Class Notes
1940s Frank Perry SMA ’46 (left), and Charles McNutt SMA ’46 are pictured with Caroline Graham ’17 at last May’s Honors Day where they presented her with the SMA Class of 1946 Junior Leadership Award. Dr. McNutt explained, “We created the award in 1996 to honor our 50th reunion and to be given to an individual whose ability to lead and inspire others has contributed significantly to the life of the school. The selection is based on the student’s honor, patriotism, selfdiscipline, integrity, comradeship, and responsibility.” Frank and Charles returned two weeks later to celebrate their 70th reunion. Frank is a retired vice president of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems and lives with his wife, Marjorie, in Spanish Fort., Ala. Charles is a retired professor from the University of Memphis and continues his research and writing in anthropology. He lives in Memphis. Gus Weekley, Jr. SMA ’46 wrote, “I just had my 86th birthday and am still working as a 20-year health care attorney after more than 20 years as a surgeon, both in Tampa Fla. I send my best to those who are left.”
1950s Jim Seidule StA ’50 is pictured with Clifton Lewis StA ’74 at the rededication of St. Andrew’s Chapel, for which they both served on the campaign steering committee. Jim, a lifelong educator, has taught at several independent schools including St. Andrew’s in the mid-70s where he also served as assistant headmaster; Virginia Episcopal; St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Jackson, Miss.; and most recently Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach, Miss., where he served as interim headmaster in 2009. Upon retiring, he moved to Florida where he lives in The Villages. Clifton is a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, Ala., where he lives with his wife, Anne. He received the SAS Distinguished Alumni award in 2015. Lloyd Spivey SMA ’53 and his wife Mary visited campus on their way to see their daughter in Chattanooga. Lloyd said that it had been 13 years since he was on the Mountain. He enjoyed seeing the SMA archival items in the Spencer Room. A retired attorney, he and Mary live in Canton, Miss.
Hubert Bramblett StA ’56 also stopped by campus on his way to visit his daughter and grandson in Chattanooga. He has retired three times: first from the U.S. Navy; then from an auto parts business, which he owned; and in 1999 as an engineer for Mobile Mental Health. He and his wife, Jean, travel extensively. They live in Theodore, Ala.
1960s Bill MacLeod StA ’61 wrote, “I recently visited Machu Picchu, (climbed to the top of both peaks), Lake Titicaca (stayed on a floating island) and took a train trip across Peru, which was a birthday gift from one of my sons. He’d been there before, is fluent in Spanish, and took me all over like a personal tour guide. It was a trip of a lifetime!” Bill and his wife, Pam, live in San Diego, Calif.
Andy Simmonds StA ’61, Henry Hamman StA ’64, and Gary Gibson StA ’66 enjoyed celebrating the Chapel restoration together. Andy served as co-chair for the campaign, a steering committee member, and class gift leader in addition to sending countless letters to St. Andrew’s alumni. Since retiring from Athens Academy, Andy and his wife, Heidi Hangar Simmonds SMS ’61, have been able to travel and be in Sewanee more often. Henry, whose love for the Chapel knows no bounds, served as class gift leader. He lives in Sewanee and owns Creative Services, Inc., with his wife, Kathy. Gary is the proud grandfather of Mitchell Foster ’14 and Meredith Foster ’21, in whose honor he named a Chapel window. Gary and his wife, Susan, live in Decherd, Tenn.
St. Andrew’s alumni are pictured at a get-together in September at the Gatlinburg home of Jack Miller StA ’66 to surprise classmate Louis Partin StA ’66 with the refurbished Sam Partin Blocking Trophy, named for Louis’ father. The SAS alumni office donated the trophy after the group discovered it during Alumni Weekend. Pictured standing behind Louis are are Alan Bill StA ’66, Jack Miller, Sr., Jack, and John Fulmer StA ’66. Alan and his wife Mary traveled from Miramar Beach, Fla., and Louis and John came in from Greenville and Clemson, S.C., respectively. Lon Wyatt SMA ’66 and his wife, Susan, lingered after Alumni Weekend for some hiking and stopped by to donate Lon’s SMA dress uniform and varsity jacket. Lon retired from investment banking seven years ago and bought a sailboat on which they lived and traveled the world. They now are trekking across land to all corners of the continental U.S. Bill Tait StA ’67 is pictured promoting SAS as he posed with professional football hero Michael Oher at a charity football camp. Bill is the director of Beat the Odds, Inc., which sponsors a camp for underserved boys and girls in Batesville, Miss. James Shumard StA ’69 was named interim rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Casper, Wyo. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1997 in the Diocese of Atlanta. He received his M.Div. in 1985. In 2010 James received his Doctor of Ministry from the Episcopal Divinity School. For the last five years, he has served as rector of St. Michael’s in Waynesboro, Ga. Jim and his wife, Maureen, have two children: daughter, Jamie, and son, Matthew.
1970s Thomas Mucklow StA ’65 and Jim McBride StA ’66 met for dinner at Cacapon State Park in Morgan County, W.Va., and had a great visit catching up after 48 years. They found they both love bicycles and may plan a rails-to-trails trip in the near future. Thomas lives in nearby Martinsburg, W.Va. Jim currently lives in Glen Bernie, Md., but will be moving to Myrtle Beach, S.C., this winter with his wife, Marianne.
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Lee Stockdale SMA ’70 was named as a fellow for the Library of Congress Rare Book Division and spent the summer in Washington, D.C. In April, he enjoyed his acting debut in Calendar Girls in Asheville, N.C., and wrote that, while conceding to a naturally inherent limited emotional range, he believes with more lines (he died in the third scene) he could have explored greater depth of character. He lives in Tyron, N.C. He is the father of Zach Stockdale ’02.
Patrick Gahan StA ’73 is pictured with his wife, Kay, at the St. Andrew’s Chapel Rededication. Patrick served as campaign co-chair and a steering committee member. He participated in the service on Sunday, Sept. 25. He and Kay live in San Antonio, Texas, where Patrick is the rector of Christ Episcopal Church. Robert Lundin StA ’74 is a mental health worker with the DuPage County Health Department as well as a published playwright. Several of his works have had staged readings in Chicago, including Demetia Praecox, The Icon, and The Cornerstone. Robert has hopes of one of his plays being fully produced and is open to any artistic directors or dramaturges being in touch! David Lodge SA ’75 is an internationally recognized conservation biologist, the president of the Ecological Society of America, the founder and former director of the University of Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative, and the new director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. David’s past research in rural Kenya and Zambia identified ways to improve human livelihoods and health, while also providing energy and minimizing environmental impact. While at Notre Dame, he founded two centers and coordinated externally funded research projects totaling $13 million in the last decade and led a formal partnership with The Nature Conservancy. He is the brother of SAS CFO, Sarah Lodge, and uncle of Richard Lodge ’97 and Masey Lodge Stubblefield ’01. Chris Mills StA ’76 married Alice Marie Ray in Asheville, N.C., on July 2, 2016. Several alumni were in attendance including Paul Camfield StA ’75 who served as Chris’s best man, Bill Badger StA ’76, and Will Prioleau SA ’76. Pictured are Chris and Alice with Chris’s daughters, Clare Mills ’10 on the far left, and Reese Mills on the far right; and Alice’s sons, Jack and Kenny Rutland. Chris is a civil rights attorney in Columbia, S.C., Alice is the assistant rector at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Susan Waldner StA ’77 has relocated from Columbia, S.C., to Dayton, Ohio, where she continues her work as a veterinarian, now with The Scratching Post Cat Hospital in Centerville. Susan is in her third year as a member of the SAS Alumni Council.
1980s Mary Darden StA ’81 married Dana DeMoss on June 2, 2016, in Nashville. Alumni attending the wedding were: Anne Potter Frost StA ’81, Richard Hefley StA ’81, John Houser StA ’81, Teresa Phillips StA ’81, Teresa Outlaw StA ’82, Holly Anderson Kruse ’82, Martha Warren ’82, Beth Jeffrey Gifford ’83, Andy Heister ’84, and David Tharp ’84. Mary is a nurse practitioner with Tennessee Oncology and lives in Nashville, Tenn.
Alumni from the Class of 1983 celebrated their many connections to the Class of 2016. Pictured are Eliza Gooding ’16, daughter of Charles Gooding ’83 (dec.), former faculty member Christi Teasley ’83, Vanessa Moss ’16 with her stepfather Aaron Bridgers-Carlos ’83, Christina Wheeler ’18 with her father John Wheeler ’83, and Rachel Alvarez ’18, Stephen Alvarez ’83, and Joshua Alvarez ’16. Jason Bean ’89 is pictured with his wife, Desi, during a campus admissions tour for their son Colin, who is in eighth grade. Jason and Desi were on the Mountain to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. Colin has two siblings, six-year-old Otto and nine-year-old Claire. The family lives in Holcomb, Mo., where Jason owns and operates Bean Farms.
1990s Olivia Kew-Fickus ’90 visited campus in April with her husband, Joe; children, Hannah and Robin; and her mother, Rosemary Kew. The family lives in Birmingham, England, where Olivia is the director of planning at the University of Birming-
ham. After a campus tour, they had lunch with SAS faculty member Claire Reishman and former teachers Susan Core and Sarah Carlos. Olivia is the sister of Lindy Kew Womack ’93, who is a physician living in the Savannah, Ga., area. Lawson Bordley ’91 and his wife, Mary, live in Knoxville, Tenn., where she is an educator and Lawson is a civil engineer with the firm Robert G. Campbell & Associates, L.P. Lawson is pictured at the Knoxville alumni club event with his son, Whit. A licensed private pilot, Lawson gets to the Mountain often and would like to develop an SAS aviation program. Lawson is the brother of Joseph Bordley ’88. Garth Lovvorn ’92 and his wife, Carissa, welcomed their second child, Ella Katherine, on June 23. She joins big sister Isabelle, who is three. This past April Garth and Russ Cannon ’91 connected in Huntsville, Ala., where Garth watched a performance of Russ’s band KOZA. Garth continues to run his landscaping business and assists with service projects for SAS seniors. Doug Allen ’93 lives in Covington, La., with his wife, Caroline, and two children, three-year-old J.D. and Kate, who is 18 months. Caroline is a marine engineer and Doug continues his work as regional vice president of Nationwide Financial. Matt Baird ’97 and wife, Sara, welcomed their second child on June 29, 2016, son, Matthew Whitt Baird. Matt and Sara’s daughter, Caroline, is two. Matt and Sara are both physicians. They live in Greenville, S.C. Sierra Schneider ’97 moved to Julien, Calif., for her new role as the administration director for Camp Stevens, a 256-acre Episcopal summer camp located in the mountains of San Diego County. Sierra most recently worked as the residential life program manager for the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science at UC Santa Cruz. She will return to campus in June 2017 and serve as Reunion Leader for her class. Michael Barker ’98 moved to Connecticut where he is the new managing director at the Westport Country Playhouse. He was the managing director of the Marin Theater Company. At WCP, he will work closely with the theater’s board of trustees, as well as the staff of the artistic, administrative, marketing, development, production, and finance departments, to oversee a $4.2 million annual budget. Michael and his wife, Heidi Hanson, have a two-year-old son.
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