional phone call – mature to the point

skill set. Her work experience had resulted in a portfolio of tech-savvy projects displaying her artistic facility with a variety of digital design tools. As importantly, these completed projects demonstrated her initiative, attentiveness to the needs of the client, and “can-do” mindset. That summer, Kelsey was lined up for a job in the creative services department at Berry when, at the eleventh hour, an opportunity became available as a Web and design intern in the corporate communication department at Turner Broadcasting. Kelsey’s initiative and preparation had opened an important door.

Making the most of an internship: purposeful relationships

When they sat down to review expectations, Kelsey’s internship supervisor asked if she knew anyone at Turner who could help her meet people at the company.

Within the week, Kelsey was sitting down to lunch with Berry graduate Gavin McGinnis (09C), who was eager to help because he too had been an intern at Turner. He offered two pieces of advice directed toward making the most of the internship.

First, Gavin encouraged her to be a shining example of the Berry work ethic, which in Kelsey’s case was like pouring water into a glass that was already overflowing.

Second, echoing her manager, he emphasized the value of creating connections – genuine relationships – at the company. Kelsey was uncomfortable in this regard, not wanting as an intern to overstep boundaries with professionals. Gavin assured her, however, that “networking” was a foundational tool and an often-needed skill for doing a job well.

Gavin mentored her in how to build connections thoughtfully by asking meaningful questions and exploring common interests. He shared the detailed Excel spreadsheet he maintained as a reference guide for his own network of professional colleagues. More than that, Gavin promptly introduced Kelsey to 10 people at Turner. As she met with these professionals, they in turn suggested others she should meet. By the time her internship ended, she had benefitted from many discussions and coffees and had a

network of people she could turn to for constructive feedback.

Although Gavin moved to Chicago last year to take a new position as a marketing manager responsible for product promotion at Turner Broadcasting, he stays in touch with Kelsey via Facebook and Instagram and remains a source of encouragement. His caring interest is rooted in his own path through Berry. He too made the most of his college years. As a varsity baseball player, Gavin pursued his interest in sports by majoring in marketing and management, working in athletic administration, and leading campus service efforts. Because of his work ethic and integrity, a Berry graduate and a Berry parent helped him obtain a sports internship involving new media at Turner. Now, Gavin is eager to “pay forward” some of what he received by helping another Berry student; his forthright request of Kelsey is that she do the same for Berry students in the years to come.

Another source of encouragement to Kelsey was Fred Tharpe (68A), senior director of global construction management at Turner and a member of the Berry College Board of Trustees. Fred and Kelsey had lunch together when she was an intern, and Fred was able to introduce her to several people at the company with complementary interests.

In a similar manner, Fred has been helpful to other recent Berry graduates, including Candler Hobbs (12C) and Hayden Sloan (14C), as they have explored internship and employment opportunities. In Kelsey’s case, Fred has been a wise adviser, offering perspective and a voice of experience as she works through opportunities and challenges.

One of the last people that Kelsey met informally during her summer internship was subsequently selected to start a new depart­ ment at Turner, charged with finding ways to reposition the HLN brand using its digital resources to establish partnerships. It was a new idea and a new work team. As the team was forming, Kelsey’s name was mentioned, and the manager remembered her. Kelsey joined the team in its earliest days, which meant working Mondays for the month prior to graduation. Interestingly, Berry alumnus Sam Schenkman-Moore (99C) also is a member of this small team.

LifeReady

Certainly, Kelsey is fast out of the blocks professionally. But she also leaves Berry with a strong sense of personal responsibility and a heart for helping others. She assisted several community nonprofits with her expertise in creative design, including leadership roles at Berry with Colleges Against Cancer and Relay for Life. And, as she departed these “beloved positions,” it mattered to her to find successors who cared deeply enough to make a difference. Kelsey understands that people “can easily tell who’s there because of passion, who’s there for the title, and which one they would rather follow.”

Kelsey’s story is both inspiring and instructive. Two things stand out. First is her intentionality in pursing an education of the head, heart and hands – intentionality combined with initiative, energy and a teachable attitude. Second is the value of relationships built along the way, particularly relationships with Berry alumni.

Students forge their own paths through Berry, but, like Kelsey, they do not walk these separate paths alone. They intersect with others all along the way. There is delight both in the relationships that emerge and in the opportunities they present to help others become LifeReady. B

Do you have a LifeReady story to tell?

We love to hear how alumni have made the most of their Berry opportunity through purposeful preparation and purposeful relationships. Tell us about your path to LifeReady and the surprising ways that doors opened for you.

Please send us an email at LifeReadyStories@berry.edu.

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Alan Storey

Rayford H. Boyett

John Shahan

Ready for life’s challenges Each winner of the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Awards has a unique story, but all credit Berry with providing the skills and outlook that led to lives filled with achievement, service and entrepreneurial endeavor. by joni kenyon Distinguished Achievement Award

Rayford H. Boyett (58C) The United States is a safer place thanks to Rayford Boyett. After the country’s worst commercial nuclear disaster, Boyett’s expertise in the field of nuclear radiation safety and off-site emergency preparedness led to innovative security measures that are still in place today.

As administrator of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Program for Region Four of the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the time of the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident, Boyett was charged with assisting FEMA Region Three in containment efforts and developing a response plan for future nuclear emergencies.

According to Jack D. Richardson, retired director of field services for FEMA Region Four, “Dr. Boyett’s advice and work in this effort were simply outstanding.”

In response to the disaster, Boyett wrote and edited the technical nuclear safety sections for Federal Guidance on Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness. His contributions included a regionwide rapid plan for analyzing and reporting radiation damage and assessments.

“The document became the primary guideline for state and local governments to use in developing plans to respond to nuclear emergencies around fixed nuclear facilities,” Richardson said.

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of the president and other government officials in the event of a nuclear accident or confrontation.

Prior to his work with FEMA, Boyett built his career as a research and applied health physicist at the Oak Ridge (Tenn.) National Laboratory. In that role, he developed equipment – including a patented automatic alpha particle counting device – and processes that set the standards for worker protection in highly dangerous contaminated environments.

Gerald Boyd, retired general manager for the United States Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge office, called him “a pioneer of sorts and an extraordinary man,” adding, “His early work led to one success after another in the areas of nuclear radiation safety and health physics. Much of his research and development work in those areas can be considered groundbreaking.”

Since retiring, Boyett has had time to further develop his lifelong interest in music.

The former professor of physics and nuclear technology at Chattanooga State Technical Community College currently writes and plays classic country, bluegrass and other genres, performing at numerous festivals throughout Georgia and Florida; he received recognition from the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

Not one to brag on his impressive accom­ plishments, Boyett described himself as simply “an agrarian boy from Southwest Georgia who decided to major in physics,” adding, “That degree led me to where I am today.

“I feel blessed, humbled and fortunate that challenging opportunities were pre­

sented to me, and Berry gave me the foun­ dation to be prepared for those challenges.”

Distinguished Service Award

John Shahan (64A, 69C) John Shahan is proud to tell people that he “grew up” on the campus of Berry’s former high school, arriving at the Mount Berry School for Boys at the age of 14. His appreciation for the opportunities Berry created in his life – especially through the work program – has led to an impressive record of service on behalf of his alma mater and the people associated with it.

Shahan’s extraordinary dedication to late classmate Jimmy Fletcher (64A, 68C) is almost legendary among those who knew the pair. Though the two weren’t close in high school, a bond was formed when Fletcher – an inspiration in his own right who earned recognition as Berry Academy’s 1964 valedictorian despite severe speech and mobility issues related to multiple sclerosis – asked Shahan for help getting to a class reunion. Shahan was happy to assist, adopting the role of helper until Fletcher’s death in 2010.

“One of John’s self-imposed responsi­ bilities was to make sure that Jimmy never missed attending an event that he wanted to attend,” said Don Leachman (63H, 67C).

Added Roger Harris (63H): “Jimmy’s life was enhanced by the fact that John was always there for him.”

After Fletcher’s death, Shahan helped establish a scholarship in his memory and regularly encourages his high school and college classmates to support it.

Nominations for the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Awards can be submitted at www.berry.edu/alumni. The deadline for consideration is Oct. 31.

Andreas Economopoulos “It’s just a way of giving back,” he said.

Shahan’s attachment to Berry was strengthened during eight years of postgraduate service in a variety of roles, including industrial arts teacher, baseball and junior varsity basketball coach, and dormitory supervisor at Berry Academy. In 1972, he was named Gund instructor in recognition of his outstanding involvement, achievement and excellence in teaching.

“I have an emotional attachment to the mountain campus, and the fact that I was able to come back to teach here strengthened that attachment,” he said.

Though he left the academy in 1977 to start his own construction company, Shahan has remained committed to his Berry family, serving three separate terms on the Berry Alumni Council and providing housing and other assistance when former teacher and coach Jerry Shelton (58C) was struggling with life-threatening illness. Shahan is also an enthusiastic participant at Alumni Work Week and a founding member of the Berry Breakfast Club, a tight-knit group of alumni committed to renewing and maintaining the history of the mountain campus schools.

Entrepreneurial Spirit Award

Andreas Economopoulos (97C) Andreas Economopoulos isn’t the type of person to let success go to his head. Though his company averages more than $2.5 million in annual revenue, friends and employees describe him as an entrepreneur who has stayed true to his values while running a very successful business.

As employee Daniel Pugh put it, “His company has made seven figures two years running, and yet he wears flip-flops and a ‘Life is Good’ t-shirt to work. He drives a sensible car, and never once would you guess that he is as successful as he is.”

Economopoulos made the decision to start his own company, Professional Insight, in 2006 after seven years in the technology staffing business, recalling, “I talked my wife into letting me take a stab at doing my own thing.”

He described the experience as “very scary and somewhat slow” in the beginning, but he remained committed and eventually found success.

“It has turned out to be the best decision that I have ever made,” he said.

His work ethic and integrity have earned the praise even of industry competitors.

“As an entrepreneur, Andreas is one of the most respected IT staffing practitioners in the Atlanta marketplace and has earned the respect and loyalty of a large client base,” said Travis Reding, regional director for the Beacon Hill Staffing Group. “This respect has been earned, over time, through a high level of integrity and unique delivery methods which are often unparalleled in the IT staffing industry. At the same time, he has stayed true to his business and personal friendships along with his core values.”

Economopoulos now shares his business acumen with Berry students as a mentor for the college’s entrepreneurship program. He also coaches youth soccer, a sport in which he earned Academic All-American honors while at Berry. In 2012, he was featured on the cover of Cobb Life magazine as one of “20 Rising Stars Under 40.”

Editor’s Note: Economopoulos was unable to attend the May awards gala due to his ongoing battle with leukemia. Please join us in offering prayers and best wishes for a full recovery.

Outstanding Young Alumni Award

Heather Henderson-Keller (03C) A young professional with a passion for serving the Rome community, Heather Henderson-Keller is known for the enthusiastic way in which she gets things done. She describes her personal mission as “sharing a love for this community and spreading knowledge,” especially when it comes to young people.

“Being involved in the community, I hear statistics that are very scary, with literacy levels, dropout rates, child abuse cases and neglect,” she explained. “So it just seems to be a natural fit for me.”

Heather Henderson-Keller

Certified as a mentor through Communities in Schools of Rome-Floyd County, Henderson-Keller regularly works with students at local high schools, conducting mock interviews and giving talks in which she stresses the importance of building character, developing talents and getting involved.

She also served as assistant volleyball coach at Unity Christian School, sharing her knowledge of a sport she helped restore to Berry’s intercollegiate athletics program as student president of the college’s volleyball club. She described her work with the young athletes as “teaching, coaching and mentoring all in one amazing arrangement.”

John L. Pillsbury (74G), former president of the Kiwanis Club of Rome, praised, “I have truly enjoyed seeing how much of an impact she has on high school students. She does a good job encouraging the young people to do things with a passion.”

Henderson-Keller is currently president of the Kiwanis Club of Rome after previously serving as secretary for two years. She is a member of the Young Professionals of Rome and a former member of the Rome Exchange Club and the Downtown Development Authority’s Outreach Committee. She also has served on the board of Summit Quest Adventures and Compassionate Paws, two Rome nonprofits, and the Ambassador Club for the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce.

She was named the chamber’s Ambassador of the Year for 2010 and received the Kiwanis International Distinguished Kiwanian Award for 20112012, in addition to other local honors.

When she’s not serving her community, Henderson-Keller can be found at StarrMathews Insurance Agency, where she was named top producer for new business in her first year. She also won numerous awards for sales at a previous job in the insurance industry.

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From Drawing by Jacint Sanchez

migrant

Dr. Guadalupe Sanchez (74C) stretched cultural limits in pursuing her dreams. The courage and tenacity of this Berry and Harvard Medical School graduate inspired others to set lofty goals of their own.

by Rick woodall photo by Dreyfus + Associates

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ew of the patients served by Dr. Guadalupe Sanchez during her 30-year career as a St. Louis dermatologist would guess that the distinguished physician’s formative years were spent traveling the countryside from Florida to Michigan as a migrant worker harvesting vegetables alongside her parents and siblings.

It’s also doubtful her colleagues would believe that when she left her South Florida home to attend Berry, neighbors expected her to return home a failure within in a year. Yet they did. And when she “brazenly” announced her intention to change her focus from teaching to pre-med while home for Christmas her freshman year, her father wondered privately if she had lost touch with reality even as he joined her mother in promising to do whatever it took to support her decision.

Sanchez had no such doubts.

“Being young and naïve, I seriously believed I could outwork anyone,” she said. “Therefore, I would not fail.”

Turns out she was right.

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worker to medical doctor Lifelong fantasy

Sanchez was born in Central Mexico, the first of eight siblings. She immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 4, following in the footsteps of her paternal grandmother and namesake, a widow who had gained work as a household servant in Texas in order to help her three sons obtain visas.

Once in the U.S., Sanchez’s family settled in South Florida, where they lived from October to May each year. The rest of the time was spent harvesting fields hundreds of miles to the north in South Carolina, Michigan and Ohio.

“We did not own a car,” she recalled. “We rode on the flatbed of a truck. A canvas cover protected us, our traveling companions and belongings from the elements. The trucks belonged to the contractor who procured the jobs for us. We lived in makeshift housing on the farms. Once a week, the contractor would take our parents into town to buy groceries.”

Because her family was still “up north” in September, Sanchez would begin each school year far from home, often as the only Hispanic student in her class or school.

Florida presented more familiar surround­ ings, but she still faced challenges, once being placed in “timeout” as a pre-school student because she could not speak up for herself in English. The lesson: “I have to learn it.”

Such experiences helped Sanchez become adept at acclimating to new environments, a trait that proved invaluable when she left home for college.

“By the time I arrived at Berry, I was used to adapting,” she said. “Having a job in the cafeteria and immersing myself in campus life helped me to adapt as well.”

Even as a child toiling in the fields, Sanchez dreamed of something more for her life. At home, she played the role of doctor for her dolls, drawing the ire of her parents after the newspaper print she used as “hospital sheets” left ink stains on her “patients.”

When she wasn’t practicing her bedside manner with toys, Sanchez eavesdropped on hushed conversations about personal and family illness, surgeries and midwife deliveries. She also witnessed the use of home remedies – mixtures of herbs, prayers and incantations – to combat a wide array of ailments.

“People feared not only illness but also the financial devastation it inflicted,” she explained. “Illness was mysterious. Illness was evil. Illness was tragic. Illness could ruin a life. It could ruin a family. It made me want to understand the mysteries that seemed to have such a stronghold on our lives.”

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Humble beginnings

Finding her way

Though she dreamed of becoming a doctor, Sanchez nearly chose a more conventional path. By the time she neared the end of high school, a career in teaching had become her focus. She planned to attend nearby Stetson University, but gym teacher and mentor Paula Odom had a different plan, orchestrating a weekend visit to Berry with another teacher Sanchez remembers as Mrs. Chandler, who happened to be a Berry alumna. In the process, they changed her life.

“Berry was the only college campus I had ever visited,” she said. “It was beautiful. It felt safe. It was not intimidating. It offered me financial assistance. These attributes

made it the right choice for me.”

Confident in her ability to adapt to new surroundings, Sanchez decided to follow in the footsteps of Mrs. Chandler and two other Berry alumni from her school days, Mr. Chandler and Mr. Newsome. She was excited by the prospect of attending college far from home, seeing “total immersion” as her best path to success.

Neighbors had their doubts, but with the support of her family, she took the plunge.

“When I went to Berry I felt the community was watching to see whether I succeeded or failed,” she recounted. “My parents had to deal with gossip and innuendo about the folly of sending a girl away to college and were assured I would return home within a year pregnant and without a degree. It didn’t help that I gained the ‘freshman 15’!”

As Sanchez progressed through Berry, the naysayers quieted down, and her parents became more respected. At the same time, something else began to happen within her community that would change the course of many lives.

“Hispanic students joined the honor society in my old high school and started taking college prep courses,” Sanchez stated.

“Parents started to question my parents about how I got into college, and their kids began to apply.”

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Photo Courtesy of Guadalupe Sanchez

Family of doctors: Guadalupe Sanchez (far right) with husband Joe Billadello, associate professor of cardiology at Washington University in St. Louis, and daughter Laura Billadello, a radiology resident at Northwestern University.

Laura’s husband Michael DeVita (not pictured) is also a doctor.

Firm foundation

It didn’t take long for Sanchez to find success at Berry. Her achievements in the classroom were accompanied by the realization that her greatest aspirations were well within her grasp.

“After the first quarter, I realized that medicine could be a reality and not just a dream,” she said. “Doing well academically made me confident in my ability. I surmised if I could get into medical school, I could then work out the financing just like I had in order to attend Berry.”

A major piece of her Berry financial puzzle was the Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship.

Funded by the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, this program has provided critical support for hundreds of female Berry students over the last six decades.

“I would not have been able to attend college without financial aid,” she expressed.

“The scholarship was my Gate of Opportunity.”

Thriving in the “protected environment” of the Berry campus, Sanchez blossomed. In December of her freshman year, she became a U.S. citizen. She also took full advantage of the opportunities available through the student work program, gaining valuable experience and expanding her circle of friends through her work in the cafeteria and later as a lab assistant and student assistant.

By her senior year, she was venturing off campus to work as a chemist at a local aluminum plant.

A leader among her fellow students, Sanchez served as an SGA vice president her junior year and was class president as a senior. In her final year, she earned inclusion in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

“I loved Berry and immersed myself in its culture,” she said, noting participation in varsity volleyball, theatre productions, College Bowl and other activities. “I knew it was incumbent upon me to adjust to my new en­ vironment and not the other way around.

Berry empowered me by providing a challenging but safe environment. I learned to use my freedom and my time wisely. I

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learned about myself and to believe in myself.

In medical school, I saw classmates who could not adjust to their new community.”

Summing up her exper­ience, Sanchez said, “For four years Berry was my life.”

Dream fulfilled

All of these experiences helped to prepare Sanchez when opportunity presented itself in the form of a call from Harvard Medical School. Though she already had been accepted to Baylor Medical School, Sanchez decided to take a chance and apply to Harvard, which was just beginning to actively recruit qualified minority students.

She was accepted.

Initially, Sanchez worried that Harvard might be too much of a stretch, but she overcame her apprehension and plowed ahead. Her decision, once again, was the correct one; Harvard proved the right fit and provided the right direction. Perhaps prophetic­ally, her medical school advisor was a dermatologist. Sanchez didn’t catch the hint right away, but after considering a number of other specialties, a third-year elective course in dermatology cemented her direction.

“It was love at first sight,” she said.

“Dermatologists see patients of all ages and both sexes; they perform some surgery but also offer continuity of care. Some dermatological conditions are chronic, but many are curable. And often the skin provides clues for internal diseases.”

After earning her degree from Harvard, Sanchez completed her residency in internal medicine at Duke University, where she met cardiology resident and future husband Joe Billadello. The couple married the following year and eventually moved to St. Louis, where Sanchez began private practice in 1985. In the years to come, she expanded her sphere of influence by providing student health services at Washington University in St. Louis, serving immigrant and indigent inner-city populations at free clinics, and treating patients at the local veterans hospital. She also provided pro bono care for uninsured patients within her practice through Volunteers in Medicine.

Proud of her Hispanic heritage, Sanchez has kept her maiden name throughout her professional life, even after a well-meaning

colleague suggested that it would be better if she anglicized it.

“I know of patients who come to me because of my Mexican name when they want a Spanish-speaking physician,” she stated. “I am not aware of any patient refusing to see me because of my name.”

Sanchez is quick to point to the many people who took an interest in her along the way. These include high school mentor Miss Odom, medical school advisor Dr. Irwin Freedburg and others such as then-Berry President John Bertrand, who made sure to have his daughter check on Sanchez at Harvard during a visit to Boston.

“The right persons have been there to point me in the right direction, inspire and encour­ age me,” she said. “I have been very fortunate.”

Living legacy

Today, there is little doubt that many would claim to be inspired by Sanchez, especially those who made the decision to pursue their own dreams as a result of her success. Brother Reyes followed her to Berry en route to a pharmacy degree from Mercer University. Other siblings used higher education as a gateway to careers in education and finance. Nine nieces and nephews have college degrees, and daughter Laura has followed in her parents’ footsteps as a physician. She is currently completing radiology training at Northwestern University in Chicago.

In 2013, Sanchez turned over her private practice to Washington University and joined the staff of the veterans hospital full time.

She finds great satisfaction in her role as an attending physician for Washington University dermatology residents, noting, “I teach them, and they teach me.”

She also enjoys working closely with the medical students and staff physicians to provide collaborative treatment of complex dermatological problems.

“I provide a service to our veterans, I work with bright, young physicians and medical students, and I admire and respect my colleagues,” she declared. “I am in the right place at the right time.”

Fitting words from someone whose life journey exemplifies the Mexican proverb, “He who does not venture has no luck.” B

Growing hope W hat if there were a superhero who could harness the power of nature to restore

health and happiness to the ill or elderly?

For more than 90,000 patients to date in the

by Debbie Rasure

Atlanta area, just such a champion exists: His

photography by Terry Allen

name is Kirk Hines (92C).

As one of only three registered horticultural therapists in Georgia and 300 worldwide, Hines has combined a lifelong love of gardening with a passion for making a difference in people’s lives, helping patients in hospitals and rehabilitation centers overcome challenges diminishing their quality of life. This passion has made him a standout in his profession.

“He has a way of helping people relax and be willing to participate in therapy,” explained colleague and music therapist John Abel, “including those patients with extremely difficult diagnoses. There have been many times when I have seen him work with severely depressed people who wouldn’t come out of their rooms for anything, people who just wanted to die. Kirk was able to connect with them and persuade them to go to the garden

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with him. The only time they would come out of their rooms was when Kirk would come around. Then eventually I would see them come out of their rooms for a meal and slowly make more progress.”

Hines recently developed and now directs the horticultural therapy program at A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab, a not-for-profit organization operating three nursing and rehabilitation facilities in the Atlanta area. The Griffin native previously established and for nearly 21 years directed the horticultural therapy program for the geriatric hospital of Emory Healthcare, one of the most highly respected medical organizations in Georgia.

There he garnered acclaim and drew attention from regional and national newspapers, magazines, and television and radio programs until budget cuts forced the program’s closure in 2013.

“The fact that he ran a highly functioning horticultural therapy program for so many years in a hospital setting with all of its quality control, infection control and productivity requirements was unheard of,” Abel said.

“And he did it virtually by himself, with only volunteer help.”

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Hines also has made his mark nationally through research, publication in professional journals and service on the board of the American Horticultural Therapy Association, his profession’s national credentialing organization.

Restoring health

Working in gardens and greenhouses, Hines engages patients in horticultural activities designed to gently challenge them to achieve treatment goals. A patient with limited ability might begin by merely touching and smelling an herb or filling a pot with soil, then placing a plant cutting into it. For those with greater physical abilities, simple techniques such as watering plants with a mister or gradually increasing the number of gardening tasks or the length of time spent standing while planting can be employed to help build strength and endurance.

Horticultural therapy’s benefits aren’t limited to physical well-being. Tasks requiring sequential steps can help patients re-learn how to organize their thoughts. For those struggling with depression or other psychological diagnoses, Hines chooses

activities based on their interests – herbs, vegetables, roses, bonsai, tropical plants and so on – boosting their confidence and selfesteem by gradually increasing the frequency or complexity of the tasks he asks them to complete.

“Patients might loathe therapy activities that take place in a clinical setting, but when you take them out into a greenhouse or garden and ask them to perform a task while doing something enjoyable, they often work harder and accomplish more than they would in a therapy room,” he explained.

Horticultural therapy can take place oneon-one or in groups, depending on patient needs. While individual sessions allow patients to receive more hands-on assistance, group therapy increases socialization and stimulates conversation, activities that facilitate a patient’s recovery by decreasing feelings of depression, isolation and loneliness.

Deep roots

As a child, Hines spent a great deal of time with his grandparents and great-grandparents while his mother was at work. He credits both

“

Patients might loathe therapy activities that take place in a clinical setting, but when you take them out into a greenhouse or garden and ask them to perform a task while doing something enjoyable, they often work harder and accomplish more than they would in a therapy room.

with planting the seeds that ultimately led to his life’s work. His great-grandparents, however, had the strongest influence.

“They had to garden for sustenance during the Depression,” Hines said. “Later in their lives, they gardened for enjoyment, for the flowers. You could just tell it was part of the fabric of who they were. Every time I was at their house, we would tour the yard and talk about each plant. They fostered the enjoyment of gardening in me and the sense of awe and amazement that comes from seeing something beautiful grow.”

That connection to nature led to his discovery of bonsai, the Japanese art of growing miniaturized forms of trees and bushes by rigorously pruning roots and branches. The idea that horticulture could be combined with artistry to create beautiful nature tableaux captured his imagination.

While he loved the artistry of bonsai (and often uses it today in his work with patients), Hines enrolled at Berry – a school known for the natural beauty of its expansive campus – not in horticulture but in psychology. He maintained that direction until the fall of his junior year when he decided it was time to follow his heart. He changed his focus to ornamental horticulture, despite not knowing exactly how he would use the degree.

As often happens when things are meant

– Kirk Hines

”

to be, the answer soon became clear. That same semester John Paul Breault, a registered horticultural therapist from Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital, came to Berry to teach Horticulture 101, and Hines realized he could combine his two interests into a single career in horticultural therapy.

“I enjoyed psychology and still do, but horticultural therapy just resonated with me,” Hines said. “I realized it was my true passion.”

His studies became even more focused the following spring when Dr. Candace Shoemaker, an educator with a strong background in horticultural therapy, joined the Berry faculty. Upon learning of Hines’ aspirations, she worked with Breault to tailor curriculum that would meet the credentialing requirements of the American Horticultural Therapy Association. To his knowledge, he is the only Berry student to graduate with a horticultural therapy concentration.

“At a major university, creating my own degree and classes wouldn’t have been possible,” Hines proudly asserted, “but Dr. Shoemaker and John Paul made it happen for me. Dr. Shoemaker was a tough and demanding professor, but you also knew she was your friend and she expected a lot out of you. It made you want to meet her expectations.”

Hines’ on-campus jobs at Berry’s

greenhouse and in the gardens at Oak Hill and The Martha Berry Museum reinforced his classroom learning.

“I had a great supervisor at Oak Hill,” Hines recalled. “Beyond the basic things we had to accomplish, if there was something we really enjoyed or took an interest in, he allowed us to pursue it. It was an invaluable experience that put me a step ahead of others who had just taken classes.”

A fruitful life

While Hines’ new job with A.G. Rhodes keeps him busier than ever, he finds time to relax with favorite pastimes – taking care of his dogs and parrot, tinkering with a couple of old Ford Thunderbird automobiles, working on his new house, and enjoying the therapeutic benefits of his own garden. Still, his professional accomplishments give him the greatest satisfaction.

“I am very proud of having created a longstanding and viable program that has been used as an example for other horti­ cultural therapy programs,” Hines said. “But the thing I’m most proud of is knowing that what I have done has helped my patients get better and be able to go home. Knowing that I made a difference in their lives – that’s the biggest thing.” B

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Where? are they now 1960s

Dr. Jerry C. Davis (61H) made news in March when he was named one of 10 Icons of Education for 2014 by Kansas City’s business magazine, Ingram’s. Since 2009, the publication has lauded individuals from elementary schools through research universities who have dedicated themselves to educating the region’s youth. He is president of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., and previously served as president of Alice Lloyd College in Kentucky.

Pat Boyce Mitchell (65C) has been appointed assistant secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce overseeing the Rural Economic Development Division.

She previously served as director of economic development and county manager in Ashe County, N.C.

1970s Neal Saye (74C) retired from the writing and linguistics department at Georgia Southern University, where he was the university’s only two-time honoree as Professor of the Year. He is an adjunct instructor at the Savannah College of Art and Design language studio for international students and also writes a blog, NealEnJoy.com, exploring and encouraging a healthy life.

William Pence (76C) is featured in the 2014 Chambers USA Guide: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

He is a partner in the Orlando office of BakerHostetler practicing in the area of environmental and energy representation. Other recent recogni­tions include his 2013 selection as Lawyer of the Year in Orlando in the area of environmental litigation and inclusion on the 2014 Florida Super Lawyers list.

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Bill Burch (79C) is senior pastor at First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville, Ga. He and wife Tracy live in Grayson, Ga., and have two adult children, Katie and Will.

1980s Allen Brady (81C) and Bill Space were married Oct. 18, 2013, in Vancouver, Wash. Brady is director of business services at Our House, a provider of health and housing services for people with HIV/AIDS in Portland, Ore. Greg Hanthorn (82C) has been selected for inclusion on the 2014 Georgia Super Lawyers list in the area of business litigation. He practices with the Atlanta office of the international law firm Jones Day. William “Bill” Grant (84C) was sworn in as a member of the Canton (Ga.) City Council in January. A Canton resident since 1996, he is president and chief creative officer at Grant Design Collaborative.

Terry A. Osborn (84A, 87C) is regional vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for the University of South Florida at Sarasota-Manatee and executive director of the Florida Association for Colleges of Teacher Education.

Deidre Mercer Martin (85C), vice chancellor of advancement at the University of South Carolina at Aiken, has been awarded the Martin Luther King Social Justice Award by the university’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs.

Leigh Moore DuPre (86C) was appointed by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to serve as a judge on the Municipal Court of Atlanta following a 20-year career as an assistant district attorney in Fulton County. She resides in the Morningside neighborhood of

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that indicates the following status: C College graduate G Graduate school alumna/us A Academy graduate H High school graduate c, g Anticipated year of graduation from Berry College a Anticipated year of graduation from academy h Anticipated year of graduation from high school FFS Former faculty and staff FS Current faculty and staff

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Send all class notes to: alumni@berry.edu or Alumni Office,

P.O. Box 495018, Mount Berry, GA 30149 All class notes are subject to editing due to space limitations. Class notes and death notices in this issue include those received Nov. 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014.

Atlanta with husband Bill and three sons.

Wendy Davis (87C) was sworn in as a member of the Rome City Commission in January.

1990s Allison Brandon Gaskins (90C) has published her first book, Marshmallows Ain’t Got No Feet and Other Preschool Stories, a collection of funny quotes and short stories as told by her many preschool students over the years (see “Alumni Authors” on page 28.) She lives with husband Chris Gaskins (90C) and daughter Taylor in Austin, Texas, where she teaches at First Foundations Preschool.

Brian Stubbs (94C) was named 2013 Professional of the Year for the Georgia Section of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America. He serves on the Georgia PGA’s Board of Directors and as president of the Georgia Section’s Executive Committee. He is the head PGA professional at the Country Club of Columbus and oversees all aspects of the golf operation, including the Southeastern Amateur Champion­ ship. He is a past president of the Georgia Junior Golf Foundation.

Michael Maney (98C) is director of communications for Sony Pictures Television in Los Angeles. He oversees corporate, executive and internal communications for the

studios’ global production, distribution and TV networks businesses across Asia, Australia and Latin America.

Jason E. McMillan (98C) has been promoted to senior vice president at BB&T in Savannah, Ga. He joined the bank in 2003 as a regional corporate banker in BB&T’s Southern Georgia Region.

Araya Mesfin (98C) is a vice president and portfolio management director at UBS Financial Services in Atlanta and a member of the Atlanta Association of Corporate Growth.

Dr. John Robert “Bobby” Newman (98C) performed middle Georgia’s first transoral robotic surgery for head and neck cancer as a head and neck surgeon at Ear, Nose and Throat Associates of Middle Georgia in Macon.

2000s David Glenn Hardy (00C) was promoted to applications acceptance coordinator for the state of Florida’s Department of Education.

Edy Purcell (00C) and husband Peter Sabin announce the Aug. 4, 2013, birth of daughter Begoña Guadalupe. The family lives in Boulder, Colo., where Purcell is clinical director at the University of Colorado at Denver.

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ong before they were household names, Bill Murray, Tina Fey and other famous actors were honing their

comedic timing on the Second City stage in Chicago. Eve Krueger (02C) dreams of following in their footsteps, and thanks to a standout audition and a winter spent entertaining tourists on the high seas, she may soon get her chance.

“When I was in high school I had dreams of being on Saturday Night Live, but I also wanted to be a psychiatrist,” joked Krueger, who has spent the last decade building her resumé on Atlanta’s improvisational stages. “Your dreams change over time.”

Krueger’s dream first took hold at Berry’s E.H. Young Theatre, and 12 years later she continues to draw on the experience she gained working on stage and off for the Berry College Theatre Company.

“It sounds cheesy, but Berry’s motto of the head, heart and hands really did a phenomenal job of teaching me how to be who I wanted to be,” she said. “I had the education and firsthand experience to help me become more successful. I am really thankful for that.”

Making waves

If success can be measured in distance, Krueger is already a star, having traveled thousands of miles as a contract performer for Second City on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship. The opportunity didn’t come by chance – the Berry graduate was one of only 35 performers to receive callbacks out of a group of 500 auditioning for the famed comedy troupe – and she was determined to make the most of it.

Being on a cruise ship might sound like easy work, but doing 12 performances in seven days – with the added pressure of making people laugh – can be a tough assignment for anyone. Krueger is not one to shrink from a challenge, however, and unlike most people, she has never felt nervous in front of an audience.

“With improv, there’s no time to be nervous,” she explained. “It’s about being in the moment. You can’t focus on yourself, you have to get out of your head and interact.”

Such poise doesn’t come without practice, and Krueger continues to get plenty of that. From improvisational games with her co-workers to

an interactive murder mystery with the audience, she is constantly improving her craft.

So what’s the key to side-splitting laughter?

“With comedy, it’s about making connections with the audience,” she responded. “We have to feed off the audience’s energy, especially with improv.”

Path to success

Krueger’s journey to the brink of the Second City stage started when she was a high school student in Marietta, Ga., seeking out the perfect college. She learned about Berry through a friend in her theatre group, and after applying and being accepted, the decision was easily made. Berry offered everything she needed to get a leg up on the competition: an excellent theatre program and an on-campus job in the theatre department that promised plenty of hands-on experience.

Although Krueger had been performing in the theatre since she was 7, it wasn’t until she took an improvisation class at Berry that she realized her true calling. She eventually served as a co-founder of Easy Baked Improv, a student-run improvisation group that continues to provide valuable experience for Berry students today.

Upon graduation, Krueger got a sneak peek at the behind-thescenes life of a comedic performer as an intern at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre. Later, she gained extensive experience with improv and scripted work at Dad’s Garage, another Atlanta theatre. It was then that she decided to take a chance and audition for Second City. Her callback signaled the beginning of an exciting new chapter in her professional life.

Now a resident of Chicago, Krueger looks forward to collaborating with a new group of performers either at Second City or one of the other prestigious theatres in the city.

“I would love to find a project to work on in a creative capacity, either as a director, writer or producer,” she said. “The variety of comedy venues and styles in Chicago will actually set me up pretty nicely with a whole new skill set that builds on what I already do.”

Editor’s Note: Author Casey Cox graduated in spring 2014 with a degree in English, rhetoric and writing. B

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Getting his kicks Former Berry student-athlete Mark Bloom (10C) twice has

been named to Major League Soccer’s Team of the Week for his efforts as a starting defender for Toronto FC this season. The Marietta, Ga., native made his MLS debut in 2013. While at Berry, he helped Richard Vardy’s Vikings win two conference championships, earning team MVP

Paul Giamou Photography

honors his senior year.

William “Bill” Gee (01C) is an associate professor, access services librarian and university copyright officer at East Carolina University and an active volunteer at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, N.C. Tara DeFreitas Johnson (01C) and Edward Paul Johnson (00C) announce the Dec. 6, 2013, birth of daughter Jillian Pauline. She joined big sister Lynn at the family home in Fort Payne, Ala. S. Ruth Yoda (01C, 06G) and Andy Cummins were married at Church of the Bells in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., on June 17, 2013. The couple works for the Reynolds School District in Fairview, Ore. Chris Marr (02C) joined Bloomberg’s Bureau of National Affairs as the Atlanta correspondent in January. He previously served as Southeast bureau chief for Mergermarket. Chris lives near Cartersville with wife Meaghan (FS) and children Logan, 5, and Claire, 20 months.

Genevieve Spanjer Wright (02C) received a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Maryland in August 2012. In January, she and husband Jarrad welcomed second child Eloise

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Rose, who joined big brother Miles at the family residence in Washington, D.C. Tiffany Abbott Fuller (03C, 07G) and husband Blake Fuller (03C) announce the Jan. 10, 2014, birth of first child Oliver Abbott. The family resides in Rome.

Patrick Ouzts (03C) and wife Amanda announce the March 21, 2014, birth of daughter Sara Elizabeth, weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces and measuring 19 inches long. The family resides in Atlanta.

Dana Mire Goshorn (07C) was runner-up for Bibb County (Ga.) Teacher of the Year for 2013. She was previously Teacher of the Year at Howard Middle School in Macon.

Shannon Kraft Lenz (07C) and Brian Lenz were married June 8, 2013, in Danielsville, Ga. Sarah Cline (07C) and Ashley McAlister (08C) were members of the wedding party. The couple resides in Aiken, S.C. Katie Landry Branham (08C) represented the United States Olympic Committee at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.

Katie (featured in the Spring 2013 issue of Berry magazine for her work with USA Track & Field at the 2012 Summer Olympics) joined the USOC in September 2013 as assistant manager of Paralympic communication responsible for promoting the sports of track and field, swimming, cycling, and alpine and Nordic skiing. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., with husband Luke Branham.

Lindsey Haines Strippelhoff (09C) and Cade Strippelhoff (09C) announce the Oct. 24, 2013, birth of daughter Lilly Grace. She joined brother Caleb (2).

2010s Jennifer Bruce (10C) received a master’s degree in school counseling from Auburn University. She is the school counselor at Armuchee High School in Rome.

Danielle Hanifin (10C) is a graduate student in studio art and photography at LaTrobe University in Mildura, Australia. She works for Arts Mildura administering festivals and exhibits.

David Nuckolls (10C) and Anna Smith Nuckolls (10C) announce the

Nov. 26, 2013, birth of son Henley David. The family resides in Newnan, Ga. Grandparents are Frank Nuckolls (79C) and Joy Nuckolls. David coordinated the collection of Christmas Backpacks for Appalachia for the Georgia Baptist Convention.

AlumniAuthors Berry magazine has been notified about the following new alumni-authored books since our last listing. Congratulations!

Information for all titles is available through a variety of booksellers online. n Lila

L. McDonald (85G), Ms. Tickletoe and The Most Unusual Cat and Ms. Tickletoe and The Great Idea (working under the pen name Rose Ella Wood with daughter MayElla McDonald), Earthling International Publishing, April 2014. n Allison

Brandon Gaskins (90C), Marshmallows Ain’t Got No Feet and Other Preschool Stories, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, September 2013. n Pamela

Millwood Pettyjohn (81C, 85G), “Spiritual

Therapy,” Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us, January 2013, and “It’s Okay to Fall,” Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Kids, October 2013, both Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing. n Justin

P. McBrayer (98C), Introducing Ethics: A Critical Thinking Approach with Readings (with co-author Peter Markie), Oxford University Press, December 2013.

If you have a newly published book (2013-2014) you’d like us to include, please send your name and class year, book title, publisher, publication date, and a Web address for a synopsis and/or order information to jkenyon@berry.edu with the subject line “Berry Alumni Authors.”

May 30 to June 2 for Alumni Weekend and Young Alumni Weekend. Alumni Work Week followed immediately after with 188 participants and 20 projects.

Alumni Weekend highlights included reunions for 11 college, high school and academy classes as well as an off-campus gala honoring the 2014 recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards (see pages 18-19) and the Golden Guard classes of 1964C and 1964A. In addition, Berry Provost Kathy Richardson and Dana Professor of Government Peter Lawler were welcomed as honorary alumni.

Other individual and group recognitions during Alumni Weekend included Bob Williams (62H), lifetime membership on the Berry Alumni Council; John Shahan (64A, 69C) and Bill Thornton (68C), Berry High Schools/Berry Academy Outstanding Faculty/Staff Awards; Lewis Copeland (60C), Virginia R. Webb Exceptional Service Award; Jennifer Beard (93C, 00G, FS), Berry Alumni Association President’s Award; Class of 1959C, Viking Cup (highest giving percentage); Class of 1964C, Ford Cup (highest total amount given), Heritage Cup (greatest increase in Berry Heritage Society membership) and Martha Cup (greatest percentage increase in gifts); and Class of 1964A, Reunion Cup (highest percentage attendance).

Also of note was the Young Alumni Weekend service project, which this year benefitted the Season’s Harvest studentoperated enterprise.

Work Week photos by student photographer Blake Childers

Nearly 500 alumni and

friends returned to campus

Work Week: 188 participants; 20 projects; lots of laughs

Alumni Weekend photos by Alan Storey

alumni weekend

Back home

Weekend: 275 Gala attendees; 11 reunions; $1,019,928 in reunion gifts

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So we’ve heard

The Calhoun Times announced the appointment of Kimberly Longshore Witt (07C) and husband Jason to the Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmer Committee for 2014. The couple produces poultry, cattle and hay on 160 acres they farm with Jason’s father.

Fox 5 Atlanta covered the efforts of Wayne (71C) and Therese Deleski (72C) Stepowany and their four sons to combat multiple sclerosis, a disease that affected Therese’s father and that she now is fighting. According to a March 28 report, the family has become a top fundraiser for the Georgia MS Society through their Walk MS “Step It Out Against MS” team and other efforts. Son Benjamin Stepowany (01C) also started a fundraising golf tournament in his home city of Charlotte, N.C.

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Pitcher Collin McHugh (09c) made news nationally when he struck out 12 Seattle Mariners in his Houston Astros’ debut to claim his first win in Major League Baseball. McHugh, who previously pitched for the New York Mets and Colorado Rockies, was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City on a Monday and flew to Seattle, learning that night that he would be starting the next day. He also won his second start for the Astros, earning two on-field showers from teammates after dominating the Oakland Athletics. McHugh was originally drafted by the New York Mets in 2008 after his junior season at Berry.

Dr. John David Pierce (78C) was the subject of the March 21 article “Executive editor of Baptists Today recounts his journey” in the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. The interview recounts his experiences growing up in Ringgold, Ga., and attending Berry, as well as his faith and career progression through the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Columbia Theological Seminary, work as a campus minister, and move into journalism, first with The Christian Index. Baptists Today is an autonomous national journal for Baptist church members and institutions that is published each month in Macon.

It also publishes books under the Nurturing Faith imprint.

WTVD, the ABC affiliate in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., featured the work of Certified Child Life Specialist Anna Bullock Ward

(12C) to put at ease the smallest patients of WakeMed Children’s Emergency Department through a new “Ouchless Program.” Child life specialists have backgrounds in child development and family systems and are experts in the needs of children under stress and their families.

Ellen Dawson Ewers (81C) and twin sister Helen Dawson were inducted into the Cherokee County (Ga.) Sports Hall of Fame in May and were featured in the Cherokee Tribune. The twins starred on the Cherokee High School basketball team in the 1970s and were two-time allregion honorees and all-state players. Ewers played at Berry before graduating with a degree in education. Career highlights include service at North Cobb High School, where she coached basketball and started the volleyball program. She now resides in Canton, Ga. In early 2014, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America announced the appointment of J. Barry Griswell (71C) to its Board of Governors.

The board includes prominent leaders from the business, civic, academic and entertainment fields including Condoleezza Rice and Denzel Washington, as well as the heads of Taco Bell, Kimberly-Clark, Wendy’s and the Charles Schwab Foundation. A Berry trustee, Griswell is retired CEO, chairman and president of Principal Financial Group.

Carlos Whitaker (96c), a Nashville-based singer/song­ writer and author, performed at the annual White House Easter Prayer Breakfast, while the Rev. Luis Leon (67A) was among the Christian leaders in attendance with President Barack Obama.

Leon is rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., and has had a role in the last four presidential inaugura­ tions.

The triumph of Meaghan Nolan Boenig (99C) and her University of Georgia equestrian team made news in April when they brought home the 2014 National Collegiate Equestrian Association national champion­ ship. It was the program’s sixth national title under Boenig’s leadership. She is the university’s first and only varsity equestrian head coach.

Meaghan Nolan Boenig (99C), seen here celebrating one of her six Southern Equestrian Championships at the University of Georgia, recently led the Bulldogs to a sixth national title.

Photo Courtesy of University of Georgia

From the editors of Berry magazine: Highlights about Berry alumni sometimes come to our attention via the news media – especially when a Berry affiliation is mentioned. When we can, we want to share what we’ve heard with you. See any names you know?

Photos Courtesy of John Moore

Rebuilding homes, restoring lives

by Debbie Rasure

J

ohn C. Moore (63C) had

barely settled into the vacation home he had

rented in the Philippines last

November when the most powerful super typhoon ever recorded struck the island nation, downing trees and utility poles, rendering roads impassable, destroying homes and taking thousands of lives.

The retired Navy commander who now spends several months each year in the Philippines could have fled his parttime home with other tourists; instead, he went to work figuring out how to help families whose lives had been shattered by the storm. He began with a visit to an emergency shelter, and what he found confirmed his decision to get involved.

“The look of total despair on the faces of mothers huddled there with their children had a powerful effect on me,” Moore recalled. “Since Filipino homes are usually quite basic, I thought I could at least replicate them. It seemed like the best use of my resources.”

Choosing five families in desperate need of assistance, Moore set out for Cebu City where he knew building

supplies would be available. The 60-mile trip took five hours, with Moore traveling by motor scooters, a rattletrap bus and finally a van.

Ten days later, he returned to the jungle village in a rented truck loaded with lumber, roofing materials, nails and other supplies for the families. He also provided materials to replace an elderly woman’s roof.

“What I did wasn’t much, but it was an immediate relief for these folks,” Moore said. “Most of the homes here are built with lumber from coconut trees and plywood. To us, these homes are primitive, but they are no less meaningful to their inhabitants.”

Now back at his summer home in Tacoma, Wash., Moore reflects on his experiences in the aftermath of that horrific storm and the role his Berry education played in his desire to serve.

“Berry’s motto, ‘Not to be ministered unto, but to minister,’ keeps popping into my mind,” he said. “Much to the probable amazement of my former classmates, I may have retained some of the principles that so many of my professors tried to instill in me.”

Those families whose homes Moore helped restore would no doubt agree. B

John C. Moore (63C), far left, lived out the Berry motto while assisting Philippine neighbors in the wake of last November’s super typhoon. The former Navy commander built new homes like the one at left for storm victims such as the family above.

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Condolences Deaths

Berry College extends sincere condolences to family and friends of the following alumni and former faculty/staff members. This list includes notices received Nov. 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014.

1930s

Sally Keown Riggs (33H, 37C) of Atlanta, Oct. 31, 2013.

Winifred McMillen Wilson (37H, 41C) of Durham, N.C., Jan. 2, 2014.

Doris Davis Rush (37c) of Powder Springs, Ga., Jan. 25, 2014.

Mary F. Turner Higgins (38H, 42C) of Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 16, 2014.

Evelyn Wall Hillman (39H) of East Brunswick, N.J., April 10, 2014.

1940s Marie Allison Barnett (41H) of Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 24, 2013.

Melba Hitchcock Burgess (41H) of Birmingham, Ala., March 24, 2014.

Frances Freeney (41C) of Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 19, 2013.

Merrell W. Johnson (41c) of Chattanooga, Tenn., March 1, 2014.

Joe Neal Kinney (42H) of Talmo, Ga., Nov. 18, 2013.

Aubrine A. Nichols (42c) of Fayette, Ala., Dec. 30, 2013.

Helen Bennett Watson (42C) of Atlanta, April 10, 2014.

Cecil L. Adkins (43c) of Snellville, Ga., June 19, 2013.

Nan Lipscomb Nelms (43H, 47C) of Douglasville, Ga., April 24, 2014.

R. Jed Garrison (44c) of Rome, April 4, 2014.

Farry L. Gibby (44c) of Conyers, Ga., March 17, 2014.

Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa (44c) of Saint Petersburg, Fla., Nov. 25, 2013.

Marilyn Padgett Williams (44H) of Anniston, Ala., June 20, 2013.

Doris Ledbetter Conger (45C) of Oconee, Ga., Nov. 13, 2011.

Juanita Burkett Pierce (45c) of Orlando, Fla., Feb. 18, 2014.

Mary Holland Duke (46C) of Toomsboro, Ga., Dec. 15, 2013.

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Josephine Kell Arthur (47c) of Buford, Ga., Feb. 13, 2014.

Katherine Camp West (47H) of Alpharetta, Ga., Dec. 23, 2013.

Evelyn G. Austin (48c) of Sylvania, Ga., March 8, 2014.

Virginia Hall Atkins (49c) of Snellville, Ga., Jan. 16, 2014.

Allowee Vickers Grantham (49c) of Augusta, Ga., April 2, 2014.

Franklin Hyers (49H, 53C) of North Augusta, S.C., Jan. 4, 2014.

Jimmye Hegwood Lipscomb (49C) of Cartersville, Ga., Dec. 4, 2013.

Helen Holcomb Ramsey (49c) of Griffin, Ga., May 15, 2012.

1950s Kelly C. Fordham (50c) of Macon, Ga., June 12, 2013.

Jack Bartles (52c) of Evans, Ga., May 5, 2013.

Dorothy B. DuBose (52C) of Decatur, Ga., Dec. 16, 2013.

Joyce Roe Greene (52C) of Dandridge, Tenn., Oct. 12, 2013.

Joan Stewart Moore (52C) of Perry, Ga., Oct. 28, 2013.

Carolyn McMahan Tate (52c) of Norcross, Ga., Nov. 13, 2013.

Patricia Wood Pressley (53C) of West Lexington, S.C., Nov. 24, 2013.

J. Bobby Bailey (54C) of Marietta, Ga., Jan. 30, 2014.

A. Randall Cooper (54C) of Moultrie, Ga., Feb. 2, 2014.

Eugene Speer (54C) of Milner, Ga., Dec. 8, 2013.

Betty Meeks Thackrey (54C) of Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 28, 2013.

John Hoyt Jiles Jr. (55c) of Macon, Ga., Jan. 12, 2014.

Herman E. Kenney Jr. (55H) of Ellijay, Ga., Jan. 8, 2014.

Mary Anderson Kicklighter (55C) of Jesup, Ga., April 11, 2014.

Louise Payne Shelnutt (55C) of Rome, April 1, 2014.

Chester Marion Smith Jr. (55H) of Hampton, Ga., Nov. 27, 2013.

Leila Sue Thornton Ball (56C) of McDonough, Ga., Feb. 17, 2014.

Grace Gordy Bearden (56C) of Calhoun, Ga., Feb. 27, 2014.

James P. Branch Sr. (56c) of Decatur, Ga., Feb. 23, 2012.

Ed W. Morris Jr. (56C) of Columbia, S.C., April 9, 2014.

Mary Stewart Torbert (56c) of Athens, Ga., March 22, 2014.

Sidney A. Brothers (57H, 61c) of Woodruff, S.C., Feb. 8, 2014.

Robert L. Mason (57H) of Buford, Ga., Feb. 5, 2014.

James Lee Stewart (58c) of Armuchee, Ga., April 23, 2013.

Geraldine Wood McClure (59c) of Dahlonega, Ga., Nov. 1, 2013.

Maurice B. Webb (59C) of Cartersville, Ga., Nov. 18, 2013.

1960s Raymond A. Martin (60H) of McDonough, Ga., June 23, 2013.

Patricia Mills Edison (62C) of Bainbridge, Ga., Sept. 1, 2013.

John L. Burrell (63C) of West, Miss., Feb. 9, 2014.

Bert W. Stiles (63C) of Buchanan, Ga., Nov. 6, 2013.

Clifford S. Hewitt (64C) of Conley, Ga., Feb. 10, 2014.

Loretta Johnson Padgett (64C) of Inman, S.C., Jan. 12, 2014.

Ruth Ledbetter Simmons (64C) of Clermont, Ga., July 4, 2013.

Joseph W. Allen (65C) of Kenbridge, Va., April 1, 2014.

Martha F. Melton (65c) of Smyrna, Ga., April 12, 2013.

Paula Loyd Umberhandt (67C) of Rome, Sept. 28, 2010.

R. Glenn Singleton (69C, 80G) of Cedartown, Ga., July 13, 2011.

1970s Rebecca Hall Thompson (70C) of Smyrna, Tenn., Nov. 24, 2013.

Edgar L. Fowler Jr. (71c) of Anniston, Ala., March 9, 2014.

Linda Kinman Steele (71C) of Calhoun, Ga., July 1, 2013.

Gary L. Wombacker (72C) of Bedford, Texas, Feb. 25, 2014.

Paula Pyle Baker (74G) of Rossville, Ga., Jan. 19, 2014.

Susan Oakes Jarrett (78C) of Dallas, Ga., Sept. 1, 2013.

Jane M. Teasley (78C) of Blue Ridge, Ga., May 30, 2012.

Tonya Bowen Boylan (79c) of Silver Creek, Ga., Nov. 20, 2013.

Robert R. McCann Jr. (79c) of Avondale Estates, Ga., Feb. 17, 2014.

1980s

Teresa Gail Wasson Lyle (86G) of Marietta, Ga., Feb. 26, 2014.

Nicole Hajosy Dellis (87C) of Rome, May 30, 2013.

Michael K. Smallwood (89C) of Lincolnton, Ga., Dec. 18, 2013.

2000s Heidi Anne Keen (04C) of Ocracoke, N.C., Aug. 9, 2013.

Jeffrey David Gibb (06c) of Atlanta, April 12, 2014.

Former Faculty/Staff Margaret Latzak of Statesboro, Ga., April 18, 2014.

Marnie L. Ray of Kingston, Ga., Nov. 29, 2013.

Homer M. Savige of Ruskin, Pa., April 13, 2014.

In Memoriam The Berry community was saddened by the April 10 death of Ted A. Owens of Rome. At 20 years, his service as a member of the Berry Board of Visitors was one of that body’s longest. He was a deacon at First Baptist Church and active with Habitat for Humanity. Survivors include wife Joanne, three daughters and sons-in-law, and eight grandchildren.

helping students become

W

hen it comes to helping Berry students, alumni and friends always seem to be ahead of the curve. That was certainly true in the months leading up to the May 17 public launch of LifeReady: The Berry College Campaign for Opportunity when giving to the college soared. The following donors made gifts, pledges, bequests and estate commitments of $10,000 or more from Nov. 1, 2013, through May 17, 2014. Thank you!

Anonymous, $200,000 estate gift to support student work Anonymous, $100,000 to create a new Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Anonymous, $20,000 to support the general fund Anonymous, $20,000 for the Clark Track Anonymous, $20,000 to support the Robert M. Skelton WinShape Scholarship ARAMARK Corp., $32,619 for the general fund Sheryle Junelle Bolton (68c), $30,000 to support Valhalla Billy Brewer, $105,000 future bequest to the Berry College endowment T. Mack Brown (82C), $25,000 for the Clark Track Callaway Foundation, $23,093 for the F.E. Callaway Professorship G. Bert Clark Jr. (82C), $25,000 for the Clark Track Ouida W. Dickey (50C), $10,000, with $5,000 going to the Angela R. Dickey Scholarship and $5,000 supporting the Jennifer W. Dickey Scholarship Neil and Sherri Dorrill, $10,000 for Valhalla

Charles P. Downey (64A), $10,000 to establish the Berry High Schools and Academy Work Scholarship John Nichols Elgin (81C), $10,000 for the general fund William H. Ellsworth Foundation, $20,000 for the nursing program John and Mary Franklin Foundation, $20,000, with $10,000 going to the nursing program and $10,000 to fund the John and Mary Franklin Foundation Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Georgia Independent College Association, $22,679 to support the general fund Gail Howard Gibson (82C), $25,000 to establish the Gail Howard Gibson Endowed Scholarship Karen Holley Horrell (74C), $110,000 for Valhalla Jimmie Johnson Sr., Jimmie Andrew Johnson Jr. (85C) and Jennifer Smith (85C) Johnson, $100,000 for the Dr. Janna S. Johnson Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Dale A. Jones (71C), $10,000 to establish the Dale Jones Expendable Gate of Opportunity Scholarship John C. Kemp (64C) and Linda D. Kelso, in-kind gift of land valued at $344,000 to support student work in forestry operations and land resources R.F. Knox Company Inc., $12,000 for the R.F. Knox Company Scholarship Lee Lance (53C), $80,000 charitable gift annuity that ultimately will support the Emmett and Lee Jones Lance

Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Charlene Head Lingerfelt (67C), $25,000 gift of life insurance Paul C. and Velma Smith Maddox Foundation, $14,500 for the Paul C. and Velma Smith Maddox Scholarship Joseph Alexander Mareno Jr. (99C), $50,000 for the Clark Track Samuel Timothy McIlrath (98C), $50,000 for the Clark Track Peter M. and Tamara Musser, $30,000 to support Valhalla Nichols Trust, $10,000 to fund the Rudge Nichols Professorship Harry and Terri Pierce, $50,000 to support Valhalla Joseph L. (65C) and Nelda Parrish (64C) Ragsdale, $10,000, with $3,000 going to the Class of 1965C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship and $7,000 to the Class of 1964C Campus Carrier Editor-inChief Work Endowment Kevin (80C) and Karla Holland (80C) Ryan, $20,000 for the Clark Track James M. and Karen Sibley, $10,000 to the general fund Michael (90C) and Kimberly Lunney (90C) Strickland, $30,000 for the Clark Track Steve and Lisa Fanto (76C) Swain, $20,000 to support Valhalla Texas Instruments Inc., $100,000 for the David C. Garrett Library Fund Betty L. White (47H, 51C), $23,000 to fund the Betty L. White Charitable Gift Annuity to ultimately fund a student work position in the Charter School of Education and Human Sciences

Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, $500,000, with $340,000 going to the Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship and $160,000 supporting the Whitehead Scholars Program Robert H. (62H) and Katherine C. Williams, $536,625, with $500,000 going to Valhalla and $36,625 as an in-kind gift of vehicles WinShape Foundation Inc., $511,483 to support the WinShape Scholarship Charles R. Yarbrough Jr. (80C), $50,000 for the Clark Track Bequests The estate of Howard M. Crawford, $828,554 for the Howard M. and Elaine Crawford Endowed Scholarship The estate of Dorothy B. DuBose, $109,870 unrestricted The estate of Robert Ellis Sr., $17,235 for the Larry A. Green Endowed Scholarship The estate of Evelyn Carmichael Garrett, $170,662 to support the William F. and Evelyn C. Garrett Scholarship The estate of Lawrence Huston, $12,000 unrestricted The estate of Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa (44c), $243,599, with $242,901 going to fund the Michael and Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship and $698 for the Oak Hill Expendable Fund The estate of Martha C. Lester, $25,000 for the Raymond H. and Martha C. Lester Endowed Scholarship

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Special thanks for: Memory and Honor Gifts and Gifts to Named Scholarships and Work Endowments. The following gifts were made in memory or honor of an individual and/or to named scholarships or work endowments between Nov. 1, 2013, and April 30, 2014.

Memory Gifts

Mr. Ralph Ables Tim Howard (82C) Mrs. Doris Tarvin Allen Joe Frank Allen (55C) Ms. Renee Bailey Kevin Pharr (87C) Ms. Mary Alice Barnes Melanie Green Jones Ms. Marie Allison Barnett J.B. and Sandra Collins Ms. Amelia English Mr. George H. Bedwell Larry Mays (97C) Mrs. Rheba Woody Benoy Jean Benoy Lacey (67C) Mr. Dan U. Biggers Branham (96C) and Tracey Goodwin (05G) Biggers George Donigian (74C) Jeff Horn (87C) Melanie Green Jones Mrs. Barbara Bradford Buford Jennings (58C) Mrs. Louise Paul Brown Horace Brown (39C) Mrs. Francis Black Cain Darlene Black Cartwright (89C) Mrs. Mickey Shipp Cameron Carolyn Thompson Smith (53C) Dr. N. Gordon Carper Ken Gable (70C) Mrs. Jo Ann White Chambers Becky Nunnery Covington (91C) Melanie Green Jones Mrs. Elsie W. Chapman Lee (58C) and Betty Connell (58C) Waller Mr. George H. Clark Paul Clark (88G) Mr. Archie Danny Coleman Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Mrs. Maxine H. Compton Frances Busha Hart (58C) Miss Delaney Diamond Brandi Calhoun Diamond (93C) Mr. Marshall C. Downey Charles P. Downey (64A) Mrs. Lyla Henderson Downey Charles P. Downey (64A) Mrs. Dorothy B. DuBose Nell Dalton Roberts (52C) Mr. Ernest W. Edwards Tim Howard (82C) Mrs. Margaret W. Faison Jenifer Faison (92C) Mrs. Lillian C. Farmer Peggie Hicks Ellington (66C) Mr. Ray F. Faulkenberry Milton (60C) and Evelyn Cureton (60C) Sowell Mrs. Sandra Gresham Frost Leon Frost (63C) Mrs. Betty Williams Gass Loyd Gass (60C)

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Mr. Joe Gilbert Ms. Tammy Robison Mr. Thomas C. Glover Charlie Hudson (62C) Dr. Jorge Gonzalez Jon Davis (82C) Mr. Jorge Luis Gonzalez Georgette deFriesse Dr. Larry A. Green Susan Lee Hauser (81C) Mr. and Mrs. Elton A. Hall Margaret Gardner Phyllis Rodgers Susan Stafford Mrs. Anne Sims Hawkins Jim Hawkins (49H, 53C) Mrs. Edna F. Hetsko Jeffrey Hetsko Mrs. Mary F. Higgins Ms. Jean P. Bellamy Phil Fowler Mr. Michael T. Holland and the Percy Holland family Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parker and the Reba Holland Royal family Ms. Martha P. Tew Charlie and Regina Williams Rear Adm. Lewis Hopkins Aaron and Amy Britt Mr. Kenneth L. Lewis Sr. Charlotte West Martin (87G) Mr. William J. Lindsey Tim Howard (82C) Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lipscomb Robert Lipscomb (77A, 81C) Mrs. Jimmye H. Lipscomb Martha Segars Chastain (49C) Thelma York Morris (50C) Mr. Fred H. Loveday Everett (61H, 65C) and Donna Solomons Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Loveday Ann Altman Mrs. Mary M. Loveday Paul McFarland (65C) Mrs. Hilda Phillips Loyd Bo Meadows (64C) Mr. Walter O. Maine Glenn Wallace (59C) Dr. and Mrs. Milton S. McDonald Cliff Hewitt (63C) Tim Howard (82C) Mrs. Catherine M. McDonald James and Celeste Edwards Paul McFarland (65C) Jim and Nancy Rhoades Dr. John W. McDowell Cynthia Stager McCormick (73C) Pat McKenzie Ms. Janice Thomas Mr. Luther D. Miller Doyle (58C) and Rheba Burch (57C) Mathis Dr. Willodean D. Moss Gail Howard Gibson (82C)

Mrs. Louise Russell Mulinix Leslie Choitz (76C) Mrs. Carolyn Smith Nelson Jean Benoy Lacey (67C) Mrs. Sarah Norman Buford Jennings (58C) Mr. Wiley C. Owen Ross Magoulas Mrs. Loretta J. Padgett Gerald (62C) and Martha Romaine (64C) Allen Mrs. Evelyn Hoge Pendley Tim Howard (82C) Mr. and Mrs. Neal Q. Pope Dick and Bobbie Pope Dr. John W. Proctor Imogene Patterson (58C) Mrs. Sally Keown Riggs Jeffrey Blitz Bill and Faye (92c) Fron Carolyn Thompson Smith (53C) Teresa Lumsden (81C) Ms. Sarah Francis Riggs Noel Hillman (80c) Mrs. Eleanor Hale Robison Sheilah Robison Shealy (80C, 84G) Ms. Ann Rowland Dave Rowland (87C) Mrs. Sarah Eaton Rozar Ed (57C) and Evelyn Quarles (57C) England Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Rush Jr. Robert and Amy Olson Mrs. Doris Davis Rush Tim Howard (82C) Rosemary Strickland Kay Vaughn Mrs. Patsy B. Self Mr. Franklin D. Self Mrs. Ouida Combs Seymour Betty Sue Cook (48C) Tim Howard (82C) Sue Killcreas (78C) Carolyn Thompson Smith (53C) Mr. R. Wayne Shackelford Anna Shackelford Dr. Gloria M. Shatto Sandra Ayers Mrs. Lois A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Keneth Shaver Bunny Shaver Ortiz (68C) Mrs. Rachel DuBose Smith Ms. Nancy Lea Johnson Mrs. Grace Lipscomb Thompson Donna Fulford Mrs. Sarah Lott Townes Martha Segars Chastain (49C) Mr. Maurice B. Webb Doris Gentry Collum (59C) Mr. Alexander W. Whitaker III Leslie Choitz (76C) Mr. Donald Glenn Whitener Paul McFarland (65C) Dr. Charles W. Whitworth Suzanne Scott

[Gifts]

Thank y ou

Memory and Honor Gifts

Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Williams Jeffrey Hetsko Mr. Richard Wood Robert Craig (64A, 68c) Mr. Ronald W. Young Ms. Darcy Cross

Memory Gifts to Named Scholarships

A. Milton and Jo Ann Chambers Endowed Scholarship Milton Chambers (49C) Ebbert (49C) and Kathleen Shivers (49C) Evans Quincy Bailey Nation (99C, 02G) Mary Sexton Percy N. Clark and Family Scholarship Mr. James M. Legates Wells Fargo Foundation John R. and Margaret Weaver Faison Scholarship Bryson Foundation Ltd. Jorge A. and Ondina S. Gonzalez Family Endowed Scholarship Georgette deFriesse Ondina Santos Gonzalez Karl Lehman Larry A. Green Memorial Scholarship The estate of Robert Ellis Sr. Janna Johnson (81C) Melanie Green Jones Bob and Jan Pearson Mariella Griffiths Berry Loyalty Scholarship Fund Bob and Jan Pearson Jonathan Randall Hardin Endowed Scholarship Fund Bobby and Robbie (94C) Abrams Jonathan Baggett Michaela Beasley (04C) Dan (94C) and Christel Boyd Laurie Hattaway Chandler (95C) Ferrell and Donna Childres Nicole DuPre Coleman (04C) Amanda Cromer (12C) Kenny (88C) and Jill Diebold (89C) Crump Sam Duenckel (04C) Penny Evans-Plants (90C) Kathy Rogers Gann (91C) Tim Garner Cindy Gillespie Randy and Nita Hardin Christie Johnson Hill (04C) Marvin Howlett (72C) and Annette Axley Diane Land (88C) Sylvia McPherson Laura Phillips James Pruitt Kathy Robinson Ray (79C) Jeff Smith Caleb (04C) and Amy Gerwig (03C) Walker Monica Willingham

Lewis A. Hopkins Endowed Scholarship Aaron and Amy Britt Steve and Linda Hawkins Howard Richmond Ruby Hopkins Outstanding Student Teacher Award Steve and Linda Hawkins Howard Richmond Fred H. and Mary Loveday Endowed Scholarship Richard Barley (49H) Cliff Gray (55H) Lyle Hess (55H, 59c) Ronald Hess (52H) Ted and Phyllis Loveday Charles Ownby Tom (48H, 52C) and Ollie Hodge (51C) Poe Bill Segrest (48H, 51c) Cecil Spooner (49H) Alfred Wallace (51H) Pait Willis (57H) Alan (64A) and Leanne Killin (69c) Woody Kathryn Yancey Toxicology Consultants Inc. Percy Marchman Scholarship Emily Marchman (75C) Calvin (64C) and June Stewart (64c) Norman Riggs Family Endowed Scholarship Phillip and Cindy Lollar Dr. R. Melvin and Sarah E. Rozar Endowed Scholarship Jack Jones (57C) and Katherine Young Armitage (58c) Joyce H. Shelton Memorial Endowed Scholarship Charles P. Downey (64A) Jerry Shelton (58C) Bob (62H) and Kay Williams Alexander Whyte Whitaker III Endowed Scholarship Whit (81C) and Maria Crego (85c) Whitaker Jeff Wingo Memorial Scholarship Brian (93C) and Connie Hendricks (92C) Carmony Keith (93C) and Mandy Lee (94C) Etheridge Dean Herdt (93C) Beth Rogers Irby (92C) Janna Johnson (81C) Kay Wingo Craig Allyn Wofford Scholarship Ron Dean Equifax Inc.

Honor Gifts

Advancement Office Will Enloe Mr. David L. Beasley Debbie Heida Mr. D. Randolph Berry Lynne Berry Mr. Ellis Bowling Teresa Roby Dr. Horace D. Brown Rachel Barish Paul Brown Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Buice Paul McFarland (65C) Berry College Call Center Pam Smith

Dr. D. Dean Cantrell Leslie Choitz (76C) Mr. and Mrs. A. Milton Chambers Peggie Hicks Ellington (66C) Sammy (77C) and Holly Wood (73C) Freeman Steve (80C) and Cindy Snead (80C) Wherry Mr. W. Milton Chambers Jeff Horn (87C) Class of 1959C Verna Chambers Hayes (59c) Class of 1964A Millard Laney (64A, 68C) Class of 1994C Alison Lounsbury Ritter (94C) Mrs. Evelyn S. Crawford Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Ms. Wendy Davis Jeff Horn (87C) Mr. Jim Dugger David Matherne (87C) Ms. Ashley Elizabeth Dunn Gordon and Kim Dunn Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell Elrod Charlie Elrod (86C) Mrs. Claudia Forrest Mr. Mack Forrest Mr. John R. Frawley Jr. Ms. Mary V. Farrar Mrs. Lillian Free Ellen Free Lueck (73C) Mrs. Megan Stone Fullgraf Fullgraf Foundation Mr. George N. Gaddie Larry (93C) and Christina Johnson (01G) Arrington Dr. Vincent M.L. Gregoire Gabriela Elias Broome (04C) Mr. Gregory P. Henderson Heather Henderson-Keller (03C) Drs. William R. and Sara Lippard Hoyt Nancy Lippard The Rev. and Mrs. Timothy Hoyt-Duncan Nancy Lippard Ms. Harriette R. Hoyt Nancy Lippard Ms. Brenda Hults Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Dr. Donald C. Jones Rusty Bradley (71C) Mr. and Mrs. H.I. “Ish” Jones Tim Howard (82C) Jane Jones (86C) Mr. Jesse R. Jones Tim Howard (82C) Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Leidlein Nancy Lippard LISTEN Sally Parrott Ashbrook (04C) Mr. Ross A. Magoulas Susan Lee Hauser (81C) Mr. Brian McCormack Nancy Lippard Miss Catherine McNutt Leann Yoda (91C) Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Midkiff Paul Midkiff Mrs. Betty Zane Morris Suzanne Scott Mr. Daniel Mushrush Carl and Dawn Mushrush Mrs. Mary F. Niedrach Ms. Melanie Stevens Mrs. Amy Nierodzik Phillip Nierodzik (95C)

Mrs. Lucille S. Parkes Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Ms. Katherine S. Pugh William Pugh Ms. Stephanie E. Quinn Patricia Travassos Dr. Phillip L. Roberts Mike (90C) and Kim Lunney (90C) Strickland Mr. and Mrs. William Robison Rudy Wilson (79C) Ms. Bryn Sicchitano Ken Sicchitano Dr. and Mrs. David F. Slade Doug and Maureen Brigham Draut Mr. Donald Snare Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Mrs. Evelyn Spradlin Standridge Donald Rhodes Mr. Malcolm Strickland Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Mrs. Maude J. Strickland Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Mrs. Wanda B. Strickland Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Ms. Brittney D. Strickland Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Dr. and Mrs. David Manning Stubbs Lola Coleburn Stubbs (39C) Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tate Lola Coleburn Stubbs (39C) Mr. Maurice B. Thompson Malinda Pennington Ms. Sara Claudia Tillman Frederick and Sally Tillman Mrs. Carolyn Christina Watters Glynn (56H, 60C) and Gwen Mize (60C) Tindall Mr. Joseph Worrall Teresa Roby Dr. and Mrs. Koji Yoda Leann Yoda (91C)

Honor Gifts to Named Scholarships

Berry High Schools and Academy Work Scholarship Bill Harrison (64A) Dr. Peter A. Lawler Endowed Scholarship Becky Moore White (82C) Jerry Shelton Endowed Scholarship Ronald Norman (58C) Jimmie Witherow (58C) Student Scholarships Mrs. Myra Carlisle

Other Gifts to Named Scholarships and Work Endowments

Dr. Frank and Kathryn Adams Endowed Scholarship Frank (54H, 58C) and Kathy Adams Tina Bucher Jim Watkins Lara Whelan Agriculture Alumni Endowed Scholarship Adrian Hice (94C) Arvile and Charlotte Smitherman Ben Willingham (66C) H. Inman Allen Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Inman and Tricia Allen

Leo W. Anglin Memorial Scholarship Wade and Sara Carpenter Atlanta Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Johnnie Smith Curry (52H, 55C) Tim (03C) and Maureen Trane (03C) Goodwin Barbara Ballanger Hughes (71C) Wanda Mack Rosie Hoagland Russell (78C) Steve Tart Mandy Tidwell (93C) Coca-Cola Co. Bank of America GICA Scholarship Georgia Independent College Association Frank Barron Student Teaching Abroad Award Frank and Anne Barron Frank Barron Study Abroad Award Frank and Anne Barron Bees – The Berry Farms Buster (73C) and Janice Wright Glenn W. and Hattie McDougald Bell Scholarship Robert Thesing Berry Family Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Howie and Anita Berry Lowden Howie Lowden Jr. Catherine McKeon Christopher McKeon Robert McKeon Berry High Schools and Academy Work Scholarship Charles P. Downey (64A) Louie Petty (64A) Byron Smith (64A) Robert Weakley (64A) Alan (64A) and Leanne Killin (69c) Woody John A. Shahan Construction Co. John R. and Annabel Hodges Bertrand Endowed Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rivara Dan Biggers Distinguished Actor Award Shannon Walburn Biggers (81C) W.S. Black Conservation Scholarship Margie Black Board of Visitors Endowed Internship Scholarship Brad Alexander (96C) Jeff (81C) and Carol Field Will (93C) and Jessica Gaines Beatrice Lockerman Bollam (39C) Memorial Endowed Scholarship Richard Bollam Joshua Bradshaw-Whittemore Memorial Endowed Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Alfred BradshawWhittemore Steve and Brenda Briggs Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Steve and Brenda Briggs Horace Brown Chemistry Scholarship Horace Brown (39C) Merck Company Foundation Louise Paul Brown Work Scholarship Merck Company Foundation Selma Hall Browning Memorial Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Ed (60c) and Benita Hall (60c) Sims Juanita Rodgers Bryant Endowed Scholarship Ava Rodgers (53C)

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Wanda Lou Bumpus Endowed Scholarship Julie Bumpus Dr. David R. Burnette Agriculture Leadership Endowed Scholarship Carol Winfrey Burnette (64C) Burton Winfrey (45c) N. Gordon Carper Endowed History Scholarship Joyce Carper Time Warner Inc. James F. Clark Internship Scholarship Jim (55C) and Ann Shivers (55C) Clark Class of 1951C Memorial Endowed Scholarship Nathan (51C) and Vivian Rountree (51C) Smelley Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Class of 1953H in Memory of StaleyLoveday Jerome Holcomb Henry (55H, 59c) and Jan Deen (60C) Howell Bernie Spooner (53H) Charlie (53H, 57C) and Hazel Guthrie (59c) Underwood Peter Walker (53H) Bernice Ogle Whaley (53H) AGL Resources Inc. Class of 1954C Endowed Scholarship William (53C) and Bonnie Pierce (54c) Bell Leon Elder (54C) Jerry Entrekin (54C) Johnny (53C) and Frances Harris (54C) Eubanks Carl Hosford (54C) Gene Johnson (54C) Jo Ann Clayton Tumlin (54C) Bill (54C) and Janet Tate (55C) Waters Class of 1956C Endowed Scholarship Ginny Atkins (56C) Herman (51H, 56C) and Darnell Hourigan (57C) Davis Russ Evans (56C) Bobby Walker Fulmer (56C) Sue Hegwood Howel (56C) Bill Keith (56c) Class of 1957C Scholarship Latha Mimbs Barnes (57C) Arthur (57c) and Jeanne Hourigan (57c) Burch Harlan (58C) and Doris Reynolds (57C) Chapman Ray Jeffers (57C) Juanita Womble King (57C) Ellen May Partridge (57C) C.L. (57C) and Doris Little (57C) Tate Bill (68C) and Avis Cordle (57C) Thornton Charlie (53H, 57C) and Hazel Guthrie (59c) Underwood Frank Windham (57c) Berry College Class of 1958 Endowed Scholarship Elizabeth Ashe Cope (58C) Ray Fewell (58C) Buford Jennings (58C) Bill (57C) and Mary Charles Lambert (58C) Traynham Harlan (58C) and Doris Reynolds (57C) Chapman Norfolk Southern Foundation Class of 1960C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship John (60C) and Sandy Midkiff (60C) Cooper Loyd Gass (60C) Lowell (60C) and Dee Hysinger (60C) Loadholtz Andy (60C) and Peggy Fite (62C) McClendon

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Larry (60C) and Clara Hall (60C) McRae Eleen Rowell Mitchell (60C) W.C. (60C) and Sylvia Davis (60C) Rowland Wayne Stevenson (60C) GE Fund Class of 1961C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Shirley Hill Denny (61C) Buzz and Barbara Mote (61C) McCoy Ron (61C) and Bernice Thornton Class of 1962C Dairy Milk Quality Manager Endowed Work Position John (62C) and Geraldine Johnson (62C) Bridges Steve (63C) and Nancy Harkness (62C) Kelly Class of 1963C Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Hazl Paige Brumby (63C) Walter Gill (63C) Loretta Hamby (63C) Don (65c) and Hiawatha Banks (63C) Henry Steve (63C) and Nancy Harkness (62C) Kelly Wesley (63C) and Ruth King (65C) Martin Bettie Hester McClain (63C) Larry Osborn (63C) Midge Johnson Raiford (63C) Del Richards (59H, 63C) Bruce Taylor (63C) Larry Webb (63C) Class of 1964C Campus Carrier Editor-inChief Work Endowment Gerald (62C) and Martha Romaine (64C) Allen Edwin (64C) and Rachel Beard (65C) Buice Carol Winfrey Burnette (64C) Carol Anderson Caldwell (64C) Eddie (63C) and Rosa Nutt (64C) Fite Martha Coe Hitchens (64C) Marie Hogan (64c) June Bridwell Jenkins (64C) George (64C) and Starlet Rhodes (64C) Jones Paul McFarland (65C) Patsy Whiting Nix (64C) Clinton Patrick (64C) Joe (65C) and Nelda Parrish (64C) Ragsdale John Rymer (64C) Glen (61C) and Martha Stephens (64c) Staples Lem (63C) and Gayle Miller (64C) Sumner Jim (64C) and Charlotte Ray (64C) Williams Class of 1965C Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Stan Aldridge (65C) Bill (65C) and Betty Rozar (65C) Banks Charles Collins (65C) Ken Conner (65C) Ron (65C) and Evonne Dyer (65C) Dayhoff Phillip (63C) and Barbara Russell (65c) DeMott Willard Ferguson (65C) Jim (65C) and Lottie Snow (65C) Finney Kelly (65C) and Marian Loadholtz (65C) Fite Don (65c) and Hiawatha Banks (63C) Henry Faye Lovinggood Hood (65C) Herb Jones (65C) Charles (65C) and Bonnie Hindman (66C) Lattimer

Wesley (63C) and Ruth King (65C) Martin Gene (65C) and Sandra Dickerson (66C) McNease Tom (65C) and Carolyn Nunnelley (65c) Mullenix Sharon McDonald Newby (65C) Joe (65C) and Nelda Parrish (64C) Ragsdale Jack (65C) and Beth Stanley (65C) Riner Ralph Rodgers (65C) Janelle Cato Sabourin (65C) Larry (65C) and Jerry Sculley Stanley (65C) and Lora Stubbs (65C) Tate Koji (65C) and Reba Nichols (67C) Yoda Class of 1969C Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Bill Abernathy (69C) Joan Yother Bohannon (69C, 85G) Nancy Merk Bruce (69C) Giles (66C) and Iva Madden (69C) Chapman Ann Karr Covington (69C) Larry (69C) and Nadine NeSmith (71c) Covington Jimmy (69C) and Margaret Wright (69C) Davis Mack Godfrey (69C) Eddy (69C) and Anna Herd (69C) Hawkins Gerry Law (69C) Doug Price (69C) Raiden Sherman (69C) Beverly Philpot Smith (69C) Jane Terry (69C) Bruce Treadway (69C) Ray Tucker (69C) Del (69C) and Carole Braden (70C) Tull Leon (68C) and Janet Davidson (69C) Wheeler John A. Shahan Construction Co. Class of 1972 Work Scholarship Portia Ellis (72C) Anna Hollaran (72C) Class of 1994C Scholarship Betsy Kays Bottomley (94C) Angie Foster-Riley (94C) Melissa Post Kim (94C) Matt (94C) and Lisa Opeka (95C) Little Alison Lounsbury Ritter (94C) Gus (94C) and Stephanie Stallings Kendra Grimes Swager (94C) Class of 2003C International Studies Scholarship Elizabeth Bonner Barron (03C) Mark Becker (03C) Howard M. and Elaine S. Crawford Endowed Scholarship The estate of Howard Crawford (39C) Wayne Dempsey GICA Scholarship Georgia Independent College Association Earl H. and Karleen Douglas DeVane Scholarship Patricia DeVane Burns (73c) Angela R. Dickey Endowed Scholarship Ouida Word Dickey (50C) Garland Dickey Endowed Scholarship Bob and Jan Pearson Jennifer W. Dickey Endowed Scholarship Ouida Word Dickey (50C) Dr. Ouida W. Dickey Endowed Scholarship Danny (87C) and Tammi Ridenhour (87C, 03G) Price Lillian Dorton Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Yondi Linker Hall (80C)

Jessiruth Smith Doss Scholarship Calvin Doss (49C) Ebbert (49C) and Kathleen Shivers (49C) Evans Edwards Endowed Scholarship Scott Edwards (70C) B. Leon Elder Endowed Scholarship Leon Elder (54C) Joe (63C) and Shirley Bowen (63c) Elder Josephine Elder Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Leon Elder (54C) Dr. J. Paul Ferguson Endowed Scholarship Paul Ferguson First Baptist Church of Rome Scholarship First Baptist Church of Rome Ruby and Clifton Fite Endowed Scholarship Don (51H) and Mary Fite Bobby and Pat Whitmire Jimmy R. Fletcher Memorial Endowed Scholarship Larry (68C) and Claudette West (68C) Bearden Lamar Fletcher (66A) Alan (64A) and Leanne Killin (69c) Woody Robert W. Gardner Endowed Scholarship Mildred Gardner Pamela Gardner William F. and Evelyn C. Garrett Scholarship The estate of Evelyn C. Garrett Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Madison Alexander (51H) C. Warren Dunn (77C) Cindy Searcy Hall (84C) Don (65c) and Hiawatha Banks (63C) Henry Warren Martin (61H, 65C) Martin (54C) and Barbara Camp (55C) McElyea Robert and Christine Dodd (70C) Puckett Rebecca Underwood Sewell (55C) Margaret Crews Thomas (59c) Charles (76C) and Terri Albright (77c) Wilkie Jerry (56H, 60c) and Louise Conaway (57C) Winton Gail Howard Gibson Endowed Scholarship Gail Howard Gibson (82C) GICA/UPS Scholarship Georgia Independent College Association George M. Glover International Scholarship Dwight Glover (84C) Ed and Gayle Graviett Gmyrek Scholarship Gayle Graviett Gmyrek (67C) Hugh Hagen Student Leadership Scholarship Fund Kristin Harbrecht (08C) Hamrick Family/Aunt Martha Freeman Scholarship Karen Kurz Heneisen Service Award Laurie Hattaway Chandler (95C) Edna F. Hetsko Scholarship Russ (02C) and Dana Migliore (01C, 07G) Hunt LeBron and Kay Holden Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship LeBron (60C) and Kay Davis (60C) Holden

Hollywood Chapter DAR Scholarship DAR – Hollywood Chapter Anna Carlisle Hoomes Honorary Scholarship Myra Carlisle & Company PC Becky Musser Hosea Scholarship Ms. Susan C. Parker William R. and Sara Lippard Hoyt Scholarship Harriette Hoyt Bill and Sara Lippard Hoyt Alice Anderson Hufstader Scholarship Peter Hufstader Robert Inman and Kate T. Payne Jersey Milk Enterprise CEO Work Award Mr. Bradley R. Barham Amy Jo Johnson Scholarship Fund Malisa Hagan Dr. Janna S. Johnson Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Robert and Jill Barnes Jimmie Johnson Sr. Jimmie (85C) and Jennifer Smith (85C) Johnson Progress Container & Display Walter and Mabel Johnson Scholarship Walt Johnson (41H) Dale Jones Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Dale Jones (71C) H.I. “Ish” Jones Endowed Agriculture Scholarship Ebbert (49C) and Kathleen Shivers (49C) Evans Noles Properties Kappa Delta Pi Endowed Award Mary Clement Carpet Capital Chapter Scholarship Pamela Millwood Pettyjohn (81C, 85G) R.F. Knox Company Scholarship R.F. Knox Company Inc. Dr. Peter A. Lawler Endowed Scholarship Jody Bishop (89C) Rob (99C) and Katie Dillon (00C) Crowe Peter Lawler Dave Rowland (87C) Becky Moore White (82C) Raymond H. and Martha C. Lester Endowed Scholarship The estate of Martha Lester Mary Loveday Scholarship Don Leachman (63H, 67C) James N. Luton Endowed Scholarship Tom (48H, 52C) and Ollie Hodge (51C) Poe Paul C. and Velma Smith Maddox Scholarship Paul C. and Velma Smith Maddox Foundation Ross Magoulas Endowed Scholarship Darlene Daehler-Wilking Robert and Christine Dodd (70C) Puckett Jim (65C) and Gloria Luther (67C) Tucker Dr. Charles Scott Markle Award Wetlands Restoration LLC Martha! Centennial Scholarship Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Dr. L. Doyle Mathis Endowed Scholarship Doyle (58C) and Rheba Burch (57C) Mathis Edith, Harold and Charlie McDaniel Endowed Scholarship Nancy Gibbs

Frank Miller Memorial Scholarship Bill (65C) and Betty Rozar (65C) Banks Ron (65C) and Evonne Dyer (65C) Dayhoff Gail Miller Hudon and Rebecca Miller Graden Mullis Scholarship Donna Gaylor Mary and Al Nadassy English Scholarship Tina Bucher Mark Taylor Jim Watkins Mary Finley Niedrach Endowed Scholarship Charles Dial NSDAR Scholarship Elizabeth Garner Mrs. Paula Grigsby DAR – Abraham Coryell Chapter DAR – Beaver Chapter DAR – Brunswick Town Chapter DAR – Canton Chapter DAR – Colonel Charles Lynch Chapter DAR – Columbus Chapter DAR – Commodore John Barry Chapter DAR – Daniel Cooper Chapter DAR – El Palo Alto Chapter DAR – Franklinton Chapter DAR – George Walton Chapter DAR – Hawkinsville Chapter DAR – Joseph Habersham Chapter DAR – Joshua Hawkins Chapter DAR - Martha Stewart Bulloch Chapter DAR – Mary Butler Chapter DAR – Mary Chesney Chapter DAR – Michigan State Society DAR – Mississippi State Society DAR – Montpelier Chapter DAR – Olathe Chapter DAR – Princeton Chapter DAR – Pulaski Chapter DAR – Sauk Trail Chapter DAR – Washington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter DAR – William Byrd Chapter DAR – William Winchester Chapter NSDAR Bobby Patrick Endowed Scholarship Mary Camp Patrick (69C) Dr. Bob Pearson Scholarship Bob and Jan Pearson Georgia Power Foundation Inc. Neal Quitman and Emily Lowe Pope Scholarship Fund Harley and Emily Drury Pope Automotive Foundation Inc. Kelly Bennett Poydence Endowed Scholarship Dan and Kelley Poydence Raytheon Co. Amber T. Prince Education Graduate Student Award Karen Kurz Amber T. Prince Memorial Scholarship Steven Bell Janna Johnson (81C) Jamie (97C) and Elisha Wright (98C, 04G) Lindner Bob and Jan Pearson Chester A. Roush Jr. Scholarship Alex Roush Architects Inc. Ann Russell Memorial Scholarship Kathy Robinson Ray (79C) Vesta Salmon Service Scholarship Mary Outlaw Angie Reynolds

Alfred and Martha Shorter Endowed Scholarship Al and Barbara Briley Ms. Reba H. Haygood Tom (49C) and Margaret Henry (45H, 49c) Jones Richard Leigh Charlotte Miller Betty Neill Jean Porter Suzanne Scott Ken Sicchitano/Bettyann O’Neill Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Ken Sicchitano Chad Simmons Scholarship Darci Bloodworth Nancy Crowe Simmons (81C) Robert M. Skelton WinShape Scholarship Melissa Fairrel (90C) Todd (88C) and Amber Pruitt (89C) Grubbs Rhonda Corley Jagus (87C) Greg (91C, 05G) and Michelle Beavin (90C, 01G) Major Tim (88C) and Niki Markham (88C) Pollock Jonathan (85C) and Crystal Purser Brent Ragsdale (88C) Mark (05C) and Rebecca Porter (05C) Thornsberry Kasey (00C) and Katherine Burleigh (01C) Wells Stacy Doster Wilson (92C) State Farm Companies Foundation Hamilton/Smith Scholarship Terri Colson Earls (85C) Evelyn Hamilton (68C) Science Applications Int. Corp.

Dr. Sam Spector Endowed Scholarship Sam and Virginia Spector Mary Alta Sproull Endowed Math Scholarship Jim Ann White Stewart (48H, 51C) Reginald E. Strickland Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship Reg (51C) and S. Maxine Strickland Student Scholarships Robbie (02C, 07G) and Tracy Morgan (05C) Batchelor Richard Beasley (71C) Martha Reeves Bradford (54C) Jerome Brown (83C) T. Mack Brown (82C) Bessie Burch Buttram (55C) Joe (88C) and Leanne Hand (87C) Cook Michelle Edenfield Davis (90C) Lenore Evans Bob (78C) and Maria Fong Alex Foshee (12C) Missy McIntosh Gavagni (89C) John Grelck (97C) Julie Scroggin Griffis (07C) John Hall (09C) Ralph Helser (90c) Paul Howard (82A) Lauren Griner Isom (05C) Mary Aycock Lancaster (66C) Deborah Langley Robbie (82C) and Yvonne Litwiller (83C) Lanigan Christina Lynn (07C) Mac McDowell (59C) Mary McGuffey (67C) Jeanne Milam (88C, 90G) Ruby Vestal Mills (61C) Allison Ross Mitchamore (89C) Chris Mowry Jennifer Odil (96C) Kristen Osborne (13C) Patrick Ouzts (03C)

Jennifer Palmer (98C) Aaron Pickering (00C) Matt Ragan (98C) and Shelly DriskellRagan (96C) Danny (90C) and Tori Sousa (89C) Rowland Charles Scragg (88G) Gary Laurence Smith Rob Thompson (89C) Melanie Johnson Topper (94C) Charles Turner (72C) Joann Brannon Weeks (62C) Laverne Wright (65C) Delta Air Lines Foundation Follett Higher Education Group Georgia Department of Revenue Milliken & Co. Price/Blackburn Charitable Foundation Inc. Rome Chapter, Berry Alumni Association Larry and Betty Jane Taylor Endowed Scholarship Larry and Betty Jane Taylor Texas Society DAR Scholarship DAR – Texas Society Fred J. Tharpe Endowed Scholarship Time Warner Inc. Tibbals/Zellars Endowed Gate of Opportunity Scholarship John Zellars Jr. Foundation The Trey Tidwell Experience: A Scholarship for Musical Discovery Mandy Tidwell (93C) Troy/Gardner Endowed Art History Award Virginia Troy James Van Meerten Study Abroad Scholarship Jim Van Meerten (70C) James E. and Dorris Waters Endowed Scholarship Gary (80C, 89G) and Bambi Estill (79c) Waters Whitehead Scholars Program Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation WinShape Scholarship Winshape Foundation Inc. Richard Wood Scholarship Sammy (77C) and Holly Wood (73C) Freeman David (68A, 72C) and Alta Breeden (70C) Wood Janice Bracken Wright Endowed Scholarship Beth Kirby Pridgen (80c) Billy Yeomans Endowed Land Management Scholarship Brad Bushnell Mr. D.L. Knox Doug and Peggy Lundy Roy Miller (58C) Carney Conservation Easement Consultants Young Alumni Save a Student Scholarship Susanna Brown (11C) Emily Finley (12C) Amanda Dean Gong (09C) Kasey Haessler (13C) Ellen Dutro Hearn (09C) Myrtle Beckworth Hogbin (65C) Cameron Kapperman (13C) Nana Linge (13C) Christina Lynn (07C) Matt Schneider (02C)

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