Summer 2019 Kentucky Alumni Magazine

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Now headmaster at a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts, Temba Maqubela ’94 AS always holds a place in his heart for UK. Photo: Annie Card

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From South Africa to prep school: Temba Maqubela breaks down barriers in education

Temba Maqubela ’94 AS, a South African native who escaped during apartheid, earned a UK degree in 1994, and now has a distinguished career as an educator and headmaster at Groton School.

By Robin Roenker

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Partnership creates Jim B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits UK’s comprehensive campaign gears up with a $5 million gift to establish an institute to educate bourbon distillers and invest in the future of Kentucky workers in the industry.

By Laura Skillman and Molly Williamson

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Kenneth R. Smith ’69 DES: Guiding lighthouse restorations

Kenneth Smith’s firm has restored 15 historic lighthouses or lighthouse keeper residences in Florida and Georgia, winning design awards while preserving history.

By Linda Perry

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Trivia trek

Think you know a lot about your alma mater? Try your luck with these 10 questions to prove just how much you “bleed blue.”

By Linda Perry

Temba Maqubela at Groton School

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Presidential Conversation Pride in Blue UK News Blue Horizons Capital Campaign Update Alumni Engagement

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Sports Class Notes In Memoriam Creative Juices Retrospect Quick Take

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Board of Directors Kentucky Alumni Magazine Vol. 90 No. 2 Kentucky Alumni (ISSN 732-6297) is published quarterly by the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, Lexington, Kentucky for its dues-paying members. © 2019 University of Kentucky Alumni Association, except where noted. Views and opinions expressed in Kentucky Alumni do not necessarily represent the opinions of its editors, the UK Alumni Association nor the University of Kentucky.

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Presidential Conversation

What is possible?

Each year, as we celebrate the academic achievements of our graduates, I am reminded of the incredible spirit of the UK family — a family of students, scholars and staff that collectively is challenging each other to imagine what is possible.

UK’s mission — steadfast and steady for more than 150 years — continues to guide us today: opening doors so that more students can access the distinctive educational experience we provide; healing more Kentuckians who suffer from the most complex and serious of illnesses; and serving every county of our state, and by extension, the world in attacking the biggest challenges. Throughout this past academic year, we have demonstrated our resolve and our capacity to answer the question of what is possible in compelling and creative ways: • In early May, we gathered in the tradition of recognizing the collective efforts of the UK family with the awarding of more than 5,300 degrees to graduates prepared to lead lives of meaning and purpose. Commencement is a reminder of our central role as the University for Kentucky and an opportunity to welcome scores of new graduates into the alumni family.

• Among these graduates was one who returned to UK after 25 years to finish her degree through the university’s Project Graduate program, a statewide initiative to assist adult learners in finishing their bachelor’s degrees. The program includes one-on-one advising, special registration times and classes specific to the degree programs available to Project Graduate students. This graduate completed her degree, as she proudly remarked, “for her girls,” her daughters for whom she strives to set an example of resilience and achievement. She was among 100 undergraduate students to earn their degrees through Project Graduate this year.

• Increasingly, we are finding more students who want to be a part of this family, students who want to follow in the steps of our alumni. As of the May 1 decision deadline, more than 5,400 prospective students have committed to join the Big Blue Nation in fall 2019. I am inspired by the sense of momentum and partnership that is widespread across the University of Kentucky campus.

• I am also inspired by the partners who see in us an opportunity to transform lives, change communities, and bolster and support industries. It is that opportunity that led to a significant partnership that has the potential to transform Kentucky. Researchers at the UK Center on Drug and Alcohol Research and from across our campus — in partnership with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services as well as the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet — will lead a project as part of the National Institutes of Health Helping to End Addiction Long-term initiative. The four-year, more than $87 million, study has an ambitious but profoundly important goal: reducing opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties that represent about 40 percent of Kentucky’s population. UK is one of four universities across the country leading efforts to heal their respective states and regions. An upcoming issue of Kentucky Alumni will share more information about the importance of this transformative work and our engagement with communities across the state.

• Another partnership, one in which Jim Beam Bourbon will donate $5 million to the university to establish the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, will help define the future of one of Kentucky’s signature industries. With this contribution, the institute will support a curriculum to educate the next generation of distillers with the skills needed to succeed in the distilled spirits industry at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. The gift represents Beam Suntory’s largest single philanthropic or educational gift in the company’s history. We are excited to partner with them in supporting and advancing one of Kentucky’s largest economic drivers.

These stories represent the promise of partnership and the resulting progress that has defined the academic year at your alma mater.

It is that same promise that will guide us as we continue in our journey to ensure that student success is at the center of all that we do — through sustained and continued improvement of retention and graduation rates, meaningful progress on building a more diverse and inclusive campus community, and serving and healing Kentuckians across our state in ways that can be replicated across our country and around the world.

That is our continuing promise to you as alumni and partners: to maintain our momentum; to show the world what Kentucky can do; and to ask and answer the question of what is wildly possible at the University of Kentucky.

Sincerely, Eli Capilouto President www.ukalumni.net

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Pride in Blue

Marking a year of milestones

Fritz Skeen

2019 is a year of milestones for the University of Kentucky.

Most notably, 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of Lyman T. Johnson integrating the University of Kentucky. To mark the milestone, UK will have a year-long observance.

On Aug. 30, the university will hold an assembly to kick off its 70 Years of Integration commemoration. There will be an internationally-renowned guest speaker and other activities, which will be announced as the event approaches. Many of UK’s 17 colleges will have their own individual events.

Those events will also be announced at a later date. In addition, George Wright ’72 ’74 AS, the retired president of Prairie View A&M University, will be a visiting professor at UK for the 2019-2020 school year as a part of the university-wide 70 Years of Integration commemoration.

The UK Alumni Association will host its own events to mark the occasion over Homecoming weekend. An all-years African-American Reunion will be held during Homecoming Week, Oct. 7-12.

The goal of the reunion is to help connect our alumni back with the groups and organizations that made their academic years at UK special.

The 29th annual Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Awards event will be a luncheon this year and held in conjunction with the National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show. There will be a UK Black Voices Gospel Choir performance, as well as other events scheduled to engage alumni. In addition, UK HealthCare will host an inclusive health summit that focuses on health disparities.

But there are other milestones on campus this year that are worth noting.

One of my predecessors, Elizabeth King Smith, became the first woman to be president of the UK Alumni Association on July 1, 1919, 100 years ago. You can read more about Smith, who earned her bachelor’s degree in 1895 and master’s degree in 1896, and her life on Pages 50 and 51 of this issue of Kentucky Alumni magazine.

2019 also marks the 90th year of Kentucky Alumni magazine as a continuous publication. The first issue, then called Kentucky Alumnus, began in May 1929 and was dedicated to UK’s first graduate William Benjamin Munson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in 1869. Raymond L. Kirk ’24 AS was the editor and manager of the UK Alumni Association. Marguerite McLaughlin, Helen King and Wayman Thomasson were the associate editors. There were department columns in that issue that still survive today. There was a letter from the UK president and Class Notes were also prominent, as was sports news, and a feature on the recently-formed alumni club in Louisville.

This is also a milestone for me. As I conclude my term at the end of June, this is my last letter as president of the UK Alumni Association.

This year has been both a pleasure and an honor to be president and representing all UK alumni. As we move into July, we will implement a new membership model that is designed to keep all UK alums connected to our University of Kentucky. Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign is underway and making substantial progress toward an important goal.

In closing, let me encourage all alumni and friends to connect to UK in the manner with which you are comfortable. But by all means, connect, keep in touch and learn about what is going on at the University for Kentucky. By us all staying connected and doing our part, UK will continue changing and growing into an even better university for tomorrow.

Go Cats!

Fritz Skeen ’72 ’73 BE UK Alumni Association President

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New rankings show UK progress and impact The Center for Measuring University Performance annually compiles up to nine different research-relevant metrics that evaluate and rank American research universities. In its recently released 2017 annual rankings, for the first time UK ranked in the top 50 of all institutions and in the top 25 of public research institutions.

In the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research rankings, which compares funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to medical schools at institutions of higher education, the UK College of Medicine ranked in the top 25 of all public medical schools in 2018. Several departments in the College of Medicine ranked in the top 25 of all medical schools for NIH funding, with two departments (pharmacology, physiology) ranked in the top 5 in the nation. These data

illustrate strong growth in the College of Medicine, with NIH funding increasing from $89.9 million in 2017 to $102.9 million in 2018.

The 2017 Higher Education Research and Development Survey, conducted by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, ranked UK 62nd out of 644 institutions and 41st among 400 public institutions. These rankings were based on research expenditures at $378.4 million for FY 2017.

Research drives innovation, but it also creates jobs and improves Kentucky’s economy. Expenditures of $378.4 million contributed to $698 million for Kentucky’s economy, including $227.8 million in labor income and more than 4,260 jobs across the state in the research and scientific sector, according to the UK Center for Business and Economic Research. ■

‘I Am Diversity’ oral histories give voice to Wildcats As part of the project, Collins has already identified and talked with eight UK students, faculty and staff, as well as community champions of diversity and inclusion to get their stories.

The collection includes interviews, for example, with UK alumnus and business owner Dale Baldwin, a former UK cheerleader who became a quadriplegic after suffering injuries during a stunt on the basketball court and Meghan Buell, a transgender Indiana native and nationally-recognized public speaker who has worked with 4-H on how it can serve transgender children.

The interviews are 60-90 minutes in length and are available at www.ukalumni.net/IamDiversity ■

Photo: Mark Cornelison, UK Public Relations & Marketing

A new oral history project at UK gives voice to important life experiences and lessons by telling the stories of a variety of members of the campus family and beyond. “I Am Diversity: The Unconscious Bias Initiative,” a program from the UK Office for Institutional Diversity (OID), aims to create a universally accessible model of diversity education that illuminates fundamental links between human identity, intersectionality and inclusion.

“The I Am Diversity project originally was developed by a group of graduates of the Human Resources’ Humanity Academy, a special diversity change-agent training program,” said Renee Collins, an unconscious bias consultant at UK. “This group began a discussion around how to get members of the university community to feel more comfortable with discussing how they self-identify and how that identity contributes to the diversity within the community.”

Today, the global education project is being revitalized by funding from the OID’s Unconscious Bias Initiative through UK Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.

Each oral history interview collected provides a glimpse of the person beyond the surface appearance. This is achieved through seeking answers to such questions as: who do other people think you are; what do you wish they knew about you; how do you describe yourself; what has been your diversity story; and more.

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UK Board approves Reynolds Building for College of Design UK Board of Trustees approved the design phase for the rehabilitation of the Reynolds Building as the future home for the College of Design. This project is part of the larger campus transformation plan presented to the board in December 2018.

With 140,000 square feet, the new home in the Reynolds Building will allow for the implementation of the college’s ambitious plan to launch new initiatives, expand existing programs, establish new lines of design research and foster creative scholarship.

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College of Design programs are now housed in Pence, Bowman, Miller and Funkhouser buildings on UK’s campus. For the first time since the college’s creation, all programs will be united under one roof to ensure the opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration across design and scholarly disciplines.

The Reynolds Building is located at the western boundary of a developing district, which includes the College of Education, the College of Fine Arts School of Art and Visual Studies and multiple future campus development sites. ■

In December 2016, UK made a commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2025 compared to 2010 levels. Thanks to UK’s Emissions Reduction Plan and the work of many different units across campus, the university is on track to meet or exceed this target.

UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2017-2018 were 4 percent below the 2010 baseline. A new report from the UK Office of Sustainability provides additional details on the progress made during the first performance year for the plan.

UK tracks and reports emissions from nine distinct activities related to the campus in Lexington including: • Combustion of natural resources (coal and natural gas) in campus heating plants • Electricity usage • Gasoline and diesel used for fleet vehicles

• Business air travel • Education abroad air travel • Employee commuting • Student commuting • Landfill waste • Wastewater treatment

The efforts to optimize campus energy performance are led by the UK Utilities and Energy Management Division. Substantial reductions were attributed to a campus-wide energy conservation initiative that is coordinated in partnership with an external energy solutions company, and investments in the utility infrastructure, including the addition of new, more efficient equipment used to produce the chilled water used to cool campus buildings. ■

14 years of 24 hours ‘For the Kids’ DanceBlue is UK’s largest student-run philanthropy.

All the money raised goes to the Golden Matrix Fund and cancer research. Since 2006, DanceBlue has raised more than $15,301,853.23 for the kids, providing financial and emotional support for children and families living with childhood cancer. ■

Photo: UK Public Relations & Marketing

The dancers at the 2019 DanceBlue Marathon lasted 24 hours in pursuit of helping to find the cure for pediatric cancer.

In its 14th year, DanceBlue revealed its fundraising total of $1,880,954.88. This money will be used to support the children and families battling pediatric cancer in the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic.

Tyler Ward, DanceBlue overall chairman, said “DanceBlue matters because cancer is real, and no one, especially a kid, should have to fight through it alone. At DanceBlue, we seek to provide hope, support and joy for the kids and their families.

Although DanceBlue 2019 is over, DanceBlue never stops.”

UK to transform, modernize Chemistry-Physics Building Originally completed in 1962, the UK Chemistry-Physics Building is now getting a much-needed transformation. The central campus staple is currently undergoing a two-phase construction project that will result in a renovation of the third floor, as well as a completely new exterior façade of the building, including a three-story entrance/atrium.

The first phase of the transformation — the third floor renovation — is already underway, and will produce 15 research labs, plus support spaces, equipment spaces and offices. The second phase will bring a new exterior façade, which will include a replacement of the building exterior and roof; construction of a new stair tower, a freight elevator, a new loading dock and entrance additions; and mechanical upgrades in the penthouse.

“When the renovation is complete, this building will be a more pleasant, open and inviting place to learn,” said Mark Meier, chairman of the Department of Chemistry in the UK College of Arts and Sciences. “For students engaged in research projects, they will have modern laboratory spaces that are designed with current science practice and safety standards in mind.”

Meier said most students have taken classes in the building, including Chemistry 105, one of the largest courses at UK.

“This building has been a hugely important part of the common experience that defines a UK education, not just a place for chemistry and physics majors,” he said.

Phase 1 is a $33 million project scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2021. Phase 2 is a $26 million project scheduled to be completed in early 2022. Both phases are part of the ongoing $500 million campus modernization plan. ■ Photo: UK Public Relations & Marketing

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UK makes progress toward greenhouse gas emissions reduction

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Kentucky men’s basketball wasn’t the only team competing for the National Championship in March.

The UK Debate Team of Dan Bannister and Anthony Trufanov defeated the University of Georgia to become the 2019 National Debate Tournament (NDT) champions. And they did it in record-breaking style.

The debate program, directed by David Arnett, is housed in the UK College of Communication and Information.

The NDT was hosted by the University of Minnesota. UK Debate Team members Dan Bannister, Anthony Trufanov, Jacinda Rivas and Genevieve Hackman traveled to Minneapolis for the four-day event. They were joined by 76 other teams from across the country.

“I couldn’t be prouder of my students who believed in themselves and the team. They made the impossible possible,” Arnett said. “We could not have accomplished what we did without the support of the university, and I just want to thank everyone who stands up for the importance of debate.

In an activity dominated by private institutions and Ivy League schools, I think this sends a message that UK can stand with the best of them.”

“Over the course of eight highly competitive preliminary debates, each judged by three judges, Anthony and Dan won all 24 ballots," said Dallas Perkins, chairman of the NDT Com-

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UK takes national championship — in Debate

mittee and longtime Harvard University debate coach. “This has only been accomplished three times before in the 73-year history of the NDT. In the even tougher elimination rounds, they won four consecutive debates, and 18 out of 20 total ballots. Never before had a team won 18 of 20 ballots on their way to winning the tournament. This is truly one for the record books.”

To make it to the final round with Georgia, UK had to defeat some of the best teams in the country such as Northwestern, Cornell, Berkeley, Michigan and Kansas.

This is the second win at the NDT for UK and the first in 33 years. The previous winning team was Ouita Michel and David Brownell in 1986. ■

UK Libraries expands resources with HathiTrust UK Libraries has joined HathiTrust, a growing, global partnership with more than 145 major research institutions and libraries. This new partnership will bolster the accessibility of resources currently available to UK faculty, staff and students.

UK is the first institution in Kentucky to join HathiTrust.

Since launching in 2008, HathiTrust partner institutions and libraries have contributed more than 16.8 million volumes to the digital library. Working collaboratively through member institutions, the organization aims to transform research libraries to serve the wider scholarly enterprise, address large scale challenges, and manage programs that preserve and expand access to the scholarly and cultural record.

Asked about the partnership, Mary Beth Thomson, senior associate dean, said, “UK Libraries is committed to digital pres-

ervation and widening access, and we look forward to working with the HathiTrust membership in their efforts to preserve the cultural record and to providing the UK community with access to an increasingly comprehensive collection of digital content.

We’re excited UK faculty, staff and students will now have the ability to download the full-text PDFs of over six million volumes in the public domain.”

Named for the Hindi word for elephant, hathi, and drawing on the symbolic qualities of memory, wisdom and strength associated with the animal, the mission of the HathiTrust is to contribute to research, scholarship and the common good by collaboratively collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating and sharing the record of human knowledge. ■

UK Forestry, Natural Resources takes to airwaves and cyberspace In a state where nearly half the land is covered with woodlands, it only makes sense to have information about forests and wildlife fingertip-close for landowners and anyone interested in the environment. To that aim, the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment created “From the Woods Kentucky,” a weekly radio program and podcast that airs 11 a.m. Mondays on UK station WRFL 88.1 FM. The podcasts are available through iTunes, Libsyn or online at www.FromtheWoodsKy.org. In addition to the recorded programs, the website contains news articles and other sources of information about each topic.

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The series brings in specialists to talk about diverse subjects such as landscape ecology, fungi, bats, wood products, watersheds and more.

With 22 episodes completed and another 15 being worked on this spring, the variety will pique the interest of anyone who has spent even a short time in the woods — or would like to.

Matt Springer, assistant extension professor of wildlife management, drops by each week for a popular recurring segment, “Wildlife Sounds of the Forest,” where he plays a sound typically heard in the woods and asks the listeners if they can identify it. Toward the end of the program, he talks about the creature that makes that sound. ■

Blue Horizons

UK, Kentucky awarded $87 million to combat opioid epidemic In the largest grant ever awarded to the University of Kentucky, researchers from the UK Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR) and across campus — in partnership with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (JPSC) — will lead a project as part of the HEALing Communities study.

The four-year, more than $87 million study has an ambitious but profoundly important goal: reducing opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties that represent more than a third of Kentucky’s population. More than 47,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose in 2017.

Kentucky and UK represent one of only four study sites across the United States selected by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for this groundbreaking effort.

The study is part of the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative, a bold, trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.

The goal is to develop evidence-based solutions to the opioid crisis and offer new hope for individuals, families and communities affected by this devastating crisis. More broadly, the idea is to see if solutions in different communities across the state can be scaled up and replicated as part of a national approach to the challenge.

“Kentuckians know the insidiousness of this disease better than most,” said UK President Eli Capilouto. “The opioid

epidemic does not discriminate by zip code, race, income, or any other demographic characteristic. It is not a character or moral failing, but an illness. It's unforgiving. It touches us all.

We all know someone — a member of our family, a loved one, a lifelong friend or classmate — whose life has been damaged by this illness. Its victims are us. But there is hope. There is us.

That is why we believe aggressive, ambitious change is possible.

Indeed, it is essential. That is why we believe we can — and must — lead the way.”

Sharon Walsh, director of CDAR, is the principal investigator of the Kentucky study and will lead a team of more than 200 researchers, staff and state and community partners involved in the project. UK researchers are hoping to reduce deaths and substance abuse by leveraging existing community resources and initiatives to deploy a robust and comprehensive set of evidence-based interventions.

Sixteen counties in Kentucky that are “highly affected communities” have been identified to be included in the randomized study. They include: Fayette, Jessamine, Clark, Kenton, Campbell, Mason, Greenup, Carter, Boyd, Knox, Jefferson, Franklin, Boyle, Madison, Bourbon and Floyd counties.

The study is being carried out in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which provides support for many of the local prevention, treatment and recovery support services to be studied. ■

College of Social Work launches suicide prevention and exposure lab Every year, 47,000 people in the United States die by suicide.

As that number continues to rise, the need for dialogue becomes imperative. The UK College of Social Work is turning words into actions by launching the Suicide Prevention and Exposure Laboratory (SPEL) to examine suicide and its impact. SPEL will focus on research related to exposure, prevention and the understanding of this phenomenon. Generating empirical knowledge will also allow for a broader and deeper understanding of suicide.

Professor Julie Cerel, who will serve as the lab’s director and principal investigator, oversees a number of national and international studies related to suicide. Cerel is a faculty member in the College of Social Work and president of the American Association of Suicidology.

“We need to work to better understand the phenomenon of suicide itself and how suicide profoundly impacts families, individuals and communities,” Cerel explained. “We hope the Suicide Prevention and Exposure Lab can contribute to learning more about how to prevent suicide, and how to help those left behind.”

Through the lab, students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to engage in scholarship and research. Additionally, SPEL will collaborate with entities beyond the university community and has already established formal partnerships with academic institutions in Australia, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom, among others. ■

UK Ag launches fitness app The UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has launched a mobile fitness app to help individuals improve their health. The family and consumer sciences Extension mobile app, FitBlue, takes a holistic approach to health. The app has a fitness tracker, nutrition tracker and unique features that include a farmers’ market locator, food bank locator, and workout plans and videos for all ability levels. Users also have the opportunity to enter physical activity challenges with others and can opt to receive push notifications for Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud recipes and other educational materials de-

veloped by UK specialists. FitBlue is available for free at the Apple App Store and on Google Play.

The app began in the UK Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition as part of a grant UK received in 2014 from the Centers Compiled from news reports for Disease Conabout research at UK. trol and Prevention For more information about to help lower oberesearch taking place at UK, sity rates. ■ visit www.research.uky.edu

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TEMBA MAQUBELA FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO PREP SCHOOL:

BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS IN EDUCATION

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“Inclusion through education will liberate us all."

—Temba Maqubela Remarkable journey Maqubela grew up in the small village of Nonkobe, South Africa, at a time when brutal racial oppression from the country’s ruling apartheid regime was a daily part of life and challenging it was potentially life-threatening.

In early 1976, Maqubela was 17 and months away from graduation at St. John’s College boarding school in Mthatha, South Africa. He had plans to attend medical school on a full scholarship later that year. But those plans evaporated when police stormed his biology classroom — where his mother was the teacher — and detained him, along with three other classmates, for anti-apartheid activities.

Lexington Herald-Leader, April 25, 1994

Despite coming from a long line of prominent South African educators and activists (His maternal grandfather, Zachariah Keodireland “Z.K.” Matthews, was the first black person to earn a degree from a South African University and was a teacher to Nelson Mandela.), Maqubela had carried out his anti-apartheid work underground and without his parents’ knowledge.

“They were comfortable with the fact that I was going to be a medical doctor,” he told the Groton School Quarterly in a 2013 interview, just after his headmaster appointment. But as a young man, and even looking back today, Maqubela never

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hough he may now be headmaster at the prestigious Groton School, an elite boarding school in Groton, Massachusetts, Temba Maqubela ’94 AS will always hold a place in his heart for the University of Kentucky.

Maqubela, a native of South Africa who escaped the country during apartheid, earned a master’s degree in chemistry from UK in 1994, while at the same time pursuing a distinguished career as an educator and academic administrator in the Northeast.

Before accepting the role at Groton in 2013, Maqubela enjoyed a 26-year tenure at Phillips Academy, a boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts, where he served, at various times, as a chemistry instructor, chairman of the Chemistry Department, director of a summer math and science program for economically-disadvantaged public school students of color, and finally, dean of faculty and assistant head for academics.

Two years away from Phillips (on a faculty sabbatical and a one-year leave of absence) allowed him to come to UK to pursue his graduate degree and conduct research on organometallic chemistry with UK professor John Selegue. It was Selegue’s specific line of research that led Maqubela to select UK for his graduate study.

“His work appealed to me,” Maqubela says. “We were working with the metal ruthenium and synthesizing all kinds of organometallic complexes. In my previous education I had not been exposed to this new form of chemistry, which combined a bit of inorganic chemistry with organic chemistry to mine the periodic table to create new products and compounds that hadn’t previously been created.”

Maqubela speaks fondly of his time in Lexington and of the kind community of friends and colleagues he and his wife, Vuyelwa, and their three sons, Kanyi, Pumi, and Tebs (Tebs was born at the UK Chandler Hospital.) encountered during their time in Kentucky.

“Our heartstrings pull us toward Kentucky,” Maqubela says. “Kentucky taught us about the character of America. Because until then, we did not know much about the culture and character of the Midwest and the South. We were embraced so warmly by the people of Lexington. As a result, every member of my family now is a big UK fan, in every sport. No matter what — win, lose or draw.”

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Their newlywed days weren’t without fear, though. Even in Botswana, the couple found themselves under perpetual surveillance from South African authorities and were forced to move constantly from one friend’s house to another’s to evade arrest or even death. The couple was targeted and narrowly escaped with their lives during an infamous June 1985 government-sponsored attack on anti-apartheid activists in Botswana known as the Raid on Gaborone.

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regretted his efforts to subvert a regime that was unjust. “We were going to use a combination of brainpower, nonviolence [and] passive resistance to end apartheid,” he added.

After being detained, Maqubela evaded a certain jail sentence in South Africa by escaping to Botswana as a political refugee. After a year in Botswana, he moved to Nigeria, where he earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Ibadan.

Vuyelwa and Temba Maqubela (center) in 2013 with their children (from left) Kanyi, Tebs and Pumi.

For roughly eight years he lived in exile and had little correspondence with his family and future wife, Vuyelwa, who often goes by Vuvu, except for infrequent letters sent without a return address, so his whereabouts could not be tracked.

In 1984, the two were finally able to reconnect, and in January 1985, the couple married in Botswana, an event celebrated by more than 1,000 guests. People “ … came from thousands of miles to be at this wedding. They crossed borders to say that love would defeat apartheid,” Maqubela told the Groton School Quarterly.

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When their first child arrived, they made plans with Temba’s grandmother to hide their newborn son in her attic if anything should happen to them.

Seeking a safer, more secure life for their family, the Maqubelas applied for resettlement as political refugees in America and moved to Manhattan in 1986. There, they lived on $60/week from Temba’s minimum wage job as a coat checker at the Museum of Natural History. They made ends meet with food stamps and by standing in line for meals at soup kitchens.

Eventually, Maqubela secured a job teaching chemistry at Long Island City High School in Queens. After a year there, he landed a teaching post at Phillips Academy in Massachusetts and began his accomplished trajectory toward headmaster at Groton School.

As a black, South-African educator at an elite, predominantly

"Kentucky taught us about the character of America ... We were embraced so warmly by the people of Lexington."

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white New England boarding school, Maqubela has been interviewed by media outlets since his appointment as Groton’s eighth headmaster, including the CBS Evening News.

“I am an unusual headmaster of Groton, if I do say so myself,” he told CBS in 2016.

Prioritizing inclusion Founded in 1884 with high-profile graduates including future president Franklin D. Roosevelt among its alumni, Groton is a preparatory school of roughly 380 students in grades 8-12, where the average graduating class has an ACT composite score of 32.

Tuition and boarding cost approximately $56,000 per year, and the school has an endowment of $380 million.

Roughly 43 percent of Groton students receive financial aid, and the average financial award per student is about $46,000 annually.

Since assuming the headmaster position, Maqubela has made inclusion at Groton a driving mission. The high cost of admission, he believes, should not be a barrier to students who wish to come.

“Apartheid was exclusion. And the antidote for exclusion is inclusion, and that’s what propels me,” Maqubela says.

All of Maqubela’s life experiences — living under and fighting a repressive political system, coming to a new country as a refugee, residing in an impoverished urban neighborhood, subsisting on welfare and minimum wages, becoming a parent wanting to provide the best for his children — have converged to make him certain of one ultimate truth: education is the key to a better life.

It’s why he’s so passionate about his calling as a teacher. And it’s become his personal mantra.

“Inclusion through education will liberate us all,” he says. “It was our rallying cry in South Africa, whether we were detained or jailed, or whatever. We knew that education would eventually liberate us.”

That assuredness about the profound value of education stayed with Maqubela and Vuvu — herself an accomplished, longtime teacher of English at Phillips Academy and now Groton School — when they arrived in America, and likely helped build a foundation for their sons’ success. (Kanyi, Pumi, and Tebs Ma-

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are 20 Inclusion Scholars at Groton “Temba keeps the students and the School, a subset of the overall financial student experience at the center of his aid population. thoughts,” says Andy Anderson, Groton’s The efforts seem to be working. Beassociate head of school. “He knows tween 2014-2016, Groton saw a 43 perthem and personally cares for them. He cent rise in student diversity, and students reminds all of us who work at Groton of color now represent 44 percent of the that the care of students should be foretotal student body. most in our thoughts.”

“Temba has Groton School pulling with all oars in the same direction ... toward equity, diversity and affordability,” says Megan Harlan, Groton’s assistant head for external programs.

“Every decision he makes, he does with the well-being of students on the forefront of his mind.”

“We want Groton to forever be a school that is associated with inclusion, so that nobody can ask the question, ‘Who is not Temba Maqubela not only acts as headmaster at Groton here?’” Maqubela says. Academy but manages to teach organic chemistry, too.

“We want everybody to be here.”

Maqubela reflects on his time at Kentucky as an example of the inclusion and accepStudent focused tance he hopes to pay forward to generations of Groton students into the future.

Today, Maqubela, known to his stu“I was one of the only black students dents as “Mr. Maq,” continues to teach in the science department at Kentucky at an organic chemistry class alongside his the time. But I didn’t feel excluded. I felt duties as headmaster. Teaching is someembraced,” he says. thing that’s simply in his DNA — going He recalled another fond memory of back generations on both sides of his his stay in the Bluegrass State: the lengths family — and it’s something he happens his UK colleagues went in April 1994 in to be great at. order to ensure that he and Vuvu could In 1993, while living in Kentucky, make it to the nearest designated polling Maqubela was honored with a White station in Atlanta. They cast their votes for House Distinguished Teaching Award Nelson Mandela in the first independent for his work at Phillips Academy. The general election to be held in South Africa UK Chemistry Department at the time — a true democratic election in which all helped supply him with funds and a car races were finally able to take part. so that he could make the trip to Wash“The Chemistry Department arington to receive the honor. “That was ranged for us to get a state car and gave the American spirit, which was shown to us a credit card to pay all of our travel us in Kentucky,” he says. expenses, enough for a family of five to In 2014, he received the South Africa travel to Atlanta so that Vuvu and I could Partners’ Desmond Tutu Social Justice vote,” he says.

Award. And just last year, Maqubela was “Who does that? The love we felt was one of five national honorees in the 2018 real in Kentucky.”

Ozy Educator Awards program, selected by the website on the basis of student and alumni nominations.

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qubela, graduates, in turn, of Stanford, Dartmouth, and Boston College, have successful careers in venture capital investment, engineering and the music industry.)

“When I was on welfare in New York, I knew that eventually my education would lift me out of those times into a place where I could rightfully educate others, which was my calling,” Maqubela says.

Influenced by his past experiences, one of Maqubela’s first acts as headmaster at Groton was to initiate and launch a new campaign called Groton Affordability and Inclusion (GRAIN), which was approved by the school’s board of trustees in 2014.

Deemed the school’s top strategic priority, the initiative drove home the school’s new commitment to making Groton affordable to families at all income levels by freezing tuition increases for three years, increasing the percentage of students on financial aid and considering applicants regardless of their ability to pay tuition.

“When I came here, I asked myself the question, not so much who is here, but ‘Who is not here? And why?’” Maqubela says.

“Talent and income — there is no correlation between how much money you have and your talent academically. It’s up to schools like Groton, who have the resources, to show how schools can be inclusive,” he told CBS. Students who are academically eligible for Groton who come from families making $80,000 or less in annual income were already essentially able to come to Groton for free, through robust financial aid support.

“We had already been taking care of those with very modest means. But for families making between $80,000 to $300,000 a year before taxes, it’s hard for them to part with $60,000 for tuition,” Maqubela says.

Schools and colleges in general overlook, in his words, the “talented missing middle” — middle income families from urban and middle America.

In addition to increasing the overall percentage of students receiving aid, the GRAIN program also allowed Groton to admit five full-scholarship Inclusion Scholars each year for four consecutive years, until the total reached 20, a level now maintained. At any given time, there

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KENTUCKY SPIRITS

By Laura Skillman and Molly Williamson

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orking in the printing industry, Nancy Savage saw the need for her services steadily decline. More businesses were using online resources, and readers were shifting from printed books to electronic readers. She wanted a career that had a future and returned to the University of Kentucky to find it.

“I chose sustainable agriculture because I figured people always have to eat,” Savage said. “No matter what area I specialized in, I knew I would have a career until I retired.”

But she never expected to find a passion for fermentation. Now a research analyst in UK’s viticulture and enology program, Savage was the first person to graduate from UK’s Distillation, Wine and Brewing Studies certificate program in 2015. The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment launched the program in 2014, teaching students the fundamentals of fermentation, which is the basis for distillation, brewing beer and making wine.

“It is a great program, because it shows students whether they want to be in the industry,” Savage said. “It gives you a foundation in fermentation and then allows you to specialize. You learn everything from how to press grapes 16

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and apples and how to test sugar levels to data analysis, bottling, marketing, economics, craft writing and production.

It gives you all of the skills you need for the industry, which saves your future employer time. You don’t need basic training because you are ready to work when you complete the program.”

Now, the program is growing. In April, UK announced that Jim Beam Bourbon will donate $5 million to establish the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits.

“As the University for Kentucky, we are the engine of our state’s industry — the pulse of its economy,” said President Eli Capilouto. “When we envisioned ways to prepare our workforce to meet the changing needs of our rapidly growing bourbon industry, a partnership with Jim Beam was a natural fit, and I can’t thank them enough for the generous gift that will help bring our vision to life.”

This $5 million gift represents Beam Suntory’s largest single philanthropic or educational gift in the company’s history.

It also contributes to the $2.1 billion goal of UK’s comprehensive campaign, Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign.

The campaign will increase opportunities for student success, fund innovative research, improve health care, strengthen its alumni network and support athletic programs. UK has already raised $1.2

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PARTNER TO CREATE THE JAMES B. BEAM INSTITUTE FOR

billion toward the campaign’s goal.

“This donation is an investment in the future of bourbon and Kentucky’s future workforce, and we are confident that the future for both is very bright indeed,” said Albert Baladi, president and CEO of Beam Suntory. “We are excited about the key role that this program will play in the continued global expansion of America’s native spirit.”

The James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits will offer courses across engineering, chemistry, business, law, horticulture, forestry, food science and entomology to address spirits industry needs in sustainable agriculture, research and development.

“Very few places in the world have a historic landmark product like bourbon,” said Seth DeBolt, horticulture professor and institute director. “The institute is a collaboration to increase the longevity and the economic development for the spirits industry in Kentucky. It is really driven from an interdependence that we see between the university and the industry, and of course, remembering UK’s land-grant mission is to serve the economy of Kentucky. It’s a win-win all the way around, and we’re really excited about it.”

UK will also launch an online version of the certificate program this fall. It is a collaboration between the Gatton

College of Business and Economics and the UK colleges of Agriculture, Food and Environment; Arts and Sciences; and Engineering.

“With the continued global growth of bourbon, we need to focus on educating the next generation of distillers, scientists and engineers who can tackle the needs of this industry well into the future,” said Fred Noe, Jim Beam’s seventh generation master distiller. “And there’s no better place to make bourbon than right here in Kentucky.”

According to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association, there are nearly two barrels of bourbon resting in the state of Kentucky for every person living here, valued at $3 billion, up 300 percent from 2009. Bourbon contributes $8.6 billion to Kentucky’s economy each year, including $1 billion in payroll and $235 million in state and local tax revenue. The bourbon industry also provides more than 20,000 jobs in the state.

“Our signature bourbon industry is an incredible economic engine for the Commonwealth and a thriving global symbol of Kentucky craftsmanship and tradition,” said Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. “In the coming months, we look forward to sharing details of an impressive statewide initiative that will leverage many of our universities’ strengths and prepare the workforce of tomorrow for careers in bourbon hospitality, business and tourism, in addition to distillation and research and development.”

Savage is excited to see how the distillation, wine and brewing program grows with the Beam gift. In her current role, Savage helps make, market and sell UK’s own brand of wine. Having the institute as a resource will further her knowledge of wine making, as well as give her new tools to do testing and data analysis.

“Having a supporter like Jim Beam will provide students so many more opportunities,” Savage said. “UK already produces students with a strong knowledge of the industry, but having a resource like this will further our reputation as the leader in educating future distillers. This institute and gift are making UK stronger and the industry stronger. As a result, they are making the state stronger, and that is good for everyone.” ■ Emily Bryson York, corporate communications leader at Beam Suntory, contributed to this article.

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3,262 450 600 Gifts

First-time donors

Faculty & staff donations

By Molly Williamson

It was a day that exceeded all expectations and showed the generosity of the University of Kentucky community. One Day for UK, the university’s first giving day, raised more than $1 million on April 17, benefiting colleges, programs and causes across campus.

“One Day for UK was an outstanding day for the university,” said Anne Lichtenberg, director of annual giving. “It was inspiring to see our community come together. The UK family truly showed what Kentucky can do.”

In 24 hours, UK received $1,068,758 from 3,262 gifts, including 450 gifts from first-time donors and nearly 600 gifts from faculty and staff, said Sarah Fitzgerald, associate director of annual giving.

“It was exciting to see alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students and friends support a variety of causes at the university,” Fitzgerald said. “I want to thank everyone who participated in our first One Day for UK. It has set the bar for all future giving days.”

All of the day’s funds supported Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign, the university’s comprehensive campaign to increase student success, fund innovative research, advance health care, strengthen the alumni network, enhance UK’s athletic programs and grow the university’s endowment. UK is already more than halfway to its $2.1 billion campaign goal.

“When we launched the campaign in September, we said that Kentucky Can would ensure UK’s future and would bring momentous change to the Commonwealth,” said D. Michael Richey, vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement. “In eight months, we have already seen the impact of the campaign. With lead gifts, donors have ensured more students have access to a UK education. Corporations and individuals have enhanced our research, allowing UK to tackle some of the biggest problems facing our state, nation and world. And alumni throughout the world have established endowments that will sustain and grow UK well into the future.

“We have just begun to show the world what Kentucky can do and the strength of our alumni network,” Richey said. ■

FISCAL YEAR 2019:

CAMPAIGN UPDATE

KENTUCKY CAN: THE 21st CENTURY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED When the University of Kentucky launched Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign in September, President Eli Capilouto told the audience that it was time to show the world what Kentucky can do.

So far, the UK community has responded in a big way.

UK has raised more than $1.2 billion toward its $2.1 billion goal, supporting students, research and health care and increasing the endowment to ensure the longevity and sustainability of the university and its programs.

“Our Commonwealth, nation and world are facing unprecedented challenges, and the University of Kentucky has the ability to provide solutions, but we need the resources to do so,” said D. Michael Richey, vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement. “We are grateful for the generous alumni and friends who have invested in our success and have already begun to help us accomplish our campaign goals. With their support, Kentucky can make education more affordable. Kentucky can heal communities, and Kentucky can inspire the world. We look forward to showing people what Kentucky can do.”

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AS OF 5/31/19

$1.19 BILLION

DONORS TO DATE

128,936

STUDENT SUPPORT

$265,935,310

FACULTY SUPPORT

$48,747,764

LEADS – Leveraging Economic Affordability for Developing Success – is a UK initiative to reduce or eliminate students’ unmet need. Kentucky Can aims to provide 2,100 LEADS scholarships each year, to grow its scholarship endowment by $300 million and to make college affordable for more Kentucky students.

UK’s newest research building is focused on tackling health disparities – cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity and substance abuse – that disproportionately affect Kentuckians and impact people throughout the world. Kentucky Can wants to recruit and retain more researchers to examine these issues and to raise $95 million to complete the research building.

CAPITAL PROJECTS

PROGRAM SUPPORT

UK Athletics is committed to caring for the whole student – providing its student-athletes the tools and resources they need to be successful. Through Kentucky Can, UK Athletics will enhance its facilities, including modernizing Memorial Coliseum, upgrading the training and competition facilities for its 22 teams and enhancing its academic facilities.

A gift from the Keeneland Association will help launch an equine drug research and testing program in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Gluck Equine Research Center that will improve equine safety. Kentucky Can supports and sustains programs like these that provide solutions to global problems.

OTHER SUPPORT

ALUMNI PARTICIPATION

$267,374,398

$311,703,714

Impressed by the university’s commitment to diversity and the LGBTQ* community, UK alumnus Jim Dinkle and his partner gave $250,000 to name the Dinkle-Mas Suite in the Gatton Student Center, which serves as a home for and information center about diversity and inclusion initiatives. Their gift furthers Kentucky Can's mission to grow the UK endowment to $2.1 billion to fund and sustain university programs.

$293,109,673

57,000+

One of Kentucky Can’s goals is to increase the alumni giving rate to 21%, to recruit 2,100 new life members of the UK Alumni Association and to encourage 210 more alumni to include UK in their estate plans. Many alumni have answered the call.

More than 56,000 alumni have supported UK and the campaign. www.ukalumni.net

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KENNETH R. SMITH ’69 DES:

GUIDING LIGHTHOUSE RESTORATIONS

By Linda Perry

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omantics might fantasize living off the grid in a lighthouse at the tip of an ocean’s bay. Ken Smith has managed to combine both his interest in preserving history for those romantics along with his expertise as an architect.

Smith, who graduated in 1969 with a bachelor of architecture degree from the UK College of Design, has operated Kenneth Smith Architects Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida, for 35 years. At 74 years old, he has scaled back and continues to run his practice, but now he does so from his home. The advantage is that he can focus on projects that hold a special interest for him, such as restoring lighthouses to their former glory, while also working on more typical architectural commissions, including renovations of historic buildings at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. His firm has also restored historic county courthouses, civic

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Ken Smith in the lantern room at the top of the St. Augustine lighthouse

buildings, museums, churches and residences.

Lighthouses, in particular, have always held a strong attraction for some individuals. “It’s pretty incredible. People have passbooks, and they go around and get them signed, much like they do for the bourbon trail in Kentucky,” Smith says. “Around 2000, we did a study of Florida’s historic lighthouses for the Florida Department of Historic Resources, and I went out to Cape St George Lighthouse south of Tallahassee on a remote island. The state picked me up in a boat, and it took half an hour to get there. We used an ATV cart to travel to the lighthouse on the island. When we got there at 9 a.m. there were already eight people there — birdwatchers — checking out the lighthouse.”

He says if you leave the door open on any of the lighthouses, visitors will just come wandering in. “They’re there checking it all out and curious about what’s inside,” he says.

The attraction may be fairly simple, according to Smith.

“Once you get up in them to the top and you get to see the view — it’s spectacular. The lighthouses remain much like they were built originally, like that one, built in 1852,” Smith says. “Most of the lighthouse restorations that we’ve designed were at lighthouses where you can climb to the top and walk around a gallery on the outside and enjoy the vista.”

According to the U.S. Lighthouse Society, the Trojans built an early fire tower or lighthouse at Sigeum around 1300 B.C., and Egypt had its first lighthouse around 280 B.C. The United States had about 12 lighthouses in the late 1770s. At its peak, that number swelled to roughly 1,500 over the years.

The source of light in a tower is called the optic. Early lighthouses used oil, tallow candles, coal or kerosene to create a warning for ships approaching land. The light is magnified by a lens in the “lantern” of the tower and the windows. More modern lighthouses relied on a compact lens originally developed by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel in the early 1800s. Many of those Fresnel lenses are still in existence.

“The Fresnel lenses were made in France, and we’ve been able to get some reproductions of the smaller lenses, where they were missing, for some of our lighthouse projects,” says Smith.

Because of the risk of damage, most visitors are not allowed to enter the actual lantern room. “Normally, the lantern room is off-limits to visitors,” he says. “At the St. Marks lighthouse in Tallahassee, to get out to the gallery you have to crawl up through a hatch in the floor into the lantern room with the lens. Then you have to bend down to get through a 3-foot-high door opening to get to the exterior gallery.”

Smith’s firm has restored 15 historic lighthouses or lighthouse keeper residences in Florida and Georgia, winning design awards along the way for the completed projects. This involves repairing the building deteriorations while maintaining the integrity and character-defining features of the historic buildings, and updating the buildings for safety.

Most recently in 2018, he received Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Awards for Outstanding Achievement for restoration of the Pensacola Lighthouse and restoration of the Gasparilla Lighthouse in Boca Grande.

Smith also receives accolades for his other architectural work, most recently at Flagler College for the rehabilitation of Anderson Cottage into an Alumni House, for example. In all, he has designed more than 75 historic restoration projects and received over 70 design awards for his work from the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Savannah Foundation, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation,

the Jacksonville Chapter AIA, and the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission, to mention a few.

He was elevated to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows in 2000 for his contributions to historic preservation.

Although now in Florida, his restoration career began as a student at UK from a small Kentucky town called Canmer, situated midway between Louisville and Bowling Green. “I wanted to study architecture … We started with 140 people in my UK architecture class, and only 30 were left by the second year. I ended up graduating with about 18 in my class,” he says.

Smith was the first in his family to attend college. He thought he would make his career in Kentucky and did so for several years, working in Frankfort. “I met my wife Lorraine at UK. She was from Jacksonville. I told her that I was born in Kentucky, raised here and planned on staying here,” he says. “She said that would work for her.”

But soon the warmth of Florida was hard to resist and the couple moved south. One of Smith’s first jobs was with Herschel Shepard, an esteemed architect and preservationist, where Smith held project manager roles with restorations of the Mayport Lighthouse near Jacksonville and the historic Florida State Capital in Tallahassee. This work was pivotal for Smith and pushed his career in a new direction, ultimately launching his own architectural firm, with his wife, Lorraine Yard Smith ’67 ED, acting as his administrative assistant.

Some of his restorations are simply for preservation purposes, but some restore the buildings for new adaptive use. Most of the restored lighthouses continue in service as active aids for navigation. Some have their original lenses, while others have a contemporary beacon light.

But no matter the location or purpose of restoration, it’s likely Smith is going to encounter some type of surprise, whether a family of owls or stubborn snakes.

“When we worked on the lighthouse at Sapelo Island in Georgia, some snakes were found in the lighthouse and kept coming back.

The contractor would catch them and haul them away only to have them return in a few days. When St. Marks Lighthouse was out of service before we restored it, I climbed to the very top of the lighthouse to the lantern room. There was a 3-foot-long snake skin in that lantern room,” says Smith.

“Either he climbed the stairs like I did or he climbed up through the void in the masonry walls.” ■ St. Augustine lighthouse in Florida www.ukalumni.net

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Who was the first female appointed to the UK Board of Trustees?

A. Georgia M. Blazer B. Statie E. Erikson C. Frances Jewell

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A. Walk to the center of the “Quad” (Breckinridge, Bowman, Bradley and Kinkead halls) B. Rub the right foot of President Patterson’s statue C. “Ride” the cannon in front of the Main Building

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What UK professor emeritus, originally from Mississippi, established the Kentucky State Archives?

What do UK students do for good luck during final exams?

A. Charles Roland B. James Klotter C. Thomas D. Clark

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Why did Lyndon B. Johnson visit Lexington in 1965?

A. Received honorary doctorate from UK B. Anita Madden’s Derby Party C. UK’s 100th anniversary

A. Thomas Hunt Morgan B. John Y. Brown Jr. C. William Young

Peanut butter made a fortune for which industrious UK alum?

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1) B. For years, UK students have participated in the tradition of rubbing President Patterson’s foot before taking their final exams. 2) B. In 1892, the official colors of the university, royal blue and white, were adopted. But an earlier color set, blue and light yellow, was adopted at a Kentucky-Centre College football game on December 19, 1891. 3) A. Gov. Happy Chandler appointed the first woman as a trustee in 1939. Georgia M. Blazer of Ashland served until 1960. 4) C. Often referred to as the “Dean of Historians,” Thomas C. Clark is best known for his 1937 work, “A History of Kentucky.”

He was named Historian Laureate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1991. 5) C. President Lyndon Johnson addressed the Centennial Convocation on Feb. 22, 1965. 6) A. John Tingle, originally from Bedford, Kentucky, was the first UK player selected when the NBA draft started in 1947. Adolph Rupp said, “… one of our battlers, always fighting and always in there … an all-around basketball player.” 7) A. Albert Kirwan, president from 1968 to 1969, was the first UK alum to lead the football team as coach in 1938. 8) C. William T. Young became wealthy selling his peanut butter company to Procter & Gamble in 1955. In 1991, he donated to the UK Library Campaign and is the eponym for UK’s large library. 9) A. It was a “description” of Arabella Clement Gunn (Belle C. Gunn) in 1888 who was the first female to receive a bachelor’s degree from UK. 10) C. J. John Harris III was the sixth dean of the College of Education in 1990.

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A. Albert Kirwan B. Frank Dickey C. Otis Singletary (“Dr. Jock”)

Which UK President also did a stint as UK’s head football coach?

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A. Created the cheddar bay biscuit for Red Lobster B. Invented the facial recognition technology used by the CIA C. Became the first African-American dean at UK

How did J. John Harris III make his mark in history?

A. John “Jack” Tingle B. Ralph Beard C. Alex Groza

Who was Kentucky’s first draft pick in the NBA draft?

A. Belle C. Gunn B. Ashley Judd C. Martha Layne Collins

Who was the UK graduate described as “… well above average in scholarship, but not so brilliant as to inspire envy and jealously”?

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lexsandra Nilges didn’t pick University of Kentucky—at least not at first.

As a high achieving first-generation student, Nilges was set on applying to only the top-ranked pharmacy programs in the United States. With the support of her family, Nilges pursued pharmacy education, knowing she would need to rely heavily on student loans and scholarship assistance.

Nilges applied and was admitted to the UK College of Pharmacy, which ranks sixth in the nation. However, she also applied to thirteen other top-ranked institutions and was offered interviews at each one. After being accepted at a higher-ranking school, Nilges withdrew her formal commitment from UK College of Pharmacy where she previously committed.

Little did she know just how much the College of Pharmacy cares about its students.

Shortly after her decision, Kip Guy, dean of the College, called Nilges. “Alex is exactly the type of student we want at our College.

We take seriously the right of students to control their own professional development.

However, we know that it’s important that our prospective students know they’ll be supported when they arrive here and that we care about them as individuals. If making sure students understand that we respect them and will support them in our community means I need to get on the phone and talk through what that means, then I’m more than willing to have those conversations. We all benefit when our student body truly represents the types of people we wish to serve,” said Guy. Nilges remembers just how anxious she was about her decision. “When I sent my withdrawal email and submitted my deposit to the other school, my heart sank. I remember sitting on my couch thinking, Alex what did you just do? But at that point it was done. I never expected to hear back from UK, and I really wasn’t expecting to hear from Dean Guy.” The day after she withdrew from UK, the College of Pharmacy Admissions Director called Nilges. She left class to take the call, recognizing the Kentucky area code. “He told me he didn’t want to pressure me one way or 26

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“UK is always pushing in some direction that no one has been before.”

ALEXSANDRA L. NILGES PharmD/MBA Candidate President, Class of 2021 Chair of Legislative Committee, KAPS another, but he wanted to make sure my heart was where it needed to be,” says Nilges. “I remember him saying, ‘Hey, the other school is wonderful. And if that’s where your heart is, you need to go.’ We kept talking. He said, ‘If it’s a money issue, and you think Lexington could be where you want to be, then we will get you here.’”

Because of gifts from alumni and friends, the College of Pharmacy was able to offer Nilges the financial assistance she needed to make UK a real option. While rankings certainly played a part in the pharmacy school she planned to attend, it was the people who made the difference. As many alumni can attest, UK can easily become the place that feels like home.

Nilges is now a dual degree PharmD/MBA student, finishing her second year of pharmacy school where she’s the class president for the class of 2021. She also recently secured a pharmacy summer internship at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. When she graduates, Nilges will be the first person on either side of her family to earn a doctorate degree.

“UK is always pushing in some direction that no one has been before,” Nilges says. She is confident in her decision to attend UK College of Pharmacy and now helps with student recruitment efforts at the College. “When we’re in the classroom, professors aren’t just preparing us for what pharmacists are doing right now, but what we’ll be doing after we graduate and beyond that.”

When asked about the financial assistance she received from the College of Pharmacy Nilges jokes, “Who knew professional school was so expensive?!” She makes sure to add, “The money wasn’t strictly why I chose to come back to UK—it’s the fact that the Admissions Director and Dean Guy knew me by name.

They both took the time to call me, and they cared enough to give me the time I needed to reevaluate my decision. That alone told me where my family was. I knew it was here.”

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Our Wildcat walks!

During the largest Commencement in University of Kentucky history, Ross Boggess, former head mascot for UK, accepted his diploma as a graduate in community and leadership development in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Boggess, of Lexington, is interested in pursuing city planning and downtown development. In addition to his many community and campus activities, this past academic year he was one of the 13 outstanding students chosen to be in the first class of the UK Alumni Association’s Alumni Ambassadors. The Alumni Ambassadors are the official student-hosts of the University of Kentucky.

More than 3,700 students participated in the May 2019 Commencement held in Rupp Arena.

Overall 3,750 undergraduate, 1,090 graduate and 523 professional degree candidates (5,363 total) were approved by the UK Board of Trustees.

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YOU CAN HELP UK GROW! THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO OUR NEW SEASON The UK Alumni Association’s New Season is upon us! We look forward to serving our UK family and making Big Blue Nation stronger than ever. We recognize these changes can be a lot to take in, so here’s the new model in a nutshell.

Beginning July 1, 2019: • The Life Membership and Wildcat Society programs will remain unchanged. All Life Members will receive the highest tier of member benefits.

• The UK Alumni Association will no longer offer One and Three-year Memberships, but all current memberships as of this date will be honored until the membership expires.

• All alumni and friends who annually give $75 ($25 for students and recent graduates*) or more cumulatively to ANY UK fund will be considered Active Members and receive an enhanced tier of member benefits.

• All UK alumni who have successfully completed at least 12 credit hours will be recognized as UK Alumni Association Members and will receive a basic level of benefits.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "ANY UK FUND?" The best part about the new membership model is that you get the power of choice! You pick what unit, program or cause your generosity supports.

Your gift to any fund at the University of Kentucky will count toward Active Member status to receive the enhanced tier of Member Perks & Exclusives from the UK Alumni Association. If your Big Blue heart is drawn to helping students succeed, there are many opportunities to plant a seed. Want to invest in cancer or opioid research? There are funds for that. Loyal to your UK college? You can help it grow. Love the arts or athletics? There are funds for those, too, and countless others. Pick your passion!

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RESEARCH & DISCOVERY You can support researchers to help advance their good work, delve deeper and uncover more that will improve lives in the Commonwealth and beyond. UK scientists are examining the regenerative capability of axolotl salamanders, a rare animal which can regrow its limbs, tail, spinal cord, eyes and, in some species, even half its brain.

“Now that we have access to genomic information, we can really start to probe axolotl gene functions and learn how they are able to regenerate body parts. Hopefully someday we can translate this information to human therapy, with potential applications for spinal cord injury, stroke, joint repair … the sky’s the limit, really.”

— Randall Voss, professor in the UK Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center and a co-principle investigator on the project

DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY You can invest in numerous university initiatives to enhance the open, welcoming environment on campus and to educate and unify its students, faculty and staff.

The UK Office for Institutional Diversity is home to the Center for Academic Resources and Enrichment Services (CARES). CARES takes a holistic approach to serve students from underrepresented groups and increase retention and graduation rates.

“The programs and activities we plan are intentional in design with the intended outcome being that our students have a strong sense of belonging here at UK. They must feel that UK is home and that they are supported.”

— Toni Thomas, director, CARES Explore the many UK funds you can support to earn UK Alumni Association Active Member status!

LEARN MORE www.ukalumni.net/newmembershipmodel Email us: ukalumni@uky.edu Call us: 800-269-ALUM (2586)

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Alumni Engagement

Some members of the Big Sandy UK Alumni Club recently toured the Dueling Barrels Brewery & Distillery in Pikeville.

Left to right are Hugh B. Hall, Patricia Hall, Tom Smith, Robin Smith, B.K. Farley, Jim Keenan and Sean Hurley.

Members of the Greater Atlanta UK Alumni Club were in Lexington for the Tennessee vs. Kentucky men’s basketball game in February. They received a campus tour by their current student scholarship recipient with a stop at the Bill Gatton Student Center for a photo, followed by a reception at the King Alumni House.

Members of the Twin Cities UK Alumni Club held an outing to the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. New Orleans Pelicans basketball game in January and snapped this pic on the court.

More than 25 UK alumni and friends gathered in Vero Beach to watch UK beat Florida in men’s basketball.

There was a great turnout for the UK vs.

Florida men’s basketball game watch party hosted by the Lake Cumberland UK Alumni Club in February.

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Alumni Engagement

DanceBlue was in the hearts and minds of members of the San Diego UK Alumni Club when they participated in a fundraiser “For The Kids” in January.

Members of the Northern California UK Alumni Club had a great turnout in San Francisco for a NCAA Tournament game watch party, and cheered as Kentucky held off Wofford 62-56 in the second round of the Midwest Region.

The Central Texas UK Alumni Club held a game watch party at Cover 3 in Austin to see UK men’s basketball defeat the University of Kansas in January.

P.J. Washington received the Greater Nashville UK Alumni Club MVP trophy after the Jan. 29 UK vs. Vanderbilt basketball game in Nashville. Washington, center, was greeted by (left to right) James Williams, Karen Williams, Jayden Huffman, Charles Polk, Knox Polk, Chad Polk and Antoine Huffman.

After the pregame party during the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament in Greenville, South Carolina, two members of the Upstate SC UK Alumni Club were happy to meet with the UK Cheerleaders. Club President Chris Nordmeyer is on the far left and Winn Williams, UK Alumni Association Board of Directors member, is in the center of the second row. www.ukalumni.net

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Traveling Wildcats 2020 Tours Panama Canal & Costa Rica January 16 - 24, 2020

Southwest National Parks May 13 - 21, 2020

Swiss Alps - Interlaken August 12 - 20, 2020

Timeless Cuba January 24 - February 1, 2020

Classic Europe: 2020 Graduation Trip May 16 - 27, 2020

Great Pacific Northwest August 16 - 24, 2020

Exploring Australia & New Zealand January 25 - February 15, 2020

Ancient Adventures: Venice to Barcelona May 25 - June 7, 2020

Grand Danube Passage August 29 - September 12, 2020

Tahiti & French Polynesia January 28 - February 7, 2020

Grand Seine River & Normandy Passage June 6 - 14, 2020

Southern Grandeur: Mardi Gras Soiree February 15 - 24, 2020

Celtic Lands June 7 - 16, 2020

Black Hills, Badlands & Legends of the West September 9 - 15, 2020

Japan in Bloom April 2 - 13, 2020

Baltic & Scandinavian Legacies June 15 - 26, 2020

Northern Lights & the Great North American Migration September 16 - 21, 2020

The Masters April 9 - 12, 2020

Canadian Rockies Parks & Resorts July 17 - 23, 2020

Portrait of Italy September 17 - October 2, 2020

Village Life Around the Italian Lakes April 25 - May 3, 2020

Great Journey Through Europe July 18 - 28, 2020

Moroccan Discovery April 28 - May 11, 2020

Oberammeragau Passion Play & Danube River Cruise July 21 - 31, 2020

Seaside Harbors of Canada & New England October 6 - 16, 2020

Riviera di Levante May 2 - 10, 2020 Croatia & the Dalmatian Coast May 11 - 22, 2020

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Adriatic Awakening: Athens-Venice October 15 - 25, 2020

Summer Vistas of Alaska July 23 - 30, 2020

Egypt & the Nile Valley October 30 - November 12, 2020

British Isles Tapestry July 27 - August 7, 2020

Thanksgiving in New York City November 25 - 29, 2020

Travel the world in the company of fellow UK alumni and friends.

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Alumni Engagement

Jeff Ashley ’89 CI of Louisville, center, was named one of the 20182019 College of Communication and Information Friend of the College Award winners during the annual College Excellence Awards in March at the Boone Center. He is pictured with his wife, Holly Singleton Ashley ’91 CI, at left, and daughter, Elizabeth Ashley, who recently finished her sophomore year at UK. Interim Dean Derek Lane also presented the 2018-2019 Outstanding Alumnus Award to David Thompson at the event.

The 2019 College of Design Honors event was held in the Reynolds Building in April for students, faculty, staff and alumni. School of Architecture graduate Owen Sadrzadeh ’16 DES, left, shared a moment with College of Design faculty Lindsey Fay, Bill Massie and Mike McKay. The College of Arts and Sciences Department of Political Science and UK alumnus Mike Johnson ’90 AS hosted an alumni reception in April at the University Club of Washington DC with UK students from the WilDCats at the Capitol Internship Program. Right to left are Chris Crumrine, UK President’s Office; Clayton Thyne, professor and department chairman; Mike Johnson; Justin Wedeking, professor and associate department chairman, director of Graduate Studies; UK students in the WilDCats program; and at far left is Eli Capilouto, UK president.

The College of Health Sciences recently honored its alumni during a special recognition event. Kelly Kleinhans ’09 HS and Mike Muscarella ’09 HS (below) were inducted into the college’s Hall of Fame; Harold Dennis ’98 ED and Dustin Jones ’11 HS received the 2019 Young Alumni Award (right).

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Wildcat Sports

The Kentucky softball team earned a No. 14 national seed and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Super Regionals for the third straight season.

The Wildcats finished 36-24 overall and 14-10 in the Southeastern Conference. In the regionals at John Cropp Stadium, UK beat Toledo 7-2 then posted 8-1 and 11-1 wins over Virginia Tech.

They moved on to face host Washington in the Super Regionals, falling twice to the Huskies.

Senior third baseman Abbey Cheek had a historic season for Kentucky. She became the fourth player in UK history to be named a National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association All-American, was named the SEC Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-SEC Defensive Team.

In 2019, she hit .428 with 20 home runs, 53 RBIs and scored 54 runs. She set single-season marks in total bases (138), on-base percentage (.602) and walks (64). She also broke career records for home runs (61), RBIs (202), runs (173) and finished fifth in hits (228).

Cheek made it into the final 10 for the coveted USA Softball National Player of the Year and was voted as a CoSIDA Academic All-District Team member Kentucky shortstop Katie Reed won the 2019 Senior CLASS (Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School) Award for softball by Premier Sports Management, the first UK

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Kentucky softball advances to NCAA Super Regionals

Kentucky third baseman Abbey Cheek (11) was SEC Player of the Year and a unanimous All-American selection after setting UK career records for home runs, RBIs and runs. This season she hit 428 with 20 home runs, 53 RBIs and scored 54 runs.

softball player to win the award. The award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

In addition, UK placed three other players on the NFCA All-Region team. Jenny Schaper, an All-SEC first team pick, was named second-team all-region, Alex Martens was named second team and Reed was named to the third team. ■

UK football season tickets Kentucky season ticket sales have already surpassed 2018 totals three months before the season kicks off. As of May 30, UK had sold 30,612 season tickets, up from the 30,212 season tickets sold in 2018. Included in that total are 3,470 new season tickets and Pocket Passes sold.

Season tickets at UKFootballTix.com start at $280 apiece. Fans are able to use the Kentucky Football Virtual Venue to view and compare available seat locations and experience a 360-degree virtual view from the seats inside Kroger Field. No-interest payment plans are available for new season ticket purchases. Additionally, the Kentucky Football Pocket Pass has returned for the 2019 season, which includes a mobile ticket to all eight home games. The first 500 Pocket Passes were sold at $225 with remaining passes being sold at $250 each, while supplies last.

Kentucky football will play eight home games this fall for the first time since 2015. The Kentucky football team finished the 2018 season ranked No. 11 in the Amway Coaches Poll, the program’s first ranking in final polls since the 1984 season and its highest since 1977.

Installation is underway on new bench-backs in the north upper level at Kroger Field, the last in a series of projects to create more comfortable seating for Kentucky football games. Started in early May, the project will bring bench-back seating to all seats in sections 201-203 and 209-211 that did not previously have bench backs. In total, nearly 5,000 seats will be affected by the project, which will be completed prior to the start of the 2019 season. The project will not impact season ticket prices. ■

UK Athletics announces 2019 Hall of Fame class The UK Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2019 has been announced, with DeMarcus Cousins (men’s basketball), Henri Junghanel (rifle), A’dia Mathies (women’s basketball), Vic Nelson (cross country/track and field), Don Weber (cross country/track and field and Andre’ Woodson (football) set to be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend, Sept. 13-14, in conjunction with the football home game against Florida.

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The UK Athletics Hall of Fame was started in 2005 to recognize and honor individuals whose participation and achievements enriched and strengthened the university’s athletics program. The charter class included 88 individuals who previously had their jersey retired by UK. A committee consisting of Hall of Famers, media members, campus representatives and current coaches and administrators elects new inductees each year. ■

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Wildcats learn valuable lessons on Ethiopian service trip

Three UK football players, (l to r) Jamar “Boogie” Watson, Calvin Taylor Jr. and Landon Young, took a week-long service trip to Ethiopia in May. On the trip sponsored through UK Athletics and Ordinary Hero Foundation, a group dedicated to improving the way of life for those living in Ethiopia needing food, medicine, housing and education, the three players helped feed and visit with children in villages around the country.

"It was an eye opener. It changes your perspective. It gives you a perspective that there is no way I would've gotten unless I went to Ethiopia,” said Taylor. Young added, “It just really humbles you that we have it so good and these kids are still so selfless that they will share maybe their only meal of the week with somebody else.”

Six UK teams win NCAA Academic Progress Rate Award The University of Kentucky tied a school record with six teams — men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, gymnastics and volleyball — receiving Public Recognition Awards for their Academic Progress Rate scores from the NCAA. The squads received the honor for placing in the top 10 percent of the Division I schools in their respective sports.

The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success by the progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR measures academic eligibility, retention and

graduation. The scores are a four-year composite, covering the 2014-2015 through the 2017-2018 school years.

Having six teams earn the APR top-10 award ties the school record of six set a year ago. It’s also the first time that a UK squad has won in eight consecutive years, as this marks eight in a row for men’s golf. Men’s basketball earned the honor for the fifth consecutive year and sixth time overall.

Women’s golf and volleyball are three-year winners. Women’s basketball earned the award for the second year in a row and it is the first top-10 honor for gymnastics. ■ www.ukalumni.net

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THANKS TO ALL OF OUR NEW LIFE MEMBERS!* Life Members are among our most loyal alumni and friends. We salute your commitment to strengthening UK’s alumni community and honor your dedication to the university’s past and future.

Angela Agnich Michael M. Agnich Doug S. Andersen Victoria Baker Freddie L. Barnard Karl M. Bennett Linda Sue Bennett Anita B. Benson Donna M. Berry Dillard J. Brumfield Debra A. Buzo William R. Buzo Andrew Carloss Jeremiah Carrico Sarah A. Carrico Leslie H. Carroll Ronald A. Cathey Susan M. Cathey Brian L. Caudill David Chappell Huan-Yu Chen Judith Christians Christy Clarke J. K. Clarke Kevin Christopher Claxon Beverly R. Coleman Alice H. Colt Madison Copher McKaylee Copher James Cordray JoAnn M. Cordray Kevin M. Cox Jodi L. Crouch Jeffrey L. Crowder Tammy J. Crowder Thomas C. Damron Jane McKinney Davidson Robert E. Davidson Carrie Dichiaro Karen L. Dixon Kelly W. Doran Gil Downs Corey W. Draffen Rachel E. Draffen Gerald W. Dryden Jr. Nan E. Dryden Charlotte A. Duncan Robert J. Duty James H. Eckler John M. Elias Judith M. Elias Erin Endersby Martin Endersby Michelle Frommeyer Richard C. Frommeyer

Jonathan S. Gaciala Phyllis N. Gaciala Stephen E. Gallagher Katherine A. Gearding Raymond J. Gearding Joan Patricia Gipe Helen B. Grenough Carole H. Guthrie Lewis Guthrie III Alice M. Handlang Wendy Harper Alice S. Hart Bernard F. Hart Ainslie C. Hayden Jeremy A. Hayden Ross A. Haymaker Don-Michael Hendricks Donita T. Henry Derek L. Hill Vanessa Holloway Logan Hostin Joshua M. Jaggers Leslie M. Jaggers Margaret Jerasa William F. Johnson Jason M. Jones Eddie E. Kalb Sally L. Kalb Albert Kalim Eileen C. Kirby Gary A. Koch Julie H. Koch Amos Lapointe Veronica Lapointe Margaret A. Lewis J. Patrick Looney Marcelyn Mathews J. Michael McCann Kimberly S. McCann Kelly R. Meyer Kim T. Meyer Eddie E. Mitchell Leah Monnette Emily Montgomery Ryan A. Montgomery Laura L. Moore Marina A. Moore Charles K. Mulhall Margaret F. Mulhall Nancy A. Munn Melissa A. Nelson-Stone Jacki V. Nickodem Giovanna Maria Panepinto Rebecca L. Phillips Sidney A. Phillips Jr.

Jennifer Prewitt William Prewitt Nancy C. Price Susan E. Raczkowski Pamela L. Raymer Kimberly Riggs Stephen M. Ruschell Ashley M. Rushing Richard A. Rushing Jr. Kenna J. Sapp J. Dean Satchwell J. Michael Schlotman Teri L. Schlotman Walter D. Smith Patricia Green Solo Ehab Elia Sorial Carroll A. Spencer Keisha L. Spencer Raymond J. Stewart Wade R. Stone Hunter M. Stout Kenneth H. Summar Jr. Della J. Swan Madison Swan May Tan Vincent Tan Harry C. Thompson Linda M. Thompson Kayla Thornton James T. Tidwell Carlos Toomer Amy Tuepker Stephen F. Vogel Daniel Vollmer Meg Warriner Zachary D. Warriner Elizabeth Webb Stephen Webb Matthew L. Weber Melinda S. Wells Charles M. Whitehead Sr. Rhonda G. Whitehead Nancy L. Whitmer Laura Whittenburg William B. Wickliffe II Donna E. Woods James W. Woods Dan Wright Lois A. Wright Sherry L. Wright *New Paid-in-Full Life Members Jan. 1 – March 31, 2019

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Atlanta Club proud of scholarship recipient Anna von Schmeling ’19 CI

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avid Shelton ’66 BE equates awarding scholarships to investing in the stock market.

Then consider the Greater Atlanta UK Alumni Club bullish on Anna von Schmeling.

The UK senior, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in integrated strategic communications, was the only student the club has awarded a scholarship for all four years.

The Kennesaw, Georgia, native was a tour guide for the UK Visitor’s Center. She led a group from the club on a tour around campus when they were in Lexington for the men’s basketball game against Tennessee on Feb. 16.

“It was definitely a special experience. They were so generous to donate to my scholarship. And they’re alums, so it’s different talking to them about campus than it is incoming freshmen or families.

A lot of alums are donors, and they’ve seen the campus grow over the years and are personally invested in that,” says von Schmeling, who connected with the club at its annual student sendoff before her freshman year. “That was a great way to meet other students and a lot of Atlanta alumni. We’ve just had a good relationship ever since. I have spoken at their sendoff events, so I’ve been able to develop relationships with other students and alumni over the years.”

Being one of five children in her family currently in college, von Schmeling knows how much that scholarship means to her and her family.

“I felt very privileged to come to UK. It was my dream school,” she says. “Not too many students get to go to their dream school. I’m incredibly grateful for the support they’ve given me over these four years. For me to not have to worry about my finances has taken a load off of my shoulders.”

By Hal Morris Shelton says it has been a rewarding experience seeing von Schmeling develop into the outstanding young woman she’s become.

“She’s someone that has been successful, and it just makes you proud. She’s quite a young lady.

We’re so proud of what she’s accomplished and to have been a little part of that,” he says. “She really relates to students and she’s just a charming young lady. Anna will be successful in whatever she chooses to do. She has a drive and is determined to be successful. It’s tremendous to see how much confidence she has gained in four years. She’s the only person we’ve supported for four years and it makes you want to do more.”

“We're so proud of what she's accomplished and to have a little part of that...She's the only person we've supported for four years and it makes you want to do more."

— David Shelton ’66 BE “It was just a special moment to tour the campus and have her lead the tour (along with fellow Atlanta-area native Caiti Griffiths).

She led the tour with such ease and confidence. It was kind of like she was paying the club back for its investment. We talk to other clubs about the satisfaction you get from this investment. And it is like an investment. You buy a stock low, and when you watch it go high it’s very rewarding. That’s how we feel

about her. It’s always nice to have someone thank you for what you’ve done for them. She has gone out of her way to tell us it wasn’t something she took lightly.”

She has always felt a responsibility to make an impact on campus, and von Schmeling knows her scholarship has helped make that possible.

“Whether it was the organizations I was involved with or volunteering in the community — lots of people invested in me, so I feel it has been important to invest in the community here,” says von Schmeling, a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, who has also worked at the campus radio station WRFL among her many activities.

“It was an absolute joy to show the Atlanta club around. I think going to UK is special, and I don’t think a lot of universities have as supportive a fan base as here. When I wear something UK, you immediately have a connection to someone wherever you meet them.”

Shelton, the past national president of UK Alumni Association, says that joy is returned in kind by the club.

“Ambassador is a perfect description for her,” Shelton says. “Not only for the club, but for the entire university.”

To learn more about the UK Alumni Scholarship Program, go to www.ukalumni.net/scholarships.

During 2017-2018, the UK Alumni Association and UK Alumni Clubs provided over 150 students with scholarships, ranging from $5002,500. These awards are available through an application process that is independent of the need-based financial aid process. ■

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COLLEGE INDEX Agriculture, Food & Environment — AFE Arts & Sciences — AS Business & Economics — BE Communication & Information — CI Dentistry — DE Design — DES Education — ED Engineering — EN Fine Arts — FA The Graduate School — GS Health Sciences — HS Law — LAW Medicine — MED Nursing — NUR Pharmacy — PHA Public Health — PH Social Work — SW

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1950s Eugene L. DuBow ’53 AS lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and is a Jewish rights advocate. He is retired from the American Jewish Committee, where he was director of the Community Services Department and is still a senior advisor. He also publishes his newsletter, DuBow Digest, twice a month. DuBow was inducted into the UK Alumni Association Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2000.

Robert Hall ’53 AFE lives in Georgetown and is the owner and president of Farmers Feed Mill and its Hallway Feeds brand in Lexington. He was inducted into the 2019 Saddle and Sirloin Club, widely considered the highest honor in the livestock industry.

1960s Brahm P. Verma ’65 AFE is professor emeritus of engineering at the University of Georgia in Athens. He received the UGA Emeriti Scholars President’s Medal. Verma was instrumental in founding the university’s Faculty of Engineering and ultimately the College of Engineering. He also led in the formulation of the Institute of Biological Engineering.

William R. Garmer ’68 AS, ’75 LAW is a member at Garmer & Prather PLLC in Lexington.

He was named the No. 3 lawyer in the state in the 2019 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers Top Ten. David B. Ratterman ’68 EN is an attorney and senior member of Stites & Harbison PLLC Construction Service Group in Louisville. He received the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award at the North American Steel Construction Conference.

Ratterman, a past president of the UK Alumni Association, earned his law degree from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. William H. Cunningham ’69 LAW retired as a justice of the Kentucky 1st Supreme Court District. He was previously the Commonwealth’s attorney and Circuit Court judge for the 56th Judicial District.

Betty Moore Sandler ’69 AS, ’81 LAW is a principal with Nichols Zauzig, which has offices in Woodbridge, Manassas and Stafford, Virginia. She was named to the inaugural class of Virginia Law Weekly Influential Women of Law. 1970s Steve B. Thompson ’72 BE is chairman and CEO of Sterling Thompson Co., an insurance agency in Louisville. He was reelected as board chairman

of the Kentucky Alliance of Boys & Girls Club.

Elaine Duncan ’74 EN lives in Stillwater, Minnesota, and is president and founder of Paladin Medical Inc. and an adjunct professor of biomedical engineering in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering in the UK College of Engineering. She was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in recognition of outstanding contributions to the fields of medical and biological engineering.

Sandra Margreeve Reed ’74 ’79 AFE is a research geneticist for the U.S. National Arboretum Floral and Nursery Plants Research worksite in McMinnville, Tennessee.

James G. Adams ’76 AS retired as District judge, Third Judicial District, Division I and as vice chief regional judge of the Purchase/Pennyrile Region after 25 years of service as judge. He also served as chief assistant Christian County attorney for 12 years. Adams earned his law degree from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase School of Law. Thomas W. Strohmeier ’76 BE is a CPA with Strohmeier Tax & Accounting Partners in Louisville. He has been selected to serve as director consultant for Business Networking International in the Louisville and southern Indiana area. He also serves on the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky Audit Committee

and the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants Taxation Committee.

Katherine Miller Kula ’77 DE is the Joseph R. and Louise Ada Jarabak Endowed Professor and Chairwoman of the Department of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics in the Indiana University School of Dentistry in Bloomington. She received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who Ventures LLC. Lawrence V. Brennan ’78 MED is a medical oncologist at St. Elizabeth Healthcare and has offices in Edgewood and Ft. Thomas. He received a Cincinnati Business Courier 2019 Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award.

1980s Paul W. Brasch ’81 AFE is retired as director of the Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District and the Clermont County Office of Environmental Quality.

Bonita K. Black ’81 AS is an attorney and partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in Louisville. She was previously with Steptoe & Johnson PLLC. Black earned her law degree from Harvard Law School.

Kevin L. Anderson ’83 BE lives in Brookfield, Wisconsin, and is Wisconsin Region CEO for Old National Bank.

He had been the bank’s Milwaukee Region CEO.

Gregory D. Bourke ’83 BE is a health economist and data analytics lead for cost of care analytics and provider insights for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Kentucky in the Louisville office. He was named a Louisville Business First Person to Know in Insurance.

Jimmie C. Hatton-Kolpek ’83 ’84 PHA is a professor of pharmacy practice and science in the UK College of Pharmacy and vice chairwoman of the UK Office of Research Integrity Institutional Review Board. She received the Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who. Frederick S. Schrils ’83 BE is an attorney and managing director at Gray Robinson in the firm’s Tampa, Florida, office. He serves as chairman of the firm’s Securities Litigation and Arbitration Department.

Schrils earned his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law. Henry J. Bevel ’84 LAW is a partner at Swisher & Cohort PLC in Waterloo, Iowa. He joined the Allen Hospital Board of Directors.

David J. Frey ’86 DES is a senior principal and technical principal at HOK, a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm, and he is based in the Los Angeles office. Frey has also served as a guest critic and guest lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and the

Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

1990s Jeffery M. Carrico ’91 HS, ’96 AS, ’00 PHA is service chief for clinical pharmacy and investigational drug research at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

He was previously director of research, pharmacy services, for the Florida Hospital System.

Brian E. Leen ’91 BE is president and CEO of Gopher Resource, an environmental solutions provider based in Eagan, Minnesota.

He had been president and CEO with ADA Carbon Solutions.

Laurie Heflin Collins ’92 NUR is an advanced practice nurse at Ephraim McDowell Dedman Primary Care in Harrodsburg.

Kent D. Slusher ’92 AFE is a horticulturalist for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. He was elected as the Jessamine County 4th District magistrate. Slusher retired as a state forester and ranger with the Kentucky Department of Forestry.

Ruda L. Jenkins ’94 NUR is a registered nurse and clinical manager for University of Cincinnati Health Air Care and Mobile Care ambulance system. She was appointed to the Ohio Board of Emergency Medical, Fire and Transportation Services.

Joe K. Tannehill ’94 EN lives in Panama City, Florida, and is president and CEO of

Merrick Industries Inc. He was appointed to the Gulf Coast State College District Board of Trustees, by then-Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

Roderick D. Williams ’94 DES is a senior associate who specializes in public safety, federal, and civic projects at Dewberry, an architecture and interior design firm headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. He had been a project architect at Dewberry.

Donald D. Puckett ’95 CI is an attorney at Janik Vinnokota LLP in the firm’s Dallas, Texas, office in an of counsel position. He earned his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. M. Thomas Underwood ’96 AS is an attorney at Cordell & Cordell PC in the firm’s Louisville office. He was previously with Mosley Sauer Townes & Watkins PLLC. Underwood earned his law degree from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Jenny L. Guldseth ’97 CI is chief human resources officer for Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America in Minneapolis. She had been vice president of rewards and performance.

LaToi Lampkin Mayo ’98 AS, ’01 LAW is a shareholder at Little Mendelson PC in Lexington. She was appointed to the 2019 Commerce Lexington Board of Directors.

Travis K. Womack ’98 EN is president of The Battery Terminal Inc. in Ashland. He was named the Ashland Lions Club Lion of the Year. www.ukalumni.net

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Class Notes Wendy Woodall, ’98 NUR lives in Washington and is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She was selected as deputy chief for the Department of Nursing Science at the Army Medical Department Center and School at Joint Base San Antonio.

Alan Bearman ’99 AS is an associate professor of history and dean of university libraries at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He was named the 2019 Kansas ACT College and Career Readiness Postsecondary Champion.

Jason F. Darnall ’99 AS is Marshall County attorney in Benton. He had been the assistant county attorney.

Darnall earned his law degree from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Mackenzie V. Royce ’99 BE is an attorney who received her law degree from the Vermont Law School in 2004.

She was the executive director of the Bluegrass Conservancy in Lexington. She is also the site steward of an archaic rock pictograph that her father, Craig Royce ’70 ED, discovered in the northern Canyonlands Province of the Colorado Plateau in Utah.

2000s Mark A. Noel ’00 AS, ’03 LAW is a partner at Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP in the firm’s personal client services group in Cincinnati. He was previously an attorney at Vorys Sater Seymour and Lease LLP.

Andrew L. Sparks ’00 LAW is a member at Dickinson Wright PLLC in the firm’s Lexington office. He had been the assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Michael B. Aron ’01 DE is the owner of Salisbury Family Dentistry in Salisbury, North Carolina. He was named to the board of directors of Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Foundation.

Sarah Francis Gabbard ’01 CI is president and owner of the Paul Davis River Cities franchise in Worthington.

The company provides fire and water damage cleanup and restoration services for residential and commercial property owners.

Christina Brown-Marshall ’01 AS is an attorney and principal at Fish & Richardson PC in Atlanta in the firm’s intellectual property litigation group. She earned her law degree from Stanford Law School and her doctorate in chemistry from Stanford University.

Forrest D. Spillman ’01 ED is a math teacher at Somerset High School. He was appointed to the Pulaski County Economic Development Authority.

Brian P. Howard ’02 EN is a senior project executive for Messer Construction Co. in the firm’s Nashville, Tennessee, office.

He had been a senior project manager at Messer.

Thomas B. Jones ’02 EN is a project executive for Messer Construction Co. in the firm’s Nashville, Tennessee, office.

He was previously a project manager at Messer.

founder of (Kind) Projects of Discovery & Service LLC. Kind P.O.D.S. is a quarterly subscription box and community that gives families activities that expand social awareness, spreads kindness locally and benefits nonprofits globally.

Michael L. Schneider ’02 ’03 EN is a project executive for Messer Construction Co. in the firm’s Nashville, Tennessee, office.

Dustyn Bowman Jones ’06 CI, ’13 LAW is an attorney with Stites & Harbison PLLC in the firm’s Lexington office as a member of the firm’s Insurance Regulatory Compliance and Health Care Service groups. She was selected as a member of the Elevate Kentucky Class of 2019.

Michael P. Fay ’04 BE is field director of sales for Commonwealth Hotels LLC, which is headquartered in Covington. He was previously with Hyatt Worldwide.

Lesli Proffitt Nordstrom ’04 AS is director of marketing and communications for the National Organization for Rare Disorders in the organization’s Danbury, Connecticut, office. She was previously a project manager for Arch Street Communications.

Christopher N. Varner ’04 BE is manager of the Siegfried Group LLP in the company’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office.

Bradley M. Wilder ’05 EN is the bridge painting division manager for Intech Contracting in Lexington. He received a Society for Protective Coatings 2019 Technical Achievement Award.

Rachel Hatteberg Walt ’05 ’07 HS lives in Davidson, North Carolina, and is the

Brandon C. Meadows ’06 AS is a partner at Jimerson Birr PA in Jacksonville, Florida. He earned his law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Before joining Jimerson, Meadows served as a clerk for judges Roy B. Dalton Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida and Mark W. Moseley of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.

Andrew M. Mitchell ’06 LAW is an attorney with Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP and helps run the firm’s new St. Louis office. He was previously with Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC. Alex W. Carter ’07 BE is a real estate appraiser, consultant and owner of Alex Carter Appraisal Company in Nicholasville. He was elected to the Nicholasville City Commission.

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Class Notes

Interviewing Q&A from an HR perspective

By Caroline Francis

UK alumnus Derrick Chesser ’09 BE, a HR and organizational development manager for Whayne Supply & Walker Machinery, headquartered in Louisville, shares his perspective on some typical questions heard from our alumni regarding interviewing.

What are the most effective strategies in preparing for an interview? Besides reviewing the job description and practicing typical interviewing questions, learn as much as possible about the organization. With that, all of your responses will naturally be more in tune with the organization’s goals and will resonate best with the hiring manager.

Give some examples of typical interview mistakes. The most common interview mistake I’ve witnessed is candidates being surprised by how most interviews start: “Tell us about yourself.”

I’ve seen candidates begin their response by going back to high school experiences. This is way too much information. I’ve seen candidates at a loss for words. I’ve seen candidates talk about their family and love for travel — a little bit of personal information is great, but this is an interview, not a cocktail party.

What do you recommend to rebound from an interview misstep? Ultimately, this is the chance to make a great first impression. Be prepared to talk about your current position, education and relevant experience. The response to “Tell us about yourself ” should be your typical “elevator speech” — a few brief sentences concisely summarizing what you are proud of in your career, what transferable skills you would bring to the organization and why you are interested in the position at hand.

What’s the best way to follow up after an interview? Email a “thank you” message to the interviewers. Often decisions are being made on who to move onto the next round of interviews long before a mailed thank you note would ever arrive at the decision makers’ desks. Another strategy to consider is to bring a few blank notecards to the interview. Fill them out after your interview before you leave and give to the receptionist on your way out.

What post-interview follow up strategies would you recommend? How does timing play into the strategy? If they have given you a timeline for when you would hear back and you have not heard back, then it would be appropriate to follow up. If not, wait a couple of weeks to follow up. Sometimes with scheduling challenges, there are still interviews to be completed, and following up too soon is not helpful or viewed as too persistent. When you follow up, be sure to express your continued interest in the role and “inquire as to the status of the position.” It is appropriate to ask if you are still being considered.

UK Alumni Association members are eligible for two complimentary appointments per year with an alumni career counselor. Call 1-888-9UK-CATS (852287) to schedule an appointment. Visit www.ukalumni.net/career to learn more about resume critiques, virtual networking events and other Alumni Career Services. To post a job opening, employers may visit www.ukalumni.net/employers.

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Caroline Whitehead Kelty ’07 EN is a mechanical engineer at CMTA Energy Solutions in the company’s Lexington office. She was named to the first class of 20 to Watch: Women in HVAC by Engineered Magazine.

Richard W. Oyler ’08 CI lives in Louisville and is the owner of Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken franchise in Lexington.

Gregory R. Lee ’11 EN is president and CEO of Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. in Elizabethtown. He had been Nolin’s vice president for system’s operations.

Aaron C. Wallender ’12 DE is a pediatric craniofacial surgeon at The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart in Pensacola, Florida.

Michael T. Darst ’16 BE is a financial analyst with ProBank Austin in the company’s Louisville office.

J. Tanner Watkins ’08 LAW is a partner and litigation lawyer at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in the firm’s Louisville office.

He was selected as a member of the 2019 Bingham Fellows class, the advanced leadership program of the Leadership Louisville Center.

Donna R. Kessinger ’17 FA is executive director of the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, New Jersey.

2010s

Ryan S. Kinn ’18 DE is a dentist at Complete Family Dentistry in Fostoria, Ohio.

Mary R. Arnett ’10 ’11 ED is a fifth-grade language arts and social studies teacher at Baker Intermediate School in Winchester.

Edward C. Dressman ’10 LAW is a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in the firm’s Cincinnati office. He is part of the firm’s environmental group.

Fabiola K. Hicks ’10 AS is executive assistant for the East Boston Chamber of Commerce in East Boston, Massachusetts.

Nathaniel R. Perin ’10 BE, ’13 EN, ’18 PHA is a senior data scientist for 84.51°, a subsidiary of the Kroger Co. in Cincinnati. He was previously a data scientist in clinical analytics at Humana Inc.

Olivia N. Winn ’17 DES is a project designer at Luminaut Inc., formerly ArichtectsPlus, in Cincinnati.

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Class of 1895, back row, from left to right: Nellie Reynolds, Nettie B. Foster (salutatorian), Lucy Fitzhugh, John Bryan, Elizabeth King Smith, John Vick Faulkner, Mary Didlake (valedictorain), Mary Atkins, Mary McCauliff; Front Row: Paul I. “Pi” Murrill, Joseph Milton Downing, James McConathy, Henry S. Bush, Rufus Lee Weaver, Richard C. Stoll, Lannes Spurgem Barber; Class members absent: Roberta Newman, John Webb Wilmott, John Joseph Woods and Thomas Stone Lewis.

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here is not much known about Elizabeth King Smith.

But she does hold the honor of being the first woman to be president of the UK Alumni Association, beginning her service to UK alumni on July 1, 1919, exactly 100 years ago.

Elizabeth King received a bachelor’s degree in 1895 in Arts and Sciences. To put this in perspective, that was so long ago that she was one of only 19 students to graduate that year.

(Among those students was Richard Charles Stoll, who owned the blue necktie that was used as the color sample in 1892 for what became UK blue.)

In 1896, she also earned a master’s degree in Arts and Sciences.

UK records show that King grew up in her family’s home at 225 S. Limestone as the daughter of Gilbert Hinds King and Elizabeth King. After she married Charles J. Smith, who was in the insurance industry, the couple lived in that same home.

That location is now a parking lot, but there are still a few stately homes nearby to indicate what her home might have looked like back then. She and her husband had five children

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First female UK Alumni Association president

By Linda Perry

(four girls and one boy) who all graduated from UK. They were Gilbert K. Smith ’23 AS; Frances Smith Dugan Shine ’25 AS; Cynthia Smith Tweedy ’29 AS; Lady Elizabeth Smith Rothenstein ’28 FA (She married Sir John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein of Oxfordshire, England, the son of the painter Sir William Rothenstein. John Rothenstein was later the art historian and director of the Tate Gallery in London from 1938 until 1964, where he supervised the evacuation of works of art during the Blitz.); and Margaret Smith Lisle ’34 FA.

Perhaps Smith’s sister’s name is more familiar to most UK alumni. Margaret I. King (an 1899 graduate) became UK’s first librarian from 1909-1948. The M. I. King Library was built in 1931 and later named for her in 1948. (Margaret King also lived her entire life at 225 S. Limestone.)

A review of Kentucky Alumnus magazines during the year of Elizabeth Smith’s presidency showed that other alumni association officers were Herbert Graham of Frankfort, vicepresident; and J.D. Turner of

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100 Years Ago:

Lexington, secretary-treasurer.

(Marguerite McLaughlin of Lexington was editor of Kentucky Alumnus at that time.) In the 1919 Alumni Business Meeting report in Kentucky Alumnus, it was noted that in announcing the new officers, led by Smith, it was “truly a triumph for the suffragettes.” (Passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.)

Other UK history from that era: Membership cost $2 during the year Smith was president. The association created a new event called the Senior Pilgrimage, and also held Alumni Day, with about 50 percent of the graduating seniors in attendance. In addition, 1919 saw the alumni association board members entertaining the idea of sending the weekly Kentucky Kernel to every member

of the association, with the student newspaper containing an article about the alumni association to keep members informed about happenings on campus. The idea was tabled for further discussion, but it was noted that this would be possible with dues of $3.

Also during that year, Frank McVey was UK president and a project was started to erect a memorial (Memorial Hall) for the 2,758 Kentuckians who gave their lives for the cause of democracy in what was called the European (World War I) war. The alumni association was heavily involved in this fundraising.

The 1919 UK graduating class contained about 100 students and was deemed the “Victory Class,” with four students having given their lives during the war.

Smith had opinions, like everyone does, and wrote a column in a 1919 issue of

She dipped her toe into becoming an author when, in 1898, she and Mary L. Didlake wrote a history of Christ Church. Later in 1946, she joined her sister, Margaret King, in producing a revision and updating the same document in order to coincide with festivities for the sesquicentennial of the church.

She was historiographer of the Diocese of Lexington, receiving a citation from Bishop William Moody in 1950. This made her a commander in the Order of Merit of the diocese.

Smith must have enjoyed birding as a pastime because she was purported to be one of the organizers of the Audubon Society and participated in its educational program.

In addition, she held other civic posts such as serving on the board of the Family Service Agency and was a member of the Daughters of the Revolution.

Elizabeth King Smith lived into her late 80s and died March 22, 1964. She is buried in the Lexington Cemetery.

The UK Alumni Association will be forever grateful for her service to the association and the university. ■

Elizabeth King Smith, third from left, and her husband, Charles J. Smith, left, posed for a photo with their four grown daughters, son and son-in-law (with glasses).

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Photo: Courtesy of the UK Alumni Association At the time Elizabeth Smith became president of the UK Alumni Association, Congress passed the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920.

Kentucky Alumnus about the role of women at the university. In that piece she said, “The possibility of the feminine element becoming predominant as we hear occasionally feared, is an extremely remote one. Women in Kentucky are not yet awake to the necessity of higher education; but slowly they are beginning to realize what is offered right here at home, and in the next few years we believe the attendance will be at least doubled.”

In addition to being the first female president of the UK Alumni Association, she also spent many years as a member of the Board of Controls for the women’s UK dormatories.

She was a former teacher at Miss Ella Williams’ private school and at the old Dudley School.

She was one of the first presidents of the Lexington League of Women Voters and was a charter member of the Equal Rights Association and an officer of the Charter League, which helped to win the city manager form of government for Lexington.

Smith attended Christ Episcopal Church and had one time been a vestryman.

She was also president of the Altar Guild for 35 years.

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In Memoriam Bena Latta Butterfield ’28 Winter Park, Fla. Evelyn Ewan Robertson ’40 Lexington, Ky. Harold J. Baker ’42 Lexington, Ky. Life Member, Fellow

William E. Steiden ’54 Covington, Ky. Life Member

Clinard C. Slone ’49 Lexington, Ky.

Frank E. Cranfill ’55 Lexington, Ky.

Dale A. Barnstable ’50 Louisville, Ky. Life Member

James C. Grugin ’55 Lexington, Ky.

Philip A. Phar ’61 Council Grove, Kan. James E. Walker ’61 Lexington, Ky. Lundy Goble Gutheil ’62 Grove City, Ohio

Nada Crum Hill ’55 Winston Salem, N.C.

Benny R. Spicer ’62 New Palestine, Ind. Life Member

Emmett O. Holbrook ’55 Ormond Beach, Fla.

Bradley N. Walden ’62 Lexington, Ky.

Marshall K. White ’56 Lexington, Ky.

William A. Martin ’63 Harrodsburg, Ky.

Gerald M. Collings ’57 Greensburg, Ky.

Jean K. Wilson ’63 Lexington, Ky.

Mary Walters Mangione ’57 Paris, Ky.

Gail Houston Pappas ’64 Greenwood Village, Colo.

Thomas W. White ’57 Lexington, Ky.

Frank O. Trusty Jr. ’64 Covington, Ky.

John Pirri Jr. ’51 Bethesda, Md. Fellow

Stuart J. Bohne ’58 Central City, Ky. Fellow

William D. Back Sr. ’66 Lexington, Ky.

Winford R. Addison ’52 Charlestown, Md.

Alfred E. Coleman Sr. ’58 Lexington, Ky.

Clyde R. Tipton Jr. ’46 Troy, Ohio Life Member, Fellow

John P. Barrow Jr. ’52 Lexington, Ky. Fellow

Alberta Chapman Hall ’58 Murray, Ky.

Gordon W. Moss ’66 Lexington, Ky. Fellow

Davis Lowrey Gardner ’47 Lexington, Ky. Life Member, Fellow

Patricia Graham Crawford ’52 Lexington, Ky. Life Member

Earl R. Parrott ’58 Cold Spring, Ky.

Donald G. Yopp ’66 Midland, Mich.

Barbara Akers Borchardt ’48 Lexington, Ky.

Elizabeth Ford McKenney ’52 Henderson, Ky.

William R. Teager ’58 Middletown, Ohio

Chester P. Care ’67 Winchester, Ky.

Ruth Mount Boyles ’48 Latham, N.Y. Life Member

Elizabeth U. Douglas ’53 Lexington, Ky.

Don C. Weller ’58 Ashland, Ky. Life Member

Patricia Moyhahan Mullins ’67 Richmond, Va. Life Member

Fant W. Martin ’53 Lancaster, Ky.

Richard D. Cooper ’59 Lexington, Ky. Fellow

David W. Bryant ’68 Clearwater, Fla.

Patsy Bach Martin ’53 Lancaster, Ky.

Harold D. Belcher ’60 Mount Sterling, Ky.

C. Timothy Cone ’68 Lexington, Ky. Life Member

Robert B. Morrison ’53 Louisville, Ky.

Thomas C. Brabant ’60 Lexington, Ky.

Emmett R. Costich II ’68 Rockville, Md.

Mildred Hart Tharp ’53 Burbank, Calif.

Eleanor Proctor Coleman ’60 Lexington, Ky.

Pat Thomas Gardner ’69 Lexington, Ky.

Diane Renaker Archer ’54 Louisville, Ky.

James E. Whitlock ’60 Campbellsville, Ky.

Diane Roddick Burkhalter ’54 Las Vegas, Nev.

Jane Fitch Burke ’61 Lexington, Ky. Fellow

Georgia Chamberlin Collins ’72 Lexington, Ky.

Ann Burton Holmes ’42 Lansing, Mich.

Allen Kessler ’42 Roanoke, Va. Helen Culton Price ’42 Winter Park, Fla. Life Member, Fellow Chesley Davidson Crory ’43 Baton Rouge, La. Georgie Petty Thornbury ’43 Gypsum, Colo.

Life Member Mildred Miller Bloom ’45 San Jose, Calif.

Life Member Edward A. Bary ’46 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Life Member

Benjamin F. Buckley III ’48 Lexington, Ky. Life Member, Fellow Walter H. Crory ’48 Baton Rouge, La. Freda B. Gross ’48 Lexington, Ky. Life Member Katherine G. Johnstone ’48 Paducah, Ky. Life Member Paul B. Sturgill ’48 Lexington, Ky. J. Frank Baugh ’49 Lexington, Ky. Life Member

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Ralph W. Hoefelman ’49 Birmingham, Ala. Life Member

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Walter L. Jewell Jr. ’50 Louisville, Ky. Paul D. Mitchell ’50 Whitinsville, Mass.

Charles W. Sullivan ’50 Lexington, Ky. Life Member, Fellow Victor G. Wolfinbarger ’50 Beattyville, Ky. William L. Woodward ’50 Lexington, Ky. Fellow

Donald H. Mosley ’54 Saint Matthews, Ky. Life Member

Johnnie Keller Miller ’61 Woodstock, Ga. Life Member, Fellow

Martha Wilson Judd ’66 Supply, N.C.

Ronald C. Blevins ’73 Windsor, Calif.

Kermin E. Fleming ’74 Lexington, Ky.

James E. Rogers Jr. ’74 Charlotte, N.C. Fellow Joe D. Sanger ’74 Gallatin, Tenn.

Life Member William R. Selman ’74 Louisville, Ky. William G. Westbrook III ’74 Los Angeles, Calif.

Danny R. Hatfield ’75 Gilbertsville, Ky. Jane Nunley Knight ’75 Charleston, W.Va. James A. Mazzoni ’75 Lexington, Ky. Michael W. Montgomery ’76 Wilmore, Ky. Marilyn Tipton Szczygielski ’76 Lexington, Ky. David H. Ward ’76 Shelbyville, Ky. Fellow

Kenneth E. Mills ’83 Crestwood, Ky.

Jean W. Cox Lexington, Ky.

Elise G. Meyer Lexington, Ky.

Robin K. Coley ’85 Pikeville, Ky.

Paul H. Craft Sr. Independence, Ky.

Julia H. Hughes ’87 Louisville, Ky.

Donald R. Crowe Brentwood, Tenn.

Fellow

Sally Bowling Milner Orange Park, Fla. Life Member

Eugene H. Doren ’91 Chesterfield, Mo.

Exie D. Minton Sanford, Fla.

Sean Michael Culley Brick, N.J.

Taylor Rae Nolan Springfield, Ky.

Beverly A. Dargavell Lexington, Ky. Life Member

William R. Palmer Lexington, Ky. Fellow

Paul H. Elliott Nicholasville, Ky.

Wade G. Pepper Atlanta, Ga.

Michael David Slone ’04 Belfry, Ky.

Frances L. Elmore Sparta, Ky. Life Member

Jane Hill Polk Lexington, Ky.

Jillian Rebecca Gee ’06 Rock Hill, S.C.

Patricia Fenton Washington, D.C.

Jonathan Reynolds Lloyd ’08 Portland, Ore.

Lola J. Fish Moncks Corner, S.C.

Phyllis Strauss Scher Boca Raton, Fla. Fellow

Joseph Lester Barthelow ’14 Lexington, Ky.

Joyce Crotchett Gill Sarasota, Fla. Life Member

Stanley B. Scher Boca Raton, Fla. Fellow

Josephine Brown Graham Lexington, Ky.

Jahmir Darius Scott Allentown, N.J.

Daniel L. Hardin Jr. Louisa, Ky.

Ben C. Stigall Danville, Ky.

Amy Olmstead Kolasa ’92 Burgin, Ky. John D. Fort ’96 Lexington, Ky. Derek Keeling ’03 Scott Depot, W.Va.

Ryan M. Rigano Springboro, Ohio

Holly A. Hina ’79 Lawrenceville, Ga.

Grant William Plummer ’14 Lexington, Ky.

Judith M. Sallee ’79 Lexington, Ky.

Eddie Eugene Torrance Jr. ’18 Lexington, Ky.

Charles R. Bennett ’80 Pace, Fla.

Former students and friends

Dolores Cowles Harper Lexington, Ky.

Abigail B. Summers Sadieville, Ky.

Naomi Averitt Lexington, Ky. Life Member

Hilma Renner Irtz Lexington, Ky. Life Member

Elizabeth Ballard Tompkins Arlington, Va.

Robert E. Bardwell Columbus, Ohio

Adalaide Klock King Lexington, Ky.

Glendell Garber Vicendese Ellicott City, Md. Life Member

Stanley T. Baugh Lexington, Ky.

Joan M. King Sanford, Fla. Life Member

Laura Barnes Wild Nicholasville, Ky.

Gwendolyn Sternberg Curtis ’80 Lexington, Ky. Francene M. Nash ’80 Lexington, Ky. Joe B. Cartwright ’81 Lexington, Ky. Arthur A. Hellebusch II ’81 Lexington, Ky. Fellow

William R. Bufkins Denton, Texas

Timothy M. Armentrout ’82 Nicholasville, Ky. Fellow

Inez Wright Burman Lexington, Ky. Life Member

Kirk B. Edwards ’82 Butler, Pa.

Kenneth M. Childers Sr. Lexington, Ky.

John J. Lanzalotti ’82 Smyrna, Del.

Donald L. Colliver Lexington, Ky. Life Member

Jeff Lawless ’82 Lexington, Ky. Michael W. Troutman ’82 Nicholasville, Ky.

William F. Conley Knoxville, Tenn.

Fellow

Emma Puryear Kirkpatrick Marietta, Ga. William E. Magruder Nicholasville, Ky.

Eleanor House Withrow Lexington, Ky. Gwen Woods-Williams Marietta, S.C. Life Member

Katherine Davenport McBeath Wilmore, Ky. Life Member Laura McCawley McGuire Boone, N.C. Susan J. McLean Lexington, Ky.

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Ayser Salman ’91 CI has written “The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit In,” which documents what happens when a shy Arab girl with a weird name and a propensity toward facial hair is uprooted from her comfortable homeland of Iraq and thrust into Columbus, Ohio — with its Egg McMuffins and Barbie dolls. Salman traces her unlikely journey from Baghdad to Hollywood, by way of Ohio, Saudi Arabia and Kentucky.

First comes emigration, then naturalization, and finally assimilation — trying to fit in among her blonde-haired, blue-eyed counterparts, but always feeling left out.

On her journey to Americanhood, Ayser witnesses a risqué game of doctor at day care and breaks one of her parents’ rules (“Thou shalt not participate as an actor in the high school musical where a male cast member rests his head in thy lap”). The book is everything you wanted to know about Arabs but were afraid to ask, as well as the story of every American outsider on a path to find themselves in a country of beautiful diversity.

John D. Smith ’73 ’77 AS is coauthor of “Dear Delia: The Civil War Letters of Captain Henry F. Young, Seventh Wisconsin Infintry,” a book that chronicles the story of Henry F. Young, an officer in the famed Iron Brigade, as told through 155 letters sent home. His insights, often poignant and powerful, enable readers to witness the Civil War as he did. Young covers innumerable details of military service — from the camaraderie, pettiness and thievery he witnessed among the troops to the brutality of internecine war. He was an equally astute observer of military leadership, maneuvers and tactics, as well as rumored troop movements.

Above all, Young’s communications highlight his unflagging patriotism — his fierce determination to preserve the Union no matter the cost. Candid, contemplative, thorough, and occasionally humorous, Young provides a clear window into everyday events, as well as into war, society and politics. This Civil War correspondence reveals the perspective of a young officer from America’s western heartland, a regional viewpoint generally omitted from Civil War–era documentary projects.

Skyhorse Publishing www.skyhorsepublishing.com

University of Wisconsin Press uwpress.wisc.edu

Sarah Jane Bagby Herbener ’93 CI has written “The Torqués: A History,” which tells of a Lexington band, comprised of mostly Henry Clay High School students beginning in 1960, that spent a decade as a premier party band, performing at UK and out of state.

Amanda S. Konkle ’16 AS is the author of “Some Kind of Mirror: Creating Marilyn Monroe,” which offers the first extended scholarly analysis of Marilyn Monroe’s film performances, examining how they united the contradictory discourses about women’s roles in 1950s America.

Mitch McConnell ’67 LAW has co-authored “The U.S. Senate and the Commonwealth: Kentucky Lawmakers and the Evolution of Legislative Leadership,” the first book of its kind to provide a detailed discussion of the U.S. Senate’s leadership throughout history.

Joseph-Beth Booksellers Lexington, KY

Rutgers University Press Rutgersuniversitypress.org

University Press of Kentucky www.kentuckypress.com

Edward W. L. Smith ’66 ’69 GS published “The Echo of Odin: Norse Mythology and Human Consciousness,” exploring mythic cosmography as a map of the mind, each of its nine worlds as a metaphor for a level of consciousness.

John Thelin, UK College of Education faculty member, has written “Going to College in the Sixties,” a book that reinterprets the campus world shaped during one of the most dramatic decades in American history.

Artress B. White ’09 AS has written “My Afmerica,” which is the poet’s second collection of her poetry, leading us to consider the cost of history, brutality and racism, accompanied by documented facts.

McFarland www.mcfarlandpub.com

Johns Hopkins University Press www.press.jhu.edu

Trio House Press www.amazon.com

The University of Kentucky and the UK Alumni Association are not responsible for the content, views and opinions expressed on websites mentioned in Creative Juices or found via links off of those websites. UK and the UK Alumni Association do not necessarily endorse books or other original material mentioned in Creative Juices.

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59 years ago…

Retrospect

The University of Kentucky welcomed four new Home Economics professors to campus in 1960. From left to right, seated are Shirley Newsom and Robini Dashi; standing are Catherine Kiss and Norma Perry.

72 years ago…

In 1947, UK agriculture students gave a classroom presentation about how to milk a cow.

21 years ago…

The W. T. Young Library was opened in 1998 after a successful fundraising campaign, helped in part by the UK Alumni Association. This photo was taken from the third floor just before the building’s dedication. The general seating area on the second floor can be seen below.

33 years ago…

Dining in the Commons Cafeteria in 1986 at the Kirwan-Blanding Complex looks all too familiar.

Can you find yourself ? www.ukalumni.net

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Quick Take

A Natural Wonder

In March, 14 Traveling Wildcats took a trip to Arizona to explore the great American southwest. Based out of Sedona, Arizona, this trip visited Old Town Scottsdale, the Grand Canyon, Montezuma Castle and Jerome. The group also took a leisurely four-hour ride aboard the Verde Canyon Railroad Wilderness Train.

A highlight of the trip was Grand Canyon National Park, which is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2019. Pictured at this natural wonder are, left to right, Hannah Simms, Donald Wathen, Mary Nell Boeckman, Cindy Wooden, Roy Griggs, David Patton, Mary Patton, Arlene Alexander, David Alexander, Shirley Wathen, Robert Neus, Viki Neus, Richard Young and Donald Bayer.

Looking to book your own vacay? Visit www.ukalumni.net/travel to learn about all the upcoming domestic and international trips our Traveling Wildcats will be enjoying in 2020! â–

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