Bell Tower Fall 2015

THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY

FA L L 2015

EXPANDING OUR

Community

ALUMNI &

weekend October 1-4, 2015

FRIDAY

Thursday

• Service Learning Panel & Luncheon Hosted by 2016 Lasallian Fellows • Alumni Career Panels: STEM, Business, Healthcare, Social Sciences • Class Reunion Receptions

• CBU-Dunavant Symposium: • • • • •

The Role of the Public Servant in Mentoring Lasallian Leadership Luncheon, sponsored by the President’s Commission on Women Women’s Leadership Conference September of Service Finale Academic & Affinity Group Reunions World of Beers & Chili Cookoff

Sun day

SATURDAY • • • • • •

National Alumni Board Past Presidents’ Breakfast Discover CBU Buc E-Day Engineering Competition Alumni Career Expo & Networking Luncheon Artist Talk: Nick Peña The Cannon Ball

• Community Mass in Memory of Fr. Angelo Nobile • Ladies Hat & Tea Party • AKA Tree Dedication

M O R E I N F O & U P D AT E D E V E N T S AT C B U. E D U / A L U M N I - A N D - FA M I LY-W E E K E N D

FROM THE PRESIDENT:

hristian Brothers University has

them, and by acting as ambassadors for

are on the verge of dramatic change.

a rich history of connecting our

our university.

I have personally seen and believe in

students to the community in

the transformation that happens when

This year we have taken a bold step

which we live, and of preparing them for

to increase our capacity to serve our

communities and higher education

lives of meaningful service locally and in

community. In June, we publicly announced

institutions work together as true partners

the broader world. Indeed, service is at

the most ambitious capital campaign in

– a transformation that I am confident will

the very core of our Lasallian tradition. I

our school’s history. Faith In Progress: The

result in significant, lasting and positive

am consistently inspired by the number of

Campaign for Advancing Education is

impacts for both. I am privileged to lead

CBU graduates who have gone on to highly

unique in that it’s not just about buildings.

Christian Brothers University at such an

successful careers in public service and those

This $70 Million Campaign is all about

important moment and also to be a part of a

who actively engage in equally important

strengthening CBU’s ability to transform not

university that truly matters in the impact it

work as civic leaders, community organizers,

just the community inside our gates, but the

has both on its students and this community.

and volunteers. I am also inspired by our

community around us as well.

alumni who choose to invest in future

generations of CBU students through your

Memphis community. Both are at crucial

charitable giving, by giving time mentoring

moments in their histories, and both

Much is happening at CBU and in the JOHN SMARRELLI JR., PhD, President

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ou know how some of the things our parents told us seem to just stay with us even when we said we’d never be like them?

Well, for me it’s my mom’s phrases. She had a knack for spouting off some cliche to make her point: Where there’s smoke, there’s a fire, or the early bird gets the worm, or—one of my personal favorites—a los niños malcriados no los quiere nadie (rough translation: nobody likes spoiled kids).

In any case, over the past couple of months, as significant changes are taking place at our wonderful alma mater, there is one of her cliches that keeps coming back to the forefront of my mind: Actions speak louder than words.

We have recently announced the single most aggressive and ambitious capital campaign that our university has ever put forth—there are details of its goals outlined in this issue of Bell Tower. It not only addresses issues like new buildings and improved facilities and enhancements for our faculty and future students, it also lays out an aggressive and ambitious agenda to advance education beyond the campus of CBU and improve the future of the larger community of Memphis and the rest of the world.

So here is my plea to you: Familiarize yourself with this campaign. We have appropriately named it “Faith in Progress,” and it truly is a plan to advance our university in its mission and future. I was very happy that so many of us spoke up regarding our feelings for Kenrick Hall—whether you were happy to see a brand new building providing our Arts faculty and students with all the amenities they’ve lacked for so many years, or whether you were sad (or even angry) to see a place that held so many memories go away, it was great to see so many of you engaged in CBU. But like Mom used to say, it’s time that our actions spoke louder than our words.

The demolition of Kenrick Hall and the new Rosa Deal School of Arts building that is rising in its place is but one of many needs that “Faith in Progress” addresses, and all of us need to come together and make sure that this entire, far-reaching, multi-faceted undertaking is a success. It’s time that we not just talk about the changes we want for our university, but that we take an active role in being that change we want to see.

I just saw a lot of you at Alumni & Family Weekend, and I know what a positive force we can be. When we come together—when we truly are CBUnited—we do what CBU graduates do best: We make things happen. We leave to serve. And most importantly, we act.

I have faith in CBU’s progress. Please join me in making that faith a reality.

Maria Lensing (’01, ’07)

President, National Alumni Board/CBUnited Alumni Association

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CBU Launches “Faith in Progress” Campaign The $70 million capital campaign seeks to fund new buildings and facilities, community outreach and education, faculty enhancements, and student programs and scholarships.

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A Commitment to Access and Affordability

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CBU distinguishes itself through the depth and range of its tuition support. An in-depth look at four scholarship programs that exemplify the University’s unique approach to access and affordability.

Nurturing Community and Leadership Dr. Bev Vitali is introducing the Lasallian mission into the business community (and the community at large).

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Reaching Out

As part of our Lasallian mission—and the Faith in Progress campaign—CBU is stepping outside the boundaries of its campus, into our neighborhood and beyond, to partner with public and private schools and prepare their students for college success.

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Class Notes

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Christian Brothers University gratefully honors the generous support of alumni and friends who advance the university’s mission.

Alumni & Family Weekend

A detailed schedule of events for the biggest and best Alumni & Family Weekend yet!

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The Rosa Deal School of Arts (architectural rendering of the west face on East Parkway)

CBU Launches $70 Million “Faith in Progress” Capital Campaign t a celebratory reception in Spain Auditorium on June 23, representatives of Christian Brothers University announced the public launch of a $70 million capital campaign.

“Faith in Progress: The Campaign for Advancing Education” now stands as the largest campaign in the history of Memphis’ oldest university. To date, over $30 million of the campaign goal has been secured.

The endeavor reflects the University’s vision for the future through elevated programming, improved facilities, an increased endowment, and more powerful outreach.

“At CBU, we teach daily to ‘enter to learn and leave to serve,’” said Dr. John Smarrelli, the first layman to serve as president of Christian Brothers University.

“Through this campaign, we can deliver more opportunities to our students and the greater community.”

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“This campaign is about taking the mission of CBU and responding to the needs of Memphis today.”

Capital improvements include the $14 million Student and Community Life Center, which will welcome students, alumni, and the Memphis community through the Central Avenue entrance of campus. Construction of the Rosa Deal School of Arts, enabled by a legacy gift from CBU’s first female faculty member, broke ground this summer following reclamation efforts of the School of Arts’

previous location, Kenrick Hall.

More than 20 program enhancements combine CBU’s heritage of rigorous and relevant education with the Mid-South’s resources and opportunities. Under the leadership of co-chairs Dave Nelson and Dick Gadomski (’62) the campaign had raised $31 million for the effort prior to the public announcement, thus far all through individuals as the campaign now begins to approach foundations. $30 million of the $70 million will be dedicated to brickand-mortar improvements, $30 million for academic and outreach programs, and $10 million for University endowment.

“This campaign is about taking the mission of CBU and responding to the needs of Memphis today,” said Smarrelli.

“This campaign is truly going to be transformational,” Nelson added.

For more information regarding programs and the campaign as a whole, visit cbu.edu/faithinprogress. n RENDERINGS BY ANF ARCHITECTS

Proposed Student & Community Life Center

The comprehensive “Faith in Progress” capital campaign seeks to fund 24 projects and programs, including capital projects (buidlings and facilities), community outreach and education, faculty enhancements, and student programs and scholarships. campus. The three-story facility will provide space. The goal of the renovations will be to BUILDINGS & dedicated space for dining, recreation, provide students with space for interactive FACILITIES n School of Arts Building

The Rosa Deal School of Arts building will feature innovative, comfortable classroom spaces, academic centers, laboratories, and other facilities designed for intensive teaching and learning in the arts and the humanities. Among other elements, the building will house a Language Center, a state-of-the-art Psychology Lab, student exhibition space, and the Writing Center. The Deal School of Arts will be more open and accessible, providing a window into the arts and increasing their visibility across campus.

n Student & Community Life Center

CBU will construct a state-of-the-art Student and Community Life Center on its

health and fitness, student group and student government offices, and much more. Portions of the building will be open to the surrounding community as well.

The SCLC will be constructed near the university’s Central Avenue entrance, making it convenient and accessible for students and community members alike.

n Library & Academic Success Center

CBU’s Plough Library will be renovated to include an Academic Success Center, which will consist of a Learning Commons and a Digital Communications Lab. Renovations will include additional amenities such as a coffee stand, public printers, and more. The project will also refresh the building’s façade, creating a welcoming and accessible foyer

team and group study, encouraging study habits and improved academic achievement.

n Athletic Facilities Upgrades

CBU will undertake major renovations, improvements, and additions to a number of its athletic facilities. Initiatives include renovating Canale Arena, constructing tennis courts, relocating and upgrading the softball field, constructing an Athletics Complex on the east side of campus, and lighting the baseball field. Together, these improvements will provide CBU with facilities appropriate to a competitive Division II school. They will aid recruitment and retention by fostering an improved experience for student athletes, and they will serve other students as well as Memphis community members who visit B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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Rosa Deal School of Arts (rendering of the east face on campus side)

CBU’s campus as spectators.

STEM Program Equipment Endowment

This endowed fund will provide support for major equipment and instrumentation in CBU’s School of Sciences. In order to continue attracting, retaining, and graduating excellent students in the STEM disciplines, CBU must supply state-of-the-art teaching tools and scientific equipment for classroom and research use. The yield from this fund will provide annual funding toward the purchase, maintenance, and repair of major scientific equipment.

School of Business Real-World Environments Support

CBU proposes an initiative to create realistic environments for students studying two key 21st-century business disciplines: Finance and Cybersecurity. The Real-World Environments Support initiative will establish a student-managed investment fund, a realistic trading floor lab, and a Cybersecurity “hack lab.” Together, these features will provide invaluable firsthand experiences for students in the School of Business.

Health Sciences Simulation Lab

CBU proposes enhancing the learning environment for students in its Health Sciences programs by establishing a dedicated Simulation Lab. Housed in the new Crosstown Concourse building, the lab will feature three state-of-the art programmable manikins. Manikins can portray a variety of realistic clinical scenarios, giving students firsthand experience without risk to an actual patient. The facility will further enhance CBU’s Health Science 6

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offerings and will better prepare students for careers in these growing disciplines.

OUTREACH PROGRAMS STEMM CoLab Partnership Endowment

CBU has partnered with Christian Brothers High School to establish a STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) CoLab Program for CBHS students. Following an innovative, proven curriculum, this program gives high school students hands-on experience with projects and concepts that will prepare them for the most in-demand 21st-century jobs. CBU seeks to establish an endowment supporting its portion of the project, ensuring that the CoLab will continue to cultivate, support, and empower excellent STEMM students for years to come.

Lasallian College

Lasallian College is an innovative fiveyear program for students who wish to earn a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) but who are underprepared for the rigors of a CBU education. The program provides a structured, supportive, comprehensive college experience, including additional academic preparation and ongoing support.

For students who commit to the program and meet all academic requirements, regular CBU tuition will be waived in their fifth year.

K-12 STEM Outreach Projects

Recognizing the need to foster interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at an early age, CBU proposes three innovative, intensive STEM outreach

projects serving K-12 students. The first is an interactive after-school STEM curriculum designed by renowned neuroscientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis of Duke University.

The second is a computer-science-based teaching tool utilizing groundbreaking work done by a Dr. Juan Carlos Olabe, CBU professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering. The third is a campus-based STEM Center for Women and Diversity offering programming to spark an interest in STEM among young women in middle and high school.

STEM Excellence Series Endowment

This endowment will support an annual public event on CBU’s campus featuring an expert, public figure, or other luminary in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics. In addition to delivering a free community talk, the speaker will visit at least one class of CBU STEM majors. The event will foster additional interest in the STEM fields among the Memphis community, raising CBU’s profile as a STEM resource and ultimately bolstering recruitment efforts for the Schools of Engineering and Sciences.

School of Business Summer Camps

CBU recently launched two summer camps for high school students interested in Business: an Accounting Career Awareness Program (in conjunction with the National Association of Black Accountants) and a Business Immersion Camp. The university wishes to support these camps over the coming years while establishing an additional accounting camp to accommodate demand. These camps provide high school students with ANF ARCHITECTS

a fun, intensive, week-long experience that offers an overview of various Business disciplines while prompting ambitious, highpotential students to consider pursuing an undergraduate degree at CBU.

Summer Facility Enhancement Endowment

This endowment will generate funding to maintain operations of key campus facilities during the summer months. Currently, campus amenities such as dorms and dining halls are closed during the summer due to lack of use. The unavailability of these amenities creates a major barrier to developing new programs. As a result, the CBU campus is underutilized during the summer. The annual yield from this endowment will enable campus facilities to continue functioning as needed over the summer, greatly expanding CBU’s ability to host day and overnight summer programming by internal and external groups.

FACULTY ENHANCEMENT Faculty Recruitment and Retention Endowment

CBU will establish an endowment to supplement current faculty salaries with a number of prestigious new professorships, fellowships, and teaching awards. The annual yield from this endowment will serve to acknowledge and reward outstanding faculty members while incentivizing the entire faculty to further enhance their support of students. Specific recognition opportunities will be based on donor interest and intent. The endowment will fund these awards in perpetuity.

Faculty Development Endowment

CBU will establish an endowment to support professional development opportunities for its faculty members, such as research and conference attendance. Such activities are key to maintaining expertise in an academic field and are increasingly required for tenure. The university’s current funding cannot cover campus-wide demand. The endowment’s yield will be allocated twice a year as competitive awards. Applications will be reviewed and recommended by a panel of volunteer faculty members representing each academic school, with final funding decisions made by the Vice President for Academics.

STEM Outreach Faculty Support Endowment

CBU will establish an endowment supporting faculty positions to coordinate and oversee its various K-12 STEM Outreach initiatives.

The Education Department will collaborate with individual project directors to develop, evaluate, and refine these programs. It

will work with public and private schools to implement them as widely as possible.

It will also coordinate the evaluation of these projects’ effectiveness and monitor their reach and impact. The endowment will provide annual funding to supplement existing faculty salaries and hire additional adjunct, part-time, or full-time professors as CBU’s outreach expands.

Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering

CBU will establish an Endowed Chair position in the emerging field of Biomedical Engineering. This growing healthcare field, which combines mechanical engineering with anatomy and physiology, provides excellent job prospects in the near future. A Chair position in this field will enable CBU to develop a concentration in Biomedical Engineering, and will empower the university to move toward the development of a minor and ultimately a major in the discipline.

Endowed Chair of Accounting

CBU will establish an Endowed Chair of Accounting in its School of Business. This prestigious position will coordinate and oversee the university’s undergraduate and graduate accounting programs. In addition, the post will be expected to publish research, serve as a liaison to the Memphis business community, and convene and lead an Accounting Advisory Board. The endowment will provide a salary supplement to transform an existing Professor position into a Chair.

Endowed Packaging Fellowship

the position’s teaching load. The result will be a financial incentive as well as universitysponsored time for outstanding STEM faculty members to pursue their groundbreaking work.

STUDENT SUCCESS Student Success Endowment

This endowment will provide annual funding for tutoring, mentorships, and other support initiatives for motivated but struggling students. Currently, CBU relies on successful upperclassmen to provide tutoring and other academic support. In order to secure and increase this support, the university will compensate tutors, mentors, and learning assistants with an hourly wage. Much of the programming enabled by the Student Success Endowment will be housed in the Academic Success Center in the renovated Plough Library.

Honors Scholarship Endowment

CBU will establish an endowment to fund in perpetuity five full-tuition scholarships through the university’s Honors Program.

The Honors Program serves ambitious, academically excellent, socially conscious students who want an even more challenging undergraduate experience. The endowment will provide for one scholarship at each of the four grade levels, as well as one additional scholarship to be awarded at the discretion of the selection committee.

Student Undergraduate Research & Experiential Learning Endowment

CBU will establish an Endowed Packaging Fellowship in the School of Engineering that will support and expand the university’s offerings in the field of Packaging. The endowment will provide funding to hire a part-time faculty member to oversee the university’s Packaging Department, increasing CBU’s expertise in both transportation-based and health care packaging. The position will be established as a part-time position, with the goal of increasing to full-time as the Packaging Department grows.

This endowment will provide a pool of funding to support students who engage in research and other experiential learning during their time at CBU. CBU students participate in high-level research and often have the opportunity to present their findings at academic conferences.

The annual yield from this endowment will create a competitive pool of funding that will enable students to develop, carry out, and disseminate research with real-world value.

Endowed STEM Chair of Excellence

This endowment will fund stipends for 20 CBU students to intern at various area nonprofit organizations during the summer months. Internships will be funded by the endowment and offered at no cost to the nonprofit. The endowment will also provide funding for student interns to live on campus during the summer if they so choose. In addition to offering resources to nonprofits, the program will provide students with invaluable firsthand experience while connecting them more deeply to the Memphis community. n

CBU proposes establishing an Endowed STEM Chair of Excellence to acknowledge, incentivize, and reward faculty members who have undertaken vital work in a STEM field. This two-year rotating position will be awarded to existing faculty members in the School of Sciences or the School of Engineering whose work in the STEM disciplines has the potential to transform the university, the community, or the field itself. The endowment’s yield will be used to supplement the recipient’s salary and to hire an adjunct professor to take on a portion of

Summer Nonprofit Assistance Program (SNAP) Endowment

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Alejandra Ceja (White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics) and Dr. John King (U.S. Department of Education) with students from Hola CBU at a luncheon to celebrate CBU’s Latino Student Success Program in July.

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Its Lasallian heritage inspires CBU to welcome and support students from all walks of life.

Like most universities, CBU offers need- and merit-based scholarships, many of which are made possible through the generosity of individual, corporate, and foundation donors.

The University distinguishes itself, however, through the depth and range of its tuition support. Some 97% of full-time CBU undergraduates receive financial aid. This aid is often what makes their college education a reality.

By leveraging the interests of our donors into creative scholarship opportunities, CBU reaches additional students who might be underserved by traditional financial aid. The following four scholarship programs exemplify CBU’s unique approach to access and affordability.

BY BOB ARNOLD

LATINO STUDENT SUCCESS PROGRAM atima Escobar (’17) believes in the CBU model.

“The small undergraduate college experience is the best experience,” she told a crowd of 125 people during a luncheon this past July.

It’s an experience Escobar is living fully.

Among her other campus activities, she is the founder and president of Hola CBU, a new student organization providing—as she put it—“academic, leadership building, civic engagement, community service, and social events” for CBU’s rapidly growing Latino student population.

At the luncheon, held in CBU’s Alfonso Dining Hall, Escobar introduced Alejandra Ceja, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Ceja was visiting CBU along with Dr. John B. King Jr., senior advisor delegated duties for the Deputy Secretary of Education.

The two government representatives PHOTO BY CORY DUGAN

traveled to Memphis to celebrate Hola CBU as well as another major initiative recently undertaken by the university: The Latino Student Success Program (LSS).

LSS launched in 2014 thanks to support from an anonymous donor. Its goal: to make college accessible for students who are not eligible for state and federal financial aid.

“I always believed a college degree would be something I would attain,” one LSS student explained, echoing a common sentiment. “My parents have always told me that education is very important.

However, with my legal situation, that dream has come with way more obstacles than I could have imagined.”

The LSS program was inspired by an existing partnership between CBU and Latino Memphis. Working together, the two organizations designed a pathway whereby eligible high school students may apply for a special CBU scholarship. The scholarship is designed to replace state and federal aid for students who cannot apply for it, typically because of uncertain B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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residency status.

The intent is to “level the playing field” for these students, making higher education a realistic option.

Dr. King from the U.S. Department of Education sees the value in such scholarships. “We can’t afford as a country to say that these students, because they’re undocumented, because of their families’ immigration status, we’re going to leave them behind,” he said. “We need them to be prepared, to be successful.”

LSS students and their families still invest deeply in their education. To help with tuition costs that the scholarship does not cover, LSS students may also apply for a loan directly from the University. These loans go into repayment immediately.

“It is giving me the chance to afford my college education,” a student said of the program, “which I wouldn’t be able to do otherwise.”

LSS began in 2014-15 with a cohort of 25 students. Already those students have brought a new energy and vibrancy to campus, as evidenced by the establishment of the student-led organization Hola CBU. CBU Mathematics instructor Sandra Davis serves as an advisor for the LSS students. She describes them as “achievers, enthusiastic learners, goal-oriented, mature yet fun-loving, politically and socially active and aware.”

“They have much at stake to succeed here and they know it,” she said, “not only for themselves but for future LSS students.”

Those future students are forthcoming.

At the July luncheon, CBU President Dr. John Smarrelli Jr. announced that, thanks to an additional private donation and a renewed commitment from CBU and Latino Memphis, the LSS program will award 20 new scholarships per year over the next four years. This approximately $12 million commitment means more than 100 additional students will earn a college degree by 2022.

“We are so very grateful,” a scholarship recipient said, “to all who have chosen to give us a chance.”

The students are not the only ones expressing gratitude. The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics recognized CBU as the first university to answer its nationwide call for major “Commitments to Action” on behalf of Latino students.

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message that the American Dream is not optional.”

CAREER OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS

or many CBU students, a significant component of their education takes place outside the classroom.

“An internship is one of the most important activities that a CBU student should complete while in college,” said Amy Ware, director of Career Services. “The Academic Internship Program allows CBU students to earn course credit while gaining career-specific knowledge and experience.”

CBU’s Academic Internship Program is open to juniors and seniors. But not all such students are in a position to pursue the opportunity.

In particular, students who do not have access to reliable transportation often have difficulty maintaining an internship— especially when the internship is unpaid and the site is miles from campus.

That’s why, in 2014, CBU began offering a Career Opportunity Scholarship.

The first two years of the program are supported by a grant from the Thomas W. Briggs Foundation. Awarded through the Office of Career Services, the scholarship provides funding for students to travel to and from internship sites.

The Career Opportunity Scholarship was made available to students seeking unpaid internships for academic credit. In their application, students were asked to calculate and document the amount of support necessary for them to participate in an internship.

Ware then coordinated with the Citywide Cab Company to convey the

De La Salle believed that all people should have access to an education. He opened up schools to educate those students who yearned for more.

students’ schedules and pay their fares. The company proved an invaluable partner, arriving promptly and transporting students reliably to and from their internship sites.

According to Ware, the scholarship has particularly benefited international students and first-generation college students.

Psychology major Alani Lee (’16) was one of the recipients. “The Career Opportunity Scholarship was an excellent beacon of hope for me,” she said. “I thought that I would be denied opportunities because I didn’t have a car or a license.”

Recent Business graduate Carlos Meza Amador (’15) agreed. “Thanks to the scholarship,” he said, “I had the chance to experience an internship with Mueller Industries that led to an employment opportunity. Without the Career Opportunity Scholarship, my professional career would have stopped.”

DOROTHY SNIDER FOUNDATION PA SCHOLARSHIPS

hen CBU’s Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program launched in 2013, it became the first such program in the city. Its unique sevensemester curriculum takes a holistic approach toward educating a new generation of healthcare professionals.

Supporters of the PA program recognize that these hard-working students need different types of assistance throughout their seven semesters. A generous grant from the Dorothy Snider Foundation established three scholarships dedicated to PA students at different levels of the program. The merit-based scholarships are awarded competitively.

Marcelle Albert (’17) received a Snider Foundation scholarship supporting first-semester PA students. “I felt very honored and excited to be selected as a recipient,” she said. The scholarship helped her purchase diagnostic equipment required for her classes.

After four semesters as a PA student, Leslie Frazier (’16) has seen the program’s benefits firsthand. “I have received a physician assistant education second to none,” she said. “Now on clinical rotations, I have entered the real world of medicine well prepared to meet the expectations of both my preceptors and

Susan Wilson, Lauren Young (left), and Lee Morris (right) of the Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation with Wilson Scholars Bryant Ford (’16), Brody Lax (’16), Marie Ryall (’15), Emi Abutineh (’15), and Jennie Phan (’16)

KEMMONS WILSON FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS tudents in CBU’s School of Sciences have a full plate. Between demanding course loads and extensive labs, it’s often hard to keep up—much less stand out.

But some science majors still find time to shine, becoming leaders in the classroom and even making waves across campus and in the broader Memphis community. To recognize these students, the Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation established the Wilson Scholars program at CBU. Memphian Kemmons Wilson, the founder of Holiday Inn, was an innovator in the hospitality industry. Though Wilson passed away in 2003, the foundation that bears his name is operated by his descendents, who continue his deep investment in the community.

The family has a particular connection with CBU. Longtime faculty member Dr. Marguerite Cooper—known fondly as “Dr. the patients I serve.”

Frazier received a Snider Foundation scholarship supporting PA students in their fourth semester. She credits the scholarship with helping her succeed and cites the foundation’s generosity as “something I aspire to.”

“Helping others achieve their dreams is one of the greatest gifts one could ever give,” she said.

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Mom”—was the mother of Kemmons Wilson’s daughter-in-law. Cooper became the first female faculty member in CBU’s School of Sciences in 1976.

Cooper retired in 2009 at the age of 91.

She passed away in 2014. According to Lee Morris, director of programs for the Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation, “the Kemmons Wilson family is proud to honor her legacy. She lives on in the students that go on after her.”

The Cooper-Wilson Center for Life Sciences bears the names of both families, standing as a testament to their commitment to education, innovation, and community involvement. Through the Wilson Scholars program, the Wilson family continues that commitment, in the tradition of both Kemmons Wilson and Dr. Marguerite Cooper.

Bryant Ford (’16) points out that earning recognition as a Wilson Scholar

AN EDUCATION FOR ALL n giving that gift, CBU faculty, staff, and supporters continue the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle, founder of the Christian Brothers.

“De La Salle believed that all people should have access to an education,”

means more than financial assistance.

“I was able to meet many interesting people who sponsored our school,” he said.

“I learned the history of the Wilson family.

I was able to meet other students with similar interests.”

Morris agrees. “We see ourselves as partners in their education; not only in academics, but also challenging and encouraging them to serve those in great need here in the Memphis community.”

The scholarship is awarded through an application and nomination process. Only five students campus-wide receive the honor of being named a Wilson Scholar.

Recipients are expected to maintain a 3.0 GPA throughout their time at CBU. Despite these lofty expectations, Ford encourages others to pursue the honor. “I would recommend any student with a science major try to become a Wilson Scholar,” he said. “Anyone who thinks they will be able to do so should go for it.”

Mathematics instructor and Latino Student Success advisor Sandra Davis noted. “He opened up schools to educate those students who yearned for more.”

PA student Marcelle Albert agrees. “An integral component of CBU’s Lasallian mission,” she said, “is to make education more affordable to students and to make the accessibility of education more feasible, which CBU strives to do, and does.” n B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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BEV VITALI IS INTRODUCING THE LASALLIAN MISSION INTO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY (& THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE) I really believe when we find our ‘niche’ or purpose in life it is an energizer, something that brings so much fulfillment you can’t help but want to do more and more of it. My niche is helping leaders and emerging leaders discover and develop their authentic self.

Anytime I get a chance to do that, either in the classroom, training room, or community I would be crazy to turn it down.

rom volunteering her time to help rehabilitate juvenile offenders, to pioneering courses and programs on ethical leadership, to devoting extra time to CBU students who need motivation and mentoring, Dr. Bev Vitali is truly a remarkable Lasallian educator and is making great strides in the Memphis community.

Vitali, an associate professor of Management and holder of the Harry B. Solmson Chair of Business Administration, began working with a select group of high achieving business majors at CBU in February 2014. They formed the Enactus club under her tutelage and went out into the community offering programs to solve grassroots problems through entrepreneurship and action in a team-based and collaborative environment. It was through this initial organizational startup that many CBU students came to share Vitali’s drive to foster positive change for underrepresented and underutilized people, places, and spaces within the greater Memphis area. “Bev has helped me realize that giving back to the community is one of the most important things I can take with me after I graduate,” Taylor Seaman (’15) said.

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Vitali also spearheaded a partnership with Memphis Challenge during which she and the Enactus students hosted a monthlong on-campus summer day camp for 40 rising ninth-grade minority students, identified by Memphis Challenge as high academic potentials. Vitali’s group worked with the students participating in Memphis Challenge’s 9/10 movement during the camp, where they were taught personal responsibility and goal-setting techniques to assist in their transition into high school.

Under Vitali’s direction, CBU students also developed and delivered a curriculum emphasizing business acumen, planned fundraising events and programs, met with area high school students and business owners, lead the Memphis Challenge students in developing and delivering business plans in a “Shark Tank” style program, and more. Within a short period of time they had expanded their understanding of the Memphis community and made a commitment to become change-makers. “This is the first time in my college career that I feel like a true leader,” Drew Hildreth (’15/’16) said.

Encouraged by their early successes and the positive changes they had already seen, Vitali and the Enactus students

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Dr. Vitali directing high school students in leadership training games during CBU’s Business Immersion Camp this summer at the National Civil Rights Museum.

“By infusing our community continued their community involvement by partnering with the Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow-Up (JIFF) organization. JIFF originated as the Memphis branch of Mid-South Youth for Christ (MSYFC), an organization dedicated to campus life clubs, neighborhood outreach, and youth guidance. MSYFC also worked with juveniles who were involved with the justice system.

Vitali and the team of CBU students worked closely with JIFF executive director Richard Graham on the Financial Literacy and Monetary Education (FLAME) project. The team included Graham’s own daughter, Katelyn Graham (’17), and visited the JIFF youth once a week for eight weeks to deliver a curriculum on personal financial responsibility. The FLAME project culminated in a tour of First Tennessee’s downtown location for the JIFF participants and CBU students, set up by Vitali with the help of a CBU alumna who works for First Horizon. As JIFF’s program coordinator Kevin Williams posted on their Facebook page, it was “a wonderful opportunity for learning and fellowship! […] All involved had a great time!”

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with the Lasallian philosophy in this way, we can help create a significant difference in the very populations we seek to serve.”

Vitali said. “We taught financial literacy to a group of about 10 young men and the experience was transformational for our students. I think our students are ready to take that over, with me taking less of a lead role and becoming more of a behind-thescenes encourager.”

As each project has come to a close, Vitali has maintained and continued to strengthen the relationships forged between CBU students, the organizations they have worked with, and area leaders who are also committed to making Memphis an inclusive, successful community.

It is this passion for leadership development and giving back to the community that has had such a tremendous impact on her students’ lives, and it is having a ripple effect across generations.

Literacy Mid-South executive director Kevin Dean (MAEL ’10) approached Vitali about helping to train tutors who worked directly with Mid-Southerners to teach them vital reading skills. She has now spent years working with Literacy Mid-South in various capacities and couldn’t be prouder of her former student.

“That led me to joining his advisory board and eventually his Board of Directors,” she explained. “Although I enjoyed my role as board chair, training the tutors was my favorite part of my Literacy Mid-South volunteer work. And what a phenomenal experience to watch my former student excel as a servant leader.”

While Vitali will be rolling off the Literacy Mid-South board this year, CBU will continue to be involved as she passes the torch to her friend and colleague, Toni Ross in the College of Adult and Professional Studies. Vitali was also involved with many of the fundraisers for Literacy Mid-South and says she “will always be a cheerleader for Kevin Dean and the work of his organization” while CBU continues to support Literacy MidSouth in a variety of ways—including the upcoming Book Festival in September, PHOTO BY CORY DUGAN

which CBU is sponsoring.

Currently, Vitali and other members of the CBU community are working on a major collaborative management development program with FedEx called “L2M” (which stands for “Leader to Manager”). “FedEx Services has identified 18 high potential individual contributors for this pilot program,” she explained.

“These are employees they see as having the ‘right stuff’ to become effective managers in the future. FedEx has lifted these individuals from their current jobs, and for a year they will rotate through the different functional areas of FedEx Services to better learn the business.”

During this rotation period, they will also participate in an educational component, administered by CBU. The participants will learn about leadership, management, and business acumen through a series of online and face-to-face

Richard Kujawa and his wife Janice celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year.

They met in 1957 at a “sock-hop” at CBU and were married eight years later Richard still laughs about being slow to ask. They have three sons and a daughter, numerous grandchildren and last year had their first great-grandchild. They live in the Knoxville, TN area.

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educational opportunities.

“What a great opportunity for CBU to impact the next generation of FedEx leaders!’ Vitali exclaimed excitedly. “Does this impact the community? Absolutely!

We are taking the Lasallian philosophy into FedEx. Although the doors will not literally say “Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve” as they do on CBU’s campus, our content and approach to the curriculum constantly speaks to that mantra.”

Vitali believes that CBU is positioned to bring this type of educational opportunity to other organizations throughout the Mid-South and beyond.

“We have such an outstanding teaching faculty, and one way we can serve our community is to partner with corporations and the non-profit community to take advantage of the knowledge and expertise of passionate scholars in various fields.

By infusing our community with the

Lasallian philosophy in this way, we can help create a significant difference in the very populations we seek to serve.”

What’s next? “My time is now focused more on ensuring the FedEx relationship continues to be a strong and productive one,” Vitali said. “I would also love to see CBU expand our leadership training to other organizations in the Mid-South.

Plus, I love my time in the classroom, no matter if it is with our CAPS or traditional students, online or face-to-face. That is my first passion.” n Are you interested in giving back to the community? You can learn more about the organizations mentioned in this article and make a difference in our community by signing up through these websites: • www.memphischallenge.org • www.jiffyouth.org • www.literacymidsouth.org

Pictured above are members of the Golden Jubilarian Class of 1965 in Sabbatini Lounge of the Thomas Center, preparing to participate in the 2015 Commencement Exercises in May. From left to right: Brother Robert Schieler, Superior General of the De La Salle Christian Brothers, recipient of an honorary doctorate degree, and special guest of the University; Robert Chandler (’65); Joseph Cronin (’65); James Vahle (’65); Jack Terry (’65); Dr. John Ventura (’65); Andrew Meyer (’65); Hugh Kramer (’65); and Dr. John Smarrelli, president of Christian Brothers University.

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As part of our Lasallian mission—and the Faith in Progress campaign—CBU is stepping outside the boundaries of its campus, into our neighborhood and beyond, to partner with public and private schools and

STEMM CoLaB benefactor Bob McEniry with students at Christian Brothers High School. McEniry is a former CBU board chairman and current member of the Faith in Progress campaign cabinet.

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prepare their students for college success.

CBU is providing these high-potential students with comprehensive support and real-world experiences, transforming them into the region’s 21st-century workforce.

SCHOOLS & PROGRAMS: STEMM CoLaB at CBHS stemmcolab.com

n 2013, CBU quietly “When we started this, I told partnered with Christian the folks at CBU that—if Brothers High School we do it the way it should to develop and introduce be done—we’d need about a rigorous and innovative five full-time faculty curriculum program members. And from CHRISTIAN BROTHERS focused on science, the very beginning, HIGH SCHOOL technology, we wanted people engineering, who could provide and mathematics — popularly practical experience. So we hired abbreviated as STEM— for high school Rebecca Neves, who was at the time a students. After a little further study into practicing engineer, to be the director of the needs of local industry, it was decided the CoLaB.” to add an extra M—medicine—to the From the very beginning, STEMM common acronym. Thus was born the CoLaB was designed to be an advanced STEMM CoLaB at CBHS. program with no catching up to do. It The name CoLaB (and its unique was designed from the outset to have the mixture of upper and lower case) was latest design software, the most advanced created to emphasize the collaboration materials and cutting-edge equipment. between the two schools, the extensive It opened offering advanced courses in laboratory element of the curriculum, and Principles of Engineering and Engineering the partnership of two Christian Brothers Design, previously unavailable in the local (CB) schools in Memphis. secondary schools.

“The original idea for the STEMM Last fall, CBHS opened a new home for CoLab came from our science department the CoLaB—McEniry Hall, named for Bob wanting to provide more options in for the McEniry, chairman of nexAir Inc., former students, since the CBHS elective track was CBU board chair, and current member mostly in business,” recounted Chris Fay of the CBU capital campaign cabinet. (’98), CBHS principal. “Don Whittington, The building includes two nontraditional the chairman of our science department, classrooms, two labs for hands-on projects, did some research starting about five years 50 computer stations with computer-aided ago and discovered Project Lead the Way.” drafting software and a lobby that doubles Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the as a space for presentations and lectures. nation’s leading provider of K-12 STEM “This program is open to any incoming programs. Its curriculum is used in more freshman,” CoLaB director Rebecca than 6,500 elementary, middle, and high Neves explained. “You don’t have to schools in all 50 states and the District of have any certain math record or score Columbia. on a placement test. Whoever wants to “The brand of CBU Science and do it, can. I think this is great, because Engineering is very strong, and we want students who have had no experience with to be associated with that brand,” Fay said. engineering, who maybe haven’t been that PHOTO BY JOHN MORRIS

Maxine Smith STEAM Academy memphissteammiddleschool.com @SmithSTEAM facebook.com/SmithSTEAMAcademy Middle College High School middlecollegeatcbu.org @MemphisMCHS Harding Academy hardingacademymemphis.org @HardingLions facebook.com/HardingAcademy STEM Center for Women & Diversity cbu.edu/stem-center

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great at math, they can come here and get their hands on the subject matter and gain their confidence.”

Neves explained that the freshman year is less math-based, so students can come in and do the hands-on creative side of engineering — design, sketching, drafting, both manually and with computer software. “This is really important,” she said, “because students who blow their confidence in math too early just give up.”

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At the end of each year, students take a two-day assessment exam for which PLTW claims that a national average of 12% score high enough to be eligible for college credit. More than 30% of CoLaB students scored that high last year.

“We want to differentiate our program so that our boys have more than just a high school teacher in these subjects, so they have a network of working professionals behind them,” Fay said. “And when they graduate

form CBHS and go on and get their college degrees in engineering or science or computer programming, they can come back and fill the jobs that are needed in local industry. We’re creating a pipeline of local talent in the high-tech fields.

“CBU and CBHS have a unique opportunity to really raise the bar for classroom instruction in Memphis in a very positive and constructive way. It’s perfectly in line with our Lasallian mission, to innovate in education and meet the needs of the community.” n — Cory Dugan STEMM CoLaB director Rebecca Neves with students at CBHS

of engineering. “We start with classical mechanics, such as statics and dynamics, and then go into materials and materials testing,” Neves explained. “We do machine control, and start on week one with robotics components so that by the end— when they’re tasked with programming a robot—they already know how to build it.”

Engineering courses are designed to be more math-based by the sophomore year.

Neves emphasized that she did not get exposed to many of these topics until her sophomore or junior year of college.

“When my students get to college, they’re going to be so far ahead of a lot of their peers because they already know the language.”

Biomedical science is a totally separate track, which is offered for the first time this year. Classes will be offered in Principles of Biomedical Science and Human Body Systems for the first year.

Coming into the third year of the program, Fay says that the biggest challenge is meeting the demand. “We simply can’t provide enough teachers and classroom seats. Next year, we’ll probably be asking the faculty to add a 7:00 a.m. class in engineering design because we simply don’t have the time in the space of a regular day.”

“Enrollment in CoLaB classes has nearly doubled each year,” Neves said. “The first year we had 48 engineering students, the second we had 84. This year we’ve had requests from 147 students. With the addition of the biomedical track, we’ll add another 40 or so. That comes to more than two-thirds of the incoming freshman class.

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STEMM Certification and Education for Teachers The CBU/CBHS CoLaB partnership believes in educating teachers in STEMM-related subjects and non-STEMM related subjects on valuable techniques to spread critical thinking skills and technological literacy in all classrooms. As a result, the CoLaB created two pathways for educators to improve pedagogy: the STEMM CoLaB Education Certificate Program and the STEMM CoLaB Education Workshop Series.

“Our original idea for the teaching certificate was to create demand for what we were offering in the CoLab,” CBHS principal Chris Fay explained. “But we realized that we already have enough demand, and our reason for doing this now is to transform the way our teachers teach, regardless of whether they teach math or science. We want to encourage better pedagogy and to think more about solving problems in a STEM fashion, whether it’s in a history class or any other discipline. This is geared to all levels, K-12. “ The STEMM teaching philosophy is based strongly on group collaborative learning and problem-solving, no matter what the actual subject is,” Rebecca Neves, CoLaB director, added. “We’ve had some success with non-STEM teachers in subjects like foreign language, English, and drama, but we’d like to expand on that.

Approximately 65 teachers have attended the workshops so far, from private and public schools all across Shelby County.

Dr. Ric Potts, chair of the CBU Education Department, said that CBU currently has two classes of teachers pursuing the STEMM Certification Program. “It’s not a state-recognized certificate yet, but it is definitely significant professional development and offers them some prowess in where and what they can teach.”

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airview Junior High School predated CBU’s arrival at the corner of Central and East Parkway by a decade. The Art Deco-style building was built in 1930 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; the authors of Memphis: An Architectural Guide described it as “the architectural gem of the school system and one of the finest buildings in the whole city.” But for a number of years, Fairview Middle School (as it was renamed) was on the state’s “Priority Schools” list for being in the bottom five percent of schools statewide in terms of academic achievement and was at risk of being taken over by the Tennessee Achievement School District.

In 2013, the Shelby County School Board approved converting the troubled school into an optional program. Working behind the scenes to make that school board decision a reality were a group of concerned Midtown parents and the CBU Department of Education.

“Fairview was shutting its doors and there were some active parents in the Cooper-Young area who wanted a Midtown middle school option,” said Dr. Samantha Alperin, associate professor and director of Education Programs at CBU. “We started brainstorming on how can we make this work. We did a lot of studying and talking about whether this hypothetical new school should be an optional school. It

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was decided early on that Shelby County was going to keep the building, and it was not going to be turned over to a charter.

We worked very closely with the parents, going to school board meetings to get it approved. It ended up being what they call a ‘zero-attendance free-standing optional school,’ which means that everyone is admitted by test scores but they also have an attendance zone.”

Last August, the new Maxine Smith STEAM Academy opened its doors with a new principal, a new teaching staff, and a brand new focus.

“The idea at the beginning was strictly a STEM school, one that emphasized science, technology, engineering, and math,” recalled Dr. Ric Potts, chair of the Education Department. “But we realized quickly that it needed instead to be a STEAM school—which means it also includes the arts. Midtown is an artconscious area, and these parents wanted choral and drama and drawing classes. So those are all available as add-ons to the core curriculum, and that’s been a real boon to the community and the parents alike.”

Maxine Smith STEAM Academy (MSSA) is the school district’s first STEAM school, and its curriculum also

has a special emphasis on environmental studies—referred to as “greenSTEAM” by the school’s leaders. As part of the district’s optional program for higherachieving students, students must score above the 65th percentile on TCAPs to apply. Fifty percent of seats are prioritized for students living within a two-mile radius of the school; the other 50 percent is open to qualified students throughout Shelby County.

CBU, as a founding partner, provides lab space and library resources as well as teacher training. Dr. Juan Carlos Olabe, CBU professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, is adding computer programming to the school’s offerings through his Scratch program (see the Spring 2014 issue of Bell Tower). Students taking other STEM classes break into three monthly rotating groups every Thursday— one group stays at MSSA for coursework, one comes to the Plough Library, and the third goes to the CBU Engineering labs.

“All of our students take a STEM course,” explained Lischa Brooks, principal of MSSA. “By coming over to CBU, they’re able to actually meet with a professor who explains that this is what you learned in

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your math class, and this is how it’s applied in engineering. For example, when our students were studying wind energy, they came over to CBU and the professors showed them an actual wind tunnel. It’s one thing for the students to learn about Bernoulli’s Principle, but when they can see it in action, it takes on more significance.”

“This past year, because it was a new school, it was kind of like ‘show-and-tell’ in the CBU labs for all of the students,” Alperin added.

With the first year behind it, the MSSA curriculum provides sixth-graders, called “Technicians,” with an overview of the basic concepts and history of STEAM subjects. Seventh-graders (“Engineers”) study innovation and how the creative arts can lead to new discoveries and technologies. Eighth-graders (“Inventors”) define problems and develop solutions for real societal needs.

“Last year, we worked on thematic topics and devised experiments in the lab that were tied to that topic,” Dr. Siripong Malasri, Dean of Engineering, recounted. “These topics included several environmental issues like wind energy and water resources, structures and earthquakes, and manufacturing.” CBU faculty members iddle College High School originally opened its doors in 1987, offering a mixture of high school and college courses on the campus of Southwest Tennessee Community College (then Shelby State). Initially, its student body was compromised of students in grades 10-12. In 1990, the first graduating class of 25 Middle College students completed high school with an average of 18 college hours. Over the years, MCHS added a ninth-grade cohort and in 2009 entered into a new partnership with CBU. With this new partnership, it relocated to the former Fairview Junior High building—which it now shares with the Maxine Smith STEAM Academy.

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who worked with MSSA students also included Drs. Eric Welch, Louie Lin, Paul Shiue, and Andrew Assadollahi.

“Last year, you saw it. This year, you get to build it,” Brooks explained. “Sixth-grade students will still be involved in the ‘survey’ experience. Seventh-graders will be more hands-on and expand their experiences beyond engineering and into the sciences.

In eighth grade, we want the students to really get their hands dirty and have real laboratory experiences.”

MSSA students also receive instruction on CBU’s library resources and research methods. “The group that comes over on Thursday has specific curriculum-related assignments that they have to complete using our resources,” said Benjamin Head, instruction librarian at Plough Library.

“They are very directed, and they’re great kids. They’re very curious and ask a lot of questions, but usually one of the other students already has an answer.”

Malasri agrees: “These students are really excellent. They’re alert, they pay attention, they ask great questions.”

The CBU Education Department is still involved in curriculum planning and is available to MSSA for professional development. CBU also places its students

teachers across the street. “There really is a partnership,” Alperin said. “It’s not just in name, we are actually involved.”

“They tap into us for lots of expertise in the teaching field, but we’re here to help in any way we can,” Potts said. “We’re looking forward to a really successful second year.”

The second year at Maxine Smith STEAM Academy started with double the enrollment it had during its first year, with a waiting list for admission.

“This partnership speaks to CBU’s commitment to the community at large,” Brooks said. “There’s always been a disconnect between what happens in higher education and what happens in K-12.

What CBU is doing really touches me, because they’re reaching back—back into K-12, back into the community around them. It speaks volumes about the heart of the Lasallian experience.

“I believe if we can get students who are really empowered and passionate about learning and growing, they’re going to do some amazing things when they become adults. CBU is investing its time and energy into being a part of that and saying, ‘We want to be part of this wave of students and future builders and leaders of our city.” n — Cory Dugan

Dual enrollement students from Middle College High School

permitted to take classes at CBU and earn college credit in high school.

Dr. Ric Potts, chair of the CBU Department of Education, served on the advisory committee for curriculum at Middle College. “It’s a nice fit to be involved with both the STEAM Academy and Middle College,” he said. “They’re in the same building, they’re right across the street. In the past, when it was Fairview Middle, there was very little relationship between the two, very few of their students continued at Middle College. But now,

quite a few of the STEAM 8th graders have graduated upstairs for high school. They both come to CBU, the middle-schoolers for the labs and library work, and the high schoolers for dual enrollment classes. So the STEAM kids have already been to CBU, and it makes sense for them to continue coming here in high school.”

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as a junior in college. We’ve had two students go on and graduate college in a year-and-a-half.”

Unlike Maxine Smith STEAM Academy, MCHS students do not have to “test in” for admission, although they do have to apply and undergo a fairly rigorous interview process. The school enrolls 200-250 students each year, selected from 300-400 applications. This year they have a senior class of 41 students, 32 of whom will be taking dual enrollment college courses; the junior class numbers 69 students, 50 of whom qualify for dual enrollment.

Students at MCHS can take any 100or 200-level courses at CBU. They mostly take general educational requirement courses such as English, social sciences, mathematics, and early courses in majors such as education, biology, and business.

“We’ve had a couple of kids who excelled in biology and were allowed to take a 300level course,” Martre added.

This year, more than 60 Middle College students will be taking classes at CBU, which is double the number in previous years. They are usually scheduled at least two students to a class, but there are often up to nine per class in certain education and business classes, and they walk together across the street to the CBU campus.

(They are not allowed to drive and park at CBU.) In the past, most of the students have averaged A’s and B’s in their college coursework.

“Our students don’t have to wear school uniforms, they can dress like college students,” Martre said. “They’re able to have their cell phones, unlike students at other public schools. And they can eat lunch at CBU, which they love. They love to eat at the Buc and have a great rapport with Miss Valerie.”

They’re also allowed to utilize Plough Library, the Math Lab, the Writing Lab, and any other student facility on campus.

“But I said no to them using the CBU gym. I was afraid they’d skip classes,” Martre laughed.

MCHS is one of only three high schools in Memphis designated as a “Reward School” by the Tennessee Department of Education. It operates in the top 1% of all U.S. high schools and in the top 5% of all schools in Tennessee. In 2014, 100% of MCHS seniors were accepted into at least one college or university. Almost 80 percent received at least one college scholarship, for a total of $7.2 million dollars in scholarships. n — Cory Dugan PHOTO BY LESLIE HERLIHY

Dr. Eric Welch with students at Harding Academy

hanks to constraints.” two CBU Sixteen Harding Engineering students participated in professors, students at the program’s inaugural Harding Academy are year. In the fall, they attended learning to build a better robot. introductory classes and labs taught With the support of donors George by Shiue, Welch, and Harding Science and Bena Cates, CBU is collaborating and Engineering teacher Wendi Heaton. with Harding to sponsor a team Then, beginning in January, students in the national FIRST Robotics spent six weeks designing, building, and Competition. Established in 1989 by programming a robot to carry out a specific Dean Kamen—inventor of Segway task. This year’s assignment was to build a scooters—the competition challenges robot that could stack plastic storage tubs. nearly 40,000 high school teams to In early March, Welch and Shiue MY ACaADEaccompanied build a robot capable of carrying out the students to their first specific task. regional competition in Little Rock. Welch FIRST stands for “For Inspiration says the students were less nervous than he and Recognition of Science and was: “They had no idea how many ways Technology.” According to Dr. things could go wrong.”

Paul Shiue, chair of Mechanical But though the stakes are high at the Engineering at CBU, the competition FIRST competition, a spirit of camaraderie goes far beyond the technical, reigns. Teams commonly assist their teaching skills such as teamwork, competitors with parts, repairs, and communication, social relationships, advice. As Shiue explained, part of the and project management. appeal of the competition is that “it gives Dr. Eric Welch, Shiue’s partner opportunities for students to learn from in the project and chair of Electrical other teams.” & Computer Engineering at CBU, In the end, the brand-new Harding agrees. “It doesn’t matter if you’re team made a strong showing, ranking an engineer,” he said. “The world is second-highest among the nine rookie confined by constraints. The FIRST teams in the regional competition. “It competition teaches students to worked out really well,” said Welch. “It was solve problems within real-world a good year.” n — Robert Arnold (‘15) B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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t’s no secret that in today’s engineering world, women can be difficult to find at the drafting table.

According to recent census data, about 24% of all STEM jobs are held by women in the U.S., and around 25% of female undergraduates earned a STEMrelated degree.

This is not a reality lost on Dr. Divya Choudhary.

Choudhary, who has taught in the Electrical & Computer Engineering at CBU since 2010 and holds the J. Everett Pidgeon Academic Chair, directs the Graduate Engineering Program and has been wrestling with this unsettling reality for some time. But over the last three months she’s been leading the way for women in STEM by intervening early on in the life of high school girls in Memphis by bringing them into the world of STEM—at CBU and the workplace at large.

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The newly launched STEM Center opened in June of this year, and strives “to increase representation of women and women from racial and ethnic minorities by creating awareness, promoting interest and inspiring young women to consider STEM majors in college and STEM careers” (www. cbu.edu/stem-center).

The Center maintains several overarching objectives like generating interest among high school girls in high-tech majors, partnering with local organizations to bolster interest in the STEM fields, and provide career training and opportunities for current CBU students. On a practical level, the Center aims to increase enrollment of women in the School of Engineering to at least 30% (from the current 24%), connect current female engineering students with mentors in the professional workplace, and offer workshops throughout the year for high school students interested in STEM fields.

In essence, the Center wants to create a pipeline by which women at any stage of their academic development have the

opportunity to thrive in all areas of STEM. But it wasn’t always this way for women in these fields.

Carol Jones (’82, MEM ’93), assistant deputy for project management with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, reflected on her early days as an engineer during a panel discussion at the Future Women Engineers Program in June.

“When I first started, there were few females where I worked. One guy told me, ‘You should be at home. The women’s place is in the home.’ And then when I went out to one of my first project sites, the contractor told me to stay in the trailer and drink some hot chocolate. I had my steel boots on and wanted to see the site, but I stayed inside and did what he said.”

Jones and four other female engineers served as panelists during one of the days’ activities that focused on offering students a lens into the life of a working female engineer. About 31 high school students registered for the five-day summer program, and were given the opportunity to visit various engineering project sites, test their design and experimental skills on various engineering challenges, and learn more about the engineering-related majors at CBU. Shortly after the program, Kingsbury

Dr. James “Bo” Adams is the hyperbarics and wound clinic director at Delta Medical Center in Memphis. Bo has recently been elected to the boards of Germantown Community Theater and Leadership Germantown.

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Frank Niedzwiedz was named the 2015 IEEE Featured Engineer

by IEEE (Memphis Section) and the Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council at the 2015 Engineers Week Luncheon in February. He is a founding partner in R&N Systems Design, a Memphis consulting firm designing highly integrated security systems in jails, prisons, and courthouses.

Edward E. Belk Jr. (also MEM ’91) was named the recipient of the 2015 Craig Blackman Graduate Engineering Alumni Award in April. He currently serves as the chief of operations and regulatory functions for the US Army Corps of Engineers at the Corps’ command headquarters in Washington, DC.

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Particpants in this summer’s Future Women Engineers Program at CBU

Lisa H. Anderson has been pastor of Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis since 2005. She has an M.Div from Memphis Theological Seminary and is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry. Lisa is married to Dr. Barry Anderson, who is director of admission at MTS. Aimee Lewis has been promoted to vice president of external affairs for Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region. In this position, Aimee is responsible for advocacy, communications and marketing, education, and fundraising.

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High School student Stacy Okai sent Choudhary an email that summed up her enthusiasm about the week’s impact on her: “I had a fantastic week at FWEP. I learned so many things and got to participate in so many activities.

Because of the program, I’m thinking about pursuing a career in engineering, most likely electrical.

Before the program, I didn’t have a full understanding of the different aspects of engineering. No one really explained it to me. Your program gave me a deeper insight to the different fields, and I gained a better understanding.”

Over the next year, Choudhary would like to see current CBU Engineering students and alumnae play a bigger role in serving as mentors for high school students throughout Memphis and connecting them with opportunities in the STEM fields.

While initiatives like the Future Women Engineers Camp, workshops, and on-site project visits are important for creating awareness about the various opportunities available to women in the STEM fields, there’s no substitute for one-on-one mentorship—a fact that Choudhary comes PHOTOS BY CORY DUGAN & JACOB EDWARDS

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John B. St. Clair is regional sales vice president for MetLife Investors Distribution Company in Memphis.

Melissa Beck is one of 15 persons to have been selected as WhiteRiley-Peterson Policy Fellows, a partnership between the Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In the 10-month program, which begins in October, Fellows will study policy and develop and implement statelevel policy projects in partnership with their Statewide Afterschool Networks and the national Afterschool Alliance.

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As girls grow, develop, and make their way along the academic journey, it’s important to remember, as Choudhary points out: “What you can’t see, you can’t be.” n — Josh Colfer

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christian brothers university gratefully honors the generous support of alumni and friends who advance the university’s mission by making outright and/or deferred gifts. the university has established the

de la salle society

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promote the importance of philanthropy at cbu. membership in the de la salle society is based on the donor’s cumulative lifetime giving to cbu, including corporate matching gifts. $5 Million+ Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc. Estate of Mertie W. Buckman* Mr. L. Anthony Deal and Dr. Rose G. Deal, AFSC* FedEx Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Gadomski, AFSC Plough Foundation Robert A. and Susan C. Wilson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Wilson

$1,000,000-499,999,999

Anonymous Dr. Chadwick M. Baker Thomas W. Briggs Foundation, Inc. Caesar’s Entertainment, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Canale Canale Family Foundation Christian Brothers University-Lambert Hall Community Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Dr. Emily and Mr. H. Lance Forsdick Sr., AFSC Estate of Joseph Gaia* Faye D. Gros* Kresge Foundation Mrs. Mary Manigan* Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McEniry 24

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Mr. Robert H. Buckman and Ms. Joyce Mollerup Mr. Morrie A. Moss* Mr. and Mrs. David Nelson Estate of Virginia G. O’Hara* Estate of Mr. Eugene J. Pender Jr.* Mrs. Harry J. Phillips* Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ross* Mr. and Mrs. M. Jerry Seessel Dr. and Mrs. John J. Shea Jr.* Speer Charitable Trust SunTrust Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Waechter Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. Mr. W. Gerald Willett Mr. and Mrs. Willis H. Willey III

$500,000-999,999

Barret School of Banking Mr. Samuel O. Bates A.FSC* BellSouth Mrs. Mary Boshwit* Mr. and Mrs. Roland Brenninkmeyer Mrs. Gloria Cantu Mr. and Mrs. George Cates Mr. and Mrs. Edmond D. Cicala*

Dunavant Enterprises Ms. Helen M. Fahy* Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Gerber Brother Jeffrey Gros FSC* Humanitas Foundation Knapp Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Mancini* MCI Ms. Lori M. Patton Mr. and Mrs. Jerry H. Patton P.K. Seidman Foundation ServiceMaster ServiceMaster Consumer Services South Central Bell Mrs. Blanche Jordan Spain* Dr. and Mrs. R. Wayne Speer* Brother Robert J. Staub, FSC Tandem Computers, Inc. Van Vleet Foundation

$100,000-499,999 E. A. Alburty* Dr. and Mrs. Rex Amonette Aramark Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Arnoult Mr. and Mrs. Lee Askew III Baptist Memorial Health Care System, Inc Mr. David E. Berges and Ms. Debra Kendall Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Birch Jr., AFSC Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Blair Mr. and Mrs. H. Wayne Brafford Mr. Henry L. Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Bryant Jr. Buckman Mr. and Mrs. John Buford Mrs. Peggy Canale* Mr. and Mrs. James S. Carson Mr. and Mrs. James Albert Cash Jr. Christian Brothers of the Midwest Coca Cola Enterprises, Inc. Cole-Parmer Instrument Company Commercial Appeal Consulting Services Group, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Costa* Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cotros Diversified Trust Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Dudley III Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Duke* Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Dunavant First Tennessee Bank First Tennessee Foundation Mr. William E. Flaherty Mrs. Tina S. Flaherty Elizabeth M. Foley* Mr. George J. Franks Jr. Mrs. Faye A. Fray Mr. James L. Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gartrell Mr. and Mrs. Ed L. Gastright Gerber/Taylor Management Mr. and Mrs. W. Jerry Gillis Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Giovannetti Mr. and Mrs. William W. Graves Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell Graves Mr. Frank Gray Mrs. Linda F. Gray Mr. and Mrs. James E. Harwood III* Mr. Mason Hawkins Mr. Fred Hodges Ms. Margaret Hyde* Hyde Family Foundations Independent Bank Mr. John Kanne Kroger Company Mrs. Susan Bowen Lane Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Lazarini Lichterman Loewenberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Lostocco Mrs. Jane Maury Lovitt Lurgi PSI, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Marchant James K. McDermott* Mrs. Robert Q. McEniry Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. McNeil Jr. Medical Express Laboratories Memphis Museum System Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Mendler Dr. Arnie Mersch* Methodist Healthcare Mills Morris Arrow Mr. and Mrs. John W. Montesi Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. John W. Montesi Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Fred Montesi III Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Morgan Jr. Mr. Louis Moroni* National Science Foundation NEC America Mr. and Mrs. Ned Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ogilvie*

F. W. Olin Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Osman Mr. Mike Palazola Philips Emergency Lighting Plastic Ingenuity Portland Cement Association PricewaterhouseCoopers Procter & Gamble Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Quinn Mr. and Mrs. James L. Reber Reynolds, Bone and Griesbeck Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Rimstidt Martha R. Robinson* Saks Incorporated Foundation Ms. Anna Louise Sartore* Mr. and Mrs. Rudi Scheidt Sr. Schering Plough, Inc. Dr. Jeffrey A. Schultz Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving P. K. Seidman* Sharp Manufacturing Company of America Shell Oil Company Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Signaigo* Smith & Nephew, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Solano Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Splan Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Stavrum Syncada Teagle Foundation, Inc. Tennessee Independent Colleges & Universities Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Trippeer Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Turley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Turner* Union Planters Bank Mr. Henry Walker Dr. and Mrs. Russel L. Wiener* Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert L. Williams The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation

$50,000-99,999 100 Club of Memphis Dr. James W. Adams II Aetna Life and Casuality Company Allen & Hoshall, Inc. Alliant Food Service LEGA Arthur Andersen and Company Anderson-Tully Company ARA Services Askew, Nixon & Ferguson Architects AutoZone Inc Alfred Lewis and Hope Galloway Aydelott Trust Mrs. Kitty Barzizza Mrs. Martha Blake-Adams Mrs. Charles B. Brakefield* Ms. Marcia Brasel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Briggs II Drs. Teresa Brooks and Thane Duncan Campbell Clinic Inc Mr. Jack R. Casagrande Christian Brothers High School City of Memphis - Division of Engineering Mr. and Mrs. William B. Clark Sr.* Ms. Patricia S. Cloar and Mr. Jack C. Milsted Commander and Mrs.* Leonard B. Crane Jr., USN (Retired) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Croteau Ms. Linda M. Finerson Mr. and Mrs. T. Kevin Dunnigan E. I. DuPont De Nemours and Company Brother Stephen Eibert, FSC Engineers’ Club of Memphis Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Erickson Jr. Fluor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Hal H. Fowler Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. France Mrs. Nan Gallina* Mrs. Sally D. Gasior

Mr. Mark R. Giannini Goldsmith Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gustafson Mr. Paul M. Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Jabie S. Hardin* Harrah’s Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Harty Mrs. Edwin Hendon Hilton Hotels Corporation Hohenberg Charity Trust Hohenberg Foundation Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Inman International Communications Association Dr. Howard Kaltenborn* Mr. J. Geoffrey Kirsch Mr. Urban A. Kocher Mr. and Dr. Gary Koester Mr. Louis Laurenzi* Leader Federal Mr. Thomas F. Maher Mr. James E. McGehee Jr. Brother Timothy McNary, FSC* Ms. Judith M. McWillie Medtronic Menke Foundation Mr. George Menkick* NACME Naegele Adv. Co. of Memphis (now Universal) New York Times Company Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David P. Nicolas Northwest Airlines Mr. and Mrs. R. Neil O’Brien* Mr. and Mrs. David F. Olszewski Mrs. Carroll A. Pera Leo F. Pera* Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Peterson Pickering, Inc. Mr. William B. Plough Dr. and Mrs. Ron J. Ponder Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Posey Jr. Mr. Steve Reed Regions Bank Mr. and Mrs. J. Vincent Robinson Mrs. Ceil Saino A.FSC* Dr. Margarette J. Sather* Dr. Blanche Schwartz* Mr. and Mrs. Max Sckerl Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas W. Scully Mrs. Estelle K. Sheahan Dr. and Mrs. John Smarrelli Jr. Linda M. Smiley, M.D. Mr. Harry B. Solmson* Mr. Paul Sorce Springvale Systems, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Winn R. Stephenson Mr. John E. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Henry Varnell Adella Wagner* Mrs. Mary J. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Webb Reginald Wurzburg Foundation, Inc.

$10,000-49,999 Accenture Foundation Active Bolt & Screws Co. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Adams Jr. Mrs. Justin H. Adler* George I. Alden Trust Dr. Zenab A. Ali Dr. J. Richard Allen Allenberg Cotton Company, Inc. Mr. Andrew P. Allred Brother Louis Althaus, FSC Mrs. Melissa S. Andrews and Mr. Chris Andrews Arnoult & Associates, Inc. B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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AT&T Business Systems AT&T Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Pete Aviotti Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Aydelott* Mr. Philip Babin Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Bailey Mr. Kyle P. Baltz and Ms. Karen Wessler Mr. Kevin T. Baltz Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bannon Mr. and Mrs. John M. Barrett* Dr. and Mrs. Nicolas Bazan BDO Seidman Becker Conviser CPA Review Gary Beecham and Mary Lynn White Beekman Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. A. Michael Belanger Ms. Betty Bell Mr. and Mrs. John F. Benware Estate of Marianne A. Beringer* Mr. Kenneth W. Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. Craig Blackman Dr. and Mrs. Basil A. Bland Jr. A.FSC* Mr. and Mrs. W. Scott Booker Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Boone Jr. Mr. Martin P. Boscaccy Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Boshers Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bracken Mr. and Mrs. Claude Braganza* Mr. E. Denby Brandon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John N. Brewer Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Laurence T. Britt Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Bryant* Bryce Corporation Estate of William C. Bryson* Buckeye Technologies, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Burke Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Burnett Dr. Frank M. Buscher Mr. Louis M. Caldarera Mr. Burton Callicott Estate* Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Campagna Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cantu Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Cargile Cargill, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. T. Martin Carr Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Henry Carrier Carson Pirie Scott Mr. and Mrs. Randal Steven Carter Mr. James A. Cash III Mr. Raymond S. Castro Catholic Diocese of Memphis CBIZ MHM Thompson Dunavant CBU Alumni Association Mr. and Mrs. Rodney G. Ceasar Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ceasar Central BBQ Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Chandler Jr. Ms. Kathleen Wilson Chinnis Mr. Brian A. Chiulli Christian Brothers High School Brothers Community Church of The Holy Spirit Dr. and Mrs. John W. Clark Jr. Rev. Msgr. Paul W. Clunan, AFSC* Mr. Thomas B. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Colvett Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Larry S. Combs Dr. and Rev. S. Michael Condren Conwood Company, LP Mr. and Mrs. George F. Cooley* Mr. Thomas E. Cooper Dr. Marguerite B. Cooper* Mr. William J. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Patrick C. Corley Cornerstone Media, LLC 26

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Dr. Kevin W. Corrigan Mr. and Mrs. William R. Cortesi* Mrs. William R. Cortesi Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Crisman Mr. and Mrs. J. Chris Crone Crump-James Company Cummins Mid South Mr. John W. Curran Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence F. Dalicandro Ms. Sally Renee Damron Mr. and Mrs. Brant Daniel Dr. and Mrs. William L. Daniels, AFSC Mr. Tyree C. Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Daush Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Delashmit Jr. Delta Materials Handling, Inc. Dennis Electric, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Dennis Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Diblik Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dickey Jr. Brother Konrad Diebold, FSC Mr. William C. Dierker Mr. and Mrs. David E. Dierkes Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Dillon Mr. and Mrs. William G. Ditoro Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dobbs Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Domagala Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Dorsey Dover Elevator Systems Mr. Steve Dunavant H.W. Durham Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dzielak Mr. Thomas S. Edenton Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Edmondson Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Ellis Ms. Shawna G. Engel Mr. Randall M. Engel Brother Christopher R. Englert, FSC Ernst & Young LLP Exxon Education Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Fagin Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Fagin Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Farabee Eugenia T. Farrell* Federated Department Stores Fidelity Investments Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Figliulo* Col. James L. Fisher, (USAF Ret)* Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Bobby W. Fisher Fishers of Men Mr. and Mrs. William R. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Fleck Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Fogelman Estate of Dorothy Follansbee* Follett Higher Education Group Forum Securities, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Foshage Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association Dr. Gene L. France FSC Foundation Fusion International, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gadomski Mr. and Mrs. Galbreath* Gallagher Electric and Engineering Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo A. Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. A. Anthony Galler Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Garavelli Mrs. Eugenia Gattas Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gattuso Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gattuso Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. William Gaudet Jr.* Mr. Jerry D. Gentry* Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gibson

Mr. C. Earl Gillespie Jr. Mrs. Tandy Gilliland Dr. and Mrs. Louis Glazer Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Glover Ms. Dolores S. Graning Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Grant Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Great Oaks Foundation Mrs. Emily S. Greer Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Grendys John A. Grisanti* Mr. Michael E. Gunn Mr. Ralph L. Gusmus Mr. and Mrs. James L. Guy* Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Haines Mr. Brian O. Hamilton Mr. Thomas A. Hannan Mr. Kevin D. Hansen Ms. Christina D. Ross and Mr. David K. Hanson Hanson Graphics of Memphis, Inc. Mr. T. Laine Harber Mr. Walter L. Harper Mr. and Mrs. Ross D. Harris Jr. Ms. Shonna Danielson Harris Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC Mr. Les Hays* Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Healy* Mr. Jay Healy and Dr. Regina G. Healy Mr. and Mrs. Mike A. Hefferman Helena Chemical Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Deek Hensley Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Herr III Paula A. Herring, M.D. Hon. and Mrs. Thomas A. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. C. Haywood Hines Mr. and Mrs. James Hosey Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Huels Huey’s Mr. John Richard Huffman Ms. Onika M. Huggins Brother Lawrence Humphrey, FSC Dr. and Mrs. James C. Hunt Mr. G. Terry Huntzicker IBM Corporation IBM Corporation Matching Gifts ICA Foundation IEEE (Memphis Section) Illinois Bell Indirect Cost Recovery Mr. and Mrs. Frank Inman Jr. Instrument Society of America Integrated Systems Solutions Corp.

International Corrugated Packaging Foundation International Paper Company International Paper Company Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Ireland Mr. and Mrs. James J. Isaacs Dr. Neal F. Jackson Mr. Alan Jankowski Mr. Thomas F. Jenkins Jr.* Ms. Kristi Jernigan Mrs. Andrea J. Johnson Mr. Michael D. Jokerst Ms. Andrea M. Jordan Joyner, Heard and Jones, Inc. Mr. Francis W. Keller Kellogg Company Mr. James B. Kelly Dr. Jack Kenney Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Kent Mr. William J. Kent Dr. Anne H. Kenworthy Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Keough Kimberly Clark Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Kinelski

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Mr. and Mrs. W. Ted King Drs. Jeffrey and JoAnn Kirchner The Reverend Monsignor Al Kirk Mr. W. Daniel Klein Mr. John R. Knox Jr. Mr. and Mrs. P. Christopher Koch Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Koeneman* Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kopfer Mr. and Mrs. George E. Kouba Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis P. Kozlowski KPMG Peat Marwick Mr. Ronald D. Krelstein Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Kula Mr. James E. Kuss L&L Industrial Supply Mr. James A. Lammers Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Langford* Dr. R. William Langham Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lanzillo Jr. Mr. Carl A. LaPonte Jr. Ms. Geraldine M. Lawhon Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Lenahan Mr. and Mrs. James A. Lenahan III Mr. and Mrs. Brad Lensing Mr. Charles S. Leonard Mr. Thomas F. Lepak Mr. Syd M. Lerner Mr. Robert F. Litviak Lockheed Martin Corporation Estate of Marie S. Mimi Loeb* Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Loeffler Mr. Edward F. Longinotti* Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Longo Jr. Mr. Jorge L. Lopez-Balboa Lumen Civitatis Mr. and Mrs. Mark Luttmann Madonna Circle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Majers Brother Vincent Malham, FSC* Dr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Mangiante Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Mannina Dr. and Mrs. Richard O. Martin Mr. and Mrs. W. Lawrence Martin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ramon A. Marus Jr. Marvel Entertainment, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mascagni III Mr. James P. Matthews Mr. and Mrs. John Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. John R. McCabe Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. McCollough Dr. Evelyn McDonald and Mr. NoLee Insixiengmay Mrs. Janet McDonnell McDonnell Douglas Corporation Dr. Samuel A. McGuire III Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. McKittrick* Brother Terence McLaughlin, FSC Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. McLean McMurry Construction Company Dr. John E. Megley III Memphis Board of Trade Memphis Redbirds Memphis Restaurant Association Mrs. Peggy Metz* MFS Datanet Corp.

Mid South Restaurant Group, LLC Mid-America Engineers, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. James S. Miller Mr. Ronald G. Mills Mr. George Mitchell Estate of Tom P. Mitchell* Moley Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Brett C. Moore Mr. John Ernest Moretta Brother Alfred Moroni, FSC* Mr. and Mrs. John Ralph Muller Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy H. Mungai 28

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Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. W. Robert Myers Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Nadicksbernd* Mr. David J. Nahlen Dr. John P. Nash Ms. Jacqueline L. Nesbit Mr. and Mrs. Rusty E. Newman Mr. James A. Nichols Mr. Mike G. Nienaber Dr. Phillip R. Northcross Lt. Col. and Mrs. William L. Northern Mr. John T. Novarese Jr. Mrs. Esther L. Novarese* Ms. Renata S. Novarese Brother Patrick O’Brien, FSC* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. William P. O’Connell Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. O’Looney Dr. and Mrs. T. Kevin O’Malley Mr. Thomas J. O’Neil Sr.* Dr. and Mrs. Juan C. Olabe-Basogain Mr. and Mrs. K. Jerry Olds Mr. and Mrs. James H. Olyniec Mr. Joe Orgill III* Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew Orr Mr. Steve B. Ortwein Mr. Paul S. Osborn Dr. and Mrs. J. William Owens Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Owens Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pahl Parco Foods, L.L.C. Dr. James O. Parker Dr. and Mrs. William G. Parris Mr. and Mrs. Henri F. Pellegrin Sr. Dr. and Mrs. John D. Pera* Mr. and Mrs. David C. Perdue Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Mr. Timothy J. Peterson Mr. John C. Pfeiffer Piano’s Flowers & Gifts, Inc. Mrs. Athala W. Pierini Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Pitts Jr. Mr. Maurice D. Plough Sr.* Mr. Ken Plunk Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Pohlman Mr. and Mrs. John Pontius Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Popp Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Porter Mr. Michael Price Project Management Institute, Memphis TN Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Ptacin Mr. and Mrs. H. Anthony Raiche Mr. and Mrs. John P. Randag Mr. and Mrs. David A. Raymo RCA Cylix Communications, Inc. Reaves Sweeney Marcom, Inc. Mr. J. Martin Regan Jr. Regions Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A.Reichhold Research Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Retseck Mr. and Mrs. John J. Reusch* Mr. and Mrs. S. Herbert Rhea* Rhodes, Lauck and Associates, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Russell F. Rhodes Mr. William B. Richardson Jr. Mr. Robert B. Richey Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Ritten Mr. and Mrs. John R. S. Robilio Mr. Silvio L. Robilio* Mr. Michael A. Robinson Dr. and Mrs. C. Paul Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Robinson Dr. Raymond H. Rolwing Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rossetti Mrs. Mary R. Russell

Bobby E. Russell Jr. Memorial Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Dennis T. Rybarczyk Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Saino Saint Francis Hospital St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital St. Louis Church Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Sammarco Mr. and Mrs. William A. Sampson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Savage Mr. Joseph C. Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. John R. Scaduto Dr. Stephany Schlachter and Mr. Harve Schlachter Mr. Richard S. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schwarz Jr. Ms. Jane H. Scott* Mrs. Loretta Scott* Mrs. Inez D. Scruggs* Seabrook Wallcovering, Inc. Sears Roebuck and Co. SEMS, Inc. Mrs. Susan Baker Sevier* Mr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Shipley Mr. Paul G. Sieben Mr. and Mrs. David D. Silberberg* Mr. Sarean Sim Ms. Janet Singer Mr. and Mrs. Danny Skaer Mr. and Mrs. David Skelton Mrs. Mary P. Sledge Mr. and Mrs. Jay Smith Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Smith Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Craig Smith Dorothy Snider Foundation Mr. Dale H. Sobba Brother Stanislaus Sobczyk, FSC Mr. Leno Sodini* Mr. Harry G. Soldan Dr. A. Neyle Sollee Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Solmson Southeastern Telecommunications Assoc.

SE Assoc. of State Hwy. & Transportation Officials Southern Stores, Inc. Analice Hosey Sowell and Michael Sowell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Spearing Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Stack Jr. Mr. Eugene J. Staub* Mrs. Marie F. Staub Mr. Raymond D. Staub Mr. Michael H. Stauder Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Stephenson Mrs. Callie L. Stevens Stewart Title of Tennessee, Inc. Mr. John W. Stokes Jr. Mrs. Walter Strain Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Strelsin Judge John J. Sullivan* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Sullivan, AFSC Mr. and Mrs. William D. Summons Dr. and Mrs. Pu-Ning Sun Dr. Arthur J. Sutherland III Mr. R. Dale Swift Sysco Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Szczuka Sr. T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc. Tanner Peck Mr. and Mrs. William B. Tanner* TBC Corporation Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration Dr. and Mrs. Fred Terry Mr. Michael D. Terry Mr. and Mrs. Pravin J. Thakkar Mr. and Mrs. David B. Thomas Thomas & Betts Mr. and Mrs. Martin Thompson

Mrs. Ellen Thompson* Toof Printing Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Townsend Treadway Gallery Inc Mr. and Mrs. Ernie R. Treiss Tri-State Armature and Electrical Works UNICO National-Memphis Chapter University of Memphis Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Urbanski Mr. Roy S. Uyematsu Vanderhaar Symposium Mr. John V. Vegezzi Velsicol Chemical Corporation Dr. and Mrs. H. John Ventura Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Vergos* Mr. and Mrs. Sam Vitale Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Volpe Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Vondra VRC Company Mr. and Mrs. Maury Wade Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wapole Mr. Brian A. Ward Ms. Judith S. Ware Mr. Edward D. Warwick Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Watermeier Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Weems Dr. J. J. Weems* Mr. Ralph M. Wegener Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Weir Mr. and Mrs. Donald Weis Lawrence A. Welch* Mr. Joe C. Weller Brother Robert Werle, FSC Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wertz Dr. Margaret H. West Mr. and Mrs. John L. Whaley Ms. Alice Wheatley Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Whitlatch Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wiedemann* Mr. John Richard Wigley Mr. and Mrs. R. Barry Williamson* Mr. Kemmons Wilson Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wilson II Mr. Herbert M. Wilson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Robert John Wilson III Mr. and Mrs. Marion D. Winbush WMC-TV Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Wolking Mr. and Mrs. William D. Woodmansee Mr. and Mrs. John H. Woods Mr. and Mrs. C. Daniel Wortham Mrs. Walter Wunderlich* Reginald Wurzburg* Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wurzburg Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Don Yelton Dr. and Mrs. Michael V. Yester Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. York Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Zanone Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Zanone Mr. and Mrs. David C. Zanone III Mr. Edward L. True

$5,000-9,999 3M Company Mr. and Mrs. Ramon M. Albonetti Ms. Louise Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Allard Mr. and Mrs. James V. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P. Allen Altria Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. L. Ronald Ambort American Resource Systems Mr. and Mrs. William B. Anton* Dr. Robert C. Arzbaecher Ashley Furniture Homestore

Mr. Gregory R. Athas Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Austin Auto-Chlor System Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Averwater Mr. and Mrs. Paul David Babin Dr. Henrietta Bada and Mr. Joel W. Ellzey Mr. L. Paul Baioni Mr. and Mrs. Russell T. Baker Mr. James A. Baker Baker, Donelson, Bearman and Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Leo L. Baltz Mr. Daniel J. Banaszek C.R. Bard, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Baricos Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Barnett Mr. Eric B. Barnhart Barnhart Crane & Rigging Mr. Henry S. Bell Jr.* Belz Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. Rick F. Bernheim Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Bielenin Mr. William E. Bihl Binswanger Glass Co. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bird Mr. R. Felix Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Paul I. Black Jr. Mr. Roger J. Blickhan Boatmen’s Bank of Tennessee Boeing Company Mr. and Mrs. Percy R. Boggan Jr. Bolton High School Scholarship Trust Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bond Mr. William Joseph Borah Mr. and Mrs. W. James Bowling Dr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Brandon Jr. Mr. Ken J. Brannock Ms. Stephanie L. Brannon Dr. Charles H. Brombach Brookfield and Company Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Brosnan Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Brown Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey C. Bull Mrs. Ashley Rome Burbank Mr. and Mrs. Martin T. Burke Mr. and Mrs. James W. Burns Mr. Kevin M. Busch Mr. Michael J. Byrne Mr. Terrence P. Byrnes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Caldwell III Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Campbell Jr. D Canale Beverages, Incorporated Cannon & Company Mr. and Mrs. James V. Capuzzo Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carlock Carolco Liquidating Trust Mr. John D. Carrara Jr. Carrier Corporation Mr. and Mrs. David D. Carroll* Dr. Peter Gathje and Dr. Jennifer Case Catherine’s, Inc. Mrs. Paul Ceasar* Cenacle Retreat League CFH Financial Services, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Chamness Ms. Sonja R. Chandler CHELA Financial Resources, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Chilewski Cleo, Inc. Mr. Gregory Cobbige Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cochran Sheila and Ed Collins* Judge John P. Colton Jr. Mr. Kevin J. Connolly Albert Conrand* Mrs. Frankie Cooper*

Mr. Thomas Corona Ms. Julia A. Courtney Mr. Alfred L. Cowles Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cox Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Cremerius Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Crone Mr. and Mrs. Harrel A. Crone Ms. Carolyn A. Cross Mr. and Mrs. William J. Crowley Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Czestochowski D.B. Marketing with Ingenuity, Inc. DAC Fitness Mr. and Mrs. Lewis V. Davis Mr. Michael J. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Denegri Dr. and Mrs. A. Wayne Denton* Mr. and Mrs. Dave Dermon II* Mr. Henry Deutsch Mr. Daniel T. Devitt Diesel Recon Company Mr. William E. Donlon Jr. John A. Donoho* Judge B. Jeffrey Doran Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Dougherty Dr. Timothy Doyle Brother Theodore Drahmann, FSC* Dr. Robert L. Drake Mrs. Sabra F. Drake, MD Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Drew* Dr. and Mrs. W. Rice Drewry Drexel Chemical Company Mr. Ambrose F. Dudley Jr.* Mr. Cory Dugan Mr. Edward W. Dulweber* Mr. and Mrs. W. Michael Dunavant Mr. Philip L. Dunavant EdScholar EGM, LLC Mrs. Babette Ehemann Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ehrlicher Mr. and Mrs. R. Brian Elderton Mrs. Ann N. Elliott* Paige and Matt Emanuel EMJ Corporation Ms. Patricia Yarmowich Enyart Mr. Alex L. Ertz III Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Fahey Farmers Insurance Group Mr. James J. Farrey* Federal Compress Whse Co Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Fee Dr. Kirk A. Fee Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Fehrmann Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Finefrock* Fisher and Arnold, Inc. Mr. Charles R. Fite Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fitzharris Mr. David Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Elvis B. Foster Ms. Rebecca M. Fox Mr. James C. Frazier Mr. Gregory R. Gadomski* Mr. and Mrs. Visanji Gala Mrs. Jean Garbarini Mr. Joseph C. Garbuzinski Mr. Gary D. Garner Dr. Peter Gathje Mr. John C. Gavin Mr. Stephen D. Gianino Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Glancy Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Gleason Goldsmith’s/Macy’s Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gordon Mr. Robert M. Graning II Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Green Jr.* Ms. Lucia Greenway* B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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Mr. and Mrs. Peter Denis Gribok Ms. Teresa A. Griffith Grinder Taber & Grinder, Inc. Mr. Edward S. Grokulsky* Ms. Helen S. Gronauer Ms. Edna Gross GTE Service Corporation Guardsmark, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Guy Mr. and Mrs. Leon K. Haag Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hackett Mrs. Joanne S. Hadley Mr. R. Michael Hale Mr. and Mrs. Sidney R. Hamby Jr. Monsignor Val Handwerker, AFSC Mrs. Patti C. Harbin, CPA Dr. John M. Hargett Mr. and Mrs. A. Bruce Harman Dr. and Mrs. William L. Harris* Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Hart Mrs. Linda Harty Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Helm Mr. Walter G. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. James P. Hendrick Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Hensley Mr. Ron Hickman Mr. and Mrs. David A. Himelright Mr. and Mrs. Elbert E. Hines Mr. Wayne J. Hoffman Hope Christian Community Foundation Ms. Anne M. Hotze Mr. and Mrs. John W. Houston* Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Howard Dr. Laurence J. Howe Ms. Marolyn Howe The John E. & Jeanne T. Hughes Foundation Hughes Aircraft Company Mr. Daniel K. Hutto Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy R. Inman Mr. and Mrs. Jason S. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. James III Mr. J. J. Jensen Mr. Charles J. Jensik Johnson Controls Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson Ms. Barbara A. Kabakoff Mr. Raymond N. Karasek III Dr. Michael J. Karbowski Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Karman Mr. Christopher M. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Fadi Kiameh Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kilduff* Mr. and Mrs. James P. Killeen Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. King Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kirkpatrick Mr. G. Mark Kirtland Mr. Jeffrey A. Kitterman Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Kitzman Fr. Urban H. Knoll Mr. Rollin Kocsis Dr. and Mrs. James R. Koterski Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Kriz Sr., A.FSC* Ms. Susan M. Lajeunesse Ms. Lynn Lanigan Mrs. Sally Klein LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leike Stuart and Joy Lenett Mr. John M. Lensing Dr. W. Joseph Leuschke Mr. Louis Levine* Mr. Charles Wurtzburger* Mr. and Mrs. G. Douglas Lindgren Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Lindsay Linkous Construction Co., Inc. Ms. Amelia Litterer 30

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Brother Bernard LoCoco, FSC Mr. and Mrs. David A. Long Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lopes Carolynn Rockafellow and Francisco J. Lopez-Balboa Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Lott Sr. Mr. Rusty A. Lulloff Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Lum Mr. and Mrs. Emil C. Mahler Mr. and Mrs. Scott Manes Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Manzo Mapco Petroleum Mr. James J. Marchino Market Basket Mrs. Anne Sorenson Martin Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marx Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Mattingly* Mr. and Mrs. D. Patrick McCrate Ms. Eboni T. McCray Mr. John P. McGuire Mrs. H. A. McIngvale* Mr. Thomas A. McMurry Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. McVean Mr. James C. McWillie, A.FSC Medtronic Foundation Memphis Amateur Retriever Club, Inc. Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau Mr. and Mrs. James H. Metz* Maj. and Mrs. Andre B. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. E. Arthur Meyers Jr. Mr. Jacob M. Mickens Sr. Mid-South Pavement Maintenance Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Miles Ms. Sue S. Miller Ms. Lynda R. Miller Mr. Christopher W. Mills Mr. John Mingo* Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Mirabile Mr. Tim Molak Mr. and Mrs. Tom Molitor Dr. and Mrs. T.W. Monaghan Mr. and Mrs. Terry R. Montesi Mrs. Joseph M. Montesi Montgomery Martin Contractors, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Moody Major and Mrs. Charles L. Moore* Mr. and Mrs. Coy L. Moore Mrs. Warner F. Moore* Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Moore Mr. John G. Moranville Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Morris Ms. Cathy S. Morton Dr. and Mrs. John P. Moses Mr. Raymond J. Mueller Ms. Dena Lurk Mullen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Mulroy Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Murphy F. V. Murphy* Mr. Daniel Louis Murphy Ms. Mary Gay P. Myers Mr. Michael J. Nabholz Nabisco National Bedding and Furniture Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Nelson Mr. James F. Nelson* nexAir, LLC Dr. Sherry L. Neyman Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Niedzwiedz Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Norton Mr. and Mrs. James W. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ofenloch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Orians Mr. Mark A. Papachristou Mr. and Mrs. E. William Parish Jr.

Mr. Thomas R. Patton Mr. Peter R. Pauciello Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Payne Dr. Mildred A. Pegues* Dr. and Mrs. John V. Pender Jr. Mr. Thomas C. Pendergraft Pentair, Inc. Ms. Linda K. Peppers Isaac & Laura Perlmutter Fund Ms. Denice C. Pian Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Pinkowski Dr. Sarah T. Pitts Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Pleasant Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Poje Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Poje Jr. Delores I. Polk and Joseph M. Polk Jr. Dr. Richard E. Potts Price Waterhouse Mr. Donald J. Proce Dr. Kristin A. Pruitt and Mr. Charles Durham Pursuant Mr. Terry D. Purtle Mr. Alan E. Rankine Jr. Mr. Robert W. Rasch Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Raymo RCA Reliant Investment Management, LLC. Virginia B. Rice* Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Ries Mr. and Mrs. David C. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Robertson* Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Robinson Diane Gagnon Rochford and James M. Rochford Mrs. Lester A. Rosen Dr. Anna E. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Ruble Mrs. Ruth C. Ryan Saint Agnes Academy - St. Dominic School Mr. Louis A. Sampson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Sana Dr. Glen R. Sanderson* Dr. and Mrs. John J. Sansalone Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schaffler Mr. and Mrs. D. Edwin Scherry Ms. Zeni Batte Schleter Ms. M. Rita Schroeder Ms. Kim N. Schwartz Mrs. Shirley S. Butler Scripps Howard Foundation Sears-Roebuck Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Allen Sedrick Mr. and Mrs. George A. Sereikas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Serocki Serra Club of Memphis Seven Oaks International Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Seymour Mr. James R. Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Shea* Mr. Martin F. Shea Mr. Stephen J. Shearer, P.E. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Shiffman Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Showalter* Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Vincent D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Smith Mr. W. Eugene Smith Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Smith Mr. Yooeui Sohn Southwestern Distributing Company Mr. and Mrs. John H. Spain* Dr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Spiotta Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. St. Cin Staffco, Inc. Ms. Lisa Grant Stallings State Farm Insurance Company

Mr. John T. Staub Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stengel Ms. Martha Stephens Dr. Michael V. Stevens Mr. John D. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sting Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Strack Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Strack Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Strong Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Sullivan Mr. Kalki Winter and Ms. Wendy Sumner-Winter Mr. Paul Swets Dr. and Mrs. Frank A. Swicker Mr. and Mrs. R. Frank Sylves Mr. Marvin D. Szeto Mr. Joseph D. Tanney* Mr. James N. Tansey Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tatge Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Taylor Terminix International Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson S. Terry Texas Instruments Mrs. Emma Lee Theobald* Mrs. Jean K. Thiel Mr. and Mrs. Steve A. Thiel Mr. and Mrs. William F. Thomas* Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Thompson Sr. Ms. D. Carol Thornton Ms. Susan A. Thorp Mark and Carolyn Partin Trinka Mr. and Mrs. Ron Troy Tru-Green Lawncare Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Tucker Mr. Jack W. Tunstill II Mrs. Allegra Turner* U S F and G Life Ins Co. Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Uiberall United Inns, Inc. Valley Food Services Valve Teck, Inc. Mrs. Janice Vanderhaar Verizon Mr. and Mrs. John T. Verner Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Vincent Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Vinoski Mr. and Mrs. Jules C. Wade Mr. Edwin J. Wallin and Mrs. Janice Vanderhaar Wang’s International Inc. Mr. A. Thomas Warner Jr.* Mr. Rodney A. Waschka Mr. and Mrs. Phil Weatherington Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Welman* Mr. James S. Werkhoven Brother Edmund Whaley, FSC* Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Wheetley Mr. and Mrs. Richard White Mr. and Mrs. Bruce White Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Wicher Mr. Russell and Dr. Laurel Williams Mr. Douglas B. Williams Dr. Roy H. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Williams Williams Refining & Marketing, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. John Winkelmann Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Winslow Mr. and Mrs. William D. Woodmansee Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Woodson Mr. and Mrs. Melvin D. Woolsey Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Wos Mr. Richard Wurzburg Sr.* Y & H Soda Foundation Mr. Charles M. Yacullo Mr. Robert E. Yonker II Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Zahn

Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Zahn Mrs. Mae Zanone* Mr. and Mrs. David J. Zola Uzi Zucker Philanthropic Fund

$1,000-4,999 Dr. and Mrs. Alexis A. Abril Mr. and Mrs. Brandon F. Acuff Ms. Mary Frances Adams ADF Engineering Inc Advanced Micro Devices Mr. Erick C. Aertker Mr. Scott T. Aertker African American Police Association Mr. Christopher L. Albonetti Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Alderson II Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Allard Mr. Louis F. Allen Jr. Allen & Associates Mr. Larry P. Allgaier Allied Signal Foundation Dr. Samantha M. Alperin Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Alpha XI Delta Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth O. Altes American Chemical Society American Express Foundation American Home Shield American Society of Civil Engineers American Standard Foundation Ameritech Communications AMGEN Mr. Christopher Amy Anaconda Sports Inc Mrs. Wanda F. Anderson Rev. Lisa K. Anderson and Barry Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Anderson Ms. Sally Lee Andrews Mr. and Mrs. R. Clayton Andrus Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Francis R. Anson* Mrs. Patricia M. Anthony Mr. and Mrs. James J. Anton AOC apgw, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Barry W. Archer Ms. Judy Archer Mrs. Louise Archer* Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Aretz Mr. and Mrs. John J. Aristone Mrs. William H. Armes Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Armstrong Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Arnold Mr. David M. Arnold Ashland Oil Foundation, Inc. Athens Distributing Company Athletic Club Management Co., LLC ATS Telephones and Data Systems Ms. Melany F. Auricchio Mr. and Mrs. John Austin Jr. Austin Peay State University Ave Maria Foundation of Memphis Mr. and Mrs. Craig V. Babcock Mr. John E. Bachmann Mr. James M. Bachner Ms. Margaret M. Bachner Mr. Kenneth W. Badowski Mr. and Mrs. Ben K. Baer* Mrs. Marcia Bails Mr. and Mrs. John C. Baker Jr. Mr. Mark A. Baker Baker Hughes | Specialty Polymers Baker Stegall and Associates LLC Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Baldridge Mr. and Mrs. Cecil A. Baldwin Ms. Michael L. Ballard Ms. Margaret V. Ballard

BancorpSouth Bankers Trust Company Baptist Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Center Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Barnes* Mr. Lawrence J. Barnes Mr. Cary H. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Eric Barnes Barnes Group Foundation Mr. James F. Barnett Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Troy Barnett* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Barnett Jr. Ms. Barnhart Mr. Reginald D. Barta Bartlett Rotary Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo R. Basurto Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Bauer Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bauer Bauermeister Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Bauman* Mr. and Mrs. Dennie G. Beam Mrs. Rhonda J. Beasley Dr. and Mrs. John R. Beck Lynne Marie Becker and Dr. Leigh C. Becker Mrs. Martha J. Becker Belfor USA Group, Inc. Bell and Howell Mr. and Mrs. Ricky D. Jones Belz Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bencivenga Mr. Vincent L. Bene Jr. Mr. Kermit K. Benner Mr. R. Michael Bennett Ms. Janet K. Bennett* Mr. William E. Bergner Mr. Joseph E. Beringer* Mr. Thomas E. Berkenkotter Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Best Beta Epsilon Omega Sorority Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bettice Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bickers Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Biester Jr. Mr. Robert W. Bilger Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Birchler Ms. Lisa Birdwell Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bjorn Jr. Mr. John S. Black Mr. Thomas L. Blackburn Drs. Frank and Atoya Blacknall Ms. Patty Bladon Mr. Robert Blake Mrs. Betty Bland* Mr. James T. Bland Mr. Charles Gary Blankenship Mr. and Mrs. George E. Bleser Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Block* Bluff City Broom Corn Company Inc Mr. Charles M. Bobbitt Mrs. Laura L. Bodeen Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Boeckmann Mr. and Mrs. William S. Boedeker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Boggs* Mrs. Julia C. Boland Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Bollenbach Ms. Grace L. Bonner Mr. and Mrs. R. Wayne Bonner Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Bontrager Dr. Tamela Powell Booker Mrs. Susan Boscaccy Mr. and Mrs. Sven Bosold Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Botto Mr. and Mrs. Jettie D. Bowen Jr. Mr. Robert M. Bowen Ms. Julie F. Bowen Mr. William J. Boy Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Boyd B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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J. C. Bradford and Company Ms. Karen Elizabeth Brandon Mr. and Mrs. James J. Brandt Mr. Burton B. Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Brignole III Mr. Charles R. Brindell Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bringle Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brittingham Dr. and Mrs. John P. Brizzolara Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Brizzolara Jr. Ms. Betty B. Brooks Mr. Michael R. Brower Mr. James W. Brown Mr. and Mrs. William L. Brown Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. David R. Brown Brother Ignatius Brown, FSC Ms. Jessica Brown Browning Construction Company Mr. William S. Brunjes BRZ Development Corporation Mr. Carl E. Buckalew Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Buckley Mrs. Mary C. Buckman Mr. John A. Buffaloe Patricia Sparks Buford and Albert C. Buford Mr. and Mrs. William G. Buie Mr. Charles A. Bukauskas Dr. and Mrs. Wayne A. Bullard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Burchard II Mr. Thomas W. Burk Dr. Tracie L. Burke and Dr. Maureen E. O’Brien Brother Joseph F. Burke, Ph.D., FSC Father William F. Burke Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Ms. Julie Burns Mr. Fred Burton Dr. Mark N. Burton Mr. Bret F. Busch Dr. and Mrs. William J. Busler Mr. J. Allen Butler Ms. Donna Castellone Butts Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Byrnes Mr. Lawrence H. Byrnes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Caddigan* Mr. and Mrs. Billy B. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Camp Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Campbell Mr. John D. Canale III Ms. Patricia S. Canale Mrs. Lillian Cara Dr. Raul J. Cardenas Dr. Richard J. Cardosi Ms. Margaret E. Cardwell Dr. Mary T. Cargill Mr. Nick J. Carimi Jr.* Mr. Chester Bernard Carmer Mr. and Mrs. John D. Carney Doug Carpenter and Associates Brother Francis A. Carr, FSC Ms. Ruth O. Carr Mr. and Mrs. William E. Carrell Carrier Foundation Co. Dr. and Mrs. Marius M. Carriere Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carry Mr. Bill R. Carty Mr. Joseph A. Casacio Jr. Ms. Wanda M. Casady Caterpillar Foundation Caterpillar, Inc. The Catholic Center - Diocese of Memphis Mr. and Mrs. David R. Catt Mr. Robert A. Caylor Jr. Ms. Louise A. Cayo Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cazzato CBU School of Sciences 32

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Central Printing Century Management Inc. Gina D. Chance and Joseph W. Chance Mary E. Chandler and Timothy A. Chandler Chandler Demolition Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Charbonnet Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Charley Mr. Richard A. Chepul* Mr. Richard Cherry Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Chiozza Mr. William L. Chisholm Jr. Ms. Aileen Reyes Chrestman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Ciaramitaro Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cicala Mr. andrew P. Cilla Drs. David and Carol Ciscel City Auto Sales Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Clanton Mr. Larry F. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Clark Ms. Nita E. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Clark Clark and Clark Real Estate Mr. W. Wayne Clayborne Mr. William F. Clements Mr. and Mrs. Otto W. Clifton Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cline* Mr. and Mrs. Andy Cobb Jr. Dr. William I. Coburn Mr. Richard Cockrell Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Coker* Ms. Carmen C. Coleman Mr. James P. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Jerry S. Coletta Collegiate Housing Foundation Mr. James E. Collier Jr. Mr. Jeffery T. Collins Mrs. Ana B. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Collins Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Collins Mr. and Mrs. James C. Collins Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Gill Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Colturi Mr. David E. Combs Concord EFS Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Condra Mr. and Mrs. Mark Conger Mr. John J. Connelly* Connelly Foundation Connolly Insurance Agency Mr. and Mrs. Richard Joseph Connor Jr. Continental Traffic Service Mrs. Linda Conway Ms. Karen M. Conway-Barnett Cook Systems International, INC Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Coon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Berry Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cooper Thomas E. Cooper Agency Mr. and Mrs. Giles A. Coors Jr.* Ms. Sara Cornwell Cortelco Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Costa Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Couch Mrs. Linus V. Coughlin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George G. Couloubaritsis Mr. Harold W. Council Mr. and Mrs. J. Otis Craig Mrs. Desiree Crain Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Craven Mr. Robert D. Creech Mr. Robert J. Cremerius Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Crockett Mr. Raymond H. Crone

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Crone Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Crone, AFSC Mr. Walter G. Crone* Ms. Christa M. Crowe Crown Distributing Company Mr. and Mrs. John M. Crudele Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf Crump Ms. Marilyn B. Cullivan Cummins Business Services Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Currey Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Currey Jr. Mr. Jeff Curry Dr. Karen Curtis Custom Finishes, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Neville D’Souza Ms. Lisa Dagastino Mr. John C. Dallosta Jr. Ms. A. J. Daneman Mr. Mark A. Daneman Mr. Jerry Daniel Mr. Ben L. Daniel Daniel International Corp.

Mr. Raymond A. Dankel Data-Fax International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Milton F. Davis Rev. William F. Davis Ms. Diane Davis Mr. Billie F. Davis Dr. David P. Dawson Ms. Marie Dean Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. DeBruycker Deloitte & Touche Delta Wholesale Liquors, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Denegri Mr. Jiexin Deng Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Dennis Mr. Gregory D. Denzer Mr. and Mrs. Monte L. DePouw Mrs. Mary Derbort Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. DeRose* Mr. and Mrs. Tom Deskin Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC Mr. Will Deupree DeVilbiss Air Power Company Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Deyo Mr. Pedro Diaz Mr. Joseph B. Dierker Mr. Jim Dillard* Dixie Waste Paper Company, Inc. Dixon Gallery and Gardens Dobbs International Services Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Doddridge* Mr. and Mrs. Josh Dohmen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Dolan Dominican Friars of Memphis, Inc. Mr. Ernest K. Donahue* Mr. J. B. Donley Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Donnelly III Mr. and Mrs. Edgar P. Dooley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Dorian Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. George R. Douglas Sr. Dow Chemical Company Mr. and Mrs. Jasper H. Doyle Mr. Jed Dreifus Mr. Jarred P. Drewry Stephanie A. Drouillard and John J. Drouillard Mr. and Mrs. John W. Drouillard Mr. Kenneth L. Duck Mr. and Mrs. John A. Dudgeon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Duff Mr. and Mrs. Romeo J. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Duncan Mrs. Linda Dunlap Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunn

James E. Dunscomb* Mr. Larry J. Dupre Brother Thomas L. Dupre, FSC Dussek Campbell, Inc. Mr. Richard Duszak, MD Mrs. Kathrin Lydia Dyer Mrs. Tracey Dysart-Ford and Mr. Gary Ford Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dyson Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Dziuk Mr. and Mrs. Bryan M. Eagle II Mr. Richard B. Earles Mrs. Posey W. Early Mr. George G. Early* Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Earnest Dr. and Mrs. Roger A. Easson ECO Services Econocom USA Mr. Philip G. Eder Mr. Robert F. Eggleston Jr. Elite Plastering, Inc Ellers, Oakley, Chester & Rike, Inc. Mr. W. Allen Elliotte Mr. Eric B. Ellis Emmanuel House Community Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Engel EnSafe, Inc. Entergy Corp.

Enterprise Holdings Enviromental Testing & Consulting of The Americas Inc Environmental Protection Systems Mr. and Mrs. Richard Enyart* Mr. and Mrs. H. Andrew Erikson Mr. and Mrs. Hayden F. Estrada ETC of the Americas Ms. Vicki Jo Evers Executive Financial Services Mr. Leonardo Parada and Mrs. Irma Fahme Dr. Ellen S. Faith Mr. John P. Falcon Mrs. Clyde F. Farabee* Mr. Anthony L. Farmer Dr. and Mrs. V. J. Feck Ms. Mary L. Federline Ms. Courtney E. Fee Mr. Edward S. Felsenthal Sheila C. Ferguson and Christopher A. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. William Bert Ferguson Mr. Tom Ferguson* Ferrell Paving, Inc. Mr. Douglas W. Ferris Jr. Ms. Elizabeth D. Fields* Figgie International Mr. Michael J. Finnell* First National Bank of Chicago Fntn The First National Bank of Wynne Mr. R. Gregg Fisher Mrs. Jeanne Myers Fisher* Mr. Lewis T. Fitch Mr. and Mrs. David P. Fitzgerald Mr. Gerald C. Fitzgerald Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald Five Miles Classic Mr. Richard G. Fleager Sonya G. Fleck and James K. Fleck Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Fleck Mr. James Fleming Fleming Associates Architects, P.C. Mr. Daniel J. Flick Ms. Florence Flis* Floats & Fuel Cells Mr. Edward J. Flynn Mr Robert Fogelman II Fogelman Properties Robert & Martha Fogelman Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Foley Ms. Sara G. Folis

Mr. Humphrey Folk Follett College Stores Corp.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Andrew Forsdick Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Forster Mr. Ken Forsythe Jr. Ms. Camilla Forsythe Mr. and Mrs. W. Michael Forys Dr. and Mrs. Alan B. Foster Drs. P. Renee Foster and Stephen A. King Ms. Carole C. Foster Dr. and Mrs. Charles Foster Mr. and Mrs. John V. France Dr. Margaret Frane and Dr. James Frane Mr. Gary M. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Frede* Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Freeman Dr. and Mrs. Bart H. Freihaut Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Freres Mr. Jim Freudenberg Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Friedrich III Mr. and Mrs. John Friend Mr. William E. Frulla Brother Michael L. Fugger, FSC Mr. and Mrs. J. David Fuller G & H Projects LLC Mr. and Mrs.Virgil J. Gabrielleschi Brother James Gaffney, FSC Mr. and Mrs. Andy Gaia Ms. Laura B. Gaither Dr. and Mrs. M. Stewart Galloway Mr. Carl S. Galloway Mr. and Mrs. William G. Gammon Mr. Arun Gandhi Mr. and Mrs. Hubert R. Gangl Jr. Ms. Kim Gardner Ms. Elizabeth A. Garrison* Ms. Virginia J. Gartrell John H. Gary* Mrs. Allison M. Gasvoda Fred P. Gattas Company Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Gaul Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Gay Dr. Scott D. Geis General Electric General Motors Foundation Ms. Cynthia Gentry Geotechnology Gerber/Taylor Associates, Inc. Dr. Thomas C. Gettelfinger Frank Gianotti* Mr. and Mrs. James D. Gibson Mr. Dennis D. Gillespie Ms. Margaret Gillespie, ISA CAPP Mr. and Mrs. James S. Gilliland Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gipson Glankler Brown, PLLC Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Glaser Mr. and Mrs. Franklin B. Glasgow Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Glazer Mr. D. Herbert Glazer* Mr. Richard J. Goeglein Mr. and Mrs. William H. Golden Mr. and Mrs. Jim Golden Goldman Sachs & Company Go Next, Inc. Mr. Philip D. Goodwin Goodyear Tire And Rubber Company Gorham-Schaffler, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gosselin Grand Casino - Tunica Dr. Lawrence B. Grandy Mr. Richard J. Gravina Mr. and Mrs. David L. Gray Mrs. Gail Fridy Gray Great Western Consumer Finance Group Mr. A. F. Green Jr.

Mrs. Sally B. Greene Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Grice Mr. and Mrs. John S. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Lenny F. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Griffith Mr. Alan D. Griggs Ms. Tonina L. Grisanti Mr. and Mrs. Tom Grizzard Mr. James E. Grobmyer Mr. Martin A. Grusin Brother Mark Gubbels, FSC Mr. Luis A. Guerrero Mr. and Mrs. David L. Guinan Mr. Joseph T. Gunn Mrs. Margaret R. Gunther* Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Gunti Elizabeth Moix Haag and Carl J. Haag Mr. and Mrs. William C. Haas Mrs. Dolores M. Hacker Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hackett* Mr. and Mrs. George T. Hagan Mr. Charles Spencer Halford Mr. W. Kenneth Hall Dr. Katherine Nichols Hall Halliburton Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Halsema Mr. Mark K. Halter Hampton Inns, Inc. Mrs. Vallie N. Handwerker Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hansen Ms. Molly C. Hansen Mr. C. G. Hanson Jr. Mr. Kenneth G. Happ* Rep. G. A. Hardaway Hardin’s-Sysco Food Services, Inc. Billy Hardwick’s All Star Lanes Col. and Mrs. James D. Harford Mr. John B. Harman Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Harper III Mr. S. Harrison Harper Mr. Michael D. Harrell Mr. John H. Harrison Ms. Mary K. Hartman Ms. Anne M. Hartz Drs. Paul Haught and Emily A. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hawekotte Mr. Andrew D. Hayden Mr. Ron Haynie Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Hazen Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Head Ms. Jacqueline P. Heenan Mrs. Leonie B. Hefley Mr. and Mrs. Steve D. Hefner Mr. and Mrs. William P. Heidrich Mr. and Mrs. Tim Heldman LCDR Richard E. Helm, USN (Ret) Mr. and Mrs. George W. Helmbock Ms. Mary Hemler* Mr. and Mrs. John W. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Hendrixson Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hennesy Mr. and Mrs. John F. Herber Dr. William W. Herenton Rev. Theodore Hesburgh William P. Heuel* Hewlett-Packard Ms. Lorraine Hicks Mr. and Mrs. William C. Higdon Jr. Highland Capital Management Mr. James W. Hill* Mrs. Lisa Hill Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. Hinders Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Hinds Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Hobbs B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hoepfner Jr. Mrs. Anna C. Hoffman John J. Hogan* Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hogan Emery Hogan* Mr. and Mrs. Shawn T. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Holton Mr. and Mrs. Cowles Horton III* Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. House Dr. and Mrs. Ray S. House Dr. and Mrs. Gerry House Dr. Kimberly A. Howerton Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Hoyt Hub International Midwest Ltd Mr. Michael H. Huberty Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Hudgens Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Hudson* Mr. Michael D. Huels Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Huelse Mr. Wilfred J. Huettel Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hug Ms. Rosemary Hugo Mr. and Mrs. J. Fraser Humphreys Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Humphries Mr. and Mrs. Gerardus H. Hundscheid Ms. Ellen J. Hunter Hunter Fan Company Mr. Douglas E. Hurley Mr. In-Sik Hwang Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hyland Mr. John D. Hynes Mr. Joe Hyrka Industries General Corporation Inferno, LLC Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ingram* Ms. Carmen Lee Inman InterModal Cartage Co. Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Jabbour Ms. Elizabeth A. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Jeff B. Jackson Mr. Charles J. Jacobson Mr. John Jacomino Jr. Mr. Mike James Mr. and Mrs. Anthony H. James James River Corp.

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Januszewski Mrs. Ronnie Jarboe Nona and Kenneth Jarratt Mr. and Mrs. William A. Jaworski* Mr. Dana J. Jeanes Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Jelinski Mr. and Mrs. Frank Z. Jemison Jr. Mr. Thomas W. Jenne Ms. Martha A. Jennett Jewish Foundation of Memphis Mr. and Mrs. Philip F. Joe Mrs. Rebecca H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Johnson Mr. James A. Johnson* Mr. Brook R. Johnson Brother Thomas Johnson, FSC Mr. Wallace and Mrs. Katherine Johnston Jr. Mr. and Mrs. P. Larry Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Jokerst Dr. William T. Jolly* Ms. Carolyn Jones and Mr. Fred Jones Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones II Ms. Carol W. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Barry M. Jones Ms. Jana L. Jones Mr. Robert H. Jones Jr.* Josten Foundation Mr. Casey Justus Mr. and Mrs. Tareck A. Kadrie Ms. Ellen Kahle Mr. and Mrs. James J. Kaminski 34

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brandon Kamm Kansas City Life Kappa Sigma Fraternity Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Karasek, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Karpicke Dr. and Mrs. Jim Kasperbauer Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Katz Mrs. Nina Katz* Mr. Robert D. Keeler Kele Companies Mr. H. Fred Kelley* Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kelly Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Keohane Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Keough Mr. Timothy H. Keough Mr. and Mrs. Steven S. Keough Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Keough Estate of Dr. Henry G. Kessler* Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Kessler Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ketchmark Mr. Robert F. Kieffer* Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kiesel Kilgore Flares Company, LLC Kimberly-Clark Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John J. King Mrs. Marion S. King* Mr. and Mrs. C. Kris Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. James E. Kirspel Sarkis V. Kish Oriental Rugs, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Kisner Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kissell* Mrs. Karen W. Kitchens Dr. Paul C. Kline Mr. Joseph B. Knight Ms. JoAnn Knight Mr. and Mrs. Kurt E. Knuth Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Koch Mr. and Mrs. J. Drew Koester Mr. Richard H. Kohrs Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Kolb Mr. and Mrs. Stanley V. Kolodziej Marisa Arezzi and John Korchok Mr. Kent E. Kordsmeier David Kornacker and Janet Harris Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kraker Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Kranz Dr. Robert M. Kraus, A.FSC Mr. and Mrs. David H. Kraus Dr. G. Thomas Kraus Dr. and Mrs. Alfred P. Kraus* Mr. C. Geoff Kremser Dr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Kueter Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kueter Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Kueter Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Kufner Lynn Phillips Kugele, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Kujawa Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. Kula La Montagne Restaurant La Salle University Dr. Henry M. Labiche Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Gordon S. LaBounty Laine, Inc. Mr. Scott J. Lambert Mr. Aaron Lamey Mrs. Wight F. Boggs Lane Balance Systems Mrs. Therese Huewe Lang Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lanigan Mr. and Mrs. George Lapides Dr. and Mrs. W. Keith Lara Mr. John C. Larkin Jr.* Mr. James Larkin Mr. John C. Larue*

Mr. and Mrs. Santiago Lavarias Drs. Howard J. and Judy Ramage Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Lax II LCB & Associates Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Leazer Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. LeBlond Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Denis J. Ledgerwood Sr. Mrs. and Mr. Thomas C. Lee* Elizabeth Hester Lee, D.D.S. Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen Lee Mr. Shelby R. Lee Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Roland N. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Lee Lehman-Roberts Company Mr. and Mrs. Kip R. Lemons Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Leonard Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Leoncavallo Mrs. Cheryl A. Leslie LetsRun.com, LLC Mrs. Vera M. Leung Ms. Aimee Lewis Lewis University Mr. and Mrs. William H. Light Mary L. Liles* Dr. Peter Limper Mr. and Mrs. Hilary F. Linder III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Linder R.E. Linkous Company Ms. Sadie J. Lisenby Mr. and Mrs. Tom Livernois Dr. and Mrs. Steven G. LoBello Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Loeb Mr. Seamus Loftus Logical Systems, Inc. Lone Star Gas Company Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Lopez-Balboa Mr. and Mrs. George A. Loud Louisiana Land & Exploration Mr. and Mrs. William E. Lowry Mr. Angelo A. Lucchesi* Lucent Technologies Foundation Brother Justin Lucian, FSC* Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. Luttrell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lutz Lydall, Inc. Lawrence M. Lyons* Machining Technology Group, LLC Mr. and Mrs. James F. Mackowiak Lawrence E. Madlock, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Mahan Ms. Jacquelyn S. Mahr Dr. Siripong Malasri Malco Theatres Mr. and Mrs. Indru Malkani Mr. William D. Malone Malone & Hyde, Inc. Mr. Vincent E. Mancini Dr. Jean M. Mancini Mr. and Mrs. Louis V. Mancini* Mr. David Harry Mann Dr. Natacha Mann Mr. Ronald J. Marchesini Mr. John J. Marchino* Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Marcinkowska Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Mariano III Dr. Frank M. Marion Mr. Ray L. Marr Mr. and Mrs. George J. Marr Mr. and Mrs. John W. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Marshall Brother Francisco V. Martin, FSC Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Martin Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Scott D. Martin Mr. Peter Martin Martin Roofing, LLC Monica Vergara and Roberto Martinez Mrs. Melissa Marus Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mascari Sr. Dr. Teri Mason Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C. Massey IV Mr. Mike Masson Mr. Gary N. Masterson Mr. William D. Mathis Jr.* Mr. J. Christopher Mathis Mr. Igor Matlin Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Mattingly* Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Maturi Mr. Dallas W. May Mayer Construction Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Mays Mr. Kevin D. McArthy Hubert A. McBride* Mr. Cameron McCaa Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. McCage Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. McCalla Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Grady D. McCarthy Mr. W. Richard McClanahan Mr. and Mrs. Steve McCleskey Dr. Merwin A. McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. McDonald Dr. Zella McDonald Mr. Lewis McDonnell Brother Paul McDonough, FSC Mr. Anthony D. McDuffie Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McEachron Mr. and Mrs. Keith Alan McGarr Brother Michael McGinniss, FSC Brother John J. McGoldrick, FSC Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGowan Mr. and Mrs. Rob McGowan* Brother Joel W. McGraw, FSC Mr. Gregory McKay Mr. and Mrs. John J. McKay Jr. Dr. Ann McKean, CSA Mr. and Mrs. Alan McKee Ms. Sandy McKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McLaurine* Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. McLeod Mr. Brien W. McMahon Brother Arnold McMullen, FSC Mrs. Kay R. McNabb Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McNamee Mr. W. T. McQuiston Francis McRedmond* Ms. Annabelle Meacham Mr. Gregory B. Medlin Gary W. Melvin Revocable Trust Memphis Association of Craft Artists Memphis BioWorks Development Council Memphis Business Journal Memphis Center for Food and Faith, Inc. Memphis Chapter Unico National Memphis Flyer Memphis Hotel Operators Memphis Light Gas & Water Memphis Ready Mix Concrete Assoc., Inc. Memphis Section ISA Memphis Society of Professional Engrs.

Memphis University School Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Merithew Merrill Lynch and Company, Inc. (Found.)

Merrill Lynch P F and S Mr. and Mrs. Benedict J. Michalowski Mid South Digital Mid South Glass Co., Inc Mid South Title Insurance Corporation Mid-South Business Forms, Inc.

Mid-South Financial Planning Association Midland Bank & Trust Co. (now First Am.) Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Lee D. Miller III* Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. Milton Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

Mr. and Mrs. Jason G. Minderman Mr. and Mrs. Robin Mingo Ms. Katherine M. Minkin* Mrs. Syble M. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Mitchell Dr. Mohammed Moinudiin Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mokry Mr. Jeffrey S. Mollerup Mr. and Mrs. W. Richard Mollerup Monsanto Corporation Mrs. Frank Montesi* Brother John Monzyk, CP, FSC Ms. Pat Moody Mr. Jerry Mooney Mr. Ceylon Mooney Mr. Ronald E. Moore Jr. Mr. Thomas Moore Mr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Moos Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Moran Mr. R.H. Mickey Moran* Ms. Merry V. Moran Mr. William Morat Mr. R. David Moreau Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Moretta Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Relbue M. Morgan Mr. Tommy J. Morgan Ms. Jean A. Morgan Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. Mr. Kelly E. Morris Mr. Olin F. Morris Mr. Sid Morris Mrs. Bernice A. Morrison* Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Morrow Jr. Mr. William J. Moskal Mr. and Mrs. William E. Moss Motorola Corporation MR Company, LLC Mr. Lawrence G. Mudd Mr. William A. Munninghoff Megan Wortham Murdock and Jon M. Murdock Mr. Michael E. Murphy Rev. James Murphy A.FSC Murray State University Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Mydlow* Dr. Bobby L. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nadicksbernd Nalco Chemical Company Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Napoleon National Association of Accountants Mr. Derek Naylor Ms. Casey C. Nazor Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey M. Neal Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Needham Dr. Elizabeth M. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Nesbitt Nestle, Inc. Ms. Mary H. Neuhoff* Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Neuhoff Ms. Petra L. New New Beginnings Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Newell Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Nichols Mr. Mark A. Nicolas Mr. Joseph H. Niemann Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk A. Nienaber Mr. and Mrs. David L. Noa Mr. and Mrs. John P. Nolan Rev. and Mrs. Keith Norman Monica T. Norris and Marcus A. Norris

Mr. and Mrs. Max Notowitz Dr. Keith W. Novak Mr. Chris Novarese Nucor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. O’Brien* Mr. Michael S. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. John O’Brien* Mr. Paul O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. John P. O’Callaghan Mr. J. Michael O’Connor I. L. O’Donnell* Mr. Patrick G. O’Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Louis O’Keefe John O’Malley* Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. J. A. O’Neill Jr. Dr. Vincent G. O’Neill Miss Josephine O’Reilly* Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence V. O’Shaughnessy* Mr. and Mrs. D. Patrick O’Shea Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Oberste Mr. and Mrs. Stephan G. Oenning Dr. Mary L. Ogilvie Mr. Jimmy Ogle Mr. and Mrs. Leo T. Old Mr. Jeffrey W. Old Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Olita Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Oschger Mr. and Mrs. George E. Oswald Kenneth J. Oswald* Mr. James W. Ott Jr. Outback Steakhouse Mr. David J. Overall Mrs. Sarah Ryan Owens P N C Bank Mr. and Mrs. L. Philip Paccasassi Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Paccasassi Mr. David A. Palazolo Mr. William W. Pallme Pallottine Center for Apostolic Causes Mrs. Evelyn T. Palmer* Mr. and Mrs. James B. Palmer Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Panetta* Dr. and Mrs. Gerry Papachristou* Dr. Kenneth Park Dr. Frank D. Parks Parry Furniture Company, Inc. Dr. Randall N. Paschall Mr. Ken Pasley Mr. Randall Pass Mr. and Mrs. Vinod R. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Patterson Mrs. Rachel Patterson Frawley Mr. James A. Paxman Mr. and Mrs. Gordon T. Payne* Mr. Dan S. Payne PCB Piezotronics Mr. Denton C. Peabody The Peabody Memphis Peat Marwick Main Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Pedrotty Ms. Lauren L. Peel Mr. H. Larry Pelegrin Mr. Louis D. Pera Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Perkins Mr. Paul A. Permar Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Petersen John C. Pfaffhausen* Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Pfountz Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Phelan Jr.* Mr. Peter E. Pieraccini Mr. and Mrs. Phillip P. Pierini Mrs. Emma J. Pierotti* Mrs. Harry C. Pierotti* Judge and Mrs. Horace O. Pierotti*

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Pina Mr. David A. Pinter Mr. Charles S. Pinzino Sandie Yun Pipkin and Len Pipkin Mr. and Mrs. Max Piwonka Plastico Mr. and Mrs. Cory Plotts Mr. Maurice D. Plough Jr. Plumbing Systems, Inc. Ms. Patricia A. Plunk Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Pohlman Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. James W. Poje Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Polk Ms. Carol A. Pollard Mr. Adam F. Pongetti Mr. Daniel M. Poole Brother David E. Poos, FSC Mr. James D. Pope Dr. Frank Poper Poplar Tunes Record Shop, Inc. Ms. Maria Porter Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Porterfield Mr. Valentine J. Poska* Ms. Angela Miles Powell Ms. Betty Powell Power & Telephone Supply Company Mrs. Carolyn Powers Brother H. Adrian Powers, FSC* Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pratt Ms. Wendy J. Predescu Premium Brands, Inc. Premium Marketing Mr. and Mrs. James H. Prentiss Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Allie Prescott Mr. Julian J. Prewitt Mrs. Colleen Colton Price Dr. Robert Eugene Price Price Y Cia, Inc Dr. Kristin Prien Priority Insurance Agency, Inc. Dr. Lois A. Prislovsky Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel L. Prosser Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Pruette Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Puckett Mr. Bruce G. Pudge* Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Pyeatt Pyramid Logistics Group, Inc. Quaker Oats Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso N. Quarin Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Quinlan* Mr. Roland R. Raffanti* Mr. Albert L. Raiteri* Ramada Hotel Memphis Covention Center Mr. and Mrs. William R. Ramsaur Mr. and Mrs. John B. Randolph Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Raniszewski RAPAC, Inc. Mr. Jon A. Rasmussen Dr. Asit K. Ray Raytheon Company RD Energy, Inc. Ms. Eartha L. Reaves Regal Oldsmobile, Inc. Mr. Anthony Regnier Ms. Eva Rehkopf Mr. James Lynn Reid Jr. Mr. Franklin F. Reid Amanda M. Reiter, M.D. Rendezvous Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Rentrop* Republic Finance, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Bobby E. Reves The J. B. Reynolds Foundation Reynolds Metals Company Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rhodes Mr. Ronald E. Rhodes

Mrs. Wanda M. Richards* Mr. F. Maury Richards Mr. William L. Richmond* Mr. and Mrs. Donald Richmond-Frank Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Riddell* Ringger Ms. Mary Lou Carava and Mr. Santo J. Riportella Mr. Murray Riss Mrs. Kay K. Roberson Mr. Frank Roberts Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jon H. Robertson Mrs. Elisha Korber Robertson Mr. Raymond Robilio* Mrs. Eugene R. Robilio* Mr. John S. Robilio III Victor L. Robilio Co. Mr. Curtis L. Robinson Mr. Charles L. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Robinson Dr. and Mr. Ken Robinson Mr. Brian Robinson Rockwell International Mr. and Mrs. Reginald J. Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Rodriguez Dr. Karen L. Roe Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rogers Mr. Curt E. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. King W. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rogerson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Romer* Ms. Jacqueline H. Romo Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rooke Mr. and Mrs. Morse W. Rose Mr. William A. Ross Mr. and Mrs. William G. Ross Brother James J. Roszak, , FSC Mr. and Mrs. James L. Rout Mr. and Mrs. Ian Rubin de la Borbolla Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Rush John J. Ryan* Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Ryan* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Ryan S W Construction Company Mr. Michael A. Saber Dr. Mansour Saberi Mr. Christian J. Saenger St. Agnes-St. Dominic Booster Club St. Ann Catholic Church Saint Benedict at Auburndale School Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota St. Paul’s Catholic Church St. William’s Catholic Church Mr. John B. Saltsman Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Saltsman Sr. Samelson-Leon Company, Inc. Sammarco Electric Co. Inc. Mr. Jeffrey C. Sanders Ms. Rebekah K. Sanders Sandia Warrior Construction, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. L. Michael Santi Ms. Theresa Santillo Sara Lee Corporation Mr. Samuel A. Sarno Sr.* Dr. Kathleen R. Sauser Mr. and Mrs. James R. Sawyers Mr. Paul Sax Mr. Ellis R. Saxon Mr. and Mrs. William C. Schadrack Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Schaeffer Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Schaefgen Mrs. Catherine Schaffler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Scherer Mrs. Neal W. Schilling* Schilling Entities Mr. and Mrs. Billy R. Schilling B E LL TOWE R fall 2015

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Schilling Enterprises Ms. Agnes R. Schingle Brother Michael A. Schmelzer, FSC Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Schmidt Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy G. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Schmitt Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Schnitzer Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Schouweiler Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold J. Schwartz Mr. Scott D. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Schwartz Mr. Butch Schwerin Mr. Douglas L. Scott Mr. Mark John Scott Mr. and Mrs. John W. Scott Sebastiani Vineyards Seessel’s Supermarket Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Semmes Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sevier Dr. Harold Sexton Mr. Wyatt E. Shankle Mr. and Mrs. Steve Shankman Robert F. Sharpe & Company Dr. and Mrs. M. Coyle Shea Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Shea Ms. Lynn Shea Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Sheldon Major and Mrs. Richard Shelley Shelter Insurance Foundation Mrs. Lois L. Shively Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Showalter* Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Silverberg Mr. Virak M. Sim Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Simmons Mr. Michael R. Simpson Mr. William E. Sipe* Mr. I. Preston Sisk* Ms. Janet W. Sisler Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Skarzynski Mr. and Mrs. Tom Skubisz Henry W. Slavick* Mr. and Mrs. John J. Sluga Dr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Smith Mr. and Mrs. J. Ritchie Smith Mr. Don P. Smith Mr. and Mrs. J. Anthony Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jeramy B. Smith Ms. Elizabeth C. Smith Mr. Charles F. Smith Jr. Mr. Gregory Smith Mr. and Mrs. W. Hamilton Smythe III Ms. Virginia L. Snider Snowflake Technologies Mr. Frederick E. Sock Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Soefker III Mr. Paolo C. Solferini Mrs. Elizabeth S. Solmson Dr. and Mrs. Vincent L. Solomito Dr. M.E. Soto-Viera Southeast Cement Association Southwestern Bell Foundation Mr. Louis Grey Spann Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Sparagna Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Willard Sparks* Speltz Plywood Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Spragins Jr. Spring Creek Ranch Mr. and Mrs. John B. St. Clair Star Distributors, Inc. Mr. Ernest A. Staubs Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Stec 36

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Steel Warehouse Mr. and Mrs. William L. Steele II Dr. and Mrs. Michael F. Steffan Mr. and Mrs. John L. Steffan III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Steffek Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn N. Stegemann Mr. and Mrs. James F. Stehlik* Dr. Gilbert Stein Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Steinacker Mr. and Mrs. James K. Steinbrecher Mr. Billy J. Stem Jr. Mr. Nils C. Stengel Mr. and Mrs. Bob F. Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Stevens Mrs. Carolyn R. Stewart Dr. Marcus J. Stewart* Dr. and Mrs. Todd E. Stiles Stinson’s Industrial Maintenance, Inc. Kelley D. Stock and Timothy P. Stock Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Stoll Judge Rita L. Stotts* Mr. Ian S. Strelsin Ms. Nikki Strong Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Stroupe Studco, Inc. Mrs. Bernadine E. Stuecheli* Stuff 4 Stores Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Stukel Mr. Frederick T. Stukenborg Ms. Angela Sturdivant Mr. Donald G. Sullivan Brother Thomas Sullivan, FSC Eugene A. Sullivan* Mr. Eric G. Summers Sunset Foods Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Surles Mr. Randall P. Swaney Ms. Terese Swatt Mr. Timothy C. Sweeney Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Sydney Mr. Richard S. Szyszka Mr. Robert G. Tadin* Mr. Harry B. Tanner Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James N. Tansey Jr. Tapa Memphis Seminar Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Tatum Ms. Patty A. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. James F. Taylor Mr. Daniel Tayor Technical Specialties Inc. Tektronics, Inc. Teledyne Technologies, Inc. Teledyne Total Power Temple Israel Mr. James J. Tenge Tenn. Society of Certified Public Accts Tennessee Elks MVS Scholarships Tennessee Valley Authority Ronald S. Terry Constr Co., Inc. Texaco Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Thackery Katherine C. Thayer* Dr. and Mrs. Eric C. Theiner Mr. and Mrs. Otto P. Thiemann Mrs. Janet T. Webster Mrs. Margaret H. Thomas Ms. Catherine S. Thomas* Mr. George B. Thomas Jr.* Dr. and Mrs. David B. Thomas III Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson, Mitchell, PLLC Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thompson* Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thompson III Thomson & Thomson, Inc. Dr. Fred A. Threet Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Tiernan

Mr. Larry Tifverman* TKE Alumni Association PI Epsilon Mr. and Mrs. William E. Todd Jr. David and Susan Todd Dr. Larry M. Toffoletto Mr. Claude E. Tomaskovic Mr. James P. Toner Wayland A. Tonning Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Tooker Dr. Robert E. Tooms* Town Village Memphis, LLC TPI Restaurants, Inc. Mrs. Sarah A. Tragarz Mr. Robert B. Tragarz Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Tramontana Dr. and Mrs. Myron L. Trang Ms. Jana B. Travis Treasure Bay Casino Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Trenary Tri City Green House Tri-State Plumbing,LLC Trust One Bank Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Tucker Mr. Dan B. Turley Sr.* Mrs. Agnes Turley Mrs. Eleanor Turner* Turner Dairies, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Turney TW Telecom Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Twele Mr. and Mrs. Walker Uhlhorn Union Bank of Switzerland Unisys-Sperry Corporation United Medical, Inc. USG Foundation, Inc. USX Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Vachon Mr. James A. Vahle Mr. William W. Vaiden Valero Energy Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Hubert J. Van Tol Mr. and Mrs. William J. Vancura Dr. and Mrs. Gerard Vanderhaar* Mr. Jim Vanderhaar Dr. and Mrs. T. Keith Vaughan* Mr. and Mrs. John C. Vaughan* Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Vaughn Dr. Peggy Ingram Veeser Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Vescovo Mrs. Margaret Vibbert Mr. Brett D. Vincent Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Vinoski Mr. Courtney J. Vinson Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Viotti Dr. Bevalee B. Pray Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Vizzi Dr. Talana L. Vogel Mr. John L. Voitier Ms. Nha Uyen Vu Ms. Felicia A. Waage Kate Wade* Mrs. Mary M. Wade Wal-Mart, Inc. Ms. Wendy L. Wallace Frances Waller* Mr. Joseph R. Walsh Mr. Robert J. Walsh* Mr. Hongbo Wang Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ward Mr. Timothy D. Wardlow Waste Management - Chicago Sorting Ctr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Waters Mr. Anthony N. Watkins Mr. Sammy N. Watkins Hattie G. Watkins Educational Fund Watkins, Watkins & Keenan

Mrs. Sally Watson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Webb Mr. T. Glenn Weeks Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon B. Wegener Ms. Sharon A. Wegener Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Weidenhoffer Weinstock, White & Associates Mr. Walter E. Weirich Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Welch Jr. Drs. Susan and Eric B. Welch Judge Harry W. Wellford Mr. and Mrs. Randy Wellman Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Mr. George B. Werle* Dr. and Mrs. Lyle D. Wescott Rev. Joseph Wesley* Dr. and Mrs. William H. West The West Clinic, P.C. Mr. Terry Westbrook Mayor A. C. Wharton Mrs. Neda L. White Whitehaven Wildlife Gourmet Club Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Whitson Dr. Linda Wible Mr. John R. Wicks Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Wiedemann* Mrs. Jane Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Wilder Mrs. Russell Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Williams III* Dr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Williams II Paul H. Williams* Mr. and Mrs. Craig T. Williams Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Williamson Jr. Mr. Joseph W. Williford Mrs. Monica W. Willis Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard J. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Wilson Mrs. Irene Wilson-Nielsen Mr. James E. Windisch Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Winters Mr. William A. Wise CK Witco Corporation Mrs. Paula Witek Lt. Col. and Mrs. Mark H. Witt Brother William Woeger, FSC I. J. Woiach* Mrs. Joanne M. Wojak* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Wolking Mr. and Mrs. R. Dale Woodall* Mr. and Mrs. James L. Woodrum Mr. Fred H. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Wright Ms. M. Lynn Wright Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Wurth Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Yerger Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Yochum Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Young II Mr. Howard B. Young Young & Rubicam Foundation Arthur Young Foundation Mr. Thomas E. Zahnen Mr. and Mrs. Laszlo F. Zala Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Zalas Dr. Anne and Mr. Gregory Zeorlin Jr. Zoccola and Associates Zonk & Associates, Inc. Mr. Robert Zorad

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THE HILTON MEMPHIS TENNESSEE GRAND BALLROOM 939 RIDGELAKE BOULEVARD c MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE

Presenting the

MAURELIAN MEDAL BARBARA DAUSH

President of St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD STEVE DUNAVANT (’83)

Managing Director for CBIZ MHM, founding members of Thompson Dunavant PLC, Vice Chairman of the CBU Board of Trustees

DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNUS AWARD BROTHER DYLAN PERRY (’10)

Associate Director of the Lasallian Volunteers for the De La Salle Christian Brothers of the Lasallian Region of North America

& honoring the CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE CLASS OF 1955 The first four-year graduating class after college classes were suspended in 1915 due to World War I

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

SERVICE LEARNING PANEL & LUNCHEON HOSTED BY 2016 LASALLIAN FELLOWS

(12:00 p.m. n Canale Arena) CBU students are challenged every day to enter to learn and leave to serve. Hear from a panel of student leaders who are putting the mission of CBU into practice through involvement with student organizations, volunteerism, advocacy, faith practice, and community engagement.

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ALUMNI CAREER PANELS: PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS

STEM (1:30 p.m. n Spain Auditorium) Business (1:30 p.m. n Montesi Executive Center) Healthcare (3:15 p.m. n Spain Auditorium) Social Sciences (3:15 p.m. n Montesi Executive Center) Hear from successful alumni working in the fields of STEM, Business, Healthcare, Arts, and Social Services about how they got where they are and how their CBU education impacted their professional and personal lives.

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If you are interested in helping to organize YOUR class reunion reception, please email Terez Wilson.

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CBU-DUNAVANT SYMPOSIUM: “THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SERVANT IN MENTORING” (9:30 a.m. n Spain Auditorium) CBU Alumni and members of the Memphis community discuss public service and the role of the public servant in mentoring the next generations of community leaders.

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LASALLIAN LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON SPONSORED BY THE PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON WOMEN

(11:00 a.m. n Canale Arena) Sponsored by the President’s Commission on Women, the Luncheon will provide an opportunity for CBU students, alumni, and families to network with Memphis Area Mentoring Programs. The keynote address will be delivered by Anna Escobedo Cabral, former Secretary of the Treasury.

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WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (12:00 p.m. n Canale Arena) Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are all invited to attend panel discussions and paper presentations focusing on Academics, Women’s Leadership, Gender Issues, etc.

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HONORS PROGRAM ALUMNI GATHERING

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MATH & COMPUTER SCIENCE ALUMNI RECEPTION

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WORLD OF MEMPHIS BEERS & CHILI COOK-OFF

(6:00 p.m. n Nolan Field) A favorite event , the World of Beers is growing this year—and will focus on home-grown Memphis beers! We have added a chili cookoff to the evening’s festivities. All proceeds from the Cook-Off will go to the National Alumni Board’s Teaching Excellence Award.

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NATIONAL ALUMNI BOARD PAST PRESIDENTS’ BREAKFAST

(8:00 a.m. • Sabbatini Lounge) Former presidents of the National Alumni Board will gather for a breakfast and the opportunity to re-engage with CBU. Find out what’s been happening since you left the University’s NAB and how you can continue to be involved in building an even better CBU Alumni Association, CBUnited.

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DISCOVER CBU

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BUC E-DAY ENGINEERING COMPETITION

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ALUMNI CAREER EXPO/NETWORKING

(10:00 a.m. n Sabbatini Lounge) Local and national companies are looking for seasoned CBU alumni to take on positions of leadership and service as their organizations grow.

Join CBU’s Career Services to find out what your next step might be!

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MENTOR PROGRAM NETWORKING LUNCH

12:00 p.m.

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FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES

(1:00 p.m. n Front Lawn) Join fellow alumni, CBU faculty and staff, and even some prospective students in family-friendly activities on the front lawn of the CBU campus.

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THE CANNON BALL

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4

COMMUNITY MASS: A MEMORIAL MASS IN HONOR OF FATHER ANGELO NOBILE

(11:00 a.m. n De La Salle/Stritch Chapel) Join the Brothers of the Lambert Hall Community at Mass in De La Salle/Stritch Chapel. All are welcome.

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(1:30 p.m. n Buckman Courtyard) Join alumni and current student members of Alpha Kappa Alpha as they dedicate a tree in Buckman Quad.

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LADIES HAT AND TEA PARTY

(2:00 p.m. n Rose Deal Courtyard) Big hats, mimosas, and a little Earl Gray. This perennial favorite party is hosted by the First Lady of the University, Mrs. Eloise Smarrelli.

Join her and other ladies of the CBU community for a few sips in the Rose Deal Courtyard.

(7:00 p.m. n Plough Courtyard) After all the networking and leadership training, you’ll be ready to let down your hair, put on your dancing shoes, and celebrate! Live music, food and drink, and other surprise entertainment is in store!

BUCCANEERS FALL SCHEDULE Men’s Soccer 9/5 9/8 9/11 9/13 9/16 9/19 9/22 9/25 9/27 10/2 10/4 10/9 10/11 10/15 10/23 10/25 10/30

Bethel University Ouachita Baptist Lindenwood University Univ. of Montevallo Union University Harding University Rhodes College Spring Hill College Univ. of West Florida Alabama-Huntsville Univ. of West Alabama Delta State University Mississippi College Saint Leo University Lee University Shorter University Union University

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Women’s Soccer 9/3 9/5 9/11 9/13 9/18

Rhodes College Clayton State Saint Leo University Univ. of Montevallo Valdosta State

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9/20 Univ. of West Georgia 9/25 Spring Hill College 9/27 Univ. of West Florida 10/2 Alabama-Huntsville 10/4 Univ. of West Alabama 10/9 Delta State University 10/11 Mississippi College 10/16 North Alabama 10/19 Georgia College 10/23 Lee University 10/25 Shorter University 10/30 Union University

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Volleyball 9/5 9/5 9/11 9/11 9/12 9/12 9/15 9/17 9/19 9/22 9/25

Lindenwood University Bellarmine University Rockhurst University Henderson State Winona State Oklahoma Baptist Shorter University Union University Mississippi College Lee University Alabama-Huntsville

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North Alabama Univ. of West Florida Valdosta State Southern Arkansas Univ. of West Georgia Univ. of West Alabama Shorter University Crossover Tournament Union University Mississippi College Lee University North Alabama Alabama-Huntsville Valdosta State Univ. of West Florida Univ. of West Alabama Univ. of West Georgia

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Memphis Twilight Classic UAH/Jacoby Memorial Rhodes Invitational Chile Pepper Festival Fast Cats Classic

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Ashley Hollis Coleman (’03) and Sprock n’ Roll

f you take a stroll through Overton Square or Cooper Young on a weekend night, you’re sure to see an eclectic mix of activity—from the Midtown couple celebrating their weekly dinner date away from the kids to joggers braving the summer heat for a run at dusk. However, earlier this year, Midtown gained a new activity that involves four wheels, bike pedals, and a tap.

Ashley Hollis Coleman (’03) is embarking on a bold new business venture that brings together the best parts of biking, alcohol, and fun in the form of her company, Sprock n’ Roll. Her pair of one-ton, 16-seat party bikes are currently operating four nights per week along two designated routes through Cooper Young and Overton Square. Twelve seats are dedicated to bikers, three are reserved for passengers who wish to do more sightseeing than pedaling, and one seat is reserved for the driver, who steers the party bike.

Like most great ideas, Ashley’s came to her while traveling. During a bachelorette party in Nashville last year, Ashley and the bridal party pedaled and drank their way through downtown on the Nashville Pedal Pub. About a month after she returned from the celebratory weekend, Ashley was laying awake at night thinking about the weekend and this party bike she had just ridden. “I literally just sat up in bed and asked my husband, ‘Why doesn’t Memphis have this?’

Because Memphis is getting more progressive, Midtown has exploded, and if I could bring this to Memphis, now’s the time to do this. ” Embarking on an entrepreneurial journey is by no means easy, especially when it also entails changing an open-container city ordinance. Since the bikes involve consuming alcohol on the street, Ashley had to seek City Council approval to amend the ordinance.

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officials, she argued, “Nashville’s got this and they allow open containers. Chattanooga’s got this and they allow open containers. In Tennessee, this is already going on, and here we are in Memphis where you can get away with walking down Beale Street with an open container.”

After six weeks of consideration, the City Council amended the ordinance, and Ashley was ready to roll. Part of the success that Sprock n’ Roll has experienced so far is the result of forming partnerships with bars and restaurants in the area by offering discounts and specials to its peddlers during the tour.

“If you’re pedaling for two straight hours, you’re going to need to take breaks. I’m hoping that once we get things going that those bars are going to see that we’re bringing people into their place.” At the beginning of a tour, peddlers receive a wristband that allows them to receive special discounts at the establishments where Sprock n’ Roll stops during the ride.

Like the determination and grit that it takes to carry a new business, Ashley first experienced perseverance during her volleyball career at CBU. “You’re tired but you’ve got to go to class; you’re tired but you’ve got a game. But you can’t give up, because you’ve got 11 other girls depending on you. You learn that it’s not about you.”

Currently, Sprock n’ Roll has one employee, with plans to hire 5-10 additional drivers.

In October, the party bike will also add a downtown route. This team, not unlike the Lady Buc volleyball team, will look to Ashley and her leadership for instruction, guidance, energy, and support as they test Memphis’ newest party bike. n — Josh Colfer More info: www.sprocknrollmemphis.com.

Dr. Jennifer Bonds-Raacke co-authored an article for the American Psychological Association’s Psychology Student Network entitled “Looking to succeed?

Understanding the importance of research publications” which encourages undergraduate students to publish their research in academic journals. Jennifer is the chair and associate professor of psychology at Fort Hays State University.

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Wesley Goodnight was recognized as ASCE Featured Engineer by the American Society of Civil Engineers (West TN Branch) and the Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council at the 2015 Engineers Week Luncheon in February. Wesley is currently a project manager in the engineering services division of the EnSafe Inc. in Memphis.

Dr. Tiffany Baldi Rabe conducted a radiology residency in Dallas and then an abdominal imaging fellowship completed in 2013. Her husband works for Raymond James in equity research. They currently live in Dallas.

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Dr. Manny Patel finished his residency in international radiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham and has joined Premier Radiology, a private practice group in Nashville.

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Troy Wheetley is vice president of information technology for Paragon Bank in Memphis.

Jay McDonald and Elizabeth Gaia (’08) were married on February 28, 2015 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Memphis, followed by a beautiful reception at The Columns.

Elizabeth is an alumni member of Zeta

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Tau Alpha, and Jay is an alumni member of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Elizabeth was also the 2007 TKE Chapter Sweetheart. The happy couple is living in East Memphis following a honeymoon in Kauai, Hawaii.

Daniel McFadden was commissioned in the Army National Guard as a First Lieutenant in June 2014 and graduated from the Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School in February 2015.

Elizabeth Gaia and Jay McDonald (’07) were married on February 28, 2015 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Memphis, followed by a beautiful reception at The Columns. Elizabeth is an alumni member of Zeta Tau Alpha, and Jay is an alumni member of Tau Kappa Epsilon.

Elizabeth was also the 2007 TKE Chapter Sweetheart. The happy couple is living in East Memphis following a honeymoon in Kauai, Hawaii.

Matt Harrell was featured by the Memphis Daily News in the May 11 “I Choose Memphis” spotlight section. Matt is currently international treasury manager at AutoZone Inc. in Memphis.

Dr. Carter Nazor is a neurology resident at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She has announced her engagement to Dr. Evan Paul, an internal medicine resident at UTHSC. Carol Dodge Whelchel was honored by the Memphis Chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers as the 2015 Young Engineer of the Year at the Engineers Week Banquet in February. Carol has worked as a natural gas distribution and transmission design engineer at Memphis Light Gas & Water (MLGW) for four-and-a-half years, where she designs and manages gas main relocation and replacement projects for the distribution and transmission systems. She is also currently involved with the MLGW Junior Engineer/Professional Engineer Program.

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Dr. Scott Berry graduated from University of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Pharmacy.

Kären Brandon graduated with a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Mississippi State University in May and began work as a staff counselor at Mississippi State University’s Student Counseling Services in June.

Dr. Alan Fredericks graduated from Life University Chiropractic School in Atlanta.

Bridget M. Nuechterlein is now serving as an evaluation specialist at the Evaluation Center,

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babybucs Caroline Mitchell Carrico (’10) and Greg Carrico welcomed their son, NOAH JAMES CARRICO, into the world on January 10, 2014.

Ashley Wise Jett (’04), husband Bryan, and big sister Bryley Jett, welcomed the birth of PRESLEY ROSE JETT on December 13, 2014. The happy family is currently living in Arlington, TN. Ashley is a pharmacist at Walmart, and Bryan is a clinical pharmacist at the VA Clinic in Jackson, TN. Tiffany Baldi Rabe (’02) and her husband, Derek, welcomed their second child, CAROLINE RABE, on February 3, 2015. Everyone is doing fine and big sis, Juliette, is happy to have a new sister.

Jennifer Longo Allen (’05) and Lee Allen (’05) welcomed their second son, ERIC JAMES ALLEN, on February 13, 2015 (Friday the 13th by 14 min). They are currently in Huntsville, AL, where Lee is a materials engineer at the Marshal Space Center. Jennifer works at the Waldrop and Associates PC law office.

Kim Williams Guy (’08) and her husband, Andre, had their second child, a daughter named KADENCE MALIA GUY, born February 15, 2015. Kim is currently working at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Dr. Paula Cerrito Adams (’06) and her husband, John Paul, had a baby girl, ABIGAIL KATHERINE ADAMS, on March

School of Education & Human Development, at the University of Colorado in Denver.

Dr. Stephanie Parker graduated from University of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Pharmacy and is a pharmacy practice resident at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System in Brentwood, TN. Alicia Scarborough has announced her engagement to Clayton Ciarloni. Alicia is

Welcome to LUKE AARON LAMEY, born February 17 to proud parents Christine and Aaron Lamey (’09). Young Mr. Lamey weighed in at 8 lbs., 13 oz. and measured 22 inches long.

5, 2015. Paula is currently a pharmacist at Target in Memphis.

Adrianne Wilkerson Vitale (’05) and Sam Vitale (’05) welcomed their third daughter, GUILIANA ROSE VITALE, on March 14, 2015.

Adrianne is a nurse at St John’s Hospital in St Louis.

Dr. Adam Luka (’08) and Hope Shackelford (’10) welcomed a baby girl, LULA HAZEL LUKA, on March 26, 2015. They are currently living in Augusta, GA, where Adam is doing his internal medicine residency.

Dr. Nick Newsom (’04) and his wife, Allison, welcomed a new baby, GWENDOLYN NEWSOM, on April 6, 2015. This is their third little girl! They currently live in Indianapolis, where Nick is a hospitalist at Indiana University Health Physicians.

currently an RN at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis and is in school to get her DNP at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Emily Wong is working as a data coordinator at Methodist Transplant Institute in Memphis.

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ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME CBU Athletics celebrated its legacy as a part of Founder’s Week by inducting its newest members of the Athletic Hall of Fame at an banquet on April 11. Members inducted into the Class of 2015 were Bill Bintz (Basketball ’73), Kenny Greene (Baseball ’84), Leon Haag (Basketball ’60), Taneisha Lenon (Basketball ’00), and Charlie Leonard (Basketball ’75, Coach ’90-97). The Bob Stephenson Service Award was presented to Ed Murphy (’85) to recognize his longstanding service to CBU athletics and student athletes.

Bill Bintz starred in basketball from 1969 to 1973. He played in 87 games, scoring 1,202 points. He averaged more than 17 points per game in his final two seasons. He led CBU to four straight winning records, including a 19-7 mark as a senior.

Kenny Greene starred in baseball from 1980 to 1983. In 154 games, he hit .325 with 40 home runs and 150 runs batted in, both school records at the time. His 40 homers are still the CBU career record, and he still ranks second in career RBI. Leon Haag starred in basketball from 1957 to 1960. He played in 82 games, scoring 603 career points. More importantly, he led the teams to three straight 20-win seasons, including 21-7 records, NAIA District 27 championships and National Tournament appearances in his final two seasons.

Taneisha Lenon starred in basketball from 1996 to 2000. In 88 games, she

Ed Murphy (’85), recipient of the Bob Stephenson Service Award, with Coach Stephenson Bill Bintz (’73) shows off his letter jacket

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President Smarrelli and Leon Haag (’60) PHOTOS BY CORY DUGAN

Dr. Smarrelli and Taneisha Lenon (’00)

scored 1,389 points with 190 steals, both school records at the time. She still holds the career record for steals, and she is second on the career scoring list.

Charlie Leonard coached the CBU basketball team from 1990 to 1997, finishing with 127 wins, including six straight winning records and three straight 20-win seasons. Leonard also played for the Bucs from 1971 to 1975, scoring 823 points with 676 rebounds in 88 career games. He ranks 12th in career rebounds. n

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DERBY DAY @ CBU CBU alumni and friends gathered in Plough Courtyard on May 2 for Derby Day festivities, which included a bourbon tasting with Michael Hughes, General Manager of Joe’s Liquor, placing bets to benefit the National Alumni Board’s Teaching Excellence Award, bluegrass music,and — of course — watching the running of the 141st Kentucky Derby.

The merriment was hosted by Felix Bishop (’82), Stephanie Cianciola, Stephanie Drouillard (’96), Kelly Jo Graves, Ken Hall (’84), and Ross (’93) and Jamie Harris. n Karen Viotti (’02) and Katherine Baricos (’04)

Jennifer Drouillard, Brian Drouillard (’03), John Drouillard (’97), and Stephanie Drouillard (’96) The most exciting two minutes in sports

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KENRICK FAREWELL

Alumni and families gather to say goodbye to Kenrick Hall

About 200 CBC, CBHS and CBU alumni gathered on the lawn in front of Kenrick Hall on May 23 to revisit the hallways and classrooms where they once learned about early civilizations and slogged through calculus equations.

With their spouses and children, they reconnected to the places where unforgettable memories happened one last time before the building was decommissioned and demolished to make room for the new Rosa Deal School of Arts. During the picnic, alumni and guests ate, drank, reminisced, and wandered the locker-filled halls of Kenrick to collect the remaining relics from its 75-year history.

The picnic ended with a bonafide “second line” funeral procession led by the oldest high school band in the United States, the CBHS marching band. n

Br. Chris Englert (’77) and Chris Fay (’98) reminisce while perusing the open lockers The second line led by the CBHS Band

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LEGACY SOCIETY DINNER & CEREMONY

Frank (’84), Amelia (’15), and Jami (’83) Gattuso

During Commencement Week, the annual Legacy Dinner honors graduating students whose family members are also alums. We celebrate these families who have found lasting value in their CBU education and have chosen to affirm their faith in this University by sending the next generation to us. This year’s pinning ceremony was held on May 14 in Alfonso Dining Hall and honored ten legacy graduates and their alumni family members, along with members of the Golden Grad Class of 1965. n

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Christopher Hardwick (’95 & ’97) and Christopher Hardwick II (’15)

Charlotte Ferguson (’14) and Mignon Hearn (’15)

Steven Hefner (’92 & ’94) and Jessica Anne Hefner (’15)

Chemetra Patrick (’08) and Toni Patrick (’15)

Kandice Winfield (’15) and Carol Winfield Jones (’82 & ’93) PHOTOS BY CORY DUGAN

Christopher Liley (’88) and Anna Liley (’15)

CBUnited President Maria Lensing (’01 & ’07) with Tonya Saulsberry (’15)

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Taylor Flake (’17) was honored as the recipient of the 2015 Vanderhaar Student Peace Award at the Gerard A. Vanderhaar Symposium in April, in recognition of her role as founder of the CBU Chapter of the NAACP and her passion to solve social justice issues.

Katherine McGinnis has been recognized as a Professional Engineer by the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners.

Currently, she is the operations district supervisor for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Construction Office in Covington, TN. Dr. Ting Wong graduated from the Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy.

She also coauthored an article entitled “Differential loss of thalamostriatal and corticostriatal input to striatal projection neuron types prior to overt motor symptoms in the Q140 knock-in mouse model of Huntington’s disease” in the October 2014 edition of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.

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Chris Johansen (MBA) is now working for Spectrum Brands as a Plant Manager in North Texas.

Anthony Maranise, OblSB (also MACS ’17) was invited to submit an article on the theology of sports and recreation to the summer 2015 issue of Church Health Reader, the official publication of Memphis’ own Church Health Center.

Also, his recent paper entitled “Welcomed as Christ: Immigration Through the Lens of Benedictine Hospitality” has been accepted for

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publication in a forthcoming (yet undetermined) issue of Benedictines, a journal of contemporary monastic issues published by the Sisters of Mount Saint Scholastica in Atchison, KS. Joe Alfonso graduated with his M.S. in Entomology in May from North Dakota State University.

Seth Cline will be leaving his position as vice president of Capital Bank to pursue his Doctor of Law degree at Belmont University College of Law in Nashville.

Veronica Love received her Juris Doctorate, specializing in Criminal and Immigration Law, from the University of Maryland School of Law. Veronica is currently a law clerk at the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office.

Jennifer Sykes is enrolled in the Master of Public Health program at the University of Memphis.

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John Archer and Allison Frymark announced their engagement, with the wedding scheduled for October 2015. Allison graduated from ULAR Nursing School in December 2014. She has passed her NCLEX

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exam to be a Registered Nurse.

Kyra Clapper was accepted to the PhD history program at the University of Memphis with a Teaching Fellowship.

Michalyn Easter received her Master of Arts in Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University of New York in October 2014. She has also been recognized as one of the Tri-State Defender’s “Women of Excellence” for 2015.

Dani Frazier has started a bridge program at Hampton University which accepts 20 students per year. She will earn an MS in Medical Science when she completes the program.

Catherine Gluzak Gooch presented a poster at the annual TN Medical Association meeting in Nashville entitled “The Confounding Conundrum: Caroli or Cannabis?”

Lauryn Murphy started the Physician Assistant Studies program at CBU in January of 2015.

Alecia Stewart has been accepted into the master’s program in Biomedical Sciences at Liberty University for the Fall of 2015, and will start Osteopathic Medical School there the following fall of 2016.

William Zachary took a week of vacation from his job in July and used it to serve as a counselor at a camp for young people with Tourette’s.

PHOTOS BY CORY DUGAN & JACOB EDWARDS PHOTO BY PAUL CRUM

Nikki Story has been accepted to the master’s program in Occupational Therapy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

She will be starting in January 2016.

Stephanie Allen Winters has been accepted into the Master of Science in Pharmacology program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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Seven members of the Class of 2015 passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and have been designated as Engineer Interns: Lauren Harrett, Mallory Harvey, Cori Hudlet, Phillip Loewenberg, Jacob Porter, Ryan Smith, and Tyler Stranburg. The FE exam is typically the first step in the process leading to the Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Emi Abutineh has been accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine.

Anna Baumheckel was recognized as the 2015 CBU Featured Engineering Student for her academic achievement, professional potential, and service to the CBU community at the 2015 Engineers Week Banquet in February.

Kenneth Burnett (MBA) was featured by the Memphis Daily News in their July 27 “I Choose Memphis” spotlight section.

Darianne Butler has been accepted to the University of Tennessee Doctorate in Physical Therapy program.

Nathaniel Celeski will be attending the University of Mississippi Law School. He was also accepted to Mississippi College, Mercer College, and the University of Memphis.

Tiffany Corkran has joined the Project Inspire Teacher Residency, which selects residents to teach in underserved schools in Chattanooga, TN. They train their teachers based on the residency model, so for the first year Tiffany will be in the classroom with a Clinical Instructor in the sciences.

Lauren Harrett is working in structural engineering at Smith Seckman Reid in Memphis.

Jessica Hefner has been accepted by the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis.

Brooke Joyce has been accepted into the Accelerated Second Degree BSN Program at the Loewenberg School of Nursing at the University of Memphis.

Sarah Langsdon has been accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine.

Taylor Seaman is an associate corporate financial systems analyst at FedEx Services in Memphis.

JD Wolfe has been accepted to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of

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Medicine. JD has also formally accepted a position in the United States Air Force Health Scholars Program and has been commissioned as a Second Lieutenant.

Jessica Love has been accepted into the Irish Writing Program, which is a rigorous creative writing study abroad program through the University of Iowa. The six-week summer program takes place on the University College

Dublin campus in Dublin, Ireland, where students are housed and classes are taught.

The program has two components: writing workshops, and an interdisciplinary Irish literature and culture course worth a total of six hours of credit issued on a University of Iowa transcript.

Disha Patel (MSPAS) has been selected as a recipient of one of 37 scholarships from the National Commission on Certification

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2015 COMMENCEMENT AWARDS The following graduating seniors were recognized at the 2015 Commencement Exercises with awards from the University as well as the various schools and departments.

UNIVERSITY-WIDE Earnest Spiller Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Outstanding Student Leadership Award Nathan Andrew Sampson Thomas Lipsmeyer Award Stancia Doretha Harvey Christian Brothers University Alumni Award Trey Maurice Casey Christian Brothers University Alumni Award Taylor Julian Seaman Christian Brothers University Alumni Award

COLLEGE OF ADULT PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Jenna Schletty College of Adult Professional Studies Academic Achievement Award

ROSA DEAL SCHOOL OF ARTS Veronica Virgen Miguel Outstanding History Student Award Lauren Faye Ervin Literature & Languages Faculty Award Nathaniel Rollie Celeski Margarette J. Sather Outstanding School of Arts Graduate Award Matthew George Kotek Kenneth W. Mathis Award for Outstanding Education Graduate Katelynn Logan Hicks Behavioral Sciences Faculty Award Kristen Faith DeRidder Christine Ladd Franklin Award for Outstanding Non-traditional Psychology Major Anna Elizabeth Liley Psi Chi Outstanding Leadership Award

Emily Dawn Phillips Outstanding Visual Arts Student Award

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Ally Marie Wanta Memphis Chapter – Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants Award Shanice D’Shara Oliver Moroni-Whaley Award Jasmine Denean Lewis School of Business Faculty Achievement Award Trey Maurice Casey Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key Taylor Julian Seaman Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Sean Michael Jenkins T. Herbert Darnell Award Nicholas Ryan McKee Brother Philip Morgan Electrical Engineering Design Award Lauren Ashlee Harrett Outstanding Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Award Anna Grace Baumheckel Outstanding School of Engineering Graduate

SCHOOL OF SCIENCES John David Wolfe Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Award and the Brother Dominic Dunn Award Jonathan Andrew Aristorenas Biology Faculty Award George Edward Gallarno Mathematical Sciences Faculty Award

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of Physician Assistants PA Foundation.

Nearly 1,300 applications were submitted to the foundation from students in the 180+ programs nationwide.

Natalie Zaldivar won second place in the 2015 Southern Literary Festival’s fiction competition. Her story “Up in Smoke” earned her an honorarium as well as publication in their annual anthology of competition winners.

Sebastian Polania passed the CPLP Technician Exam given by the International Safe Transit Association and is now an ISTA

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Basketball Courtney Banks (’18) won the GSC Freshman of the Week award twice during the 2014-15 season. She averaged 8 points per game, with 2.9 assists and rebounds.

Trey Casey (’15) was named the Capital One Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Player of the Year by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Trey graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA, and he led the Bucs in scoring with 16.3 points per game. He also added 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.4 steals per game, shooting 45.9 percent from three-point range. He led the GSC and was 24th in the nation in steals per game, and was second in the GSC and 24th in the nation in three-point percentage. This is his second consecutive year being named a First Team Academic All-American. Trey was named to the GSC Top Ten as a finalist for the Commissioner’s Trophy for the second consecutive year. The trophy is awarded annually to the top overall student-athlete in the GSC, recognizing excellence on the field, in the classroom and in the community. He was also selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to the Reese’s Division II East-West All-Star Game, and was also named to the NABC and Daktronics All-South Region Teams. Trey is the fourth CBU basketball player to play in the Reese’s All-Star Game, which is played annually as part of the Division II Elite 50

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Certified Packaging Lab Technician.

Daniel Schenck won a Best Paper Award at the 2015 Western Collegiate Division Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Sciences in April at the University of Memphis for his presentation “Testing of Stream Health of the Loosahatchie River Using Macroinvertebrates.”

Alana Byrd passed the CPLP Technician Exam given by the International Safe Transit Association and became an ISTA Certified Packaging Lab Technician. n

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Eight. He was one of four GSC players selected to the NABC All-South Region First Team, and he was one of two GSC players named Second Team Daktronics All-South Region. He was also named to the All-GSC First Team for the second year in a row.

Drew Hildreth (’16) earned his second consecutive spot on the Academic All-GSC team. Drew averaged 9.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game for the Bucs this season. He carries a 3.46 GPA. Jeff Larkin (’18) was named GSC Freshman of the Week five times during the 2014-15 season.

He averaged 9.5 points, 2.8 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game for the season.

Rachel Lee (’18) was named Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Week twice during the 2014-15 season, including the final week of the regular season. Rachel scored 15 points with four rebounds and two assists on the week, going 5-of-7 from the floor, including 2-of-3 from three-point range.

Charlie Oswald (’17) was named to the Academic All-GSC squad. He averaged 8.1 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, and earned a 3.60 GPA. Breanna Ridgell (’15) was named to the All-GSC Second Team. Breanna averaged 17.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game for the Lady Bucs this season. She broke CBU’s career records with 1,553 points, 610 field goals made, 1,525 field goals attempted, 200 steals and a 78.9 percent free throw percentage. She ranks third in the GSC and 58th in the nation in scoring this season.

Sidy Sall (’15) was named Player of the Week in February by the Tennessee Sportswriters Association after scoring 42 points with 26 rebounds in two games.

Baseball Mac Cooley (’15) was named by the Gulf South Conference to the All-GSC Second Team. Mac hit .311 this season with 37 hits, 10 doubles,

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four homers and 28 RBI’s, all team-highs, for the Bucs this season primarily as designated hitter.

Patrick Gurley (’16) was named GSC Pitcher of the Week for the week of January 26-February 1 after he threw five shutout innings against LeMoyne-Owen College. He struck out five batters and allowed one hit with no walks.

Taylor Seaman (’15) and Casey Goodwin (’17) earned spots on the Academic All-GSC Baseball Team. Taylor graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA in Business Administration while he threw 42.0 innings as one of the Bucs’ weekend starters this season. Casey carried a 3.76 GPA, also in Business Administration. He started 28 games at first base, finishing second on the team with a .385 on-base percentage and recording a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage for the second consecutive season.

Softball Jennifer Gonzalez (’15) was named by the Gulf South Conference to the All-GSC First Team. Jennifer led the GSC with 15 doubles, a .418 batting average and a .567 on-base percentage, and her .739 slugging percentage ranked second in the conference. She tied or broke 19 CBU school records. This season, she broke CBU school records for on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs scored, RBI’s, walks and hit by pitches, and she tied the single-season home run record. Jennifer owns the career records for on-base percentage, RBI’s and hit by pitches, and she tied or broke single-game records for hits, runs home runs, total bases, walks and hit by pitches.

Golf Andrew Aristorenas (’15) was named to the Academic All-GSC Golf team. He graduated with a 3.94 GPA in Biomedical Science, and he played in nine tournaments for the Bucs this season, capped by a 14th-place finish in The Buccaneer in October. n

in memoriam

KRISTEN PRUSS (’05) July 13, 2015; Little Rock, AR

May all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

Alumni 1950s

DAVE DERMON II (’51) March 20, 2015; Memphis, TN

DAVID LYNN WELCH (’71) July 29, 2015; Memphis, TN ———————

JOHN W. GEEKIE (’58) November 25, 2014; St. Louis, MO ———————

1980s

1960s

REGINA KIRKPATRICK CLARK (’86, ’00) August 21, 2015; Hernando, MS ———————

WILLIAM (BILL) BURNS (’60) June 23, 2015; Nashville, TN ROBERT WAYNE “DOC” HALLIDAY (’64) August 26, 2015; Clear Lake, TX Survivors include brother–in-law Mike Daush (’74) and nephews Robert Daush (’06, ’08) and John Daush (’08) ARTHUR FRANK SCHOEMBS JR. (’66) March 25, 2015; Memphis, TN JOHN BRACKEN WALKER (’61) June 24, 2015; Memphis, TN ———————

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BROTHER MARVIN BECKER (’70) March 18, 2015; St. Louis, MO JIM BOLAND (’75) August 1, 2015; Memphis, TN Survivors include wife Julia Crone Boland (’75) COWLES “PETE” HORTON III (’73) August 23, 2015; Huntsville, AL

CHARLES A. TARBOX (’83) April 26, 2015; Bay St. Louis, MS

1990s

SWANETTE ANDERSON (’99) March 2, 2015; Southaven, MS DANIEL MESSINGER (’99, MBA ’03) April 5, 2015; Memphis, TN Survivors include wife Stephanie Raniszewski Messinger (’97, MBA ’99), sister-in-law Tricia Raniszewski Swaney (’01), brother-in-law David Swaney (’01), mother-in-law Rita Raniszewski (MBA ’07) and father-in-law Edward Raniszewski (’76) LORI LEE PRUITT TAYLOR (’94) September 8, 2015; Somerville, TN ———————

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Faculty, Staff & Friends ——————— LAURETTA ABEGG January 26, 2015; Memphis, TN MARY JANE ATWILL January 13, 2015; Memphis, TN JOSEPH M. CHESHIRE April 26, 2015; Memphis, TN BARBARA HILL (Plough Library) August 1, 2015; Memphis, TN Survivors include son Wayne Hill (’97) and daughter Melissa Parham (’01) DARBY HENRY February 22, 2015; Marion, AR MARGARET ELLEN CLARK HENRY March 22, 2015; Memphis, TN THERESA S. HIGGINS March 2, 2015; Memphis, TN SHIRLEY ENGLERT MARCHESINI March 11, 2015; Memphis, TN Survivors include husband Ron Marchesini (’68) JANE FRANCES MERCER February 26, 2015; Memphis, TN MICHAEL L. PARRISH February 23, 2015; Southaven, MS STEVEN WALKER POCHARD (Former Staff) September 7, 2015; Mobile, AL Survivors include son Shane Pochard (’96)

TROY GOODE (07) July 18, 2015; Southaven, MS

BOBBY L. POFF February 24, 2015; Memphis, TN

JOHN DOUGLAS OSWALT (’02) May 4, 2015; Memphis, TN

RUSSEL LEE WIENER (Former Trustee) April 1, 2015; Memphis, TN

FATHER ANGELO NOBILE Father Angelo Nobile was chaplain and director of Campus Ministry at CBC from 1967 to 1978 and was the founder of the Intramural Sports Program and the recipient of the Brother Lawrence Egbert Distinguished Service Award in 2003.

Fr. Nobile was a priest in Tennessee for many years and moved to Florida following his retirement, where he served as an associate priest. Father Angelo graduated from Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga and Mount St. Marys Seminary in Cincinnati, OH. He passed away in Florida on Christmas Eve, 2014, having recently celebrated 60 years in the ministry. He was buried in Chattanooga with his family.

Please join many of Fr. Nobile’s former students and old friends at the CBU Alumni & Family Weekend, October 1-4. Share your cherished memories and attend a Memorial Mass in his honor on Sunday, October 4.

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LAST WORDS

ROTATE LEFT

Thanks for the memories, for all of the lessons, for the knowledge, for everything.

Farewell notes and memories on the blackboards of Kenrick Hall, inscribed at the Farewell Picnic in May. For alums who want to own a piece of CBU history, memorial Kenrick bricks will be available at Alumni & Family Weekend for $125.

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Kenrick Hall’s iconic cupola was painstakingly salvaged prior to the building’s demolition in June.

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