From Your Alumni President . • •
IT IS MY PLEASURE to serve as as your Alumni President for 1987-88. It is, in a small manner, my way of showing appreciation for the many benefits which I have received as a Georgia Southwestern graduate.
I have many fond memories of my years at Southwestern: from hours in • the classroom with some of the finest teachers in the country, to athletic events and student activities. Speaking of student activities, how many of you remember the streakers? They were a phenomenon in my college era, and as most fads go, have their place in our history.
I've had the pleasure to serve the Board of Directors of the National Alumni Association for six years. During this time we've had excellent leadership from Cal Duke, Mary Torbert, Fred Turpin, Ronald Scott and Louise Oxford. The foundation has been laid by these alumni who made my job as president much easier. The alumni, during the time, have increased their contributions from $12,000 annually to $40,000. The Alumni Association awards fifteen academic scholarships, as well as $7,500 for athletic scholarships. That's why I'm proud to say, "I'm a Georgia Southwestern College alumnus "
Without the dedication, hardwork, and daily leadership of our Alumni Director, Wesley Wicker, we would not be able to enjoy our continued success. To Wesley and his staff, a heartfelt "thank-you" for a job well done. We appreciate you.
Georgia Southwestern will always have a special place in my heart and I hope yours, too. I challenge each of you to get involved either through your time and effort, or through your contributions. We cannot continue without your support.
Again, we appreciate your loyalty, and thank you for allowing me to serve as your alumni president.
Sincerely,
Ben H. Hamrick '75
1988 Spring AEOLIAN
Volume 10, Number 2
S,,cEORGIA OUIIDY.ESTERN
Editor
Wesley K. Wicker
Art Director
Gisele McCauley
Contributing Writers
Melanie Fulghum
Ben H. Hamrick '75
Patty Plotnick
Ronald D. Scott '71
Wesley K. Wicker
Photography
Alumni File Photos
Patty Plotnick
Ron Plotnick
Shirley Shell
Andy Shivers, Modern Studios
Wesley K. Wicker
Georgia Southwestern College
Dr. William H. Capitan, President
Betty Deriso Pope, President Foundation Board of Trustees
Benjamin H. Hamrick '75, President GSW Alumni Association
Dr. Charles T. Muse, Director of Continuing Education and College Relations
Wesley K. Wicker (M.Ed. '85), Director of Alumni Affairs
Patty Plotnick, Director of Public Information
A Gift From The President ...
N SEPTEMBER 19, 1987, on official letterhead stationery of the President of Georgia Southwestern College, Dr. William H. Capitan notified his wife, Dolores, that the Dolores Randolph Capitan Award for Excellence in Writing had been established. The award will honor a published writer and journalist at Southwestern.
"I hope this award encourages students to look upon writing not as a chore," Mrs. Capitan stated, "but as an act which will help them express what they have learned about the world, and what they know about themselves."
Since the summer of 1985, Mrs. Capitan has been the editor of Garden Gateways, the bulletin of the Garden Clubs of Georgia, Inc. Working on a word processor in the closet of her guest bedroom, she writes, edits, and compiles this quarterly magazine.
"I have to be a self-starter to accomplish this task," she said, "because words don't flow easily for me."
Her love of writing was a gift from her father. While Mrs. Capitan was a nursing student in Rochester, Minnesota, her father, who was a mailman, wrote letters to her that her fellow students always enjoyed reading.
"If you want to do something special for a person, don't telephone them - write a letter instead."
A native of Hastings, Nebraska and the second oldest in a family of ten children, Mrs. Capitan followed her mother's footsteps and became a registered nurse.
While working on her B.A. in English at the University of Minnesota, she was employed in the emergency room of a Minneapolis hospital. She met her future husband there, when he brought a friend in for treatment. They were married in the summer of 1959 and moved to Maryland where their daughter, Rita, was born.
Their son Ned was born in Oberlin, Ohio where Mrs. Capitan continued her nursing career, working the evening shift while Dr. Capitan shared the responsibilities of raising two children.
"Bill has always been supportive of my endeavors," she contemplated, "including my stint as a hairdresser. When I was a teenager, I worked as a cosmetologist and received my state license. When our family returned from a year in France, where Bill had continued his studies, I worked as a hairdresser again."
In 1978 Mrs. Capitan entered a new phase of life. She studied journalism in Morgantown, West Virginia and began writing a weekly feature article, "Meet Your Neighbor" for the Record-Delta Newspaper of Buchanan.
"This was the first job in my life that I truly loved," she said. "However, when I began work, I didn't even know how to load a camera."
In 1979, her husband became president of Southwestern and they moved to Americus. For several years she was The Atlanta Journal stringer for Sumter County and wrote feature articles and news stories. She has also been a freelance journalist for the Americus Times-Recorder.
Patricia Ann O'Kelley (center) tooS named the first recipient of the Dolores Randolph Capitan Award for Excellence in Writ~ ing at convocation which fea~ tured Atlanta Poet and cardiol~ ogist Dr. John Stone (right). Sharon Carroll (le~) and Darrell Collins (second from left) re• ceived certificates of recogni~ tion in the uniting competition. Mrs. Capitan (second from right) is a writer and wife of GSW President William H. Capitan.
DEVELOPMENT:
A Gift From The President. •. 1
Swimming Pool Campaign 4
New Education Center. ............ 5
FACULTY:
Cihak Named New Registrar. 2
Halstead Joins Counseling Staff 2
New Learning Center Staff 3
Buchanan, Kleckley Join Admissions .... 3
Dr. Margaret Gray Named Nursing Division Chair. ........... 14
Former Faculty File 15
INSTITUTION: Nottingham Directs Carter Institute 6 New Center For Asian Studies 7
COMMENCEMENT:
Head To Address Graduates 8 Jazz Band Performs In Florida ........ 8 PROFILE:
Dr. David McCorkle '41. 9 REUNION: Alumni Weekend April 30, 1988 .. 10-11 ACADEMICS:
Academic Excellence: Nursing 12 ALUMNEWS: Classnotes ....................... 16 In Memoriam 17
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GSW Clocks For Sale 19 Show Your Pride With GSW Pin 19 Original Boone Chairs Available .... 19
NOMINATIONS: Excellence In Teaching Award ...... 20
ON THE COVER: The 1987 Pinning Ceremony in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church in Americus. The traditional June nurses pinning included: (front row, 1-r) Nancy Morris, Jackie Howell, Sharon Doutherd, Sonja Battle, Mary Ann Defenbau, Marilyn Beard, Donna McDonald, Michelle Martin, Patricia Mims, Gina Hobby, Cindy Woods, Juanita Calhoun, Ann Short, Carolyn Shenner, Sue Kitchens, Sonja Morris, and Jean Taff. (Second row) Sharrel Ann Atkins, JoAnne Miles, Marsha Mitchell, Sue Sample, Deloris Shellings, Lynn Rooks, Cathey Jacques, Debbie Conner, Becky Jacques, LeConte Talley, and Joyce Brown.
Cihak Named New Registrar
LINDA A. CIHAK is the new registrar at Georgia Southwestern College. Cihak was director of admissions at The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.
Cihak comes to Southwestern with a B.S. in Education from Western Michigan University and an M.A. in Business Administration from Central Michigan University. She also holds an Associates degree in Data Processing from Charles County Community College.
With extensive experience in computerization and conversion, Cihak considers the completion of microfilming academic records as one of her major first tasks. Total computerization of the registration and record-keeping process will follow.
"I enjoy being involved in projects from the very beginning, and look forward to building new relationships with faculty, staff and students," Cihak commented.
Her professional record includes positions with Southeastern University and Gallaudet College, both in Washington, D.C., and Charles County Community College in LaPlata, Maryland.
Halstead Joins
Counseling Staff
JAMES H. HALSTEAD is the new coordinator of counseling at Georgia Southwestern College. Halstead was associate executive presbyter of the Presbytery of South west Georgia in Albany.
In his new position, Halstead will operate through the Office of Student Life and develop programs which will enable students and faculty to interact as a community.
"I am especially looking forward to working with the students and sharing their joys as well as their crisis," Halstead stated.
With extensive counseling experience, service to the Area 29 Advisory Council of the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Halstead is certainly qualified for the job. He has also served State Director for the Georgia Cancer Society - CanSurMount Visitation Program; and on the Governors Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
Halstead received a B.A. from Marshall University, a B.D. and Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary.
New Leaming Center staff includes: Nancy Harris Altman (top left); John T. Spencer, Jr. (top
DorothyM.
and Dewitt Porter (bottom
New Learning Center Staff
AN INNOVATIVE facility designed to assure students success has been staffed at Georgia Southwestern.
Officials have announced the confirmation of Nancy Harris Altman as Director of the Learning Center and Special Programs at Southwestern.
Altman has served as a counselor for the Upward Bound Program and the Learning Center at the college.
Airman's staff includes: Dewitt Porter, counselor, Learning Center/Upward Bound - Porter has an M.A. from Rutgers University and has served as a social caseworker with Cook County, lllinois.
John T. Spencer, Jr., director, Student Support - Spencer comes from a counseling position in Columbus and has an M.A. in counseling from Pepperdine University.
Doroth y M. Goodwin, counselorGoodwin has a Masters degree in counseling and human development from Troy State University and was previously employed with the Chambers County Juvenile Court.
The Learning Center houses study areas, computer workstations, language laboratories, and small classroom / meeting rooms. It's located on the fir st floor of the Nursing / Media SPRING 1988
Building and is open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday; and Sunday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. Individual assistance and tutoring is available to all students at no charge. Altman has initiated a tutor training program and a partners system of study.
"I'm pleased with the impact we've had," she commented. "It couldn't have been done without the students. They've been willing to give their time to help others."
The Center schedules a weekly study skills fair, student support groups and stress management workshops. Participation has been excellent, and the test scores of students involved have risen significantly.
Prior to her positions at Southwestern, Altman was a leader in the development of educational programs in Florida. She was the co-founder of the Mandarin Farm School and Learning Center in Mandarin, Florida; and served as elementary and middle school coordinator. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Florida, Gainesville; and her graduate degree is a Master of Science in Social Service Administration from Georgia Southwestern.
Buchanan and Kleckley Join Admissions Staff
PA TTY ROSS KLECKLEY '86 has joined the Admissions Office as counselor for minority recruitment. Kleckley is an Americus native who was employed by Country Cobbler in Americus prior to her appointment with the college.
Tim E. Buchanan '86 has joined the Admissions Office as a representative and counselor. A Plains native and former vice-president of Sigma Chi
fraternity, Buchanan was Mr. Southwestern in 1986. He returned to Southwestern after serving Andrew College as an admissions counselor for one year.
Buchanan and Kleckley will be traveling throughout the state, recruiting prospective students to Georgia Sputhwestem. Along with veteran recruiter Kathy Fussell, assistant director of admissions, Georgia Southwestern is one of the few colleges in the state that can claim an "all-alumni" admissions staff. Fussell '84, '87 is a native of Warner Robins and serves as advisor to Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, as well as cheerleader advisor.
right);
Goodwin (bottom right);
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Swimming Pool Campaign Tops Goal
THANK YOU! Thank you all for the tremendous support for this worthwhile project. With your financial support and hard work, we have reached our goal of $200,000 in community and alumni contributions for a beautiful facility - an all-weather, junior olympic swimming pool on campus. With these funds, support from the Board of Regents and private foundations, we expect to construct the $600,000 pool wi~hin the next 12 months. This pool will greatly benefit the students of Georgia Southwestern, as well as swimmers from across southwest Georgia, and senior citizens, particularly residents of Magnolia Manor, will have access to the facility.
Again, thank you so much for your
support. We promise to keep'you informed of our progress and the plans for construction
Sincerely,
Ronald Scott '71 Co-Chairman
GSW-Community Pool Campaign
Mike Fennessy '70 Co-Chairman
GSW-Community Pool Campaign
(ABOVE) Mike Fennessy '70 (left), cochairman of the Community Campaign Committee, receives a check from Lee Saxon '72, personnel director of Davidson-Textron, Exterior Trim Industrial Plant in Americus. Davidson contributed $2,000 as one of many local businesses that supported the pool project. The capital campaign took less than one year to complete, with receipts to date totaling over $204,000.
Groundbreaking Ceremonies Held For New Education and Conference Center
''A hallmark for the Division of Education ... a truly happy occasion.''
ONFRIDAY,April29, 1988
Georgia Southwestern President Dr. William H. Capitan officially broke ground, tossing the ceremonial first shovel-full of dirt for the college's newest facility. Approved and funded by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, construction has begun on an Education Center for Southwestern.
The $3.5 million Education and Conference Center will be located directly across from the current Administration Building and Sanford Hall; on the front of the campus, on the corner of Wheatley and Glessner Streets, and next to Residence Hall Complex Ill.
"We've been planning this building for as long as I've been here," Capitan stated. "This is truly a happy occasion."
State Senator Bud McKenzie was on hand, and remarked that everyone could be proud of the progress Southwestern has made.
"Today is a hallmark for the Division of Education," stated Dr. Marjorie Ramsey, Chairperson of the Di vision of Education. "The quality of our Education program has affected over 5,000 alumni who've earned teaching degrees here."
Scheduled for completion by November of 1989, the Education and Conference Center will encompass 46,351 square feet and including parking for 165 vehicles on campus.
The Center will house the Division of Education, complete with classrooms, laboratories, diagnostic centers, and faculty offices. It will also contain the Department of Continuing Education, housing conference rooms and meeting facilities for extended workshops and seminars.
(ABOVE) The new Education and Conference Center, located on the corners of Wheatley and Glessner Streets, will mirror the Administration Building with its columned and domed facade.
Nottingham Directs Carter Institute
JACK A. NOTTINGHAM, a professor of psychology at Georgia Southwestern College, has been named director of the newly developed Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development at Southwestern. President William H. Capitan stated that Nottingham will assume his duties as acting director at the beginning of spring quarter, 1988.
The Institute was created by the University System of Georgia, Board of Regents, as an original approach to improving mental health research and treatment in the areas of human development.
Nottingham, whose specialization is community clinical psychology, earned a Ph.D. from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. He has been licensed by the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists since September of 1976. He is the author of a $92,000 grant proposal which established a Life Inventory and Facilitation Center on the Georgia Southwestern campus. He has lectured in Japan, Okinawa, Thailand, Vietnam, West Germany, Turkey, Ethiopia, Spain and England.
While discussing plans for the Institute, Nottingham and Capitan both expressed concern for exploring the broad-based societal structures, which are responsible for today's mental health problems. They agreed that the Institute should begin organizing an initial conference this fall in consultation with Mrs. Carter. The tentative theme is "Family and Medical CaregiversDilemmas and New Directions." This conference will focus, in part, on the psychological difficulties experienced by professionals and ordinary family members who are confronted with the task of helping individuals with medical illnesses, psychological problems, and/ or dilemmas associated with aging.
A second conference, planned for 1989, will examine "Frontiers of Mental Health Research." National in scope, it will showcase leading researchers in mental health. The Institute will also present an award on a regular basis to the individual who has contributed the most to the advancement of mental health research.
"Our first step," said Capitan, "is to identify a national advisory board. We will be meeting with Mrs. Carter to review candidates. After that, we will seek support for a major new facility which will house administrative offices, conference rooms, research and clinical service areas. Additionally, the facility may accommodate the department of psychology and sociology at Southwestern."
"One of our major goals," Nottingham added, "is to facilitate opportunities looking at the whole of society and to explore how situations impact on the human being. Then we can prevent occurrence of some forms of mental illness."
Named for Southwestern alumna and former First Lady, the Rosalynn Carter Institute will further Mrs. Carter's efforts in mental health, which began with the Mental Health Act of 1980.
Capitan concluded that Nottingham was chosen to head the organizational efforts because of his broad experienc e in the field, especially in societal bearing on mental health.
"Dr. Nottingham is an experienced clinical psychologist, a successful grantwriter, and administrator," Capitan concluded. "He is a person with a vision for what the Institute can mean in the advancement of mental health in
New Center For Asian Studies
GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN College has been designated as the Center for Asian Studies by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Regents made a public statement, after their spring meeting, which was held at Ft. Valley State College. Southwestern was already the home of the Asian Studies Consortium of Georgia, directed by Dr. Don Lee, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology.
The college was designated as the Center for Japanese Language Instruction in the United States by the Hokkaido International Foundation of Japan. The foundation sent representatives to several well-known colleges and major state universities, prior to visiting and choosing Georgia Southwestern.
Forty-eight instructors of the Japanese language are currently on campus for several months of intensive training. These instructors will then move on to 46 different institutions of higher education throughout the United States. They will teach Japanese and study in graduate programs throughout the country.
Southwestern will also host Intensive English Language Institutes for Japanese businessmen. These six week sessions feature business-English training, host families, corporate tours, and cultural activities.
The designation of Georgia Southwestern for the Center of Asian Studies was certainly no fluke, or chance decision by the Board of Regents. Southwestern faculty members have participated in the First American / Japanese Cultural Exchanges with the Hokkaido International Foundation in Japan (see Spring Aeolian, 1987; Vol. 9, Number 3; p. 3) and, Dr. Harold Isaacs, professor of history, has created the Association of Third World Studies, the onl y national organization of its kind. The a ssociation provides research, study, and seminar opportunities with international participation. Dr. Isaacs edits the Journal of Third World Studies, and the periodical enjoys world-wide circulation.
Japanese businessmen may participate in the English Language Institute at
Southwestern, held in Summer and Fall Quarters. The institute provides an individual curriculum which combines language study, and the application of English language skills to chosen fields of study and work.
Dr. Don Chang Lee directs the Asian Studies Consortium of Georgia and has been instrumental in the development of Southwestern's international relationships.
Dr. Harold Isaacs founded the Association of Third World Studies at Southwestern, and has hosted numerous internationally-known authorities on Third World culture and politics.
2 0th Anniversar y
Head To Address Graduates
AJACKSON HEAD, Ill '68 will address the June 10, 1988 Commencement at Georgia
Southwestern. Head is a special agent with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Macon. A Cordele native, Jack and his wife, Carol, have two daughters, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the GSW Alumni Association.
As a '68 graduate, Jack Head was the senior class president in the first fouryear graduating class at the college. He was also the last class president. Such offices gave way to the SGA executive
and senate positions, as Southwestern grew from a junior college to a senior unit of the University System of Georgia.
Graduates of the '68 class are invited to a luncheon immediately following the ceremonies on Friday, June 10 at 12:30 noon in the faculty dining room of the Marshall Student Center. The luncheon will be held in honor of the 20th anniversary of our first four-year graduating class, and to plan a reunion during Fall Homecoming (October 29, 1988). For more information call the Alumni Office at (912) 928-1373.
Blue Wave Jazz Band Performs In Florida Fest ival
THE GEORGIA Southwestern College Blue Wave Jazz Band, under the direction of Dr. Herschel Beazley, recently performed by invitation at the Suncoast Jazz Festival in Tampa, Florida. As the only group from Georgia, the Southwestern musicians were on a program which included jazz greats such as Mel Lewis and his orchestra, the J .J. Johnson Quintet, Paquito D'Rivera, and the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors. The Blue Wave participated in master classes with professional musicians and
competed against other nonprofessionals. Southwestern's own Tracy Williams, drums, was awarded the "Outstanding Jazz Musician" recognition by the panel of jazz musician judges. Southwestern students particpating included: Larry Green, alto saxophone, Albany; Doug Martin, alto saxophone, Byron; Jeff Knighton, tenor saxophone, Blakely; Paul Bollinger, tenor saxophone, Warner Robins; Brian Clark, tenor saxophone, Albany; Victor Wanner, baritone saxophone, Americus;
Greg Moore, trumpet, Douglas; Tammy Pender, trumpet, Perry; Danny Hutchens, trumpet, Concord; Jason Bryant, trumpet, Decatur; Michael Robinson, trumpet, Americus; Marquis McCarthy, trombone, Columbus; Brian Lewis, trombone, Perry; Bill Entrekin, trombone, Americus; Pat James, bass trombone, Thomasville; Kabanya Bryant, piano, Albany; Terry McDaniel, guitar, Albany; Kirk Whitaker, bass, Blakely; Tracy Williams, drums, Albany; and Henry Moore, percussion,
'' ... the founding president of Floyd College."
Floyd College President Dr. David McCorkle '41
HE HAS A winning smile and a retiring personality. A pleasant demeanor and relaxed style immediately relaxes his audience. But Dr. David McCorkle's achievements in the field of education are noteworthy - his reputation as a leading administrator in the state of Georgia is unsurpassed.
David Benson McCorkle graduated from Georgia Southwestern College in 1941. He was the founding president of Floyd College in Rome, where he currently presides over one of the most successful two-year units in the University System of Georgia.
Born and bred in Buena Vista, which he still calls home, McCorkle's footsteps in the field of education have carried him from coast to coast. He claims that he's "just a couple of years from retirement," from a long and varied career, and hopes to become a serious fisherman when that day comes.
A 1939 graduate of Schley County High School, McCorkle finished Southwestern two years later, in 1941.
"Peyton Jacob secured a teaching position for me after I graduated," McCorkle commented. "I only had a two-year degree, but the state allowed me to teach, and I also served as principal at Wesley Grammar School in Butler for one year.
"Then I worked at Martha Mills in Thomaston for about eight months in 1942, until I was drafted." McCorkle served as a medical administrator with the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1942 to 1946.
At the war's end, he returned to his home state, continuing his education and earning a B.S. in education from the University of Georgia in 1947. He remained on the Athens campus, teaching education courses, educational pyschology and guidance for two years, while earning an M.Ed. in counseling and guidance.
McCorkle's quest for a terminal degree
landed him in Corvalis, Oregon where he studied and taught, earning a doctoral degree in 1953 .
With doctorate in hand, David McCorkle headed south - from Corvalis to Oxford - joining the staff at the University of Mississippi as director of student activities. He spent the next nine years at Ole Miss: teaching as assistant professor of education, developing the student activities program, serving as director of personnel, and directing student personnel program in the medical school.
He left the Mississippi School of Medicine for the Medical College of Georgia in 1961, spending the next eight years in Augusta as director of student affairs. When the Board of Regents established a number of two-year college s across the state in the late sixties and early seventies, McCorkle was tapped to develop the institution in Rome and he has been there ever since.
"It's a pretty little school with about 600 students and a nice campus lake," he stated. "Many of the schools in the system claim they have lakes, really just have little ponds by comparison. We've got some bass and bream in our lake, but it's nothing like fishing in the old country."
The old country is southwest Georgia, of course - Buena Vista, specifically, where McCorkle enjoyed fishing as a child and often returned, visiting his brother (now deceased), who was once the county's sheriff.
David McCorkle still returns to Buena Vista as often as possible, primarily to visit his mother. But also to escape the city traffic, hustle and bustle of downtown Rome, and nearby metropolitan Atlanta. And he enjoys a day off driving through his old country.
1. Grace Guerry McWhorter '33 (left) stands in front of her original Model A Ford with Nelle Prance Walker '26 of Macon. Mrs. Walker is the daughter of the late John Prance, former president of Georgia Southwestern. Mrs. Mc Whorter, an Americus native, and her husband Perry have kept the antique cars in mint condition since her mother, the original owner, purchased it in 1929. "Mom put the car on blocks when I started school," stated McWhorter. "She said we couldn't afford to send me and drive it at the same time, and my education was a priority." The McWhorters graced the annual Golden Club dinner by driving the Ford to campus.
2. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Williams '39 (left) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Mr. and Mrs. John K. Hart '39 of Columbus enjoyed visiting after the annual alumni awards luncheon, held on campus Saturday April 30, 1988. Both Hart and Williams serve on the Board ofT rustees of the GSW Foundation.
3. Director of Alumni Affairs Wesley Wicker presents Louise Byrd Oxford '69 with an honorary gavel as Past President of the Southwestern Alumni Association. Oxford headed the Board of Directors from 1985 - 1987.
4. Some of the Class of '38 in attendance included: (front row, left to right) Phillis Piles Allmond, Pauline Easterlin Steed, Louise Buchanan Lansford, and Martha Pate. Cheatham; (second row) Marion Reeves Wyche; (third row) Marilu Averett Tweedell, Samuel Leon Crane, Edward Lipford, Jr. and Robert L. Jones. Present, but not pictured include: Sara Stephens Adams and Billy Boyd.
5. Dr. William Capitan, president of Georgia Southwestern, awards a limited-edition print of the Old President's home to C. Tim Dupree '69, a member of the President's Club, which recognizes major contributors to the Foundation. Dupree initiated .the Cavender-Rich Scholarship, an academic achievement award in the Southwestern Alumni Associaion.
6. Classmates enjoyed visiting campus and sharing memories together. These ladies attended Southwestern when we were known as the Americus Normal College. From left to right, they include: Myra Lunsford '27, Ethel Fain '2 8 , Nina Taylor Lawhon '27, Nelle Prance Walker '26, and Martha Westbrook '29. Lunsford and We stbrook are retired teachers, residing in Columbus. Both of the ladies have established a scholarship at Southwestern. Fain, of Ma co n and Lawhon, of Woodbury were roommates in school.
7. Classmates and friends: Betry Hamilton Anderson '46, a director of the board on the Southwestern Ah.mu:ii Association, visits with Jacqueline Jordan Parker '46, Sara Lou Anderson Stevenson 'SO, and Betty Gatewood Duke '46, all of Americus. Duke was the recipient of the 1987-88 Outstanding Alumni Award named after former Alumni Secretary Leewynn J. Finklea, who is standing on Duke's immediate right. : Also looking on are Earl and Barbara Gammage '49, '50. Barbara currently serves on the Board of Directors, while Earl Gammage and Betty Duke are past presidents of the Alumni Association. He was last year's Outstanding Alumni Award recipient.
8. Some of the members of the class of '3 7 include (front row, left to right): !dale Saliba Fain, Julia Baker Isakson, Mrs. Gaston Cook, Ila Irene Durham Moulder; (second row) G. Stanley Wicker, Leo Fain, E.A. Isakson, Gaston Cook, and Glen Moulder. Not pictured, but present at the luncheon were: Sara Maude Summerford Ricketson, Marjorie Wiggens Herron, and Dorothy Daniel Foshee.
9. A large crowd of alumni visited campus on April 30 for the annual alumni awards luncheon and golden Club Dinner. This year's event was highlighted with a performance by sever 91of Southwestern 's music students and Dr. Avi Seaver's one-man show, "A Will Rogers Souvenir."
Division of Nursing
Academic Excellence
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second installment of a five-part series. The AEOLIAN will report on each academic department at Southwestern, analyzing academic excellence and alumni success in their career field, and Southwestern 's teaching faculty in the department.
WHEN LLOYD MOLL, Southwestern President 1950-63, proposed a degree program for nursing in 1953, leaders in the education field had little to compare it to there wasn't one in Georgia at the time, and only a couple had been established in the entire United States.
President Moll's vision led to the Associate of Arts Nursing Program, which is the oldest in the state and boasts 869 graduates. The BSN program was established in 1973, offering a fouryear, fully-accredited degree in nursing. And to date, the "2 + 2" program has graduated 189 registered nurses.
"It's call the two-plus-two program because applicants for a BSN must complete an accredited associate degree and pass the state board exam for registering nurses," stated Dr. Margaret Gray, newly-appointed chairperson of the division. Dr. Gray's appointment comes at a critical juncture for nursing educators throughout the country.
"There was a big debate in many states several years ago," Gray commented. "Some nursing educators felt the fouryear degree should be a requirement for licenseur (R.N.). I don't feel that's necessary, and I don't think it's much of a point of controversy anymore. There are many other pressing problems that need to be resolved in the health field today."
Serious Nursing Shortage
Hospitals across the United States are facing the worst shortage of registered nurses in health care history. Recent feature stories in leading commercial magazines (i.e. Time, Newsweek, U.S.
News) point to numerous causes for the shortage including: low pay-high stress, poor working conditions, inadequate benefits, long hours and shift work, all of which are less desirable for today's working woman.
"Today's woman has a vast array of career opportunities," stated Gray. "Many business fields are actively seeking minorities and women; careers where the doors where closed only a few years ago."
Would today's young graduate prefer to dress for success and carry a briefcase for IBM, or care for the sick and dying on the graveyard shift at the local hospital?
"It's not a glamorous profession, as it was once considered," Gray continued. "What's really more frightening than today's shortage, is the decline in enrollment in nursing schools across the
country. Very few colleges and universities have not been affected " Southwestern is no exception. The 1987 fall freshman nursing enrollment was less than one-half of the size of the 1982 class. The program is rigorous. The academics demand time that average students may prefer spending on extracurricular activities. The program is also more expensive .. .lab fees, medical books, uniforms - none of which are required in other curriculums - not to mention clinical travel expenses and purchase of materials, such as the public health bag.
A Noble Profession
Today's nurses don't land the fabulous salaries, now documented at record levels, as do doctors in the medical profession. In fact, despite the nationwide shortage, their salaries have not kept pace with many other licensed
Nursing students busily attend to patients during their practicum courses in the program. The academic requirements are as challenging as the career.
health care specialists. The average nurse too often is the only link between direct patient care and a growing army of hospital administrators, doctors, and specialists - who increasingly cushion patient contact with mountains of red tape and paperwork.
Perhaps those who pursue the program, and those who pursue nursing careers, are an unusual stock of serviceoriented personalities in our society. And perhaps those who graduate, and those who endure, in an everincreasingly arduous field, truly abide by the terms set in the Nightingale Pledge: " ... to practice my profession faithfully ... and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care."
The Faculty
The faculty of the Division of Nursing includes: Dr. Margaret Gray, chairperson, who succeeded Mrs. Rosella Deriso, now retired and living in Americus; Dr. Martha Buhler, who had served as the acting director of the program, and is director of the BSN Department, has been with South western since 1971 (seventeen years); Mrs. Sara Nell Carroll, chairman of the two-year program, has served the college for fifteen years.
Sandra Daniel, an instructor in the B.S. Department, has been employed by the college for two years - as has Alba Roberts, Nancy Morris, and Ruth Smith, who are all instructors in the A.O. Department.
Anne Ulmer has taught in the Nursing Division since 1970 (eighteen years), Nancy Hunt for fifteen years, and Mary Anne Knox for twelve years. Shirley Shell has served Southwestern since 1982 (six years), and Debbie Williams has been employed, off-and-on leave, since 1983.
Sandra Daniel '74 '76, Nancy Morris '73 '79, Nancy Hunt '76 '82, and Mary Anne Knox '75 are all Southwestern alumnae. Daniel also serves as the chair for the faculty committee on alumni affairs for the college .
Alumni
Over 1,000 nursing students have graduated from one of Georgia Southwestern's two nursing programs. A
few of our outstanding alumnae in this field include:
Dr. Patricia Lee Starck '59 is the Dean of the Nursing School at the University of Texas, Houston. Bernice C. Futch '77 is the director of nursing at the Abbeville Nursing Home. Robbie Joy Conger '78 is director of nursing education at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Joining Conger on the ABAC staff are Associate Professors of N ti rsing Pattie S. Garrett '79 and Patricia S. Barber '78.
Joan R. Darden '80 and Sandra L. Morris '79 are associate professors of nursing at Darton College in Albany, where alumna Dr. Betty C. Parton '73 is professor and chair of the Allied Health Program.
J.O. Collins '75 is the director of nursing at the Americus-Sumter Regional Hospital. Sarah H.P. Simmons '57 is a head nurse at Atlanta Plastic Surgery. Emlion M. Etheridge '57 is nursing supervisor at Baldwin County Hospital. Jana L. Chillemi '63 is the director of nursing services at Boswell Memorial Hospital. Debbie J. Griffiths '79 is the director of nursing at Camellia Gardens. Kathryn L. Holt '69 is recovery room head nurse at Cape Coral
Hospital. Geraldine M. Peters '84 is head nurse at the Carl Vinson V .A. Medical Center. Judy T . McGarrah '74 is the surgery coordinator at Charter Northside Hospital. Patricia C. Cock '63 is an associate professor of nursing at Clayton State College. Sue Spivey '81 is director of nurses at Coffee Regional Hospital. Dr. Geneva Turn er '79 is a n associate professor of nursin g a t Columbus College. Janie Ma e P. Heard '61 is a head nurse at Comm vnicv Hospital in Boston, Virgi nh. James A. Dodds, Jr. '84 is tt>e administrative nursing co ordi nat· r a t Crawford W. Long Hospital. Faye C. Lee '62 is the director of nursing at Doctor's Hospital in Columbus. Vicki M. Shantha '78 is the director emerita of the Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing. Gwen Ellenberg '59 is the dii:ector of health services at Georgia Southwestern College. Melinda Branam '84 is a head nurse of labor and delivery with Gwinnett Medical Center. Patricia Zoumberis '70 is the head nurse of the labor room at Houston County Hospital. And Carlene L. Weese '84 is the MICU head nurse at the Houston Medical Center
New chairperson of the Nursing Division, Dr. Margaret Gra y (left) visits with Dr Martha Buhler, formerly acting chair and director of the BSN department, during a recent reception held in honor of Gray's arrival at Southwestern.
Dr. Margaret Gray Named New Nursing Division Chair
DR. MARGARETE.GRAY, formerly of Petersburg, Virginia, has been named chairman of the Division of Nursing at Georgia Southwestern. Gray succeeds Dr. Martha Buhler, who served as acting director for the last two years, after the retirement of Mrs. Rosella Deriso in 1986. While Dr. Buhler has chosen to return to the classroom, Dr. Gray joins the Southwestern faculty with a broad range of administrative and academic experiences.
Margaret Gray graduated from Norfo lk General Hospital School of Nursing in 1952, earned a B.S.N. from Columbia University in New York in 1956, and received a Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Mary land in 1966. In 1980, she received an Ed D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Dr. Gray comes to Southwestern after serving as chairman of the nursing department at Virginia State University c' for:the last five years. She also served as an associate professor at Virginia State, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia (2½ years), and the director of the Virginia-Appalachian Tricollege Nursing Program (6 years).
Dr. Gray served as the education director for the Virginia State Board of Nursing in Richmond for four years. She was the coordinator and a nursing instructor of medical-surgical nursing at the Riverside Hospital School of Nursing in Newport News, Virginia. She has worked as a staff nurse, assistant night supervisor, and head nurse during a fouryear tenure at Norfolk General Hospital.
INHONOR OF the 20th Anniversary of Georgia Southwestern's first fouryear graduating class, we thought our alumni would enjoy hearing about some of their former professors, instructors, and administrators. The 1986-87 Faculty Committee on Alumni Affairs, chaired by Dr. Dowe Carter, assisted the Alumni Office in tracing many of the school's former employees. They include:
Business Administration
Otis L. Gaston, Dr. J. Hubert Greene, ] .I. Maloy, Jr. and Rebecca Parks are all retired and living in Americus. Winona Sisk lives in Buena Vista,]. Vaughn Westaway in Grandforks, North Dakota. Dr. John M. Browning teaches at the University of North Florida, while Dr. Art De Thomas is Professor of Accounting and Finance at Valdosta State College. Dr. Louis Stone teaches marketing in the Business Division at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Division of Education
Hoyt Pope, Jean Scogin Greenway, and Vicki Lott all reside in Americus. Arthur Olson lives in Woodstock, Georgia; Florence Higgingbotham, Thomasville; O'Neal Hendricks and Ernest Carlise, Columbus; Benny Wade and Arthur Cox, Cordele; Annie Fred Lanier, Portal; and Josephine Stevens, Buena Vista.
James Parker lives in Oldsmar, Florida; Don Chipman and Lynn Joyner, Montgomery, Alabama; Harry Foster, Canton, Maine; Harold Johnson, Dothan, Alabama; William C. Swindle, Stephensville, Texas; Barbara M. Bartley, Houston, Texas; and Vernon Hudson, Joplin, Missouri.
John W. Teel is the president of Brunswick College in Brunswick, Georgia. David Brown teaches at the University of Alabama; Charles Bordman, Georgia State University; Richard Coleman, Louisiana Tech University; and Helen P. Wellborn at West Georgia College.
Division of Nursing
Rosella Deriso '61, former chairperson for the Division of Nursing, is retired and residing in Americus. Betty Parry
FORMER FACULTY FILE
lives in Macon, Georgia and Joyce Stewart in Jacksonville, Florida. Carolyn Silvey Myers is hardly retired as she and her husband, Dr. Cecil Myers '70 are busy raising three children, while he practices dentistry in Americus.
Arts and Sciences
Biology and Chemistry Department
Dr. Charles K. Ewing is retired and living in Americus, as is Mrs. Willie Maxwell. Dr. Vernon Powders teaches in the Biology Department at Northwest State University in Alvan, Oklahoma. Dr. Stan Trauth teaches in the Department of Zoology at Arkansas State University in Fayetteville.
English Department
Former faculty include: Don Forrester, who teaches at Kennesaw College and Maxine Turner, currently teaching at Georgia Tech. Former Department Chair Dr. Iris Argo '32, Fred Power and Carl Niles are retired and living in Americus. Agnes Agerton lives in Preston.
Fine Arts Department
Former faculty include: Harold Bright, who is living in Atlanta, Robert Ulmer
in Macon, and Jack Gore, Americus. Geology and Physics
Former Department Chair Dan Arden, Professor Emeritus, recently retired from the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company. He and his wife have moved to Tallahassee.
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Coach Marinus Kregel is retired and living in Americus. Coach Godfrey Knight is retired, lived several years in Americus, but recently relocated to Florida. Randolph Barksdale coaches at DeKalb College and resides in Conyers.
History and Political Science
John Blount and Colonel Joseph Parker are retired and living in Americus. Alexander Palamiotis is retired and lives in Marietta. Thomas Eugene Allen, lU farms in Shellman. Joseph Kitchens is the curator of the Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville. Frank Farmer '71 is practicing medicine in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Dr. Stephen Gurr '62, former department chairman, former chairman of the Division of Arts and Sciences, is the academic dean at Gainesville College.
Mathematics Department
Mary Joiner Jones and Frank Butler, Jr. are retired and living in Americus. Joe Everette teaches at the University of Tennessee, while Virginia Guinn teaches at Calhoun County High School, Edison, Georgia.
Psychology and Sociology
Dr. Bartow Ray continues to practice in Americus. Dr. Penny Lukin practices in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Don Grigsby is with the West Central Georgia Regional Hospital in Columbus. Dr. Dick Mosig teaches at Kearney State College in Nebraska. Ors. Ann and Walter Jacobs are with the Blumberg Mental Retardation Center in Dothan, Alabama.
Necrology
Dr. Emil Weatherspoon - English
Turner Bird - English
Emily McNelley- Nursing
Mary E. Greene - Nursing
Kenneth Hart - Chemistry
Ken Howell - Math
CLASSNOTES
1942
John D. Harris is a parts inventory specialist with the City of Columbia, Equipment Service Department. He and his wife, the former Minnie Mae Cooper, live in Columbia, South Carolina.
1959
Daphne Ann Chambless has retired, as ofJanuary 1, 1988 from Terrell County DFACS in Dawson.
1951
Robert Hodges Whitaker has recently retired as district operations manager of Southern Bell Telephone in Albany. His wife, Lawana, is the office manager of KeckWood Engineering.
1956
Allethea Smith Wall and her husband, Lee, reside in Ellenwood where he owns and operates Wall and Associates, Inc.
1958
Jim Oates, director of the Dothan, Alabama Department of Leisure Services, has been awarded The Professional of the Year, the highest honor accorded by the Alabama Recreation and Parks Society. Oates has been in Dothan since 1977. He and his wife Penny have two sons, Reid and Chuck.
1968
Julia Elizabeth Hall is a retired teacher living in Cordele.
1969
Robert Louis Campbell is a line leader with Proctor and Gamble Products in Albany, where he and his wife Debra currently reside.
C. Patrick Allen has been named president of the Clark County Division of the
Citizens and Southern Bank. After graduating from Southwestern, Allen attended the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. He joined C&S in 1976, managing offices in Albany and Augusta, prior to joining the bank in Athens in 1985. Allen serves on the Board of Directors of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, the local Kiwanis Club, and participated in fund drives for United Way and the American Heart Association. He and his wife, Gaile, have two children: Beth and Clay.
1970
Bill Bieler of Miami, Florida is employed with Bieler, Inc., a distributing company of roofing and sheet metal supplies.
1971
Alice Phillips is the math department chairman at Newton High School in Covington. She and her husband, Benny Phillips '71, have one daughter, Whitney, age 12. Phillips is a partner in the CPA firm ofJackson, Phillips, and Castro of Conyers and Covington.
Billy Carson Taylor '71 '74 is a pharmacist for Eckerd Drugs in the Valdosta Mall, Valdosta.
1972
Seleta Justine Rogers is the coordinator for the Division of Instructional Media, Implementation Section, for the Georgia Department of Education. Rogers lives in Atlanta.
1973
Donald Everett Saddler is an inspector in Homestead, Florida.
1974
Debbie Wilson Hamlin teaches at Lumpkin Elementary School. She and her husband Richard live in
Preston with their two children: Kimberly, 10 and Greg, 8.
1976
Robert Russell Reddish is the executive director of a Sparta, Tennessee Hospital. Sherry Wilson Ammons is an elementary school teacher in Lumpkin. She and her husband, Joey, have two children: Mark, 4 and Jennifer, 6.
James Winthrop Brown is the director of the math lab at Darton College in Albany. Brown lives in Americus.
1977
Vaughn Kenneth Jordan is the pastor of The First Baptist Church of Lyons.
Rachel Johnson Speggle '77, '79 teaches at Webster County Elementary School. Speegle and her husband, Ricky, live in Preston with their three children: Charles, 8, Casper, 4, and Cory, 2.
1978
Tyler Lorig is a research scientist at Yale University. Lorig was recently interviewed by CNN and published in Psychology Today for his study on relaxation - inducing potential on brainwave activity.
Karen Hendricks Smith Tschiderer '78, '86 is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Marine Science at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. Sharri Ann Eckbert is employed by the Cobb/Marietta Chamber of Commerce. Eckbert lives in Smyrna.
1979
Sylvia Vann, M.Ed. teaches math at Lee County High School.
Judy Carol Reed is a flight attendant with Delta Airlines. Reed lives in Smyrna.
Marie W. Bennett is a realtor with The Norton Agency in Gainesville.
Tom Giddens is the regional sales coordinator for American Family Life Assurance Company. Giddens was recently recognized as the number one regional sales coordinator in the country. (pictured above) Navy ensign Warden G. Heft is on active duty with the anti-submarine squadron - two, Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego, California.
Nancy Anne Crawford has been promoted to the home office of Kay Bee Toys, Inc in a junior executive position. Crawford relocated to Pittsfield, Massachusetts in January.
Davy Noah Simonson has returned to Georgia under the employ of the Georgia Geologic Survey. Simonson, a geologist, is now residing in Atlanta after living out-ofstate for the last seven years. Sharon Fowler Slocumb is student teaching in Valdosta.
1981
Richard Harrison and Dawn Weeks Harrison '83 have moved to Columbia, Tennessee where he is the office manager with Camron and Barkley. The Harrisons have one daughter, Sara Morrell.
Connie Farman Strawn and her husband Dr . Dan Strawn announce the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Claire, on January 29, 1988.
1982
Harold L. Daniels teaches and coaches at Dougherty High School in Albany.
Lettie Watford, M.Ed. is the acting chairman of the Math Department at Gordon College in Barnesville.
Louie G. Pounds is the program manager in charge of the organic section of ERTs Eastern Analytical Laboratory in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Pounds resides in Fitchburg.
Matt F. Trout is a geophysicist with Amoco Production Company in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Kenneth R. Runyan, Jr. is a probation officer II with the Georgia Department of Corrections in Americus. His wife, Gisele McCauley '83, owns an advertising and design firm, MultiWorks. They have one son, Kenneth Ray, III, born April 12, 1987.
1983
Martha Raye Kent is an elementary school teacher in Unadilla. Her husband, Randy Kent, is employed by Middle Georgia EMC.
G. Phillip Warren has recently been promoted to employment services coordinator for New Ventures, Inc. of LaGrange. Warren's wife, the former E. Selena Bridges '83 recently completed a six-year specialist degree in early childhood education. She is presently teaching second grade at Mountville Elementary.
1985
JaLayne Norman Bass is a music teacher at Sunset and Hamilton Elementary Schools in Colquitt County. She and her husband, Lester Ronald Bass '85, live in Hartsfield. He teaches math at South Elementary School in Pelham. Nancy Kelly Brooks, M.Ed. teaches math at Pelham High School. She and her husband, Ken, live in
Baconton.
1986
Penelope Breeden Malcolm is a technician with Buckeye Cellulose of Oglethorpe. She and her husband, Dr. Tim Malcolm, reside in Americus where he practices veterinary medicine.
John H. Hall is a research engineer for testing in the quality control department with Shaw Chemicals. Hall recently completed a chemical engineering degree at Georgia Tech. He is a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers, the American Chemical Society, and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists.
1987
Debra Jean Biggers is an admissions counselor with South Georgia College in Douglas. Biggers resides in Fitzgerald.
MEMORIAM
George E. Simpson '21, Americus.
Maggie Phillips Peel '22 diedJuly 19, 1987.
Lynn E. Walters '23, Atlanta.
Pauline J. Walton '27, Lumpkin.
Lorraine Weed Taylor '28, January 2, 1988.
Elma E. Andrews '28, Newton.
Wilma G. Sawyer '29, Reynolds.
C.B. Buchanan '29, Flint, Michigan.
Elizabeth C. Wilson '29, Butler.
T. Woodrow Ethridge '30, T arzana, California.
Hilda D. Walters '32, Leslie.
Charles E. Smith '32, Americus.
Elene Jones Atkinson '32,
of Valdosta died June 13, 1987.
William B. Brady '33, Warner Robins.
Mrs. Gordon Brazemore '34, Centerville.
Charlie M. Hale '35, of Americus died in March, 1987.
Melvina Alford Sumner '36 of Tallahassee, Florida died June 7, 1987.
Henrietta]. Ponder '36, Whigham.
James Edward Randolph, Sr. '38, Gastonia, North Carolina died January 13, 1988. A native of Americus, Randolph was a member of Christ United Methodist Church. He was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner, and a Naval Reserve Lieutenant. He served in World War II and Korea, and was employed as a project manager for McDevitt & Street Company, Charlotte. He is survived by his wife, the former Betty Ruth Wilson, three sons, two sisters, and five grandchildren.
Virginia Morgan Shaw '38, Marietta.
Mary Alford Brown '38 of Dunwoody died January 19, 1988.
Roy McAnally '39, Jacksonville, Florida.
Joseph T. Goodroe '39, Dunwoody.
G.C. Harvard '39, Jacksonville, Florida.
Joe Warren '39 of Griffin died December 21, 1986. Theron Hogbood '40, Americus.
John M. Helms '40, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Annie R. Knight '40, Donalsonville.
William P. Todd '40, Arlington, Texas.
I.P. Cox '41, Oglethorpe.
John M. Fletcher '42, Climax.
Harold Posey '42, Warner Robins.
Jack Wilson Moore '42 of Tampa, Florida died in August of 1987.
Mary A. Lane '44, Atlanta.
Frances M. Nunnery '45, Forrest Park.
Ann B. Purser '47, Midway. William]. Abell '47, Columbus.
Rufus R. Tondee '47, Ellaville.
Betty Benson Dickens '47, Columbus.
Joseph]. Herlovich '47, Punta Gorda, Florida.
Charles A. Hughey '48, Columbus.
Charles A. Acree '48, Douglasville.
Benjamin W. Gordy '49 of Thomaston died November 20, 1987.
Durwood E. Winstanley '49, Merrit Island, Florida.
Edward E. Keel '52, Atlanta.
Lamar S. Watson '54, Camilla.
Richard R. Nelson '58.
Harold K. Slater '60, Americus.
Carolyn McCall '61 of Atlanta died January 31, 1988 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Dekalb County. McCall was the processing manager at Egleston Hospital. A native of Collins, McCall began work in Egleston in 1965. In addition to her 22-year service with the hospital, she served in the U.S. Army Reserves for over twenty years, and was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1983. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julian McCall of Collins, and three brothers.
Walter G. Harden '62, Albany.
William E. Cox '63, Rex. Thomas E. Sasser '65, Arlington.
John E. Lee '71, Pelham, Alabama.
William N. Rooks '71, Americus.
Truxton H. Stevens '71, Americus.
Arthur T. Cheek '71, Atlanta.
William E. Champion '73, Jacksonville, Florida.
Erin Anita O'Neal '73, died March 30, 1986.
A Very Special Honor
In the photo below, Bob Evans '74 (shown at left) honors Coach Marinus Kregel on February 13, 1988 during the halftime of the Hurricanes vs. Shorter College basketball game. Twenty-four former players attended the basketball alumni night, including ''Willie-T'' Mathis (left) and Todd Kennedy, shown in the background of the photo.
20th Anniversary Reunion Kappa Sigma Fraternity
November 19-20, 1988
GSWClocks For Sale
PARVEL INDUSTRIES of Mt. Carmel, Connecticut and the Georgia Southwestern Alumni Office offer you the opportunity to order a walnut wall clock, featuring the Georgia Southwestern seal.
The personalized time pieces are manufactured from solid kiln-dried hardwood, and they are in butcher block styling, available in the natural light or dark walnut finish, sized 1 lxl lxl ¼ inches.
The dock is American-made and carries a full one-year warranty. No electrical outlet is necessary, as the movement operates on a single dry-cell battery. The price for the hand-crafted clock is $50 per unit, which includes tax, postage, and delivery.
Send your orders to: Clocks I Alumni Affairs Office I Georgia Southwestern College I Americus, GA 31709. Do not send cash. Mail checks payable to: The GSW Foundation - Alumni Association.
Original Boone Chairs Available
The Georgia Southwestern Alumni Office is offering these two handcrafted Boone chairs with the college seal applied in gold on each seat-back.
The Captain's Chair may be ordered in black or walnut stain for $125.00. The black captain's chair carries the option or black or cherry arms. (Standard size 36" X 24")
The Boston Rocker also comes with a black or cherry arm option. Both rockers sell for $150 each, the captain's chair $125. Orders will be received by mail in the Alumni Office. Checks should be written to: The GSW Foundation, College Relations Office, Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, GA 31709. The chairs will be delivered to your home within 6-8 weeks from the time the order is received in the Alumni Office. (Boston Rocker, standard size 40" x 24")
CAPTAINS CHAIR
Show Your Pride WithGSWPin
ALUMNI CAN show their pride in Southwestern by wearing a GSW pin on their lapels. Now on sale from the Office of College Relations at $3.00 each, the official Hurricane warning symbol, used on the logo on all Southwestern publications and displays, makes an attractive accessory to any suite or sports coat. The pin is navy blue with a gold border, accompanied with clip-on backing.
Send your order to: Lapel Pin I Alumni Affairs Office I Georgia Southwestern College I Americus, GA 31709. Do not send cash. Make checks payable to: The GSW Foundation - Alumni Association.
BOSTON ROCKER
•University Style Chair and Rocker. Both with black lacquer finish; hand applied gold trim.
•Choice of black or cherry tinted arms on Captain's Chair.
•The school seal is applied in gold. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery F.O.B. shipped from Boone, NC, by commercial carrier.
Check appropriate boxes, and send check payable to: The Georgia Southwestern Foundation/College Relations Office/ Americus, GA 31709.
Captain's Chair. ....... $125 each Boston Rocker. $150 each Stain Arm Boston Rocker
Black Captain's Chair Option: Arm Boston Rocker Black Cherry
Alumni Award For Excellence In Teaching
Alumni are invited to nominate members of the faculty for the Excellence in Teaching Award. SIGNED NOMINATIONS of one page or less, with a SUPPORTING STA TEMENT, must be submitted to the Award Committee, GSW Alumni Office, before May 31, 1988.
Purpose and Criteria
1. The Georgia Southwestern College Alumni Association honors a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching. The quality of classroom teaching is the chief criterion. In addition, the following criteria are considered: dedication to the profession; teaching individual students who need and wane explanation; impact on students through the teaching and learning process; and personal integrity.
2. All full-time faculty members, as listed in the College Bulletin and the Faculty Handbook for the given year, are eligible for consideration.
3. The recipient is to be chosen through a three-step process:
a. Nominations by alumni and all graduating students;
b. Review and recommendations by the Selection Committee, composed of:
Two students: presidents of Student Government Association and Order of the Gown; Two alumni: selected by the Alumni Association Board; and Two faculty members: one chosen hy the faculty Senate Executive Committee, the other being the previous year's award recipient.
c. Approval by the Alumni Association's Board of Directors.
Cindy Poudrier '78 (M.Ed. '80) was last year's recipient of the Award for Excellence and Commitment to Teaching. Poudrier, the first alum to win the coveted faculty honor, is on academic leave while completing a doctoral degree at Auburn University. She had served Southwestern as an assistant professor of health, physical education, and recreation for the last six years.
NOMINATION FORM Alumni
Award for Outstanding Commitment and Excellence in Teaching
I nominate the following Georgia Southwestern College faculty member for the Alumni Award for Outstanding Commitment and Excellence in Teaching:
NAME __________________________
DEPARTMENT/SUBJECT AREAS _______________
NOMINATOR (please print full name) _______________
ALUMNUS/ALUMNA OF THE YEAR(S) _____________
DIPLOMAS/DEGREES, YEARS RECEIVED: ____________
Please list on a separate sheet your reasons and the qualifications which make your nominee deserving of the award.
RETURN TO: Award Committee I Excellence in Teaching GSW Alumni Office/ Americus, Georgia 31709
Deadline for submitting nominations is May 31, 1988
ALUMNI FILE lNFORMATION
Help us keep in touch with you. Please fill out and return to the Alumni Office.
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If you did not graduate, what years were you atc GSW? _________________________
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DoNT Mrss T:HE FUN
The GSW-Guilford game on Saturday, October 29 will serve as Homecoming Weekend. It is the. twentieth anniversary reunion of the class of '68. All alumni are invited to participate in Homecoming festivities planned for the weekend. Look for information and order forms in the Fall issue of the Aeolian.
1988 HURRICANE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. IO Mars.Hill College
Sept. 17 Clark College
Sept. 24 Hampden-Sidney College
Oct. 1 Ferrum College
0cc. 8 Milc.s College
Oct. 15 Concord College
Oct. 22 Albany State College
Oct. 29 Guilford College - Homecoming
Nov. 5 Wingate College
Nnv. :2 Union College
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