ALUMNI NEWS
Former faculty & staff Dr. Jack Adams, ’56 ’64, retired professor of physical education, former standout player and coach and a member of the EKU Hall of Distinguished Alumni and Athletics Hall of Fame, served his alma mater faithfully from 1962 to 2001. He was a three-time All-Ohio Valley Conference performer in basketball, setting 13 school records, and his No. 40 jersey was the first number ever to be retired by the school. He remains the ninth leading scorer in Eastern history, with 1,460 points, an average of 20.6 points per game. He was an AAU All-American in 1959, when he also made the All-Army team and participated in the Pan American Games in Chicago. The following year, he toured the U.S.S.R. with the State Department-sponsored American team and was an alternate on the 1960 U.S. Olympic basketball team. He played 1960-62 for the Cleveland Pipers of the AAU National Basketball League, for whom he was selected Most Valuable Player 1961-62 and was named MVP of the AAU Tournament that season. He also played professionally with the New York Tapers of the American Basketball League and averaged 18 points per game. Dr. Adams was assistant basketball coach 1962-67 and head tennis coach from 1963 to 1972, and supervised a residence hall. He was also owner and broker of one of the longest-serving real estate firms in Madison County, Jack Adams Properties. Dr. Effie Creamer, retired professor in what was then the Department of Home Economics, died in March 2015. Dr. Creamer taught courses in nutrition and dietetics from 1966 to 1991. After her retirement, she founded Creamer Associates, a company that offered nutrition consulting, tutoring and teaching services. She also enjoyed traveling, gardening and community service. Her late husband, Dr. Glynn Creamer, taught mathematics education at Eastern for the same time period.
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Dr. Jerry Austin, retired professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 1. Joe Beck, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Science 2. Dr. Joseph Biesinger, professor emeritus of history 3. Dr. Branley Branson, Foundation Professor Emeritus of Biology Dr. Peter Creighton, professor emeritus of environmental health science Alberta Walker Davis, custodian in Moberly Building past 16 years Mary Dickerson Davis, ’97 ’01, retired administrative assistant Brenda Foley, ’67 ’89, retired professor of associate degree nursing
Dr. Robert N. Grise, ’52 ’55, professor emeritus, taught in the College of Education from 1963 to 1996. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Dr. P.M. Grise, who taught at Model Laboratory School 1930-39 and then at Eastern from 1939 to 1965. Dr. Robert Grise, who graduated from Model Laboratory School and Eastern, began his career at Kentucky Wesleyan College before joining the faculty at his alma mater. He taught undergraduate introductory courses, as well as courses in educational psychology, philosophy of education, history of education and sociology of education. He also served 19 years as curator of the Granny Richardson Springs One-Room School on the campus. His wife, Dr. Martha Grise, ’67, taught English at EKU from 1967 to 1997; their two children, Owen and David, both earned degrees from EKU and occasionally taught part time at the University. Beyond the campus, Dr. Grise was well known for his efforts to chronicle local history, authoring with EKU colleague Dr. Fred A. Engle Jr. a weekly newspaper column, “Madison’s Heritage,” for more than 40 years.
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Dr. Richard Gentry, professor emeritus of physical education 4. Dr. Ken Haddix, a member of the music faculty since 2002 Dr. Michael Hesse, professor emeritus of public relations 5. Karen Hunter, professor of health promotion and administration Edith Carolyn Lainhart, former residence hall night supervisor Nancy Long, who served the University in several capacities Dr. Jack Luy, retired professor and administrator