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CONTENTS The Magazine of Elon | fall 2014

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THREAT DETECTORS

BY ERIC TOWNSEND

Associate Professor Scott Wolter ’85 and two Elon students are helping to develop a new generation of airport explosive-detection technology.

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AN ACT OF RESILIENCE

BY GABRIELA SZEWCOW ’13

Being a successful theater actor in New York isn’t easy. Just ask Todd Horman ’94, the first graduate of Elon’s music theatre program.

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ON THE ATTACK

BY PHILIP JONES

As soccer’s popularity surges nationwide, so does the strength of Elon’s program, making the Phoenix a source of professional players.

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COVER STORY

LIFE IN THE GLOBAL NEIGHBORHOOD

BY KEREN RIVAS ’04

Discover what goes on inside the Global Neighborhood, Elon’s newest residential neighborhood that blends academic and residential life.

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PAPER AND PROSE

BY ERIC TOWNSEND

Ongoing research by Lainey McQuain ’15 using the Japanese art of origami shows new ways of teaching students in high school and college how to be better writers.

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15 Point of View 31 Alumni Action 35 Class Notes

I AM ELON

BY KIM WALKER

Music performance major Justin Pierce ’15 effectively fell into playing trombone in fifth grade, when his band teacher told the class he needed trombonists. Justin thought “Why not?” and this fall, he performed his formal senior recital on the instrument.

Justin is a member of the Elon Music Ambassadors, an eclectic ensemble of music majors that plays for high school students throughout the East Coast. The experience introduced him to other musicians and taught him how to perform solos live. “I had to step out in front of the crowd, smile and do my thing. And I realized it’s not that hard. It really helped me step out of my shell.”

Moving even further out of his shell, Justin became a drum major his junior year for Elon’s marching band, the Fire of the Carolinas. The role requires him to be a leader, conductor and, as Justin puts it, “hype man” for the band. Outside of music, Justin is minoring in information science and completed an

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elon.edu/magazine internship last summer with information technology firm Dependable Global Solutions.

He’s also the president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. He says the fraternity provides a way for him to give back to the community and to stay connected with other black students on campus. “We have the bond of brotherhood; they are always there for me. It’s a great fit,” he says.

Justin spent Winter Term 2014 studying dance in Ghana with Assistant Professor of Dance Jason Aryeh. The experience was transformative. “I’ve never seen anything like it. I was living in the moment, and all I had to worry about was dancing with my spirit and my soul. Going to Ghana opened my eyes and helped me become the person I am today.”

Justin is Elon. Visit elon.edu/magazine to see more of Justin’s story, part of our “I Am Elon” multimedia series featuring Elon students in their own words.

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▶ from the PRESIDENT

Education About Sexual Violence on College Campuses is Vital

F facebook.com/leomlambert twitter.com/headphoenix

rom time to time, I will use my column to tackle difficult, complex and uncomfortable subjects. This is one of those times.

From the recent Time magazine cover story on “Rape: The Crisis in Higher Education” to the justreleased NCAA report titled “Addressing Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence,” conversation about sexual violence on college campuses has moved to center stage in American society. This is a good thing.

I recall the immediate mixed reaction I experienced this summer when reading about a nail polish being developed by students at neighboring North Carolina State University that changes color when dipped into a drink that has been laced with an incapacitating drug. My first reaction was to commend the good intentions of the student inventors. My second was to think it is a reflection of a cultural sickness that such a product requires invention.

I have three important messages to share about sexual violence. I hope you, the readers of The Magazine of Elon, will think about them carefully and then consider your own personal responsibilities to join in this important national conversation.

First, I am proud to report Elon has a first-rate, comprehensive prevention and response strategy regarding issues of sexual violence. At the heart of this strategy are enormously talented people.

Becca Bishopric Patterson is a full-time professional

dedicated to creating a healthy campus through peer education, including such important topics as developing healthy relationships, high-risk alcohol and substance use, active bystander intervention and numerous other public health topics. Our Safeline (336.278.3333) is staffed by a full-time, professional responder, Jess Clark, and supplemented by evening and weekend staff to provide 24/7 support. LeighAnne Royster and Jana Lynn Patterson, respected members of the Elon community with offices in the Ellington Health and Counseling Center, work together to develop comprehensive institutional policies and strategies to make Elon a safe and inclusive community and to address head-on issues of bias, discrimination and violence when they occur. My own personal education on this subject has been informed over many years by Professor Ann Cahill of the Department of Philosophy, whose book, Rethinking Rape, has been a cornerstone in the academic conversation about gender-based violence.

Second, this issue requires consistent and excellent training for all members of the university community, and this year we have redoubled our efforts. All members of the Class of 2018 were required to complete an online course before arriving on campus that addressed the root causes of sexual violence and bystander intervention.

This is in addition to the required online course on alcohol and substance abuse awareness. We are also

I want you to know that here at Elon, we abhor and stand against sexual violence and have been doing so for many years. Our policies and practices align with laws, but our efforts don’t begin or end with our legal responsibilities. They begin with our responsibilities to each other, as valued members of this community, and end only when we have stopped this violence. … Despite the prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses, we refuse to believe that we as a community are powerless to stop it. Every single one of us can act to confront and challenge norms and behaviors that condone or even encourage sexual violence—and it is the expectation that every one of us will.

—Excerpts from President Leo M. Lambert’s New Student Convocation address on Aug. 23.

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creating new training modules for all faculty and staff. I addressed the issue of sexual violence with new students during New Student Convocation this past August and was heartened by a very positive response from Elon parents for clearly stating our institutional expectations and responsibilities to each other in this regard. We are convinced that increased education and training will lead to the changes in our broader societal culture that are required for sexual violence to cease.

Third, and perhaps most important, the university and parents must be good partners in talking with young men and women about the important issue of consent. I know these are difficult and sometimes awkward conversations to have with college-age students, but they are crucial to raising good, decent and kind human beings. Consent is a key concept in the prevention of sexual violence.

Young people who decide to become sexually active need to be taught that consent must be clear, given freely and can be withdrawn at any time. By having these conversations, we can create meaningful change in the world. By avoiding them, we put our young people in harm’s way. Let’s step up together and do the right thing.

Leo M. Lambert President

{ Students made signs and marched as part of a series of events condemning sexual violence during Support Survivors Week, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, sponsored

by Elon Feminists for Equality, Change and Transformation. }

{ from left: Neil Bromilow, Barbara Day Bass ’61, Walter Bass III ’62, Kate Hickey and Mark Albertson received Elon Medallions during an August ceremony. }

FIVE HONORED WITH ELON MEDALLIONS

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lon Trustee Barbara Day Bass ’61 and husband Walter Bass III ’62; Mark Albertson, retired registrar; Neil Bromilow, retired director of construction management; and Kate Hickey, retired dean and university librarian, received Elon Medallions during an August ceremony. Elon Medallions are the highest honor the university bestows on individuals for meritorious service to the institution.

Barbara and Walter Bass have advanced Elon through dedicated service and generous support for more than 50 years. The couple established the Walter H. and Babara D. Bass Scholarship to give talented students with financial need the opportunity to attend their alma mater. In 1985 Barbara was elected to the Elon Board of Trustees and served as board secretary and vice-chair of the Campaign for the Elon Vision, and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa committee.

She was named Elon’s Distinguished Alumna of the Year in 1986 and this March, following nearly 30 years of board service, she was elected life trustee. She is one of only six trustees to receive the honor.

Mark Albertson joined the Elon staff in 1978 as assistant registrar and was named university registrar the following year. During his 35-year tenure, Albertson personally certified about 26,300 students for graduation and led many major initiatives to enhance the operations of his office,

including the transition from manual to online registration and placing students’ transcripts online. He also brought prominent people to campus and helped develop Elon’s distinctive Winter Term program and courses.

Kate Hickey played an integral role in creating and continually improving Belk Library. During her 16 years at Elon, first as library director and later as dean and university librarian, Hickey oversaw the move of Elon’s library resources from McEwen Building to the new Carol Grotnes Belk Library. She doubled the size of the library collection, introduced online resources and expanded the archives and special collections—all improvements that were key to Elon’s selection to shelter a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Neil Bromilow started working at Elon in 1995 as the director of the physical plant and was named director of construction management three years later. Before retiring in 2012, he managed the design and construction of many of Elon’s outstanding facilities during a period of institutional growth, helping to shape one of the most beautiful college campuses in the nation. Among the projects he supervised are the construction of Rhodes Stadium, the Academic Village, Colonnades Dining Hall and residence halls and the Station at Mill Point. fall 2014 3

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CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY CELEBRATES SILVER ANNIVERSARY A Family Weekend jubilee in September brought together Catholic students and their loved ones for a special Mass led by Bishop Michael Burbidge to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Elon’s Catholic Campus Ministry. The ministry includes Eucharistic celebrations, programs offered through the Catholic Newman Center on South Campus, domestic and international service trips, volunteer work in the Alamance County community and an intramural sports team.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

ELO N A LU M N I B OA R D, PR E SI D EN T

Christian Wiggins ’03

king of his high school in Charlotte, N.C. The film was produced in Assistant Professor Nicole Triche’s 2014 Producing the Documentary class.

Charlotte, N.C.

YO U N G A LU M N I CO U N C I L , PR E SI D EN T

Jennifer Hiltwine ’09 Sterling, Va.

PA R EN T S CO U N C I L , CO - PR E SI D EN T S

Owen & Beth Dugan P’15 P’16

“There are so many ways to engage in a cause that are not about writing checks.

They’re about volunteering. They’re about advocacy. You do have those tools.”

“Hope is like a path in the countryside. At first there is nothing, but as more people walk back and forth, a path appears. It’s about solutions for change, making a difference. Each of us has the capacity to make a difference in the world.”

—Husband-and-wife Pulitzer Prize-winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, respectively, talking about their new book, A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, during Elon’s Fall Convocation and Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture on Oct. 2.

Wellesley, Mass.

B OA R D O F V ISI TO R S, CO - C H A I R S

Russell R. Wilson P’86 & P. Scott Moffitt P’14

Burlington, N.C.

SCHO OL OF L AW ADV ISORY BOARD, CHAIR

David Gergen

Cambridge, Mass.

S C H O O L O F CO M M U N I C AT I O NS A D V IS O RY B OA R D, N AT I O N A L C H A I R

Brian Williams p’13

New Canaan, Conn.

S C H O O L O F CO M M U N I C AT I O NS A D V IS O RY B OA R D, C H A I R

Michael Radutzky P’12 P’17 Summit, N.J.

M A R T H A A N D SPEN C ER LO V E S C H O O L O F B USI N E SS A D V IS O RY B OA R D, C H A I R

William S. Creekmuir p’09 p’10

Atlanta, Ga.

PH O EN I X C LU B A D V IS O RY B OA R D, C H A I R

Mike Cross

Burlington, N.C.

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A documentary film directed by an Elon student and two alumni was named Best Documentary Short this fall at the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival. Sergio Ingato ’15, Maggie Sloane ’14 and Mason Sklut ’14, all media arts & entertainment majors in the School of Communications, directed the eight-minute documentary “BrocKINGton” on Blake Brockington, a transgender student who was named homecoming

Four graduate students in the Physician Assistant Studies program are among 193 recipients of the 2014-15 National Health Service Corps Scholarship.

Jennifer Beard, Marah Holz, Brittany Pjetraj and Keely Reichel have each won full scholarships from the federal program that supports medical professionals who desire to work in the nation’s most underserved rural and urban communities. They are the first students in the graduate program to receive the highly selective award.

“Food is a really great way to get involved in advocacy. You can make such a difference in a reasonably short time. Just get out there and do it. Vote with your fork, and even better, vote with your vote.”

—Activist and author Marion Nestle during a Sept. 9 talk titled “Food Politics 2014: Beyond the Farm Bill” in Elon’s McCrary Theatre.

CAMPUS

UNCOMMONS

BY NATALIE BRUBAKER ’15

Father Gerry Waterman believes he was created

to create. His original watercolor paintings and bottles of homemade wine are evidence of this mantra.

The associate chaplain for Catholic life at Elon began painting nearly 15 years ago, but his interest in winemaking started much earlier. As a 5-year-old, he visited his grandfather’s wine cellar in Connecticut. The sights and smells, which he still vividly recalls, sparked his interest.

Years later, Father Gerry, as he’s affectionately known, found himself in the basement of a seminary stomping on grapes barefoot, creating his own bottle labels and using recycled wine bottles to hold his wine.

But what began as a rudimentary hobby soon developed into a refined business. After earning his commercial winemaking certificate from Purdue University, he began making wine at a Connecticut winery for his Franciscan community. He remembers selling 1,360 gallons in just 15 days after a local radio station aired a story about his wine. “From then on the business just exploded,” he says.

But more than a business, for Father Gerry winemaking is an opportunity to create, which is why he’s experimented with flavors such as apricot, strawberry-rhubarb, apple, blueberry, raspberry and pear. It’s also an opportunity for ministry. Since coming to Elon in 2005, he has led wine tastings for faculty and staff at nearby wineries and shared his expertise with student groups. For graduating seniors involved with Catholic Campus Ministry, he hosts a private dinner complete with a bottle of his homemade wine for each student.

“Wine is my passion, my ministry and my art,” he says. “You’ve heard of ‘in vino veritas’ (there is truth in wine); but ‘in vino caritas’ (there is love in wine) is what I always say because wine brings people together, which is love.”

His art is also watercolor paintings, paintings of lighthouses, scenes of the sea, the landscape of New Jersey’s Cape May and sunflowers. “Deciding what to paint is very whimsical at times, or in my mind, inspiring,” he says. It’s not hard to see that his wines and paintings are simply end products of his passion to live a life of ministry and creativity. “God has given me the gift of creativity,” he says.

“My greatest prayer to God is gratitude for what he has given me. It’s nothing I’ve done for myself.”

What faculty or staff member do you think is uncommon?

Send a suggestion to themagazineofelon@gmail.com.

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FACULTY/STAFF SPOTLIGHT

ELON ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING NEW LEGAL EDUCATION MODEL

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lon University School of Law will launch a fully redesigned curriculum in fall 2015, better positioning students to excel in the rapidly evolving legal profession. In keeping with the school’s original vision to be a pioneering “law school with a difference,” the new curriculum will be highly experiential, personalized and professionally connected.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW PROGRAM:

ՔՔAll students benefit from full-time, faculty-directed residencies in the practice of law

ՔՔExperiential learning is integrated throughout the curriculum,

Professor of history Mary Jo Festle has been named a Maude Sharpe Powell Professor in recognition of distinguished contributions to both her discipline and the practice of teaching and learning. A widely respected educator, historian and mentor, Festle is the fourth Elon faculty member to hold the professorship, which may be awarded to a faculty member from any field of study to support research and student mentorship.

A new book by Assistant Professor of Communications Max Negin offers an inside look at sports broadcasting. Co-written with Philadelphia 76ers play-by-play voice Marc Zumoff, Total Sportscasting: Performance, Production, and Career Development gives sportscasters early in their careers an overview of jobs available to them behind and in front of the camera.

Two professors in Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences have received funds from the National Science Foundation. In collaboration with colleagues from two other institutions, Assistant Professor of Engineering Sirena Hargrove-Leak received a grant of more than $161,000 to research and reform the way science and engineering students learn in laboratory settings.

Associate Professor Megan Squire in the Department of Computing Sciences was awarded a three-year $240,028 grant as the principal investigator for a project titled “Infrastructure to Enable Mining and Analysis of Software Engineering Artifacts.”

Omri Shimron, a pianist and associate professor of music, tapped into family history and a passion for current events to shape his debut solo album featuring the performance of a famous piano composition. His interpretation of American composer Frederic Rzewski’s “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” pays homage to his own ancestors’ Zionist aspirations.

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representing more than 20 percent of the program

ՔՔEach student is assigned a four-person professional advising team: a faculty adviser, a working attorney mentor (preceptor), an executive coach and a career consultant

ՔՔIn a new seven-trimester, 2.5-year schedule, students

complete their studies in December, allowing them to take the February bar exam and begin law practice in the spring

ՔՔReduced total tuition that is 20 percent lower than the

national average for private law schools and guaranteed not to increase for each student’s program of study.

SYLLABUZZ

BY ERIC TOWNSEND

GST 375: Prison Nation ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Prudence Layne is an associate professor of English and has served as coordinator of the African and African-American Studies program. A member of the faculty since 2005, she has designed and taught more than 18 courses, including a popular Winter Term study abroad offering in South Africa.

RECOMMENDED READINGS Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America’s Poor by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

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ith 2.4 million people in jail or prison, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other nation on earth, even though countries like China and India are four times as large.

It’s not just your common bank robber, either. The U.S. jails the mentally ill; children, some of whom are serving life sentences for crimes committed as adolescents; and a disproportionate number of blacks, who represent only 13 percent of the general population but account for nearly 40 percent of the prison population.

Why does the United States lead the world in the number of people incarcerated and what factors account for a skew toward marginalized groups and the poor?

Why are women the fastest growing segment of the jail population? Is prison an actual deterrent to crime? What does a “criminal” even look like

UNDER THE OAKS “Considering the gap that exists between traditional law schools and the skill sets demanded in modern legal practice, this is not a time for incremental change in legal education,” said Luke Bierman, dean of the law school. “This bold new model will ensure that our students graduate with the knowledge, skills, professionalism and practical experience they need to become lawyer-leaders in this new era of law.”

“Elon is providing a creative and exciting model for the future of legal education,” said David Gergen, chair of the Elon University School of Law Advisory Board and former adviser to four United States presidents. “I applaud Elon’s innovative spirit and its commitment to keeping pace with the changing dynamics of law practice.”

Enrolled students are already taking advantage of the distinctive aspects of the Elon Law program, and they will continue to help Elon Law shape the future of legal education. Additional information about the new program of study is available at law.elon.edu.

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when everyone at one time or another has broken the law, even if just by speeding or jaywalking?

Associate Professor of English Prudence Layne asks her students those very questions in her upper level interdisciplinary course Prison Nation: Deconstructing the Prison Industrial Complex. Her first visit to South Africa as an undergraduate student at Howard University helped inspire the course.

“My entire professional life was shaped by my own study abroad experience sitting in Nelson Mandela’s cell,” Layne says. “Issues of confinement in literature are something I’ve always been interested in and I find that our prison system is more representative of issues we’ve seen in slavery and Jim Crow. It’s the contemporary manifestation of issues of inequity and the underclass not being served well.”

The course explores some of the complexities of criminal justice in the United States and the ways in which the nation and private sector benefit from crime, among other topics. As prison systems continue to grow, states are turning over their management to corporations aiming to make money by cutting costs, often with dire results. And then there’s capital punishment.

Prison Nation focuses attention on an American death penalty system under intense public scrutiny following several high-profile botched executions.

Layne has taught the course several times over the past eight years, both in a traditional classroom setting and online. “My job in the class is never to say that you ‘should’ or ‘should not’ look at things in a certain way,” she says, “but to teach and equip students with the tools to think critically about complex issues.”

Feeding the hungry Based in the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, Campus Kitchen at Elon University is a student-run organization that involves students, faculty and staff committed to addressing hunger locally and globally. Here are some figures from the 2013-14 academic year related to their work.

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the percentage of Alamance County residents who don’t have consistent access to adequate food.

11,151

the number of pounds of food collected from Aramark and through donations by students, faculty and staff to help feed local residents.

4,790

the number of meals prepared by students for community members in need to support local hunger relief efforts.

48,000

the number of meals packed by students and alumni and distributed to school feeding programs, orphanages and medical clinics around the world through a collaboration with Stop Hunger Now, which supports global hunger relief efforts.

2,344

the number of pounds of food collected by fraternities and sororities during Greek Week and distributed through the Allied Churches community food pantry.

Source: Campus Kitchen at Elon University, The Campus Kitchens Project & Feeding America

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CAMPUS HAPPENINGS

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For a complete list of events, check the E-net calendar at elon.edu/e-net/calendar.

MONDAY, DEC. 1

Festival of Holiday Lights Lights and luminaries, hot chocolate and cider, music and the Clauses mark Elon’s annual holiday festival that features various cultural and religious celebrations and a formal lighting of campus decorations.

THURSDAY, JAN. 15

Kip Fulbeck, “Race, Sex and Tattoos” The performance includes some of Fulbeck’s artwork and videos, and will inspire audiences to explore how ethnic stereotypes and opinions on interracial dating, gender roles and personal identity are formed.

JAN. 7-23

Martin Luther King Jr. observances Speakers, readings, service projects and a special College Coffee are among the many programs planned to commemorate the legacy of the American civil rights leader.

JAN. 23-26 & FEB. 4-7

Department of Performing Arts presents “Antigone” Sophocles’ classic tale pits personal and civic responsibilities in sharp and unresolvable conflict.

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SCOTT STUDIOS A ‘GAME-CHANGER’ FOR PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM

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tudents in the Department of Performing Arts have expanded rehearsal and studio space thanks to Scott Studios, a new facility on West Haggard Avenue that complements venues in the Center for the Arts.

The facility, which was dedicated in September, is named for Elon parents Don Scott and Ellen Scott of Denver and their son, Teddy Scott, a 2010 alumnus of Elon’s music theatre program. It features rehearsal, production and performance spaces for faculty and students in the nationally recognized performing arts program. “This is a phenomenal program and it deserves our support,” Don Scott said at the

dedication. “Ellen and I are thankful for the opportunity to support a university that we love.”

Roberts Studio Theatre inside the facility is named for Bill and Amy Roberts, and Amy’s father, E.C. Hunt, whose gifts helped make the space possible. Bill and Amy Roberts’ daughter, Jennifer, is a 2013 theatre arts alumna.

Elon University President Leo M. Lambert praised both families, along with two additional parents who wish to remain anonymous, for their commitment to growing the university’s performing arts programs through gifts that supported the new facility. “All of these donors are outstanding examples of Elon parents and grandparents whose philanthropic support has helped build this campus and strengthen Elon’s national reputation,” Lambert said. “The performing arts are an essential part of our lives and a liberal arts education. They help us understand what it means to be human.”

“This building is really going to be a game-changer for us,” said Professor Fred Rubeck, chair of the Department of Performing Arts, describing how Scott Studios will allow more attention to be paid to programs and rehearsals.

“It’s times like this when we open a new space, and the possibilities that come with it, that determine what we’re going to become.”

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ELON RECEIVES NATIONAL HONORS

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lon received national accolades this fall for several programs.

In the 2015 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” published by U.S. News & World Report, the university was recognized more than any other university in the nation for programs that “Focus on Student Success:” study abroad, internships, service learning, undergraduate research, learning communities, first-year experiences and senior capstone. The school also received top marks for academic programs, teaching and affordability, and was ranked No. 1 among master’s-level universities in the South and No. 1 for its “Strong Commitment to Under­graduate Teaching.”

After surveying more than 21,600 business school students across the nation as part of its 2015 edition of the “Best 296 Business Schools,” The Princeton Review ranked Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business the nation’s No. 1 “best administered” business school and among the top business schools in the Southeast. The publication praised the Elon MBA program for providing a well-rounded, general management education

that incorporates an international perspective into many classes, as well as strong focus on leadership and business ethics.

The university was also honored with a 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication covering American higher education. The award acknowledges the university’s ongoing efforts to celebrate and support students, staff, faculty and alumni of all backgrounds and beliefs through exemplary diversity and inclusion initiatives, and its ability to embrace a broad definition of diversity on campus. The university is featured along with 82 other recipients in the magazine’s November edition.

Earlier in the year, Elon received top marks in the 2015 edition of The Princeton Review’s “The Best 379 Colleges” guidebook (best-run college and one of the nation’s top universities for overseas study and college theater), Forbes’ “America’s Best Colleges” ranking (one of the nation’s top “Colleges to Watch” and “Rising Stars”) and the 2015 Fiske Guide to Colleges (a “best buy” college).

IN HONOR OF HIS MENTOR

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here are many professors who made an impact on Dr. Richard “Dick” Simpson ’57 during his years at Elon.

But it wasn’t until last year, when he read a story in The Magazine of Elon (Unearthing History, Fall 2013, Vol. 75, No. 4) that he was reminded of the role Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Paul Cheek played in his education. As he had done in the past to honor Professor Emeritus Ned Brannock, Simpson decided to commission a portrait of Cheek, who taught at Elon from 1950 until his retirement in 1984.

The portrait was formally unveiled in September and placed on the wall outside the entrance to the Department of Chemistry suite on the third floor of the McMichael Science Center. Cheek’s

portrait joins an existing portrait of Brannock, which Simpson also had raised money for as a student by organizing a candy bar sale among the members of the chemistry club he started in the late 1950s.

“The relationships between the teachers and their students haven’t changed,” he said describing the unique qualities of Elon professors and the way their interactions with students set the school apart.

“That’s why Elon is as impressive today as it was 50 years ago. … Each one of them expected me to be an exceptional person.”

For Cheek the honor was humbling. “This is a great place to be with great faculty and students,” Cheek said at the unveiling. “I’m humbled to be associated with this department.”

ASTROPHYSICIST to headline Spring Convocation

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cclaimed scientist and host of FOX’s “Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey” Neil deGrasse Tyson will visit Elon on April 2 to headline the university’s Spring Convocation.

Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City and the author of 10 books, including Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, which was a New York Times bestseller, The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet and Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, which was published

in 2012. Prior to serving as the host of the 21st century reboot of Carl Sagan’s landmark television series “Cosmos,” Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBSNOVA’s spinoff program, “NOVA ScienceNOW,” for five seasons beginning in the fall of 2006.

Tyson received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard University and his doctorate in astrophysics from Columbia University. His professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, explod-

ing stars, dwarf galaxies and the structure of the Milky Way. He is the recipient of the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award given by NASA to non-government personnel. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid 13123 Tyson. On the lighter side, Tyson was voted Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive by People Magazine in 2000. fall 2014 9

LONG LIVE ELON

UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION

{ from left: NBC’s Brian Williams P’13, national chair of the School of Communications Advisory Board, and panelists Jasmine Turner ’15, Ryan Greene ’15, Maity Interiano ’07, Douglas Williams ’13 and Michael Radutzky P’12 P’17, CBS “60 Minutes” producer and chair of the school’s advisory board. }

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lon’s School of Communications took center stage at New York’s iconic Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Oct. 16 as President Leo M. Lambert announced a $15 million capital campaign for the expansion of the school’s facilities. The announcement came as Lambert shared the stage with NBC’s Brian Williams P’13 for the city’s annual Evening for Elon (read more about the event on page 32). An announcement was also made on campus Oct. 17 during a special event as part of the school’s Homecoming activities.

The campaign will fund construction of two new facilities, along with extensive renovations to two existing buildings, McEwen and Long. The university will look to alumni, parents and friends to raise the remaining $7 million required for the project by the end of 2015, with construction slated to begin in 2016.

Already, donors have contributed more than $8 million to the campaign.

“This much-needed expansion will transform the teaching, research and creative spaces for Elon’s School of Communications, which is recognized as one of the top-20 programs in the nation.”

—Elon President Leo M. Lambert

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LONG LIVE ELON

THANK YOU! Elon is grateful to the following donors for their support of the School of Communications campaign.

{ Dean Paul Parsons, School of Communications }

{ Communications Pavilion }

The project includes:

ՔՔA new 45,000-square-foot building framing Under the Oaks on the historic cam-

pus, featuring the Snow Family Grand Atrium, Turner Theatre, a media innovation lab, six classrooms and labs, a dean’s suite, numerous faculty offices and the Live Oak Communications student agency

ՔՔA new 4,800-square-foot Communications Pavilion to sit between Long Building and the new Communications Building and house the school’s Imagining the Internet Center

ՔՔRenovations to McEwen Building, including the Jane and Brian Williams Studio and

the building’s second television studio; a new student media center for The Pendulum, ESTV/Elon Local News, WSOE radio and Phi Psi Cli yearbook; and an internships/career services center

ՔՔRepurposing Long Building to house the Interactive Media master’s degree program and the Sport and Event Management program

“This much-needed expansion will transform the teaching, research and creative spaces for Elon’s School of Communications, which is recognized as one of the top-20 programs in the nation,” Lambert said. “We are grateful to the parents and alumni who have stepped forward to support this key priority of the Elon Commitment strategic plan.”

For more information about the campaign, visit elon.edu/communicationscampaign.

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Jim and Toni Turner P’06 P’08 and sons Garrett ’08 and Parker ’06 (Sarasota, Fla.), whose gift will fund the Turner Theatre, a 250-seat theater adjacent to the atrium. It will include a high-definition screen, stadium-style seating and a premier sound system. ” We hope the theater will bring new opportunities to the campus as far as increasing the overall entertainment options and presentation venues available for students. It would be great to see the new space host a local film festival or even a live broadcast of a political debate.”

—Toni Turner P’06 P’08 Jane and Brian Williams P’13 (New Canaan, Conn.), whose gift will make possible the Jane and Brian Williams Studio, a television studio in McEwen Building with a window opening to downtown Elon framed by a digital news headline “zipper.”

“The personal relationships forged between the professional staff and the students are almost without parallel. At Elon, it’s personal. I come across a lot of college students who cycle through our newsroom as interns and in other roles—and Elon students stand out for all the right reasons and in all the right ways.” —Brian Williams P’13

{ Exterior view of the Snow Family Grand Atrium and Jane and Brian Williams Studio }

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David and Lynette Snow P’15 (Darien, Conn.), whose gift will make possible the Snow Family Grand Atrium, a two-story glass lobby connecting the new building with the existing McEwen Building and opening to a new plaza on Williamson Avenue in downtown Elon. The atrium will feature a large video screen that will showcase student media productions as well as news from around the world.

“The Elon School of Communications has been fantastic for our daughter, Lauren. Given the importance of the school to the overall success of the university, both of us agreed that this was a project worthy of our support.

[It will be] warm, welcoming, and a focal point for the school and the community.” —Lynette Snow P’15

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Anonymous Elon parents, whose gift will fund the Communications Pavilion, a new building that will house the internationally renowned Imagining the Internet Center, a media analytics lab, four faculty offices and a student-faculty research area.

IMAGINE, ENGAGE, INVEST

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LONG LIVE ELON

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

{ Jerry and Jeanne Robertson with members of the Elon women’s track and field team. Their lead gift made possible many improvements to the track. }

A LONG TRACK RECORD

BY MEGAN MCCLURE

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rom standing on the sidelines of Elon sporting events to establishing scholarships to benefit student-athletes, Jerry and Jeanne Robertson of Burlington, N.C., are among the university’s most devoted Phoenix fans. Look no further than the basketball court in Elon’s Alumni Gym, which bears the Robertson name in honor of their lead gift to fund gym renovations, for proof that the couple takes tremendous pride in Elon athletics.

Most recently the Robertsons have shown that support by providing a lead gift for improvements to Elon’s track and field, including a complete track replacement, improved drainage and additional lights for the facility. In honor of their generosity, the complex, which includes Belk Track and White Field, will be named the Jerry and Jeanne Robertson Track and Field Complex.

“Jerry and Jeanne Robertson are among Elon’s most loyal and generous benefactors, with a long history of supporting the university,” President Leo M. Lambert says. “We thank them for this gift

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and their dedicated support of Elon athletics and many other university priorities. Their generosity and Jeanne’s leadership on the Board of Trustees have had a lasting impact on Elon students.”

For the Robertsons, Elon has become a family affair. Their son, Bailey “Beaver” Bowline, is a 1989 Elon graduate who played on the basketball team.

It’s a tradition that has been carried on by their grandson, Ryder Bowline ’17, a guard on the team.

The Robertsons are also close friends with former athletics director Alan White and his wife, Norma, and have made gifts in the couple’s honor. “We are so lucky to live in a community with a university like Elon, and it’s exciting to watch it grow,” says Jeanne Robertson. “We want to support that, and this project was an opportunity to make a difference for so many athletes, students and faculty and staff members who use the track.”

A key component of the project is the addition of lights, which will allow more flexibility in scheduling practice hours for the many teams using the complex, including men’s and women’s cross

country, women’s track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s lacrosse. Improvements to the track will also enable the women’s track and field team to host meets in the future.

As a member of that team, Elon sophomore Jennifer Esposito will log countless hours practicing at the track throughout the year, including the off-season. “I feel very fortunate that the Robertson family demonstrated the generosity they did by giving back to Elon,” says Esposito, of Mansfield, Mass. “They are making the lives of student athletes here better than they could ever know.”

That sentiment is shared by Elon Director of Athletics Dave Blank. “We are so grateful for the friendship that Jerry and Jeanne Robertson have provided for Elon Athletics over the years,” he says.

“Their support has touched the lives and athletic experiences of so many Elon student-athletes.

The Jerry and Jeanne Robertson Track and Field Complex is a very important improvement and will serve the needs of our student-athletes for many years to come.”

PHOENIX SPORTS

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BY SHAKORI FLETCHER ‘16

{ David Owens, center, visits the Elon football team during a practice. He has been named honorary linebacker by the Phoenix. }

David Owens never cared much for football. But watching him on the sidelines as the Phoenix practiced on a hot September afternoon, you would have never guessed it.

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ess than a month after undergoing a second bone marrow transplant, the 16-year-old was happy to be back on campus with his team. “They are all my people,” he says.

It’s a sentiment felt by all the members of the Phoenix squad. Since the team adopted David as one of their own in the spring through a partnership with Team Impact, the teen has become part of the family. He is an honorary linebacker on the team; he even has his own jersey and locker. “A couple of guys on our staff have done some things with Team Impact, so when the opportunity presented itself, it seemed like something we definitely wanted to embrace,” Head Coach Rich Skrosky says.

Team Impact, a New England-based nonprofit organization, matches children with chronic illnesses to collegiate athletic teams. The organization has matched more than 500 children with nearly 250 schools across the country.

David’s medical ordeal started in March 2012 after a mild headache turned into vomiting and fainting spells. Three days later, doctors at UNC Hospitals found a malignant tumor in his brain.

A surgery soon followed, but six months later, the cancer came back. It eventually moved to his spine. “[David] didn’t know the essence of what it all meant; I didn’t know the essence of what it all meant,” says his mom, Arlene Owens-Nwosu, thinking back to those early days. “We thought they’ll remove the tumor and that will be the end of it.”

David has instead spent the majority of the past two years in hospital beds, receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatment or undergoing brain or spinal surgeries. He tries to live life as usual, though the latest tumor in his spine caused his legs to lose function, forcing him to use a wheelchair. He also has to take online classes, which means he doesn’t get to socialize with friends like before. It’s a void Elon football players have managed to fill. “All of us on the team are family, so we kind of welcomed him into the family,” senior linebacker Jonathan Spain says. “It’s the same thing as another player being sick.”

Since Team Impact matched David with the Phoenix, the team has traveled to visit David in both his Chapel Hill home and in the hospital.

Players like sophomore linebacker John Silas have even built close relationships with David that involve texting back and forth. Skrosky says players now help to coordinate David’s visits to campus, including his latest visit to practice on a 90-degree September afternoon. “I was tired and it was hot, but he was out here in his wheelchair just trucking through the weather, and I was like, ‘Man, I’ve got to get my mind right,’” Silas says. “It takes a lot of mental strength for him to do what he does and be so positive ... he’s kind of like an idol of mine.”

Team Impact’s mission statement says the relationship with the child teaches the college athletes lessons on “courage, resiliency and life

perspective that they couldn’t learn in a classroom.” Skrosky agrees. He says seeing David’s optimism and smiling face despite the obstacles has allowed the team to benefit from the program maybe even more so than David.

Owens-Nwosu says her son enjoys being a part of the team. “Not a whole lot gets him down. He’s dealt with this very well; he is a very resilient individual,” she says. “As a parent, you just do what you have to do. One day he asked me, ‘Is the tumor going to kill me?’ I told him you can go outside and have an accident; you never know. We live each day, enjoy each moment, try to make the best of every moment.”

David would like to attend the University of North Carolina at Wilmington to study marine biology. In the meantime, he will continue supporting his Elon teammates. “I plan to come to games if I can, if I’m not in the hospital,” he says, “but I can’t promise anything.”

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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT LUIS VARGAS

He is very fast. That explains why his favorite superhero is “The Flash.” “I could coach him on his running form,” he says jokingly, though his credentials are no laughing matter. During his first year at Elon, Vargas set a new school record (24:49.07) in the men’s 8K at the Southern Conference Championships, placing 10th—the best finish for an Elon male athlete in program history. He was named to the All-SoCon First Team twice and set a new school record in the 10K (31:35.37), which he broke last season (29:46.5). He also won the Elon Invitational in 2013 (24:19.4 for an 8K), becoming the first individual male medalist for Elon since 2005, and was named to the NCAA All-Southeast Region.

This fall he also became the first Elon athlete to receive Colonial Athletic Association accolades.

His goal for the rest of the season? “ I want to be first place in the conference and make it to the nationals.”

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he son of Mexican immigrants, Luis Vargas ’15 never thought college was in the cards—not even after letters started arriving at his Angier, N.C., home from colleges interested in recruiting him for their cross country programs. But after a visit to Elon University in 2011, he knew he had found the right fit. “They took me in,” he says of that first visit. “At other schools, they saw me as a recruit; here they saw me as a teammate. I remember the coach telling me, ‘Why be part of a team that is already known, be one of many? Be someone who can make a difference.’” That charge has translated into numerous accomplishments on and off the course for Vargas, who shared five things about himself with The Magazine of Elon.

He is a soccer player at heart. “My passion was always soccer,” he says. He joined his school’s cross country team in the eighth grade because he missed the soccer tryouts. “I was surprisingly good,” he says, so he decided to stick with it, though he still plays intramural soccer. “I love soccer, I always will,” he says, “but I don’t regret my choice.

In the end, I’m a better runner than soccer player.”

He never showers the day of or prior to a race. “It’s hard to explain; it’s just a feeling,” he says when asked why. “I want to wait until I’m done with the race” before hitting the showers and the refresh button. He also wears the same pair of socks to every race (mainly because he only owns one pair of racing socks) and enjoys listening to Blink182 or any mellow music on race day. “Before a race, the last thing I want to think about is the race.”

His family is No. 1 in his life—and his greatest inspiration. His teammates are a close second. “I’m a big family guy,” he says. Elon’s proximity to his parents, Efrain and Yudith, is an added perk.

“They’re so proud of me,” he says. “My sister thinks I’m a great brother. She even wrote a paper for school about me being her hero. That was humbling.”

He has Olympic dreams for his native country. “I’m not very confident in myself, but I know I’m a good runner,” he says. While his times are not too far from what he needs to qualify for the Mexican Olympic trials, he would have to wait for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the meantime, the accounting major has already received offers for a job and graduate school. Ideally, he’d like to pursue a master’s degree in accounting and work in internal control for a large company. “I’ve been really lucky to be able to run, to be fast,” he says. “I want to use it as much as I can to take me far.”

The Global War on Terror ... a decade later

BY MAJ. JOHN KIRCHGESSNER ’02

It has been more than 12 years since I graduated from Elon, and 10 since I shared my thoughts with The Magazine of Elon about my experiences after my second deployment to Iraq. I was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army when the story ran in the Winter 2005 edition, and anyone who read it may have sensed a tone of anger.

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aving just returned from my second deployment, I was still new to the Army, and my perspective was very narrow. My job was to execute a counter-improvised explosive device mission without the appropriate training or resources. As a result, multiple IEDs hit my platoon and several soldiers were injured. I was also dealing with very personal issues after my first wife left me during my deployment.

There I was, a kid barely out of college fighting the war in Iraq while my world at home was crumbling. Perhaps now that my emotions have subsided and time has passed, I can share my reflections more calmly.

I have deployed two more times since 2004, once again to Iraq and also to Afghanistan. First-year students at Elon today would have been five years old on 9/11/2001. There is no reason for them to have any understanding as to why the United States is still a part of the Global War on Terror. The irony is that many who have been through it all, having fought to protect our nation’s freedom, may also have a difficult time articulating exactly why we are still involved with the war, and whether we have won or lost. At the risk of making an assessment that may be well beyond my pay grade, here is my opinion on the military effectiveness of the war.

Throughout history the most successful campaigns have been those that tied three levels of war together: tactical (controlled by division level and below), operational (controlled by combatant and corps-level commanders) and strategic (controlled by policymakers). The greatest problem over the past 13 years has been total disconnect from the strategic level to the tactical level. It is almost cliché to reference the time when President George W. Bush boarded the USS Abraham Lincoln and gave his “Mission Accomplished” speech in May 2003, but this epitomizes how strategists and policymakers had no idea what was going on in the tactical fight. As the war progressed, we began to see more mission statements that included the strategic objectives of enabling the Government Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and there was greater emphasis placed on the partnership between Coalition and Afghan military and government.

But by then it was too late. Our operational and tactical fight had been a counter-insurgency for nearly a decade, and yet we expected the same hardened warfighters from the previous 10 years to

{ John Kirchgessner ’02 while on dismounted patrol in Gardez, Afghanistan, in 2012. }

turn on a dime and transition to a security force advisor role. Meanwhile “green on blue” killings, in which the Afghan partners we are working with turn their weapons on us, have become commonplace. A decade-long fight with no strategic objectives has created a sad state of affairs. There is no doubt in my mind that we have developed some of the most finely trained and equipped soldiers in the world. However, if asked to articulate the strategic purpose behind a tactical mission, most would not know or care what the answer was. I have come to a point in my career where I understand the need for a tactical plan that is nested with the strategic objectives. I accept it as my personal challenge to educate soldiers whenever possible to have greater understanding of their purpose and how their efforts are tied to the strategic objectives of our policymakers.

So was the war worth it? It depends. I consider it to be a strategic failure for I do not believe the world is markedly safer from terrorism now than it was 13 years ago, nor is the stability of the governments in Iraq or Afghanistan better today. However, the Saddam regime did fall, justice was brought to Osama Bin Laden, and there is more than one generation of American soldiers who have a greater cultural understanding than any others in the previous 60 years. I am proud of what I have done, honored to have served among heroes and grateful to all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. In the end, I am a soldier and do not presume to know the value of a life. I do know that I would not change my decision to join or stay in the U.S. Army.

Today I am a field grade officer in the rank of major, serving as the brigade executive officer with the 11th “Imperial” Air Defense Brigade at Fort Bliss in Texas. We are operating in the Pacific, Europe and the Middle East and continue to push out battalion-sized units year after year. These are missions that the Department of Defense has asked our unit to execute since 1991, and there is no end in sight. By virtue of our mission, we consistently serve in a strategic role and will likely continue to deploy long after most of the brigade combat teams have returned to their home stations. I will be returning to the Middle East next year; it will be another year away from my family, but another year that I hope to make a difference. Globalization is upon us, and we can attempt to share all cultures or remain divided to our own detriment and peril.

U.S. Army Maj. John Kirchgessner graduated from Elon in 2002 with a degree in communications. He and his wife, Mandy, have two children, Cooper Jude, 3, and Ryne Cannon, 2.

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THREAT DETECTORS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SCOTT WOLTER ’85 AND TWO ELON STUDENTS ARE MEASURING X-RAY PATTERNS OF EVERYDAY ITEMS AS PART OF A BROADER EFFORT TO HELP THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DEVELOP A NEW GENERATION OF AIRPORT EXPLOSIVE-DETECTION TECHNOLOGY.

BY ERIC TOWNSEND

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n the earliest hours this fall of bombing Islamic State militants inside Syria, the United States also took aim at the Khorasan Group, a terrorist organization affiliated with al-Qaeda that few Americans even knew existed. Intelligence analysts believed the group was nearing the “execution phase” of an attack against Western targets, perhaps using common household items laced with enough explosive material to bring down an airliner.

It’s impossible to say whether the Khorasan Group would have succeeded. Others certainly have come close. In December 2001, “shoe bomber” Richard Reid tried to detonate hidden explosives during an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami. Quick responses by flight attendants and passengers kept the plane safe until its emergency landing in Boston.

Millions of people each day pass through international airports where security officers must screen both bodies and luggage, in a matter of seconds, to intercept potential threats. Current devices might spot a hidden pistol or protruding wires, but they won’t necessarily uncover every substance that can lead to dire consequences, like the pentaerythritol tetranitrate Reid concealed in the soles of his shoes.

That’s where an Elon University faculty member and two students hope to make a difference with research they’re conducting in a second-floor lab of the McMichael Science Center. Associate Professor Scott Wolter, junior Jake Smith and sophomore

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James Fariello are part of a multi-institutional grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help create the next generation of technology that will give security personnel instant information on all types of material brought into airport terminals. ▲▲▲

Airport security largely relies on technology that creates images based on the way an object absorbs X-rays. Workers for the Transportation Security Administration closely monitor screens that display those images as all manners of luggage—suitcases, laptops, shoes, purses—move through scanners.

What goes unused is another type of information that scanners produce: scattered X-rays.

All substances, solids or liquids, interact with X-rays based on the structure of their atoms. For example, water and acetone may appear identical to the human eye, but based on subtle differences on the atomic scale, each will produce a unique X-ray diffraction pattern. If you X-ray hundreds of substances and build a database of those patterns— exactly what the Elon team is doing—you can then create a program for future airport baggage scanners

{ Sophomore James Fariello and junior Jake Smith have been working with Associate Professor of Engineering Scott Wolter ’85 as part of a multi-institutional grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help create the next generation of X-ray technology. }

to alert security when a substance matches a known threat.

This is the type of work Wolter had in mind for student researchers when he joined Elon in 2013. The move represented a homecoming of sorts for him. He graduated from Elon in 1985 with a business degree, though his interest was always in engineering, a program Elon didn’t offer at the time. He pursued additional engineering studies at North Carolina State University and later Penn State University.

Wolter next accepted a post-doctoral position through support from the U.S. Army Research Office and moved to Duke University in 2002 where his expertise would later make him a natural fit for the Homeland Security project.

“They needed somebody in materials chemistry and materials engineering that could produce diffraction spectra and understand what the X-ray patterns represent,” Wolter says of his involvement in the research. “There’s a lot of data you have to manage. There’s contributions of scatter from many objects, and you need to identify in three-dimensional space where that data originates.”

He has since visited Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida to measure the X-ray signatures of various explosives, and he traveled to the Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory in Colorado this summer to research additional threats. At Elon Wolter oversees much of the same procedure but

with a twist. Rather than scan explosive material, a portable X-ray scanner measures the diffraction pattern of everyday items like cosmetics, toothpaste and mouthwash—pretty much anything you might find in a typical suitcase.

Knowing that Elon had been growing its undergraduate research program, Wolter recruited two students with just as much passion to help with the effort. Smith, a native of Greensboro, N.C., will complete his engineering studies at Elon in the spring and plans to attend Georgia Tech next year as part of the university’s dual-degree program. Fariello, who comes to Elon from West Chester, Pa., is studying physics with aspirations of one day creating X-ray technology capable of diagnosing personal injuries from space.

“They have energy, they have interest and they have the motivation to learn how to do significant research,” Wolter says. “I trusted that they would have good ideas and contribute to the project.”

Smith and Fariello haven’t disappointed their mentor. Together, the two have improved the project with the construction of a heating and cooling device inside the portable X-ray scanner.

Temperatures influence diffraction patterns, and the team knew Homeland Security would have interest in data collected from different temperature points. Moving chemicals through airport security in January in Minneapolis will return a very different diffraction pattern than moving

the same chemicals through airport security in July in Miami.

The two students say they feel fortunate to be involved with the project. “As an undergraduate, you say ‘yes’ to these things,” Smith says. “You take every opportunity you can get. I know I’ll have research opportunities at Georgia Tech, but complementing that with something at Elon is beneficial.”

Fariello, who began his duties during his first year, described his surprise at the responsibility he was handed because of his interest in research and initiative in finding a mentor. “I was taken aback that I’d be able to start doing this. It was just such a cool opportunity,” says Fariello, who also serves as a resident assistant and is a member of the Elon cycling club and ultimate Frisbee team. “Any research I can do with X-rays is a step in the right direction for me.”

The project is still a few years from completion.

More substances must be measured, at different temperatures and different concentrations, and researchers at partner universities are still working on the technology and algorithms that will incorporate the work finished at the McMichael Science Center. “We’re working on a smaller part of a bigger project, but to do something that has safety applications, that most people can relate to, is incredible,” Smith says. “I’m ready for this thing to be in place. It feels cool to know I’m a part of upgrading the system.” fall 2014 17

An ACT of RESILIENCE

Being a successful theater actor in New York isn’t easy. Just ask Todd Horman ’94, the first graduate of Elon’s music theatre program who has managed to stay in the business thanks, in part, to Professor of Performing Arts Cathy McNeela, a mentor and friend who taught him the ropes 24 years ago. BY GABRIELA SZEWCOW ’13

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onths before Todd Horman ’94 landed a role in the Broadway production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 2011, he found himself in a rut.

He was 38 years old and his expectations for returning to Broadway were not exactly high.

Still, hoping to reignite his career, he convinced himself to attend a dynamic workshop class.

There, he encountered actors of all ages, including a younger woman who graduated from Elon.

“One day during class, the instructor told the young woman, ‘There’s someone in this class who paved the way for you,’ and she pointed at me,” Horman recalls. The instructor went on to say the woman was in that class, in some way, because of him—the first graduate of Elon’s

music theatre program. The comment resonated and for the first time, he began thinking about how far he had come.

Back at Elon, there is someone who has never doubted Horman’s talent. Cathy McNeela came to Elon from New York City, where she was working as a singer, actor and dancer, to launch the music theatre program in 1990. It was Horman’s first year at Elon, too. They met during drop/add day in the old gymnasium, an encounter McNeela will never forget. “I can still see him walking up to the table to sign up for voice lessons,” she says.

Since then much has happened to both Horman and the program McNeela helped establish. While the program has expanded to

In the spotlight // ELON’S MUSIC THEATRE ALUMNI ARE NO STRANGERS TO SUCCESS. HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. LINDSAY NORTHEN BRADSHAW ’03 Lindsay is part of the ensemble for Wicked on Broadway, where she also is the understudy for Glinda, one of two female leads. Prior to that role, she played Maria for the national tour of The Sound of Music, a role she landed her senior year at Elon.

She has appeared on an episode of “CSI: Miami” on CBS and several TV commercials.

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DANIEL J. WATTS ’04 Daniel has performed in shows including The Color Purple, Motown: The Musical, The Little Mermaid, Ghost and After Midnight, which he called “his dream show.” He recently appeared in HBO’s TV series “Boardwalk Empire” and made headlines this summer for leading a flashmob in New York in response to the death of Eric Garner, who was placed in a fatal chokehold by a New York police officer. Read more about the latter project on page 40.

include 20-25 students in each graduating class, its first graduate has managed to amass a successful career along the way.

Getting in ‘the club’ Horman came to Elon thinking he would take a different path (math and business were high on his list), but soon found voice lessons and the school’s musical productions more appealing.

Coming from a family of musicians, he grew up performing in musicals, but he didn’t think of music theater as a career until after a month and a half of voice lessons with McNeela. “The seed had been planted in high school but Cathy is the one who watered it,” he says.

For McNeela Horman was the perfect student, one who had talent and was willing to follow her advice. “He was like a sponge,” she says. She was so impressed by the young man from Maryland that when she met his parents during Family Weekend his first year, she told them she was certain he would find great success in the music theater business. She was right, though success did not come right away.

Shortly after graduation, Horman moved to New York to study opera at the Manhattan School of Music. During those early years, he scrambled to find work, an agent and a union card, and struggled to determine what area of show business he fit into. After more than a year of studying and living in the city, he felt like something wasn’t

clicking. He moved to Las Vegas to pursue a master’s degree in music theater from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but returned to the New York area three years later.

That’s when he started to get more call backs from producers of musicals, plays, television and films. Urinetown, The Musical was his first big Broadway role; he auditioned for the part of Robbie the Stockfish in 2002 after a cast member was injured. His agent called right after the audition to give him the good news and he started rehearsals that same afternoon. “That was my introduction to the Broadway scene,” Horman says, “and it was exhilarating.”

Horman’s three weeks in Urinetown gave him the break he needed. The part led to his

MATT SHINGLEDECKER ’08 Since being cast in the original production of Spring Awakening on Broadway during the spring semester of his senior year, Matt’s career has not slowed. He has played Tony in the Broadway production of West Side Story and Roger Davis in the Off-Broadway revival of Rent, and is playing Fiyero in Wicked on Broadway.

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ALEX ELLIS ’05 Since graduating from Elon, Alex has kept busy performing in shows nationwide, including the first national tour of Legally Blonde and the Off-Broadway comedy Cirque du Soleil: Banana Shpeel. On Broadway she was part of the ensembles for On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever and Catch Me If You Can, where she was also the understudy for Brenda.

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“He’s part of this beautiful fabric of Elon’s music theatre program that has been woven and spread across the nation.”

– Professor of Performing Arts Cathy McNeela participation in the show’s national tour in 2003, but he would have to wait eight more years before returning to Broadway in Priscilla, which allowed him to form meaningful and lasting relationships with casting directors that later opened doors for more auditions and jobs.

“Priscilla was life-changing,” he says. “It let people know that I belong in the club.”

Growing steadily

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hile Horman was fighting to make a name for himself in New York, McNeela continued working with her colleagues to improve the music theatre program at Elon.

In addition to developing that program’s curriculum, she helped create the acting, theatre studies, design and technology (now theatrical design and production) and dance programs in what was then the fine arts department.

The additions laid the foundation for today’s Department of Performing Arts, whose 30-plus faculty offer a robust number of majors and minors. The ranks of music theatre alumni have also grown from one in 1994 to 279 in 2014. “The quality of the program and the training provided by our highly experienced faculty has always been impeccable,” she says, “and the students have been at an extremely high caliber since our beginning.”

This dedication to excellence has resulted in national recognition. In The Princeton Review’s 2014 “The Best 378 Colleges” guidebook, Elon was ranked No. 13 for its theatre program. Last year Backstage.com, one of the most popular websites for theater auditions and news in the country, included the department as one of the six programs for college actors on a budget.

While the accolades validate decades of hard work, for McNeela there is no better endorsement of the program than the success of its

alumni. They can be found at the nation’s top graduate programs, on Broadway, in dance companies, on national and regional tours, on television series and in national commercials.

Two alumni have also received Tony Award nominations. It’s not surprising that competition to get into the program is fierce. Of the more than 500 students who auditioned for the program this year, only 20 were admitted.

“This program is great because of the amazing teachers but also because of people like Horman,” McNeela says. “He’s part of this beautiful fabric of Elon’s music theatre program that has been woven and spread across the nation by alumni like him, whose work and success continually inspire students to pursue the same quality of training and discipline that is so apparent in all of our alumni.”

After 24 years, Horman and McNeela remain close. McNeela cannot contain the tears when she talks about him. She describes him as one of her best friends. “It’s fitting that he was the first music theatre graduate to come out of Elon, and the first one to be on Broadway, and it’s no surprise he’s still making a living doing it,” McNeela says. “Seeing him do this thing that he has loved his whole life, and has worked so hard at, is just wonderful.”

Finding success Without a formal showcase, the auditioning practice commonly employed by most musical theater programs today, Horman’s transition into the business involved a lot of legwork. He has learned to change and adapt over the years, and he thinks that’s what has kept him in the field.

“I feel like not being handed stuff immediately when I got here made me pretty resilient, it made me much more patient,” he says.

Now in his 40s, he primarily makes his living performing in musicals, though he also does

AN ACT OF RESILIENCE

some voiceover work. He has always known that as an actor, his job is to audition. In fact that was the best piece of advice McNeela ever gave him: to learn how to audition.

While talent is the spark for success, she says, without a strong work ethic to fuel one’s passion, the package is not complete. That’s why from day one, students in the theatre program are required to audition for every musical and play being offered. They are also encouraged to audition for both dance performances and student works, and asked to keep an audition journal to document their successes and failures.

“I truly believe the only way to become better at auditioning is to audition,” she says. “The work is everything.”

Seeing Horman on stage has been an exciting and exhilarating experience for McNeela. She enjoyed his performance in Durham, N.C., last year in the national Sister Act tour, laughing until she cried. During a trip to New York, she made sure to see Horman perform in high heels as Leather Bear in Priscilla. She has watched him mature and grow into his own type, and now that he’s found his place in the character world, she is looking forward to seeing him shine in future roles.

Meanwhile Horman is enjoying his next big performance in Sting’s musical, The Last Ship, which premiered in Chicago and opened in October on Broadway. Singing a Sting song in front of Sting is not the easiest thing to do, so he’s learning to adapt and change gears again—a skill that has kept him afloat in the unforgiving world of musical theater. He encourages students following in his footsteps to keep their heads up, to try not to take rejection personally and to keep showing up. “If it’s in your blood, it’s in your blood, so you’ve gotta give it a shot,” he says.

While his resilience and willingness to adapt have allowed him to thrive in show business, his lasting friendship with and support from his college voice teacher has been a great benefit.

“There’s something about Cathy, and all the positive support she’s provided,” Horman says.

“She let me find my own voice, she let me find my own way, and she is still to this day one of my best friends.”

CHRIS WOOD ’10

BARRETT WILBERT WEED ’11

GRANT GUSTIN

Chris has played Melchoir in the national tour of Spring Awakening, Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees at Paper Mill Playhouse and appeared in several TV shows, including Amazon’s “Browsers,” the CW’s “The Carrie Diaries,” TNT’s “Major Crimes” and HBO’s “Girls.” Among the roles he played during his time at Elon are Sweeney in Sweeney Todd and Fred/ Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate.

After originating the role of Veronica Sawyer in the Los Angeles premiere of Heathers: The Musical, Barrett stayed with the cast in its move to the Off-Broadway New World Stages. Her performance earned her nominations for a 2014 Drama Desk Award and a 2014 Lucille Lortel Award. She made her Broadway debut in Lysistrata Jones in 2011.

You may recognize Grant from his leading role as Barry Allen in the CW series “The Flash.” After attending Elon for two years, he left school in 2010 to take the role of Baby John in the Broadway Revival Tour of West Side Story. The following year, he debuted on the FOX TV series “Glee” as Sebastian Smythe, the first of many TV appearances.

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As soccer’s popularity surges nationwide, so does the strength of Elon’s program. The result? The Phoenix has become a source of professional players who can succeed at the country’s highest level.

PHOTO BY PAUL GIAMOU/TORONTO FC

BY PHILIP JONES

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{ Daniel Lovitz ’14 }

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{ Steven Kinney ’09 }

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ut what happened on that chilly Thursday evening made it clear to everyone that something was different.

More than 3,300 people packed the fences around Rudd Field. That they were able to watch the Elon men’s soccer team compete in the first round of the NCAA Tournament wasn’t unexpected: the squad had earned the right by winning its conference tournament a third year in a row. But this was the first time the program had ever held an NCAA Division I Tournament event on campus.

The Phoenix hosted the Clemson Tigers, a big-time team from a big-name conference. The two sides wrestled to a 1-1 tie after a frenetic 90 minutes of regulation. A pair of overtime periods that followed failed to yield a victor, which forced a penalty kick shootout. When then-junior Jason Waterman buried the shot that made the Phoenix 4-1 winners, it became inarguably evident this team and the sport of soccer meant more to the Elon community than ever before.

Hundreds of fans rushed the pitch, swarming Waterman and his teammates.

News soon followed that the crowd at Rudd Field was larger than at any of the 15 other first-round games. And when the team arrived in Los Angeles to play UCLA in the second round, it was met by dozens of supporters at a pre-game party and many more at a frigid Drake Stadium for the match. A look at the stat sheet showed the Phoenix gave the tournament’s overall No. 1 seed a good challenge. Elon led in shots taken and corner kicks, but the most successful season in program history ended with a 4-0 loss to the Bruins.

The 2013 campaign was a crescendo that had been swelling for years. The five-man senior corps of Mark Berlin, Nick Butterly, Charles Howard, Daniel Lovitz and Matt Wescoe graduated as the winningest class in school history with 47 victories over their four seasons. The 2013 team tied an Elon 22 the MAGAZINE of ELON

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Nov. 21, 2013, might not have been the turning point, but it was definitely proof there had been one. The change was likely gradual—any seismic shift takes time—and those who had been paying close attention over the past few years will tell you they saw it coming. record for most wins in a year (15), beat two top-10 opponents, had a league-high seven players earn all-conference honors and finished the year ranked No. 22 in a postseason national poll.

Lovitz was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year, but he wasn’t the only Phoenix to earn that recognition.

Nicole Dennion garnered the same distinction on the women’s side of the program for leading a team that saw great success of its own in 2013. Despite falling short in the conference tournament championship game, the women’s squad didn’t lose a match at home and found itself ranked in a regional poll for the first time since Elon made the transition to the Division I ranks. Its offense was one of the best in the nation, often ranking among the top five teams for goals per game. ✱ ✱ ✱

The evidence is there: soccer at Elon is now a winning endeavor, and it’s happening at an important time for the sport as a whole.

Last summer’s World Cup produced some of the most-watched soccer games to ever air on American television. The English Premier League, one of the globe’s top soccer competitions, recently inked a rich television contract with NBC Sports that draws hundreds of thousands of viewers for each game every weekend. And the top league in the United States—the MLS—has just negotiated a landmark deal of its own with ESPN and FOX Sports. Forbes even reports that average home attendance at MLS games now surpasses that of the NBA and the NHL. Watch or attend an MLS game and there’s a good chance you’ll see an Elon soccer alumnus on the field. Lovitz became the latest Phoenix to play at North America’s highest level after he was drafted by Toronto FC following his successful senior season.

He’s joined in the league by Clint Irwin, a 2010 graduate who plays goalkeeper for

the Colorado Rapids, and Steven Kinney, a 2009 alumnus who is on the roster for the Chicago Fire.

Not to be outdone, two Elon women’s soccer standouts recently moved on to the professional ranks after their senior seasons.

Back in March, 2014 graduates Olivia Mackey and Kimmie Krauss signed with the Seattle Sounders Women. The team competes in the pro-am W-League, which is widely considered the second tier of women’s soccer in North America.

As the two most-experienced Phoenix in the MLS, Kinney and Irwin have perhaps the most perspective on the growth of Elon’s soccer program and the sport in America as a whole. Both point to their own families as evidence of change. “My parents never played a game of soccer in their life,” Kinney says.

“Now, both my siblings and I have played the game, and I guarantee our children will as well.”

“We’ve reached a tipping point. There’s no doubt in my mind,” Irwin says. “My brother is 16 and his [age] group is totally sold out for the sport.”

So what’s fueling the generational shift toward soccer in America? Increasing access to the sport, a relatively low cost of entry and a growing academy system have to be counted among the driving forces. But Irwin thinks there’s something else at play—the EA Sports FIFA video game series that debuted in 1993. “Kids who may not have even played soccer but grew up playing the FIFA video game series know the best players and top teams,” Irwin says. “It’s only getting bigger from here.”

Don’t scoff at Irwin’s suggestion. The Men in Blazers—Michael Davies and Roger Bennett—a pair of NBC Sports soccer analysts who are among the most-revered in the country, agree that the video game has created a generation of Americans who crave the sport and are central to its growth.

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ON THE ATTACK

PHOTO BY GARRETT ELLWOOD /COLORADO RAPIDS

{ Clint Irwin ’10 }

But what about Elon?

“I do think soccer is the sport of the Millennial generation,” Kinney says.

“However, I don’t think that is necessarily why Elon has turned out pro players the last few years.” That, he says, is due to the coaching staff. Former head coach Darren Powell left the team earlier this year as its winningest leader. He’s moved on to work with Orlando City Soccer Club, which will debut in the MLS next year. One of Powell’s former assistants, Chris Little, is now head coach.“Under Coach Powell’s guidance, the program has become prestigious and sought-after for young, aspiring soccer players,” Kinney says. “I have no doubt Coach Little can take what he’s learned under Coach Powell’s tutelage and propel the program to compete on the national stage every November.”

Lovitz, the most recent professional product of the Phoenix soccer program, agrees. The Toronto FC midfielder believes Powell and Little are the engine behind the success of the program. “I can’t truly quantify or measure their impact on the program over the years. The standards and values they instilled in us will remain the fabric of the Elon soccer program for quite some time,” he says. “To see how far the program has come since my freshman year is amazing.

The players, the coaching staff, facilities and support from the athletic department and the school as a whole propelled us to a new level each year.”

That sort of leadership, player loyalty and program growth isn’t limited to the men’s team. Mackey, the 2014 graduate and W-League player, says both sides of the

program can compete on a national scale.

“We have shown numerous amounts of evidence to support that being true: multiple conference player-of-the-year titles, the men’s bids into the NCAA Tournament and having players compete for the leading goal scorer in the nation,” she says. “People recognize those kinds of things.” ike Lovitz, Kinney and Irwin, Mackey praises her coaches for her personal and professional growth, namely Elon head women’s coach Chris Neal, who earned his 100th career victory in September, and assistant John Pardini. “To be honest, I didn’t think I was capable of playing at the next level until Coach Neal asked if that was something that I would be interested in doing,” she says.

“Without Coach Neal and Coach Pardini, I would not have been as prepared as I was when I arrived in Seattle.”

Mackey also thinks Elon’s national academic ranking is leading to better athletes joining the soccer squads. Irwin believes the recent move to the Colonial Athletic Association will only continue that trend.

“The CAA is a much more competitive conference [than the SoCon],” he says. “It should help Elon make an even bigger name on the national stage.”

That influence will also get a boost as long as the program’s alumni continue to thrive professionally. Mackey has no plans of walking away from the game anytime soon.

Kinney is working to battle back from injuries that have limited his playing time. Lovitz has made an immediate impact for Toronto, earning a handful of starts as a rookie. And Irwin is a consistent headline generator,

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{ Kimmie Krauss ’14 }

grabbing MLS Save of the Week honors and even training with Premier League team Everton last winter. Irwin’s name has also been mentioned in some circles as a candidate for a future position on the U.S. Men’s National Team.

“My goals are to win an MLS Cup with the Colorado Rapids and get into the U.S. national team picture,” he says. “I’m one to dream big, so I’d love to play in Europe. I realize there’s a lot to be done and work on, but I feel I can get there.”

For Kinney, Elon’s trailblazer in the MLS, the outlook is different. “I would love to play soccer at the professional level until the day I die, but that’s not realistic,” he says. Battling injuries that trace back to his rookie year have left him wondering how much longer his soccer career can go on. “The next time we do an article we might be talking about the other thing Elon blessed me with—an education that looks great on my resume,” he says. “I’m sure there will be plenty of Elon players to fill my shoes on the field.”

Lovitz, whose connections with the program are the freshest of Elon’s professional players, has huge expectations for the future of his alma mater’s place in the sport.

“I hope that the program continues to excel in all dimensions and eventually gets to the point where we win a national championship and our alumni are scattered in some of the bigger leagues around the world,” he says. “With Coach Little and the rest of the staff in place, I feel success on that scale is a real possibility.”

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COVER STORY

G I E N L A B O L G E H T N I E LIF

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Discover what goes on inside the

Global Neighborh ood, Elon’s n ewest residential neigh borhood that blends aca demic an d residen tial life.

GHBORHOOD

BY KEREN RIVAS ’04

Classrooms. Study areas. Offices. Bedrooms.

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alk into any of the six buildings in the new Global Neighborhood and you will find a mixture of these spaces. It’s not uncommon for students to attend classes in the same building where they live, or to have discussions with professors over coffee at the Global Commons or to stop by one of the living spaces for faculty and visiting international scholars found in the neighborhood. After hours, classrooms become lounges and office areas that otherwise would be empty become gathering and study spots.

This seamless integration of classrooms and residential spaces did not happen by accident. As part of Elon’s Residential Campus Initiative, the neighborhood was designed with this purpose in mind. “We want students to think about the learning that occurs all the time, not just in class,” says Jon Dooley, assistant vice president for student life and dean of campus life. “The concept is to expand from classrooms of learning to a campus of learning. Our students and alumni speak highly about the impact of their relationships with faculty members—interactions that often happened outside the classroom, such as through advising or research with a faculty mentor. We are trying to increase the likelihood of that mentoring and those relationships.”

The neighborhood is more than a beautiful space, though its architecture has transformed the area surrounding Lake Mary Nell. It houses almost 600 students, of which 71 percent are first-year students, in five residence halls or “houses”—think Harry Potter. It also features a 50,000-square-foot commons building housing the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center, academic offices for the Elon Core Curriculum and Project Pericles, multimedia rooms, a digital theater, Argo Tea (an organic tea café) and the Great Hall, a three-story studying and gathering space with large windows overlooking the lake. All these features, Dooley says, facilitate the out-of-classroom interactions that lead to a richer experience for students. This issue of The Magazine of Elon chronicles life in this new campus neighborhood.

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8:25 A.M.

BREAKFAST AND CONVERSATION

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t’s time for breakfast, and Leena Dahal heads to the faculty apartment on the first floor of Global Building C, where religious studies professors and husbandand-wife team Brian Pennington and Amy Allocco live. As she sits at the table enjoying a traditional home-cooked Indian breakfast, Dahal discusses undergraduate research opportunities with Pennington. A year ago, the sophomore from Nepal and Malaysia would not have been comfortable having that conversation. “I was extremely terrified when I first came to Elon,” she says, “not only because it was my first time in the United States but also because I’m generally a shy person.”

Being part of the International Living Learning Community, one of several such communities housed in the neighborhood, has allowed her to have the confidence to speak up. She was able to take a “linked” class with members from her house during her first semester, something that led to interesting conversations. “Just the other night,” she says, “I walked into my hall and found my fellow residents discussing the different cultural interpretations of human evolution ... in our pajamas ... on a Tuesday night.”

These kinds of interactions have come to define Dahal’s college experience. She is now comfortable approaching Pennington and having intellectual conversations in a class, at a dinner or after watching a film. “When I came here for the first time, I thought the community would consist of ‘likeminded people’ who I could identify with,” she says. “I was so wrong. The variety of viewpoints and perspectives you encounter here is what makes this community so exciting and I’m so glad I was proved wrong. I found a home in this neighborhood and a family in the people who comprise it; being a member has completely shaped my overall approach to college.”

10:05 A.M.

“The variety of viewpoints and perspectives you encounter here is what makes this community so exciting.” —Leena Dahal ’17

COFFEE BREAK

Students, faculty and staff from across campus gathered outside the Global Neighborhood during a recent College Coffee. Besides sampling teas from around the world courtesy of Argo Tea, they were encouraged to explore the Global Commons Building, including the Great Hall and many of the academic offices housed there.

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11:40 A.M.

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3:20 P.M.

STUDY BREAK

With plenty of spacious desks and comfortable furniture, the Great Hall has become a popular study spot. “It’s so quiet,” says first-year student Meagan Richardson, who lives in nearby Colonnades, adding that there is an unspoken rule among students to treat the space like a study hall. “This is the only place I can come to for three hours and not lose focus. I like it more than the library.” For first-year student Sam Wagner, who lives in the Global Neighborhood, having a café in the same building is an extra perk. “It’s pretty cozy and there is always a seat,” he says, “and since there is food next door, I can stay here for hours.”

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1:15 P.M.

While students come and go on the second floor of the Global Commons Building, the folks at the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center are crafting new opportunities to engage students. All of the GEC’s programs, abroad and domestic, foster intercultural engagement, Woody Pelton, dean of global studies, says. But being in a busy building in the middle of a residential neighborhood gives the staff more opportunities for casual and spontaneous interactions with students.

Last fall, for instance, the center hosted one of the neighborhood’s house dinners, leading a dynamic conversation on what it means to be global. Mark Dalhouse, director of Study USA, will lead another house dinner this year centered on the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. The center also regularly hosts student, faculty and staff meetings and events in its space, such as the weekly meetings of the Elon African Society. “It’s an opportunity for the GEC to engage in the intellectual life of the university beyond our primary roles,” Rhonda Waller, director of study abroad, says.

Professor of English Stephen Braye leads a class discussion on the first floor of Global Building B. As part of the Honors Global Experience class, students form groups to discuss the criteria they use when making decisions and how their actions affect those around them. “How we see other people determines how we live our lives,” Braye said during the discussion, adding we are constantly weighing different factors when making decisions: Are all people equal? Do we have a responsibility toward others? “The important thing is for you to understand your criteria so you can make purposeful decisions, not mindless decisions,” Braye said.

NEW ENGAGING OPPORTUNITIES

INSIDE A CLASSROOM

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4:10 P.M.

LINGUISTIC ENCOUNTERS

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he aroma of Illy-brand espresso from Argo Tea infuses the air in the Global Commons as Assistant Professor Brandon Essary and Adjunct Instructor Matthew Liberti lead an informal conversation in Italian as part of La Casa Italiana, a living-learning community housed in the neighborhood.

Students take turns introducing themselves and sharing details about their interests—Middle East studies, international relations, biochemistry, film. The conversation allows students to practice the language while speaking about Italian culture in a place that was designed to promote linguistic encounters. “In our increasingly interconnected world, it’s great to engage in Italian activities with other members of the Casa Italiana while also being in contact with students from other living-learning communities,” Liberti says.

While the conversations are informal, they can have lasting effects. “You see students venturing up to the Global Education Center to get information on studying in Italy,” Essary says. “You take a sip of your macchiato, close your eyes, hear lively Italian conversation, and imagine for a moment you’re back in Italy.”

5:45 P.M.

DINING WITH A PURPOSE

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More than 150 Global Neighborhood residents, along with faculty and staff members, gather to discuss the influence of children’s television programming on girls worldwide. The discussion was the second of six house dinners planned for the year, which bring students, faculty and staff together for intellectual discussions around a globally themed meal. This year’s theme is Gender and Sexuality Across Cultures.

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7:40 P.M.

SUNDAES ON SUNDAYS

While most people spend Sunday relaxing at home getting ready for the

week ahead, Assistant Professor Amy Allocco is entertaining students who, like her, live in the Global Neighborhood. As they enjoy ice cream sundaes, she tells them about her journey—how a trip to southern India during her undergraduate years transitioned into studying and conducting fieldwork there for 20 years and her passion for studying contemporary Hindu ritual traditions.

She tells them about the many programs available in the neighborhood—film series, dinners, service opportunities through a partnership with the North Carolina African Services Coalition— and the transformative power of study abroad. She also encourages them to seek a mentor and a research area in addition to their class work.

Allocco, the university’s distinguished emerging scholar of religious studies, is the neighborhood’s faculty director. She moved there last fall after previously living with students in the Isabella Cannon International Pavilion for three years. She works in partnership with Rei Haycraft, assistant director of residence life, to develop academic programming. “I make a lot of connections,” she says of her role in the neighborhood. She often takes note of a student’s strengths or interests so that she can follow up with a referral or suggestion. She thinks about ways to foster global engagement outside the classroom and how to better encourage students to free themselves to dabble and explore all a liberal arts education offers. “There are these moments of exchange and reciprocity. They learn I wasn’t born to earn a Ph.D.,” she says. “I want students to think about unexpected detours as opportunities rather than mistakes.”

8:30 P.M.

WINDING DOWN

“There are these moments of exchange and reciprocity. ... I want students to think about unexpected detours as opportunities rather than mistakes.” – Assistant Professor Amy Allocco

As night falls on the neighborhood, students take advantage of nearby amenities and the common spaces found in all five residential buildings. Many students have dinner next door at Lakeside Dinning Hall or prepare their own in the spacious kitchens available on every floor. They can walk to the soccer field across the street or watch a football game in their hall TV rooms. Many students will likely stay up well past midnight completing assignments for the following day.

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Paper and prose Ongoing research by Lainey McQuain ’15 using the Japanese art of origami shows new ways of teaching students in high school and college how to be better writers.

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BY ERIC TOWNSEND

an paper cranes and kusadama flowers make us better writers?

It sure looks that way.

Ongoing research by Elon University senior Lainey McQuain has found that the Japanese art of origami may serve as a valuable resource for educators who teach writing to high school and college students. McQuain, an English education major from North Carolina, shared details of her work this summer in Tokyo at the 6th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education, a visit made possible through the university’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience.

In collaboration with Associate Professor Alan Russell, a mathematician with a lifelong love of origami, McQuain had previously introduced students in two of Russell’s classes to origami birds, butterflies, rabbits and bow ties.

She then asked the students to write instructions for how to create those items. Typical origami instructions don’t use words. Artists instead rely on diagrams with dotted lines and arrows to indicate where folds should be made.

Written instructions required students to consider specificity of language, organization and audience identification. And origami, it turns out, isn’t that easy to explain in print. “We told them the purpose of origami is to get the folder to finish the model,” McQuain says. “That should always be the purpose when writing something that is process-based, getting someone

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from step A to step B with a finished product. Nowhere in what you write should somebody say ‘I can’t do it.’”

The research shows new ways of teaching students in high school and college how to be better writers. McQuain believes many educators take for granted that students know how to perform “process-based writing,” using the written word to give instructions. But where is that actually taught? And how does such writing create stronger communicators? The origami project demonstrates both. “Ultimately, students should have a better understanding of purpose, their audience and the language they’re using,” she says.

McQuain took a statistics course with Russell during her first year at Elon. When the duo bumped into each other a year later at College Coffee, Russell quickly offered to serve as a mentor after McQuain mentioned her own interest in origami. She is continuing her work this fall with the help of Elon alumnus Michael Hall ’14, a high school English and journalism teacher at Clover Garden School in Burlington, N.C. Hall is hosting McQuain and Russell for a week of class activities tied to origami and instructional writing. She hopes to share the results of that project in April at the university’s Spring Undergraduate Research Forum.

“Lainey has stumbled on an area that really hasn’t been studied, and she wants to share this information to make our school systems better,” Russell says. “That ‘teacher’s heart’ serves her well, and it will also serve all the places and schools that she’ll touch in her career.”

ALUMNI ACTION

Building stronger alumni support Dear Elon alumni,

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arlier this fall, Elon was recognized for the second consecutive year as the No. 1 master’s-level university in the South by U.S. News & World Report, a set of rankings based in part on the opinion of administrators at other institutions of higher education. Aside from their perception, rankings are based on a number of key inputs including graduation rates, student selectivity and retention, and academic resources for faculty and students.

This ranking is a significant achievement for Elon, yet opportunity exists to strengthen our position as a national leader in engaged learning.

Specifically, while Elon is highly competitive in areas of student life and academic quality, we rank notably lower than many of our peer institutions in the percentage of alumni who choose to make annual gifts to their alma maters. Our 2013-14 participation rate was 22 percent. Our peers at Davidson, Washington and Lee, and Wake Forest support their alma maters at rates of 55, 44 and 26 percent, respectively. The participation rate is important because it’s a signal that we believe in our alma mater. To continue to climb in the national rankings—but more importantly, secure a sustainable future—we must change our culture of alumni philanthropy and

shift the mentality of stewardship of our alma mater. I’d like to ask you to consider supporting Elon in at least one of the following ways: � Making an annual contribution of at least your class year (e.g. $20.14) � Setting up a recurring gift of $5 or more per month � Becoming a leadership donor with an Elon Society gift ($500-$1,500,

depending on your graduating year) � Asking a peer to join you in making a gift � Adding Elon to your estate plans I hope each of you will give serious consideration to your ability to support Elon, will not wait until the end of the year to make your gift and will not wait for other alumni to pave the way for our collective future.

Each of you is an integral piece of the philanthropic fabric we must weave. I implore you to act now to express your love of Elon. The difference between our hopes of today and our reality of tomorrow is your annual contribution.

As always, thank you for your loyal support for our alma mater.

Long Live Elon!

Christian Wiggins ’03 Elon Alumni Board President

HOMECOMING 2014 REPORT

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ore than 2,50o alumni and friends returned to campus Homecoming weekend, Oct. 17-19, to participate in more than 80 events. An opening ceremony Friday evening kicked off the weekend. During the event, the winners of the 2014 Elon Alumni Awards were recognized (read more on page 34) and reunion class and affinity committees and volunteers celebrated their support of their alma mater. In all they raised more than $1.5 million to support programs at Elon.

“Alumni are not just about the past of this university; alumni are about the future of this university.” —Elon President Leo M. Lambert Earlier in the day, members of the Class of 1964 received Golden Alumni Medallions as Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68, chair of the Elon University Board of Trustees, welcomed them into the Golden Alumni family. The festivities continued Saturday as alumni participated in several Habitat for Humanity projects at a nearby Elon neighborhood before heading to the tailgate areas surrounding Lake Mary Nell for food, music and camaraderie as they prepared to cheer on the Phoenix, who took on Stony Brook at Rhodes Stadium.

The day’s activities wrapped up with a concert featuring Grammy Award-winner Ludacris.

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ALUMNI ACTION

EVENING FOR ELON IN

NEW YORK

Nearly 1,000 members of the Elon community attended the event that launched the public phase of the School of Communications campaign.

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he annual Evening for Elon event in New York City Oct. 16 drew nearly 1,000 alumni and friends to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. The event served as the launch of the public phase of the university’s fundraising drive for new School of Communications facilities.

The event featured a panel discussion about the impact and quality of communications programs moderated by NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor Brian Williams P’13, national chair of the school’s advisory board. Alumni panelists included Maity Interiano ’07, a popular anchor and host for the Univision television network, and Douglas Williams ’13, journalist for the YES Network. The hundreds of alumni who attended the gala included many who are currently pursuing successful communications careers.

The event, which was followed by a reception for alumni donors, was { Douglas Williams ’13 } sponsored by Elon trustee

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{ from left: Kerry Doherty Gatlin ’07 with husband Doug Gatlin ’08 and sister Shannon Portell }

Ed Doherty and his wife, Joan, who have a long history of generous contributions to the university and have made possible the annual Evening for Elon events in New York. The Dohertys’ daughter, Kerry Doherty Gatlin ’07, concluded the evening on behalf of her family.

“As a communications major, I am looking forward to seeing what Elon has planned with its expansion and the opportunities to provide for its current and future students,” she said. “It is important that all alumni remain connected to Elon as partners, advocates and investors. We must continue to support the school that means so much to us.”

ALUMNI ACTION

WELCOME TO THE CITY & ALUMNI NETWORK SPOTLIGHT Alumni chapters and clubs nationwide hosted 25 events in August and September as part of the Welcome to the City & Alumni Network series.

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ore than 900 alumni came together to welcome Elon’s newest generation of alumni as well as relocated alumni to Baltimore, Denver, Los Angeles, Richmond, Washington, D.C., and many other cities. Chapters and clubs host these events to help alumni get connected to the Elon networks in their communities, making the transition to a new place easier. { Atlanta }

• New York City Alumni Chapter hosted its event at Midtown 1015 with more than 150 alumni in attendance.

•M ore than 30 Elon alumni came together on Sept. 11 for the Austin, Texas, Alumni Club’s first event.

• F ate brought Kara Frasca ’13 to the Atlanta Alumni Chapter’s Sweetwater Brewery Tour on Sept. 14. She had not updated her address to be included in chapter emails but happened to be at the brewery when the chapter showed up. Don’t forget to update your information at elon.edu/alumniupdate.

•C lose to 125 alumni gathered at the Triangle Alumni Chapter’s Welcome to the City event at Natty Greene’s in Raleigh. Some lucky alumni walked away with raffle prizes that included a set of glassware, tailgating gear and a framed photo from photographer Stuart Jones ’12. { New York City }

{ Triangle }

{ Pittsburgh }

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here are 25 Elon alumni chapters and clubs engaging graduates across the country, and the Office of Alumni Engagement is working to bring events to several new cities. If you live in one of these areas, be sure to follow the club on Facebook to stay tuned about upcoming events:

✪✪ Austin, Texas

✪✪New Orleans

✪✪San Francisco

✪✪Jacksonville, Fla.

H E R A N K S!

Are you interested in starting an alumni club in your area or helping organize events for alumni in any of these cities? Contact Jennifer Boozer, coordinator of regional alumni engagement, at jboozer@elon.edu or (877) 784-3566.

{ Austin, Texas }

✪✪New Jersey

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ALUMNI ACTION { from left: (back) Tim Johnson ’09, Max Cantor ’10, Louis M. “Mike” Riccio Jr. ’85 P’18, the Rev. Erin M. Keys ’05 and David L. Morrow II ’07 L ’10; (front) T.J. ReynoldsEmwanta ’01, Gail Hettel LaRose ’64 and Kim Spurgeon Hayes ’05. }

CONGRATULATIONS 2014 ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS Lauded as leaders in their professions and loyal Elon supporters, eight outstanding Elon alumni were honored Oct. 17 with the Elon Alumni Awards during the 2014 Homecoming Opening Ceremony in Moseley Center’s Lakeside Meeting Rooms.

Louis M. “Mike” Riccio Jr. ’85 P’18 Alumnus of the Year Mike is chief financial officer for La-Z-Boy Incorporated and has been a distinguished business leader since graduating from Elon in 1985 with a degree in accounting.

Gail Hettel LaRose ’64 Alumna of the Year A former educator, Gail is a strong advocate for making education accessible to all students and is a loyal supporter of Elon. The Gail H. LaRose Scholarship was established in her honor.

David L. Morrow II ’07 L ’10 Young Alumnus of the Year David is passionate and committed to the study and application of law. A legal counsel with PayPal Inc., he is a 2013 Elon University Top 10 Under 10 Alumni Award recipient.

Kim Spurgeon Hayes ’05 Young Alumna of the Year An accomplished production coordinator, Kim is a film office analyst for the Nevada Film Office and has helped produce commercials and Web content for clients such as Volkswagen, Nike and at&t.

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The Rev. Erin M. Keys ’05 Service to Church & Society Erin is acting head of staff at First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, Conn. She has inspired her congregation to engage in service and mission work.

The awards, formerly known as the Elon Alumni Association Awards, are the highest accolades conferred by the Office of Alumni Engagement and have been presented annually to alumni and friends of Elon since 1941.

T.J. Reynolds-Emwanta ’01 Alumni Service Award A skilled advocate, lawyer, mentor and volunteer, T.J. works with homeless people in four North Carolina counties at CenterPoint Human Services in Winston-Salem.

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Tim Johnson ’09 and Max Cantor ’10 Distinguished Service to Elon Award During the past five years, Tim, a director and editor, and Max, an independent filmmaker and writer, have produced two outstanding videos for their alma mater.

lso during the weekend, the Elon Black Alumni and the LGBTQIA Alumni Networks held ceremonies to recognize exemplary alumni, faculty and staff. Recognized with the 2014 EBAN Awards were: Karen Cain-Henderson ’90, Gail Fonville Parker ’70 Distinguished Alumna Award; Teddy Blackwell ’89, Eugene Perry ’69 Distinguished Alumnus Award; and Michael Williams, K. Wilhelmina Boyd Outstanding Service to Students Award. Honored with the LGBTQIA Community Enrichment Awards were G. Smith Jackson, Claire Lockard ’16, Tatum Robinson ’99 G ’02 and Hillary W. Bruce ’08.

See this issue’s inside back cover for more Homecoming photos.

CLASS NOTES

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E. Keith Hensley retired

from the trucking industry after working a combined 60 years with Wicker Services and Associated Transport. His favorite Elon memories are going to football games and attending physics class with Professor Alonzo L. Hook 1913.

Other Elon professors who made his Elon experience special were Albert Coble, Ferris Reynolds, Vera Hirsch and Cloyd Paskins.

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William Hopkins is

continuing to enjoy retirement after 34 years of teaching in Annapolis, Md. Watching the new alumni video reminded him of the basketball team in the old North Gym, which was the only gym on campus in 1948 when he was on the team. In response to the growth of campus, he says, “You’ve come a long way, baby; keep growing!”

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Harry Faust is now retired

and says his favorite Elon memory is playing football.

In fact, he says Coach Sid Varney was one of the people who made his Elon experience special. He says his education was very instrumental in his success in the business world and he is proud to tell others of his college.

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Ken Hollingsworth lives

in Dallas and has recently completed the consultant check of the Cuvok translation of the

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Robert Tenhet was promoted to

brigadier general in the U.S. Army in June. He also assumed command of Northern Region Medical Command and now commands all U.S. Army health care facilities on the eastern seaboard, from North Carolina to Massachusetts. Robert was previously assigned to the Pentagon as executive officer to the Army Surgeon General. He lives in Falls Church, Va., with wife Mary and their two Vizsla bird dogs, Tar Heel and Jozi Wales.

Gospel of Luke. This was the first complete book of the Bible to be translated into the Cuvok language and Ken is now in the process of consultant checking the Gospel of Luke in the Buwal language, which will be the first book of the Bible in the Buwal language as well.

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Charles “Chuck” Lee Ball III and John Sullivan

traveled to Caswell Beach, N.C., for a few days of reminiscing and storytelling about their time at Elon. Chuck lives in Wilmington while John lives in Denver.

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Larry Hodges is spending

his sabbatical from his position as a professor of human-centered computing at Clemson University to found a new startup company named Recovr LLC, which researches, develops and distributes engaging, virtual therapy ALUMNI ALBUM

solutions to improve the daily lives of people with disabilities. Larry and wife Elizabeth Williford Hodges live in Clemson, S.C.

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Robert Byron Hicks Jr. was

recently featured in the Hickory Daily Record for his naming in March as regional director of the North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center at Appalachian State University. He lives in WinstonSalem with wife Lori and their four daughters. • Sigma Epsilon brothers Johnny Flournoy, Jeff Hooks, Ben Hostelly, Chris Janelle, Ted Salyer, Sam Burke ’89, Todd Martin ’89, Ed Boswell ’90, Ted Davis ’90 and Tom Heyden ’90 got together at Pinehurst this past spring for their annual reunion.

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Denise Denkinger Hanson graduated this

summer with an MBA from the University of Northern Iowa. Denise lives in Cedar Falls and is the director of business and administrative services at Allen College-UnityPoint Health.

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Sigma Chi Fraternity brothers Shane Yount and the Rev. Mac Schafer II ’92 celebrated Father’s Day Mass together on Bald Head Island, N.C.

John Sullivan ’72 & Charles “Chuck” Lee Ball III ’72

(l-r) Ben Hostelly ’87, Ed Boswell ’90, Tom Heyden ’90, Johnny Flournoy ’87, Ted Salyer ’87, Ted Davis ’90, Sam Burke ’89, Jeff Hooks ’87, Chris Janelle ’87 & Todd Martin ’89

Heather DiLorenzo Williams ’96, Trent Williams G ’10 & children Carolyn Otto Divone ’98, Paul Divone & friends

Shane Yount ’91 & the Rev. Mac Schafer II ’92

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David Clubb and Shannon Kuhns Clubb welcomed

son Asher Evan on 6/13/14.

The family lives in Vermont. • Juliana Cochnar received her master’s degree in nonprofit administration from the University of San Francisco’s School of Management in May. She graduated with honors and received the Dean’s Medal of Excellence. She is also happy to announce that the 100 percent volunteer organization she founded in 2003, Beats for Boobs (beatsforboobs.org), was trademarked last year and celebrated its 10-year anniversary in January.

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CLASS NOTES breast cancer organizations. Juliana works full time for Breast Cancer Emergency Fund and was promoted to development director earlier this year.

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Andrew Tracewell and

Katie Tracewell welcomed daughter Amelia Lois on 7/8/14. Andrew is director of marketing at Caretta Workspace.

The family lives in Westerville, Ohio.

• Kristen Pelley “KJ” Webb and husband Chris welcomed son Parker Blake on 4/13/14. The family lives in Utah. • Heather DiLorenzo Williams and Trent Williams {MBA ’10} welcomed son Hayden Parks on 6/10/14. He joins older sister Mia. The family lives in McLeansville, N.C. Heather is a media specialist for Guilford County and Trent designs exercise equipment as an engineer for Precor.

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Johnny Jackson was named

Eastern Region Chair-Elect for the Orchestra Section of the North Carolina Music Educators Association last year. In this role, Johnny creates unit plans for middle school orchestras that serve as a reference for teachers across the state.

He was also selected to be a part of the Governor’s Teacher Network in May. He is an orchestra teacher with Cumberland County Schools

and lives in Fayeteville. • Melinda McDaries recently received her

doctorate from Sherman Chiropractic College in South Carolina. She is now an associate doctor at Kowalski Chiropractic in Nashville, where she lives with husband Mac.

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Allison Bennett was named

assistant principal at Kernodle Middle School in Guilford County, N.C., and says she is excited and honored to be working with such a fantastic staff. She lives in Summerfield. • Carolyn Otto married Paul Divone on 10/13/13. Alumni in attendance included Elizabeth Harper, Marco Della Porta, Merrie Della Porta, Renee Schlossnagle, Jill Sorbello and Anna Stuart. Carolyn is director of operations and information systems for Crunch.

They live in New York. • Kelli Palmer and husband James Bennett welcomed daughter Elizabeth Anna Louisa Bennett on 1/6/14. The family lives in Charlottesville, Va. • Colin Rackley says the lessons he learned at Elon helped him save his life. As a student, he suffered from high blood pressure, which led him to start managing his weight. But after graduation he gained weight again.

Three years ago, while taking part in a sleep study, he was told he was 100-plus pounds overweight and ALUMNI ALBUM

Kelli Palmer ’98, James Bennett & daughters

Emily Gatewood Murray ’00, Josh Murray & daughter Elizabeth

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Kevin Waugaman ’98 & Jessica Briske

Anna Green ’01, Joshua Green & daughters Maureen Maurano ’01, Drew Maurano & children Ava Faith & Rachel

Josh Cotter ’99 & daughters Georgia Ann & Camryn

(l-r) Carlos Rodon & Rod Whitesell ’02

his sleep apnea was so severe, if he didn’t do something about it, he would not live past the age of 50.

That’s when he remembered how he had learned to lose weight at Elon through exercising, keeping a balanced diet and supportive friends.

He is now almost 90 pounds lighter and not taking blood pressure medicine. • Kevin Waugaman, a managing broker for Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, married Jessica Briske on 10/26/13. Alumni in attendance included groomsmen Greg Harper, Ashton Newhall and Richard Ream. The couple live in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

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Josh Cotter and wife Katelyn welcomed daughter Georgia Ann on 4/11/14.

She joins older sister Camryn. The family lives in Swampscott, Mass. •

Christy Chambers King {M.Ed. ’08}

and husband Wells welcomed son Wynton Navarro on 3/26/14. The family lives in Roxboro, N.C. • Mary Bryan Holeman Wolak and husband Robert welcomed daughter Mallory Elise on 9/16/13. The family lives in Newport News, Va.

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Emily Gatewood Murray

and husband Josh welcomed daughter Elizabeth on 2/12/13. The family lives in Columbia, Mo. • Michiel Wackers was nominated by the mayor, and confirmed by the city council, to serve as the director of planning, conservation and development for the City of Middletown, Conn. He oversees the growth of residential and industrial development and the revitalization of the urban center.

He also implements the city’s economic and environmental initiatives. He lives in Wethersfield with wife Jennifer.

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Anna Green and husband

Joshua adopted daughter Ava Faith, who was born 2/4/14. She joins older sister Rachel.

Joshua is director of student conduct at Elon University. The family lives in Gibsonville, N.C. • Maureen Maurano and husband Drew welcomed son Andrew on 6/3/13.

Andrew joined big sisters Meghan, 6, and Claire, 4. Maureen was recently promoted to nurse manager in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The family lives in Rockville, Md. • This fall Devon McCaffrey Scanlon opened the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in her hometown of Brookfield, Conn.

CLASS NOTES

An environmentally sound business

BY KAITLIN DUNN ’16

More than 20 years after he graduated, Doug Frain ’91 is still very much a part of Elon, and that’s not just a figure of speech.

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rain’s company, Second Earth, created an innovative physical water treatment system called WRAP™ (Water Reclamation and Asset Protection), which is installed on the university’s cooling towers. Frain, a marketing major who worked in sales for 13 years before starting his own business five years ago in Greensboro, N.C., says Second Earth’s WRAP technology not only helps protect the environment by reducing electricity usage and eliminating the need for toxic chemicals in cooling towers and steam boilers, but also delivers cost savings through an 80 percent reduction in water consumption. “We saw the opportunity to offer Elon a sustainable solution that is a real win-win for both the university and the environment,” Frain says. “I have always been passionate about the environment and love being a business owner, and today I get to do both.”

Elon is the first client Second Earth ever served. Four years later, the company still has a successful partnership with the university. Brian Chandler, HVACR supervisor in Elon’s Physical Plant, has been so impressed with the system that he wrote a letter recommending the product. The system works more effectively and more consistently than chemical treatments, and Chandler says it has not only protected the university’s equipment, but also reduced its operating cost.

While Second Earth is a fairly small company with only five core members, Frain hopes to expand soon, including hiring interns. He says he would love to partner with Elon and its internship program. “Most people are committed to building green, but it’s really rare that you see people taking it to the next level with sustainable maintenance the way that Elon has,” Frain says.

Right now the focus of the company is physical water treatment, but the next phase will include centrifugal filtration and water harvesting. Frain says business is booming as the company continues to expand to clients across the United States and beyond. The product has already been installed in South America, and there is a strong interest in Europe and the Middle East. The company’s ultimate goal is to eliminate the need to replace water loss due to evaporation or leaks. “As water and chemical prices continue to increase, our value proposition becomes more and more attractive,” Frain says. “We believe the sky is the limit.”

{ The Elon band at the 1964 Homecoming Parade in Burlington, N.C. }

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CLASS NOTES Devon’s franchise is the first of four Connecticut locations slated to open in that state.

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Aeron Sizemore {M.Ed. ’08}

has been selected as the 2014 Alamance-Burlington (N.C.) School System Teacher of the Year. A history teacher at Cummings High School, she was one of 37 teachers of the year from all the county schools considered for the award by the Alamance Area Chamber of Commerce. She was honored at an awards ceremony Sept. 3 at Elon Community Church.

• Erica Stanley and Ted Jutras

welcomed daughter Lyla Jo on 3/5/14.

The family lives in Washington, D.C. • Rod Whitesell is a math teacher and head baseball coach at Holly Springs High School in Holly Springs, N.C. In 2011 Rod led his team to win the State Championship title and this summer, he was proud to stand next to one of his former players, Carlos Rodon, as he was selected the No. 3 overall draft pick by the Chicago White Sox in the 2014 MLB Draft. Rod and wife Jessica Fowler Whitesell live in Holly Springs.

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Erica Stanley ’02, Ted Jutras & daughter Lyla Jo

Amanda Hobbs ’04 & son Corbin

Susan McMahon ’03, Ryan McMahon & daughter Lillian

Members of the Elon Rum Runners team

Julianna Parker Canfield ’04, Matthew Canfield & twin boys Parker Raymond & Gregory Allen

Brittiny Dunlap Lenz ’05, Dusty Lenz & children Grayden & Addilyn

Stan Smith ’05, Katie Smith & daughters Sadie Frances & Lola

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Susan McMahon and husband Ryan welcomed daughter Lillian on 1/8/14.

They live in Durham, N.C. • Mike Trainor and Kat Ricker Trainor were married 9/14/13. Mike is a writer and comedian for Sharp Entertainment.

They live in New York.

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Julianna Parker Canfield

and husband Matthew welcomed identical twin boys Parker Raymond and Gregory Allen on 4/30/14. The family lives in Tega Cay, S.C. • Randy Garcia is founder and president of Viva Chicken, a fast casual Peruvian restaurant in Charlotte, N.C., where he lives with wife Cinthya. The newly opened restaurant has been very successful and Randy plans to open a second location soon. • Amanda Hobbs and husband Carey welcomed son Corbin on 1/22/14. The family lives in Winston-Salem, N.C. • Sigma Chi alumnus Sean McGurk and wife Amy welcomed son Aiden Kevin on 4/1/14. The family lives in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • Victoria Reynolds Rhodes is now director of business development and affinity groups for United Way of Central Florida. She lives in Lakeland with husband Keely and his two daughters, Angelica and Madison. • Lindsay Jeanne Ward recently graduated from University of Maryland, Baltimore with an advanced practice nurse degree. She is now a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and lives in Annapolis, Md. • Kristin White along with Aaron Dube ’02, Matthew Erbe ’02 {DPT ’06}, Sean Branson ’03, Erika Larson Branson and Whitney Lesch traveled to the Florida Keys to compete in the 2014 Keys 100 Ultramarathon and Relay. The team, supported by Halee Riehle Erbe ’02, completed the 100-mile race between Key Largo and Key West in 16 hours and 22 minutes. Their team name was the Elon Rum Runners.

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Sam Boro ’07, Jessica Harmon Boro ’07 & daughter Elizabeth Belle

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Brian Pickler ’05, Kara Anderson Pickler ’06 & friends

Laura Beth Davidson ’06 & daughters Kristin Jennings Miller ’07 & Hank Jenna Bailey Rozenblat ’07, Jason Miller ’07 Rozenblat & son Benjamin Anne Beatrice & Jane

Jeff Bambrick ’08 & Jennifer Clancy ’10

Christine LeonardWhitcomb and husband

James Whitcomb welcomed son James Alexander on 5/11/14. The family lives in London. • Brittiny Dunlap Lenz and husband Dusty welcomed son Grayden on 6/3/13. He joins older sister Addilyn. The family lives in Hilliard, Ohio. • Brian Pickler and Kara Anderson ’06 were married 7/26/14. The wedding party included bridesmaid Samantha Blume ’06.

Other alumni in attendance included Jerry Pickler ’75, Dawn Luciano Pickler ’77, Kerrii Brown Anderson ’79,

CLASS NOTES

What it means to be ‘mountain folk’

BY KAITLIN DUNN ’16

When Jeremy Jones ’04 was in third grade, his teacher told him he was going to become an author. More than two decades later, Jones fulfilled that prediction after publishing his first book, Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland.

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earwallow weaves together Jones’ personal narrative of growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, N.C., his decision to go back as an adult to teach at his former elementary school, and 200 years worth of stories about his ancestors who lived on the same land.

The idea to write the book came to Jones in many moments that added up. One such moment, Jones recalls, is when he was at Elon and his car broke down. When a man stopped to help him, he identified him as “mountain folk,” just from the way Jones talked.

This caused Jones to wonder, “What is mountain folk?”

As an English and religious studies double major, Jones wrote an essay about this event for an English class. He found that essay years later when he was packing up his house to move, which sparked the idea for a book that explores the concept of home and how it affects our identity. He does this by comparing his home in the mountains and the people who have lived there with the people of Gracias a Dios, Honduras, where he spent a year teaching. After that experience, Jones and wife Sarah Massagee moved back home, where Jones spent another year teaching

in the elementary school he attended as a child. He later attended the University of Iowa, where he began focusing on nonfiction writing. He spent several years working on his book, researching, collecting stories and fact-checking.

“The hardest part for me was staying the course,” Jones says. “This book took so many different forms, and it was hard to wrap my head around how all of these pieces fit together. I kept a bulletin board with all these photos and clippings and lines connecting them all. It looked like something a spy would have in a movie.”

After finishing the manuscript, it took Jones a long time to finally get his book published. Between finding an agent and publisher and going through and revising it multiple times, it took two years before the book was finally released in June by John F. Blair. “You have to bridge the gap between doubt and belief,” Jones says. “You always have to believe your book can be better, but you have to believe that it’s good enough for someone to publish. You’re always especially worried about that first reaction from people, but no matter what it is, you can’t let it shut you down.”

Even a decade after graduation, he is thankful for his Elon professors in the English and religious studies departments who had an impact on his book. “Elon never really goes away from you,” he says, “and it’s really remarkable that I’m still in touch with professors that I had then when I was first working out the idea.”

Jones has now moved back to the mountains with his family and is teaching at Western Carolina University. “For me it’s always been weird being away from home,” Jones says. “Not that I necessarily wanted to be there, but because my family has always been there and there’s been that pull. I feel like I’m destined to be there and live there.”

Bearwallow is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, the publisher’s website, blairpub.com, and from many independent booksellers.

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CLASS NOTES

Creating DIALOGUE through ART

BY KATIE DEGRAFF

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aniel J. Watts ’04 has channeled his talents into all manner of creative outlets since his Elon graduation. He’s appeared in seven Broadway productions, traveled the country in major shows and created his own company, WattsWords, which specializes in poetic, spoken word art. And this summer, he made headlines after co-organizing a flash mob with WalkRunFly Productions in response to the death of Eric Garner, who died after being placed in a chokehold by a New York police officer.

Supported by more than 100 Broadway performers, directors, designers and choreographers, Watts performed a spoken word piece called “I Can’t

Jamie Luciano ’03, David Dziok, Dan Hanson, Kristin Simonetti, Craig Whitham, Erin Andrews ’06, Lauren Rappaport ’06, Summer Schlesinger ’06, Jennifer Pautz Stylianou ’06, Kim Griffith Trawick ’06, Casey Pickler ’10, Rae Hinkle Pickler ’10 and Max Pickler ’13.

Kara is director of development at Otterbein University and Brian is a chemistry teacher at West Jefferson High School. They live in Dublin, Ohio. • Stan Smith and wife Katie welcomed daughter Sadie Frances on 3/14/14. She joins older sister Lola. The family lives in Winston-Salem, N.C. • Chrissie Edwards and Lloyd Swann were married 5/3/14. Jessica Graisser was the maid of honor. Other alumni in attendance included Stephen Brown, Anne Jones and Josh Garr ’06.

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Andrew Barnes was recently

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Breathe.” The piece is named for Garner’s last words. “Creating dialogue through art is what I want to do,” Watts says. “I wanted to make sure I wrote a piece that could be more universal. That didn’t just speak to the Eric Garner situation, but that could speak to police brutality as a whole.”

A video of the performance was posted to YouTube, and Watts hoped for 10,000 views. Instead, by day two it was at 100,000. Emails soon crowded his inbox and Watts says he heard from teachers telling him they wanted to use his video as a way to talk to their students about the situation. Watts emphasizes that “I Can’t Breathe” isn’t a condemnation of police. It’s a means to begin a conversation. “We want to empower people. We want to raise awareness. We want people to have dialogue,” he says.

As his career grows, the music theater alumnus says his focus is shifting. In early 2015, he’ll become a bicoastal performer when he moves to Los Angeles while also maintaining a home base in New York. He’s always loved the thrill of transporting an audience to another reality, but he’d also like his art to give the audience a means to deal with the real world. He first started to understand the transformative power of art and performance when he was an Elon student. He was a sophomore on Sept.

11, 2001, and remembers the confusion and anger he and other students felt that day. That night he was required to attend a performance of “As You Like It;” he was outraged that the show hadn’t been cancelled. But when the lights dimmed and the performance began, Watts says, it only took a few minutes to spirit him away from the chaos lurking right outside the theater doors. “That is what art can do,” he says. “And I started to understand that day.”

eastern part of the United States that are looking to make changes to their retirement programs. Andrew lives in Waxhaw, N.C., with his wife, Lindsay Paquette Barnes, and their daughter, Hartley. • Laura Beth Davidson and husband Andrew Davidson welcomed daughter Anne Beatrice on 3/6/14. She joins older sister Jane.

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Sam Boro and wife Jessica Harmon Boro welcomed

daughter Elizabeth Belle on 1/25/14. Sam recently graduated from American University Washington College of Law and Jessica earned her master’s degree in early childhood education from Towson University.

The family lives in Rockville, Md. • Kristin Jennings and Hank Miller were married 10/19/13. Alumni in attendance included Kristin’s sister, Tracy Klein ’06, and brother-in-law, Matt Klein ’06. Kristin is a legal recruiter and Hank is a commercial real estate agent. They live in Henrico, Va. • Jenna Bailey Rozenblat

and husband Jason welcomed son Benjamin on 2/19/14. The family lives in Alexandria, Va.

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Jeff Bambrick and Jennifer Clancy ’10 were married

4/7/14. Jennifer is a multiclassroom leader in Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg Schools and Jeff is a lead teller at Wells Fargo. They live in Charlotte. • This fall Mary Cunningham started pursuing her master’s degree in public relations and corporate communications at Georgetown University. Mary is a communications coordinator at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School and lives in Arlington, Va. • Darianne Dobbie and Benjamin Schramm were married 3/1/14.

Darianne also recently obtained a master’s degree in liberal studies from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where they live. • Kristina Eller and George Tyler Bowery were married 11/23/13 in Cary, N.C. Alumni in the wedding party

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Jennifer “Jay” Celin recently earned

her master’s of social work degree from Washington University in St. Louis and was named a Fulbright Scholar for 2014-15. She is serving as an English teaching assistant in Kupang, Indonesia. Fulbright recipients are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential. Jay, who graduated with a degree in psychology, credits her Elon experience, particularly study abroad, for preparing her for this new opportunity and for allowing her to explore her passion as an undergraduate student.

included Wayne Bowery ’72, Madeline Wear Hughes, Rebecca Russell, Katherine Whitmore and Kimberly Eller ’11. Alumni in attendance included Jerry Richardson ’71, Karen Bowery ’73, Barry Bradberry ’75, Gwen Manning ’78, John Hondros ’97, Cameron Scarborough Allen, Ali Ardington, Jennifer Connolly, Eileen Leonardo, Hilaire Pickett Martin, Buck Russell, Brittany Sheehan and Jon Leonardo ’11. Kristina and George live in Charlotte, N.C., where she is a fourth grade teacher and he works for SunTrust Bank. • Scott Moshier and Olivia Walsh were married 6/29/14 in Leesburg, Va. Alumni in attendance included Scott Rosenkrans, Maggie Spingler ’09, Jonathan Mahlandt ’10 and Jeremy Walter ’10.

Scott is a human capital consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. They live in Arlington, Va. • Thad Norman traveled across Europe for 12 days with his girlfriend, Kristen Skaggs.

The duo started in London where they met up with Rob Harrison ’09, then traveled to Venice, Monaco, Spain and Portugal. • Kelly Richards and Stephen Lestrange were married 7/6/13. They live in Califon, N.J. • Jenny Turner Wood and husband Heath welcomed son Henry “Hank” Travis on 11/13/13. The family lives in Atlanta.

Chelsea Yarborough ’12. • Lindsay Eney is now editor of alumni

publications at Walden University, part of the international community of universities at Laureate Education in Baltimore. She is responsible for alumni relations through online communities, the alumni magazine and commencement guides. • Tina Longo and Mario Barrett were married 6/7/14. They have recently founded Sockwork: Socks With a Purpose, a sock subscription service that donates 10 percent of profits to nonprofit veteran organizations. With just two months of subscriptions, Sockwork has been able to donate

$500 to its sponsored charities; it plans to work with Hire Heroes, Stop Soldier Suicide and Team Red White and Blue. They live in Austin, Texas.

• Larissa Ferretti graduated from Auburn University with a doctorate in human development and family studies. She will teach in New York City with Teach for America for two years. Meanwhile her husband, Brian Beaty, graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine with a doctorate in biomedical science.

He will continue at Albert Einstein as he completes his medical degree.

They live in the Bronx. • Emily Favret completed the 2014 IRONMAN

Raleigh 70.3 event on 6/1/14. The event consisted of a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a half marathon (13.1 mile) run through downtown Raleigh, N.C. This was Emily’s first triathlon and she finished the event in 6 hours and 33 minutes.

She lives in New York. • Jennifer Fleeman {Law ’09} was selected to participate in the 2014 Georgia State Bar Leadership Academy and was also elected as 2014-20 Memberat-Large for the Executive Council of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar. Jennifer works as the attorney for the Social Security Administration in Atlanta. • Mitch Pittman, Drew Nelson and Annie Huth ’12 reached the summit of Mount Rainier in Washington at 6:30 a.m. on 7/3/14. The three became friends in the Triathlon Club and held up an Elon flag on the summit.

• Gordon Paulson and Miriam Williamson ’10 recently returned to North Carolina after a six-month stay in New Zealand. The duo were stationed in Queenstown and worked in hospitality while experiencing all the country had to offer. They completed multi-day hikes, kayaked, attended a Wild Foods Festival, swam with seals and went whale watching.

• Kristen Rectenwald and Nicholas Savell were married 5/17/14. They live in Knoxville, Tenn., where

ALUMNI ALBUM

Kristina Eller Bowery ’08, George Tyler Bowery & friends

Kelly Richards Lestrange ’08, Stephen Lestrange & friends

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Kendra Barkley traveled with boyfriend Jeffrey

Williamson ’13 {Interactive Media ’14} to Washington, D.C.,

where he displayed artwork at an exhibit featuring social activist Dick Gregory at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

While in D.C., the duo met Martin Luther King III and visited alumni Kenisha P. Walton ’99, Khalilah Ameen ’07, Daishae Pope ’11 and

Scott Moshier ’08 & Olivia Walsh

Thad Norman ’08 & Rob Harrison ’09

Emily Favret ’09

(l-r) Mitch Pittman’09, Drew Nelson ’09 & Annie Huth ’12 fall 2014 41

CLASS NOTES Kristen is a doctoral student at the University of Tennessee. • Jessica Stewart graduated in May with a doctorate in mathematics from Baylor University. She began work this fall as an assistant professor of mathematics at Goucher College in Baltimore, Md.

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Jennifer Batchelor and Clark Riemer ’11 were

married 6/14/14. Alumni ALUMNI ALBUM

Gordon Paulson ’09 & Miriam Williamson ’10

Erin Callihan Diehl ’10, Jason Diehl ’10 & friends

James Walker Gorsuch ’10, Molly McGowan Gorsuch ’10 & friends

Ben Huggins ’10 & Ellen Boyle Huggins ’11

Lauren Caldwell Harnett ’10, Max Harnett ’10 & friends

Jennifer Batchelor Riemer ’10 & Clark Riemer ’11

(l-r) Skydiving instructor, Taylor Binnix ’13, Christine Swanson 13 & Laura Martens ’13

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Chantelle Lauren Lytle G ’13 & Ellison Jordan Neese

Ashley Gilmer G ’14

Kenton Beal ’13

in attendance included

Brett Cooper ’05, Rebekah McCoy ’07, Stephen McCoy ’07, John Bateman ’08, Caleb Tabor ’09, Kristin Feeney ’11, Courtney McHugh ’11, Andrew Oliver ’11, Rebecca Weiner ’11, Trevor Edwards ’12, Andrew Russo ’13 and Greg Batchelor ’15, the brother of

the bride. Also in attendance where Elon faculty and staff members Jim Barbour, Nim Batchelor (father of the bride) and Chalmers and Pam Brumbaugh. Jennifer is a software tester at SAS Institute and Clark is a legislative assistant in the North Carolina General Assembly. They live in Raleigh, N.C. • Erin Callihan and Jason Diehl were married 8/17/13 in Pittsburgh. Alumni in attendance included Lauren Fellmeth, Ryan Franconi, Conner Gregg, Mandy Herrera, Samantha Leonard, Katie Martin, John Schimmelfing, Laura Sweitzer, Andrea Bernick ’11, Tyson Madara ’11 and Shannon Diehl ’13.

Jason and Erin live in Charlotte, N.C. • James Walker Gorsuch and Molly Kailani McGowan were married 5/17/14 at Powell Manor in Burlington, N.C., eight years after meeting outside the William Kenan, Jr. Honors Pavilion on Move-in Day. Katherine Thomas ’08 was Molly’s maid of honor and Andrew Pressley was James’ best man. Other alumni in attendance included Christine Landess ’02, Eric Hydrick ’06, Scott Muthersbaugh ’06, Rachel Gorsuch Hydrick ’07, Kelly McLaughlin ’09, Sam Slaughter ’09, Caroline Fox, Ned Dibner ’12 and Natalie Allison Janicello ’13. The couple live in Hendersonville, N.C., where James is an attorney with The Justice Law Firm and Molly is the education and business reporter with the Hendersonville Times-News. • Lauren Caldwell and Max Harnett were married 4/26/14. Alumni in attendance included Meredith Legin Smith ’06 {MBA ’12}, Ann Carroll Ratcliffe ’08, Kyle Smith ’08 {MBA’ 14}, Lauren Yatko ’08, Allie Barton ’09, Joey DeNenno ’09, Tim Johnson ’09, Bryn Leonard ’09, Kelly McManus ’09, Samantha Montgomery ’09, Chase Rumley ’09, Lauren Barnes, Devin Darrell, Caroline Deal, Lauryn DeNenno, Jennifer Divenuti, Lauren Fitzpatrick, Hunter Gros, Melissa Hunter, McNeill Smart Kelley, Pat Kelley, April Kirby, Jerome Lewis, Carter Loetz, James Wesley Lynch, John Lynn, Jonathan Mahlandt, Patrick McCabe, Christy Minor, Abby Remein, Libby Russell, Nicole Trail, Alex Trevisan, Heidi Trevisan, Robin Vance, David Wilson, Clay

Winkelvoss, Walt Yates, Courtney Broocks ’11, Tommy Brown ’11, Lauren Kenney ’11, Graham McGoogan ’11, Taylor Sperry ’11, Tanner Jones ’12 and E.J. Young ’12. Lauren is a corporate

relations manager for Make-A-WishCentral and Western North Carolina and Max is an associate producer for NASCAR Productions. They live in in Charlotte. • Ben Huggins and Ellen Boyle ’11 were married 7/13/13. Ben is an analyst for PRA Health Sciences and Ellen is a teacher at St. David’s School. They live in Cary, N.C.

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Jo Beth Stoddard recently

joined RAPP advertising agency in New York as its global senior account executive.

Glynis S. Ewing is

a statistician at RTI International and recently presented a paper about imputation models in the National Survey of Drug Use and Health. She presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, the largest statistical conference in the country, held in Boston. She lives in Raleigh, N.C.

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Kenton Beal became an

environmental scientist for Wildlands Engineering in August 2013. He says this new position has given him the opportunity to explore the state of North Carolina by hiking throughout the mountains, fly fishing in rivers, developing relationships with landowners and seeing the true beauty of rural areas across the state.

• Taylor Binnix, Laura Martens and Christine Swanson met for a camping reunion trip at the end of May at Shenandoah National Park and Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia that included a skydiving adventure. The three friends met to celebrate their recent accomplishments: Taylor was accepted to the University of Memphis to begin work on her master’s degree in sociology, Laura completed her first year in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at Duke University and Christine earned her master’s degree in East Asian regional studies from Columbia University. • Alisha Bowers and Kevin Ingold were married 12/13/14. Alisha is a Residence Life Fellow in the Historic Neighborhood at Elon University. • Chantelle Lauren Lytle {Law ’13} and Ellison Jordan Neese were married 6/7/14 in Columbia S.C. • Ryan Vet and Jessica Harris ’14 were married 6/28/14. Jessica is pursuing a

CLASS NOTES

Giving victims a voice

BY KAITLIN DUNN ’16

Steven “Luke” Spencer L ’09 has accomplished a lot in the past five years.

Just months after graduating from the Elon University School of Law, and looking for an opportunity to make a difference, Spencer joined the Air Force as a Judge Advocate General and was soon recognized for his leadership and service. He was selected the Company Grade Officer of the Year for Holloman Air Force Base Wing Staff Agencies in 2012, as well as the recipient of the Accelerate Award, given annually to a young officer who displays outstanding leadership, and the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service.

In May 2013, he was selected to be part of an elite team of JAGs as part of the Special Victims Counsel, a pilot program by the U.S. Air Force focused on eradicating sexual assault. It provides representation to victims of sexual assault in the military, including giving advice, attending meetings and interviews and helping to protect victims’ privacy. Since it was launched, all branches of the military have adopted similar programs.

Spencer, who received the Elon Law School’s 2014 F. Leary Davis Service and Leadership in the Community Award, serves at Hurlburt Field in Florida. His office has one of the largest caseloads of any program in the country and provides services to victims around the globe. Most of the cases he has worked on involve college-age perpetrators and victims and, very frequently, alcohol. While he believes his office is doing a good job, he also knows there is much to be done. “We’re doing everything

doctorate in dental surgery at UNC School of Dentistry and Ryan is an entrepreneur and independent business consultant. He recently launched, alongside former Elon staff member Phil Smith, The Oak House, a new coffeehouse and wine bar in downtown Elon. They live in Durham, N.C.

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Ashley Gilmer {Interactive Media ’14} recently created

Recrafted, an interactive magazine for the Triad Goodwill.

The digital magazine gives a behindthe-scenes perspective of the 2014 Rock the Runway Fashion Show and is available to iPad users as a free download in the online Apple store.

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reasonably possible,” Spencer says, “but it’s never enough because any sexual assault is one too many.”

He sometimes gets frustrated at the perception that sexual assault prevention is not a priority for the military. Based on his personal experience with many commanders, he knows that not to be the case.

Sexual assault is not “a military thing,” he says. It’s a larger societal issue that more often than not goes unreported in the military and civilian worlds.

He believes one of the reasons for the increase in the number of cases being reported—and prosecuted—in the military is because of programs such as the one in which he works. “I don’t think we’ll ever eradicate sexual assault, but the issue we can fix, which is making people feel safe to come forward, we’re fixing it,” he says. “We’re going to keep working on that trend and making things better.”

In Memoriam Thomas Albright Faust ’49, Burlington, N.C. 9/4/14.

Dr. William Joseph Hancock ’49, Winchester, Va. 7/28/14.

Walter Yates Boyd ’51 P’76 P’99, Elon, N.C. 7/21/14.

Fred N. Hawkins ’51, Hendersonville, N.C. 7/10/14.

George W. “Bill” Armfield ’55, Lenoir, N.C. 9/21/14.

Dexter McPherson Campbell ’61, Burlington, N.C. 9/11/14.

Jerry Edward Midkiff ’69, Raleigh, N.C. 5/8/14.

Brad Steven Reynolds ’76, Callands, Va. 8/14/14.

Robert Diego “Coach” Hasty ’77, Roanoke Rapids, N.C. 7/29/14.

John Joseph Brophy Jr. ’92, Milford, Pa. 7/30/14.

Kelvin Scott Hoggard ’93, Portsmouth, Va. 8/25/14.

Cary Ann Scales ’96, Atlanta, Ga. 8/15/14.

Robert “Bobby” Lake ’00, Wilmington, N.C. 9/14/14.

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UNDER THE OAKS HONOR ROLL

▶ from the OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

2013–2014

HONOR ROLL of Donors

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lon had a remarkable quasquicentennial year, and it was both our joy and our honor to look back on the university’s history and celebrate all that we have accomplished together in our first 125 years. Today, Elon is the nation’s preeminent university for global engaged learning. We have { Leo M. Lambert } created an academic community that connects classroom experiences with transformative engaged learning programs such as global study, internships, undergraduate research, service learning and leadership development. Elon students graduate as global citizens who are prepared to lead throughout the world.

Todd Calnan ’14 and Caley Mikesell ’16 are two such students. Both Todd and Caley came to Elon through the Watson and Odyssey Scholars Program, which enables the university to recruit gifted students with financial need. Along with the faculty who nurture and challenge them and the staff who create and advance a stimulating intellectual residential campus environment, it is Elon’s donors who make it possible for exceptional students like Todd and Caley to enrich the Elon community every day.

In his first year on campus, Todd presented new research on black holes during the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society, the leading organization of professional astronomers in North America. Todd is now pursuing a doctorate in physics at North Carolina State University with a full scholarship. Caley, a Lumen Prize recipient, received one of eight summer 2014

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Innovation Fellowships awarded by SEEKHO, a nonprofit whose mission is to strengthen and uplift the 700,000 rural villages of India. Caley and the other Fellows, who came from top institutions including Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, spent two months developing programs to improve conditions in impoverished villages.

This is proof that private philanthropy can change lives. Each year the philanthropic spirit grows stronger— donors contributed $16.4 million to the university during the 2013-2014 fiscal year. Gifts from alumni, students, parents, friends, and faculty and staff contributed to key institutional priorities, including scholarship support that increases access to Elon’s engaged learning programs.

Graduating seniors, understanding the importance of philanthropy to their Elon experience, contributed more than any previous senior class, with 41 percent of the Class of 2014 making a gift. Alumni participation rose to a new high of 22 percent, up 6 percent in five years—a remarkable increase given Elon’s young alumni base.

Parent support continued to be strong; it has been central to the construction of new facilities, including the Inman Admissions Welcome Center, which will open in January 2015 as a welcoming gateway to Elon for thousands of prospective students and their families.

This 2013-2014 Elon Society Honor Roll of Donors recognizes donors whose gifts sustain Elon’s renowned engaged learning community. Thank you for your support over the past year. Elon is transforming students, and you have enabled us to offer every student the best educational experiences in the nation. You are making a profound difference at Elon and in the lives of young men and women who will be forces for good in our world.

HONOR ROLL

Elon Society Founder’s Circle $25,000+

Kerrii B. Anderson ’79 & Douglas Anderson Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Howard F. Arner ’63 & Beverly F. Arner ’66 ◆ Dr. James H. Baird & Jane Baird A. Christine Baker G ’88 ◆ BB&T Charitable Contributions ◆ Donald K. Blalock ’60 & Glenda F. Blalock ’61 ◆ Dr. Chalmers S. Brumbaugh III & Pamela Brumbaugh Cannon Foundation, Inc. Robert K. & Cynthia Citrone ◆ Robert A. Clohan III ’67 Gordon & Nora Cooper Robert J. Crimmins, Jr. & Doreen Crimmins Ralph & Mary Margaret Darling Jeffrey S. & Marti Davis Louis DeJoy & Dr. Aldona Wos Edward W. & Joan Doherty Wesley R. & Cathy Elingburg ◆ The Evergreens Foundation Peter & Kim Fox Barry Frank & Eugenia Leggett Michael T. & Susan Gannaway Myles D. & Kimberly Gillespie Flavel & John Godfrey Estate of Elmon Gray Estate of Mary Ann Harrell James A. Hendrickson ’71 & Amy T. Hendrickson ’69 ◆ Christopher & Alice Holbrook The Hon. R. Samuel Hunt III & Victoria Hunt ◆ The Hon. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter & Bynum Hunter William J. & Patricia Inman Susan Shepherd Ittner Robert & Dilek Koenigsberger Maurice J. & Ann Koury ◆ LabCorp ◆ Gail & Beau Lane Dr. W. Bryan Latham & Janet M. Latham ◆ Estate of Isabella Leister ◆

phoenix club *deceased

Estate of Margaret A. Leister ’67 Ikey T. Little ’59 Robert E. Long, Jr. & Kathryn Long Estate of Ann W. Love ◆ Estate of Walker E. Love, Jr. ◆ Martha & Spencer Love Foundation Frank R. Lyon ’71 & Natalie Lyon Thomas P. & Sally Mac Mahon Jo Ann Madren ’60 & Frank Madren Mark T. & Marianne Mahaffey ◆ Mark & Janelle Mariani ◆ Christopher P. Martin ’78 & Nicolette Martin ◆ H. S. Graham & Katharine McBride Dalton L. McMichael, Jr. & Susan McMichael Anthony L. & Sarah Menchaca Betty Mooney Estate of Edward W. Mooney, Jr. Edmond & Jill Moriarty ◆ Furman C. Moseley, Jr. ’56 & Susan R. Moseley ◆ Bill L. Nall ’51 ◆ C. Ashton Newhall ’98 & Rebecca Newhall ◆ Edna T. Noiles ’44 & Douglas Noiles The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Tracey Nugent ’84 & James Nugent, Jr. William & Catherine O’Keefe Salvatore & Catherine Paone ◆ Igor V. Pavlov ’94 & Mia Pavlov The Riversville Foundation James K. & Beth Sankey Bruce Satalof & Marie O’Donnell Dwight & Martha Schar ◆ Richard H. Shirley, Jr. ◆ James C. Showalter, Jr. & Jane Showalter Eric & Lori Sklut William H. & Susan Smith ◆ David Snow, Jr. & Lynette Snow David Spina & Victoria Mars Robert H. & Lauren Steers Kaitlin M. Szulik ’08 Matthew J. & Kyle Szulik David & Jane Tabor R. Christopher & Frances Teter Brian & Lisa Thebault Garrett A. Turner ’08 J. Parker Turner IV ’06

James P. Turner III & Toni Turner Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. ◆ Randall J. & Catherine Weisenburger Kathryn C. White ’69 Estate of Richard A. White, Jr. ’71 Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. James & Ellen Wilen ◆ W. Cecil Worsley III ’86 & JoAnna S. Worsley ’87 ◆ Dr. Fred Young & Phyllis Young David & Kelly Young Alan J. Young

Chairman’s Circle $10,000–$24,999

Anonymous Anonymous Stephen R. & Anne Avera Dr. Robert Baffi & Rosemary Baffi Joshua & Jill Baker R. H. Barringer Co./Mark Craig ◆ Raymond Beck ’75 & Dr. Deborah Hatton-Beck ◆ David W. Byron III & Elizabeth Byron Andrew M. & Deborah Cable Dr. Robert M. Califf & Lydia Califf Reid & Suzanne Campbell ◆ Thomas E. & Lynn Chandler ◆ James L. Correll, Jr. ’72 & Lizabeth Correll ◆ Michael S. & Mary Ellen Cross ◆ Alan H. & Connie Crouch ◆ Donald R. & Lucy Dancer Dr. Lawrence D’Angelo & Dr. Dolores D’Angelo Daniel & Lisa Diehl ◆ Jeffrey Dufficy, Sr. & Pam Dufficy Owen H. Dugan, Jr. & Elizabeth Dugan ◆ Martin J. Emerson ’08 & Kimberly S. Emerson ’08 ◆ Laurence S. & Michelle Forte H. Andrew & Stacy Fox ◆ Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. John & Shirley Gaither William & Denise Garrigan ◆ Bartlett & Susan Geer Anna L. Gerow ’71 Lucille R. Glassman

Steven M. Glazer

Annie Bennett Glenn Fund

Sheldon M. & Christine Gordon B. Kelly Graves, Jr. & Meredith Graves ◆ Herbert & Anne Gullquist Jeffrey C. & Victoria Hadden Blairton & Brenda Hampton Eric & Joellyn Helman John R. Hill ’76 & Lesley Hill ◆ Dr. Steven House & Dr. Patricia House ◆ Richard S. Johnson ’87 & Laurie Johnson ◆ Randall Kaplan & Kathy Manning Peter & Pamela Kelly Geoffrey R. & Sidney Kenyon George J. Kilroy ’73 & Peggy Kilroy ◆ Walter C. & Linda King Dr. Leo M. Lambert & Laurie Lambert ◆ Michelle LaRose & Nathan Sowden Marc B. & Joy Lautenbach Dr. Jeffery M. Leiden & Joy Leiden The Leon Levine Foundation/ Sandra & Leon Levine Mark London & Dania Fitzgerald Michael D. & Barbara Madaio Carol Marrion James W. & Jo Anne Maynard John McCrary III & Dr. Ellen Piwoz Michael McGee & Olga Castellanos James C. McGill, Sr. & Gail McGill ◆ James Mullery, Jr. & Cheryl Mullery New Leaf Society Robert B. & Kay Norris David P. & Sara Osborn Nicholas & Jill Page Donald S. Pennington ’54 & Helen H. Pennington ’52 Dr. James B. Powell & Anne E. Powell David H. & Marjorie Priebe G. Alan & Susan Rafte Geoffrey S. Rehnert, Sr. & Laura Rehnert Fairfax C. & Ann Reynolds ◆ L. Michael Riccio, Jr. ’85 & Penny T. Riccio ’85 Kathryn Richardson ’91 & Mark S. Richardson ◆ Steve J. & Tara Schneider Allison Scollar fall 2014 45

HONOR ROLL Donald E. Scott Ellen Scott Jay B. & Daphne Shipowitz Richard E. Shore, Jr. & Sally Shore Dr. Paul Slota ◆ Richard C. Sneed, Jr. ’60 & Eva Sneed ◆ Dr. Patricia Soscia & Stephen Soscia ◆ Robert & Mary Sperry Taylor Sperry ’11 Hattie M. Strong Foundation James M. & Laurie Theiss Marvin F. Thomas Dr. Robert Thomas & Karen Thomas Robb & Mia Thomson ◆ William T. & Susan Tucker F. Davis Turnage, Jr. United Way of Alamance County ◆ H. Michael Vinson ’07 & Kyle Dore Pamela B. Vinson Roger A. Waesche, Jr. & Alexandra Waesche Zachary T. Walker III ’60 & Dorothy Walker ◆ Arthur T. Ward III & Elizabeth Ward Arthur T. Ward IV ’05 Charles E. Ward ’14 Christopher V. Ward ’08 Cynthia F. Ward ◆ Dorothy M. Ward W. Hunt Ward, Sr. ’82 & Julia Ward ◆ Nancy J. Watson ’66 H. Michael & Katherine Weaver Michael & Shirley Wise William & Kristen Woolfolk ◆

President’s Circle $5,000–$9,999

Laurie Ackerman ◆ Mark & Elizabeth Allsteadt Steven C. & Dayna Anderson ◆ Andrew J. Armstrong, Jr. & Brenda Armstrong Heather Athey ’02 & Clifford Athey Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Jeffrey Bacciocco & Karena Zakhour-Bacciocco James A. Barnwell, Jr. & Diane Barnwell ◆ Walter H. Bass III ’62 & Barbara D. Bass ’61 ◆ Estate of Birute A. Blazevicius David M. & Amy Blumberg

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Billie Faye J. Bolden ’56 & Donald Bolden ◆ James A. & Sandra Bollenbacher J. Roger & Lynne Bolton James R. & Dorothy Boyle Alexander B. L. Brener ’04 & Elizabeth D. Brener ’04 Dr. Andrea F. R. Broggini & Jennifer Broggini Joel E. Brown ’75 & Beverly Brown Samuel L. Burke ’89 & Kelly Burke ◆ Burlington Industries Capital Bank Charitable Foundation ◆ Gregg K. & Jennifer Carpenter John & Patricia Chadwick Robert B. & Amy Chandler ◆ Richard & Ellen Chassin Dr. Paul H. Cheek & Ruth Cheek Francis C. & Margaret Clark ◆ Charles R. Clohan ’98 & Brittany Clohan Adminta E. Coeyman John R. Congdon, Jr. & Leslie Congdon Charles E. Cooper, Jr. ’01 & Casondra Cooper Dr. Donald V. Covington ’75 & Ellen R. Covington ’73 ◆ William S. & Frances Creekmuir Soraya Cricenti ’95 & William Collins James B. Crouch, Jr. & Janie Crouch ◆ Lawrence F. & Sarah Cruise Douglas J. Dooley James A. Drummond ’50 & Joan S. Drummond ’52 ◆ M. Kevin & Margaret Dugan ◆ Craig L. & Lisa Eckstrom Jeffrey R. & Mary Eisenstadt Steven L. Ellington ’80 & Cynthia Ellington Cameron Elliott Robert T. & Michele Fitzsimmons Clifford N. Fleming, Jr. & Ann Margaret Fleming Louis F. Foy III ’96 & Emilie Foy ◆ Michael G. & Deborah Franklin Robert J. Gallagher, Jr. & Jena Gallagher ◆ David R. & Anne Gergen Ellen Gregg & Michael Lebo J. Thad Gulliford ’94 & Kristina Gulliford ◆ Dr. Scott D. Gullquist & Melissa Gullquist Jeffrey & Judy Harris

Shelly S. Hazel ’78 & Jack Hazel Peter & Suzette Hearn ◆ The Bruce J. Heim Foundation James D. Henderson, Jr. & Cynthia Henderson ◆ Harold W. Hill, Jr. ’83 & Michelle F. Hill ’83 ◆ Peggy B. Hinkle Lisa Huntting Dr. G. Smith Jackson & René Jackson ◆ Kasey & DonnaMarie Jarosz T. Woodruff & Kathleen Jay ◆ Maurice Jennings, Jr. ’87 & Dina B. Jennings ’87 ◆ George R. Johnson & Linda Morris Horace M. Johnson, Jr. & Karen Johnson ◆ Kelly D. & Adrienne Johnston John M. & Margaret Jordan Richard & Kristen Kane Dr. Randy Kansky & Dr. Beverly Kansky David B. Kay Ellen C. Kay Thomas & Laura Keery Christopher & Pamela Kelley John D. & Gloria Kilmartin Daniel & Mariel Kingsley Robert V. & Terri Kirchen Gary & Roberta Kleiman ◆ Ernest A. Koury, Jr. & Tami Koury ◆ Mark & Laura Kundla David & Susan R. Landahl Robert D. & Margaret LeBlanc ◆ Robert G. & Jacqueline Leonard Agnes Lilly J. Neil Lindley ’93 & Amy Lindley ◆ Christopher & Katherine Linneman Mark D. & Rebecca Linsz Kenneth & Jeryl Malloy ◆ The Rev. Dr. Robert Martin & Carol Thrane Warner P. Mason, Sr. & Cary Mason John J. & Mary McCombe ◆ Joseph & Tracy Merrill Thomas S. & Louise Middleton Dr. Wayne T. Moore ’49 Donald L. Morrison ’68 & Barbara I. Morrison ’68 ◆ Ocie F. Murray, Jr. ’64 & Deborah Murray ◆ Timothy J. & Maureen O’Connor G. Daniel O’Donnell Richard W. & Helen Parker Robert Pash & Susan LaMonica ◆

Barry A. & Patricia Pederson Caroline M. Plyler ’12 David B. & Johannah Plyler Bruce B. & Kristin Proctor Dr. Jeffrey Pugh & Dr. Janice Rivero T. Scott Quakenbush ’53 & Jenny Quakenbush ◆ Elias S. & Susan Rauch Janie C. Reece ◆ John B. & Kristin Replogle Donald & Jenifer Reynolds Jeanne S. Robertson & Dr. Jerry R. Robertson ◆ Rockwell Foundation The Hon. Stephen M. Ross ’73 & Tammy Ross ◆ Lawrence J. & Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation Patrick D. Rudd Carmen J. Scarpa, Jr. ◆ Milton T. Schaeffer, Jr. & Anne Schaeffer Katherine Schuett Estate of Lillian M. Sharpe ’64 Kirk A. & Tamara Shaw ◆ John Fukunaga & Cheryl Shojinaga Anthony & Diane Sirabella W. Gregg & Kathy Smart James H. Smith, Jr. & Christine Smith Evan & Heather Solender Joel Spolin & Margot Parker Edward & Laurel D. Stack ◆ Gary & Ashley Stevenson William M. Stewart, Jr. ’40 ◆ David & Eileen Sussan Dr. Raghuram Tadepalli & Rekha Tadepalli Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Inc. Mark & Nancy E. Taylor Marshall F. & Carlota Taylor Nancy M. Taylor Ray Taylor III & Shawn Taylor Cordelia Thompson Dr. Richard Thompson ’64 & Dr. Peggy Thompson ◆ W. Campbell Tims ’00 ◆ The Rev. John G. Truitt, Jr. ’53* & Dolores H. Truitt ’53 ◆ UPS Foundation, Inc. The Wagner Foundation ◆ Chris Wallace John & Sally Walters Thomas & Rebecca Weidenkopf

HONOR ROLL Winston & Brooke Weinmann Richard J. & Pamela Weller William & Christine Westendorf C. Grayson Whitt ’79 & Connie Whitt ◆ Russell R. & Rosella Wilson ◆ Martin R. & Annie Wise Alan D. Woodlief, Jr. & Wendy Woodlief Youths’ Friends Association

Leadership Circle $2,500–$4,999

Dr. Paul V. Anderson & Margie Anderson Daniel & Janna Quitney Anderson ◆ Tom L. & Karen Armstrong Dwight I. & Bonnie Arnesen A. M. Barnes III ’87 & Frances P. Barnes ◆ Gregory & Shelley J. Bausch David L. Beahm ’83 William & Pamela Bell ◆ Bruce Brown & Susan Benfield-Brown Garland P. Bennett III & Catherine Bennett Alan Kronovet & Cary Bernstein Kathryn Blanchard & Greg Ross David L. & Leslie Blank ◆ H. Thomas & Judith Bobo Barry A. Bradberry ’75 & Martha Bradberry ◆ Dr. Oscar Brann & Karyn Brann Brian K. Branson ’87, G ’89 & Sally Branson ◆ Frederick W. Bright ’67 & Sandra Bright ◆ W. Callum & Ashleigh Brown ◆ Michael S. Bruno, Jr. & Margaret Bruno William E. Burke, Jr. & Lillian Burke Philip B. Cady, Jr. & Candace Cady Jay & Patricia Caler ◆ Nicholas & Lydia Calio Bruce B. Cameron IV ’05 Camp-Younts Foundation Carneal-Drew Foundation Dr. Wallace L. Chandler ’49 & Nita Chandler* ◆ John A. Chavis ’89 & Toni Chavis ◆ John & Deborah K. Clark Matthew & Mary Ellen Clark William S. Coffman ’86, G ’88 & Emily Coffman Dr. Glenda W. Crawford Michael F. & Margaret Croxson

Dr. J. Earl Danieley ’46 ◆

Zachary T. DeBusk ’04 ◆

William & Patricia DePuy Brian C. & Debra Domeck Catherine & Jeff Dunham W. Randy Eaddy Dr. James P. Elder, Jr. ’60 W. Benjamin & Cathy Elliott EMC Corporation Edward & Donna Eng ◆ James G. Exum, Jr. & Judy Exum Frank H. Fannon IV ’91 ◆ Thomas F. & Mary Fitzgerald Richard C. & Rebecca Flower Dr. Walter L. Floyd & Helen Floyd Dr. Gerald L. Francis & Laine Francis ◆ Jameson S. & Priscilla French ◆ Dr. Kathleen Gallucci & James Gallucci Mario K. Gallucci ’04 Edmund R. & Betsy Gant Roger Gant III & Susan Gant ◆ Dr. James Genova Thomas & Catherine Giegerich Thomas & Lori Gilder Bruce & Kristine Ginsberg Golden LEAF Foundation Elizabeth M. Goldstein ’82 & Douglas Goldstein J. Scott & Stephanie Grant Thomas J. Grathwohl & Dorothy Jordan Sherrill G. Hall ’55 & Martha Hall ◆ Marc D. & Elizabeth Hallberg ◆ Dr. James A. Harrell, Jr. & Barbara Harrell Dr. Nancy Harris & Dr. Joseph Harris Eleanor S. Hartley ’63 & Paul Hartley Thomas R. Hayes ’76 & Leslie Hayes ◆ Dr. Robert B. Heaton, Jr. & Lisa Heaton Thomas J. Hedrick ’71 & Phyllis Hedrick Ted S. Henson ◆ Dr. William N. P. Herbert ’68 & Marsha Herbert ◆ Dr. Jennifer Herndon & Russell H. Herndon Christopher H. Heyn, Sr. & Kimberly Heyn ◆ John H. Hill, Jr. & Sheryl Hill Robert C. Hill, Jr. ’01 & Ami Hill Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life William A. Hopkins ’51 ◆ Alan & Sandy S. Horowitz Marcus R. & Vae Hudgins

Robert E. Hutchinson, Jr. & Catherine Hutchinson The Hon. Jeanette W. Hyde Robert E. & Kathy Hykes ◆ Bassam N. Ibrahim ’83 & Mary Ibrahim W. Daryl Ingold ’76 & Kim Ingold ◆ Bryan M. Jacobs ’03 & Dana M. Jacobs ’05 Dr. Ian Jacobs & Mara L. Fiarman Jacobs Thomas & Donna Jarecki Dr. John J. Jasper & Patricia Jasper Charles & Claudia Jepsen Barbara A. Johnson Michael A. & Carmen Johnson ◆ Darden W. Jones, Jr. Nathaniel W. Jones ’97 & Kiera Jones ◆ Paul & Linda Kenney Mary Ann Barnes Kimball ’67 & R. David Kimball John W. Kincaid, Jr. ’78 & Barbara Kincaid ◆ Mark R. & Janet Kindy Dr. Robert Kipnis & Nancy Kipnis Bernhard & Reba Koch ◆ William E. & Pamela Koffel Ernest A. Koury, Sr. ’40 & Marie Koury ◆ Dr. David C. Kowalski & Jeanette Kowalski ◆ Steven & Francine Kyriakos William E. LaCoste, Sr. ’62 & Patricia LaCoste ◆ Christopher & Kimberly Leith ◆ Jeffrey W. & Joanne LeRose Jack R. Lindley, Sr. ’56 & Dorothy Lindley ◆ Richard S. & Janet Livingston Kurt & Anne S. Locher William H. Mann, Jr. ’67 & Earline Mann ◆ Anthony G. & Kristin Marken Dr. Brian Marks & Lynne Marks Brian W. Martindale ’95 & Brianne Martindale ◆ John & Emily McDonald ◆ Royce T. McDuffie ’66 & Carolyn W. McDuffie ’64 ◆ A. W. McGee ’66 & Sandra McGee ◆ David & Diana McKissock Jeffrey S. Michel ’83 & Laura Michel ◆ Dr. Nancy Midgette ◆ Robert D. & Stacy Mitgang Dr. Kristen Moffitt & P. Scott Moffitt ◆

David R. Moore ’72 & Cathy Moore ◆ William B. Morten, Sr. & Beverly A. Morten Bryan Moylan, Jr. & Elizabeth P. Moylan George T. Nall ’56 & Jerolene K. Nall ’60 ◆ Richard K. Nowalk ’97 & Jennifer B. Nowalk ’99 ◆ Maj. W. R. O’Brien ’70 ◆ John & Nancy Oglesby William A. Oglesby Dr. Patrick M. O’Malley ’96 & Kelly O’Malley Oracle Corporation Brian C. O’Shea ’04 Arthur & Nadine Oudmayer Warren & Jane Overman Robert L. Page Mark S. & Luanne Paley Carol A. Park Richard A. Parker ’80 ◆ Paycom Payroll, LLC James B. Piatt, Jr. & Amy Piatt ◆ Dr. Luis Pineda & Diane Pineda Dr. Richard Pipan & Dr. Barbara Israel Dr. Gerald Plovsky & Dr. Deborah Schoenhoff Andrew M. Ponzio ’96 & Stephanie L. Ponzio ’98 Andrew S. Pou ’09 Dr. Thomas E. Powell III B. Clyde Preslar ’76 & Carol Preslar The Presser Foundation Zachary E. Pund ’05 & Britten L. Pund ’06 ◆ T. Kevin Queen & Anne Pipkin William F. & Laurie Reighley Wesley B. Reynolds, Sr. ’59 & Betty F. Reynolds ’58 ◆ David K. Rich ’87 & Sue H. Rich ’85 ◆ Ramona Rishi James E. Robertson ’50 & Gloria Robertson Dr. Elizabeth A. Rogers William G. Rudd, Jr. ’50 Michael Rushmore, Jr. & Sue Rushmore John Ryan III & Virginia L. Ryan John M. Sadler ’81 & Miriam Sadler Howard M. & Julie Sakin Norman & Sylvia Samet Bennett B. & Raye Sapp ◆ Corbin I. & Ashley Sapp ◆ Mark A. Sauer ’76 & Victoria Sauer Terrie Horner Schiffman ’84 & Arnold Schiffman III ◆ fall 2014 47

HONOR ROLL John H. Sellers ’66 & Faye Sellers ◆ W. David & Jane Sellers ◆ Liisa Sestrich Thaddeus R. Shelly III & Helen Shelly Norman & Marjorie Shindler J. Lowry Sinclair III ’65* ◆ Allen T. & Stephanie Smith Dr. Kerry Solomon & Cynthia A. Solomon ◆ The Hon. James C. Spencer, Jr. & Jane Spencer Courtland & Katherine Spotts Katherine G. Stern David A. Stevens ’81 & Beth Stevens M. Kent Strosnider ’91 & Laura Strosnider ◆ James L. & Catherine Stuart ◆ Christopher & Peggy Sullivan Jeffrey M. & Wendy Szyperski Lydia Tart ◆ Betty E. Thomas ’60 & C. Avery Thomas, Jr. ◆ Arthur Tildesley, Jr. & Susan Tildesley Dr. Jerry R. Tolley & Joanie Tolley ◆ Dr. Michael Touloupas & Dr. Cynthia Touloupas ◆ Samuel P. Troy ’67 Dr. Benjamin C. Udoh & Rita Udoh ◆ Steve A. & Mary Van Pelt Dr. Joel W. Walker ’60 & Phyllis Walker ◆ Clyde E. Welch, Jr. ’59 & Faye Welch ◆ James W. White ’40 Stephen K. & Nancy Whitfield ◆ Gerald O. & Roberta Whittington ◆ William Wilkinson ’85 & Carolyn Hunt T. Evan Williams, Jr. & Bonnie Williams ’79 The Rev. David R. Williams & Sarah Williams Gregory S. & Wallace M. Williams Taylor L. Wilson ’86 ◆ The Rev. Edward C. Wilson ’60 & Nancy Wilson ’60 Ralph & Susan Yarwood Dr. Deborah Yow-Bowden ’74 & Dr. William Yow-Bowden ◆ Rene Zakhour Paul & Jeanne Zaykowski Dr. Jonathan B. Zung & Renee Zung ◆ 48 the MAGAZINE of ELON

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Wayne E. & Stephanie Ackerman Lisa A. Afshar ’87 & Dr. John Afshar Richard Aks & Nancy Rubini-Aks Alamance Regional Medical Center ◆ Michael Alberga Macon A. Albertson ’95 & Debbie Albertson Susan Kearns Alderman Jane H. Alexander Brian N. Allen ’92 & Suzanne Allen Jeremy N. Allen ’07 & Katherine Gosney ’09, L ’12 ◆ Noel L. Allen ’69 & Sandra R. Allen ’72 Reginald R. Allen ’67 & Lorraine M. Allen ’79 ◆ Edward J. & Deborah Amorosso Paul Amundsen ’69 & Jean Amundsen ◆ Rick D. & Jennifer Anderson Dewey V. Andrew ’63 & Susan Andrew ◆ Ben & Caroline Ansbacher Mark R. & Debbie Antonelli ◆ James B. Anwyll Tait P. Arend ’96, G ’00 & Elsa M. Arend ◆ Edwin B. Armstrong Dr. Mark R. Armstrong & Elizabeth Armstrong Kenneth & Kathryn Ayre Lindsey Baker ’04 & Matthew Baker ◆ R. Brian & Kathryn Baker ◆ Dexter R. Barbee ’62 & Joan Barbee Jo Ann S. Barbour ’01 & Dr. James L. Barbour J. Miles Barkley, Sr. & Denyse Barkley Dr. Brooke Barnett & Dr. Thomas Mould ◆ John H. Barnhill ’92 & Amy Barnhill ◆ Stephanie Basirico ’89 & Dr. Laurence A. Basirico David & Deirdre Beck Anne Bell ’72 & Ron Bell ◆ Christopher J. Bell ’92 & Mason Bell ◆ Dr. Rhonda A. Belton ’87, G ’92 ◆ J. Davis Benfield ’14 Lindsey G. Benfield Jeffrey D. Bennett ’98 & Wendy Bennett ◆ Paul C. Bennett IV ’06 & Adeline Bennett ’06 ◆

Michael & Christina C. Benson Dr. Laurence N. Benz & Patricia Benz Clement M. Best III ’94 & Angela Best ◆ Munroe Best, Jr. & Ellen Best ◆ Mary Hope Best-Crocker ’92 & Blain Crocker ◆ Paul & Donnalee Bijou Don & Rhoda Billings Marc D. & Diane Bishop Elaine C. Bixby G ’12 & Dr. Walter Bixby ◆ Dr. Constance Ledoux Book & Dr. R. Dwayne Book R. Steve & Carlyn J. Bowden The Hon. James F. Bowman ’51 Mark & Terry Boyer Bonnie A. Brackett ’08 Thomas M. & Susan Brinkley Gilbert C. Brittle, Jr. ’55 & Dale Brittle R. Edwin Brittle, Jr. Larry J. Brooks ’66 & Bonnie Brooks ’66 ◆ D. Wade Brown ’91 & Ashley Brown Richard P. Bruce, Jr. & Carole Bruce Michael L. & Elizabeth Buckingham J. Stephen & Sue Buckley ◆ Dr. Scott H. Buechler & Sara Buechler ◆ Dr. George M. Bullard, Jr. ’75 Dr. John J. Burbridge, Jr. & Mary Burbridge ◆ Loura M. Burnette ◆ William J. Burpitt, Jr. & Martha Burpitt Jeanne M. Busse ’49 Judith Butler & David Levy Capital Alumni Network Britton W. & Patricia Carter Dr. B. Keith Cash ’78 & Ruth Cash Dr. Arthur D. Cassill ◆ Jeffrey N. Casullo ’09 ◆ Jeffrey D. & Diane Clark ◆ Dr. Jim Clark ◆ Larry D. Coats, Jr. & Suzanne Coats Thomas G. Conally ’67 & Faye D. Conally ’61 ◆ Donna L. Cooke ’04 ◆ Dr. David A. Copeland Dr. Joseph A. Cote ’65 William B. Courtney, Jr. ’86 & Leigh Courtney Douglas H. Cox ’78 Estate of Charles G. Crews, Jr. ’55 Joe Ann W. Crews ’56* Hugh M. Cummings IV & Virginia Cummings Dell & Sonya Curry ◆

Thomas & Annemarie D’Abrosca Nina Ruth Dagbjartsson ’11 Thomas G. & Lee Dagger James W. Daniel ’69 & Resa Daniel ’70 ◆ Dr. Tina Das Joseph N. Davis ’93 & Rebekah Davis ’95 Dr. Martin DeFrancesco & Carolyn K. DeFrancesco ◆ John & Robin Denick Dominick D. Desarro ’58 & Doris Desarro ◆ James A. Dick, Jr. & Anne Dick Roxann Dillon ◆ John E. & Pamela Doubek ◆ Brian R. Dudiak ’12 ◆ Timothy E. & Jean Duffy Damon T. Duncan ’06, L ’09 & Melissa T. Duncan ’06, L ’09 ◆ Dr. Mark A. Elgart Dr. Robert N. Ellington & Helen Ellington ◆ Edward A. Esters, Jr. & Christina Esters ◆ Benjamin A. & Elizabeth Evans Thomas O. & Barbara Evans Trudy R. Evans Arthur W. Fadde IV & Shelley Fadde ◆ Douglas M. & Patricia Faris Jerald R. & Janice Feldman Dr. Peter Felten & Sara Walker ◆ Dr. Tobin Finizio II & Dr. Michelle Finizio Hugh R. & Serena Fisher Dr. Richard N. Fisher, Sr. & Linda Fisher ◆ Brian D. Ford ’03 Robert & Diane Fried Christopher D. & Kimberly Fulkerson ◆ David & Hope Fuss Henry D. & Patricia Gabriel Donald S. & Amanda Galante Khalil M. Ganim ’86 & Carrie Ganim ◆ Elizabeth Gant Peter J. & Toby Ganz C. John Gardner, Jr. ’01 & Anderson Gardner ◆ Dr. Russell B. Gill & Diane Gill Jane C. Gilliam ’73 & Frederick K. Gilliam, Jr. Dr. Kerry J. Gilliland ’72 Samantha J. Gilman ’08, L ’11 Jeffrey A. & Bari Gorelick M. William Grant*

HONOR ROLL Jeff & Mary C. Gravley ◆ Bobby L. Green ’57 ◆ Dr. Thomas Green & Catherine McNeela Greensboro Baseball, LLC Theodore Grell, Jr. & Deborah Grell Richard W. Gunn, Jr. & Gayle Gunn ◆ Arthur & Lynn Guy Jaleh M. Hagigh ◆ James E. Hair ’62 & Patricia Hair ◆ Mark A. Hale Clifford B. Hardy, Jr. ’62 & Judy Morris-Hardy Liz Harper Capt. Thomas J. Harper & Sandra Harper ◆ Chris B. & Beth Harrell Charles H. & Sylvia Harris ◆ June S. Harris Dr. Richard Hawkins & Trena Griffith-Hawkins Charles & Diane Hayes Dr. Thomas S. Henricks & Judy Henricks Jennifer A. Hiltwine ’09 ◆ Gareth E. Hoeni ’92 & Lori Hoeni J. Andrew Hollins ’05 & Kristi G. Hollins ’05 ◆ Jillian H. Hollis ’13 M. Clayton Hollis, Jr. & Beverly Hollis Brian E. Hooper ’06 & Kelly Hooper ◆ F. D. Hornaday III & Mary Zeta Hornaday Niels & Lori Host Paul H. Huey ’66 ◆ Craig & Lane Huggins Dr. James Hurley & Billee C. Hurley James & Elizabeth Hyland Mary Lee L. Ingold ◆ Institute for Cultural Exchange, Inc. Peter M. James ’83 Keith & Carol Jansen Geoffrey H. & Dorothy Jenkins Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57 & Linda Jennings ◆ Mark S. Jetton, Jr. ’06, L ’09 ◆ James F. Johnson, Sr. & Alliene Johnson ◆ Donald R. & Ina Kamenz Robert C. & Margaret Kantlehner John Keegan III ’96 & Lisa P. Keegan ’03 ◆ Joseph T. Keener ’02 & Kristina Keener ’03 ◆ Roy E. Keeny, Jr. & Sharon Keeny ◆

phoenix club *deceased

Linda C. Kelley ’63 ◆ Trevor W. Kelly ’05, G ’08 Dave L. Kennedy ’53 & Catherine Kennedy ◆ Michael D. Kennedy ’91 & Lizbeth Kennedy ◆ Dr. George W. Kernodle, Jr. & Laura Kernodle ◆

Trent M. Kernodle ’74 & Carol Ann Kernodle ◆

Dylan S. Ketcham ’11 James E. & Jaime Killorin ◆ Hallie M. Kilmer ’09 Dr. Gregory A. Kimble & Lore Kimble Ronald A. & Sally Klepcyk ◆ Peter & Susan Klopman ◆ The Rev. Robert Knox & Jean Knox A. Randall Kornegay G ’90 & Janice Kornegay ◆ Sydnie C. Krause ’11 Simone M. LaHood ’12 Ronny B. Lancaster Dr. Richard Landesberg & Dr. Ginette Archinal Mittie C. Landi ’96 & John N. Landi Robert H. Lanham ’97 & Jill Lanham ◆ Thomas & Jean Larson George & Heidi Laub Christopher & Carolyn Layden Lee C. Leckie ’98 & Angela Leckie Dr. Deborah Long & Dr. Eugene Long ◆ Robert S. & Sara Long ◆ W. E. Love & Associates, Inc. ◆ H. Lee Loy, Jr. ’71 & Amy Loy ’74 Renee Luberoff Steven A. Lucente L ’09 & Sarah K. Lucente L ’09 Stephen Luparello & Laurie Drysdale Dennis S. & Jean Lutes ◆ Margaret M. Malloy ’10 Cynthia B. Maner ◆ Halit Maner ◆ Dr. Philip R. Mann ’54 & Mary Sue Mann ’55 ◆ Dr. Richard Mansfield, Jr. & Jacqueline Mansfield Noble G. Marshall, Jr. ’70 & Sarah Marshall ◆ Robert W. & Maralyn Marsteller Jake A. Martin ’11 Matthew & Jennifer Matheny ◆ William M. & Jean Matthews Michael G. & Karen Mayer Alyson R. McCathren ’10 James D. McCauley ’59 & Donna McCauley ’96 ◆

Thomas D. McGowen, Jr. & Gail McGowen Dr. Joshua McIntosh ’97 & William Lumpkin John J. McMackin, Jr. & Kathleen McMackin John J. McMackin III ’08 Daniel J. McNulty & Melanie Bloom Jarrett G. Meadors ’07 & Kara Meadors ◆ Eric S. Meredith L ’09 Dewitt Methvin III & Stacy Methvin Dewitt T. Methvin IV ’10 & Caitlin S. Methvin ’09 Judy Miller Robert & Janice Mintz ◆ Dr. Robert Moorman & Amy H. Moorman ◆ Victor W. Moran G ’09 & Teresa Moran The Rev. Dr. Marvin Morgan ’71 & Dr. Mae Morgan Virginia Moriarty Buell E. Moser, Sr. ◆ James D. Moser, Jr. ’61 & Brenda Moser ◆ William D. Moser, Jr. & Lyn Moser Dr. Whitney P. Mullen Dani P. Mullin ’13 ◆ F. Brad Myers, Jr. ’73 & Leigh Myers The Rev. Joyce B. Myers-Brown ’59 Michael R. Neal ◆ Elizabeth C. Nerich ’13 C. Todd Nichols ’91 & Nicole Nichols North Carolina Bar Association Alan H. & Lisa Norton ◆ Garland R. & Sharon Nunnelee ◆ David M. Oakley ’91 & Carman Oakley ◆ Dr. Kevin J. O’Mara & Cheryl O’Mara ◆ Janet M. Osborn Elizabeth J. Parker Margaret M. Parker ’52* Dr. Paul F. Parsons & Mary Helen Parsons Robert & Kathleen Patrick Clark B. Patterson ’65 & Lila Patterson ’67 ◆ Dr. Jana Lynn Patterson & John Patterson ◆ Alfred M. Payne ’70 & Phyllis Payne ◆ James D. Peeler ’50 ◆ Dr. Timothy A. Peeples & Margaret Peeples ◆ Nan P. Perkins & Edward T. Perkins* ◆

Dr. John Perry, Jr. & Kirsten Perry William J. & Henrietta Pesce Dr. Rebecca T. Peters & Dr. Jeffrey C. Hatcher Sara P. Peterson & The Rev. Robert E. Peterson ◆ Gregory Pfister & Rebecca Brewer Brian F. Pickler ’05 & Kara M. Pickler ’06 Casey S. Pickler ’10 & Claudia Pickler ’10 Robin & Steven Plummer ◆ Ira Potter Bennie L. Poulson, Jr. G ’07 & Dr. Linda Poulson Shane D. Powers ’99 & Jennifer Powers Dr. Lacy M. Presnell, Jr. ’51 & Esther Presnell Donald L. Proffitt ’81 & Gail Proffitt ◆ Kelly O. Provenzano ’92 & Steven Provenzano Joe W. Purgason ’10 ◆ Charles & Carole Purse James H. & Sherilyn Purtz ◆ Robert W. Rabbitt, Jr. & Cheryl Rabbitt ◆ Michael & Kathryn Radutzky Crit & Elizabeth Richardson ◆ Matthew W. Richardson ’11 ◆ Neil M. Richie, Jr. & Rosemary Richie ◆ Darrell Riley Jeffrey & Susan Rimland Norman J. Rinaldi ’54 & Emma Lou Rinaldi ’54 ◆ George M. Riter, Sr. & Nicole Riter Thomas D. & Rose Marie Robson John P. & Wendy Roddey Michael G. Rodgers ’97 ◆ Gregory A. Roman Thomas J. Rose ’00 & Jill Rose ’00 Michael Rosen Jerald & Jody Rosenberg Fredrick J. Rubeck John S. & Kelley Russell James M. & Judith Russo ◆ Mary B. Safrit ’12 Richard D. Salvatierra, Jr. ’95 & Julie Salvatierra Patricia Sanderson Gavin Sands ’07, G ’12 ◆ Charles M. & Lily Schultz Kristin R. Schulz ’10 Mark A. Schwartz ’06 & Meredith P. Schwartz ’08 fall 2014 49

HONOR ROLL Kenneth P. Scott, Jr. ’69 & Jacquelyn Scott ◆ Prudence K. Scott ’05 & John Scott ◆ Mary Leighton Sellers Paul A. Sharp ’68 & Brenda Sharp Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar & Dr. Robert Shetlar ◆ Kelly Shirley ◆ Linda B. Shirley Richard L. Shoe ’62 & Sandra Shoe ◆ Brooke A. Shore ’11 Roger L. Sims ’70 & Celia Sims ◆ Peter & Jane Skinner Scott T. Slatten ◆ Thomas M. Smiddy ’88 & Sherri Smiddy Bradford T. & Shawn Smith Lisa C. Smithdeal ’83 ◆ Alvin W. Smuzynski, Jr. ’69 & Pamela Smuzynski Jozi E. Snowberger ’07 ◆ Robert & Pam Solomon Vickie L. Somers ’89 ◆ Bernadette Spong ’78 & Rick Spong David & Stephanie Srour Ronald W. & Janette Stanley ◆ Derek B. & Julie Steed

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C. Thomas Steele, Sr. ’61 & Barbara Steele ◆ Kimberly H. Steele ’87 & Charles Steele, Jr. ◆ Dr. Jeffrey P. Stein & Christine Stein ◆ Howard & Cynthia Steinberg Howard & Lori Stern Marie Stevenson Paul & Jane Stewart Clay & Terri Stober Philip D. & Marie Stuart Gregg Sullivan ’85 & Dr. John G. Sullivan Dr. Wonhi J. Synn & Grace Synn Gabriel & Orit Szulik Michael Tackett & Julie Carey Barbara Z. Taylor ’77 Francis & Nancy Taylor Dr. George Taylor & Dr. Rebecca Olive-Taylor ◆ Patricia A. Teter ’13 Keith B. & Resi Thomas Barron L. Thompson L ’09 & Emily A. Thompson Dr. Thomas Tiemann & Dr. Eileen McGrath William & Sharon Tomko ◆

he 1889 Society was created as part of Elon’s 125th anniversary celebration to recognize alumni for their consistent annual support of Elon. Named for the year Elon was founded, this giving society celebrates the simple act of giving each and every year and recognizes alumni gifts of all sizes and designations.

The generosity of Elon alumni has been nothing short of remarkable—so remarkable, in fact, we do not have space in this issue of The Magazine of Elon to list the names of the more than 5,000 alumni who made a gift to Elon in 2013–2014. For a full list of alumni in The 1889 Society, visit elon.edu/honorroll.

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Dustin M. Tonkin ’95 & April Tonkin ’94 ◆ Peter E. & Deborah Toomey Peter & Jill Tourtellot Christen S. Trivette ’06 & Proctor Trivette Dr. George Troxler & Dr. Carole Troxler ◆ Richard T. Ulasewich, Jr. ’93 & Kimberly Ulasewich ◆ Samuel M. Upton ’12 Peter J. Ustach ’09 ◆ Dr. Matthew Valle & Patricia Valle Dr. Donna Van Bodegraven & Alan Van Bodegraven ◆ Mitchell L. & Kathleen Varner ◆ John H. Vernon III & Vicki Vernon Eric J. Vetack ’88 & Rhonda Vetack ◆ Dr. Claudio E. Vincenty & Kim Vincenty Bruce & Janet G. Voelker Robert R. Vonick & Carole Schwartz David & Marina Wagner ◆ Lena Walsh Dr. Janet L. Warman Scott P. Warner ’97 ◆

Christopher C. Waters ’94 & Susan S. Waters ’89 ◆ Dr. Linda Weavil & Robert Weavil Reich L. & Martha Welborn ◆ Elizabeth C. Wentz ’95 & Christopher Wentz Dr. Alan White & Norma M. White ◆ Durice N. White ’09 ◆ Mark White & Pamela Butterfield Samuel W. White ’61 Christian A. Wiggins ’03 ◆ William C. Wilburn ’64 & Virginia Wilburn ’72 ◆ Dr. Jo Watts Williams ’55 ◆ Jonathan D. & Christine Williams Dr. Kebbler M. Williams ’98 & Mark D. Williams Sydney R. Williams ’12 Patrick H. Winston, Jr. ’59 & Sue Winston Michael A. & Nancy Yaffe Brady A. Yntema ’95 & Kristen Yntema ’95 ◆ Greg L. Zaiser ’90, G ’95 & Michelle Zaiser ◆ Bruce J. & Michele Zanca

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Cumulative Giving Societies Numen Lumen Society

The university’s premier cumulative giving society, the Numen Lumen Society recognizes benefactors whose cash gifts to Elon equal $1 million or more. The Latin words “numen” and “lumen,” which mean “spiritual light” and “intellectual light,” signify the highest purposes of an Elon education. Numen Lumen Society members embrace the vision of Elon’s founders, an academic community that transforms mind, body and spirit.

Alamance Regional Medical Center ARAMARK/The Newport Group Bud & Suzanne Baker The Children of Roger & Bernice Barbour Irwin Belk & Carol Grotnes Belk* The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation Isabella Walton Cannon ’24* Wallace L. Chandler ’49 Marvin Clapp* & Eva Burke Clapp* Edward W. & Joan M. Doherty & Family Richard M. Drew*

Wes, Cathy & Nolan ’11 Elingburg Allen & Denise Gant Glen Raven, Inc. William A. Graham, Jr. ’62* Jay ’71 & Amy ’69 Hendrickson Sam & Vicky Hunt William J. & Patricia Inman James W. Johnston* & Edwina Hughes Johnston* William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust M. Camille Kivette ’41* & Florence Kivette Childress ’37*

Palladian Society

“Palladian” is derived from Latin and means “pertaining to wisdom, knowledge or study.” Members of the Palladian Society have made cumulative lifetime cash gifts to Elon totaling between $500,000 and $999,999. Their generosity demonstrates their belief in Elon’s innovative approach to education.

Kerrii B. Anderson ’79 & Douglas Anderson Dr. James H. Baird & Jane Baird Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Belk Foundation Booth Ferris Foundation Cannon Foundation, Inc.

Capital Bank Foundation The Cemala Foundation, Inc. Thomas E. & Lynn B. Chandler Robert A. Clohan III Louis DeJoy & Dr. Aldona Z. Wos A. J. Fletcher Foundation Michael T. Hall

Aesculus Society

“Aesculus” is an ancient Latin term for “tallest oak.” Members of the Aesculus Society have made cumulative lifetime cash gifts to Elon totaling between $100,000 and $499,999, and their generosity has helped shape the university.

AIG United Guaranty Alamance County Economic Development Foundation Noel L. Allen ’69 & Sandra R. Allen ’72

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Philip D. & Teresa Ameen Lucile Stone Andes Andras Foundation/David S. & Anne Andras/Cody J. Andras ’08

Maurice & Ann Koury, Ernest ’40 & Ann Marie Koury & Family The Kresge Foundation LabCorp Gail & Beau Lane Robert E. LaRose ’62* & Gail Hettel LaRose ’64 Lincoln Financial Group Carl H. Lindner III & Martha S. Lindner Robert Long Family Walker E. Love, Jr.* & Ann W. Love* Martha & Spencer Love Foundation John M. Lowry ’32* Thomas & Sarah Mac Mahon Family Foundation Mark & Marianne Mahaffey James W. Maynard & Jo Anne A. Maynard Bob E. McKinnon ’62 & Ray Kirbo McKinnon

Dalton L. McMichael, Sr.* The McMichael Family Foundation Furman C. Moseley ’56 & Susan Reed Moseley Edna Truitt Noiles ’44 & Douglas G. Noiles James B. & Anne Ellington Powell T. E. Powell, Jr. Biology Foundation Warren G. “Dusty” & Margaret L. “Peggy” Rhodes Jerry & Jeanne Robertson David & Lynette Snow Royall H. Spence, Jr. ’42* & Luvene Holmes Spence ’43* Hatcher P. Story ’38* & Louise Fletcher Story* Zac Walker ’60 & Dot Walker Leon V. Watson ’25* & Lorraine Brubeck Watson* Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.

Shelly S. Hazel ’78 & Jack Hazel International Textile Group, Inc. Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57 & Linda Jennings Leonard & Tobee Kaplan A. Michelle LaRose R. Scott LaRose Dr. W. Bryan Latham & Janet M. Latham Lorillard Tobacco Company William E. Loy, Jr. Frank R. Lyon ’71 & Natalie Lyon

Christopher P. Martin ’78 & Nicolette Martin Phyllis S. Pruden The Riversville Foundation Donald E. Scott Ellen Scott Eric & Lori Sklut William H. & Susan Smith Smith Family Foundation Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation H. Michael & Katherine Weaver Weaver Foundation, Inc. Jane & Brian Williams

Howard F. Arner ’63 & Beverly F. Arner ’66 AT&T North Carolina Robert P. & Kally Badavas A. Christine Baker G ’88 Adrienne Livengood-Baker & Tony Baker Bank of America Walter H. Bass III ’62 & Barbara D. Bass ’61

BB&T Charitable Foundation BB&T Corporation Beazley Foundation, Inc. Charles G. & Kathleen Berg Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Donald K. Blalock ’60 & Glenda F. Blalock ’61 Boone Station North Associates Limited Partnership The Hon. J. Fred Bowman ’51

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Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Brown Douglas & Carole Bruns Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund Anita Lee Butler ’88 Dr. Robert M. Califf & Lydia Califf Capital Bank Damion & Sherri Carufe John H. & Nancy Cavanaugh Cone Health John R. Congdon, Jr. & Leslie Congdon William S. & Frances Creekmuir Donald R. & Lucy Dancer Dr. Lawrence D’Angelo & Dr. Dolores D’Angelo Ralph & Mary Margaret Darling Arthur Vining Davis Foundations George L. Davis ’47 John & Trish Deford The Dickson Foundation, Inc. James A. Drummond ’50 & Joan S. Drummond ’52 Anthony D. Duke, Jr. & Olga Duke Bruce A. & Susan Edwards Dr. Robert N. Ellington & Helen A. Ellington John G. Ellison, Jr. & Jane Ellison The Evergreens Foundation Barry S. Frank & Eugenia H. Leggett The Stanley & Dorothy Frank Family Foundation Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. John & Shirley Gaither Edmund R. & Betsy Gant 52 the MAGAZINE of ELON

Rose Anne Gant Golden LEAF Foundation B. Kelly Graves, Jr. & Meredith Graves Michael W. & Lynn Haley Dr. Bernhard Hampl & Dr. Carmen Hampl William A. & Jennie Hawks The Hearst Foundations, Inc. Dr. Richard R. Henderson & Marjorie Henderson Dr. William N. P. Herbert ’68 & Marsha Herbert Hillsdale Fund, Inc. Holt Sublimation Frank S. Holt III Cheryl T. Holt ’72 & George H. Holt Dr. Steven House & Dr. Patricia House Timothy A. & Cindy Hultquist Ernest C. Hunt, Jr. The Hon. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter & Bynum Hunter Gordon P. & Carolyn Hurley The Hon. Jeanette W. Hyde ING Foundation Donald D. Jansen Maurice Jennings, Jr. ’87 & Dina B. Jennings ’87 John M. & Margaret Jordan Esther C. Kernodle ’36 George J. Kilroy ’73 & Peggy Kilroy Walter C. & Linda King The Thomas M. Kirbo & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust William E. LaCoste, Sr. ’62 & Patricia LaCoste

Dr. Leo M. Lambert & Laurie F. Lambert Mittie C. Landi ’96 & John N. Landi Jack R. Lindley, Sr. ’56 & Dorothy Lindley Ikey T. Little ’59 George W. Logan Jo Ann M. Madren ’60 & Frank Madren Thomas P. & Anita Maroney Dr. Rose C. Mattioli/Pocono Raceway Harold V. McCoy, Jr. James C. McGill, Sr. & Gail McGill Alva S. McGovern ’72 & John F. McGovern Thomas J. & Deborah M. McInerney Della Vickers McKinnon ’62 Willard L. Mills, Jr. ’69 & Mary Mills Stewart P. & Ivy Mitchell Skip Moore ’77 & Victoria Moore Dr. Wayne T. Moore ’49 William T. Morris Foundation, Inc. George T. Nall ’56 & Jerolene K. Nall ’60 C. Ashton Newhall ’98 & Rebecca Newhall News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. Tracey W. Nugent ’84 & James Nugent, Jr. Oak Foundation, USA Francis Asbury Palmer Fund David E. Pardue, Jr. & Rebecca Pardue Park Foundation, Inc. Robert & Kathleen Patrick Igor V. Pavlov ’94 & Mia Pavlov Donald S. Pennington ’54 & Helen H. Pennington ’52 John William Pope Foundation David C. & Jennifer M. Porter John Powell & Martha Hamblin Dr. Thomas E. Powell III T. Scott Quakenbush ’53 & Jenny Quakenbush The Redwoods Group/ Kevin A. & Jennifer Trapani Brad & Ash Reifler Charles H. & Diana Revson Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. Neil M. Richie, Jr. & Rosemary Richie Dr. William S. Roberts & Amy H. Roberts Dr. Feliciano S. Sabates, Jr. & Carolyn Sabates Bennett B. & Raye Sapp

Sapphire Foundation/ Daniel J. & Laurel Woods Milton T. Schaeffer, Jr. & Anne Schaeffer Richard H. Shirley, Jr. Linda B. Shirley Richard C. Sneed, Jr. ’60 & Eva Sneed David Snow, Jr. & Lynette Snow Southern Conference, United Church of Christ Festus & Helen Stacy Foundation, Inc. Joan Z. Steinbrenner Katherine G. Stern William M. Stewart ’40 Mary Behrend Straub ’82 Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Inc. Teagle Foundation Times-News Publishing Company Dr. Martha Smith Trout & Jack Trout Garrett A. Turner ’08 J. Parker Turner IV ’06 James P. Turner III & Toni Turner United Church of Christ Local Church Ministries Michael A. & Kathleen Vadini John H. Vernon III & Vicki Vernon Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Arthur T. Ward III & Elizabeth Ward Arthur T. Ward IV ’05 Charles E. Ward ’14 Christopher V. Ward ’08 Cynthia F. Ward Dorothy M. Ward Robert A. & Margaret Ward W. Hunt Ward, Sr. ’82 & Julia Ward Thomas C. Watkins Nancy J. Watson ’66 The Weezie Foundation Randall J. & Catherine Weisenburger Wells Fargo, Burlington, N.C. Wells Fargo Foundation Western Electric Company Shirley A. White T. Leonard White, Jr. & Judy White Dr. William E. Wilkinson, Sr. & Frankie Wilkinson Wade Williamson, Jr. ’70 Russell R. & Rosella Wilson W. Cecil Worsley III ’86 & JoAnna S. Worsley ’87 Dr. Fred Young & Phyllis Young Youths’ Friends Association

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Phoenix Club IMPACT Circle The IMPACT Circle is the premier donor recognition group for the Phoenix Club and Elon athletics. Donors who make annual contributions of $5,000 or more to athletics or have made cumulative gifts of $1 million or more exclusively designated for annual, endowment and capital athletics purposes are members of the IMPACT Circle.

Howard F. Arner ’63 & Beverly F. Arner ’66 Mr. & Mrs. James A. Barnwell, Jr. R. H. Barringer Distributing Co./ Mark Craig BB&T Charitable Contributions Donald K. Blalock ’60 & Glenda F. Blalock ’61 Billie Faye J. Bolden ’56 & Donald Bolden Reid & Suzanne Campbell Thomas E. & Lynn B. Chandler Robert K. & Cynthia Citrone Francis C. & Margaret Clark James L. Correll, Jr. ’72 & Lizabeth Correll Michael S. & Mary Ellen Cross Alan H. & Connie Crouch James B. Crouch, Jr. & Janie Crouch

Daniel & Lisa Diehl M. Kevin & Margaret Dugan Wesley R. & Cathy Elingburg Louis F. Foy III ’96 & Emilie Foy Robert J. Gallagher, Jr. & Jena Gallagher William & Denise Garrigan J. Thad Gulliford ’94 & Kristina Gulliford Peter & Suzette Hearn Mr. & Mrs. James D. Henderson, Jr. James A. Hendrickson ’71 & Amy T. Hendrickson ’69 Harold W. Hill, Jr. ’83 & Michelle F. Hill ’83 The Hon. R. Samuel Hunt III & Victoria Hunt T. Woodruff & Kathleen Jay Horace M. Johnson, Jr. & Karen Johnson

George J. Kilroy ’73 & Peggy Kilroy Ernest A. Koury, Jr. & Tami Koury Maurice J. & Ann Koury Dr. W. Bryan Latham & Janet M. Latham Robert D. & Margaret LeBlanc J. Neil Lindley ’93 & Amy Lindley Mark T. & Marianne Mahaffey Kenneth & Jeryl Malloy Mark & Janelle Mariani Christopher P. Martin ’78 & Nicolette Martin James C. McGill, Sr. & Gail McGill C. Ashton Newhall ’98 & Rebecca Newhall Salvatore & Catherine Paone Robert Pash & Susan LaMonica T. Scott Quakenbush ’53 & Jenny Quakenbush Dusty & Peggy Rhodes Kathryn Richardson ’91 & Mark S. Richardson Jeanne S. Robertson & Dr. Jerry R. Robertson Carmen J. Scarpa, Jr. Dwight & Martha Schar

Kirk A. & Tamara Shaw Richard H. Shirley, Jr. Dr. Paul Slota Richard C. Sneed, Jr. ’60 & Eva Sneed William M. Stewart, Jr. ’40 Dr. Richard Thompson ’64 & Dr. Peggy Thompson Robb & Mia Thomson The Rev. John G. Truitt, Jr. ’53* & Dolores H. Truitt ’53 The Wagner Foundation Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Zachary T. Walker III ’60 & Dorothy Walker Cynthia F. Ward W. Hunt Ward, Sr. ’82 & Julia Ward C. Grayson Whitt ’79 & Connie Whitt James & Ellen Wilen Russell R. & Rosella Wilson William & Kristen Woolfolk W. Cecil Worsley III ’86 & JoAnna S. Worsley ’87

Grandparent Leadership Society Grandparents of current students and Elon alumni become part of the Grandparent Leadership Society by contributing $5,000 or more annually to the Parents and Grandparents Fund or other Elon operating funds, by making a planned gift valued at $25,000 or more, or by having made cumulative gifts totaling $25,000 or more to the university.

Robert L. & Mary Lou C. Boal GP’14 Beulah B. Cameron GP’94 Bruce B. Cameron, Jr. GP’05* Dr. Wallace L. Chandler & Nita Chandler* GP’07, GP’10, GP’11 Robert A. Clohan III GP’10 Francis & Jane Craig GP’11, GP’13 Dr. J. Earl Danieley GP’05, GP’10, GP’14 Roxann Dillon GP’11 Henry D. & Patricia G. Gabriel GP’13 Herbert & Anne Gullquist GP’15 Sherrill G. & Martha L. Hall GP’08, GP’12 Dr. R. Leroy Howell GP’10 Ernest C. Hunt, Jr. GP’13 ◆

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Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. & Linda Jennings GP’13 John M. & Margaret C. Jordan GP’14 Leonard & Tobee Kaplan GP’10, GP’15 Esther Cole Kernodle GP’05 Jean Killorin GP’07, GP’10 Ernest A. Koury, Sr. & Marie C. Koury GP’11 Eugene M. Lang GP’13 Leon & Sandra Levine GP’14 R. Cruse Lewis GP’12 Dr. Eugene Long & Dr. Deborah Long GP’13, GP’16 Yardley Minnix Manfuso GP’08

Dr. Rose Mattioli GP’99, GP’02, GP’15 James W. & Jo Anne Maynard GP’13, GP’15 Norris P. & Ann W. Moses GP’13 Douglas G. & Edna T. Noiles GP’17 Emily N. Romfh GP’16 Frances F. Rufty GP’15 Clifford W. & Anne R. Sanford GP’01, GP’15 Richard J. Schmeelk GP’13 C. Thomas Steele, Sr. & Barbara Steele GP’16 Joan Z. Steinbrenner GP’10 Katherine G. Stern GP’14 Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. GP’06 Cynthia F. Ward GP’11 Dorothy M. Ward GP’05, GP’08, GP’14 Shirley A. White GP’13

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Order of the Oak Established in 1988, the Order of the Oak recognizes donors who are securing the future of Elon University through planned gifts such as bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts, pooled income funds and life insurance policies.

The Rev. Donald J. ’71 & Carole Allen J. B. Allen, Jr. ’63 L. Carl Allen, Jr. ’48 L. Carl Allen III & Peggy S. Allen Louise C. Allen ’47 Noel Lee Allen ’69 Jean A. F. Amundsen Lucile Stone Andes Dewey ’63 & Susan Andrew Mildred Daniels Argyle Beverly F. Arner ’66 Howard F. Arner ’63 Josh & Jill Baker L. M. Baker Robert L. Barham ’63 & Betsy C. Barham ’63 John & Anne Barry Caroline S. Baskin Thomas L. Bass, Jr. ’67 & Sandra B. Bass ’67 Walter H. Bass III ’62 & Barbara D. Bass ’61 Dr. Billy S. Batts ’56 & Emma W. Batts Barbara Bayliff ’70 C. Conway Bayliff ’70 David Beahm ’83 Raymond L. Beck ’75 Gordon S. Becker Louise Giovane Becker Leota Taylor Beisinger John W. Blanchard ’50 Paul R. Bleiberg ’69 Mary Lou Chandler Boal ’63 Don & Billie Faye ’56 Bolden Elizabeth & Robert Bowater Barry A. Bradberry ’75 C. Merrill Branch Edith R. Brannock ’39 Jolene C. Bray* Eddie C. Bridges ’57 Frederick W. Bright ’67 & Sandra S. Bright Gilbert C. Brittle, Jr. ’55 C. B. ’51 & Peggie Brown Eloise Stephenson Brown ’41 Dr. Janie P. Brown Pam & Chalmers S. Brumbaugh 54 the MAGAZINE of ELON

Judson D. Bryant ’66 James A. Buie ’63 Vincent R. Bujan ’59 Samuel L. Burke ’89 Allen Bush ’68 James D. Bush ’91 Linda B. Byrd Beulah B. Cameron Jerry D. Cameron ’66 Roy C. Campbell ’68 Marcia E. Pann Capuano Jane Aaron Carmichael ’68 Richard D. Carmichael Wallace L. Chandler ’49 Colleen Minnock Chulis ’04 Beverly A. Clement ’68 Robert A. Clohan III ’67 Faye Danieley Conally ’61 Thomas G. Conally ’67 Angel & Luther R. ’55 Conger, Jr. Vera W. Congleton John & Maxine Cookston The Rev. John R. Corbiere ’70 Dr. Joseph A. Cote ’65 Dr. Alonzo Hook Covington ’73 Dr. Donald V. Covington ’75 & Ellen R. Covington ’73 Frank E. Covington Patricia Bryan Covington Ray Covington ’86 Robert L. Covington ’79 Douglas Cox ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Francis Craig Robert D. Craig ’80 Charles G. Crews, Jr. ’55* Alan H. Crouch James B. Crouch, Jr. David & Kathryn Crowe James Benton Dailey ’67 Jane Benton Dailey ’67 Drs. Lawrence & Dolores D’Angelo Edwin L. Daniel ’46 Earl Danieley ’46 Joy & Leary Davis George Davis ’47 Robert A. de la Fé ’81 Rexanne A. Domico ’87 Kathleen Niple Donohue ’05

Ken Dudley ’59 Mattie Pickett Edwards ’39 James Perry Elder, Jr. ’60 Helen A. Ellington Dr. Robert N. Ellington Gary W. Evans ’74 Patricia Russell Evans ’73 J. Michael Fargis ’58 Joshua Felix ’00 Helen B. Floyd Walter L. Floyd Margaret V. Foreman Matthew H. Foreman Oscar ’67 & Margaret ’66 Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Gabriel L. Alvin Garrison, Jr. ’67 A. Roger Gibbs ’52 Betty C. Gibbs Emery K. Gilliam ’48* Thomas B. Gold ’68 Thomas J. Grathwohl Kelly & Meredith Graves Adele J. Gray John Bowie Gray V Martha M. Grimson ’67 Bob Gwaltney ’64 Robert A. Hall Liz Harper Jeanne H. Harrell ’45 Dr. W. Kelly Harris ’78 Allison Connelly Hart ’98 Thomas R. Hart ’98 Mary Glenn Briggs Haskell ’63 Virginia Pruitt Hawks William A. Hawks Shelly Skeens Hazel ’78 Marje G. Henderson Dr. Richard Henderson Amy Thomas Hendrickson ’69 James A. Hendrickson ’71 Marsha T. Herbert Dr. William N. P. Herbert ’68 David E. Hibbard ’89 John R. ’76 & Lesley Hill Victor H. Hoffman ’61 Rachel Y. Holt ’64 Jessie Thurecht Hook ’46 William Andrew Hopkins ’51 Dr. Herbert W. House, Jr. Steven & Patricia House Dr. R. Leroy Howell ’51 George W. Hughes ’69 Faye G. Humphrey ’61

The Rev. James E. Humphrey ’60 Catherine & Rob Hutchinson Robert T. Inzetta ’68 Arthur M. Ivey ’60 E. Vennecia Bynum Jackson, M.D. ’81 Donald D. Jansen Dorothy B. & Geoffrey H. Jenkins Dina ’87 & Burney ’87 Jennings, Jr. Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. ’57 Mr. & Mrs. James F. Johnson, Sr. Thomas P. Johnson, Jr. ’66 Darden W. Jones, Jr. Lindley & Susan Jones John M. & Margaret C. Jordan Ellen C. Kay John F. Kelley Esther Cole Kernodle ’36 Leslie Roessler Kernodle ’99 George J. Kilroy ’73 Peggy F. Kilroy Susan C. Klopman Gregory L. Knott ’67 & Jean A. Morrison Ernest A. Koury, Sr. ’40 William E. LaCoste, Sr. ’62 Leo & Laurie Lambert Gail H. LaRose ’64 Philip E. Larrabee, Jr. Mary Anne Elder Larson Linda M. Lashendock Joe G. Lee ’68 Loyce H. Lesley Barbara Lilienthal ’74 John Lincoln Jack R. ’56 & Dorothy C. Lindley Ikey Tarleton Little ’59 Thomas L. Lively ’72 Evelyn P. Lloyd C. Vincent Long, Jr. ’47* Amy V. Loy ’74 Lee Loy ’71 William E. Loy, Jr. Yoram Lubling George C. Ludden Mark T. & Marianne D. Mahaffey E. Boyce Maness ’63* Mr. & Mrs. Allen J. Martin, Jr. ’58 Christopher P. Martin ’78 Mr. & Mrs. David S. Massey ’83 Sally O’Neill Mauldin ’70 Dr. Harold E. ’41 & Jolene C. Maxwell C. V. May ’67 James W. & Jo Anne A. Maynard

HONOR ROLL The Rev. Richard W. McBride Donna G. McCauley ’96 James D. McCauley ’59 James G. McClure, Jr. ’68 Tim McDowell ’76 Nancy Smith Midgette Carol A. Miskelly James R. Miskelly Dr. Beulah Mitchell Louise Bemis Mitchell ’56 Betty Mooney Edward W. Mooney, Jr.* Krista H. Mooney ’94 Michael A. Mooney ’93 Dr. Wayne T. Moore ’49 Dick More ’62 Shigemi Morita ’59 Michael A. Morris ’65 Furman C. Moseley, Jr. ’56 Ann Watts Moses C. S. Myers George T. ’56 & Jerolene K. ’60 Nall Janell Otis Niebuhr ’02 Alex W. Oliver ’68 Virginia Moorefield Ortiz ’62 Sunshine Janda Overkamp John P. Paisley, Jr. ’70 Patsy E. Palmer Joy Pamplin David E. Pardue, Jr. Dr. Richard E. & S. Diane Park J. Rankin Parks ’32 Paul & Mary Helen Parsons John K. Patterson ’59 Susan Morgan Patton ’02 Stafford R. Peebles, Jr. ’70 Donald S. Pennington ’54 Helen Hodge Pennington ’52 James Patrick Pepe ’66

Edward T.* & Nan Phipps Perkins The Rev. & Mrs. Robert E. Peterson Dr. & Mrs. Edward F. Pinn Anne E. & James B. Powell Ed Powell III Lacy M. Presnell, Jr. ’51 Mr. & Mrs. Zachary E. Pund Rosalie I. Radcliffe ’62 Janie C. Reece Dusty Rhodes Peggy Rhodes Neil M. Richie, Jr. Rosemary B. Richie William Wynn Riley ’60 Norman J. Rinaldi ’54 Dr. William D. ’43 & Helen B. ’46 Rippy Patricia L. & Peter R. W. ’80 Roughton, Jr. M. Tyrone Rowell ’66 C. Wayne Rudisill ’59 William J. Ruth ’66 Mary Coolidge Ruth ’66 Maple M. Sanders* Gavin Sands ’07 Clifford W. & Anne R. Sanford Adelaide Raye Sapp Bennett B. Sapp R. Brent Sexton ’75 Larry W. Sharpe ’69 Lillian M. Sharpe ’64* Grace D. Shepherd Linda B. Shirley Sylvia E. Sims ’59* J. Lowry Sinclair III ’65* Karen W. Small ’70 Larry K. Small ’68 D. Wayne Smart ’68 Sarah R. Smith ’98

Richard C. ’60 & Eva B. Sneed Joanne Soliday Vickie L. Somers ’89 Charles C. Springs ’69 Mona C. Stadler ’88 Anne Dechert Staley ’74 Betsy Stevens David A. Stevens ’81 Elwood E. Stone, M.D. Mary Behrend Straub ’82 Catherine & James Stuart Barbara Z. Taylor ’77 Shelby G. Thomas ’62 Demus L. Thompson ’64 & Ellen Burke Thompson ’63* W. Campbell Tims ’00 Dr. & Mrs. Jerry R. Tolley Martha Smith Trout Samuel P. Troy ’67 Dolores Hagan Truitt ’53 John G. Truitt, Jr. ’53* F. Davis Turnage, Jr. Garrett A. Turner ’08 Mary S. Underwood Angie Henry Utt ’42 Drew L. Van Horn ’82 John D. Vance, Jr. ’51 Alex S. Vardavas, Jr. ’72 Paul V. Varga ’51 & Joanne M. Varga Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. Zachary T. Walker III ’60 & Dorothy S. Walker Rena Mauldin Wall ’90 Carl E. Wallace, Jr. Diana H. Wallace Christopher A. Walsh ’72 Judith W. Walsh Cynthia F. Ward Dorothy Mears Ward

Hunt ’82 & Julia Ward Nancy H. Ward Nancy Turner Watson ’66 Dr. & Mrs. Frederic T. Watts, Jr. Odell L. Welborn ’57 Ed Welch ’59 Faye Welch Nelson A. L. & Elaine K. Weller Marie Schilling Wertz ’67 James W. White ’40 Kathryn C. White ’69 Samuel Wade White Christian Adam Wiggins ’03 Ann M. Wilkins ’53 C. Jeter Wilkins ’53 Shirley Willard Jonathan W. ’84 & Debra S. ’86 Willard Jo Watts Williams ’55 Wade Williamson ’70 Edward C. Wilson ’60 Russell & Rosella Wilson Brad Rader Winstead ’03 Janet M. Winstead ’70 William C. Winstead, Jr. ’70 Delhis M. Wolf Frances D. Wood ’55 Dr. & Mrs. Fred Young Dr. Deborah A. Yow-Bowden ’71 Dr. William W. Yow-Bowden Joey Zeller ’85

VISIT elon.edu/honorroll to view a searchable honor roll of everyone who made a gift to Elon University in fiscal year 2013–2014. You may search the database by donor’s name or use the drop-down menus to search by class year, donor category (parent, faculty, friend, etc.) or giving recognition group.

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