Alumni News Fall 2012

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Athletic Hall of Fame We are proud to announce the 2012 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees:

Lonnie Cleveland ’56 John Williams ’89 Don Urquhart ’98 Le’Von Pears ’00 Hallie Blunck ‘02 Happy Luscher - Honorary Induction Ceremony Friday, October 19, 2012 9:45 Dunlap Auditorium

Luncheon 11:00 Moorer Reception Gallery Fine Arts Center UMS-Wright vs. Andalusia Ervin S. Cooper Stadium 6:00 Tailgate, Columns Foyer 6:45 Field Presentation of Inductees 7:00 Kickoff R.S.V. P. Laura Davison 251-470-9025 or ldavison@ums-wright.org

Save the Date

2013 Arts Hall of Fame February 7, 2013 We encourage you to nominate fellow alumni for this honor.

Please submit your nominations to ldavison@ums-wright.org.

Front Cover: (Left to Right) Class of 2012, Edward Morrissette, Graham Phillips, Drew Harvey, and Haddon Mullins Photography was provided by Jim Owen Photography, Liz Terry, alumni, and faculty and staff.

Join Us For Our Admissions Open House Sunday, October 21, 2012 1:00 - 3:00 pm Contact Anne Stabler at 470-9044 for more information.

Brunch for our College Students

Calling all college students! Your former UMS-Wright teachers and the Alumni office want to catch up with you. Come join us for brunch on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 10:00 am in the Moorer Reception Gallery in the Fine Arts Center. Please RSVP to the Alumni Office.

Kickball Tournament

Join fellow Alumni this Spring to relive your recess glory days at the Alumni Kickball Tournament. Come to play or cheer for your favorite team. If you would like to referee or help plan this tournament, please contact the Alumni Office. The date will be announced soon.

Please visit our website for more information.

Alumni Easter Egg Hunt

Lyon Newell Charity Throws Meet

March 16, 2013 Details Coming Soon.....

March 20, 2013 Details Coming Soon.....

Don’t Miss

Homecoming 2012!

We hope all Alumni will join us to celebrate the 2012 Homecoming festivities!

Thursday, October 11

5 pm Carnival and Dawg Dinner 7 pm Homecoming Pep Rally, Ervin S. Cooper Stadium

Friday, October 12

2 pm Homecoming Parade 6 pm Alumni Tailgate, Columns Foyer 7 pm Kickoff UMS-Wright vs. Clarke Co.

Please join us for an evening of fun at the

Abby Fowler Class of 2022 Grandfather – Cortez Fowler ‘60

Carnival and Dawg Dinner beginning at 5 pm. Children of all ages are welcome to share the Bulldog spirit with games, face painting, and inflatables at the Carnival hosted by the Parents’ Association! Grab a hot dog at the Dawg Dinner, and then cap the night at the Homecoming Pep Rally to cheer on the Bulldogs and crown the Homecoming Queen and Mr. Hero. To reserve meals for your family at the Dawg Dinner, please visit our website or call 251-479-6551.

Homecoming Parade

Come and cheer from the sidewalk as our band, cheerleaders, football team, and Homecoming court make their way around campus and down Bulldog Drive!

Alumni Tailgate

All Alumni and their families are welcome to join us at the Alumni Tailgate on October 12, 2012 at 6:00 pm in the Columns Foyer. Grab a snack and catch up with old friends prior to the kickoff of the UMS-Wright vs. Clarke County football game. Please visit our website for more information.

Homecoming Picnic

In addition to our Alumni activities, the UMS-Wright Boys’ Basketball Team is sponsoring an Old Fashioned Homecoming Picnic supper catered by Neighbor’s Seafood and Chicken Restaurant. The picnic will be held in Gus Hamner Courtyard at 5:30. If you are interested in attending, please contact Coach Jimbo Tolbert (479-6551, ext. 248) or the Alumni Office.

Football Reunions

Three great football teams are celebrating their 10th, 25th and 50th reunions this fall.

The 2002 team was the only football team in school history to win back-to-back State Championships. The 1987 team won the school’s first ever football State Championship. The 1962 team produced UMS’s best record at the time, and they were the only team to beat long-time rivals McGill and Murphy in the same year. Please help us honor them at the 2012 Homecoming football game.

Team members please gather at the Alumni Tailgate Party so that you may walk out on to the field and be honored as team captains.

Alumni

Around Campus Winchester Thurber ‘92 and his daughter take a break from hunting eggs at the Alumni Easter Egg Hunt.

Virginia Stimpson Jeffery ’98 and her boys, Charlie ( Sam, came to watch Annie (Class of 2022) perform i

Judy ’78 and George Lewis were excited that their daughter, Mary Atkins Hunt, was an Alumni Spirit Award recipient.

Virginia Ladd (Class of 2023) having her grandfather, Russ ‘53, and her dad, Banks Ladd her for lunch in the Sue Deal

Barbara and Rick Mitchell came to watch UMS-Wright students compete in the Mitchell 3-on-3 Tournament which honors their son, William, who was a senior at UMS-Wright when he passed away in 2005. They are pictured above with Jack Pugh, Peyton Martin, and Mason Watts.

Nick Holmes ‘70, Jeff Terry ‘71, Don Kelly, Forress Rayford ‘70, Johnny Walton ‘67, and Greer Radcliff ’71

Josh Friedman ’98 and his boys, Jackson (Class of 2021) and Brooks (Class of 2023) on the first day of school!

Rob (’80), Foster (’12) and Elizabeth Diehl at Graduation.

(Class of 2025) and in the 2nd grade play.

Clifton Inge ‘54 celebrates with his wife Genie, his children, Clif Inge ‘82 and Ashley O’Connor, and their families after winning Alumnus of the Year.

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Wayt Harris ’85 and his wife, Elizabeth, at the Senior Pancake Breakfast with their daughter, Austill.

Despite the rain, Don Urquhart ‘98 and his son, Bud, are all smiles at the Lyon Newell Charity Throws Meet.

Alumni Profile

Dr. Augustine “Four” Meaher, IV Who knew that the experiences in high school of discussing military

history in gym class and world affairs on the rides home from football games would lead Four Meaher ‘93 halfway around the world to Estonia? Now, Dr. Augustine “Four” Meaher, IV conducts research and teaches NATO officers at the Baltic Defense College in Estonia.

His teachings include: World Civilization Surveys, British History, and Military History. Meaher received a B.A. from Georgetown University and his M.A. from Tulane. He continued his education at the University of Melbourne and Newman College where he received his PhD. He has taken time from his busy schedule to answer questions posed to him by the Alumni Office.

1) What brought you to Estonia and how long have you been there?

I arrived in Estonia in August of 2010. I saw the position advertised and decided to apply because it was a part of the world I’d never been to and had always wanted to visit. That it was a cold part of the world helped too.

2) Tell us about your experiences as a researcher and a teacher of NATO officers.

Teaching and researching with the military is very different from working at a civilian institution. The resources are incredible and the speed with which educational materials can be obtained from anywhere in the world is amazing. Teaching, however, is where the difference is most noticeable. The first semester is dedicated to classroom learning with a department delivering an entire semester’s worth of teaching done in a single month. The second semester is dedicated to practical experience with exercises and war gaming during which I get to be a subject matter expert or role play as an admiral, president, war lord, etc.

3) What are your plans after you complete your fellowship in Estonia?

My appointment has one more year to run, but I would like to extend it. I’ll probably try to transfer somewhere within Europe or return to Australia, but it’s a long way off.

4) Tell us about your time at Newman College in Australia and your publication.

I first went to Newman as an exchange student from Georgetown and fell in love with it and Melbourne. Newman is a lot like UMS in terms of its sense of community and history. I returned in 2002 to work on my PhD which I completed and then turned it into a book, The Australian Road to Singapore: The Myth of British Betrayal. I worked at Newman as the College Archivist for 3 years and organized and catalogued the college’s records in preparation for the writing of the College history which I hope to write for Newman’s centenary in 2017-2018.

5) What are some other interesting things that you have gotten to experience through your career path?

Oh there are lots: flying on a military transport with Generals and Admirals to conferences, going hunting in Luxembourg at the Royal Estate and sitting in the George S. Patton Stand, taking a cruise in a German U-Boat, giving a lecture to the French Foreign Legion.

6) How do you feel UMS-Wright has prepared you for both your personal and professional life?

UMS prepared me very well personally and professionally. Its emphasis on analysis, communication, and making decisions and sticking with them is something that I have to do and try to instill in all of my students. At a practical level, every time I give a lecture or a briefing I’m very thankful for what Mrs. Peirara and Mrs. Roberts taught me in speech and drama classes. I was in the first Geography class that had to learn all of the former Soviet Republics and their capitals with Coach Doody and in my present position that’s priceless knowledge, since I’m dealing with them all the time.

7) What is your fondest memory of UMS/UMS-Wright?

Oh there are so many it’s impossible to pick out one, so I’ll pick 4: Sitting in Mrs. Lillich’s, Mrs. Hanum’s, or Mrs. Hamilton’s class.

Working on the Stage Crew with Billy Healy, Alex Flowers, Chris Arras, Judson Fidler, and Scott Griffin.

Talking to Coach Havard about world affairs on the long rides from football games.

Talking about military history with Coach Galle and Gerald in gym.

Four at Ecole Militarie

Four on C-123

Class Notes

1960 Lunch

1949 Curtis Bullock is now retired.

The JTW Class of 1962 gets together for lunch monthly and has a great time!

1952 Jack Benton has retired and is staying fit at the YMCA five days a week. He has ten grandchildren.

1965 Pat Frazer and her husband, Danner, love being grandparents to Jack, Danner, Henry, and Sam.

1955 Dale Younce is in his 18th year of teaching at the University of Mobile.

1978 Ainsley McNeely’s pastel drawing was featured on the cover of Alabama Wildlife Magazine.

1960 Billy Delaney, Bo Pickron, Jack Horner, Spud Schramm, Andrew Mills, and Tommy Blankenship gathered for lunch at the Bienville Club in April.

(Pictured Above) 1962 The UMS Class of 1962 wants to know: “Where is the cannon?”

Lee Wilson has been appointed Chair of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville.

Bobby Hall received the designation of Certified Valuation Analyst. This certification relates to forming values of businesses for use in mergers and acquisi-

tions, estate and gift taxes, and litigation consulting.

1981 John Schmohl has enjoyed spending time in Chapel Hill with Cam Patterson while visiting his daughter who attends UNC. 1984 Katherine Crawford Pitman, Erin O'Neill Cooper, Andolyn Saunders Fitzgerald, and Cele Cushing Cameron attended the Fairhope Art Festival to support classmate, Jane Wood, who was there from Tybee Island, GA to show her metal work, aluminum vases, and other works of art.

1987 Amy Crenshaw Middleton is enjoying South Florida with her husband, Charles, and their two daughters, Perry (10) and Ansley (6).

1991 Henry "Scotty" Scott, IV and his wife, Michelle, had their fourth child (and first girl!)

Julia Elizabeth Scott on November 14, 2011.

1992 Brooke Tanner Battle was elected 2012 Chair of The Women's Fund of Greater Birmingham and was recognized in a special issue of B-Metro Magazine titled "The Power of Women."

Brooke and her husband, Bob, live in Birmingham with their two daughters, Grey and Tanner.

1993 Bo and Chase Dodson (‘96) Meador’s two daughters Elizabeth (7) and Amelia (6) are enjoying their little sister, Mary Katherine, born on December 16, 2010.

non-profit organization, Water for Life. In 2011, they were able to provide water for more than 17,000 people, mostly through their Water for Schools projects.

Catherine Scott Ashbee and her husband, Zack, welcomed their son, Robert Key Ashbee, on July 27, 2011. Cooper (Class of 2023) and Virginia (Class of 2024) are so excited to have a baby brother!

Lindsey Tanner is a CPA and Senior Executive Recruiter for Vaco Birmingham, where she recruits CPAs and other accounting professionals for firms and businesses across the Southeast. She was recognized as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" by the Birmingham Business Journal.

Dan Wilkins and his wife, Katie, welcomed Julia Clayton Wilkins on February 6, 2012.

1994 Jennifer McKinney Greener, her husband, Nick, and their two children, Ava and Christian, are living in Kigali, Rwanda where they oversee a project to provide drinking water through the

Major James “Randy” Johnson received his commission in 1998 from Furman University ROTC. He recently returned from Afghanistan where he served in Paktya, Afghanistan as

the Operations Officer for a Provincial Reconstruction Team, which focuses on partnering with the Afghan government to strengthen governance and development in each province.

During his nine month tour, his daughter Mary Oliver Aleene Johnson was born on January 28, 2012. This summer, Randy, Michael, Caleb, and Mary Oliver moved to Hawaii where Randy will serve as a Country Desk Officer for Southeast Asia working on strengthening relationships with foreign armies in Southeast Asia.

1997 Scott Smallwood and his wife Dana, live in Mobile with their son Hunter (5) and daughter Libby (1 ½).

He is currently the Process Engineering Manager at the Shell Mobile Refinery.

Marty Irby is the President of The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' & Exhibitors' Association which is the breed registry established in 1935. Marty was elected in 2010 at the age of 31, being the youngest president of this organization in history. In 2011, the organization became the only breed registry in the world to see an increase in membership. Marty is also co-founder & co-owner of Baskin-Irby Construction Co., LLC in Franklin, TN which specializes in insurance restoration work.

Brittany Coker Tipton and her husband, Brian, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Robert Tipton, on February 4, 2012. After working as a flight attendant with Delta Airlines, living in New York and London, and holding positions with Bank of America in Atlanta, Georgia; Newark, Delaware; and Dallas, Texas, Brittany married Brian Tipton and relocated to Montgomery where Brian is a partner in a law firm.

1998 Melissa McConnell Ashurst and her husband, McCain, welcomed Frances Louise Ashurst on July 7, 2012.

Macy (4) and Addison (2) are so excited to have another sister!

Marietta Urquhart Holmes and her husband, Webb, welcomed Louise Blake Holmes on July 27, 2012.

She joins big sister Marietta (2)!

1999 David Weeks is in his 4th year of Otolaryngology residency at Rush University in Chicago, IL. Brooke Hunter has been living in NYC since 2003.

She is currently a VP/Manager of Finance Business Support for the Foreign Exchange trading desk at Bank of America.

Justin Smith is studying for the CPA Exam.

2000 Charlie and Natalie Franklin Dodson welcomed Sarah Caroline “Sally” Dodson on November 11, 2011.

Brad Israel and his wife, Anna, welcomed Robert “Lyon” Israel, on April 13, 2012. Brad continues his mission in Afghanistan and looks forward to coming home to his family and friends this fall.

Doug Garner has a new job working for Eli Lilly as a Specialty Psych Rep. Margie Younce Williams along with her husband, Matt, welcomed their son Jaxon Dallas to the world on May 2, 2012. Jaxon joins big sister Marley (4).

Margie is an attorney at Cunningham Bounds in Mobile.

2001 Christy Dobson Reid and her husband, Fraser, welcomed Celia Frances Reid on April 8, 2012.

Celeste Wildberger and Gaines Thomas were married on December 17, 2011 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. She is co-owner of Something New, a bridal boutique, in Mobile.

Virginia Jones married Preston Reeder on May 19, 2012 at Government Street Presbyterian Church. She is completing a fellowship in Dermatology at the Henry Ford Medical Center in Detroit, MI and will begin her residency in dermatology at Tulane in New Orleans next summer.

Abby Grodnick and Cliff Kennedy were married in Beaver Creek, CO on January 7, 2012. The couple resides in Mobile.

Christopher Newman received his PhD in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas and accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Ole Miss. He and his wife Kate now live in Oxford.

David Wilkins and his wife, Nicole, welcomed Georgia Harris Wilkins on June 6, 2012.

2002 Hallie Blunck is finishing medical school at UAB. She will delay her residency for a stab at the Pro Triathlete Ranks.

John and Brooke Beard (’01) Dodson welcomed William Chase Dodson on August 16, 2011.

Harris Oswalt moved to Mobile from Atlanta in July 2011. He is a Mechanical Engineer at Hargrove Engineers & Constructors. He married Hunter Gilpin of Montgomery in June 2010.

Hunter has joined UMSWright to teach Reading in middle school.

2003 Luke Burgess was the primary author of an article and presenter for “Energy Support for Missions in Near Space” given at the invitation of the International Astronautical Congress in Cape Town, South Africa in September. He is currently a lab director and doctoral student in Optical Sciences at UAH. Tyler Duffy received his B.S. in Commerce and Business Administration and his M.A. from the Culverhouse School of Business at the University of Alabama.

He has his Performance Enhancement Specialist Certification from the

National Academy of Sports Medicine. He is currently living in Tuscaloosa, AL and is the owner, operator, and trainer at JDPI Sports Performance. Tyler has set state and national records in powerlifting and now has his own gym to train high school and college athletes.

2004 Jamie Davison married Anthony Baxter on April 28, 2012. The couple resides in Mobile.

Hans Blunck is in his first year of medical school at Ross University.

2005 Clara Smith and Stephen Schoen were married on March 10, 2012 at Dauphin Way United Methodist Church. The couple resides in Birmingham.

Olivia Claire Barrett, a third year medical student at UAB, has been elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society.

2006 Robert Walker is in his second year at Cumberland School of Law. Philip Ison is working with Auto-Owners Insurance Company in Birmingham as a claims trainee.

2007 Philip Long was awarded The Sullivan Award, which is the highest award bestowed on a graduating senior by the faculty from Wofford College. He and his wife, Amber, are living in Boston, MA, where he is pursuing a master’s degree in divinity at Gordon Cornwell Theological Seminary.

Wyatt Ison is working and playing in Jackson Hole, WY. Conrad Blunck graduated Magna Cum Laude from Birmingham-Southern College. After graduation, he was a raft guide in West Virginia and Utah.

2008 Alex Lichtenfeld graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. in Systems Engineering in May and was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy in Annapolis, MD. He is an Instrument Rated Private Pilot. He has been selected for training as a Navy pilot and reported to NASC in Pensacola in July.

William Semple graduated from West Point in May and was commissioned as a

second lieutenant. He will spend several months at Fort Benning, GA completing Ranger School. Then, he will join as a platoon leader in the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division based at Fort Knox, KY. Alex Lichtenfeld, Dana VanderLey (’10), and William Semple visited with Ed Lathan at the Army-Navy game in December 2011.

2009 Robert Willett ran a 1:51:23 in the 800 meters at the Crossplex in Birmingham in February. This was a facility record and qualified him for Division III Nationals in Track and Field. At Nationals in March, Robert placed third in the finals becoming an All-American.

Bestor Ward graduated in May from Sewanee and has moved to Charleston, SC to begin a career in Forestry.

Betsy Davis Hill graduated cum laude with honors from Auburn University in May with a degree in Biomedical Sciences. At commencement, she was selected by the dean and faculty of her college to serve as a "Marshal" in the commencement procession and she was recognized for her scholastic achievement and community service at commencement. In July, Betsy began her first year at the UAB School of Dentistry along with classmate Matt Zieman. She married Trey Hill on June 2, 2012 at Ashland Place United Methodist Church in Mobile.

Joan Quittmeyer is a senior at Millsaps College, where she was awarded the Mary Sue Enochs Lewis endowed scholarship. This award is given to a woman majoring in education who has excelled academically, has demonstrated leadership through college activities, and has definite plans to teach upon graduation.

She has also been selected for membership in Kappa Delta Pi, international honor society in education.

She is a member of Kappa Delta Sorority.

2010 Holley Hassell, Caroline Harris Hinds, and Frances Sarrett enjoyed watching the Tide play the Commodores last fall with Helen Hinds (Class of 2013).

Edward Morrissette, Pete Blankenship, Haddon Mullins, and Graham Phillips were aboard the Hatterascal to help Drew pull in his big blue.

T.J. Leon ‘10 Competed at the Olympic Swimming Trials Jay Prosch won academic All-Big Ten honors and was named first-team AllAmerican by Pro Football Weekly for his accomplishments as fullback at the University of Illinois. He has transferred to Auburn and will play football for the Tigers.

Dana VanderLey is in her 3rd year at West Point. In April, she was a West Point representative in the Collegiate National Power Lifting Contest. She has her wings from Airborne School and was stationed in Fort Hood, TX this past summer.

T.J. Leon competed for the SEC Champion Auburn University Swim & Dive Team at the Conference Championship in February. He finaled in three individual events, was a member of the winning 200 yd Freestyle Relay Team, and earned All-SEC First Team honors. He also competed for Auburn at the 2012 NCAA Swim and Dive Championship in March where he earned All-American honors for the 200 Free Relay and 400 Medley Relay. At the team banquet in May, he was awarded the Stanley Louis Sugar Memorial Scholar Award for the highest GPA on the team and the Ralph Crocker Spirit of Auburn Award for “exemplifying Auburn’s spirit and character as illuminated in the Auburn Creed.”

He also competed at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials this summer along with Marlin Brutkiewicz (Class of 2013).

2012 Drew Harvey weighed in a 519 lbs. blue marlin at the Mobile Big Game Fishing Club Memorial Day Tournament to win the blue marlin category.

Photo by Vesko Ruychev

2012 Reunions Catching Up With Old Friends

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1. Class of 1962: 1st row, bottom: Judy Patrick, Diane Horst, Barbara Whaley, Andrea Pennington, 9 10 Carolyn Warren, Celeste Peebles, Anne Gaillard, Deborah Beverly 2nd Row: Sam Ladd, John Lappington, Grady Lanier, Freddie Blackwell, Jack Mostellar, Tom Davis, Shannon Brown, Eugenia Foster, Fred Amos, and Anna Bryson Back Row: Fred Jones, Bill Sharpe, John Day Peake, Billy Stoudenmire, Jimmy Little, Carter Fowlkes, Leon Gilmer, John Kelly, Bill Tate, Harry Childers, Day Gates, Robert Brinson, Richard Mann, Dick Yemm, and Bill Haffner 2. Class of 1977: (Top of steps) Gail Danhof Rowland, Joy Mitchell Grodnick, Pam Harrington Dorsey, Gay Outlaw, Charlie Windham, Ashley Jardine McCain, Cheryl Weaver Hall, Suzanne Willis Almond, Lynda McKinstry Watson, Elizabeth O’Neill Stone, Julie Hall Friedman, Lynda Garstecki Bell, Caren Lillich Leon, Fran Williams Morrissette, Nancy Lyon Haas, Juanita Donaghey Duggan, Angela Coffer, Carolyn Delchamps Eichold, Abbe Stein Fass 3. Alumni Reception: Tom and Anne Davis 4. Alumni Reception: Mr. and Mrs. Eric Thompson 5. Class of 1987: Front row, left to right: John Dukes, Eric Thompson, Brian Pugh, Brian Sayler Back row, left to right: Richard Brinson, Jeff McPhillips, Joe Savage, Malcolm Warren, Brooks Milling, Clay Harper 6. 2001 Football Reunion: First Row: Josh Stapleton, Jordan Jones, Taylor McMullen, Sands Stimpson, Forress Rayford, Blake Bramlett. Second Row: John Brooks, Brent Daugherty, Stuart Allgood, Dallas Jones, Head Coach Terry Curtis, Matt Pierce, Marshall Shields, Allen Garstecki, Chase Harrison, Bruner Binion, Johnny Strada, Ty Bullard, Barry Ballard Third Row: Travis Harris, Athletic Trainer Stacy Harrelson, Curran Foose, Taylor Atchison, Coach Jeff Whitten 7. Class of 1992: Michelle Cooper, Karen Brock, Cindy Langston, Carlye Radcliff 8. Class of 1992: Palmer Whiting, Andrew Cooper, Greg Wells, Shane Jernigan 9. Class of 2002: Russell Buster, Jordan Jones, Davis McPhillips, Chris Hoitink, Bruner Binion 10. Class of 2002: Julia Hoitink, Alex Terry, Hadley Binion, Shannon Cook, Lucy Pryor Brady, Mary Russell Miller, Johannah Bullard

2013 Alumni Reunion Weekend Save the Date!

May 17-18, 2013

Mark your calendar for the Alumni Reunion Weekend, which will be held on May 17-18, 2013. The class of 1963 will be celebrating their 50th Reunion!

Other honorary classes that will be celebrating include the classes of 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003. Also, the class of 2007 will celebrate their 5 year reunion in December 2012. Our Alumni office is here to help you plan your reunion.

We can give you planning ideas, mail out save the dates and invitations, and help you connect with classmates via email, etc. We encourage you and your planning committee to meet with our Alumni office. If you are interested in planning or need more information, please contact our office. We are here to help!

Read About Our.....Alumni in the News Russell Ladd ‘53 is featured on the front page of the Mobile Press-Register in “A Life

Defined by the Delta.” 8/5/12 Changes to the Mobile-Tensaw Delta leave some concerned for its long-term future. Ladd reminisces about his time on Chuckfee Bay and discusses the deterioration of the vast wilderness and his interest to preserve the Delta for future generations.

Frye Gaillard ‘64 to be honored with the 2012 Clarence Cason Award – 3/1/12

Gaillard received the 2012 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Alabama. His most recent nonfiction books include: Alabama’s Civil Rights Trail: An Illustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom (2010) and In the Path of the Storms: Bayou La Batre, Coden and the Alabama Coast (2008, 2011), both of which were published by the University of Alabama Press. Currently, he is a Writer in Residence at the University of South Alabama.

Ashleigh Ledbetter McKenzie ‘97 and AdvisorsMD highlighted in the Wall Street

Journal’s May issue of Smart Money - 5/2/12 McKenzie and her husband founded, AdvisorsMD, a full service healthcare consulting firm that helps specialist physicians improve their business processes and enhance their patient referrals. Ashleigh’s primary role is to strategically direct AdvisorsMD and the web-based application, MDreferralPRO.

Current Alabama and former UMS-Wright golfer Bobby Wyatt ‘10 lighting it up in summer tournament - 7/24/12 This summer Wyatt earned the No. 1 spot in the Scratch Players World Amateur Rankings, which qualified him for the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado.

To read more about our Alumni, visit our website at www.ums-wright.org under the Alumni tab.

2012-2013 The Annual Fund For the Best Possible— Education Tuition Facilities Experience

UMS-Wright needs your help to reach our ambitious goal of $380,000!

Annual Fund Dollars Help:

Keep Tuition Increases to a Minimum Provide Academic Enhancements Expand the Visual and Performing Arts Program Purchase Needed Equipment for Competitive Athletic Teams Update Technology to Meet Present Needs Improve Enrichment Programs Offer Continuing Educational Opportunities for Teachers Balance the Operating Budget

Please make your donation by May 31, 2013. No Gift is too small!

You now have the ability to donate online.

Just visit www.ums-wright.org and click on the Giving tab.

Or, just simply return the attached pledge card in the envelope provided.

Our commitment to you is that we continue to be good stewards of your generosity. We will make certain that every dollar will be spent to provide each child with an educational experience that challenges his or her mind, body, and spirit!

We thank you in advance for your continued support in helping us fulfill our goal!

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Alumni Board Presidents Ann Meador Inge ‘80 P. Bradley Murray ‘86 Vice Presidents Sydney Rutherford Milling ‘86 John C. Bell ‘84 Secretary Lisa Byrnes Goodloe ‘86 Treasurer E. Bailey Slaton, Jr. ‘84

Alumni Advisory Committee Sarah Hon ‘88 Emil Sullivan ‘88 Patrick Ladd ‘89 Liz Freeman ‘94 Parks Moore ‘94 Hilton Mostellar ‘97 Alex Arendall ‘97 Peyton Mattei ‘98 Kasey Stubbs ‘00 Ty Bullard ‘02