ALUMNI NOTES GARY CRUMP, ’71, writes, “I would like you to know I have retired. I have been blessed to have a number of successful opportunities. I retired from the Air Force after 20 years as a Lieutenant Colonel, worked for IBM for 12 years and left as a partner, and worked for Election Systems and Software as chief operations officer and senior vice president. My last position was as vice president for operations for Gordmans, a midsize retail company. Katie, my wife of 43 years, whom I met while attending Lyon, and I have two sons who live close by and five grandsons who keep us very busy. We have called Omaha home for the last 25 years. Katie and I have traveled a great deal and look forward to a trip back to Batesville and Lyon College in the near future. Although I have not been back to Lyon since graduation my experiences and lessons learned while attending Lyon have been a solid foundation for my many successes and blessings. I just wanted you to know Lyon College has been a core of my life and I have fond memories of my time at Lyon College.” DON WEBB, ’76, was recently elected to the Arkansas High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame. From 1979 to 1995, Webb was the head coach of the Mountain Home High School Bombers baseball team and led them to 14 state tournament appearances with two state championship game appearances along the way, according to The Baxter Bulletin newspaper in Mountain Home. Webb also served as assistant boys’ basketball coach and was the assistant girls’ basketball coach to Janet Wood during the Lady Bombers’ state championship run in 1985-86 and state runner-up season of 1986-87. Webb graduated from Viola High School in 1962. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Lyon College and finished his master’s degree at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Webb arrived at the Mountain Home School District in the fall of 1979 and remained there until 2005. Webb then coached a couple of years at Cotter before retiring for good. Webb spent 33 years coaching, and 26 of those were at Mountain Home. KATHY (PHILLIPS) MILLER, ’77, writes, “I just received my Masters in Education, Summa Cum Laude, from Central Methodist University.” KAREN WELLS, ’78, recently received the Herb Lawrence Leadership Award. The award honors an Arkansas Association of Instructional Media (AAIM) member who has helped the organization’s progress through significant contributions of service. Wells teaches at Midland High School. She has more than 30 years of experience as a library media specialist at Midland. Wells started an international travel program at Midland; she has traveled to places such as South Africa, Greece, and Italy since the program’s inception. Wells also led the school in being chosen for 26
“Rock Our World,” a global collaborative program involving students from all seven continents. Wells is a National Board Certified teacher, a reader for the Arkansas Teen Book Award, a member of the International Society for Technology in Education, and a member of the American Library Association, Arkansas Library Association, and Arkansas Association of Instructional Media. She is currently the AAIM president-elect. TERRY “TEX” TURNER, ’82, senior producer/writer for The Pentagon Channel, picked up an Emmy Award this year for his work on the Command Performance episode “KISS.” The interview with band members of the legendary rock group KISS was recorded at Rodeo Houston in 2011. “Command Performance: Kiss” was recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, National Capital/Chesapeake Bay Chapter, as an Emmy winner in 2012. Turner is a Washington, D.C.-based webcasting and social media pioneer with a background in public affairs and broadcast journalism. Working in video and still photography since 1988, he turned his talents to the Internet and social media in 2005. TRACY (PRIOR) SEFFERS, ’87, registrar at Shepherd University, has been selected for the HERS (Higher Education Resource Services) Institute that will meet throughout the 2012-2013 academic year at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. HERS, an educational nonprofit, provides leadership and management development for women in higher education administration around the world. HERS has served the higher education community since 1972, preparing more than 4,300 female faculty members and administrators for leadership roles. HERS has active alumni on more than 1,200 private and public campuses, and more than 500 HERS alumni serve in senior-level positions. Seffers received her bachelor’s degree in English from Lyon and received her master’s degree in English from The College of William and Mary in Virginia. She worked as the academic coordinator for the TRIO (Upward Bound) program at Lyon. Prior to her employment at Shepherd, she worked at George Mason University, first as an assistant registrar, then as enrollment services manager. JENNIFER (SMITH) RILEY, ’89, began teaching this fall fulltime in English at Sylvan Hills High School, teaching 10th and 11th grades. TWO ALUMNI were winners in the annual Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Awards contest this year. RICK FAHR, ’92, former publisher of the Log Cabin Democrat in Conway, won recognition both for his hard news column titled “A Problem Too Close to Home” and for his service The Lyon College Piper
to freedom of information. GEORGE JARED, ’03, with the Jonesboro Sun, won two first-place awards for his news feature titled “Fighting for Life” and for his health-related story “Diabetes Struggle.” RICK FAHR, ’92, resigned as publisher of the Log Cabin Democrat in August to pursue other opportunities. Fahr became publisher of the newspaper in 2010, after previously serving as editor. “I appreciate Morris Communications for giving me the opportunity to serve as publisher,” Fahr said. “The past several years gave me the chance to check a box on my personal ‘bucket list,’ and I am grateful for that. The Log Cabin is poised for great things, and I am confident the staff and the next leader will build upon our recent successes.” Fahr is a native Arkansan who previously worked at newspapers in Russellville and Jonesboro. He also has served as a sergeant in the Arkansas Army National Guard, serving tours in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Iraq. JENNIFER (GIBSON) SCHNELLMANN, ’92, was awarded the Pharmacy Year 1 Students (P1) Teacher of the Year and the overall Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Pharmacy Teacher of the Year this past spring. She began teaching “Drug Dosage Forms and Delivery Systems” in the fall of 2011, and she also teaches Clinical Toxicology at MUSC, where she is an Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy. Schnellmann also recently published a revised version of her book about fibromyalgia, Understanding and Conquering Fibromyalgia, Revised Edition, as well as a collection of essays and short stories of Southern humor titled Southern Ugly: A Memoir of an Unattractive Child. She and her daughter, Mary Rose, are collaborating on a new work, The Devil’s Apothecary, which will be an introduction to toxicology book for teens and “tweens” to spur their interests in science. Schnellmann received a B.S. in biology from Lyon in 1992, and a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1997. She resides in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband and daughter. GAIL HARDY, ’93, writes, “On December 30, 2011, I retired from 10 years of working with the U.S. government. Now, with plenty of time on my hands, I’m doing a lot of genealogy and recuperating from heart surgery on February 23 this year. I now live in Tennessee and almost all my family is here so I see my mom and sister a lot (one brother lives in Knoxville and the other in Athens, Alabama); and my younger son lives next door while his older brother lives in Portland, Tennessee, with his wife and seven kids. It’s nice having family around.” KAREN CULP, ’94, reports that she has accepted a position Fall 2012
teaching seventh-grade English and social studies at Jarrett Middle School in Springfield, Missouri. ASHLEY (WOMACK) WALKER, ’94, is returning to Batesville and will be teaching English 10 and preAP English 10 at Batesville High School. SANDRA LEE (MCELROY) HOUSE, ’95, received a master’s degree in public administration from Arizona State University in 2012. MARY (PYRON) LAWSON, ’97, is now a full-time English instructor at Houston Community College. She writes, “I’ve wanted to move to college for years! This semester, I’ll be teaching Comp 1, Comp 2, Brit Lit 1, and American Lit 2. I’m super excited!” RON HANKS, ’98, writes, “GOOD NEWS! The short film I starred in, “Breaking Shy,” directed by the awesome Andrew Wilson, received an Award of Merit from the Best Shorts Competition in LaJolla!” RICK MITCHELL, ’98, AND AL MALONE, ’96, are now practicing law together as partners in the firm Mitchell, Mir & Malone in Fort Worth, Texas. STEFAN BOOY, ’99, writes, “Life seems to settle down a bit after a two-year stint in Holland, our return to Central Arkansas (this time in Conway), the arrival of our third child Emmy, born August 2011, and the start of a new job for Stefan as a commodity trading analyst. Arden (7) is quite the artist and Ian (5) can’t wait to start Upward basketball next year. Kelly (Schafer) ’01, manages to wake up to feed Emmy twice each night and still train for an upcoming 10K at 6 a.m. most mornings and get back in time to get the kids ready for school! She’s the anchor of our family and the force behind everything fun and heart-warming in our home.” CRAIG WILSON, ’00, writes, “After performing alongside my wife aboard Holland America cruise lines for almost two years, I returned to reality and joined the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI)
BIRTHS
AMANDA (SATTERFIELD) WORTHY, ’06, writes, “Daniel and I would like to announce the birth of our first child, Lillian Joy. She was born on April 12, and has been such a delight.” 27