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50s - 80s Graham Walker Burns ’57 is rightfully proud that her son Lee will be the new headmaster (already is, by the time you receive the magazine) of McCallie School. Gwin Bader Tugman ’67 wrote an article in the Lookout Mountain Mirror about Graham and her large, close-knit family, a Mothers’ Day tribute. Proving that one can pursue education at any stage of life, Eleanor McCallie Cooper ’64 received her doctorate in education from UTC in December. GPS Athletic Hall of Fame member Ellen Kovacevich Hanna ’70, a three-time state diving champion, was inducted into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame in February. Incoming GPS Board of Trustees Chair, Dr. Christine Benz Smith’72, has been named the Director of the UTC School of Nursing. She has served as interim director since January 2012. Chris earned her Ph.D. in nursing from East Tennessee State University and has been with the UTC School of Nursing for over 12 years. Over Alumnae Weekend, Dr. Jane Carter ’74 shared some professional information. As Associate Professor of Medicine at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University in Providence, RI, she was the recipient of the 2013 World Lung Health Award from the American Thoracic Society. She serves as president of the International Union against TB and Lung Disease, headquartered in Paris, France. Melanie Young ’77 shared some very happy news with readers of her book Getting Things Off My Chest. Her book has received a 2014 International Book Award for Cancer Health Topics by American Book Fest. The IBA received over 1200 entries around the world and announced 300 winners and finalists. Melanie has written a second book, Fearless Fabulous You! Lessons on Living Life on Your Terms, scheduled for release in November 2014. Dr. Louise Freeman Davis ’84 recently completed teaching a course for middle/high school English teachers at the inaugural Louisiana State University Young Adult Literature Conference and Symposium in Baton Rouge. Her five-day course was on the psychology and neuroscience in Veronica Roth’s Divergent series. She also led a session on the depiction of psychological disorders in Harry Potter. Louise is an associate professor of psychology at Mary Baldwin College.
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The many legacies at May Day ’14 made the event a true family affair. From the left in this photo are grandmother Rebecca Train Stimson ’43, Rebecca Stimson ’73, and her daughter Rebecca Jenkins; Emily Cullum and her mother Becky Buckbee Cullum ’83; Lizzer Bright Graham ’77 and her daughter Nicki Graham; Haden Gibbons (mother Dallas Haden Gibbons ’73 not pictured); and Caroline Stitts and her mother behind her, Dee Sikes Stitts ’88. The group of three starting the second row are Dottie Goree Brock ’65, her granddaughter Marshall Rustand, and mother of the May Day senior, Peg Brock Rustand ’88. Next are Katie O’Dell Bailey ’81 and her daughter Betsy Bailey; Madeline Bickerstaff and her mother Joan Kelley Bickerstaff ’79. On the next row are Eleanor Brock and her mother Meg Persinger Brock ’79, Katie Morgan, Emily Clelland, and their mothers Ann Hodge Morgan ’81 and Mary Ann Pedigo Clelland ’82. On the top row are Lynda Minks Hood ’76 and daughter Lauren Hood; and Tara Shanahan and mother Lisa Reynolds Shanahan ’83.