BERRY Alumni Association welcomes new president-elect
MORE THAN 100 DESCENDANTS of James
Enfield Berry – Martha Berry’s grandfather – gathered on campus for this spring’s Berry Family Reunion. The event was organized by Marti Berry Walstad, college trustee and Martha Berry’s great-niece, and Nancy Benson Berry, wife of Trustee Randy Berry, Martha’s great-nephew.
Possum Trot Church placed on National Schoolhouse Register POSSUM TROT CHURCH, long known as the “cradle of Berry
College,” has been added to the National Schoolhouse Register in recognition of its importance in America’s educational history. The register is maintained by the Country School Association of America. The church was built in the mid-1800s on what is today Berry’s mountain campus. Martha Berry began using it in 1900 as Possum Trot Sunday School. It served as a school for more than a half-century and has been preserved and maintained by the college in the years since its 1954 closing. Today, an annual homecoming is held on the property the third Sunday of each September.
TIM GOODWIN (03C) has been named president-elect of the Berry Alumni Association. The 2007 recipient of Berry’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award will succeed Harry Wise (57H) as president on July 1, 2014. Goodwin distinguished himself soon after graduation as founder of his own money management firm, Goodwin Investment Advisory, which today promotes a mission of leading people to financial peace, independence and generosity. His involvement at Berry is considerable, including membership on the Campbell School of Business Executive Advisory Council and service as a coach for the college’s entrepreneurship program. He and wife Maureen Trane Goodwin (03C) are active in Watermarke Church, a campus of North Point Community Church, serving in children’s church and as adult small-group leaders. They live in Canton, Ga., with daughters Canaan, Shiloh and Eden. Filling Goodwin’s previous role as vice president of financial support is T. Mack Brown (82C). All other leadership positions for 2013-14 remain unchanged (see page 2 for a complete list of officers).
Conn steps down as dean DR. BRUCE CONN’S 16-YEAR TENURE as dean of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences ended this summer with his decision to return full time to the classroom. The internationally renowned researcher and current scientific advisor for the U.S. State Department will continue to serve Berry students as Gund professor of biology. Professor of Chemistry Gary Breton (right) is serving as interim dean during the 2013-14 academic year while a search is conducted for a fulltime replacement. Alan Storey
Reporting by DEAN HAUGEN, communication supervisor for Oak Hill and The Martha Berry Museum
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