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TRUSTEES 2015-16
ALUMNI BOARD
COLLEGE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Alice C. Buhl
Mike Nix '70
PRESIDENT
K. Johnson Bowles
Chair
President
Steven L. Solnick, Ph.D.
Jonathan L. Elion, M.D.
Dennis Thompson ’77
Vice Chair
President Elect
William H. Christy
Melanie Kemp ’12
Vice President for Advancement
Secretary
Secretary
Alison H. Climo, Ph.D.
Stephen L. Ummel
Tucker Branham ’02 Mark Demma ’99 Clay Gibson ’08 Mike Gonzales ’94 Mimi Herman ’91 Ona Sunshine Hogarty ’13 Elizabeth Koenig ’08 De’Andrea Lottier ’15 Mica Mead ’07 Three Merians ’94 Jeannie Pfautz ’04 Erica E. Rawls ’03 Adam Stegall ’07 Jimmy Stultz ’05 Mark Tucker ’89 Keri Willever ’95
MANAGING EDITORS
John Bowers Kyle McCurry CREATIVE DIRECTOR
David Whaley PHOTOGRAPHERS
Peter Cochrane Susannah Kay Kyle McCurry Chris Polydoroff Rachel Sexton ’17 CONTRIBUTORS
Debra Allbery Ben Anderson Kelly Ball Anthony Doerr Alessandro Gottardo Gary Hawkins, Ph.D. Lara Nguyen Rowena Pomeroy Diana Sanderson Jennie Vaughn
Treasurer
H. Ross Arnold III Carmen Castaldi ’80 Chiung-Sally Chou ’75 R. Michael Condrey Donald R. Cooper John W. Cruikshank III Jessica L. Culpepper ’04 George W. Hatch Thomas K. Johnson Steven M. Kane, M.D. ’83 William A. Laramee, Ed.D. Anne Graham Masters, M.D. ’73 Susan E. Pauly, Ph.D. Anthony S. Rust George Andrew Scott, Ed.D. ’75 Terry V. Swicegood, D. Min. Frances M. Whitfield ’55 F. Lachicotte Zemp, Jr. Ex-Officio Joel B. Adams, Jr., Former Board Chair Amy Boyd, Ph.D., Faculty Stan J. Cross, Staff Howell L. Ferguson, Former Board Chair Khaetlyn L. Grindell ’16, Student Ronald F. Hunt, Former Board Chair C. Michael Nix ’70, Alumni Board President
CABINET
K. Johnson Bowles
Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Paula K. Garrett, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Janelle Holmboe Vice President for Enrollment
Cathy Kramer Dean of Service
Stephanie Owens Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Paul C. Perrine Dean of Students
Ian Robertson Dean of Work
WARREN WILSON COLLEGE MISSION The mission of Warren Wilson College is to provide a distinctive undergraduate and graduate liberal arts education. Our undergraduate education combines academics, work and service in a learning community committed to environmental responsibility, crosscultural understanding and the common good.
VOLUME 91 NUMBER I • FALL 2015
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