Forward - Winter 2008

THE MCDONNELL CENTER

WINTER 2008

DEDICATED OCTOBER 13, 2007

Students Win High Tech Competition Homecoming/Family Weekend Highlights Ross, Payne Chairs Reach $1 Million Fall Teams Have Stellar Season

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from the president Dear Alumni and Friends, You will read in this edition of Forward of the opening and dedication of The McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education, and Athletics on October 13, 2007, during Homecoming and Family Weekend. Above all else, this milestone in the history of the College stands as an affirmation of the diverse, yet unified, community that is Davis & Elkins College.

More than 400 donors contributed to the fulfillment of this dream. They include: • Alumni from as early as the Class of 1932 to as recently as the Class of 2007, • Parents of former and current students, including lead donors Jim and Elizabeth McDonnell of St. Louis, Missouri, • Current students who contributed $25,000 in 2005 as part of the very special Student Assembly matching challenge, • Faculty, staff, and administrators, • Community leaders who responded early on, and then again in 2007 to a special community challenge, and • A host of clubs, organizations, and private foundations.

Their gifts included big and modest contributions, one-time special gifts, and “stretch” gifts paid in installments over a period of time.

The campaign to raise funds for The McDonnell Center was about money, but it was also about much more.

• It was about what people who share a common vision can achieve when they work together.

• It was about the synergy of one person urging another to get involved - repeated hundreds of times over.

• It was about how each of us chooses to define our personal identity through the organizations we support.

• It was about the bond we feel when we invest in the lives of others, even - and maybe especially - when we invest in the lives of those we may never know personally.

• It was about the confidence with which we face an always uncertain future.

• It was about the personal reward that accompanies contributing to a worthy cause.

By living true to its educational mission, Davis & Elkins College is one of those little gems of American culture that simultaneously depends upon the ongoing support of its extended community, while affirming the value of that community.

If you missed the opportunity to be among the 400 who made the opening of The McDonnell Center possible, don’t worry: there will still be opportunities to invest personally and financially in the life of this remarkable community. There will always be opportunity.

As we celebrate the opening and dedication of The McDonnell Center, let us make certain that it will stand not only as a tangible image of a task accomplished, but more importantly, as a vision of what we can accomplish when we work together for the advancement of Davis & Elkins College and its mission of supporting the intellectual, personal, and spiritual development of students for lives of fulfillment and service.

Best wishes,

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Winter 2008

Forward A P U B LIC ATION FOR ALU M N I AN D F R I EN DS OF DAVI S & ELKI N S COLLEGE

Annual Report on Web Site In an effort to curb costs, the College is publishing the Annual Report of Gifts on its Web site, instead of mailing it this year. This is a substantial savings to D&E, and actually allows us to improve the quality of the report. To view the Annual Report, go to www.davisandelkins.edu and click on “Giving to D&E.” We will be printing a very small number of the traditional report. If you need a copy, please contact Patricia Schumann, Vice President for College Advancement, at 304-637-1340 or pschuman@davisandelkins.edu.

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New Web site Alumni Create Chapter Web sites International Students Students Win High Tech Competition Phipps Lectureship Moves to Fall

Cover Story Dedication of The McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education, and Athletics

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Homecoming and Family Weekend Photo Highlights

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Ross, Payne Chairs Reach $1 Million Mark

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Athletics News

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Upcoming Alumni Events Alumni News Notes

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On the cover: Trustee and lead donor James S. McDonnell, III inside The McDonnell Center.

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Citizens National Bank Officers Nathaniel Bonnell, ’03, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Sherri Marstiller, ’78, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, in front of the scoreboard that Citizens donated to The McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education and Athletics

from the editor

Volume 53, No. 2

EDITOR & CREATIVE DIRECTOR

The way we communicate is changing – almost daily it seems. In some cases,

Carol Schuler

new technology allows us to replace the old. In other cases, we just do both. As

OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE

you know, postal rates have gone up significantly this year, so we have looked for

G. Thomas Mann President

ways to reduce the cost of our mailings. That is why you won’t find the Annual Report of Gifts in this issue of Forward. Instead, you will find it online. The

Reneé Heckel Director of Enrollment Management Laurence B. McArthur Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of the Faculty Patricia J. Schumann Vice President for College Advancement David M. Sneed Vice President for Student Life & Dean of Students

same information is there. Just go to www.davisandelkins.edu and click on “Giving to D&E.” If you still would like a printed version, please contact Patricia Schumann, Vice President for College Advancement, at 304-637-1340 or pschuman@davisandelkins.edu, to discuss your request. We can mail a printed version to you.

Our new Web site provides many ways to communicate more fully with those

COLLEGE ADVANCEMENT DIRECTORS

who care about D&E. I hope you will go online and explore all that is there.

Carol Schuler Director of Communications & Marketing

We’ve added a new history section, more information on ways you can support

Rachel Halperin Montgomery, ’91 Director of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving Karen L. Wilmoth, ’83 Director of Advancement Operations & Stewardship

the College, and other features. We are making changes all of the time, so visit often to see what’s new.

Are you a fan of e-mail? If so, send us your e-mail address. Our alumni office uses e-mail frequently to stay in touch and let people know about upcoming events.

We would love to include you on our e-mail list. Just send yours to alum@davisandelkins.edu.

About the College

Focused on student success, Davis & Elkins College offers a personalized undergraduate education firmly rooted in the liberal arts tradition. Its academic programs include the traditional arts and sciences as well as preprofessional and professional studies. The College’s small size allows students to develop close relationships with members of the faculty and with each other that advance their academic and personal development.

Related to the Presbyterian Church (USA), the College welcomes persons of all backgrounds and seeks to live according to principles consistent with humane traditions and its Judeo-Christian heritage.

Davis & Elkins College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will practice equal opportunity in all aspects of its operation. Davis & Elkins College is committed to assuring equal opportunity to all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, family status, or sexual orientation in its educational programs, activities, admissions or employment practices as required by Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in 1991, the West Virginia Human Rights Act, and other applicable statutes. Inquiries concerning Title IX compliance should be referred to the College Title IX Coordinator. Inquiries concerning Section 504 compliance should be referred to the Vice President of Student Life. Inquiries concerning equal opportunity in personnel practices should be referred to the Coordinator of Personnel Services.

We are committed to sending you Forward magazine. And if you receive more than one copy or if your name or address is spelled wrong, please let us know so that our mailing list is the best it can possibly be. We know that many of you enjoy Forward and we will continue sending it to all of our alumni, friends, and parents. And as communication technology continues to change, we will do our best to embrace the new ideas that work best for D&E. Best regards,

Carol Schuler Director of Communications & Marketing

©2008 Davis & Elkins College

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news Breaking News …

Dr. Mann Announces

Plans to Retire On January 25, President Tom Mann announced his plan to retire at the conclusion of this academic year. Dr. Mann has served as president of Davis & Elkins College since 1998. His achievements include the construction of The McDonnell Center and The Madden Center, full funding of three endowed faculty chairs at the $1 million level, the successful

completion of D&E’s largest fundraising campaign, re-introduction of Winter Term, the Centennial Celebration, and consistently positive rankings in the annual U.S. News guide to “America’s Best Colleges.”

Please check our Web site for more about Dr. Mann, the Board of Trustees’ next steps and upcoming events …

Welcome to New York & Virginia Alumni Sites!

Thanks to NY alumnus Gary Zahn, ’80, and VA alumnus Flint Engleman, ’90, two D&E alumni chapters now have their own Web sites linked to the College’s site. You can find them at www.davisandelkins.edu in the Alumni & Friends section. Thank you to these dedicated volunteers who keep spreading the good word about D&E!

College Extends New Brand to the Web New Site Links to Facebook, MySpace, YouTube Davis & Elkins College launched a new Web site in September with an updated look and feel, new content, more photography and other features designed to appeal to prospective students and their families. It mirrors the College’s new branding approach, which debuted in print literature for the admissions office in the spring.

resource developed by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. D&E is an active partner in U-CAN, which helps prospective students and their families make informed college choices. U-CAN provides invaluable online marketing to D&E through its links on Facebook, MySpace, You Tube and Wikipedia.

“The new site integrates our branding message and reinforces the information we share with potential new students through our advertising, direct mail and promotional literature,” said Carol Schuler, D&E Director of Communications & Marketing.

The launch of D&E’s new site coincided with the launch of U-CAN, a university and college online

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International Students D&E’s international student population has grown this year to 35 students from 21 countries. In December, some of these students braved a heavy snowfall and walked to Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church for a dinner with members of the Elkins Branch of the American Association of University Women: Cora McKibbin (Northern Ireland), Maroua Manai (Tunisia), Matthew Fannon (England), Zahra Khalid (Pakistan), Sherief Nagui (Egypt), Tigran Ghazaryan (Armenia), and Ebtisam Bahar (Bahrain).

D&E Students Place First in West Virginia High Tech Competition The West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation awarded a team of D&E students its First Place prize of $1,000 for the Fall 2007 Global Grid Exchange® Higher-Ed Student Project Competition.

The competition is a bi-annual event and open to undergraduate and graduate level students throughout the state of West Virginia. Participants are challenged to write grid-based computer applications that leverage the computational power of the Global Grid Exchange (G2EX). G2EX is a collaborative grid computing effort between Parabon Computation®, Inc. and the West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation. G2EX harnesses the idle processing power of donors’ computers from around the globe and makes it available to researchers as a lowcost alternative to traditional supercomputer resources. G2EX is powered

by Parabon Computation®’s Frontier Compute Engine®.

The D&E team completed its submission in the competition as a Java Programming class project, working with D&E Assistant Professor of Computer Science Steve

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Mattingly. Team members included Danielle Anderson, a senior in Computer Information Systems, Makesi Bostic, a senior in Computer Science and Math, Jay Matthews, a senior in Computer Science and Math, and Kevin Thurston, a junior in Computer Science.

In their project, titled “Goldbach’s Conjecture,” the Davis & Elkins team utilized G2EX to try to identify a counterexample to Goldbach’s theory. Goldbach’s Conjecture states that every even number bigger than two is a sum of two prime numbers (e.g. 4 = 2 + 2, 6 = 3 + 3 etc.). The computational time is typically very long when testing Goldbach’s Conjecture on a single computer. However, the Davis & Elkins team found that when the same numbers of tasks are shared among multiple computers on G2EX, the computational time is significantly decreased. In their research, the Davis & Elkins team was unable to find any counterexample to disprove Goldbach’s Conjecture.

Celebrating D&E’s First Prize award from the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation are (seated) students Kevin Thurston, Danielle Anderson, Jay Bunner, (standing) WVHTFC Grid Outreach Specialist Brent Bunner, Grid Program Manager Matt Loss, student Makesi Bostic and Assistant Professor Steve Mattingly.

Jim Estep, WVHTC Foundation President and CEO, said, “The WVHTC Foundation recognizes the significant role education plays in West Virginia’s economic growth and development. This competition provides students throughout the state the opportunity to conduct research-based projects utilizing one of the newest trends in the computing industry.”

Phipps Lectureship Features

Georgetown Professor New fall date finds full house in Halliehurst Davis & Elkins College presented its annual Phipps Lecture in honor of Dr. William Phipps, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, in November this year. The guest lecturer was Dr. Clyde Wilcox, Professor of Government at Georgetown University. His public address, which was given in Halliehurst, was titled, “Culture Wars & God Talk in American Politics.”

Dr. Wilcox has taught at Georgetown University for 20 years. He also travels for the U.S. State Department and visited Turkey immediately before coming to Davis & Elkins. His research and teaching interests center on public opinion and electoral behavior, religion and politics, gender politics, the politics of social issues

such as abortion, gay rights, and gun control, interest group politics, campaign finance, and science fiction and politics. He has authored, coauthored, edited, or co-edited more than 30 books.

His latest books include The Politics of SameSex Marriage, coedited with Craig Rimmerman, forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press, and The Values Campaign: The Christian Right in the 2004 Elections, coedited with John Green and Mark Rozell.

Dr. Phipps, Martha Ann and son Charles Phipps joined Dr. Wilcox during his visit and spent time with students and faculty alike. The Phipps Lectureship, which was

The Phipps family and committee members gathered with Dr. Wilcox following his lecture in Halliehurst. They included (seated) Dr. Clyde Wilcox, Dr. Bill Phipps, (standing) President Tom Mann, Charles Phipps, Kathy Doig (library), VP for College Advancement Pat Schumann, Martha Ann Phipps, April Daras (Theatre), Dr. Bob McCutcheon (English), Dr. Nadeem Khan (Economics), and Dr. Joe Roidt (Sociology).

established at Davis & Elkins College in 1995, brings accomplished scholars to Elkins to share their ideas and experiences in religion, philosophy and related disciplines each year.

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gym dedication The McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education, and Athletics

Trustee June Myles leads the first lap around the Myles-Ahead Elevated Running Track.

Dedicated October 13, 2007 Homecoming & Family Weekend The highlight of the 2007 Homecoming & Family Weekend was the dedication of the College’s new McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education, and Athletics on Saturday afternoon. Hundreds gathered for this important event that ushered in a new era for D&E athletics as well as its health and physical education programs.

Donors, students, parents, and alumni gathered in the new arena for dedication ceremonies. A reception followed in the Hilda and Robert R. Butler lobby.

More photos of the dedication, as well as the construction of this exciting new facility are on-line at www.davisandelkins.edu.

Doug Homer, ’93, founder and president of Friends of Senator Soccer, proudly displays FOSS’s $100,000 gift to The McDonnell Center.

Joe Timms, chair of the D&E Board of Trustees, and his wife, Annabel, made multiple gifts to the McDonnell Center, which created the Mary Jane Peyton Phillips Multi-Sport Locker room and other vital facilities for student-athletes.

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James and Elizabeth McDonnell both visited campus for the joyous celebration. They are the parents of alumna Marcella McDonnell Stevens, ‘85. Their lead gift of $3.5 million in support of a new Athletics Center made it possible for D&E to create The McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education, & Athletics.

gym dedication Trustee and lead donor Bill Robbins, ’56, enjoys one of the comfortable new seats in the arena.

Senior Richard Whitley conducts the premier of his new arrangement of Here’s to Davis-Elkins, the College Fight Song.

The Bialek family made a major gift to the Community Challenge in memory of Jim, ’74, and Karen’s son, J.B. Bialek. Jim is joined here by daughters Amy Parsons, ’94, and Ashley Bialek, friend Chris Flannigan, Karen, and mother-in-law L. Amy Arbogast.

Lead donors John, ’53, and Lee Ann Harling accept recognition for their gift to The McDonnell Center from President Tom Mann.

Trustee Joyce Allen, her brothers and sisters, friends and family celebrate in the Hilda and Robert R. Butler Lobby which was named in honor of Joyce’s parents: (seated) John Crile Allen, Walter Grady Allen, Joyce Butler McKee Allen, Thomas Burton; (standing) Benjamin Butler, Ann Butler, Douglas Butler, Joan Butler Burton, Braxton McKee, John Allen Jr., Martha Butler Lebovitz, Stephen Butler, and Linda Carter.

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gym dedication D&E Celebrates a Dream Come True

By Patricia Schumann, Vice President for College Advancement

Members of the Class of 1957 gathered for dinner at the home of President and Mrs. Mann. Shown here are (seated) Bob Miserentino, Walt Cerrato, Gerry Goldstone, Julia Wilson Hepburn, Ruth Lautenbach Keck, Syngman Rhee, Don Luloff, (standing) Carolyn Mann, Ron Rollins, Garret Lockwood, Jim Bone, Jim Wall, Tom Capetonos, and Tom Mann.

Planning for The McDonnell Center for Health, Physical Education, and Athletics began more than ten years ago, as campus leaders recognized the need for a new facility to support its programs in physical education, intercollegiate athletics, campus recreation, and fitness.

Today, that vision is fulfilled, thanks to the generosity and hard work of the more than 400 individuals and organizations who have contributed to this project, beginning with Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell, III, who made the initial $3 million lead gift commitment in 1997.

Many others followed their lead, either through direct gifts or through volunteerism and initiatives dedicated to making the project a success, including the nine who made individual commitments greater than $100,000 each, the Centennial Campaign leaders and volunteers who made the project a centerpiece of the campaign; the 2006 D&E Student Assembly, which raised $25,000 through the Student Assembly Challenge; and the individuals and organizations who responded to the recent Community Challenge funded by an anonymous donor.

Phase I and Phase II are complete, enabling D&E to open the doors to The McDonnell Center for students, faculty, staff, and community members who will enjoy it for years to come. Current facilities include the arena, track, locker rooms, training suite, lobby, and Athletic Hall of Fame. More work remains, as the College seeks funds to complete Phase III, which will provide classrooms and offices to support the physical education and athletics programs as well as a new fitness center.

The McDonnell Center provides a dynamic new home for athletic competition, physical education, recreation and fitness activities. It strengthens the College’s competitive position in recruiting students. And it provides a vital resource for the citizens of Randolph County and the region. Davis & Elkins College is deeply grateful to all who have made this possible.

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Players from several years joined Dr. Jean Minnick for a Field Hockey reunion and dinner in Graceland.

homecoming Greg Falvo, ’83, and friend Jean Chappell, enjoyed the homecoming ball.

Students Chris Popps and Erica Tidwell discovered good news at the Health Fair.

Associate Professor of English Dr. Peter Okun, ’86, visits with Trustee Paul Stirrup, ’60.

John Whitman, ’50, and Stuart Hendler, ’57, with Business Forum Speaker Eric Nilsen, ’82.

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Two Endowed Chairs

Reach $1 Million Mark D&E now has fully funded three of the endowed chairs it has been seeking to create. The Clair Deiss Fiorentino Chair in Theatre was funded with a $1 million commitment from her son, Tony Fiorentino, in 2005. Now, the Thomas Richard Ross Chair and the McDonnell Chair in Honor of Gloria Payne have reached their $1 million goals. These prestigious endowed chairs will greatly enhance academic programs and opportunities at D&E.

“And it is particularly fitting, since Dr. Ross has devoted much of his professional and personal life during the past 58 years to endowing generations of D&E students with an eagerness to explore new ideas, the capacity to weigh competing perspectives, and an intellectual curiosity that lasts a lifetime.

“An endowment suggests permanency,” added Mann.

“Certainly Dr. Ross’s profound and gentle nurture through the years has firmly established itself as a permanent part of the College’s rich legacy. The financial support that The Thomas Richard Ross Faculty Chair in History and the Humanities has attracted is a heartfelt expression of gratitude and affection that this community feels for one of its most respected and beloved members.”

Dr. Ross held many positions at Davis & Elkins College Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Political Science, Dean of the Faculty, College Historian, and, since his retirement in 1985, Trustee Advisor.

Dr. Ross expressed his appreciation to all the donors, especially his family, former students, and friends in the Elkins community. “I’m gratified and delighted to know that the Ross Chair in History and the Humanities has been fully funded at $1 million,” said Ross. “This chair will have great significance to the College, as it will finance a professorship forever. All colleges and universities would like to have endowed chairs. The more that D&E has, the stronger its academic programs will be.”

Dr. T. Richard Ross

The Thomas Richard Ross Chair in History and the Humanities At homecoming, members of the Davis & Elkins College Ross Society received outstanding news: the College had just fulfilled its $1 million funding goal for the Thomas Richard Ross Endowed Chair in History and the Humanities. D&E President Tom Mann called the achievement a great honor to Dr. Ross and an invaluable legacy to the College and its students.

“Permanently endowing a faculty chair in honor of Dr. Ross is a very significant achievement in the life of the extended Davis & Elkins College community,” said President Mann.

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Fund-raising for the Ross Chair commenced in 1985, when Dr. Ross’s son, T.R., announced that he and his sister, Laurie Taylor were establishing the Chair. Additional funds were raised during D&E’s recent Centennial Campaign, when the goal was increased from $300,000 to $1 million. By 2005, less than $200,000 was needed to reach the $1 million mark.

Continued efforts by volunteers and staff completed that goal, which was announced by Dr. Ross’s son, Attorney T.R. Ross, in October. The total raised to date is $1,009,000.

Volunteers who have made the Ross Chair campaign a success include Mr. T.R. Ross, Pete Dougherty, Mike DiMario, A. Bryant Applegate, Scott McCormick, the members of the Centennial Campaign committee and members of the T.R. Ross Society, founded in 2004.

giving The McDonnell Chair was established in 1985 with a gift of $350,000 from James and Elizabeth McDonnell in gratitude for the education their daughter, Marcella, received under Dr. Payne’s guidance. When the Centennial Campaign was launched, the McDonnells agreed to have their gift combined with gifts from other alumni and friends as the College sought to endow the McDonnell/Payne Chair at $1 million.

This achievement will provide an important financial foundation for the Department of Business Administration and Economics, providing long-term faculty support.

Dr. Gloria M. Payne

The James S. McDonnell Foundation Chair in Business and Economics in Honor of Gloria M. Payne In December, friends of Dr. Payne achieved their goal of fully funding the James S. McDonnell Foundation Chair in Business and Economics in Honor of Gloria M. Payne, reaching the $1 million mark with help from a special matching challenge from the McDonnell family.

“This is a tremendous honor and one that I never dreamed of receiving,” said Dr. Payne. “It is wonderful that the efforts and contributions of so many people culminated into this. I am overwhelmed.

“Heartfelt gratitude is extended to all who worked hard to make this a reality - especially the McDonnell family, Wendell Cramer and John Whitman,” Dr. Payne added. “Of course, I am grateful to the administration, my friends, former students, and family who combined their efforts as a team to make this become a reality. They have provided a profound honor - one that will live in my heart forever.”

President Mann expressed his pleasure and gratitude to the many supporters of the McDonnell/Payne Chair. “Davis & Elkins College is grateful to the McDonnell Family and to the many alumni and friends who contributed to the chair,” said Mann. “The Business and Economics Department is one of our largest and most diverse, including traditional programs such as management and marketing, but also distinctive programs in hospitality management and recreation management and tourism, which train students to work in these growing industries in our region. Full funding for the McDonnell/Payne Chair will provide vital resources to ensure that our business programs remain strong, vital, and positioned to prepare students well for today’s competitive, rapidly evolving business world.”

Payne, who has been a member of the faculty since 1945 and continues to lead the department today, is known for the very personal approach she takes. Her strong relationships with students and alumni are a part of D&E’s best traditions.

Scores of today’s business leaders have expressed gratitude to Dr. Payne. She has been honored repeatedly by leading business organizations, and, in 2005, she was given a Certificate of Achievement by the State of West Virginia in a special ceremony at the House of Delegates in Charleston.

The newly endowed chair will allow D&E to uphold Dr. Payne’s legacy. It strengthens the College’s commitment to scholarship, to student learning, and to the creativity and persistence that Dr. Payne has continually cultivated in her students.

Davis & Elkins College is continuing its efforts to fund a final endowed academic chair: the S. Benton Talbot Chair in the Natural Sciences. To contribute, contact Patricia Schumann, vice president for college advancement, at 304-637-1340.

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athletics Fall Teams

Reap Honors, Records Men’s Soccer The D&E Men’s Soccer program had an outstanding 2007 season, earning the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season title and seeing Head Coach Mark Stollsteimer named WVIAC Coach of the Year. The Senators finished the season 17-5-0 and were ranked 6th in the NCAA, Division II, in the Appalachian Region. This is the first regular season conference title for D&E Men’s Soccer since 1985.

Three D&E men received NCAA honors this year. Senior Forward Makesi Bostic (San Fernando, Trinidad) was named to the 2007 Daktronics NCAA, Division II, Men’s Soccer All-American Team as an Honorable Mention awardee.

Bostic has had a stellar career for the Senators since arriving in the summer of 2003. He played almost every position on the pitch and led the team in scoring this season. He was WVIAC Rookie of the Year in 2003 and has been a fouryear First Team WVIAC All-Conference selection. Bostic has also been named to the NCAA All-Appalachian Region Team three times in his career. In 2006, he was the only WVIAC player to garnish First Team honors, and, in 2007, he and teammate Tim O’Toole were the only two WVIAC players to be recognized at all. Bostic and three teammates were named to the Daktronics NCAA, Division II, Men’s Soccer AllAppalachian Region First Team, including sophomore goal keeper Timothy O’Toole (Arlington, VA), and junior defender Matt Fannon (York, England).

D&E Men’s Soccer team brought home the WVIAC Conference Title this year – the first time since 1985! The winning team shown here includes: (on ground) John Parsons; (front row) Stephan Engle, Brett Keatley, Ben McArthur, Michael Perez, Mark Wood, Tristan Weirbonski, John Aldous, Cole Johnson; (back row) James Kpainay, John-Carlo Rock, Burge Speilman, Matt Fannon, Tim O’Toole, Joel Richardson, Elvis Hedji, Daniel Kwafo, Andrew Howell, Aaron Edings, Makesi Bostic, Michael Knox and Head Coach Mark Stollsteimer.

Five D&E men were named First Team All Conference: Bostic, Fannon, O’Toole, junior defender Aaron Edings (Odenton, MD), and junior midfielder Daniel Kwafo (Accra, Ghana). Three men were named Second Team All Conference: sophomore defender Brett Keatley (Lexington, South Carolina), junior midfielder Mark Wood (Baltimore, MD), sophomore Michael Perez (Arlington, VA) and senior midfielder Michael Knox (Toronto, Ontario); while D&E sophomore defender James Kpainay (Silver Spring, MD) received Honorable Mention All Conference.

All-Great Lakes Region second team and to the All-WVIAC First Team, while sophomore goalie Jackie Krum (Centerville, VA) and senior midfielder Danielle Anderson (Bowie, MD) were named second team All Conference.

Junior forward Katie McArthur (Elkins, WV) and senior defender Rachel Moore (Oregon, OH) received honorable mention All Conference honors.

The Women’s team improved over last season, ending with an overall record of 11-9-2.

Volleyball Women’s Soccer D&E Women’s soccer players received national and regional recognition this year, and made it to the semi-finals of the WVIAC championship tournament under Head Coach Mat Santoro.

Freshman forward Cole Dant (Elkton, MD) was named to the 2007 Daktronics NCAA, Division II, All-America Third Team for her play as the Lady Senators’ top goal scorer for the ’07 season. Dant made an immediate impact during her first season, with a league-leading 29 goals. She was selected as WVIAC Freshman of the Year and was a unanimous first team All-WVIAC pick.

She is the first women’s soccer player at D&E to earn All-American honors and the lone rookie named to the top three squads on the Daktronics All-American team. D&E’s last NCAA, Div. II, AllAmerican was Trinidadian midfielder Anthony Sherwood in 1989.

Senior midfielder Katie MacGregor (Ottawa, Ontario) was named to the

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After serving as 2006 interim head coach, Latonia Allen was named Head Coach for Women’s Volleyball this season, and saw two players receive a national ranking. The D&E spikers also hosted the first game in D&E’s new McDonnell Center. Allen played against D&E as a student at Alderson-Broaddus where she was named WVIAC Freshman of the Year, picked three times for First Team All Conference and named WVIAC Player of the Year in 2004. She holds BS and MS degrees in Athletic Training.

Allen’s team ended the regular season 59 in the conference, 6-17 overall. Her team ranked 42nd in NCAA, Div. II, for its hitting percentage. Senior middle hitter Jennifer Pell (Morgantown, WV) received second team All Conference honors and was ranked 23rd in the nation for her .384 hitting percentage in the NCAA, Div. II. Heidi Floyd also received NCAA, Div. II, honors, ranking 38th for digs per game.

athletics Allen also serves D&E as the Senior Woman Administrator and oversees the Student Athletic Advisory Council.

Stollsteimer Named WVIAC Coach of the Year

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Mark Stollsteimer, who led Davis & Elkins College to the WVIAC regular season title, was named the conference’s Coach of the Year. “Stolli” and the D&E men finished the season 8-10 (conference) and were 17-5-0 overall, the most victories during the coach’s 11-year career.

A second-place finish at The Senator Shootout at Snowshoe Resort’s The Raven and a seventh place finish with three D&E freshmen in the top 20 at the WVIAC Championship highlighted Davis & Elkins College’s fall 2007 golf season.

Under Stollsteimer, the D&E soccer program has established itself as one of the teams to beat in the West Virginia Athletic Conference and has seen numerous winning seasons, including multiple nine-win seasons. Players have achieved many individual accomplishments under Stollsteimer, including two of the last three WVIAC Student Athletes of the Year. He has also built success in the classroom, with 21 of his student-athletes receiving All Conference academic honors.

Under returning coach Scott Goddard (’96), the team was on the move with very impressive performances by its three freshmen: Graeme Robertson (Sterling, Scotland), Thomas Parry (Goole, England), and Neil Howitt (Nairn, Scotland). Upperclassmen Brandon Bates (Little Hocking, OH), Cory Dillinger (Bobtown, PA) and Ricardo Solar (Chi-Cundinamarca, Colombia) rounded out the team for its best oncourse performance in recent history.

The Senators will tee up again this spring, beginning with the Glenville State College Spring Invitational in Belpre, Ohio.

Stollsteimer first became familiar with the Davis and Elkins program as an assistant coach from 1994-96, and served as Interim Head Coach in 1997. He was named the Colleges’ permanent head coach the following season.

As a player, Stollsteimer brings four years of Division I experience to the program. He was a four-year starter and letter winner at the University of Richmond. During his senior season, he received All CAA and All-Region honors and graduated as the school’s all-time leader in assists. In high school, he was named to the New York All State team and member of the Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) and selected to the U-16 National Team pool.

Stollsteimer received his bachelor’s degree in education and health and sports sciences from the University of Richmond in 1993. He is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

Stollsteimer, and his wife Kathy, have two children, Donavan, 4, and Katarina, 2. The Stollsteimer family resides in Elkins.

Please send your congratulations to Coach Stollsteimer at stolli@davisandelkins.edu.

Cross Country D&E Cross Country enjoyed a strong season, with a third-place conference finish posted by the Men, as well as placing 16th in a field of 26 at the 2007 NCAA East Regional Championship Meet at Lock Haven University.

Three-time All WVIAC runner, senior Steve Johnson (Elkins, WV), led the Senators and established a personal best time of 33:17 for the 10,000 meter at Lock Haven. Three other D&E runners also had career bests at the 10K distance: junior Joel Turley (Summit Point, WV), 34:09; junior Troy Higgens (Elkins), 35:25, and senior Matt Bright (Ripley, WV), 36:21.

The Men finished with a regular season overall record of 44-23 and 19-3 in the WVIAC. They finished third in the WVIAC Championship Meet for the second consecutive year.

Halloween Basketball Bash a Success On Halloween night the Davis and Elkins basketball teams hosted the 1st Annual Halloween Basketball Bash in the new McDonnell Center. Kids received a free t-shirt and goody bag courtesy of several sponsors and donors. Activities for the kids included a costume contest, relay races, and a chance to win another free t-shirt tossed into the crowd by a few D&E volleyball players.

Kids cheered as the lights turned off, music came on, and a spotlight shined on the D&E women’s and men’s basketball teams as they warmed up for their inter-squad competitions.

Four men and four women competed against the clock in a three point contest. Five members of the D&E faculty and staff judged the highlight of the night: a “bring you to your feet” dunk contest. To finish off the night, the women’s and men’s teams scrimmaged to show off what they are bringing to the court this season.

The College’s new assistant men’s basketball coach, Curtis Metten, D&E Class of 2000, organized the event with the help of the entire athletics department staff. Metten, who returns to D&E after six years at Eastern Kentucky University, has expertise in not only coaching, but also in community service, booster club development, sport marketing and youth camps.

Hopefully this night will grow into a much anticipated D&E tradition!

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alumni news Upcoming Events March 2008 Alumni and Friends of D&E event in North Carolina • Friday March 14th - “D&E Live” in Charlotte, NC Come join fellow Alumni and Friends of the College at the City Tavern Dilworth location at 7:00 p.m. for dinner and conversation. Please contact Director of Alumni Relations Rachel Montgomery at (304) 637-1351 or rehm@davisandelkins.edu for details or to reserve tickets. (standard ticket: $35 per person/patron ticket: $60 per person).

• Saturday March 15th – “D&E Live” in Research Triangle Park, NC Calling all alumni and friends of the College in the “triangle” to come join us for the evening. We will be meeting at the Radisson Hotel (the old Governor’s Inn) in RTP at 6:30 p.m. for a reception followed by dinner. Please contact Rachel Montgomery at (304) 637-1351 or rehm@davisandelkins.edu for details or to reserve tickets. (standard ticket: $45 per person/patron ticket: $75 per person).

D&E Baseball Spring Break Trip: • Saturday March 15, 7:00 p.m. at Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL • Sunday March 16, 10:00 a.m. at the complex in Ormond Beach, FL • Monday March 17, 6:00 p.m. at the complex in Ormond Beach, FL • Tuesday March 18, 10:00 a.m. at the complex in Ormond Beach, FL For more information regarding these games and exact locations please contact Baseball Coach Ron Palmer at (304) 637-1342 (office) or (304) 904-9161 (cell).

D&E Softball Spring Break Trip: • Friday March 14 at Francis Marion University (FMU), Florence, SC - 9:00 a.m. vs. Limestone College - 1:00 p.m. vs. Francis Marion University - 4:00 p.m. vs. California University of Pennsylvania • Saturday March 15 at Francis Marion University (FMU), Florence, SC - 9:00 a.m. vs. Pembroke College - 3:00 p.m. vs. Francis Marion • Sunday March 16, 2:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. vs. Augusta State University, at ASU, Augusta, GA. Around 4:30 p.m. there will be a picnic for the team and all D&E parents and alumni in attendance. This picnic is being sponsored by two Friends of Davis & Elkins College Athletics.

Please contact the alumni office at (304) 637-1351 or rehm@davisandelkins.edu if you are planning on attending to help us plan for the right number.

• Monday March 17, 4:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m. vs. University of South Carolina-Aiken at USC-Aiken, Aiken, SC For more information regarding these games and locations please contact Softball Coach Jim Bacca at (304) 637-1386 (office).

April 2008 • • • • • • •

April 10 - Spring Theatre Dept. Production Opens April 12 - National Alumni Council (NAC) meeting on campus April 12 - Friends of Senator Soccer Reunion April 18 - 20 - West Virginia Sustainability Fair April 19 - West Virginia Symphony 7:30 p.m. on Campus April 20 - 25 - Augusta Spring Dulcimer Week April 25 - 26- The 28th Annual Déjà vu Music Festival

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D&E Football D&E football players gathered in Elkins, August 10-12, 2007 for a reunion. They started the weekend off gathering at the American Legion to reconnect and reminisce. Pictured are l-r front row- Don Beek, ’62, Dick Brown, ’61, George Triplett, ’56, Fred Fincken, ’62, 2nd row, Tony DeMatteo, ’62, Jim Cain, ’59, Albert “Alby” Phillips, ’59, August “Augy” Vilseck, ’59, Joe Harris, ’63, and Tharon Jack, ’61, 3rd row, Ron Wilt, ’62, Gerald Lawrence, ’61, Don Strosnider, ’60, Joe Larese, ’59, Harter “Jiggs” Banks, ’59, and Leonard Howell, ’59.

New York Chapter The New York Metro Area Alumni Chapter held a picnic in New Milford, CT on September 22, 2007.

Alumni and Friends came from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Bottom Row, l-r: Kathy Masters DeLorenzo, ’97, Nancy Evans-Bennett, ’66, Ted Henry, ’81, Carolyn Mann, June Myles, Trustee, Middle Row, l-r: Frank Mele, ’58, Laura Constantine, ’81, Mary Henry Saldana, ’81, Lisa Bernzott Etter, ’79, Kathy Barndt Mitchell, ’68, Barbara Donaruma Fincken, ’63, Fred Fincken, ’62, Tom Mann, D&E President, Top Row, l-r: Becky Heinzerling Passero, ’97, Jon Sisson, ’79, Jeff Gray, ’79, Ken Mitchell, ’63.

Alumni Notes

alumni notes

Compiled and edited by Wendy Cunningham Morgan and Rachel Montgomery, Director of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving

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A Note about Notes …

Jane Armentrout Maxwell and her sister, Nancy Armentrout Lang, ’47,

Thank you to the many alumni who submit notes for publication in Forward magazine. We enjoy sharing your news, both in these pages and on our Web site. If you have a note, please complete and return the form below, or e-mail your note to alum@davisandelkins.edu.

are still in Roanoke, VA. They do not know very many people in Elkins anymore. Jane will celebrate her 90th birthday in September. Nancy and Jane keep busy with church, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and keeping up with their house.

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Sending photos? Just mail your prints or disk, or e-mail your photos to our alumni office. Send all materials to: Davis & Elkins College Alumni Office, 100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241 or alum@davisandelkins.edu.

Elizabeth “Beth” Guye Kittle, Elkins, WV, had two poems published in an online book of poetry titled Herstory by Eliza Press this past summer. She is also excited that her daughter, Tanya Kittle Shelton, ’80, has recently been appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement at West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV. Tanya served at Alderson-Broaddus College, Philippi, WV, in various capacities for 15 years and was AB’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement for eight years.

Please publish this Alumni Note in the Davis & Elkins College Forward magazine in print and online.

Name: ______________________________________________________ Maiden name, if married: _______________________________________ Class Year: ___________________________________________________ Here is my news: ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

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Betty J. Smith Rohr and her late husband, Harold, retired in Elkins, WV, after living in Clarksburg, WV, for 40 years. Harold lived on the golf course and Betty still volunteers in the hospital.

She has been there for 18 years, and this year she was chosen the Best Volunteer in the Region.

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Paul D. Corley, Berkeley Springs, WV, taught math, chemistry and physics for six years, then became principal, for 10 years, at Belington High School, Belington, WV and the consolidated Philip-Barbour High School, Philippi, WV. He also served as the superintendent of schools for a combined 17 years in Barbour County and Morgan County, WV. Paul served as the Director of RESA-8 (Regional Education Service Agency District 8) in Berkeley County,

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alumni notes and was the President of West Virginia Association of School Administrators for 1975-1976.

1950 John Moser, Corryton, TN, dropped by campus and wanted to let everyone know who hasn’t been here in a while, that they are really missing out. The campus is beautiful and all the changes on it are really worth seeing. If you missed coming back and seeing it at homecoming, mark your calendar for Homecoming 2008, October 17-19.

1951 Robert P. McLean, Beckley, WV, has three daughters: Jennie Anderson in Bogata, Columbia, South America; Beth McClure in Myrtle Beach, SC; and Anne Pearson in Denver, CO. He also has eight grandchildren. Robert has been with Prudential for 46 years and is currently the President of SigmundMcLean & Associates Realtors in Beckley, WV.

Donna Lee Tuttle, Webster Springs, WV, wants to share that she has great memories of Davis & Elkins College as it was a very special place for her.

1952 Helenjane W. “Rusty” Weiner Cougan, Port Charlotte, FL, is still kicking up her heels, although, she reports, not as high.

Emmett L. Lambert, Centerville, OH, had the honor of sharing quality time with Dr. Thomas R. Ross and his sister, Nancy Ross Smith, while at the home of Dr. Larry and Mrs. Keitha Wing (his daughter) in Elkins, WV. Emmett shares that Dr. Ross is a great man and was his favorite professor while at D&E from 1949-1952!

1953 William E. McEldowney, Wheeling, WV, has been a friend of the Wheeling Area Athletic Program since 1953. From 1953-1967, Bill started and conducted the track meets on Wheeling Island and started all the playground meets in the city of Wheeling Recreation Department.

He also formed the city swim meets, the Linsly swim meets, meets at St. Clairsville and Bethany College, Bethany, WV, as well as coached the Oglebay morning swim sessions. He was awarded the Wheeling College (now Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV) Physical Fitness Award and named Citizen of the Month for the Jaycees during the 1950s.

Bill was responsible for bringing women into the YMCA Fitness Program and Exercise Guru Jack LaLane to Wheeling.

He was responsible for the city “Learn to Swim” TV show and personally trained all the local lifeguards during that time. In 1983, Bill was honored for bringing wrestling to the Ohio Valley, establishing the first small fry and the first collegiate teams. He was instrumental in the City of Wheeling’s resolution for “Work with People” and trained officers. In 1990, Bill was recognized by the OVAC (Ohio Valley Athletic Conference) Dapper Dan for promoting sports fitness and awareness.

In 2001, he received the Mr. Matt award for working with weight lifting in the “Weight Training through Athletics” program, and Bill was the 2007 Honorary Referee at the Dick Dei Track Classic.

1954 Lt. Col. Page Brake, Jr., LeHigh Acres, FL and Lt. Col. Jim Lisko, ’55, Homestead, FL, teammates on the D&E football teams of ’50, ’51 and ’52, teamed up once again to win the Golden Shoe Doubles Horseshoe Pitching Championship, Senior Division, of the Florida Keys. The tournament, held in Key West, FL, pitted 64 teams in “win or go home” format. Jim and Page won five consecutive matches to claim the trophy.

1955 Ray E. Benson, Jr., Durham, NC, is enjoying retirement. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1976 as a major with 9,000 flying hours, but didn’t want to start retirement, so he went to work for Phillips Electronics. He retired from management with Phillips Electronics in 1985, again not wanting to start retirement. He then worked for the United States Air Force Civil Service as Chief Dispatcher/Air Traffic Control at Giffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY, which he retired from in 1997. He has since moved to Durham, NC, where he is finally enjoying retirement.

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John McKenzie and wife Tish Davis McKenzie, ’55, Clarksville, NY, came back to where it all started this past August to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at Graceland Inn on Davis & Elkins College Campus with 100 of their closest friends and relatives.

1956 Fred R. Miller, Verona, NJ, enjoyed seeing D&E look better than ever during his 50th class year reunion at Homecoming 2006.

1957 Robert H. Bendy, Jr., Fayetteville, WV, and his wife, Irene Betty, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 8, 2007. Robert graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 45 years ago and is looking forward to his 46th year of medical practice as Director of Medical Services at the Maybeury Clinic.

James W. Bone, Largo, FL, hopes everyone will come back and visit D&E, as “our old school” is not old anymore with new residence halls, a library, science building, Arts Center, pool, theater, Chapel, Student Center complete with Cadillac Daddy Café, game room, and book store, and the new Athletic Center which was dedicated at Homecoming. Jim notes there still is much on campus that will trigger memories of good times as students such as Halliehurst Hall, Graceland Hall, Liberal Arts Hall, Science Hall (now called Albert Hall), Boiler House (now the Boiler House Theater), and the Icehouse (the college pub).

Tom G. Capetanos, Whippany, NJ, and his wife, Lucille, have been married for 42 years. They have one son, George, who is a film property master in Hollywood, CA. Tom is a Military Sales Broker of Distilled Spirits and Wines.

Ruth A. Lautenbach Keck, Zanesfield, OH, is having a wonderful life! Last fall Ruth and her 8th grade granddaughter, Carol, toured Ireland and this past spring they went to the Bahamas and went swimming with the dolphins.

Garret “Gerry” Lockwood, Franklin Lakes, NJ, and his wife, Kathleen, have a daughter, Amanda Jeanne, and a son,

alumni notes Brent Daniel, and one granddaughter, Adele Webster Lockwood. Gerry is a retired teacher/adviser and superintendent of Parks and Recreation.

He currently is an estate liquidator where he organizes, manages and conducts estate sales via in-home sales and auctions. In 1997, Gerry visited D&E for the dedication of Graceland, and came again in 1999. He stayed in the same room he was assigned as a freshman in 1953 and was impressed with the changes. He also made plans and came back on campus to visit with “old” friends and celebrate his 50th reunion this past Homecoming.

Donald A. Luloff, Lake Havasu City, AZ, and his wife, Barbara, enjoy traveling the U.S. in their RV. After 32 years in education as a public school administrator at the elementary, middle and high school levels, 10 years in New Jersey and 22 years in California, Don retired in 1989 from the Las Virgenes Unified School District in Agoura, CA. Joanne C. Dougherty Vaughan, Dallas, TX, and her husband, Joe, have been married for 51 years. They have three sons and four grandchildren. She was a stay-at-home mother for many years, while her husband graduated from law school and sons graduated from college and law school. Although Joanne did not graduate from D&E, it has a special place in her heart. She did return to college about 15 years ago, graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and opened a small antique shop featuring folk art and American antiques.

Joanne also stays busy with creative writing, spending time with family and friends, business, church, and other volunteer work.

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50th Reunion at Homecoming October 17-19

George J. Buschman, Orlando, FL, is looking forward to the 50th reunion for the class of 1958 and wants you to put it on your calendar, October 17-19, 2008.

He is still cruising, fishing, and collecting.

Nancy Malone D’Oench, Portland, CT, and her husband, Woody, had a nice visit with Priscilla (Weaver) DiMario, ’59, and Mike DiMario, ’60, when they were in the D.C. area in April. Nancy is working on a second book for the Garden Club of America - Gardens Private and Personal.

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Mike Dakes, Fairfax Station, VA, joined a group of D&E alumni at Drunken Jacks in Murrells Inlet, SC, where Bob and Susie Back hosted a mini-reunion of the D&E class of 1959.

Robert T. Holmes, Amelia Island, FL, and wife Nancy Ward Holmes, ’63, are proud to announce they have their first granddaughter, Amelia Louise Taylor born in 2006.

Grayson Schick, Beverly Hills, CA, enjoyed seeing the “homies” at Homecoming 2007.

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1960 Frank L. Slupe, Jr., Huntsville, AL, is enjoying retirement and his involvement in church activities, traveling, spending more time with his three children and nine grandchildren, and getting together with D&E friends when possible.

1961 Jim B. “Blake” Lloyd, Elberton, GA, completed this year as Chairman of Elbert County Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as the President of Elbert County Historical Society and Chairman of Elberton Federal Savings & Loan Association.

George Morgan held a D&E gathering at his house in Coronado, CA on Sept.

13, 2007. There were five different classes represented by Phil Inglee, ’59, Dick Huggins, ’60, George, ’61, Don Santamaria, ’62, and Maria Santamaria, ’63. Also joining the festivities were Marilyn Inglee, Barbara Huggins and Sheri Morgan.

Robert, ’62, and Nancy Holmes’s, ’63, granddaughter Amelia Louise Taylor, is enjoying investigating the leaf she found.

45th Reunion at Homecoming October 17-19

Joseph M. Harris, Maricopa, AZ, would like to announce the birth of his first grandchild, Robert “Bo” Gable, born to his daughter, Virginia “Gingy” Harris, on February 16, 2007. Gingy and her husband, John, live in San Francisco, CA. Gingy is a graduate of Colby College, Waterville, ME, and made her debut in San Francisco at The San Francisco Cotillion Debutant Ball in 1989.

David Hiester and wife, Madeline N. “Maddy” Truesdell Hiester, ’63, have finally moved to their newly-constructed home on The Big Island of Hawaii near Hawi - 25 acres of pasture, cows, wind, sun and a head-on view of all of Maui 40 miles away. They invite you to come and see them! Aloha, Nui.

1964 David A. Kirk, Roanoke, VA, retired as a minister of the Presbyterian Church, USA (PCUSA), in June 2007 and welcomed a new grandson in November 2007.

1965 Lee J. Murray, Appleton, WI, recently retired from Alcan Packaging where he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Neenah Technical Center in Neenah, WI. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from D&E and his M.S. in Organic Chemistry from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, in 1967. His career included 9-1/2 years with DuPont Textile Fibers Department in Richmond, VA, and Chattanooga, TN, and 31 years with American Can and succeeding companies, currently Alcan Packaging.

During his career, Lee had eight articles published in the area of barrier packaging and 11 issued patents in the area of inkjet inks and barrier packaging with several more active barrier patents pending. Lee was active with the American Chemical Society, holding

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alumni notes local section chairman positions in Tennessee and Wisconsin. He had a long history with TAPPI, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, serving twice as the Chairman of the Healthcare Packaging Committee and once as Chairman of the High Barrier Packaging Committee. His technical paper was awarded an Honorable Mention as Best Paper at the 2005 Conference. At the 2007 Conference, Lee was honored with the Technical Achievement Award. In retirement, Lee plans to obtain a license to fly the full-size sailplane he hopes to purchase; do short-term mission trips; as well as do some consulting in the packaging industry. Lee and his wife, Barbara “Bobbie” Hogan Murray, ’68, celebrated his retirement with a threeweek river cruise in Europe in June 2007.

In August, they celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary. They are the parents of a daughter, Melissa, who is also an analytical chemist, and a son, James, who is an IT support staff employee for a consulting company; and grandparents to Amelia and Patrick.

1967 Harold A. Weigle, Fairfax, VA, and his wife, Shirley, have been married for 40 years. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. Harold is retired from the US Air Force (USAF) and plans to retire from Computer Sciences Corporation in the near future. He also enjoys golfing and genealogy research.

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40th Reunion at Homecoming October 17-19

Thomas W. Flinn, Ringgold, GA, was recently promoted to Vice-President and General Manager of City Electric Supply Co., an international electrical wholesale distributor. Tom is responsible for branch locations in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Giles E. Wright, Morgantown, WV, became a granddad when his first grandchild, Braeden Michael, was born on September 29, 2006, to Giles Jr. and his wife, Jessica.

1969

35th Reunion

Director for the Office of Military Affairs for his home city of San Antonio, TX.

1973

Dona Collis Schumacher and her husband, Tom Schumacher, ’71, moved

Donald “Flamer” McMahon, and his wife, Rebecca Leo McMahon, ’72,

to Bowling Green, KY, and on July 5 they celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary in the presence of their eldest daughter and her family.

A/PART (Alumni/Parent Admission Recruitment Team) members Molly Scudder Revell & Tom Revell, ’69, Haddonfield, NJ, covered the Collingswood, NJ, College Night on Tuesday, October 16, 2007.

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Okemos, MI, celebrated his 60th birthday on September 20, 2007, with fellow classmates and A-Sig brothers Joseph Donnelly, ’71, Jack Nagle, ’74, Greg Buckley, ’73, Jack Sprenkle, ’75, and Art Van Winkle, ’77, at the Turner Dodge House in Lansing, MI. Don is currently a health care economist for the State of Michigan and Becky is a fellowship coordinator in the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

David M. Bishop, Largo, FL, is teaching physical education at Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, FL.

David Coombs and wife, Linda Schacht Coombs, ’71, Hot Springs Village, AR, have been enjoying their first grandchild, Seth. Dave retired August 1, 2007, from L’Oreal USA as Human Resources Director.

1972 Robert “Bob” Nicoll, Eagle River, AK, and his wife, Nancy, have started a nonprofit foundation, Life is For Giving Foundation, www.lifeisforgiving.org. The centerpiece program is called “Moment of Joy” and gives a terminally ill adult their wish as they battle their illness. Bob has also recently released his cutting edge, empowering word choice program, Remember the Ice... and Other Paradigm Shifts. This innovative program helps enhance communication with spouses, children, employees, and anyone else important. It teaches, “There is Power in the Clarity of your Articulation.” You can check out his website at www.remembertheice.com. Bob and Nancy came to Elkins for his 35th class reunion and FOSS banquet over Homecoming 2007.

Ellen Graham White, Moneta, VA, retired in June 2006 after 33 years in the Augusta County, VA, School system — 12 years as a teacher and 21 years as a school counselor. Her first grandchild was born in April.

Brigadier General Robert M. Murdock, USAF (Ret.) recently became the

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Don “Flamer” McMahon, ’73, celebrated his 60th birthday in style with fellow A-Sigs and D&Eers (l-r) Joseph Donnelly, ’71, Jack Nagle, ’74, Greg Buckley, ’73, Don, wife Becky Leo McMahon, ’72, Jack Sprinkle, ’75, and Art Van Winkle, ’77.

1974 Richard S. Glass, New Holland, OH, retired as Director of Choir at Miami Trace High School and Junior High in Fayette County, OH, after 32 years. He plans to remain in the area and continue as director of music at the First Presbyterian Church in Washington Court House, OH.

1975 Charles Hehn and wife, Suzanne Hallock Hehn, ’75, Toms River, NJ, have two daughters. Lauren, age 23, who graduated from Rider University in Princeton, NJ, is employed at Bankers Life and is a professional equestrian. Daughter Ali is on a running scholarship at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. Charlie owns his own business and Suzanne changed her career four years ago from cardiac rehabilitation exercise specialist to teaching 6th, 7th and 8th grade health and coaching track and field.

alumni notes 1987 Ryan Urban and wife, Kim Urban, ’03, Elkins, WV, have returned from

Ryan, ’87, and Kim, ’03, Urban with the Reverend Jerry Kulah, District Superintendent for the United Methodist Church in Monrovia, Liberia, during their mission trip with Mercy Ships last summer. Rev. Kulah was instrumental in getting Mercy Ships to come to Liberia.

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Rob Murphy and wife, Jennifer Liveright Murphy, ’81, St. George, VA, have two daughters in college and one in high school. Jennifer is a reading specialist at a local primary school serving grades K-2. She has been taking some pottery classes and really enjoys them. Her first pottery class was at D&E. Rob is working for the Blue Ridge School, a boys boarding school, and doing some consulting work on the side.

He also sells natural fed beef and hot sauce, and pours wine at a local winery.

1980 John E. Harris, Ridgewood, NY, former Adjunct Faculty in Religion and Philosophy at D&E, is now serving as the Designated Pastor of the North Presbyterian Church of Flushing, NY, in the New York City Borough of Queens.

Clifford E. Marstiller, Elkins, WV, served as the Director General of the 71st Mountain State Forest Festival held in Elkins in October, 2007.

1982 Alliene Johnson Maples, Raleigh, NC, operates her own in-home personal training business. Her oldest daughter, Lauren Klimczyk, is a freshman at Barton College in Wilson, NC, and her youngest

daughter, Alex Klimczyk, is in the 10th grade. Alliene also has two stepsons who both play football, one at Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, NC, and the other at Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, NC.

Judy Pitzer, Parsons, WV, recently moved back to the great state of West Virginia and lives on the Cheat River.

She is the WV Account Manager for Schirmer Engineering. Judy's email address is Pitzer7@yahoo.com

1983

25th Reunion at Homecoming October 17-19

In April and May of 2007, Karen Wilmoth, Elkins, WV, led the Rotary Group Study Exchange Team from District 7530 (the northern half of West Virginia) to England and Wales for a one-month goodwill ambassadorial visit.

During their visit, the six-person team spent time in Chester, which was founded as a Roman settlement, and Liverpool, the home of the Beatles. They also took in sights in Wales, such as the Llangollen-Chester canal, Bodnant Gardens and Carnarvon castle. The team members were hosted by Rotarians in each of the areas they visited.

1985 Marcella McDonnell Stevens, St. Louis, MO, was sorry to miss the Phi Mu reunion. She was in the midst of finishing a long home construction project, which is still not finished, but she has finally moved in.

their mission trip with Mercy Ships.

They served onboard the Africa Mercy from June 28 - August 11, 2007, docked in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. Mercy Ships, a global charity, has operated hospital ships in developing nations since 1978. Following the example of Jesus, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the forgotten poor, mobilizing people and resources worldwide, and serving all people without regard for race, gender or religion. Mercy Ships follows the 2,000year-old model of Jesus: the blind see, the lame walk, the mute speak, and Good News (the nature and character of a loving God) is proclaimed and demonstrated among the poor. Ryan worked with the Academy children in the summer program part time and developed science curriculum for the upcoming school year. Ryan also cataloged the chemicals used in the science classrooms as well as onboard the ship. All the unused chemicals then were donated to the University of Liberia. In his spare time, Ryan went with the Community Development Team to survey the wells recently built and to build latrines in a nearby village. Kim worked as a registered nurse in the Operating Room assisting with vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) repairs, repairs of club feet, and cataract surgeries. Kim also assisted with surgeries related to the Liberian Civil War such as bullet injuries, 6 inch long piece of shrapnel embedded in an arm, and a 12-year-old girl who as a toddler had her arm placed in a fire by rebels and now was scarred and contracted. The most dramatic were the women with the VVF repairs. Vesicovaginal fistulas are related to childbirth injuries. When the women have been in hard labor for several days, a hole can be torn in their bladders. Some of these women had suffered for many years the embarrassment and shame of constant leaking from the bladder and smell. Most of the women had been ostracized from their villages and their families. After the surgery, their countenance changed from timidity to rejoicing because they are dry.

A VVF Dress Ceremony is held where the women receive a new colorful African dress with headpiece. They dance, sing, and worship God for their newfound freedom. “We are so thankful

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alumni notes for the opportunity to have served with Mercy Ships. Our lives and our relationship with Christ will never be the same. We are and forever will be ... blessed to be a blessing.” To read more about their adventure, go to: www.liberiamission.net.

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20th Reunion at Homecoming October 17-19

Michele DeBerry, Baltimore, MD, met friends Janet Slaugenhaupt Toth, ’93, Michelle Antonini Clark, ’91, and Barb Henderson Wise, ’92, at D&E for Homecoming 2007 to help celebrate Cheryl Matthews Hennessy’s, ’88, induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The group is working hard to plan two reunions next year for ZTA sisters and D&E alumni softball players. Hope to see you all at Homecoming 2008!

Stephen J. Heard, his wife, MacKenzie, and new baby girl, Madison, live in Kissimmee, FL. Stephen is the Corporate Director of Sales at Cypress Gardens Adventure Park.

1990 Joaquin Jorge-Blanco, Espana, Spain, married in 1994 and has two children, a boy, age 9, and a girl, age 11. Currently his children go to a German school, and he reports “...they are nice kids, of course...”. Joaquin works at a Courier company, Halcourier (www.Halcourier.es) and is responsible for the Canary Islands.

He is also a local politician, representing

Matthew Smith, ’96 (third from left with glasses on), had a nice surprise as he and fellow reservists were preparing to deploy for Djibouti. They ran into Former President Clinton at the airport.

the Popular Party (PP), and is a councilman of his city, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (www.laspalmasgc.es).

Joaquin has “very, very nice memories” of D&E and his teachers, Mike Mazzolini and Marion Harless, with the ILI Program, EEUU, and Dr. Payne and other teachers and classmates when he was going for his BA in economics.

Someday he would like to bring his family back to D&E to show them how he lived when he was here.

1991 Bradley P. Kane, Lakeland, FL, and his wife, Susan, would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Myah Glacy Kane.

Born on February 26, 2007, Myah was 21.25 inches long and weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz.

1993

15th Reunion at Homecoming October 17-19

Virginia C. “Ginny” Rast Simmons, Beverly, WV, and her husband, Jeffrey, were married in 1997. They have one daughter, Anna Grace, age 4. Ginny and her family live in the Elkins area, where she has been employed by United Parcel Service for the past 11 years. Jeffrey is employed by Simmons Lumber Company.

Ginny and the rest of her family including, sisters, Esther Wilkey, ’99, and Kim Rast Antolini, ’91, and parents David and Dianne, ’89, Wilkey all say hello.

Tim Avanzato, Southampton, PA, and fellow A-Sigs, Dan Brennan, ’86, Jamie Merselder, ’88, Tim Mountain, ’90, and Jim Steen, ’85, gathered at PNC Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, on August 21, 2007, to enjoy Rat Dog and the Allman Brothers in concert.

The PNC Arts Center was host to a mini A-Sig reunion during an Allman Brothers Concert this summer. A-Sig brothers there included l-r: Jamie Mersfleder, ’88, Dan Brennan, ’86, Tim Avanzato, ’93, Tim Mountain, ’90, and Jim Steen, ’85.

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alumni notes Erin L. Smulski Wolling, Yorktown, VA, and her husband, Zach, welcomed their first child, Allison Mary Wolling, on December 14, 2006.

I do! Brandi Beigay, ’99, became Brandi Harrison Nov. 4, 2006. Those in attendance were (l-r) Susan Williams, ’02, Karen Kennedy, Judi Edwards, Melissa Fentner, Brandi, husband Vernon Harrison, Eric Fletcher, Chris Deabner, Michael Watson, and Kevin Baum.

1996

1999

Matthew Smith, Portsmouth, VA, is on a year tour of duty in Djibouti, (it is on the Horn of Africa) with the Navy Reserves. Before leaving for Djibouti, Matthew spent two weeks in South Carolina for training. He left on May 18, 2007. While at the airport, Matthew and fellow reservists ran into former President Clinton.

Brandi Beigay and Vernon Harrison were married on November 4, 2006 in Virginia Beach, VA, where they recently purchased a house. The wedding party included alumna Susan Williams, ’02.

Other alumnae in attendance were Mariah Underwood Farmer, ’97, Erin Smulski Wolling, ’98, and April Boger Esquivel, ’99. Brandi is working for Geico in the litigation claims department and as a Six Sigma Greenbelt. Vernon works for USA Services, selling maritime and fire safety equipment in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.

1998

10th Reunion at Homecoming October 17-19

Thomas Hackman and wife, Rebecca “Becky” Smith Hackman, ’98, Anna Grace,the daughter of Jeff and Ginny Rast Simmons, ’93, looks as pretty as the flowers she is holding.

1994 Jon Walter currently resides in Long Island, NY, with his wife, Tracy, and their two sons, Brandon, age 13, and Evan, age 1.

1995

Allison Wolling, daughter of Zach and Erin Smulski Wolling, ’93, seems very happy and wants to share it with everyone.

Elkins, WV, welcomed their second child, Cyrus Champney Hackman, on June 4, 2007. He weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. and was 21 inches long. Big sister, Caroline, was very happy when mommy and baby brother come home from the hospital, and so was daddy!

Jonnie A. Lane Skidmore, Harman, WV, and her husband, Aron, would like to announce the birth of their son, Brody John Skidmore. Brody was born April 28, 2007, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. and was 201/2 inches long.

Kimberly S. Landis, Harman, WV, and her husband, Butch Nelson, celebrated their 20th anniversary in August. They have two sons, Tyler, age 9, and Alex, age 5. In July 2007, Kimberly became the real estate broker for Timberline Four Seasons Realty in Canaan Valley, WV. She currently owns and operates Landis Realty in Canaan Valley and is the WV broker for Railey Realty at Deep Creek Lake, MD.

Brody Skidmore, son of Aron and Jonnie Lane Skidmore, ’98, is relaxing in his bouncy chair, taking in the world.

Former D&E soccer player Christophe “Frenchie” Saulais,’01, was sporting an ear to ear smile when he married Valerie Marcenac this past spring.

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alumni notes 2001 Kimberlie A. Benn and Philip Jones were married on July 28, 2007, in Raleigh, NC, where they now make their home. In attendance were Matt Melbert, ’01, Erin Gamrod Melbert, ’01, Elizabeth McCord, ’02, Jennifer Price, ’00, Leigh Anne RogersWagner, ’01, and Kurstie Strothers Hendon, ’00.

Christophe G. “Frenchie” Saulais married Valerie Marcenac on May 26, 2007. They live in Perpignan, France.

Matt and Tiffany Taylor Selders, Elkins, WV, are the proud parents of a daughter, Lauren Tate, born Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 12:43 p.m. and weighing 6 lbs.

11 oz. Tiffany, Lauren, Matt, and big sister Darian are all doing fine. Needless to say, Grandpa Ron Selders, Head of D&E Maintenance, and Grandma Joy are extremely excited and proud!

Congratulations to all!

2002 Lonnie Martin, Woodbridge, VA, won the Best Screenplay for Washington, D.C. award for his movie Posi+ive in the D.C. 48 Hour Film Project. Lonnie’s latest project ‘Women’s Studies’ has been in production since July.

Amanda Yeargan Monroe, Midlothian, VA, wanted to let everyone know that she and husband, Kirk, celebrated their two-year anniversary June 22nd - 24th with a weekend getaway. They stayed at The Grand View Bed and Breakfast in Reedville, VA, and went sightseeing in Kilmarnock and Irvington. The last day they rode the Chesapeake Breeze over to Tangier Island, and toured the 600resident island. On their actual anniversary date, June 25th, they had a quiet dinner for two. Amanda is still working as a Special Ed teacher assistant during the school year and at the Holiday Inn Select as a front desk supervisor during the summer. Kirk got a new job in April with Estes Express Lines Trucking Co. He works in the customer care department. He loves what he does. Look forward to hearing from everyone. E-mail is kiandamonroe@verizon.net

D&E friends (back row l-r) Matt Melbert, ’01, Erin Gamrod Melbert, ’01, Elizabeth McCord, ’02, Jennifer Price, ’00, Leigh Anne Rogers-Wagner, ’01, and Kurstie Strothers Hendon, ’00, wouldn't miss celebrating Kimberlie Benn’s, ’01, marriage to Philip Jones in July.

2003 Phillip Perry, Huntington, WV, and his wife, Margaret, are the proud parents of a little girl, Elyssa Kathleen.

2004 Geoffery Allen and Corinne Geary Allen, ’04, were married on June 23, 2007, during a sunset ceremony at a family house in Herrington Harbor on the Chesapeake Bay. D&E friends who were there included: Kristen Constable Rodger, ’93, Leah Deitz, ’03, Jessica Scowcroft, ’03, Jennifer Weisenberger Boccella, ’92, Keith Mills, ’95, and Jennifer Geary Mills, ’94. The couple resides in Alexandria, VA.

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Melissa R. Bonner became Mrs. Harlan when she married Kenneth P. Harlan on May 12, 2007. In October, 2007, they moved from West Virginia to Olympia, WA, where they are enjoying their new home and life is grand!

Wesley E. Withrow, Laurel, MD, is working in the Information Technology Service Department at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. He can be reached by email at wesley.withrow@jhuapl.edu

2005 After working for a year and a half at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, PA, Jillian M. Huber and her fiance, Teddy Wyant, moved to Colorado Springs, CO. Jill is the event coordinator at The Country Club of Colorado at Cheyenne Mountain Resort and Teddy is a chef at the Broadmoor. Jill Cori Geary, ’04, married Geoff Allen, ’04, on June 23, 2007, at the Chesapeake Bay. D&E friends who helped them celebrate included: (l-r) Kristen Constable Rodger, ’93, Leah Deitz, ’03, baby Mya, Pat McPherson, Cori, Geoff, Jessica Scowcroft, ’03, Jennifer Weisenberger Boccella, ’92, Jay Jackson, John McCraken, Keith Mills, ’95, and Jennifer Geary Mills, ’94.

alumni notes

The mountains of West Virginia set the stage for Melissa Bonner’s, ’04, wedding to Kenneth Harlan on May 12, 2007.

invites friends and classmates to contact her at j_huber7@hotmail.com

2006

Sara E. Hunter and Bret Alexander, ’04, are enjoying life in Santa Fe, NM.

Amy Rhodes Lambert and her husband, Jon, would like to announce the birth of their first child, son Aiden Joshua Lambert, who was born on April 23, 2007. Everyone is doing fine and his aunt, Lisa Hedrick Senic, ’90, ’03, is helping to spoil him rotten.

They are experiencing a different world, from adobe architecture, cacti, dust, chili peppers on everything (even at McDonalds), living on a pueblo, jackrabbits the size of dogs and now know how to remove a tumble weed from the grill of their car. They claim to never tire of the constant question, ‘Where is West Virginia?’ Sara is in graduate school at Southwestern College, Santa Fe, and works part-time with at-risk teens. This past summer, Sara did independent research to look at the way somatic therapy can help those who suffer from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

Bret works at a youth development center and is a river rafting guide. He is also involved with a local softball league.

Sara spends her spare time hiking, rafting, and skiing, and in October she ran a marathon in Portland, OR.

Jeremy Wanless, Elkins, WV, and his wife, Jesse, would like to announce the birth of their son, Levi. Levi was born May 4, 2007, and weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz.

Angela Pendleton, Ronceverte, WV, has entered her first year studies at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), in Lewisburg, WV. WVSOM is an award-winning medical school located in southeastern West Virginia that offers a nationally ranked medical education program and is recognized worldwide for its efforts in rural, family, and primary care medicine.

Angela and her husband, Tim Armentrout, ’03, have one daughter, Ayrella Armentrout, age five.

Aiden Lambert, son of Amy Rhodes Lambert, ’06, and Jon Lambert, enjoys his bath time.

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in memoriam The individuals listed below include members of the D&E family whose passing we have learned about within the last six months.

Although some left us years ago, we wanted to remember them here on behalf of all alumni and friends of Davis & Elkins College.

Alumni 1934 1935 1936 1939 1940 1943

1944 1949

1950

1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1960 1961 1966 1967 1968 1977 1978 1979 1982 1983 1990 1993 1997

Mary L. Fisher Quick, May 2007 Paul Yost White, May 2007 John L. Sutton, February 2007 Harry L. Woolwine, May 2007 Carl K. Heltzel, June 2007 Roscoe R. Martin, July 2007 Anna Bernice Chenoweth, September 2007 Raymond W. Kiser, May 2007 Leroy Walter "Boop" Geib, September 2007 Sally A. Virginia Chenoweth Hannah, August 2007 Marguerite Swiger Osberger, October 2007 Gertrude Auvil Peterson, June 2007 Margaret A. Stalnaker Atkinson, July 2007 Harold D. Armentrout, September 2007 Mary Ruth Lough Chesshire, November 2007 Joseph M. Cruz, January 1995 Willard Blaine Martin, July 2007 James C. Arrasmith, August 2007 Henno Keskkula, August 2007 Daisy Ferguson Martin, July 2007 Florence Marie Sayger Schoonover, September 2007 Jane L. Evans Swarts, March 2007 Hobert H. Corley, July 2007 Richard F. Grotefend, April 2006 Richard L. Thomas, October 2007 Boyd L. Taylor, October 2007 Dorothy Sanders Basil, August 2007 Betty M. Martin Jarmow, July 2007 Robert A. Landgraf, September 2007 Nellie R. Lambert, May 2007 Ruth Randolph Phipps, April 2007 Robert P. Seem, January 2007 James J. Silcox, November 1976 Maynard Charles Nugent, October 2007 William E. Hancock, August 2007 David B. Fields, June 2007 Gary R. Evans, March 2007 Sally Gertz Winters, September 2007 James E. McQuown, February 2003 Patricia Sterling Dearth, November 2007 Stowell V. Kessler, May 2007 Elizabeth G. Atticks, October 2007 Dorothy O'Donnell, November 2007 Roger R. Jones, August 2007 Sarah K. Rodeheaver, January 2007 Thomas P. Vocke, October 2007 Thomas L. Calain, October 2007 James H. Roy, August 2007 Kevin Nestor, May 2007

Former members of the D&E community: H. Clifton Carrico, Former Business Law Teacher (’78-’80), April 2007 W. Russell Studenmund, Former Economics and Business Faculty (’69-’81), April 2007 Howard D. Bartels, Former Trustee (’81-’91), August 2007

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James R. Welshonce Professor Emeritus of Economics James Welshonce, Professor of Economics from 1955 to 1985, died on December 26 at his home in Elkins. A graduate of West Virginia University and the University of Pennsylvania, Jim completed doctoral coursework at Welshonce the University of Florida. He was 86 years old. Jim served as a navy pilot during World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart. He married the former Harriett Whetsell in 1950. Early in his career, Jim taught in the public schools and at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and was associated with the Whetsell insurance business in Elkins. He devoted most of his career, however, to D&E, teaching and serving as department chair. He is survived by his widow, son Jeffrey, daughter Mimi, and three grandchildren. Gifts in honor of Jim may be made to the James R. Welshonce Scholarship Fund, 100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241.

Charles “Chappie” Wagner Alumnus and Friend Charles “Chappie” Wagner passed away in Alexandria, Virginia, on December 29. He was 86. A noted artist, Chappie created an important series of pen and ink drawings of the D&E campus and other historic West Virginia sites after retiring from George Mason University.

In 2002, he donated 37 of these works to the permanent collection of Booth Library, where they are displayed. Four of these drawings are featured on the D&E porcelain Christmas Ornaments. Chappie attended Davis & Elkins College in 1948 and 1949 before receiving his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in architecture from Princeton University. In 1996, he was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from Davis & Elkins College. His wife, Peggy, ’52, survives. For information on Chappie’s artwork of Davis & Elkins College, please contact the Office of College Advancement at 304-637-1240.

Dorothy “Dottie” Slaymaker Lutz Keeper of the Darby Collection Dottie Lutz, long-time volunteer for the Darby Collection, passed away on December 20 in Elkins. She was 84. Born in Philadelphia, Dottie was a graduate of James Madison College and worked for the U.S. State Department following World War II. She married Owen Lutz, ’48, in Elkins in 1953. Dottie was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames and Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church. In 1969, she was named “keeper” of the Darby Collection, the College’s exceptional assemblage of rare native American and early American artifacts. She continued cataloging and caring for the collection from her Halliehurst office until 2007.

Drive with Pride II After the success of our initial “Drive with Pride” campaign to obtain a State of West Virginia license plate, we are extending our borders to Maryland and holding “Drive with Pride II.” The College is in the process of applying for an official State of Maryland logo license plate. The proposed plate design would feature the red & white D&E circle logo and have Davis & Elkins College written across the bottom.

In order to have a complete application, the College needs to pre-sell a minimum of 25 plates. Rachel Montgomery, Director of Alumni Relations says that she believes that finding 25

alumni and friends of D&E in Maryland to “Show their Pride when they Drive” should not be that hard of a task. She says, “We had so many alumni from Maryland ask about this opportunity when we were in the campaign for our West Virginia plate, I'm happy that we can now offer it to our Maryland alumni too.”

It's easy to be one of the first to have a Maryland D&E plate. Just fill out the form below and return it, with payment, to Rachel Montgomery, Davis & Elkins College, 100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241. Questions? Call (304) 637-1351 or email rehm@davisandelkins.edu Name ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip ________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone # ______________________________________________________________________________________________ E-mail ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Current license plate # __________________________________________________________________________________ Insurance information __________________________________________________________________________________ Please include a check for $25.00 made out to Davis & Elkins College. (Each plate will cost you $25.00. The College will be sending one combined check with the final application when it has 25 pre-paid orders.)

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