Ole Miss Alumni Review - Winter 2010

Ole Miss Alumni Review Winter 2010 Vol. 59 No. 1

Winter 2010

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22 Changing Times on the cover

School of Journalism and New Media takes on challenges of an industry in transition by angela moore atkins

30 Making it Work

Alumna practices coordinated chaos while producing one of TV’s hottest reality shows by tom speed

34 Standard

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One orthopaedic specialist is proving that the most important tool in the OR is a computer by jim urbanek

On the cover: Home delivery of the day’s news is headed in a new direction.

Photo illustration by Robert Jordan and Eric Summers

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The latest on Ole Miss students, faculty, staff and friends

18 Calendar 38 sports

Four named to Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame

44 arts and culture 46 travel 50 alumni news

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Chancellor Dear Alumni and Friends, As I reflect on my first semester as chancellor of our university, I find it hard to imagine how different the past few months would have been without our devoted, inspiring and generous alumni. Lydia and I thank you for your warm welcome, your words of encouragement and advice, and your remarkable love for our university.

We began this academic year facing many challenges. The consequences of our nation’s and state’s economic recession have led to a dwindling budget and the necessity of sharply focused planning for the years ahead. Many of us have had to reexamine our priorities, our strengths and our goals. However, the foundation of fiscal strength and conservative fiscal values laid by our alumni, friends and administrators has left us in a better position to face these challenges. While it has been a challenging year, the issues we faced have inspired a unity among the constituencies of the university. Alumni, administrators, faculty leaders, student leaders and Staff Council have become problem-solving partners committed to facing our economic challenges with a united and measured effort. We will not allow our economic constraints to undermine our commitment to excellence.

So, as we move ahead toward this spring, it is my hope that we can continue refocusing our core values and highlighting and expanding the service component of our threefold mission: teaching, research and service. Central to that mission is providing our students with an enriching educational experience.

Service and civic engagement must be part of college life, but, as is true in all teaching, it is sometimes best to show students how to do something rather than tell them. This spring we will commemorate the transfer of leadership of the university by marshaling our university’s service component. Opportunities for continued and renewed service efforts both on campus and off will be offered to all faculty, staff, students and alumni. For more information about inauguration activities, please visit <www.inauguration.olemiss.edu>.

We are extremely fortunate to have the support of our alumni, and we are grateful for the responsibility you have placed in us.

Sincerely,

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President Dear Fellow Alumni and Friends,

Cabaret FEBRUARY 13

The RFK Project, L.A. Theater Works FEBRUARY 19

Glen Miller Orchestra FEBRUARY 20

Soweto Gospel Choir FEBRUARY 21

Shirley Jones, A Night at the Oscars MARCH 2

My first few months of serving as your Alumni Association president have been thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding. During this time, Ginger and I have had the pleasure of hosting a number of receptions and attending many Ole Miss functions, allowing us the opportunity to meet and get better acquainted with many more of you, our alumni and friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a remarkable group of people. I have never been prouder to be a member of the Ole Miss family.

Congratulations to our football team, Coach Nutt and his staff for winning the 2010 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. I also express my sincere appreciation to Tim Walsh and the entire alumni staff for their hard work in making our stay in Dallas, as well as the related alumni activities, a great experience.

We are very proud and excited about Ole Missâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; being ranked the safest campus in the Southeastern Conference and the state of Mississippi, and the ninth safest campus in the entire nation. (See article, Page 9.) This impressive fact will be widely publicized by the university and should be beneficial in attracting new students. After all, parents want their children going off to college in a safe environment. Spread the word!

The 2010 Ole Miss Luncheon Series kicked off in January in Atlanta with a presentation by our new chancellor, Dr. Dan Jones, on the state of the university. Several more of these very informative and worthwhile events are planned over the next few months. If one is being held in your area, I highly encourage you to show your support for our chancellor and the university by attending.

Our local alumni club meeting season is almost upon us. Please be on the lookout for your notice, and check the alumni Web site <www.olemissalumni.com> under upcoming events. I very much look forward to making as many of these meetings as possible and visiting with you. Our 55 local clubs are critically important to the success of Ole Miss and make up the backbone of the Ole Miss Alumni Association. Your participation is vital!

Our alumni membership goal is to exceed 24,000 active members this year.

As of this writing, we are hovering around 23,000. Please encourage any Ole Miss alumni you know to join the Alumni Association or renew their membership. The primary source of funding for the operation of the Ole Miss Alumni Association is membership dues.

The renovation of the Triplett Alumni Center (TAC) is on schedule to be completed in May. The Alumni Association is still seeking donations for the TAC renovation, and several naming opportunities remain. Any help you can provide is much appreciated. Please contact Tim Walsh in the Alumni Association office at 662-9157375 with any questions about our TAC renovation project.

Again, thank you for the honor and privilege of serving you. I look forward to seeing you soon.

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The Rice Stuff

Study examines whether rice can help clean agricultural residues from water

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lean water has always been a precious commodity, but recent droughts and regional “water wars” underscore the importance of protecting and conserving it. One of the biggest threats to the country’s water supply is contamination from pesticides and excess fertilizers that can come from either agricultural or urban sources.

But one of the world’s most common food crops may provide the key to solving this problem. A research collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and UM is focused on whether rice might be used to mitigate pesticide and fertilizer runoff.

Researchers at the ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit in Oxford have teamed up with the UM Field Station for the project. Matt Moore, ecologist at the “Sed Lab,” directs an ongoing study that focuses on rice and its ability

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USDA ecologist Matt Moore examines rice plants from his test plot at the UM Field Station.

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to take up pesticides and nutrients (fertilizer) from agricultural runoff water.

An aquatic plant and a food source, rice is a major production crop in California and the Southeastern U.S., and in developing and populous countries all over the world.

“In today’s economy, agriculture has to ma ximize the use of limited resources,” Moore says. “I’ve worked with pesticide remediation through constructed wetlands and drainage ditches for over a decade, and the challenge is to always try to think outside the box. I kept asking myself, ‘What’s a plant that loves water, is not threatening to other plants and grows quickly?’ One drive home to the family farm in Arkansas answered the question—rice.”

In today’s economy, agriculture has to maximize the use of limited resources.

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Modern farming operations depend on pesticides and fertilizers for higher crop production. These chemicals may eventually drain off to local streams, rivers and lakes, possibly making the water dangerous for human consumption and wildlife.

“Just think of the environmental potential,” Moore says. “If rice crops can filter out pesticides and nutrients from storm water runoff but still not transfer the pesticide up to the actual seed, you could use a rice field to clean runoff water and produce a food crop. It’s the best of both worlds, potentially.”

Moore and his team plant rice in study plots at the field station. When the plants reach a certain age, Moore releases specific concentrations of pesticides into the plots’ water supply, simulating storm runoff. Rice samples are collected at measured time and distance intervals for chemical analyses to see if the plants indeed take up the pesticides and nutrients, thus reducing concentrations in the water. AR

Out of Africa

Art professor aids Ugandan orphanage

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hen UM art professor Brooke White graduated from Cornell University in 2003, she embarked on a worldwide excursion to study the landscapes of Third World nations plagued by war and political strife.

Little did she know that her summer trip would lead to an extraordinary opportunity to help 65 children living at a Ugandan orphanage.

Attracted to the pulse and energy of East Africa, White explored Kenya, where she crossed paths with a fellow American who told her of Bright Kids Uganda, an orphanage established in 2001 by 55-year-old Ugandan native Victoria Nalongo. Formerly involved in the country’s arena of politics and Scouts of America, Nalongo has worked for more than 20 years helping children to get off the streets.

“There is no way for these children to get out of the situation they are in,” White says. “That is what spearheaded [Nalongo’s] desire to start an orphanage. She funds the entire orphanage by herself, and it’s amazing because she is not really wealthy at all.”

Since her starting point in 2003 and initial visit to the orphanage this past summer, White has been diligently working to establish Bright Kids Uganda as a nonprofit organization. With its new status as a 501(c) 3, she hopes to provide the orphanage a continuous source of funding that will provide housing, food, education and other necessities like mosquito nets and dormitory remodeling.

“After this summer, I was really committed to helping the kids at the orphanage, and the best way was to set up this nonprofit,” White says. “Even though it is in the early stages, we hope this will evolve into something so that Victoria can count on us annually.”

Known as “Momma,” Nalongo provides housing to children from 4 months to 17 years of age, including three children who are HIV-positive.

Some of the children were orphaned when their parents died from AIDS and no family member was willing to care for them. Others are former “child” soldiers of the ongoing civil war in northern Uganda. AR

crime-fighting software gives students experience with real-world tools

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he recent donations from Visual Analytics Inc., headquartered in Frederick, Md., and i2 Inc, headquartered in McLean, Va., are allowing UM students pursuing minors in intelligence and security studies to use the same crime- and terror-fighting tools as those utilized by intelligence professionals.

The gifts were made to the UM Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, which was created par tly in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Par t of the School of Applied Sciences, CISS offers a minor in intelligence and security studies and provides educational and scholarly resources to the national intelligence community.

“These are the exact software packages our students will use when they graduate and go to work for the FBI or CIA,” says Carl Jensen, director of CISS and a former special agent with the FBI. “This is a significant advantage for our students. They’ll be comfortable with and adept at using these technologies even before they get out in the field. We are grateful to both i2 Inc. and VAI for their very generous support.”

T he i2 sof t ware, valued at more than $475,000, allows investigators and analysts in law enforcement, government, military, intelligence and commercial organizations to quickly under stand complex scenarios and huge amounts of seemingly unrelated data, perform analyses and communicate findings, according to the company’s Web site.

The software from VAI, valued at $335,000, is used to investigate money laundering, financial crimes, narcotics trafficking, terrorism, border security, embezzlement and fraud. The software was donated as part of the company’s Collegiate Outreach Program. AR

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Bermuda Bound Business student chosen as “best in the nation”

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ennifer Rose Adams of Columbus, a senior risk management and insurance major at UM, has been selected from a national pool of applicants for a three-week paid internship in Bermuda this summer.

The opportunity comes as a result of her outstanding performance in one of her previous internship positions with the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices.

“By selecting her for the Bermuda internship, NAPSLO essentially has recognized Jennifer Rose as the best in the nation,” says Larry Cox, the university’s Robertson Chair of Insurance.

Adams says she is excited to continue learning about the industry and to gain new perspectives that will help her develop professionally.

“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work in Bermuda and learn about the marketplace there. I know it will further enrich my international perspective of the industry,” she says.

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By selecting her for the Bermuda internship, NAPSLO essentially has recognized Jennifer Rose as the best in the nation.

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NAPSLO accepts applications for 13 summer internships from students across the nation and then invites a small number of applicants to be interviewed, Cox says. Adams participated in this process and was selected to intern with Catlin Specialty Insurance Co., a carrier in Scottsdale, Ariz., and The Sullivan Group, a wholesale broker in Los Angeles, over the summer of 2009.

Based on her excellent performance in this internship, she was selected as one of six NAPSLO interns to attend the association’s national conference and interview for a three-week internship in either London or Bermuda. After going through this final selection process, Adams was chosen.

Along with carrying out her duties as president of the student chapter of the Risk Management and Insurance Society, Adams serves on the board of directors of The Children’s Project, a global aid organization that provides residential living and education to destitute children. She is also an active member of Delta Gamma sorority and has written a weekly column for the campus newspaper, co-anchored the campus television news program and served as the managing editor of the Ole Miss yearbook. Her other interests include travel and theater. AR 8 Alumni Review

Columbus native Jennifer Rose Adams was selected from a national pool of applicants for an internship in Bermuda by the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices.

Tops in Tailgating “Commissioner of tailgating” returns to the Grove to launch TLC series

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oe Cahn, known across the country as the “Commissioner of Tailgating,” returned to The University of Mississippi this fall for the festivities preceding the Ole Miss-LSU football game.

This time, he brought friends along to share the fun with the whole nation.

A television crew from Asylum Entertainment accompanied Cahn, filming his visits to dozens of tents in the Grove and Circle for a new series on college tailgating. The 30-minute show premiered in December.

Cahn, who is in his 14th season of touring pre-game parties across the nation, first visited campus in November 2003 for the Ole Miss-LSU game that decided the SEC Western Division championship. Later he described the Grove as “the single most outstanding tailgating area in the country” and even returned for the 2007 Ole Miss-LSU matchup while on his honeymoon.

“I told them when I agreed to do this that I wanted to start in the Grove at Ole Miss,” Cahn says. “It’s like that scene in the movie ‘Field of Dreams’ where the guy walks out of the cornfield and says, ‘Am I in heaven?’ The scene I envision is that I’m walking through the Grove and I say, ‘Am I in heaven?’ and somebody says, ‘Well, you’re in the Grove.’ And then I say, ‘Yes, I’m in heaven.’”

Tiffany Reis, senior vice president of productions and operations for Asylum Entertainment, says the production crew was impressed by the hospitality they received on campus.

Bradley Baker and Ashley Smith won the show’s tailgating competition, which featured three teams preparing their best pre-game spreads. Baker and Smith impressed judges with their stuffed jalapenos, bacon-wrapped venison skewers and spicy Rebel gumbo. AR

Joe Cahn (right) samples gumbo in a tent near the Grove before the Ole MissLSU game. Cahn, known as the “Commissioner of Tailgating,” has dubbed the Grove as the best place for college tailgating in the country. His latest visit to campus was documented by television crews for a new TLC series on tailgating.

Photo by Mitchell Diggs

Capt. Michael Harmon is one of the UPD officers who works to keep the UM campus safe. Photo by Kevin Bain

ole miss campus ranked first in safety among sec schools

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ompetition is tough in the Southeastern Conference, but, when it comes to safety, nobody beats Ole Miss.

A survey by thedailybeast.com named Ole Miss one of the top 10 safest campuses in the nation and the safest in the SEC. A survey by StateUniversity.com also ranked Ole Miss the safest in the SEC. Thedailybeast.com looked at self-reported crime statistics from noncommuter four-year schools with at least 6,000 students, according to the Web site.

StateUniversity.com compared crime statistics for more than 450 colleges and universities nationwide, says Brad Folkens, lead engineer at StateUniversity.com. “Each school was assigned a safety score based on frequency and severity of crime reported.”

With a score of 93.8 percent, Ole Miss earned the highest safety rating of all SEC institutions included in the study. The University of Alabama, Auburn and LSU did not submit enough data to be included.

“Chief Sellers and his staff work very hard to provide our students, faculty and staff with a safe and secure campus,” says Larry Ridgeway, UM vice chancellor for student affairs. “Receiving this recognition serves to make The University of Mississippi even more attractive to prospective students and their parents.”

Calvin Sellers Jr., director of university police and campus safety, says the rankings result from the combined efforts of his department and the Oxford Police and Lafayette County Sheriff’s departments. “UPD officers work very hard to make this a safe campus. I cannot express how proud I am that their hard work has resulted in this recognition,” he says. AR

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ommy Vincent “Vince” Chamblee of Fulton interviewed in November as a finalist for a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.

A senior in the UM Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who is on track to graduate in May, Chamblee participated in the rigorous selection finals in Kansas City, Mo. Being a Rhodes Scholar is an academic distinction shared by some of the world’s great leaders and intellectuals of the past century.

The scholarship provides an all-expenses-paid opportunity to study for two years at Oxford University in England, one of the world’s oldest universities.

It is the most coveted academic award for American undergraduates.

“Vince Chamblee has distinguished himself as one of our most accomplished students,” says Chancellor Dan Jones (MD 75). “Our entire community takes pride in his having been interviewed as a finalist in this year’s Rhodes Scholarship program.”

Vince Chamblee Chamblee, who is earnPhoto by Kevin Bain ing bachelor’s degrees in economics, public policy leadership and accountancy, previously received the Lott Leadership Institute’s most significant scholarship award and a Taylor Medal, the university’s highest academic award. He won the Barksdale Award last spring for a project that includes travel to Switzerland, Dubai and Tanzania for independent research into the economics of human trafficking, as well as earning Phi Beta Kappa honors. He also studied at the University of Edinburgh through the UM Study Abroad program and held an internship under a member of the Scottish Parliament.

After graduation, Chamblee said he plans to go to graduate school, refine his understanding of the World Bank in its social development sector and then spend a year in eastern Africa. Following his time there, Chamblee plans to attend law school in the United States and specialize in international law, with a particular academic emphasis on the expansion of powers for the International Court of Justice to policy areas concerning global sustainability. AR

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A new business scholarship pays tribute to Raiford N. Long Sr. of Ripley (standing) and the late Erst Long Jr. of Corinth. Both served in World War II, graduated from the Ole Miss School of Business Administration and expanded their family business in Corinth and Meridian.

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family endows scholarship fund to honor family members, business leaders

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wo brothers who served in World War II, graduated from The University of Mississippi with business degrees and followed their father into the family business are being honored with a scholarship at their alma mater.

Named for Raiford N. Long Sr. (BBA 48) of Ripley and the late Erst Long Jr. (BBA 48) of Corinth, the business scholarship endowment was created with a $125,000 gift from Randall G. “Randy” Long (BBA 79, JD 83) of Long Wholesale Distributors Inc. in Corinth, and Raiford N. “Ray” Long Jr. (BBA 68) and Samuel E. “Sam” Long III (BBA 72) of Long Wholesale Inc. of Meridian.

“Ole Miss was a consistent thread throughout their entire lives, and that love for Ole Miss is being carried on by their family,” Randy Long says. “We wanted to pay tribute to their lives in a way that combined their love of the university and their long presence in the Mississippi business community. A business scholarship endowment at their alma mater seemed like the perfect vehicle.”

The family hopes the scholarships will help deserving young people take advantage of opportunities Ole Miss offers, Ray Long says.

“Creating a scholarship endowment is a very lasting way to honor my dad and to memorialize my uncle,” he says. “We want to help some students experience what we all have experienced.”

The Long Scholarship will be open to full-time business students who maintain a minimum 3.0 grade-point average. Selection will be made by the School of Business Administration selection committee with approval by the dean. The Long Scholarship Endowment is open to receive gifts from individuals and organizations. AR

From the Trenches Veteran journalist, federal judge to share insights with students

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ongtime “NBC Nightly News” a nchor Tom Brok aw a nd sitting federal judge Rhesa Barksdale (JD 72) have agreed to share their insights and reflections with students at UM this spring as visiting lecturers.

Brokaw, one of the most respected people in broadcast journalism, and Barksdale, a sitting judge on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, have both been named as Sally McDonnell Barksdale Fellows. The program’s goal is to energize the academic environment for the entire campus, says Douglass Sullivan-González, dean of UM’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College.

“Our students are not simply spectators in education,” Sullivan-González says. “They are participants, and this allows them to learn from two people who have helped shape American history.”

A special correspondent for NBC News and frequent visitor to Oxford, Brokaw has agreed to lecture for a journalism course led by Cook Chair of Journalism Curtis Wilkie (BSJ 63). The course, The Changing Face of America, calls for students to read Brokaw’s books The Greatest Generation (Random House, 1998), which examines the World War II peer group, and Boom! Voices of the Sixties (Random House, 2008), a reflection on that tumultuous era.

“Tom [Brokaw] is one of the smartest, most thoughtful individuals that I’ve ever known,” says Wilkie, who met Brokaw during the 1976 presidential campaign. “He’s equipped and in a unique position to help show the students how to deal with changes in society, and he’ll also provide insight into how we, as journalists, try to keep up with those changes.”

Brother of UM alumnus and philanthropist Jim Barksdale (BBA 65), Rhesa

Tom Brokaw discusses presidential politics with a University of Mississippi audience last fall before the first presidential debate. Photo by Kevin Bain

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Our students are not simply spectators in education. They are participants, and this allows them to learn from two people who have helped shape American history.

—Douglass Sullivan-González Barksdale earned his law degree from UM in 1972 and served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Associate Justice Byron White in 1972-73. President George H.W. Bush nominated Barksdale as a federal judge. He was confirmed in 1990 and earned senior status this summer.

He will lecture for a political science and history course co-taught by faculty members Bob Haws and John Winkle.

The course, Quarrels That Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Constitution, enables students to examine the central role of the U.S. Supreme Court in major political controversies that have shaped our understanding of the Constitution.

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“Judge Barksdale has been directly involved in many of the cases that have molded our society,” says Haws, chair of public policy leadership. “His perspectives and real-world experiences will be extremely valuable in the classroom as he examines the role of federal judges.”

With active careers and lives often dictated by world events, both Brokaw and Barksdale are available only on a limited basis. Brokaw is slated to be on campus for a week next spring, and Barksdale is committed to two weeks of lectures. Both classes are taught in a seminar format. AR

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Larry Ridgeway (left), UM vice chancellor for student affairs, and Hanbat National University President Dong-Ho Sul (right) celebrate after the signing of a collaboration agreement between the universities. Photo by Robert Jordan

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he Universit y of Mississippi expanded its global presence in November with the signing of a formal partnership with Hanbat National University in South Korea.

Dong-Ho Sul, president of Hanbat, and several of the university’s deans and officials were on hand for the ceremony.

“I believe this agreement will be profitable and beneficial for both universities,” Sul said.

The program will enable Hanbat students to attend the South Korean university for two years and UM for two years while earning a dual degree. The South Korean university specializes in the fields of engineering and business and has been sending students from 12 Alumni Review

those fields to Ole Miss since 2002 to participate in the intensive English program, Sul said.

“Our expectation is that this joint partnership we are entering into today will provide great dividends not only to the Hanbat students but also to The University of Mississippi,” says Larry Ridgeway, UM vice chancellor for student affairs.

The university’s engineering and business programs will benef it from the inclusion of South Korean students in those fields, and the university as a whole will continue to build international partnerships in a world that is growing more and more global, he said.

During a luncheon honoring the new

collaboration, Lydia Jones, wife of UM Chancellor Dan Jones (MD 75), toasted the new agreement in both Korean and English. The Joneses spent time living in South Korea near the hometowns of some of the visiting South Korean educators.

“In the years to come, may our universities collaborate closely and in true partnership,” she said.

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Dr. Jim Anderson (left), radiologist; Tammy Williams, ultrasonographer; Iris Dale, interpreter/translator; and patient Blanca Williams. Photo by Jay Ferchaud

Speaking the Same Language Interpreters hired at University Hospitals after patient survey

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n 2003, Eloise Lopez (BSN 02), a nurse and hospital educator, assisted physicians by translating medical information into Spanish for Latino patients. She did it so often that it interfered with her regular duties.

Full-time Spanish interpreters would solve the problem, she thought, but first University Hospitals and Health System needed to know how many primarily Spanish-speaking patients come through the hospitals and clinics. Help arrived in the form of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and George Washington University grant.

Although the grant’s focus was measuring health disparities in cardiac care, the project required all hospital registration staff to ask race, ethnicity and language-preference questions of new patients.

“When we started asking, we found that we saw 500 patients a month whose primary language was Spanish,” says Richard Pride, director of access management.

The surprising numbers facilitated the hiring of three full-time Spanish interpreters/translators in the Office of Patient Affairs.

Pride said the registration staff expressed some reservations about asking the race, ethnicity and language-preference questions for fear that some patients would think they would be treated differently.

“The goal was the opposite of what they perceived. We wanted to make sure there were no disparities among treatment,” he says.

Federal law requires hospitals to meet certain standards in caring for patients who may be impacted by health-care disparities.

“We want to be ahead of it, and we want to do it right,” says Mary Mixon (MSN 92), assistant hospital administrator.

The UHHS Spanish translators say their role is to foster a relationship of trust between health-care providers and patients so that patients understand their health status and the importance of adhering to the doctor’s recommendations. Effective communication is also central to patient and staff safety. If the doctor can’t understand the patient’s health history, then appropriate precautions and treatment won’t happen. AR

biotech research park that University of Mississippi Medical Center leaders plan to build at the old Farmer’s Market in Jackson will pump tens of millions of dollars into the state’s economy and could employ up to 1,500 people.

Construction on the Mississippi Biotechnology Research Park’s first building could start in January 2011. Plans call for a 75,000-squarefoot laboratory-and-office structure. The park will be located on 25 acres the state granted UMMC near the intersection of Woodrow Wilson Avenue and West Street.

The Medical Center already has received $13.8 million for the park through the National Institute of Standards and Technologies, funded through an omnibus bill. That money will pay for demolition and start of construction.

“This is innovation-based economic development,” Dr. David Dzielak (PhD 82), associate vice chancellor for strategic research alliances, says of the planned park.

In the long run, the park could house a parking garage and five buildings with a total of 400,000 square feet for private-company research, business-incubator space, homes for Medical Center spinoff companies and technology-transfer programs.

The park likely will be a not-for-profit organization directed by a board that includes Medical Center leaders, park managers and possibly executives from anchor businesses.

“We’ll have to get cost estimates on tearing down the existing structures and building infrastructure for the new building,” Dzielak says.

Using federal, state and local funds for the majority of construction cost will let the park leadership open with a paid-off—or nearly paidoff—building. Rent money from the first building can go toward park maintenance and funding for the next building. And the pattern repeats.

On a tour in May of university-linked parks in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, Dzielak saw what are known as mixed-use parks: ones that combine university research and development space, incubator office and lab space for start-ups, and anchor-tenant space for more mature private companies. That’s the likely mold for UMMC’s research park, he says. AR

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Circle Fulbright and Faulkner Russian scholar’s research targets Oxford’s most famous author

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eisure and travel are the norm during the holidays, but Ivan Delazari had little time for either this year. As a 2009-10 Fulbright Scholar to The University of Mississippi, the visiting professor in the UM Department of English was consumed with completing his research on William Faulkner’s dialogue with his readership.

Delazari traveled thousands of miles from his home in St. Petersburg, Russia, in August to pursue his studies on the subject. His sixmonth grant ends in mid-February.

“Reading is about all I’m doing here,” says Delazari, an associate professor in the literary history department at St. Petersburg State University. “When I was en route to Oxford, I knew the library would be where I would spend most of my time.”

Delazari says he is fascinated by the enormous volume of Faulkner materials found in the university’s libraries and special collections.

“Because of the Faulkner Studies collection and Rowan Oak, this was always my first choice when applying for the big Fulbright scholarship,” he says. “Since I’ve been here, I haven’t been disappointed. I feel like I could stay here forever.”

UM English faculty members say Delazari’s presence and perspectives have enhanced their own instruction.

“Ivan is a very smart Russian Faulkner scholar who also added a lot to my senior-level literary theory class, which he attended faithfully and once partially taught,” says Douglas Robinson, UM professor of English and director of the First Year Writing English program. The two met online and began corresponding via e-mail before meeting in person upon his arrival. “I wish we could hire him here!”

When he returns to Russia at the end of February, Delazari says he plans to resume his teaching duties at St. Petersburg State and hopes to incorporate his Faulkner research into classes there as early as fall 2010.

Delazari also says he plans to write more than one book on Faulkner based upon the data gathered during his time at Ole Miss.

“I’m working on ideas for three or four books,” he says. “I’m trying not to limit myself to Faulkner, but there is so much information about him that it’s difficult not to do so.” AR

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Grant funds research to look for “natural” cure to disease affecting troops

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eishmaniasis, a disease transmitted by sand flies, affects 12 million people worldwide and results in an estimated 60,000 deaths each year.

Although there are no vaccines to prevent leishmaniasis, the Department of Defense hopes a $1.1 million grant can help scientists at The University of Mississippi screen natural product extracts and compounds to identify new drug leads. The research is led by UM principal scientist Babu Tekwani at the National Center for Natural Products Research.

“The pharmaceutical companies have normally made very little investments in leishmania drug-discovery efforts, largely due to apprehension about the return on their investments,” Tekwani says. “We have taken up this challenge to identify new drug leads for tropical diseases, including malaria and leishmaniasis, through a multidirectional discovery approach. This grant supports our mission to work in this neglected area of research.”

Awarded by the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, the grant allows scientists to expand current research to screen the extracts prepared from plants, microbes and marine organisms against multiple species of leishmania parasites.

Tekwani’s proposal was one of 20 funded Investigator-Initiated Awards, competing in peer reviews among the 625 proposals received by CDMRP. Leishmaniasis occurs in more than 88 countries, more prominently in tropical and hot climate areas such as Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Brazil. With the spread of leishmaniasis in American soldiers and civilian personnel deployed to Afghanistan and the Middle East, concerns have heightened.

“Development of a safe drug to treat multiple clinical forms of the disease will have a remarkable impact on global health,” Tekwani says. “Such a new drug would also find utility for treatment of leishmania-afflicted troops and civilian personnel deployed to or returning from areas where the disease is endemic. We are pleased to help U.S. troops combat this disease.”AR

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ne of the most respected names in the financial services industry has offered to increase recruitment efforts aimed at UM business students.

Jay Fishman, chairman and CEO of The Travelers Cos. Inc., recently visited the UM campus, where he spoke to more than 120 business students. He offered to send representatives from Travelers at a later date to meet with students to discuss career opportunities at the company.

“When it comes to commercial insurance, Travelers is one of the largest companies and the only insurer included in the prestigious Dow Jones Industrial Average,” says Larry Cox, UM Robertson Chair of Insurance. “This presents huge opportunities for our students. In my 15 years at Ole Miss, I don’t recall having someone this renowned and respected desiring to spend this much time with our students.”

Melanie England, a sophomore from St. Louis, described the opportunity as both wonderful and unforgettable, saying she was happy to know that Fishman promised to initiate additional recruitment efforts at UM. “I spoke to my dad, who is with a competing insurer, and he jokingly says not to let the secret out about Ole Miss students being recruited by Travelers,” England says. “Companies may start fighting for us.”

Fishman first visited UM in March to speak at a risk management insurance symposium.

“Jay is definitely enthused and impressed about what he has seen here at Ole Miss,” Cox says.

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Preventing violence against women aim of new UM office

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M Launches Effort to Stem National Trend of Violence Against Women Armed with a $300,000 grant, Ole Miss is working to address a national problem of sexual assault on college campuses.

The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women has awarded a three-year grant to establish the new UM Violence Prevention Office. The funds will be used to implement education programs, develop victim services programs, create more effective campus policies and support improved coordination among administrators and law enforcement. The aim is to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

“This is a cause for celebration,” says Mary Carruth, director of UM’s Sarah Isom Center for Women. “This form of activism, unfortunately, has taken us several years, but we’ve worked hard to build a coalition. We are now on the road to better awareness and improvements.”

The need is based in part on statistics that indicate one in six college women nationwide falls victim to rape or attempted rape, more than 10 percent of women are forced to have sex in a dating situation and four out of five sexual assaults are committed by an acquaintance of the victim.

“All of these statistics would lead you to believe that there are a great number of rapes being reported or charges brought against the assailants,” says Leigh Ann Bynum, a UM doctoral student in pharmacy administration. “In reality, only about 5 percent of rape and sexual assault cases are even reported to police. That’s a marked difference.”

The issue is prevention, not reaction to violence, says Linda Keena, UM criminal justice professor and grant co-director. A summit on violence prevention is tentatively scheduled for the spring to introduce the Green Dot campaign, which aims to encourage people to stand up against violence rather than merely stand by. “ The Green Dot strateg y is an exciting new way to help reduce violence by educating bystanders about what they can do to keep violence from occurring,” Keena says. “The underlying philosophy is to inspire people to take action in situations where they see that someone may be harmed.” AR Winter 2010 15

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University of Mississippi graduate engineering students (clockwise from lower left) Lorena Lica of Blue Springs, Nicholas Farney of Houston, Texas, Pablo Mariaca of Bolivia and Timothy Richardson of Pontotoc work with a cleanwater system at Clean Water U at Camp Hopewell and Conference Center near Oxford.

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hen Shannon Wilson, a UM graduate student from Fairfax Station, Va., signed up for a course in Service Learning in Water and Sanitation Engineering last fall, she didn’t know what to expect.

But the environmental engineering major had heard that the class, taught by Cristiane Queiroz Surbeck, would give her a chance to apply her classroom learning to the real world.

Wilson and her nine classmates did, in fact, get to apply their understanding of fluid mechanics and environmental engineering in Surbeck’s class, but they also got a chance to learn skills necessary to help communities in need of clean water.

“I’m sure many of the students wondered what a service learning class meant,” says Surbeck, who designed the course curriculum.

“Service learning simply combines academic classroom knowledge with meaningful service for needy communities.”

The fall course required students to actively work at Clean Water U, which is located at Camp Hopewell and Conference Center outside Oxford. Clean Water U is a simulation experience designed to equip mission teams with the skills necessary to install clean-water systems provided by Living Waters for the World.

“This course had great personal meaning to me—it was my first hands-on experience working with water-treatment equipment,” Wilson says. “Even our lab discussions centered on how to improve present-day water systems or how to provide our new knowledge and skills to needy communities. I gained priceless knowledge.”

Surbeck says she did everything possible to make this course happen because students “learn best and most deeply by taking knowledge from the classroom and applying it to something they can relate to.” AR

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renowned author of American Indian civil rights history teaches at UM this spring

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asily mistaken as a quote from the 1960s, the words of Ponca chief Standing Bear nearly a century earlier were frequently cited during the turbulent civil rights era: “That hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain. If you pierce your hand, you also feel pain. The blood that will flow from mine will be of the same color as yours. I am a man. The same God made us both.”

Part of an eloquent plea made by Standing Bear at the close of his 1879 trial to Judge Elmer Dundy, the statement undoubtedly distinguishes the Indian chief as one of America’s first civil rights heroes.

Joe Starita, the Pike Chair of Journalism at the University of Nebraska, penned I Am a Man—Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice, which officially was released Jan. 5 by St. Martin’s Press.

“Chief Standing Bear was one of the first minority rights court cases in America,” says Bill Rose (BA 69), University of Mississippi visiting journalism professor. “Later, during the civil rights movement in the ’50s and ’60s, civil rights lawyers would even cite the Standing Bear case.”

The book examines the story of Chief Standing Bear, who simply wanted to bury his only son in their native Nebraska homeland. The landmark 1879 federal case that ensued eventually granted constitutional protections to American Indians.

Interested since his youth in American Indian history and culture, Starita previously penned The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1995), which won the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

An educator, journalist and author, Starita is taking part in a new semesterlong journalism program at UM this spring. Aimed at inspiring undergraduates to make a real difference as journalists, the Delta Project will examine the rays of hope emerging in the impoverished Mississippi Delta. AR

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Faculty Recital: Oxford Piano Trio with guest artist Michael Rowlett. Robert Riggs, violin, Susan Gaston, cello, and Stacy Rodgers, piano, are joined by Michael Rowlett, clarinet, for a program featuring works by Khachaturian, Dahl, Brahms and Mackey. Nutt Auditorium, 8 p.m. Call 662-915-7268.

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School of Applied Sciences Career Day and Student/Alumni Networking Reception.

The Inn at Ole Miss.

Career fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; networking reception, 3:305:30 p.m. Call 662-9157375, or e-mail maggie@ olemiss.edu.

E.F. Yerby Conference Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost is $25. Call 662-915-1299.

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Ford Series: “Cabaret.” Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.

Call 662-915-2787, e-mail kmeacham@olemiss.edu, or visit <www.olemiss.edu/ fordcenter/>.

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Communiversity: Italian Cooking: A Night in Tuscany/Florence, Italy. Oxford Depot, 6-9 p.m. Cost is $85. Call 662915-1299.

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Communiversity: Personal Safety and Security for Women Workshop. E.F. Yerby Conference Center, 6-8 p.m. Cost is $35.

Call 662-915-1299.

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Communiversity: U.S. Museum Tour.

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Concert: Soweto Gospel Choir Feb. 21

Series 108: “The RFK Project,” L.A. Theatre Works. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m. Call 662-915-2787, e-mail kmeacham@olemiss.edu, or visit <www.olemiss.edu/fordcenter/>.

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Communiversity: Intro to Mac Computers Class. Weir Mac lab, 10 a.m-1 p.m. Cost is $30.

Call 662-915-1299.

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Ford Series: Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m. Call 662-9152787, e-mail kmeacham@ olemiss.edu, or visit <www. olemiss.edu/fordcenter/>.

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Concert: Soweto Gospel Choir. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 3 p.m. Call 662-9152787, e-mail kmeacham@ olemiss.edu, or visit <www. olemiss.edu/fordcenter/>.

25

10th Annual ECHO Performing Arts Festival: “Celebrate—Song, Dance and Story!” Room 209 Bishop Hall. Call 662238-2630.

25

Communiversity: Beginning Floral Design. (Also March 4, 11.)

Mimosa Flowers & Gifts, 6-8 p.m. Cost is $60. Call 662-915-1299.

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Communiversity: Social Dancing.

(Also March 4, 11, 18, 25; April 1.) Paul B. Johnson Commons Ballroom. Beginner, 6-7 p.m.; intermediate,

7-8 p.m.; advanced: 8-9 p.m.

Cost is $85; $65 for students (ID required). Call 662-9151299.

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Inaugural UM Law Alumni Hall of Fame Induction Dinner.

Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom, The Inn at Ole Miss. Social, 6:30 p.m.; dinner and program, 7:30 p.m. Open to the public. To purchase tickets or reserve a table, call 662-9157375.

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-27 2010 Law Weekend. Various times, locations. Call 662915-7375.

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Communiversity: eBay Selling for Profit. E.F. Yerby Conference Center, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost is $60 plus $19.95 for textbook. Call 662-9151299.

March

1

Communiversity: Traveling Solo and Loving It! E.F. Yerby Conference Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost is $25. Call 662915-1299.

2

Communiversity: Italian Cooking: Hearth Italian Soup Night.

Oxford Depot, 6-9 p.m.

Cost is $85. Call 662-9151299.

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Ford Series: Shirley Jones, “A Night at the Oscars.” Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.

Call 662-915-2787, e-mail kmeacham@olemiss.edu, or visit <www.olemiss.edu/ fordcenter/>.

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Communiversity: Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People.

Music Building, 6-9:30 p.m. Cost is $55 plus $25 for materials. Call 662-9151299.

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Communiversity: Personal Safety and Security for Women Workshop Part 2. E.F. Yerby Conference Center, 6-8 p.m.

Cost is $35. Call 662-9151299.

4

Communiversity: Afghan Hook Basics.

(Also March 11.) Oxford Depot, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost is $55. Call 662-915-1299.

Ole Miss Luncheon Series: Memphis April 20

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Communiversity: Beginner Sewing 101.

(Also March 15, 22.) Oxford Depot, 6-7:15 p.m. Cost is $35. Call 662-915-1299.

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Communiversity: Restaurant Dessert 101. Oxford Depot, 6-9 p.m. Cost is $85. Call 662915-1299.

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Artist Series: “Porgy and Bess.” Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m. Call 662-915-2787, e-mail kmeacham@olemiss. edu, or visit <www.olemiss. edu/fordcenter/>.

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Ole Miss Luncheon Series: Nashville.

Nashville City Club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost is $20.

Call 662-915-7375.

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Communiversity: Beginning Stained Glass. E.F. Yerby Conference Center, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Cost is $85. Call 662-9151299.

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Communiversity: Beginning Knitting.

(Also March 25.) Oxford Depot, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost is $55. Call 662-915-1299.

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Communiversity: Chinese Cuisine Cooking Class. (Also March 30.) Oxford Depot, 6-8 p.m.

Cost is $85. Call 662-9151299.

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Ole Miss Luncheon Series: Gulfport.

Great Southern Club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost is $20.

Call 662-915-7375.

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-27 2010 Pharmacy Weekend. Various times, locations. Call 662915-7375.

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Concert: Cassandra Wilson. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 8

p.m. Call 662-915-2787, e-mail kmeacham@olemiss. edu, or visit <www.olemiss. edu/fordcenter/>.

27

Communiversity: ABC’s of Grant Writing: The Basics of Effective Grant Writing.

Oxford Depot, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 662-915-1299.

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Communiversity: Editing Photos with Adobe Photoshop. 104 Weir Hall, 1-4 p.m. Cost is $55. Call 662-915-1299.

27

March of Dimes March for Babies.

Grove Stage, 8:30 a.m. Call 662-915-3937.

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School of Education Annual Alumni Day. Guyton Hall Circle.

Call 662-915-7375, or e-mail maggie@olemiss.edu.

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Ole Miss Luncheon Series: Greenville.

Greenville Golf and Country Club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cost is $15. Call 662-9157375.

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Ole Miss Luncheon Series: Memphis.

The University Club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost is $20. Call 662-915-7375.

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Communiversity: Introduction to Pie Making. (Also March 31; April 1.) Honey Bee Bakery, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost is $95. Call 662-915-1299.

17

Family Series: “The Adventures of Harold & the Purple Crayon.” Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 3 p.m.

Call 662-915-2787, e-mail kmeacham@olemiss.edu, or visit <www.olemiss.edu/fordcenter/>.

17

Grove Bowl, Red/ Blue Football Game Fundraiser for the J.W. “Wobble” Davidson Scholarship. Call 662-915-7375.

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Communiversity: Asian Cuisine Cooking Class. (Also April 27.) Oxford Depot, 6-8 p.m.

Cost is $85. Call 662-9151299.

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Engineering Awards Banquet. The Inn at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. Call 662915-7375.

9

Inauguration of Chancellor Daniel W. Jones. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 10 a.m.

Call 662-915-1195.

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Artist Series: Turtle Island Quartet. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m. Call 662-9152787, e-mail kmeacham@ olemiss.edu, or visit <www. olemiss.edu/fordcenter/>.

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Ole Miss Luncheon Series: Memphis.

The University Club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost is $20. Call 662-915-7375.

22

Accountancy Awards Banquet.

The Inn at Ole Miss, 5:30 p.m. Call 662-915-7375.

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-24 Air Force ROTC Reunion. Various times, locations. Call 662915-7375, or e-mail jsdavis@ olemiss.edu.

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-24 Accountancy Weekend. The Inn at Ole Miss. Call 662-9157375.

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-25 Insurance Symposium. The Inn at Ole Miss. Call 662-8166024.

Miss, 6 p.m. Call 662-9151881.

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-May 1 50-Year Reunion Weekend Celebration. Ole Miss classes of 1959, 1969 and 1961. Call 662-915-7375, or e-mail maggie@olemiss.edu.

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Communiversity: Stained Glass Kilnfired Jewelry Class. E.F. Yerby Conference Center, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Cost is $85. Call 662-915-1299.

10th Annual Band Benefit Concert.

Gertrude C. Ford Center, 7 p.m. Free admission, donations accepted. Call 662915-7375.

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Alumni Association Grad Dinner. Ford Ballroom, The Inn at Ole

Patterson School of Accountancy Beta Alpha Psi Golf Tournament. University Golf Course. Call 662-915-7375.

Theater: Tap Kids.

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.

Call 662-915-2787, e-mail kmeacham@olemiss.edu, or visit <www.olemiss.edu/fordcenter/>.

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or years, pundits and culturewatchers have warned about the death of newspapers, the end of old-school journalism and the destruction of media as we know it.

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n 2009, the direst predictions seemed to come true.

Venerated newspapers folded. Magazine publishing powerhouses laid off thousands and nearly went under. Even the big TV networks suffered with steep declines in ad revenue.

Launching in the same year journalism “died” may seem an inauspicious beginning for The University of Mississippi’s first journalism school, but the leaders of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media believe they are the future of the profession, not the past. A new dean, a new director of the Student Media Center and a reinvigorated faculty say they are ready for journalism’s next chapter.

Journalism Dean Will Norton, a veteran of the Ole Miss journalism department who led the University of Nebraska’s College of Journalism for nearly 20 years, is excited to see the future take shape.

“I’m just sad I’m not younger,” Norton says.

“The possibilities here are enormous. I’d love to be alive 25 years from now to see what this place is going to be. Right now, the future of Ole Miss journalism is the talk in journalism circles.”

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Journalism Dean Will Norton (left) and benefactor Ed Meek are playing a vital role in preparing students for the changing face of journalism in The University of Mississippi’s new journalism school, the Meek School of Journalism and New Media.

What is “New Media,” Anyway?

Ed Meek (BSJ 61, MA 63), a former assistant vice chancellor and associate journalism professor at Ole Miss and the founder of Oxford Publishing, says he knew Ole Miss journalism graduates were not keeping ahead of technology in recent years.

“I knew that because I was hiring them,” Meek says. “I had designers who weren’t up-to-date on the latest programs, graduates who were out of touch with social media and how to use it for business.”

The problem was not unique to Ole Miss, Meek says.

“The profession as a whole was caught with our pants down,” Meek says, “but I believe there is a way we can train students to perform in today’s market and to look down the road to what’s next.”

Meek first approached then-Chancellor Robert Khayat about re-launching the journalism department as a school with an updated curriculum. Then Meek put his money on the line, donating $5.3 million to establish the Ed and Becky Meek

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profession as a whole was caught with our pants down, but I believe there is a way we can train students to perform in today’s market....

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School of Journalism and New Media.

“The ‘New Media’ part of the name means learning to use all of the opportunities offered by the Internet, which, in our country, is still in its infancy,” Meek says. “In my lifetime, we’ve seen a revolution. The backbone of public and private communication has totally changed. Our students need to know how to use it.”

Patricia Thompson, a veteran journalist of award-winning national newspapers and the new director of the S. Gale Denley Student Media Center, says Student Media is a real-world labo-

Nathan Latil Hands-on classroom instruction will be a hallmark of the new school curriculum, which will include extensive use of new technologies. Introduction to Multimedia Writing is one of the classes preparing students to meet the challenges of a changing industry.

ratory for working in “new media.”

“New media is shorthand for saying that we are preparing students to report and present information on multiple platforms, including the Web,” Thompson says. “As for what it will mean in 20 years—nobody knows. But current and incoming students will play a big role in helping to shape the future of journalism.”

Thompson, who has been a reporter and editor at the Washington Post, the San Jose Mercury-News and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, says that forward-thinking journalism schools will define the future of the profession.

“I read an article recently about all the new partnerships between journalism schools and newspapers and other media, where student journalists provide content,” Thompson says.

“The article said that those experiments reflect the uncertainty of the moment and an air of opportunity. I think that’s right on the mark; everybody is trying new things, which is exciting.”

Rose Flenorl (BAEd 79), former president of the Alumni Association who studied journalism at Ole Miss, has had a front-

row seat to recent changes at Ole Miss and in the industry. She’s an interested alumna, a marketing communications professional (manager of social responsibility at FedEx) and a journalism mom—daughter Lillie (BA 08) graduated from the program.

“It’s a very different work climate than the one I faced when I graduated,” Flenorl says. “The new generation gets its information very differently.

“I used to get up in the morning and go out to get coffee and my newspaper. My daughter reads it online. At FedEx, most of the people who work in our corporate communications office have newspaper experience and are great writers, but they’re also adept at Facebook, blogs, podcasts, interactive video, all the new ways in which we now communicate.”

Norton says that Ole Miss journalism students will be trained to do it all—not just write, not just take a photo. The new journalism works like this: “While out on a story, a reporter takes a photo with their cell phone and sends that with three paragraphs for the Web page and an instant update,” Norton says. “Then they write a story for the Web, for the newspaper and possibly for broadcast as well.”

Ellen Meacham (BA 90), an instructor and career and internship coordinator in the school, said she tells her students that the basics of good reporting are not going to change.

“You may still end up working on something that primarily comes out in print, but some may be on the Web, some may be on video,” Meacham says. “I was a print reporter, so I’m not teaching them how to be TV camerapeople, but we do talk about the rule of thirds, lighting and a little about microphones in addition to writing a good lead.”

Today’s journalists must work in all media, Norton says.

“In a few years, we won’t be able to tell a difference between radio, television and newspapers,” Norton says. “The separate press and broadcast professional associations will need to combine into one entity.”

Working across all platforms means that curriculum at most colleges and universities, which divide journalism education into silos of expertise, are woefully outdated. That’s the next step for Ole Miss.

New from the Bottom Up “There’s been a revolution in journalism and marketing, and many departments and schools of journalism are struggling right now to revamp their curriculum to keep up,” Norton says.

“Our donor, Ed Meek, has done us a great favor by providing the resources to do what would normally be very expensive to do: to revamp our curriculum from top to bottom.”

At the University of Nebraska, Norton and many faculty members met on Saturdays to hash out the changes in that school’s curriculum. Norton has instituted the same optional Saturday workdays here to take on the daunting task of developing a curriculum that he says is “new from the bottom up.”

Professor Joe Atkins, the head of the curriculum committee, said the faculty stayed busy throughout the summer and fall hammering out what classes will look like next fall and who will

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First and foremost: “The division between broadcast and print is completely coming down,” Atkins says. “We have to do that for our students to be competitive. One of my students applied for an Associated Press internship, and she needed to be able to write for print and online and broadcast. It’s scary and exciting stuff.”

In addition, the program is preparing for its first accreditation visit as a school in the midst of all these radical changes.

The curriculum must not only be in place, it must be top-notch, Atkins says.

“The

division between broadcast and print is completely coming down. We have to do that for our students to be competitive.

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Journalism alumni are greeting the new curriculum talks with excitement.

“I’m jealous,” says Flenorl. “I feel like I need to come back to school. It definitely seems like we’re preparing to launch students into a new environment successfully.”

Patricia Thompson, the new director of the S. Gale Denley Student Media Center, calls the center a real-world laboratory for working in “new media.”

Reviving a Grand Tradition

teach them. The old Journalism 101? Gone. In its place?

“Our new basic skills classes will incorporate everything: print, broadcast, online, visual,” Atkins says.

The new curriculum launches in the fall 2010 semester, but some programs are new now.

Students can now graduate with a degree in integrated marketing communications, a new program that works in conjunction with the School of Business Administration to prepare students for a working world that goes way beyond mere advertising and public relations.

“Small businesses are using online social networking tools to market and sell their products around the world,” Meek says.

“Using no other advertising whatsoever, we can market products worldwide at no cost. These are amazing tools that our students need to know how to use, whether they’re marketing a startup or a Fortune 500 company.”

As technology changes, the integrated marketing communications curriculum will evolve to keep ahead of trends and tools, Norton says.

Atkins says six new integrated marketing courses are offered for the spring semester 2010. By the fall, even more will change.

“We’ve been really busy,” Atkins says. “There’s so much to do. You have to keep in mind, our curriculum essentially hasn’t changed in 20 years.”

Norton ticks off the credentials of Nebraska’s journalism school: an ABC bureau, a Carnegie School, unbelievably qualified and connected journalists in charge.

“But for years, more top journalists have come from this very small department than Nebraska had,” Norton says. “I’ve gone around the world evaluating journalism programs. I know of none that has a greater tradition of excellence than this department.”

Norton credits that grand tradition to three men in particular: former professors Jere Hoar (MA 54), Sam Talbert, and Gale Denley (BSJ 57). Between the three, Ole Miss journalism graduates received tough, real-world teaching and gentle guidance on how to shape their careers.

For Fred Anklam (BA 77), chief operations editor of USA Today, the solid education in journalism fundamentals he received at Ole Miss in the ’70s still sustains him today.

“While we cannot predict the future, we can prepare students to adapt and adjust while holding onto the basic tenets of journalism,” Anklam says. “In my own case, I started to work in 1977 using an IBM Selectric typewriter with an AP wire machine churning out pages of copy. While the technology I use to do my job today is vastly improved and faster than ever, the basics taught by Ole Miss professors like [Dean] Will [Norton], Dr. Jere Hoar (MA 54) and S. Gale Denley (BSJ 57, MA 58) continue to be the touchstones for me in my career.

“You can always figure out a new way to get information to

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people; making sure it’s the correct information, meeting standards of sourcing and accountability, still is the key to good journalism,” Anklam says.

To keep faculty razor-sharp, Norton says he’s encouraging professors to attend institutes and conferences. Depending on what the new curriculum looks like, more positions may be added to take advantage of new expertise.

In the meantime, Norton is trying to attract more top students. At Nebraska, he says focusing on attracting young journalists helped the school increase their average ACT scores, increase overall enrollment and increase diversity.

Oxford High School journalism adviser Beth Fitts (BA 73, MA 90) has been promoting Ole Miss journalism at conferences across the region and the nation, hoping young journalism junkies will be attracted to new courses like the spring semester 2010’s in-depth reporting and documentary class.

The new class is taught by Bill Rose, the former national editor of the Miami Herald, who has “covered every major political event in the Southeast and is as good a journalist as there is in America,” Norton says. A handful of the school’s best students had to apply and be approved for the class, which will produce stories and documentaries on the “Road of Broken Dreams,” the economically depressed Mississippi Delta towns along Highway 3, including Marks, Vance and Tutwiler.

To qualify for the class, the students had to both work for the Student Media Center and major in journalism.

“I heard from a lot of Student Media kids who really wanted to participate, but they aren’t journalism majors, and that’s really the whole point,” Norton says. “Hopefully, with more opportunities like this, we’ll convince those top students to major in journalism instead of something else.”

In a similar program Norton oversaw at Nebraska, students were nominated for a Pulitzer for their work in Cuba. Another project re-examined the true story behind Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. Norton wants Ole Miss students to tackle big issues, big problems and big stories.

“They’re going to work hard, and they’re going to get this stuff published and produced,” Norton says. “That kind of putting yourself out there encourages you to know what you’re talking about.”

Part of attracting better students is recognizing and promoting journalism’s grand tradition as an academic discipline, Norton says.

“Many journalism educators have talked about ourselves as if we are teaching a trade. Journalism is not a trade. The ancient Greeks studied the art of rhetoric. In their time, rhetoric was mass media: the people are gathered in an amphitheater, talking about the issues of the day,” Norton says.

“Journalism and mass media are just the modern version of rhetoric. We have an art form to teach students,” he says. “And journalism programs are the only collegiate programs teaching students writing and speaking skills. Many journalism students go on to become top law students, top business leaders.

“No matter what happens, there will always be a place for journalism graduates in the world, and there will always be a place for journalism.”

Dean Will Norton envisions a world where radio, television and newspapers combine into one entity, so journalism students will be trained to work in all media, including Web publishing, photography and videography.

Journalism’s Public Role For Meek, journalism’s mission is timeless even though the means of newsgathering, reporting and delivering the story have changed.

“It’s critical that journalists can continue to be a public watchdog of government, business and the public interest,” Meek says. “To continue to do that in a changing world, we’ve got to be looking to the future, not the past.”

For all the change on the horizon, Professor Atkins looks to what will always stay the same.

“Journalism is always going to be about seeking truth, about good reporting, good editing,” Atkins says. “That’s the magic of journalism. And we cannot lose sight of that as we enter this brave new world.” AR

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Making It Alumna practices coordinated chaos while producing one of TV’s hottest reality shows

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ara Rea (BA 95) had been out of college a few years and was making documentary films in Atlanta when she first dipped her toes into the world of reality television. Through a connection with her then boss, she managed to land a meeting with Jon Murray of Bunim/Murray Productions. (Murray co-created MTV’s “The Real World” in the 1990s and is commonly credited with creating the reality-show genre.)

That meeting resulted in a job offer from Murray, so Rea took the plunge— and the water’s just fine.

She became a segment producer

on MTV’s “Road Rules” and went on to work on other reality shows including “The Simple Life” and “America’s Psychic Challenge.” She worked her way up the ladder along the way and today is executive producer of the immensely popular series “Project Runway,” which has been under Rea’s direction since the show switched networks for its sixth season in 2008.

The fast-paced world of “Project Runway” has Rea juggling stressed-out fashion designers, demanding celebrity judges and the scrutiny of intensely devoted viewers. But she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Alumna Sara Rea with Tim Gunn of “Project Runway.”

Model Heidi Klum hosts “Project Runway.”

“Project Runway” was already a hit when Rea came on board. For five years the series had garnered big ratings for the Bravo Network. Hosted by fashion model Heidi Klum, the show is a competition among up-and-coming fashion designers who are all vying to be a part of New York’s Fashion Week.

The 16 contestant designers face a series of weekly challenges that range from the mundane to the exotic. (Check out the latest season of the show now airing on Lifetime.) Liz Claiborne Chief Creative Officer and “Project Runway” co-star Tim Gunn serves as a mentor to the contestants, providing guidance and feedback throughout the process. His advice usually concludes with his trademark phrase, “Make it work.” Professional fashion designers and celebrity judges critique the designs of the contestants.

In 2009, the show moved to Lifetime Networks. The new home of “Project Runway” had a valuable asset, but there was also immense pressure to maintain the quality and popularity of the show, especially because the existing production team would not be coming along.

David Hillman, Lifetime’s vice president for reality programming, had worked with Rea on a previous show, Lifetime’s short-lived “America’s Psychic Challenge.” While that show was not a ratings bonanza, it did help to foster a valuable creative relationship between Hillman and Rea. So when it came time to bring on a new production team, Hillman and his cohorts turned to Rea. “Sara has an amazing ability to be a big-picture person, to get the job done and tell the right kind of story,” says Hillman.

“We already had a great creative and working experience with her, and, as we looked at all of our options, we kept coming back to Sara Rea and Bunim/Murray.”

But a skilled producer was only part of the equation. Lifetime executives also had to be careful to not mess with success.

“The show wasn’t broken,” says Hillman. “Sara and her team did a great job of making sure that the show looked like the show. But when you are new to the process, you come at it a little bit differently. You do things your own way.”

Lifetime had pinned its hopes on “Project Runway” becoming a cornerstone of the network, a franchise that 32 Alumni Review

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Big-Picture Person

Sara Rea’s involvement in “Project Runway” in very “hands-on,” according to Tim Gunn.

would foster spinoffs and help anchor the network’s lineup. There was a lot of pressure to get it right.

“Everyone was nervous about the transition and what it would mean for the show,” says Gunn. “It’s one thing to move networks, another thing entirely to also have an entirely new production team.

But when I met Sara I was so pleased, and rather disarmed, to meet someone who was so sincerely warm and thoughtful and gracious and really excited about this new threshold for the show.”

Going to California Having double majored in broadcast journalism and psychology at Ole Miss (she jokes that she uses the latter as much as the former), Rea moved to Atlanta after college and took a job with Connecting With Kids, a company that specializes in syndicating documentary films about children and children’s issues.

The Meridian native enjoyed the opportunity to tell compelling stories through film. But she was telling stories that had already happened.

As happens in most successful careers, Rea had a light-bulb moment that changed her course. Her epiphany came when she did a documentary film about a cheerleader squad.

“I had been doing a lot of interviewdriven documentaries, documentaries on stories that had already happened,” she says. But the cheerleader story, called “All Star,” put her in the story, watching and cataloguing the events as they unfolded.

“It was true verité,” she says. “We followed a cheerleading team through their entire season. I fell in love with the idea of being in the moment and never knowing what was going to happen next.”

That spontaneous energy translated perfectly to the reality TV genre and is still what drives her.

“I love being on your toes and finding out what the true story is,” Rea says.

“It was a very natural transition. It’s the beauty and the beast of reality television, but there’s never a dull moment. You’re on the edge of your seat waiting to see what’s happening next.”

Running the Show In her role as executive producer of “Project Runway,” Rea is responsible for running the show day to day. She oversees a cast and crew that numbers in the hundreds, everyone from camera operators and lighting directors to the celebrity guests and fashion models.

The entire season is filmed over the span of five weeks. “The time crunches that the designers feel are very real,” she says. “They don’t get much sleep. They don’t get much time. They’re basically in a pressure cooker for five weeks.”

Whether it’s the challenges or the judging, Rea is a part of every process.

She has input on all aspects of the show and is responsible for making sure that all of it moves forward—and moves the story forward.

“Sara is very hands-on,” says Gunn.

“She is frequently dealing with situations

Courtesy of Lifetime Networks Fashion designers team up with models on “Project Runway.” Rea also spearheads a companion series called “Models of the Runway,” which tracks the events from the models’ perspective.

off camera that she is trying to mitigate and facilitate.”

When the season wraps, it’s back to casting the next season, a process in which Rea also is heavily involved.

When casting season begins, her team is presented with a portfolio of thousands of potential candidates. After an extensive vetting process, they narrow the list down to a couple of hundred and hit the road for interviews that essentially are auditions.

There are plenty of talented designers, but turning aspiring designers into reality television stars is a constant battle to balance personalities with talent.

“It’s a puzzle,” says Rea, “but the bottom line is you have to have talent.

We vet the personalities to make sure they’re interesting to the viewers, but you can’t get on the show if you don’t have talent and don’t have anything to show the judges. We want talent and personality, but if someone blows me away with amazing talent, they’re on the show.”

With her first season at the helm under her belt, Rea went right back to work casting and shooting the seventh season of “Project Runway.”

Season seven finds the show returning to New York, and both Rea and Gunn feel as if they’ve assembled one of the best groups of contestants yet.

“In terms of Sara’s raising it to another level, it certainly happens in season seven. We had taped at Parson School of Design [in New York] for five seasons.

We left and went to Los Angeles. We’re back in New York at Parsons with Sara in charge. She and her team looked at Parsons in a completely unencumbered way because they hadn’t used it. When I arrived, it was reorganized and retooled for different functions. It was very reinvigorating. With Sara, I feel like we have had a really synergistic team, and we have the same concerns over the show, which is its integrity, seriousness of purpose, quality and viewer appeal.”

Mississippi Heart In addition to taking the reins of one of the most popular reality shows on television, Rea also has been tasked with creating an entirely new spinoff. When Lifetime acquired the rights to air “Project Runway,” the network’s plans to extend the franchise were a major part of the decision. The first step is a show called “Models of the Runway,” with Rea serving as co-executive producer.

The show is a sort of f lip-f lop to “Project Runway.” Where the flagship show follows the competition of the designers, the new show tracks the behindthe-scenes action of the models, who are in a competition of their own. The model paired with the winning designer earns a spot on the runway at Bryant Park during Fashion Week and a photo spread in Marie Claire magazine.

By focusing on the models, viewers

get a more behind-the-scenes look at the events on “Project Runway.” “We hear what they feel about the designers,” says Rea. “We hear how it affects them.”

Producing two shows keeps her busy, but, after a decade in California, Rea says she still manages to find time in her busy schedule to return home. “My heart will always be in Mississippi,” she says. “Mississippi is where my family is and closest friends are, and there is nothing more important or special to me than spending time with them.”

Hillman says Sara’s Southern charm has rubbed off on the entire staff. “I’ll catch myself saying ‘y’all’ a lot more because of Sara, and all of us do,” he says.

“I hear Heidi Klum say ‘y’all’ now. It’s pretty funny to hear Heidi in her German accent say ‘y’all.’”

Rea makes a point to come back home for holidays each year. And though she doesn’t make it back to Ole Miss as often as she would like, she made it to this year’s football nail-biter against LSU, which she described as “exhausting and exhilarating.”

That’s saying something for someone who doesn’t slow down between one TV season and next, or one TV show and the next.

Though now a seasoned vet, Rea says the ongoing process of staying in the midst of the story while it’s happening is something that will also keep her on her toes, even if her heart is still in Mississippi. AR Winter 2010 33

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When it comes to successful joint replacement, one orthopaedic specialist is proving that the most important tool in the OR is a computer

by Jim Urbanek

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eff Almand (BA 87) arrived on the Ole Miss campus in 1983 as a punter for the football team. That same year, Microsoft introduced the Windows operating system and Time magazine nominated the personal computer as the “machine of the year,” the first nonhuman to be nominated.

Twenty-seven years and a medical degree later, Almand is performing 15 joint replacements a week using a computer to perfect surgeries on former athletes like himself.

The Florida native’s passion for sports and interest in medicine led him to major in biology and chemistry at Ole Miss.

After receiving his undergraduate degree, he earned his medical degree at Tulane. He then completed his surgery residency at Duke University, followed by a fellowship in Indianapolis, Ind., in joint replacement.

“I ended up concentrating in orthopaedics,” Almand says.

“It is gratifying helping people. Patients come in the office in extreme pain and can’t even function. Then you put a replacement in them, their pain goes away and they can go back to doing the things they enjoy.”

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Almand’s love for Mississippi and desire to be close to Ole Miss brought him to Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center (MSMOC) in Jackson. The center specializes in computer-assisted surgeries. Also referred to as computer-navigated surgeries, these types of procedures were introduced at MSMOC in 2006 and provide an alternative to more traditional knee and hip surgeries.

Founded in 1984 as the first full-service specialty practice focused on orthopaedics in Mississippi, MSMOC is a leading provider of orthopaedic care in the state.

At MSMOC, the surgeons, who in addition to Almand consist of Dr. Brian Johnson and Dr. Trevor Pickering, conduct a wide range of orthopaedic surgeries, including knee, hip and shoulder replacements.

“We treat everyone from 30-year-olds and up—athletes and sedentary people alike,” says Almand. “We are the only group in the state that is using the computer for all these procedures.

Some others are doing it for total knee replacements, but not partial knee or hip.”

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a knee replacement, in the tibia and femur. A tracking device is then attached to the pins, and an infrared beam marks their position. Almand then uses a pointer, which also has a tracking device and is like a drawing pencil, to map out the shape of the knee joint on the monitor.

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The computer assures our accuracy, which gives the prosthesis the best

chance of lasting as long as it possibly can for that patient.

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Dr. Jeff Almand sees better results and fewer postoperative complications with computer-assisted knee and hip surgeries. The technology allows for smaller incisions and reduced blood loss, as well as a shortened rehabilitation period.

As more baby boomers head to the operating table hoping to maintain their current lifestyles, computer-navigated surgery is becoming a popular choice. It is a minimally invasive procedure that is more accurate and results in less pain and a quicker recovery time.

Traditional hip or knee replacement involves a large open procedure with a much larger incision.

“Before computer-assisted surgery was available, we used our eyes to make the bone cuts,” says Almand. “This technique lacked the accuracy of computer navigation, which helps place the prosthesis in the correct position and also ensures the ligaments are balanced.”

With a total knee replacement, Almand says traditional surgery would provide a perfectly correct fit approximately 70 percent of the time; use of computer navigation raises the rate to 99 percent.

“Particularly with the younger patients, if you don’t get it absolutely right, the prosthesis is not going to last very long,” he says. “The computer assures our accuracy, which gives the prosthesis the best chance of lasting as long as it possibly can for that patient.”

Almand says he spends about half his time in surgery looking at the computer.

“You’re using the computer to pin your cutting blocks because you have to cut the bone,” he says. “You’re basically going back and forth from the computer to the patient.”

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“You mark out the position of the hip center and center of the ankle,” Almand says. “That allows you to make all the bone cuts so that you can perfectly position the knee, and it will properly size the knee itself so it isn’t too small or big. The computer also will balance the ligaments. If your knee is not perfect when you go from full extension to flexion, then you are going to have problems.”

With full replacements, the technology allows for better results and fewer postoperative complications, smaller incisions and reduced blood loss, as well as a shortened rehabilitation period.

For patients who need only a partial replacement, Almand says the incision is even smaller, rehab is easier, pain is less and recovery is quicker.

“Approximately 30-40 percent of all patients who have cartilage wear in their knees are candidates for a partial knee replacement,” Almand says.

The catch is that the doctors aren’t sure what is needed until surgery has begun and they can actually see the wear.

When Bill Luckett (JD 73) decided he couldn’t tolerate his knee pain any longer, he knew he needed surgery and he liked the prospect of a quicker recovery. An encounter with Almand in Indianapolis a few years earlier had enlightened Luckett as to the outstanding results of the computer-navigated alternative.

“My left knee is as if I have never had a problem,” says Luckett, who had a partial knee replacement in January 2009. “I had an overnight stay and a couple of tough nights at home, but then I did the physical therapy like I should and I had an excellent result.

“I initially tried arthroscopy, and that gave me a little help for a little while, but I was basically bone on bone,” he says. “I guess the best form of compliment to a doctor is to refer your friends and relatives to him, and I’ve done that, too.”

MSMOC also provides full in-house physical therapy for patients recovering from surgery, as well as physical therapy for athletes dealing with a sports-related injury, weekend warriors and high-school or college-level athletes.

For Almand, the success of the computer-navigated surgeries is more than encouraging. With more than 3,000 surgeries under his belt, a 99 percent success rate and a lot of happy patients, proof is in the numbers. AR

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Sports A League of Their Own Four named to Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame

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ach fall, Ole Miss fans come together to honor people whose names and spirits have been stitched into the collective memories of the Rebel faithful and have found their place in the lore of Ole Miss.

To recognize those who contributed so much to the athletics program, the M-Club Alumni Chapter of the Ole Miss Alumni Association created The University of Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. That group expanded to 176 members in October as four more names were added to the prestigious list.

Whitey Adams (BSPHE 76) of West Allis, Wis., Lindy Callahan (BSPHE 53) of Gulfport, Agnes Muzamel (BA 00) of Jackson and Stevon Moore (90) of Wiggins, are the newest members of the M-Club Hall of Fame. They, along with M-Club Service Award recipient Randy Reed (BBA 72) of Germantown, Tenn., were inducted in a ceremony and also honored during pre-game ceremonies at the football game against Alabama.

Whitey Adams Whitey Adams earned three letters for the Diamond Rebels playing third base from 1968-70 under Head Coach Tom Swayze. Adams helped the Rebels to 72 wins in that time along with the 1969 Southeastern Conference Championship and an appearance in the 1969 College World Series—the program’s third trip to Omaha.

In that 1969 season, Adams was named an All-SEC selection as he helped Ole Miss to a 27-15 record and saw the Rebels sweep through the SEC Championship playoffs over Florida and the NCAA District III playoffs into the CWS. Following the 1970 season—one that saw the Rebels post a 25-8 record— 38 Alumni Review

Adams was named an All-America selection, the fifth in program history. He also earned All-SEC West honors in both 1969 and 1970. Adams finished his career with a .310 batting average and tallied 89 RBIs along with 14 home runs.

“Those were the days of freshman teams and no wooden bats,” says teammate John Shaw (BA 70). “But, despite all the advances we’ve made since then, the one thing successful players back then shared with players of today were three qualities that Whitey exemplified.

He took pride in his preparation to perform, he was committed to success, and he was dependable as a teammate. Those are the things that separate successful people from the rest, and he always demonstrated those qualities. Whitey delivered no matter how pressure packed the situation might be.”

Lindy Callahan Lindy Callahan was a three-year letter winner at running back for the Rebels from 1949-51. As a player in the early years of the John Vaught era, Callahan helped lay the foundation for Ole Miss’ rise to prominence on a national scale, which the university enjoyed for nearly two decades. Callahan also earned a letter in baseball during the 1950 season.

Callahan finished his career with the Rebels having rushed for 778 yards on 166 carries and scored five touchdowns as he averaged 4.7 yards per carry. He also caught 10 passes for 186 yards and a touchdown. Also a threat on the defensive side of the ball and on special teams, Callahan posted one interception, and had two punt returns and four kickoff returns in his career.

The running back’s best season was 1951, his senior year, when he rushed for 456 yards and posted a 76-yard run

Whitey Adams

on the second play from scrimmage against Auburn in a 39-14 win. That run still ranks as the 15th longest rush from scrimmage in school history.

Callahan was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

“Lindy Callahan was a fine runner for us,” says teammate and recent SEC Living Legend selection Jimmy Lear (BBA 54). “He ran well and had great speed and strength. He is someone who is well-deserving of induction into the M-Club Athletic Hall of Fame.”

Stevon Moore Stevon Moore is the second member of the Ole Miss football program to be selected for the M-Club Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009. Moore lettered four years for the Rebels at defensive back

Lindy Callahan

under Head Coach Billy Brewer and served as co-captain in the 1988 season as a senior.

During his four years with the Rebels, Moore helped Ole Miss to the 1986 Independence Bowl, where the Rebels posted a 20-17 win over the Red Raiders of Texas Tech to cap an 8-3-1 season.

A first-team All-SEC selection three years in a row from 1986-88, Moore was selected to participate in the 1988 Senior and Hula bowls before being drafted by the New York Jets in the seventh round of the 1989 NFL Draft. He then played 11 years in the NFL with the Dolphins, Browns, Jets and Ravens.

“Stevon was one of the best cornerbacks to play for us,” says former Rebel Head Coach Billy Brewer (BSPHE 64). “He was a very talented and smart

Stevon Moore

football player. When we faced a great receiver, we just put Stevon on him and told him to lock him down. He is a classy guy who contributed a lot to the Ole Miss program both on and off the field.”

Agnes Muzamel Agnes Muzamel, one of only two fourtime All-Americans in Ole Miss women’s tennis history, competed for the Rebels from 1996-99, claiming four letters and garnering All-America status all four seasons.

Muzamel started her career off with a bang, claiming the 1996 SEC singles championship as a freshman. It was the beginning of a career that saw her claim 122 total victories, the second most in Rebel history, as she helped the wom-

Agnes Muzamel

en’s tennis team to four NCAA Tournaments, including two Elite Eight Appearances in 1998 and 1999.

She also helped the Rebels claim the 1999 SEC Tournament Championship in Baton Rouge, defeating third-ranked Georgia and top-ranked Florida in backto-back days to claim the title.

Muzamel is currently a teaching professional at the River Hills Club in Jackson.

“Agnes brought a seriousness and commitment to our women’s tennis program at Ole Miss that was admirable and inspiring,” says former tennis Coach Jerry Montgomery. “It was clear that she had made many sacrifices developing her skills, and she continued to do that in her career at Ole Miss. In addition to that, she is a really good person Winter 2010 39

Sports and was such a great friend to all of the girls on the team. I am grateful for what she contributed to our program.”

Randy Reed The 2009 recipient of the M-Club Service Award is former football player Randy Reed, who earned three letters with the Rebels from 1969-71. In that time, he helped the Rebels land appearances in the Sugar Bowl and the Gator Bowl and to compile a 25-9 record.

The M-Club is honoring Reed based on his many years of leadership, dedication, service and commitment to the chapter and the university. Over the years, he has been instrumental in establishing scholarship assistance to children of former letter winners through various fundraisers that the M-Club sponsors.

Among these are past alumni foot-

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ball games that featured former football greats participating in full-pad contests at the Spring Game. Reed was also instrumental in the creation of the Grove Bowl concept, which has been enjoyed by thousands of Ole Miss alumni and friends for the past 11 years.

He also served as the M-Club Alumni president from 2000-02.

“Randy has been integral to the growth of the M-Club, and his leadership, dedication and commitment to the organization have been outstanding,” says Clay Cavett (BBA 86), associate director of Alumni Affairs. “He has helped the scholarship fund grow by leaps and bounds. He has really provided the foundation for the M-Club and the scholarship fund to grow to the point it’s at today.” AR

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Sports Good on the Greens

Junior golfer concludes outstanding fall at top of SEC

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le Miss junior golfer Jonathan Randolph finds himself at the top of the SEC and among the best in the nation after the fall season.

He is currently ranked No. 25 in the nation in Golfweek.

The native of Brandon owns both an SEC and team-leading 70.08 stroke average, including an impressive firstround scoring average of 68.20. Randolph finished four of the Rebels’ five tournaments under par, including an 11-under par 131 to capture the Mason Rudolph Championship for his first collegiate title. He posted six rounds in the 60s, including a career-best 64 in the Mason Rudolph, and nine rounds at or under par.

In addition, Randolph is hitting 76 percent of his fairways and 69 percent of his greens in regulation, and averaging 29.00 putts per round, all of this better than the PGA Tour average.

“In my 13 years as a coach, Jonathan has had one of the best fall seasons of any of our players ever,” says Head Coach Ernest Ross. “He is an excellent leader for our team in his preparation and attention to detail. He is meticulous about his practice routines, and comes to practice with well-defined goals each day.

“He has improved every year in college and is one of the top players in America. I know he aspires to move even higher, and I think he will get there.” AR

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Pair of softball standouts honored for academics

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ophomores Corrine Doornberg and Amanda Hutcheson have been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Girls Got Game/All-America Scholar Athlete Team for the 2008-09 year. The two were honored as All-America Scholar Athletes for posting at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the academic year.

Doornberg, a civil engineering major, led the Rebels with a .315 batting average as a freshman last season and scored 22 runs in 49 games. The Langley, British Columbia, native was also named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll, as well as the university’s Chancellor’s Honor Roll.

Hutcheson, an exercise science major, appeared in 42 games as a freshman for the Rebels a year ago. In 20 starts, the Loganville, Ga., native scored 11 runs and collected 12 hits. She was also named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll and the university’s Chancellor’s Honor Roll. AR 42 Alumni Review

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Quentin Whitwell (BA 95, JD 98) is an attorney and lobbyist in Jackson, where he lives with his wife, Ginger, and two children, Davis and Gordon.

The Not So Wicked, Wicked Witch by Amy Purser Carter and illustrated by Sarah E. Markham, 20 pages, $15.95 (Paperback), ISBN: 9781432737818 The rhyming storybook The Not So Wicked, Wicked Witch is a children’s book about a witch that is “labeled” a witch in name only. After reading the 44 Alumni Review

story and getting to know Carter’s witch, readers realize that she has a heart of gold and is loving both inside and out.

The not so wicked witch tries her best at doing witchlike things but can never get it qu ite rig ht.

Once a year on Halloween, she ste a ls away to a little cottage in the forest to bake cookies for all t he children. It is there that she becomes a “loving fairy book queen.”

Amy Purser Carter (BA 90) received her degree in English and resides in Jackson. Sarah E. Markham (BA 04), is a graphic designer for McAlister’s Deli Corporation and resides in Jackson.

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by Norris Caldwell, 347 pages, $22 (Paperback), ISBN: 9781589825680 In Stranger in the Outfield, Walt Burke is the University of Arkansas’ most recent baseball phenom and is on his way to signing with the Colorado Rockies. His future takes a sharp turn one night in his girlfriend Peggy Jean’s bedroom, and his life is changed in an instant, smashing his dreams and making him a fugitive.

He stays in Mexico while on the run, but his need to play baseball sends him back to the U.S. His skills land him in the independent leagues, but, with the FBI and one curious journalist on his tail, the greatest player in the league will not remain hidden for long.

Don Kessinger, six-time National League All Star shortstop, calls Stranger

in the Outfield a “very entertaining novel” and recommends it to “anyone with an appreciation for baseball.”

Norris Caldwell (BSHPE 52) is a retired businessman from Tupelo and author of Before Elvis and War and Home.

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For 2010, the Alumni Association is offering some spectacular trips.

Alumni and friends obtain group rates and discounts.

All prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Airfare is not included. For a brochure or more information, contact the Alumni office at 662-9157375. You also can find these trips listed on the Ole Miss Alumni Association’s Web site at <www.olemissalumni.com>.

Mysteries of the Mekong: Saigon to Angkor Wat March 2-13, 2010 Immerse yourself in the mysterious allure of Indochina while cruising in style and comfort aboard the deluxe M.V. Jayavarman along the fabled “Waterway of the Nine Dragons,” the Mekong River.

Journey from cosmopolitan Saigon to the undiscovered gem of Phnom Penh, a rare pocket of “Old Asia,” and encounter a timeless world of tranquil rice paddies, authentic floating villages and grand pagodas that recall the glories of bygone kingdoms and empires. Your journey culminates in the lush jungles of Cambodia amid the magnificent 12th-century temples and sculptures of Angkor Wat. Hanoi pre-program and Bangkok post-program options also are offered.—$2,995 Amalfi, The Divine Coast May 12-20, 2010 Delight in the scenic grandeur of the Amalfi Coast, with its varied architecture and amazing vertical landscape. Nicknamed “the Divine Coast,” the serpentine Amalfi Drive winds around towering cliffs and sandy coves, and past charming villages, brightly colored villas and cascading flower gardens. During your stay in the seaside resort of Amalfi, venture out to see the town of Ravello with its spectacular 13th-century Villa Rufolo 46 Alumni Review

and the dramatic cliffs of Positano, Italy’s most vertical town. Explore the cliff-top village of Sorrento, overlooking the Bay of Naples. Discover an epoch suspended in time at the fabled ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii. See the Temples of Hera and Athena at Paestum, and immerse yourself in the extraordinary beauty and classical antiquity of Capri, the Isle of Dreams.—$2,295 European Coastal Civilizations May 18-26, 2010 For one full week, travel in impeccable style and comfort aboard the deluxe M.S. Le Diamant, one of the world’s most celebrated small cruise ships, and explore coastal Portugal, Spain and France, discovering an enticing canvas of historic sea ports, ancient civilizations and enduring, yet dynamic, cultures. A program of attractively priced shore excursions will be available, including opportunities to admire the mesmerizing architecture of Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, walk in the footsteps of medieval pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela and linger over a glass of Duoro port in Oporto.—$2,595

Bondnant Gardens—Celtic Lands Tour

Celtic Lands May 25 -June 3, 2010 Journey with us aboard the deluxe M.S. Le Diamant from the ancient Norman port of Honfleur to Scotland’s historic capital of Edinburgh. Cruise along the verdant shorelines of Southern England and Ireland and around the misty, legendhaunted Highlands and Isles of Scotland.

A program of attractively priced shore excursions will be available, including opportunities to view the architectural and cultural treasures of Dublin, to observe the enduring Celtic traditions of North Wales and to immerse yourself in the stark beauty and solitude of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides and Orkney Islands.—$3,995 Great Journey Through Europe June 23-July 3, 2010 Immerse yourself in the cultural and scenic treasures of Europe’s heartland on this unique cruise and rail itinerary tracing the Rhine River from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea. Travel overland by road and rail from the beautiful lakeside town of Lucerne to the pristine Alpine resort of Zermatt, nestled beneath the craggy

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peak of the Matterhorn. Board one of the deluxe vessels of the prestigious Amadeus Premium Fleet in Basel, Switzerland, and travel in comfort and style for five nights through France, Germany and Holland, passing Gothic cathedrals, medieval castles, terraced vineyards, rustic villages and the legendary Lorelei Rock.—$3,195 Passion Play Oberammergau July 27-Aug. 6, 2010 Join us for this momentous journey combining a presentation of the legendary 376-year-old Passion Play in Oberammergau with a delightful cruise along the Danube River. Sail aboard the deluxe Amadeus Symphony through the heart of Europe, where an unrivaled legacy of art, architecture and history recalls the glories of the Habsburg Empire. In the charming village of Oberammergau, enjoy a moving performance of the 2010 Passion Play, a fascinating rendition of the story of Jesus Christ presented here on a large, open-air stage every 10 years. Revel in the history, costumes, scenery and orchestral accompaniment that make this a truly unique event.—$2,995 Canadian Maritimes Aug. 3-12, 2010 Experience the maritime magic of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, where a magnificent rolling landscape of green meets the brilliant

blue of sky and sea. Immerse yourself in the unique cultures that thrive in the Canadian Maritimes: the First Nation people, French Acadians, Highland Scotsmen and Irishmen. Your journey begins in Halifax, Nova Scotia, your gateway to some of the area’s loveliest spots. Continue to St. John for an in-depth look at local culture, flora, fauna and topography; then travel to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to admire its scenery and pay tribute to Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved Anne of Green Gables. Return to Nova Scotia with a visit to Baddeck, and enjoy an exhilarating drive along the Cabot Trail, as well as an informative visit to the Grand-Pré National Park.—$2,995 Scandinavian and Russian Splendors Aug. 18-sept. 2, 2010 See the splendors of Scandinavia and Russia on an exceptional voyage aboard Oceania Cruises’ Regatta. Visit the charming Old Town and elegant Royal Palace in Stockholm. In Helsinki, view the city’s stunning modern architecture, lovely parks and open-air market. Explore the Russian capital of St. Petersburg and see the world-famous Faberge eggs in Kremlin and Armory Museum. Stroll through Tallinn, Estonia, and discover its Baroque palaces and exquisite Town Hall. The lavish and bright metropolis of Riga, Latvia, is full of Art Nouveau archi-

tecture, cobbled medieval streets and an historic Old Quarter. Explore the city of Visby, Sweden, with its marvelous ruined medieval churches. Visit Copenhagen’s beautiful Rosenborg Castle. Enjoy the German capital of Berlin, and savor landmarks like the Brandenburg Gate. Take a boat ride along Amsterdam’s charming canals, or visit one of the city’s superb museums.—$3,999 Alaska Adventures Cruise Aug. 25-Sept. 1, 2010 With more wilderness than can be charted and more wildlife than can be counted, Alaska’s immensity overwhelms. Glaciers advance and retreat forming ridge after ridge of mountain peaks receding into the distance. Dense, dark-green primordial forests stretch as far as the eye can see.

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Ports of call include Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau, Tracy Arm, Sitka and Hubbard Glacier. A variety of shore excursions have been included in the per-person price.—$3,595 including airfare Waterways of Russia Sept. 2-10, 2010 On this comprehensive 11-day itinerary, the timeless pageant of Russian history and culture reveals itself along the waterways linking Moscow with St. Petersburg.

Discover a timeless world where goldendomed churches rise out of the early morning mist, quaint wooden villages dot verdant landscapes, and the gentle light of autumn evenings gives an otherworldly dimension to the vast heartland of Mother Russia. Cruise the rivers and lakes of Russia aboard the M.S. Litvinov, a fine river-vessel providing guests a memorable cruising experience. All cabins and suites are outside and feature private bathroom

Island Life in Ancient Greece/Turkey Sept. 12-20, 2010 Relive the mythical tales of Homer and the glories of ancient heroes and gods on this enlightening voyage across the glistening waters of the Aegean aboard the deluxe M.S. Le Boreal. Explore Greece’s storied isles, including Santorini, renowned for its spectacular cliff-lined shores, and Delos, mythical birthplace of Artemis and Apollo. Learn how monks on the sacred isle of Pátmos preserve spiritual traditions traced directly back to St. John, stroll along the marble-paved streets of ancient Ephesus, and recall the glories of Achilles in legendary Troy. A program of attractively priced shore excursions will be available.—$2,995 River Life in Saxony along the Elbe River Oct. 8-16, 2010 Cruise along the River Elbe aboard the deluxe M.V. Swiss Coral from the medieval river villages of “Saxon Switzerland” to the captivating beauty of Bohemia and the splendid castles of Prague. Immerse yourself in the incomparable treasures and the timeless traditions of the Elbe River on this fascinating journey to Germany and the Czech Republic. Walk in the footsteps of Martin Luther along

the streets of historic Wittenberg, marvel at the Baroque splendors of Dresden, and tour the imposing fortifications of Albrechtsberg Castle. Special enhancements include a private beer tasting, a demonstration of porcelain craftsmanship in Meissen and an exclusive village forum with local residents.—$2,895 Treasures of South Africa Oct. 12-26, 2010 A land of rich biological diversity and fascinating culture, South Africa exceeds the imagination. Experience historic cities, scenic highlights and exciting game drives during this program that encompasses the best of this storied country. Tour cosmopolitan Cape Town, ascend flattopped Table Mountain for breathtaking panoramic views, and cruise to historic Robben Island, site of Nelson Mandela’s incarceration. Admire the natural beauty of Cape Point and the Kirstenbosch Gardens, and observe the African penguin colony at Boulders Beach. Travel aboard the luxurious Rovos Rail to Matjiesfontein and the charming town of Kimberly.

In Johannesburg, explore Soweto and the Apartheid Museum. Finally, enjoy a game-viewing safari at world-renowned Thornybush Game Reserve, where you can see the “big five”—lion, elephant, rhinoceros, Cape buffalo and leopard—as well as zebra, giraffe, kudu and more.— approximately $5,895 per person. AR

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Morale Booster alum and Miss Americas visit troops in Afghanistan

Sam Haskell (far right) recently visited troops in Afghanistan along with several former Miss Americas: (from left) Heather Whitestone, BeBe Shopp, Charlene Wells, Nicole Johnson, Susan Powell, Erika Dunlap and Miss Utah 2007 Jill Stevens, a member of the Utah National Guard. Haskell delivered and signed copies of his memoir, Promises I Made My Mother, for the troops.

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am Haskell (BA 77), accompanied by seven beauty queens, traveled to Afghanistan to visit U.S. troops Oct. 12-20. The group included Miss America 2004 Erika Dunlap, Miss America 1999 Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1995 Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1985 Charlene Wells, Miss America 1981 Susan Powell and Miss America 1948 BeBe Shopp, who amused the troops when she said, “You may not know my name boys, but trust me, your grandfathers did!”

Miss Utah 2007 Jill Stevens, a member of the Utah National Guard, also joined the group.

Haskell’s whirlwind adventure included visiting 12 different camps and Air Force bases in the war zones. He brought with him 500 copies of his book, Promises I Made My Mother, which 50 Alumni Review

were donated by BankPlus, to sign and distribute to the troops.

While there, Haskell unexpectedly encountered three fellow Ole Miss alumni, Cmdr. Henry “Buck” Buckley (BA 88), Lt. Col. Archie Godwin (92) and Lt. Col. Bill Clarke (MA 96). During the trip, Haskell’s crew, all wearing 50-pound armor, traveled on a massive C17 airplane from Kuwait to Afghanistan. They also visited injured troops at the base hospital at Camp Montrand and met extensively with hundreds of soldiers including Platoon 220, the Mississippi National Guard of Jackson.

Haskell, originally from Amory, is the former executive vice president and worldwide head of television for the William Morris Agency. AR

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Ole Miss All the Way Couple enjoys unique Ole Miss-themed wedding

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hen Adrian Wilson Cartier (BA 02, PhD 06) and Dana Dronen (BS 07) made their wedding vows in August, their alma mater served as inspiration for much more than the location.

The wedding took place Aug. 1, 2009, at Paris-Yates Chapel. Wedding programs were designed to look like football gameday programs and illustrated with photos of the wedding party sporting Ole Miss football jerseys (blue for the men and red

for the women). The flower girl wore an Ole Miss cheerleader outfit.

But that all paled in comparison with the big finale, which took on the excitement of an Ole Miss pep rally. Guests waved Ole Miss red and blue pompoms as the newlyweds exited the chapel, all to the strains of the Ole Miss fight song played by members of the Pride of the South marching band. AR

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fter major water damage from a broken chilled-water pipe rendered the alumni offices unusable in April 2009, the renovation and expansion of the Triplett Alumni Center got under way in October.

Initial stages of the renovation began with the removal of asbestos and demolition of existing walls. The area that previously housed the snack bar and kitchen is being converted to office space. The move will provide the Alumni Association staff with a much-needed work environment upgrade, while also enhancing meeting spaces such as the Butler Auditorium with state-of-the-art technology.

Staff previously were spread out in several different office spaces, including several hotel rooms in The Inn at Ole Miss.

The new space will bring staff together in a centralized location, as well as provide additional space for records and archiving.

“For over 15 years, our staff has worked in cramped offices in three different locations within the Triplett Alumni Center,” says Alumni Association Executive Director Tim Walsh. “We had planned to make these renovations in a few years anyway, but, after the April flood, this project was expedited. Once complete, our office complex will make our alumni and friends proud, and will allow us to serve them better.”

The renovation project is scheduled to be completed in May. Naming opportunities are still available and include every office within the alumni center. All proceeds will be used to offset the $1.6 million cost of the renovation. A complete list of naming opportunities is available on the Alumni Web site at <www.olemissalumni. com>, or call 662-915-7375 for more information. AR

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Class Notes Due to space limitations, class notes are only published in the Alumni Review from active, dues-paying members of the Ole Miss Alumni Association. To submit a class note, send it to records@alumni.olemiss.edu or Alumni Records Dept., Ole Miss Alumni Association, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848. Class notes may also be submitted through the association’s Web site at www. olemissalumni.com. The association relies on numerous sources for class notes and is unable to verify all notes with individual alumni.

’50s

John N. Palmer (BBA 56, MBA 59) of Jackson received t he 2 0 0 9 C or i nt h H i g h School Distinguished Alumni Award.

Jack F. Dunbar (LLB 57) of Oxford received the Distinguished Ser vice Award from the Lafayette County Bar Association. He is a senior partner with Holcomb Dunbar, PA.

’60s

Frank W. Barrett (BSPH 60) a nd Martha Rushing Barrett (BSC 61) of Mendenhall celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sept. 12, 2009.

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Rebecca Allison (BS 68, MD 71) of Phoenix, Ariz., was named president of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.

Vance Randall (BBA 68) of Jackson was appointed to the AICPA’s Practice and Procedures Committee for 200910. He was also elected to the board of governors of the Mississippi Society of Certified Public accountants for a threeyear term.

’70s

R. James Young (JD 71) of Jackson was selected as co-chair of the Mississippi

Secretary of State’s Business ReformTrust Laws Study Group. He is a partner in the law firm of Wells Marble and Hurst.

H. Hunter Twiford III (BA 71, JD 72) of Ridgeland was named to Best Lawyers in America 2010. He is a partner with McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, in Jackson.

Lydia Graves Chassaniol (BAEd 72) of Winona was selected as Mississippi Sate Director of Women in Government for a two-year term that expires December 2011.

Haley Barbour ( JD 73) of Jackson received the Dudley R. Bozeman Leadership Award from the Madison County Foundation.

Jamie G. Houston III (JD 76) of Jackson was selected as co-chair of the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Business ReformTrust Laws Study Group. He is a partner in the law firm of Watkins and Eager.

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Lynette Schwartz Johnson (MEd 90) of Oxford was promoted to executive associate athletics director and senior women’s administrator at The University of Mississippi.

Yolanda Wesley Ingram (BA 91) was nominated to the board of directors for the Memphis Bar Foundation.

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Joel Bobo (BBA 80) of Jackson was elected president of the Construction Industry CPAs/Consultants Association. He is a partner and industry director at Horne, LLP. J. Carter Thompson (JD 84) of Jackson was chosen to head the firmwide Products and Liability and Mass Tort Group.

He is a shareholder in the Jackson office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. George H. Ritter ( JD 86) of Jackson was selected for membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a shareholder and member of the board of directors of Wise Carter Child & Carawary, PA.

SAC/Waycaster Scholarship Student Alumni Council/Clay Waycaster Memorial Scholarship recipient Catherine Ann Herrington (right) with Jill Waycaster West (BA 06)

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Hoops Honor 2,328 points net Mississippi Hall of Fame spot for all-time leading scorer

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ohn Stroud (BSPHE 82, MED 86) was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson.

Stroud is the all-time scoring leader in Ole Miss men’s basketball history with 2,328 points. That mark also ranks third in SEC history.

He is a two-time All-America pick and followed his college career with a two-year stint with the NBA Houston Rockets before embarking on a coaching career that included stops at Alabama, East Mississippi Community College and Millsaps College.

Stroud is currently the owner of the John Stroud Agency, a full-service independent insurance agency located in New Albany. AR

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Kelly Hardwick (JD 93) of Brandon joined the Jackson office of Page, Mannino Peresich & McDermott, PLLC. Thurston E. “Tad” Wilkes III (BA 94, JD 00) opened the law office of Thurston E. Wilkes III, LLC, in Oxford.

Paul A. Hurst III (JD 1995) serves as chief of staff for the Office of the Governor, state of Mississippi.

Elizabeth Lee Maron (JD 95) of Madison was reappointed to the Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education for her third term. She is a partner in special business services in the Jackson office of Adams and Reese LLP. Derek H. Moreton (BA 95, JD 99) of Oxford is an academic account manager for Thomson Reuters.

Amanda Jones ( JD 1996) serves as counsel to Mississippi Gov. Ha ley Barbour.

John Hugh Tate (BA 97) of Jackson and his wife, Linda, recently started

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Bellwether United Methodist Church in Jackson.

Patrick Ryan Beckett (JD 99) was one of 10 Mississippi attorneys honored by the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project for providing free legal services to the indigent. He is a member of the Jackson office of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens and Cannada.

M. Craig Robertson ( JD 99) ha s returned to solo practice at Robertson & Associates, PLLC, in Ridgeland.

’00s

Xavier L. Davis (BSME 2000) of Bartlett, Tenn., was promoted to reliability engineer, Level IV, in the Reliability Power Quality Department at Memphis Light Gas & Water ‘s Electrical Engineering Department.

Corey Hinshaw (JD 04) was elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar for 2009-11. He is an associate in the Jackson law firm of Watkins & Eager, PLLC. Rebekah C. Blakeslee (BA 05, JD 09) joined the Jackson office of Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, PA, as an associate.

Charles Cascio Jr. (BBA 08) of Washington, D.C., was promoted to director of political affairs for the American Osteopathic Information Association and to the Osteopathic Political Action Committee.

Jordon W. Sudduth (BA 09) of Tupelo joined the staff of U.S. Rep. Travis Childers as a district field representative. weddings Kimberly Michelle Boyer (JD 02) and Christopher A. Banta, July 18, 2009.

Sunny Leigh Cashion (BBA 06, MBA 07) and Chase Bonds Haberstroh (06), Oct. 4, 2008.

Kristen Michelle Conner (BSFCS 08) and Eric Daniel Pardue, June 28, 2008.

Lillian Haley Howell (BBA 08) and Warren Hays Pate (BAccy 08, MAccy 09), June 20, 2009.

Ginger Elaine Jackson (BA 03, MS 04) and Michael P. Flanagan, Dec. 6, 2008.

McCann Elizabeth LeFeve (JD 08) and Justin Guidry Mann, Oct. 24, 2009.

Lauren Elizabeth L ee a nd Brant James Ryan (JD 09), Aug. 8, 2009.

Cassidy Leigh Nazary (BS 08) and Christopher Ryan Satcher (DPT 08), June 6, 2009.

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Alum takes leadership position at Guantanamo Bay

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ames Reed (BBA 76) of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was assigned to the position of chief of the Criminal Investigation Task Force’s Counterterrorism Unit 4 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Reed has been an NCIS agent for 24 years and in law enforcement for 34 years. He also served with CITF in Guantanamo for two months in 2002.

Reed is a former running back for Ole Miss and one of the first AfricanAmerican athletes to receive a scholarship. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns after graduation. AR

Wesley Shaw (BBA 04), Sept. 26, 2009.

Melanie Marie Pryor and James Franklin Gulledge Jr. (BBA 99, MBA 01), Dec. 6, 2008.

Lyndsay Karyl Roberts and James Byron Shipp (BA 03, MD 08), Aug. 15, 2009.

Leslie Elizabeth Shands (BAEd 02, MEd 03) and John Shae Orrell (BAEd 04, MEd 05), Sept. 12, 2009.

Virginia Ruth Stearns (BAccy 05,

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MTax 06) and Irvin L. Breckenridge III (BAccy 98, MAccy 00), May 16, 2009. births George Walter, son of Joan Lucas Anthony (BA 02, JD 05) and Richard Cory Anthony (JD 04), Nov. 22, 2008.

Harper Nicole, daughter of Natalie Hankins Brown (BA 03) and Damion Patrick Brown (BSFCS 05), June 29, 2009.

Aidan Andrew and William Patrick, sons of Shannon W. Coleman (JD 01) and Johnny Coleman Jr. (BBA 85), Aug. 16, 2009.

Mary Hudson Elaine, daughter of Tiffany Cadle Dowdy (BSJ 95) and James Edward Dowdy Jr. (BSChE 93, MS 97), May 11, 2009.

Walsh Mitchell, son of D. Brooke Newman Driskell (JD 04) and Mitchell Or vis Driskell III ( JD 00), Aug. 29, 2009.

M a s o n G r a y, s o n o f M a c e y T. E d m o n d s o n ( J D 01, M A 0 8) a nd Simpson Gray Edmondson (BPA 97, BA 97, JD 01), Aug. 11, 2009.

Ju l i a n a V i c t or i a , d a u g ht e r of Caroline Green Felker (BA 03) and Lance Felker (BBA 00), Aug. 28, 2009.

Forrest Elizabeth, daughter of Wesley Carter Horobetz (BAPRM 05) and Mark P. Horobetz (BA 02), Aug. 30, 2009.

Charles Douglas, son of Lindsay King Hussey and Charles T. Hussey (BBA 99), Oct. 13, 2008.

Joseph Reed, son of Beth Boatright Kilgore (BAEd 00, MEd 01) and Joseph Kilgore (BBA 00, JD 03), July 16, 2009.

Allison Fair, daughter of Caroline Yates Mason and Brad Mason (BA 96), Oct. 12, 2009.

B a i l e y J , d a u g h t e r o f Je s s i c a Fortenberry Prestage (BA 03, MEd 05) and William Daniel Prestage (BBA 02,

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C ole Br y a nt , s on of E l i z a b e t h Brorby Stevenson (04) and Taylor Phillip Stevenson (PhD 04), Sept. 8, 2008.

Logan Joshua, son of Linda B. Tate and John Hugh Tate (BA 97), Feb. 27, 2009.

Brennan Joshua, son of Erin Camp Terrell (BBA 96) and Edmund A. Terrell Jr., April 15, 2009.

Davis Walker, son of Brenna Davis Trout (BA 02) and Edgar Clark Trout (BA 02), June 10, 2009.

Bealey Catherine, daughter of Shae Berryman White and Robert Blake White III (BBA 96, JD 99), Sept. 27, 2009.

In Memoriam 1930s James Waring Davant (36), April 17, 2009 Margaret Sharpe Fair (BA 38), Oct. 12, 2009 Martha Nelson Gordon (BA 38), Sept.

22, 2009 Alfred J. Habeeb (MedCert 36), Aug. 22, 2009 Frances Holmes Newton (BA 35), Oct. 11, 2009 Lou Wilkins Orr (BA 36), Oct. 13, 2009 Hartley T. Sanford (38), Aug. 30, 2009 1940s Elizabeth Nash Baker (BA 40), Aug. 22, 2009 Carolyn Speck Cobb (BA 42), Oct. 17, 2009 Mary Glenn Cox (BA 40, BM 42), Sept. 2, 2009 Alfred N. Crisler (LLB 48), Oct. 15, 2009 Anse Dees (42), Sept. 9, 2009 William Mayo Ellis Jr. (BSHPE 49), Aug. 15, 2009 Maude McRae Fitzgerald (BA 40), April 1, 2009 Crawford D. Gibbes Jr. (LLB 48), Aug. 29, 2009 S. Hunter Kenyon (BSC 42), Sept. 9, 2009 James Gordon Krestensen (MS 49, MedCert 53), Aug. 29, 2009 Leonard Brown Melvin Jr. (LLB 48,

Grove Society Scholarship Rhett Dixon (left) and Christopher Agnew are recipients of the 2009-10 Grove Society Scholarship. Recipients not pictured are Jessica Miller, Aaron Saucier and Christina Thompson.

BBA 49), Oct. 16, 2009 Bernard N. Moyer (40), Oct. 10, 2009 Betty Conner Padgett (45), Oct. 19, 2009 Paul Herbert Potter (MedCert 46, BS 46), Aug. 14, 2009 Mar y Hammond Sewall (BAEd 44), Oct. 20, 2009 John F. S. Sims (LLB 48), Sept. 29, 2009

William C. Stinson Jr. (42), Oct. 20, 2009 John T. Wilkinson Jr. (LLB 43, BA 46), Sept. 5, 2009 William Martin Wood (BS 44), Sept.

Forest Future Shelton Roberts Farm recognized for commitment to environment

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ickie Roberts (BBA 84) accepted on behalf of Shelton Roberts Farm the honor of being recognized as a Mississippi Forest Steward. Roberts is managing partner of Shelton Roberts Farm, a member of the Mississippi Forestry Association.

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Top Alumni Six alumni received the Ole Miss Alumni Association’s highest annual honors as part of Homecoming 2009. (from left) David Brevard (BA 78), William W. Parsons Jr. (BE 79), George E. Hilliard (BBA 77), John “Kayo” Dottley (BSPHE 50, MEd 51), John Warner Alford Jr. (BBA 60, MA 66) and Tamara Yvette Crawford (BSME 02).

GOAL: 24,000 ACTIVE MEMBERS Only you can help your Ole Miss Alumni Association reach this important milestone!

Make your Alumni Association the strongest in the SEC and the nation by renewing your alumni membership each year and encouraging classmates, friends, neighbors, fans and Ole Miss supporters to also join and remain active.

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3, 2009 Claude Jackson Woodward (BA 41, LLB 47), Sept. 21, 2009 1950s Rudy Paulk Abramson (BA 58), Feb. 13, 2008 Joseph Armstrong (BA 52), Sept. 28, 2009 William Benson Bobo (MedCert 50, BS 50), Oct. 18, 2009 George Adrian Brenner (53), Sept. 4, 2009 Olin Murphy Briscoe (51), Sept. 21, 2009 Arthur Cunningham III (BBA 51), Sept.

8, 2009 Clarence Clarus Day (BBA 58), Oct. 24, 2009 Peggy Smith Dupuy (BAEd 53), Oct. 12, 2009 David L. Eidt Sr. (BA 58), Oct. 6, 2009 Wren Mckinnon Frith (BBA 50), Aug.

30, 2009 Mary Thomas Frost (BAEd 51), Sept.

10, 2009 Robert Louis Goza (LLB 56), Aug. 22, 2009 James Clinton Graham (MD 58), Sept.

2, 2009 Charles William Hardin Sr. (BSHPE 50, MEd 65), Oct. 14, 2009 Phillip Maurice Harris Jr. (MBA 51), Oct. 22, 2009 Ralph Kinne Hollister Jr. (BBA 50), Aug. 29, 2009 Frank Francis Hosak (BBA 52), Oct. 5, 2009 Daisy Loden Howell (MA 52, PhD 69), Oct. 18, 2009 Eaton Adlai Lang Jr. (LLB 50), Sept.

19, 2009 Charlene Ash McGill (BA 57), Oct. 1, 2009 Annie Byrd McKee (MM 57), Sept.

6, 2009 Thomas D. Moore (BBA 55, MBA 60,

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Ben Williams Scholarship Recipients of the 2009-10 Ben Williams Minority Scholarship with Ben Williams (BBA 76) (left)

PhD 64), Oct. 9, 2009 Vince Shannon Mullen (57), Sept. 6, 2009 James Buckingham Skewes (BA 50), Sept. 14, 2009 Neva Williams Spraberry (MBA 57), Sept. 26, 2009 William Early Van Cleve (BA 55), Sept.

25, 2009 John Robert Werner (BA 50), March 18, 2009 Ann Adcock White (BSHPE 51), Aug. 26, 2009 Jack Mann Williams (BAEd 53), Oct. 25, 2009 Robert M. Williams Jr. (BBA 58), Sept. 7, 2009 1960s Harry Gayle Alderson (BBA 66), Sept.

11, 2009 Cornelia Elizabeth Bisland (EdD 67), Sept. 14, 2009 Benjamin Hal Buchanan Jr. (MD 69), Oct. 4, 2009

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For an additional $50 a year — $32.50 of which returns to Ole Miss for educational enhancement — you can purchase this “license to brag” about your alma mater. When it’s time to renew your license plate, simply tell your local tax collector you want the Ole Miss affinity license plate. It’s an easy way to help your University.

This particular tag is available to Mississippi drivers only. Some other states, however, offer an Ole Miss affinity license plate. Check with your local tax collector for availability.

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Walter Joseph Burnett (MM 60), Aug. 29, 2009 Gerald O. Carrier (MS 69), Sept. 18, 2008 Emmett Bowers Chiles III (BBA 61), Sept. 23, 2009 Jack Anderson Coleman (MEd 64), Sept. 23, 2009 Victoria Helen Coury (BSN 64), Sept.

6, 2009 James L. Griffin Jr. (BBA 60), June 19, 2009 Johnny Earl Lane (BA 69), June 4, 2009 Carolyn Edwards Martin (BA 68), Sept.

3, 2009 Henry A. McCrory (BSPh 66, MD 71), Aug. 27, 2009 Thomas Glover Roberts III ( JD 66, BBA 66), Oct. 15, 2009 Dorothy Weeks Seale (BAEd 69), Oct. 9, 2009 Charles Lee Selph (MEd 66), June 12, 2009 Lawrence Frederick Smart Jr. (BBA 62), Aug. 13, 2009 Brenda Frazier Smith (BAEd 68), Aug.

23, 2009 James Eugene “Jim” Urbanek Sr. (BBA 68, BSHPE 80), Aug. 24, 2009 Charles Ellis Waring Jr. (BBA 60), Oct. 26, 2009 Carroll E. White (LLB 61), Oct. 2, 2009 Georgia Maddux Wilhoite (MEd 61), Oct. 7, 2009 1970s Winnie Hellums Sykes Baier (BBA 73), Oct. 4, 2009 Betty McLendon Bowen (MLS 75), Sept. 9, 2009 David Alman Caraway (BSHPE 78), June 28, 2009 James C. Carlton (EdD 76), Oct. 6, 2008 Travis Glen Casanova (PhD 72), Sept.

26, 2009 James Steven Chustz (BBA 70, JD 72), Oct. 28, 2009 Jan Tumasz Foregger (BAEd 78, MEd 80), Oct. 19, 2009 Mary Tooke Frederick (BA 72), Oct. 25, 2009

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1980s Thomas Carson Brown (BBA 82), Aug. 31, 2009 Minnie Hill Gordon (BAEd 82, MEd 92), Sept. 3, 2009 Robert Eugene Schmieg Jr. (BS 84), Oct. 23, 2009 Guy Andrew Shaw (BBA 83), Aug. 31, 2009 Lula Frances Spain (BBA 81), Oct.

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Adrienne Ruth Henderson (BA 78), Aug. 24, 2009 William Robert Lukas (BA 75), Sept.

16, 2009 Kennie Earl Middleton (JD 74), Sept.

17, 2009 Gregory Lynn Murphy (BA 78), Oct. 18, 2009 James M. O’Rear (BAEd 73), Aug. 1, 2009 Joseph A. Perkins (MD 75), Sept. 1, 2009 Robert Henry Robertson (BBA 74), Jan. 10, 2009 George Jeffrey Smith (BBA 76), Oct. 2, 2009 Austin L. Taylor Jr. (JD 71), May 20, 2008 Ernest G. Taylor Jr. (JD 70), Oct. 15, 2009 Adrienne Allen Wamble (BAEd 73), Aug. 18, 2009 Marilyn Polk Wittorf (BA 71), Nov. 11, 2008

Alumni Association Scholarship Rose Flenorl (BAEd 79) (front row, third from right) with the 2009-10 recipients of Herbert E. Dewees Jr. Alumni Association Lineal Descendant Scholarships

7, 2009 Stephen Ray Stanford (BBA 82), Sept. 25, 2009 1990s James Wallace Campbell (96), Oct. 1, 2009 Corwin Ja’Brent Curtis (BA 99), Sept.

28, 2009 Leonhard Naef Goll IV (BBA 92), Sept. 8, 2009 Connie Seawright III (BAccy 93, MBA 94), Aug. 15, 2009 2000s Ronald Justin Coleman (BSES 01),

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Alumni Board of Directors The Alumni Association Board of Directors at Homecoming 2009

Dec. 28, 2008 Anthony David Fein (08), Oct. 6, 2009 Tonya M. Johnson (MEd 00), Sept.

25, 2009 Jeffrey Tyler Jones (BBA 08), Aug. 15, 2009

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Aaron Albon Ben Kay (09), Sept. 2, 2009 Whitney Michelle Lane (09), Oct. 22, 2009 Sarita Lenore Pollock (09), Sept. 3, 2009

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Faculty and Friends Virginia W. Alexander, Oct. 4, 2009 Mack A. Breazeale, Sept. 14, 2009 Oscar Bruce, Oct. 23, 2009 Virginia Cantu, Oct. 5, 2009 Ray Yeakle Gildea Jr., Oct. 19, 2009 Exie Lee Greer, Oct. 10, 2009 Frances W. Herod, Sept. 29, 2009 Beverly Chastain Larroux, Oct. 20, 2009 Jane F. Lusk, Oct. 15, 2009 Annette Gafford McCoy, Oct. 7, 2009 Blodwyn Lett Pritchard, Oct. 14, 2009 Joseph Sam, Oct. 3, 2009

To submit a class note, send it to records@ alumni.olemiss.edu or Alumni Records Dept., Ole Miss Alumni Association, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 386771848. Class notes may also be submitted through the association’s Web site at www.olemissalumni.com. The association relies on numerous sources for class notes and is unable to verify all notes with individual alumni.

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