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OGLETHORPE

UNIVERSITY

PERSPECTIVES

past, present ^future

OUR HISTORY 16 OU IN ACTION I 14 OUR WORLD I 26 OUR COMMUNITY I 36

CARILLON STAFF

EDITOR

PHOTOGRAPHERS

RENEE VARY

KYLE BURDG

JEFF ROFFMAN

CONTRIBUTORS

MARTI SEARS

ALEXANDRIA DUCKSWORTH '11

JULIE VAUGHAN '09

PAUL HUDSON 72

ELIZABETH KATZ

DESIGN

LAURA MASCE

EM2

CHLOEYMAYO'lO

ANITA STEVENSON PAHERSON '97

BRANDON PELISSERO '03

SUSAN SOPER '69

KELLY HOLLAND VRTIS '97

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NAME I 14 OU IN ACTION I 15 BEING
CREATIVE I 18 SERVING THE COMMUNITY
I 20 GOING GREEN I 23 GOING GLOBAL I
26 OUR WORLD I 28 ALUMNI I 32 CLASS
NOTES I 36 OUR COMMUNITY
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What a year this has been! Starting in
January, Oglethorpe University has been
celebrating the 175'^ anniversary of its
founding in 1835, and the events of the
year have been appropriately upbeat
and productive. Of course everything has
changed since OU's founding the same
year Darwin arrived at the Galapagos
Islands, and the public debt of the United
States dropped to zero (!) but, we like to
think that with every year, we get stronger,
healthier, and sturdier.

In that spirit, with President Larry Schall's
strong leadership, the Board of Trustees at
their spring meeting approved new and
ambitious strategic initiatives for Oglethorpe
that will serve as our roadmap for the
coming years. At the heart of the plan lies
our enduring mission the commitment to
broadly educate young men and women
in the liberal arts and sciences so that they
can think critically and independently and
learn to express ideas persuasively. The plan
also sets Oglethorpe on a path to fulfill more
ambitiously than ever the goals to "make a
life, make a living, make a difference."

Building on Oglethorpe's unique advantage
of being a liberal arts school in the great
city of Atlanta, each initiative is designed to
truly capitalize on our strengths increased
commitment to the environment, the arts, civic
engagement, and experiential learning. You
will read about some of our engagement
in these areas in this issue. With the help of
hundreds of volunteer leaders and committed
alumni, we are also preparing to fund
enhancements to three hugely important assets
on our campus: the athletics center, the student
center, and on academic learning center.

The ability to be ambitious and forge ahead
is made possible by our current successes,
hiere are some of the recent highlights:

Enrollment for this fall is up, with more than
280 new students most of them incoming
freshmen already committed to attend
our school.

We will enthusiastically welcome five
new faculty members in August. You will
read about them in the fall Carillon.

We're thrilled that Michelle Hall will join
the OU senior administrative team in July,
as the new Vice President of Campus Life.
Michelle comes from Agnes Scott College
where she was most recently promoted

to Associate Vice President for Student
Life and Community Relations. You'll meet
her in the fall as well.

The Annual Fund is pacing ahead of
past years end could set an all-time goal
for alumni participation.

For the fourth consecutive year,
Oglethorpe was named to the President's
Fiigher Education Community Service
Fionor Roll for extraordinary commitment
to community service. (See page 18.|

Oglethorpe launched a new initiative in
partnership with a social investment firm,
to start Fellows for India's Affordable
Private Schools, on education project to
help schools. (See page 25.)

Alumni Weekend was a lively success
with alumni spanning 58 classes from
1952 to 2010 returning to campus from
as far away as China. (See page 28.|

The Oglethorpe 2009 NCAA Men's
Golf Championship Team recently
received their championship rings for

the first ever notional athletics championship
for Oglethorpe.

Since its earliest days, Oglethorpe has
grown from only 25 students to on enrollment
today of 1,100. Institutions, like people,
evolve over their lives and the healthiest
institutions find a way to evolve organically.
So, while remaining rooted in our rich history,
we ore as stormy petrels are known to
do determinedly flying forward.

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Celebrating our 175^

1 The traditional lone bagpiper on the quad called OU Day festivities to order on February
10, 2010 the launch of the 175* anniversary celebration. 2 President Schall and Ted Turner
shared a laugh during their onstage conversation on OU Day 2010. When asked what
advice he would give students today, Mr. Turner replied, "Early to bed, early to rise, work like
hell, and advertise." 3 A new tradition was launched on OU Day 2010, All class presidents
carried their class banners and led their respective classes down the quod to hear the guest
speaker, Ted Turner. Pictured: Senior Class President Avery Livingston '10. 4 Dr. Bernice A.
King, president-elect of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the youngest child
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, visited Oglethorpe on March 15, and was
interviewed onstage byjasenka Besic '10 and John Hale '10. The discussion topic centered
around "Women as Leaders and Peace Makers in a Time of War and Economic Crisis." 5
On OU Day 2010, students gathered to witness James Edward Oglethorpe "himself" open
a time capsule sealed by students in 2000. The time capsule was refilled with current OU
mementos and reseoled until 2020. 6 The crowd cheered on the 2010 OU Day Petrels of
Fire runners Isaac Barron, Maximilian Duwot, Tony Golden, and Sean Lovett. / President
Jimmy Carter addressed a full house on February 16 during a Town Hall Meeting, part of
the Mock A. Rikard Lecture Series. Pictured (l-r): President Schall; Frank Rikard, son of Mock
A. Rikard; Matthew Niebes, recipient of the OU Carter Scholarship; President Jimmy Carter;
Sarah Carter '06 and her husband Josh Carter, President Carter's grandson.

Join us September 24-26, in Savannah,
to celebrate the 175"' anniversary of the
founding of Oglethorpe University. Walk
in the footsteps of our University's name-
sake, James Edvi^ard Oglethorpe, and his
settlers, on Yamacraw Bluff, where they
landed in 1733.

A memorable weekend awaits you full
of history, Southern food, and fun, amidst
the gorgeous architecture, Spanish moss,
and cobblestones.

During your weekend getaway, you'll
enjoy accommodations at the historic
Mulberry Inn; the music of the Savannah
Jazz Festival; lunch at Mrs. Wilkes made
even more popular by President Obama's
recent visit; the Historic District trolley
tour; refreshments at the Monterey Square
home of John Duncan, professor emeritus
at Armstrong Atlantic State University;
a chance to hear from an architect and
urban planner/designer about the history
of Savannah's squares; a tour of Savan-
nah's Low Country; a haunted pub crawl;
and much more.

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JEO?

JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE, FOUNDER OF THE COLONY OF GEORGIA, WAS BORN
ON DECEMBER 22, 1696, IN YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. AFTER GRADUATING FROM ETON
AND CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, OGLETHORPE BEGAN A MILITARY
CAREER IN 1717, FIGHTING AGAINST THE TURKS UNDER PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY.

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CHAMPIONING THE OPPRESSED

From 1722 to 1743, Oglethorpe served in
the British House of Commons, gaining
a reputation as the champion of the
oppressed. He pressed for the elimination
of English prison abuses and, in 1732,
defended the North American colonies'
right to trade freely with Britain and the
other colonies.

The prison reforms Oglethorpe had
championed soon inspired him to
propose a charity colony in American.
On June 9, 1732, the crown granted a
charter to the Trustees for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia. Oglethorpe
himself led the first group of 114
colonists on the irig^Xe Anne, landing at
the site of today's Savannah on February
1, 1733. The original charter banned
slavery and granted religious freedom,
leading to the foundation of a Jewish
community in Savannah.

THE BAnLE OF BLOODY MARSH

In 1742, Oglethorpe called upon his
military experience and Georgia's
fledgling militia to defend the colony from
a Spanish invasion on St. Simons Island.
Oglethorpe and his militia defeated the
invaders in the Battle of Bloody Marsh,
which is credited as the turning point
between England and Spain's fight for
control of southeastern North America.

AN OPPONENT OF SLAVERY

In 1746, Oglethorpe was falsely accused
of treason by a disgruntled military office
and driven from public life, although he
retained his title as general and at the
time of the American Revolution was
the senior office in the British Army. He
did not publicly comment on the war,
but in private he tried to convince the
government to negotiate a truce in 1777-
1778. Throughout his life, Oglethorpe
remained an outspoken opponent of
slavery in the colonies.

James Edward Oglethorpe died on June
30, 1785. Three weeks before his death he
called on John Adams, newly appointed
ambassador to England from the United
States of America, to express his "great
esteem and regard for America" the new
country in whose creation he had played
and important role.

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Evan Scislowicz of Amana Academy, Alpharefta
as James Edword Oglethorpe for a school project.

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY,
OGLETHORPE CRYPT!

SEVENTY YEARS AGO THIS YEAR, THE GREAT STAINLESS STEEL DOOR OF
OGLETHORPE'S CRYPT OF CIVILIZATION IN THE BASEMENT OF HEARST HALL
WAS SEALED BY THE LATE OU PRESIDENT THORNWELL JACOBS. THE CRYPT
IS NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL 8113 A.D,

In 1936, inspired by the Egyptian pyramids, Jacobs came up with the unique idea of
seaHng artifacts for posterity and opening them at a certain time. He calculated 8113
from the Egyptian calendar, which began in 4241 B.C. Exactly 6177 years had elapsed
since 1936. Jacobs projected the same period of time forward, thus arriving at 8113 for
the Crypt's opening.

The Westinghouse Company, preparing for the 1938 World's Fair, appropriated Jacobs'
idea. George Pendray, a publicist with a way for modernist words (he coined the term
Laundromat) came up with the new term Time Capsule. The Westinghouse project
was seven feet long, literally capsule shaped, and buried in New York City, not to be
opened for 5000 years.

Inside the Oglethorpe Crypt, which was once the location of an indoor swimming
pool, are artifacts meant to be representative of American life, many of them
hermetically sealed with advice from the U.S. Bureau of Standards. Everything
from dental floss to cancer information to the state of the world on May 28, 1940
(Hitler was overrunning France) is in the Crypt. There is a special machine with
cartoon instructions to teach the generation of 8113 A.D. how to speak our English.
Imitating the pyramids, there is even a specially sealed bottle of beer in the Crypt,
donated by the Anheuser-Busch Company.

The Guinness Book of World Records has called the Oglethorpe Crypt of Civilization
"the first successful attempt to bury a record for any future inhabitants or visitors to
the planet Earth."

By Dr. Paul Stephen Hudson '72 , Historian Laureate. Dr. Hudson is co-founder of the
International Time Capsule Society. He recently was featured in a segment about the
Crypt on the History Channel's "Life After People."

Lone piper in kilt plays traditional
summons to Oglethorpe Day on the
campus, a sure sign of mid-February.

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"The architecture of an institution of learning should
be a constant source of delight and inspiration to its
students, teaching quietly but surely the highest ideals
of life. Not less important are the personal surroundings

GOTHIC GRAY STONE AND MORTAR:

TfAE %niMT f ACUITY AT OGLETHORPE

In a memorandum of May 6, 1914, to his
Executive Committee, Thornwell Jacobs
set enduring architectural standards for
Oglethorpe University. The campus was to
serve as a "living memorial" to the founder
of Georgia, James Edward Oglethorpe,
an alumnus of Corpus Christi College
of Oxford University. There could be no
other choice for the design of Oglethorpe
University. "I refer to the pointed style
of architecture known as Gothic,"
Jacobs declared.

Another inspiration for Jacobs was his
alma mater, Princeton University, with its
gothic arches, mullioned windows, tower
forms and craggy walls with engraved
shields. "You can put in the face of a
building," he wrote, "dignity, reverence,
honesty and beauty." A fitting material
for gothic architecture is granite, and
Jacobs managed to secure donations
of high quality stone from Elberton,
Georgia. Emphasizing solidity and a

vision of the finest, Jacobs wanted steel
frames, Vermont slate roofs, and Indiana
limestone trim.

Jacobs hired the distinguished Atlanta
firm of Thomas Henry Morgan and John
Robert Dillon to design Oglethorpe.
Morgan, considered "dean of Atlanta
architects," executed many High Victorian
landmarks in the city, including Agnes
Scott Hall (1891) and North Avenue
Presbyterian Church (1898). Morgan &
Dillon associate architect Walter Thomas
Downing designed Sacred Heart Church
(1897) and the elegant Healey Building
(1913). From 1915 to 1928 Morgan & Dillon
with Downing designed three gothic
granite halls on a landscaped quadrangle
with an impressive driveway, all listed on
the National Register of Historic Places.

Administration Building (now Hearst
Hall) opened its doors in 1916. The only
Oglethorpe historic structure without a
tower form, it established a pattern for
the original campus structures. They
are two and a half stories with gables in
the roofs and lower level ground floors,
serving as all-purpose buildings. There
was a cafeteria where the bookstore is
now. Classrooms and laboratories were
on the first floor and faculty offices and
dormitory rooms were on the upper floors.
The Great Hall, designed by Downing,
is substantially unchanged. In 1948 the
building was renamed Phoebe Hearst
Hall, after the co-founder of the PTA

and the mother of publisher William
Randolph Hearst.

Lupton Hall is actually three separate but
connected buildings, starting v^dth a bell
and clock tower (once freestanding, v^dth
Westminster chimes, gi\'ing the campus
a musical dimension), a middle part, and
the auditorium section with a fine portico.
They commemorate the mother, wife and
son of John Thomas Lupton, founder of
the Coca-Cola bottling company. The key
to navigating Lupton Hall, Jacobs's "triple
dream come true," are its three sections,
with separate staircases. Lowry Hall,
expanded into Philip Weltner Library,
bears a striking resemblance to the
Gateway Tower at Corpus Christi College
Oxford. Over the entrance is a fine old
lantern from Corpus Christi.

Jacobs called the Oglethorpe buildings the
"Silent Faculty", believing them to be "a
constant source of delight and inspiration,
teaching the highest ideals of life."
Certainly, Oglethorpe's gray stone and
mortar challenges the best of those who
enter our hallowed halls.

By Dr. Paul Stephen Hudson '72

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of the student's room. Cheap, ugly and ill-
equipped apartments have exactly the same
influence on the soul of a hoy that cheap, ugly
and ill-equipped human companions have. In

brief, the college educatio
love of beauty and order <i.
called decency is essentially ar
defective." - ThornwellJacobs

LUPTON HALL

is named after John Thomas Lupton,
the owner of the Southern Franchise of
the Coca-Cola Botthng Company. Dur-
ing a fundraising campaign to re-found
Oglethorpe University, Thornwell Jacobs
met Lupton in Chattanooga. Lupton was
impressed by Jacobs and his passion to
start an institution of higher learning.
Lupton Hall was completed in three
parts, with groundbreaking ceremonies
in 1922, 1924, and 1927. The first part
of Lupton Hall, including the bell tower,
was erected as a memorial to Lupton's
mother. The middle portion was dedi-
cated to his son, Carter, and the third
section, including the auditorium, hon-
ored his wife. Beginning with his pledge
of $10,000 in 1914, Lupton gave a total
of $1,018,000 to Oglethorpe before his
death in 1933.

HEARST HALL

was the first building on campus and was
named by publisher William Randolph
Hearst in honor of his mother Phoebe Ap-
person Hearst. The publisher had given
Oglethorpe a sizable donation of land,
and in the early 1930s the Oglethorpe
campus covered approximately 600 acres.
This included 30-acre Silver Lake, which
was, for a time, renamed Lake Phoebe.

was dedicated in 1992, named for past
Oglethorpe President Philip Weltner
(1944-1953), a noted attorney and educa-
tor. The current library was a result of
an addition to the original Lowry Hall
(named for Emma Markham Lowry) built
in 1925. Weltner initiated an exciting
approach to undergraduate education
called the "Oglethorpe Idea" one of the
earliest efforts to develop a core curricu-
lum, with the twin aims to "make a life
and to make a living."

EMERSON STUDENT CENTER

was built in 1968, but remained nameless
until trustee Bill Emerson made a $250,000
gift to the school in 1982. The building
was named to honor Bill, now an emeritus
trustee, and his wife Jane in 1983.

GOODM^

was built in 1956 as a men's dorm and
was named in memory of Charles "Puggy"
Goodman, a Milton Bradley executive
and a university trustee and benefactor
from 1945 until his death in 1955.

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opened in 1971 and was named for Dr.
Roy Goslin, professor of physics who
joined the Oglethorpe faculty in 1946.
Goslin had previously worked on the
famous Manhattan Project in 1944.

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then called Faith Hall, was built in the
1940s. Beginning with only $3000 and the
faith of President Thornwell Jacobs, ground
was broken by Mrs. Hugh N. Bancker,
president of Oglethorpe's Women's Board.
In May 1942, Bancker placed a copper
box in the cornerstone following the 23"^
commencement, yet $35,000 was still
needed to complete the building. In 2000,
J. Mack Robinson, an Atlanta entrepreneur,
businessman, philanthropist (and breeder
of thoroughbred racehorses!), gave funds to
finish what is now named Robinson Hall in
his honor.

Fun Fact

From 1965 through part of 1972 the
institution was called Oglethorpe
College. But the historical identity' of
Oglethorpe University was so strong
that in 1972 the original chartered
name was re-established.

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HERMANCE STADIUM

is named after Harry Putnam Hermance,
pictured here with his wife, Sybil, and
daughter, Helena, while attending the
dedication football game between the
Flying Petrels and the Dayton Flyers on
October 26, 1929. Three days later Harry
lost his entire fortune when the stock
market crashed. Plans for the remain-
ing seven sections of the stadium were
suspended indefinitely. The stadium was
used primarily as a football arena until
the early 1940s, when all sports teams and
activities were curtailed because of World
War II. The field was later converted into
a baseball field and named Anderson Field
in honor of Coach Frank B. Anderson.

CONANT PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER

was named after John and Miriam
"Bimby" Conant, who provided the lead
gift in funding the $5.5 million perform-
ing arts center officially dedicated in
1997- Bimby served as president of the
Harland Charitable Foundation and was
an OU trustee for many years. Oglethorpe
shares the 510-seat facility with Georgia
Shakespeare, the professional theatre-
in-residence.

DOROUGH FIELD HOUSE

was dedicated on Alumni Day in I960.
In 1976, it was named the Dorough
Field House for R.E. Dorough who was
an OU trustee and athletics supporter,
a Shriner, and Buckhead real estate
investor three years after his death.

MAGBEE RESIDENCE HALL
opened in 2005 and was named in 2008.
The building memorializes Oglethorpe
alumna and trustee Clare Findley "Tia"
Magbee '56, who served as a member of
the Board of the Oglethorpe National
Alumni Association and was a valued anc
enthusiastic member of the Oglethorpe
University Board of Trustees from 1991
until her death in 2005.

TRAER HALL

is named for Wayne Sterling Traer '28,
a partner with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell
accounting firm. For less than $100,000,
he put his name on the l68-bed women's
dorm. And, he timed his giving well-
before the 1929 stock market crash.

DEMPSEY HALL

was completed in 1968, but was then
called Weltner Hall. Virginia O'Kelley
Dempsey '27 claimed the nameplate left
vacant after the 66-year-old Lowry Hall
was renamed Weltner in the early '90s.
Dempsey Hall was dedicated in 1993 to
honor Virginia and her husband Jack
Dempsey '29. Both served as trustees-
Virginia for two decades.

MACCONNELL GATE HOUSE

was not in the original plans of the
university. It was completed in 1980 and
after five nameless years, the mini-gothic
gatehouse was named to honor Charles,
Marjorie, and Elgin MacConnell. Charles
taught at Oglethorpe in the 1940s and
Marjorie served as registrar from the
1950s through 1970s. Charles and Marjo-
rie's son Elgin came to Oglethorpe in '49
and served in many different capacities,
including dean of administration, before
retiring in the mid 1980s.

Sources: 1942 and 1998 Yamacraw
yearbooks; Oglethorpe Universitj"
(The Campus Histor)' Series) by
Anne A. Salter and Laura Masce. 2007-

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A few days before his high school
graduation Stephen John Schmidt '40 had
no college plans and had never heard of
Oglethorpe University. Several schools
had offered the four-sport letterman
athletic scholarships going into his senior
year of high school, but after a cerebral
hemorrhage on the first day of football
practice left him temporarily paralyzed,
all scholarship offers were rescinded.
After successful brain surgery resulted in
a complete recovery, Steve's high school
principal informed him that he had a
scholarship offer from a small school on
the outskirts of Atlanta. On her advice
to enroll in the college, Steve hitchhiked

to Oglethorpe, thumbing his way from
Moorestown, N.J. to Savannah and back
up to Atlanta in fall of 1936.

If Steve hadn't found his way to the sylvan
campus at the terminus of the Atlanta trolley
line, Oglethorpe might not have found its way
through financial adversity and institutional
turbulence of the 1960s. In 1964 the board
of trustees was seriously considering selling to
Georgia Baptists who wanted to change the
school's name and make it a denominational
institution. Steve resolved to keep Oglethorpe
independent and financially solvent. Without
the means to save Oglethorpe himself, Steve's
fundraising kept the university afloat. Elgin
MacConnell remembers, "Few checks arrived
at the university during those years that didn't
have Steve Schmidt's tracks on them."

Orphaned at the age of 10, Steve
adopted Oglethorpe as his family.
Throughout his life, Steve continued to
serve, support, steer, and inspire his
school in every way he could.

(Top leffl Halfway up the chapel steps now
Lupton Auditorium Stephen J. Schmidt '40 sits
with Jeanne Fuller '42 in spring of 1940. The
college sweethearts married.

{Top righl] As o major in the Army Air Corps
during World War II, Steve named his B-29
Superfortress "The Stormy Petrel."

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Thornwell Jacobs'
office returned
to former glory

Next time you're on campus, don't miss a visit to the office of Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, pres-
ident of Oglethorpe University from 1915-1943. In celebration of OU's 175"" anniversary
of its charter, the office has been completely renovated and restored from stripping
and refinishing original hardwood floors and molding to replacing broken panes in the
leaded glass windows to a brushing of a fresh coat of paint.

Dr. Jacobs was
the driving
force behind
the reopening
of Oglethorpe
University on
its present site
in 1916.

Dr. Jacobs' office is located on the first floor of the
stunning neo-Gothic architecture of Phoebe Hearst Hall,
one of several campus buildings designed by acclaimed
Atlanta architects Morgan, Dillon & Downing. It was
completed in 1915. With a commanding view of the
campus, the room also features as does the adjacent
Great Hall molding designed by premier architect
Walter T. Downing.

The room now houses OU artifacts, photographs,
memorabilia, and documents, including the school's original
charter in Midway, Ga. in 1835; a chronological history of
the college from 1835 to the present day; a gallery of all presidents who have presided over
the Atlanta campus; and letters from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Helen Keller and
Woodrow Wilson, all of whom received honorary degrees from Oglethorpe.

Dr. Jacobs was the driving force behind the reopening of Oglethorpe University on its
present site in 1916. He was responsible for the Gothic revival architecture of the origi-
nal buildings and served as University President for nearly three decades. The historic
Oglethorpe Crypt of Civilization, which was sealed 70 years ago and is not to be opened
until 8113 A.D., was his idea and project. The room is open to the public on weekdays
during normal business hours.

OGLETHORPE POST OFFICE, 1949

Since frontier times, having a U.S. Post Office meant prestige and
convenience as areas became settled and relied on written long
distance communication. In tfie Brookhoven area before the Civil
War, the local post office was at Old Cross Keys, near the junction
of Ashford-Dun woody and Johnson Ferry Roads.

Not long after Oglethorpe University opened its doors at its present
location in 1916, it was the proud site of a U.S. Post Office, where
Dr. Thornwell Jacobs served as postmaster. Oglethorpe's location,
convenient to the Southern Roilroad tracks, was ideal to facilitate rail-
way mail service, the mojor method of transport for sorted mail and

packages. There was a railroad
depot across Peochtree that served
as a place to receive mail bogs,
even if the train did not stop.

The mailing address for this post
office northeast of Brookhoven
was "Oglethorpe University,
Georgia," which was considered a suburb of Atlanta. Its most use
was in the 1930s, when more than 10,000 trains transported U.S.
moil. Oglethorpe closed its post office in the late 1950s, but a
reminder of the campus' role in mail delivery is the blue Postal Service
mailbox at the corner of Lanier Drive and Peochtree.

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FUN FACTS

THE ELEPHANT
AT OGLETHORPE

One of the strangest stories of Oglethorpe
University is about the elephant buried on
campus. In the 1940s, Oglethorpe had a
fledgling medical school, which no longer
exists. When faculty member Dr. John Ber-
nard heard that several elephants had been
mysteriously poisoned at the Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus dov\/ntown, he
seized on a rare opportunity. Claiming
he needed specimens for his Comparative
Anatomy class, Barnard, in 1941, persuaded
some of his medical students to collect one
of the elephants. Lab assistant Johnny Kelly

E Compariy- soldiero .^.y^uuv, .^m .mc v^yicn
rifles, and machine guns in December 1942.

Curious Oglethorpe medico i .. .
ing atop a dead elephant on cornpus uoer iliey
had dissected it and before burial.

and several others transported it in a flatbed
truck, unloading it near Lowry Hall (now ex-
panded into the Philip Weltner Library.) They
dissected the carcass outside in the cool
November weather. Under Dr. Barnard's
supervision, the medical students studied the
elephant specimen for about a week and
then buried it somewhere behind Lowry Hall.
The grave was not permanently marked, so
the exact location is not known.

Posf Office, Elephant and

Band of Brothers stories all

by Dr. Paul Stephen hiudson 72

It is not generally known that the Bond of
Brothers, made famous by historian Stephen
Ambrose's best-selling book which Steven
Spielberg and Tom Hanks in turn made into
a fen-hour epic HBO TV mini-series passed
through Brookhoven on a memorable march
in December 1942. The Band of Brothers
was composed of the soldiers in E (Easy)
Company of the Second Battalion of the
506* Parachute Infantry Regiment, United
States Army 101" Airborne Division. Having
completed their basic training in Toccoo,
Georgia, Easy Company embarked on a
grueling 115-mile march to Atlanta. Coming
into the Brookhoven area from Gwinnett

pe Un.vers,!^ ^ampus, unload. ng their tield packs,

County, the soldiers of Easy Company
bivouacked on the Oglethorpe University
campus, where for one night they unloaded
their equipment, rested, and attended to their
sore feet. It was during this critical time that
these soldiers began to develop a lasting
bond for the hardships that lay ahead.
The title for the book and mini-series comes
from a speech delivered by the king of
England before the Battle of Agincourt in
Shakespeare's play Henry V. "We few, we
happy few, we bond of brothers," Henry
declared, adding "he that sheds his blood
with me shall be my brother." Eventually
the Band of Brothers that had bivouacked
at Oglethorpe went on to fight heroically
in critical victories with American airborne
landings in Europe, such as Normandy and
Bostogne, and on through the end of WW II

P 10 GREATEST MOMEN
IN OU ATHLETIC HISTORY

Stormy Petrel fans and alumni around the country
voted for the top 10 greatest moments throughout
Oglethorpe athletics history. The top nine were
revealed throughout the spring, with #1 unveiled
during Alumni Weekend in April. Which moment do
you think was voted #1? Visit www.gopetrels.com to
see all 10 moments, ranging from men's and women';
basketball, to track and field, to golf, to... football?

SPRING 2010 I CARILLON

BRAVO TO THE BARD
AND THE BRIT!

Throughout the post 25 years, Georgia Shakespeare has welcomed almost a half million
theatergoers to the Oglethorpe University campus. What began as a summer festival under
a temporary tent has evolved into a mainstay of the Atlanta theatre community and an
invaluable partnership for Oglethorpe University and its theatre students.

Georgia Shakespeare was founded as a professional theatre company in residence at
Oglethorpe at the invitation of then-President Dr. Manning Pattillo. He recognized that
a professional theatre would enrich the liberal arts experience for students and enhance
the cultural offerings in the community.

This model partnership continues to thrive as it enters an exciting new phase of
growth under the leadership of Georgia Shakespeare Producing Artistic Director
Richard Garner and Oglethorpe President Larry Schall. In 2008, Oglethorpe initiated
a Georgia Shakespeare Scholarship program for incoming first-year students based
on a competition conducted jointly by Oglethorpe English professors and Georgia
Shakespeare associate artists and directors. Prospective students are increasingly
drawn to the exceptional opportunity for an acting internship with one of the most
prestigious League of Residence Theatres in the nation.

Oglethorpe also added curricular and hands-on depth to its collaboration with
Georgia Shakespeare by introducing a minor in Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies
and a theatre-focused study abroad trip to England. Two of OU's most recent theatre
department productions were directed by Georgia Shakespeare associate artists, and
theatre classes are often taught by these artists as well.

OU theatre students have the opportunity to work directly with the professional actors
and staff of Georgia Shakespeare both behind the scenes and onstage. Students get
hands on, real life experience without leaving campus. During the 2009-10 academic
year, more than 100 students were actively involved in theatre. This integration of
Oglethorpe's theatre program and a professional theatre company offers students the
unique opportunity to earn Equity credits and to work closely with professionals while
still undergraduates an opportunity available at few, if any, other liberal arts colleges.

Georgia Shal^espeare's Producing Artistic Director
Richord Garner (for left) and Board Choir Lauren Kiefer
(for right) presented Oglethorpe University with the
2010 Spirit of Will Award, which honors individuals or
organizations who exemplify the passion for the human
condition that Shakespeare displayed throughout his
writing, and who courageously advocote for the value of
the oris as the ultimate expression of our shared humanity.
Accepting on behalf of Oglethorpe were (left to right)
President Larry Schall and former OU Presidents Larry D.
Large, Donald S. Stanton, and Manning M. Pattillo, Jr.

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14 CARILLON I SPRING 2010

iEING CREATIVE I OU IN ACTiON

IN ACTION

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Will Carter always thought he'd go to college for his "dream" international rela-
tionsuntil an accident during his senior year at Roswell High School in Georgia
kept him home much of the year and put him on a different path: playwriting.

"It came to me a little bit in waves. I had breakfast with my youth pastor, expressing
this struggle of really wanting to do playwriting but I was worried about money.
And he said, 'Will, there are three ways to determine God's will: ability, desire and
opportunity. You have two of those three!'"

The third opportunity was the miss-
ing link until Will visited Oglethorpe
University's campus. "By then, I knew
I wanted to do something in theatre. I
came by, checked it out and I loved it,"
he said. Will immersed himself in the
theatre program and has already written
five one-act plays, one full-length and
"countless five-minute plays."

Will won first place for one-act plaj^writ-
ing in the Agnes Scott College Writers'
Festival 2010. "I felt very honored," he
said. "It was open to graduate students."

"/ have to write
all the time" Will
said. "It's a need.
Ideas just come
up typically,
they're very silly. '^

Line, Please is a one-act play about a play in which the characters are constantly
interrupted by the stage manager. "I was reading some plays from medieval times
with audience involvement... The entire play is about how I feel that modernity has
kind of killed mystery," he explained. "I feel kind of pretentious saying this, that we
have to know everything now and I think mystery is a beautiful thing."

16 CARILLON I SPRING 2010

BEING CREATIVE

Riding the Waves
with Ivan Bilancio '81

By Anita Stevenson Patterson '97

What do Oglethorpe, Surfs Up,
and jury duty have in common?

Ivan Bilancio! Ivan '81, worked as supervis-
ing editor for the award-nominated film
Surfs Up... and took a break from jury duty
to talk to me.

Ivan grew up on the Oglethorpe campus;
his late father, Leo Bilancio, was a popular
faculty member. When it came time to
decide where to go to college, Oglethorpe
seemed to be the natural choice. Ivan
laughingly says, "I was able to enjoy
the campus with a minimum of

embarrassment to both myself and my
father." Always an avid reader, Ivan is fasci-
nated with storytelling both with the story
itself as well as the characters within those
stories. To him, his career choice seemed
natural he was able to combine his love for
reading with his love of going to the movies.
During his sophomore and junior years,
this combination manifested into wanting
to learn more about the creation of films.
Ivan began this journey in the Oglethorpe
library, reading all the books on film that he
could be find. As a Lit major, Ivan studied
under two of his favorite professors. Dr.
Brightman and Dr. Weiss.

After graduation, Ivan moved to California
where he was fortunate to have friends
(and where he knew the surfing would
be better than in Atlanta!) When he
first arrived in L.A., he began to work
' as an assistant editor in motion picture
advertising (trailers). He then moved on
to work as a Live Action Feature assistant
editor on si.x movies before discovering his
love of animation editing in 1989, when he
began his first job at Walt Disney Feature
animation. Ivan has worked on many films,
including The Lion King, where he learned
the most, to his favorite. Surfs Up, where
his avocation of surfing combined with his
passion for film-making.

He continues to reside in California
with his wife, Gloria, and 18-year-old
daughter, Leah. Ivan stays in touch
with happenings at OU and to this day
appreciates that Oglethorpe valued and
nurtured creative thought.

SPRING 2010 I CARILLON

IN ACTION SERVING THE COMMUNITY

IN MARCH, OGLETHORPE WAS NAMED TO THE 2009
PRESIDENT'S HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY
SERVICE HONOR ROLL, THE HIGHEST FEDERAL
RECOGNITION A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CAN
RECEIVE FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO VOLUNTEERING,
SERVICE-LEARNING, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

This was the fourth consecutive year the university has received this honor. Honorees
were chosen based on a series of selection factors including the scope and innovation

MORGAN COFFEY '13 was named among the 2010 National Young Women of Distinc-
tion by the Girl Scouts of the USA for demonstrating extraordinary leadership in a
community action project. To receive the National Young Women of Distinction award,
honorees must spend one to two years on a community action project that has had far-
reaching effects in her community and beyond. Morgan already earned the Girl Scout

Gold Award the highest scouting
award received by fewer than six
percent of all Girl Scouts.

MAKING

US PROUD

Morgan wanted to help victims of
abuse. First, she started the Victim
Support Initiative, which pro\'ides
the Atlanta-area DeKalb Police De-
partment's Special Victims Unit with helpful informational brochures to distribute to
abuse victims. She then founded Change in a Bag, which provides with a fresh change
of clothing to abuse victims a small act of comfort during a traumatic experience.

Morgan went on to establish Stronghold Atlanta to help women and children who are ^^c-
tims of domestic violence. When victims enter a hospital or shelter after reporting abuse,
their clothing is taken for evidence and they are given hospital gowns or on-hand ill-
fitting clothing. Stronghold Atlanta provides new or gently used outfits to those \ictims.

Morgan and her fellow winners were honored at a special awards ceremony in February.
Morgan now serves as a troop leader and mentor to young girls.

18 CARILLON I SPRING 2010

SERVING THE COMMUNITY

ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK 2010

I could have stayed home watching TV,
getting the sleep homework usually takes
away, or reading for fun, but instead I
decided to make spring break more
productive this year. OU's Center for Civic
Engagement offered a service trip to

Savannah and I was excited because I love
volunteering and, of course. Savannah.

During our "break," our group cleaned
up the beach at Tybee Island, organized
22,000 pounds of beans for America's
Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, land-
scaped a garden at the Union Mission's
Magdalene Project house for women and
children, and played with kids at a local
YMCA. My favorite volunteer project was
the Tybee Island beach clean-up, where
we picked up the usual cigarette butts and
plastic trash, but also some unusual items
(like a pair of bikini bottoms!)

President Schall also helped with clean-
ing the beach and came along with us for
the Oglethorpe history tour around the
grand city of Savannah. During the tour,
we visited the Telfair Museum of Art, the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, and most
of the squares around the city, including
one with a statue of James Oglethorpe.

I learned you don't have to party hard or
go to extravagant places over spring break
in order to have a satisfying experience.
Someone saying, "thank you" with a bright,
warm smile is satisfying enough.

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GOING GREEN

GREEN PETEY SAYS:
CONSERVE RESOURCES!

Conserving energy and other natural
resources is no small task on a campus
built in the early 1900s! Oglethorpe is
taking a three-pronged approach. An
educational campaign encourages the
entire community to behave in ways that
conserve energy. Small-scale renovations
of existing facilities are being planned,
with an eye toward energy conservation.
And, any large-scale renovation and
new building projects will aim for
LEED Certification and/or Energy
Star Certification.

Fast Fact: If everyone on compus shut down,
slept, or hibernated their desktop computer when
it was not in use, the university would save at least
163kWh and $6704 per semester.

GREEN PETEY SAYS:
RECYCLE THAT WASTE!

At OU, recycling is a student-led effort,
with coordination and assistance from
the Center for Civic Engagement. Student
volunteers collect recyclables in three
weekly shifts
and the recycling
program at OU could
not succeed without
so many dedicated
volunteers.

To maximize the opportunities for the
entire OU community to recycle, "single-
stream" recycling where all recyclables
can be mixed together is used. Bins
are located in every building on campus,
including residence halls. Cardboard is
brought directly to the single-stream
container and broken down for recycling.

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IT DOESNT GET ANY FRESHER

GREEN PETEY SAYS: EAT
ORGANIC & LOCAL FOOD!

OU's food service is operated by Bon
Appetit, which has become a model
for what is possible in sustainable food
service. Bon Appetit was the first food
service company to address the issues
related to where our food comes from and
how it is grown. It has won several awards
for sustainable practices, including
serving local foods and sustainably-
harvested seafood. Look for the "Farm
to Fork" logo at the server's counter in
the Emerson Cafe it identifies meals
containing ingredients that are seasonal,
minimally processed, and purchased
from a farmer/artisan within 150 miles
of the campus. Yummy!

Fast Fact: The OU Emerson Cafe is operated
by the same company and under the same
sustainable principles as Monterey Bay
Aquarium's Portola Cafe.

GREEN PETEY SAYS:
MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Environmentally Concerned Oglethorpe
Students (or ECOS) is an organization
for students who are interested in
the environment and its stewardship.
Membership offers many rewards
including conversation with peers
who share environmental concerns,
viewing of current and classic movies
with environmental themes, lectures by
regional experts on environmental topics.

and participation in environmentally-
themed campus activities. ECOS was
instrumental in initiating the campus
recycling program in 2006.

Fast Fact: This student organization won a
Presidential Award for Civic Engagement in
2006 for its establishment of the campus-wide
recycling program.

Students from General Biology and Environ-
mentally Concerned Oglethorpe Students (ECOS|
cleared invasive Chinese Privet shrubs from the
forested area on campus and gathered data at
the Blue fHeron Nature Preserve in Atlanta.

SPRING 2010 I CARILLON 21

INACTION I GOING GREEN

What is Urban Ecology?

Cities around the world are growing larger,
both in population and size. This growth
often degrades natural resources and cre-
ates inequities in standards of living, qual-
ity of education, and allocation of taxes.
Growth management can eliminate or
reduce these impacts, but only if it is based
on the interacting facets of natural and
social science that drive urban expansion.

Oglethorpe is helping to produce those
scientists and managers that will ef-
fectively manage future urban growth.
OU's Urban Ecology Program offers this
interdisciplinary experience in the city
of Atlanta, where outdoor experiments,
internship opportunities, and guest
speakers abound.

Conservation Biology, one of the Ur-
ban Ecology electives, is taught onsite
in Hawaii every other year. This course
focuses on best practices for maintaining
the rare and unique plants and animals
of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Earlier this
year, seven students and biology profes-
sor Dr. Roarke Donnelly spent 13 days on
the islands where they witnessed many
charismatic and rare species (including
the Hawaiian crow, humpback whale, sil-
versword, and green sea turtle), collected
data on the impacts of invasive species,
and met with conservation biologists from
the Bishop Museum, Hawaii Department
of Aquatic Resources, and University
of Hawaii.

. [Top] Anne Sexton '1 1 helps collect invasive
Jackson's Chameleons near Volcano Village in
Howoii for o study of the predators' impact on
native insect prey.

[Right] (left to right) Marcus Edwards '11,
Sarah Shrewsbury '10, and Thomas Smith '10
appreciate the lookout at the end of the Alakoi
Swomp Trail on Kauai, Hawaii.

[Far right] Students and professors with the
plume of volcanic gas emitting from the Kiloueo
Coldera in Hawaii.

WHArS THE P(o)INT?

O Reduce OU's burden on the environment Sustainability is meeting "the needs of

O Be a model citizen in the Atlanta the present without compromising the
community ability of future generations to meet their

O Reduce the cost of OU operations own needs."*

O Encourage the creation of curricula to
promote awareness of the environment *World Commission on Environment
and sustainability and Development. 1987. Our Common

O Respond to growing applicant/student Future. Oxford University Press,

SUSTAINABILITY
INITIATIVE

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sustainability

22 CARILLON I SPRING 2010

GOING GLOBAL

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the inequality and

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THE PATH TO SOUTH AMERICA

After I graduated from OU, I wanted to do sometfiing tfiat made a difference before I
returned to graduate scfiool. I began looking for volunteer organizations abroad that
would give me the opportunity to live in an exciting new culture and learn a new lan-
guage while I volunteered. I learned about the inequality and poverty in South America,
and quickly decided that it was here that I wanted to try to help.

I found a small energetic organization called VE Global, which recruits, trains and orga-
nizes a global network of volunteers to achieve a vision of equality of educational and
social opportunity for at-risk children in Chile. I applied to volunteer in an orphanage for
5 months. I arrived in Santiago, Chile in March 2009 to begin volunteering, and for three
months I worked in an orphanage every day. Those three months changed the way I look
at the world, and gave me a new perspective on life. At that point I decided to defer my
place at business school for one year, and began working for VE Global as Director of
Resource Development.

"FUERZA CHILE"

The days after the quake were surreal. The terror of the moment the quake struck was fresh
in everyone's mind, and strong aftershocks rattled the country at the rate of a few per hour.
But, the thing that struck me most after the quake was the way people pulled together to
support each other.

In the weeks following the quake, we volunteered at the Red Cross warehouse in San-
tiago. People from all over Santiago, earthquake victims themselves, organized donation
drives in their neighborhoods and churches, and delivered the goods to the Red Cross
warehouse. Volunteers poured in every morning to help unload and sort donations,
package them, and load the disaster relief onto convoys headed south to the epicenter.

Suddenly, Chilean flags appeared in windows across the city. "Fuerza Chile" ("Be strong,
Chile") was spray painted on walls and buildings. It seemed that everyone was tn/ing to help.

Student groups collected donations and sent missions south to build shelters and distribute
aid. We joined with a group of students from the University of Santiago and sent our
volunteers south to help build shelters before the rainy season arrives. For many people in
Chile, the earthquake was devastating: 2 million families lost their homes, and more than
1,000 people lost their lives. Despite the devastation, the spirit and strength of the Chilean
people has been impressive. As a society, they've come together to support each other,
repair the damage, begin rebuilding, and move on.

Matt continues his work in Santiago, Chile. Find out more about VE Global
at www.ve-global.org.

SPRING 2010 I CARILLON

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IN ACTION GOING GLOBAL

Pictured in front of Sonssouci, the former summer palace of Frederick
the Great in Potsdam, Germany are: (front, l-r) Chloey Mayo, '10, Benoy
Kazani '09, Kyle Ruziko '11, Dr. Seemo Shrikhande; and (back, l-r), Marc
von Mandel '10, Hannah Lower/ '12, Ian Franklin '11, Dan Lukocs '12, and
Professor Oezlem Filiz.

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academic education

Oglethorpe offers numerous
opporfunities for interna-
tional education through
a growing global network
of partnerships and agree-
ments with universities
around the world, and by
sponsoring several for-credit
short-term trips annually.

During the 2009-10
academic year:

A total of 68 students
studied abroad in 12
different countries

42 students participated
in the short-term for-credit
trips to Hawaii, Spain
and Morocco, Germany
and Turkey, and Oxford
and Paris

26 Oglethorpe students
spent a semester or full
year studying abroad
the largest number in the
history of the program

Fifteen students have
already been accepted to
study abroad in Fall 2010
the largest number yet
for fall semester. In 2011,
Oglethorpe will offer aca-
demic excursions to Costa
Rica, Greece, India, Japan,
and China, and a four-week
stint in Florence, Italy in
the summer. As part of its
strategic plan, Oglethorpe
is increasingly committed
to offering its students the
opportunity to live life in
another culture often a
life-changing experience.

From the Occident
to the Orient

By Chloey Mayo '10

During spring break, I traveled \vith eight other
Oglethorpe students and faculty to Germany and Turkey
for what several students call the "trip of a lifetime."

"It truly was a trip to remember," said Marc von Mandel '10, who
decided to go on the trip as a way to explore his German heritage.
"Both Germany and Turkey are unique in their cultures, and it
was a once-in-a lifetime experience to see how people live in other
countries as well as their history."

While in Germany, our group visited museums and historical and
cultural landmarks such as the Brandenburg Tor, the Berlin Wall,
and a number of castles once lived in by European royalty.

Aside from academic ventures, we had the opportunity to explore
Berlin, Dortmund, and Miinster with students from Dortmund
Technical University, one of Oglethorpe's partner schools. While
there, we recognized some familiar faces other OU students
who are spending a semester abroad, as well as former German
classmates who had been part of the exchange program.

Ian Franklin '11 had already spent a summer in Germany and was
excited to be able to return to the country to practice his German
and catch up with friends.

"The best part for me was seeing [my friend] Ina again, and
getting to meet the new German teacher and exchange students,"
said Franklin. "Ina was my double when I was studying at TU
Dortmund, and she came here for a semester. It was so nice to
be a thousand miles from home and have someone greeting you
with a huge hug and some gummy bears."

After seven days in Germany, our group headed to Istanbul,
Turkey, where we toured famous monuments such as the Blue
Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and the Hagia Sophia. We also tried
new foods, cruised the Bosphorous Strait, and negotiated \Wth
local merchants in the city's bazaars. The week was capped with
a formal dinner at the top of Istanbul's Galata Tower, one of the
highest points in the city, complete with live entertainment and
a breathtaking view of Istanbul and the Bosphorous.

"I have so many wonderful memories from the trip," recalls von
Mandel, who had never been overseas before the excursion. "It
definitely spurred my interest in graduate programs abroad. I
can't wait to go back."

24 CARItLON 1 SPRING 2010

JOING GLOBAL I OU IN ACTION

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Congratulations
Class of 2010!

Catherine Olivia Rocamora '10 received
the Sally Hull Weltner Award, given annually
in loving memory of Sally Hull Weltner, wife
of Dr. Philip Weltner, president of Oglethorpe
University from 1944-1953. The award
honors the student in the graduating class who
has attained the highest level of scholastic
achievement with the greatest number of hours
in course work completed at Oglethorpe.

Avery Corlnne Livingston '10 and Stephen
James Archer '10 were given the James
Edward Oglethorpe Awards, presented to the
man and the woman in the senior class who,
in the opinion of the faculty, realize most fully
the aims of an Oglethorpe education in terms
of scholarship, leadership, and character.

Dr. Roarke Donnelly, associate professor of
biology and director of the Urban Ecology
Program, received the Lu Thomasson Garrett
Award for Meritorious Teaching, established
in 1994 through a generous endowment
gift to the University from the late Lu Garrett
'52 and her husband David Garrett, Jr. Mrs.
Garrett was a member emerito of the Board
of Trustees and Oglethorpe honorary degree
recipient in 1994.

Dr. Keith Aufderheide, a chemistry professor
at Oglethorpe for 20 years, is the recipient of
this year's 2010 Vulcan Materials Company
Teaching Excellence Award. The Vulcan
Materials Teaching Excellence Award is
sponsored by the Vulcan Materials Company
and presented annually to a member of the
faculty who demonstrates a high level of
commitment to teaching, student success.

The following students'
and faculty were honored
during the May 9, 2010
commencement ceremonies.

and campus life. In addition to teaching,
Aufderheide has also served as interim
associate provost for the past two years. He
is active in many campus initiatives, including
the honor code committee and spearheading
the Oglethorpe contingent of the SENCER
program (Science Education for New Civic
Engagements and Responsibilities).

A 1 Christina Zaytsev '10 rang the bell with spirit
during the Carillon Ceremony and became a port
of the Oglethorpe tradition. 2 OU President Larry
Schall with Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
G. Wayne Clough and William J. Todd, President
and chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Cancer
Coalition, onstage during the honorary degree
presentation at the 2010 Commencement. 3 Led
by Class President Avery Livingston '10, the Class
of 2010 toasted their accomplishments prior to the
Carillon Ceremony. 4 Dr. Keith Aufderheide (right)
received the 2010 Vulcan Materials Company
Award Teaching Excellence Award.

26 CARILLON

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2010 HONORARY DEGREE REClPi

Belle Turner Lynch '61 received an
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane
Letters in recognition of her unparal-
leled volunteerism, numerous contribu-
tions, and lasting legacy of leadership at
Oglethorpe University.

Lynch graduated magna cum laude in
1961 and earned the Sally Hull Weltner
Award for Scholarship. She was elected
to the Board of Trustees in May 1983
and has served as Chair and on numer-
ous committees. As Board Chair, Lynch
worked with the Board and President
Schall to create and implement significant
University improvement plans including
upgraded campus facilities.

She has been a generous supporter
of campus beautification, Christian
Leadership, the Weltner Library, the
Oglethorpe Women's Network, the
Performing Arts Center, new residence
halls, sports and recreation, and the
endowment. She established the Milner
Professorship in Education and in 1992
was awarded the Talmage Award by the
Oglethorpe National Alumni Association.

Lynch 's volunteerism and commitment
to the community has extended into the
Atlanta community. She is a founding
member of the Atlanta Alzheimer's
Association, where she served on the
Board and as president. Lynch also serves
as a Trustee of the Atlanta Preservation
Center and works with the Milner Award,
a nonprofit organization dedicated to
inspiring the love of reading in children in
Atlanta and Fulton County.

G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, was presented
with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of
Science in recognition of his significant
contributions in the field of science and
technology. Clough is the 12''' Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, the
world's largest museum and research
complex with 19 museums, nine research
centers, the National Zoo, and research
activities in more than 90 countries.

Clough previously served as president of
the Georgia Institute of Technology for 14
years. A native Georgian, Clough received

from the American Society of Civil Engi-
neers, including the 2004 OPAL lifetime
award for contributions to education. He
is one of 14 civil engineers to have been
twice awarded civil engineering's oldest
recognition, the Norman Medal, in 1982
and in 1996. He received the George
Westinghouse Award from the American
Society of Engineering Education in 1986
for outstanding teaching and research.
In 1990, he was elected to the National
Academy of Engineering (NAE), and
in 2008 was recognized with the NAE
Bueche Award for his efforts in public
policy. He was awarded the 2002 Nation-
al Engineering Award by the American
Association of Engineering Societies.

his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in
civil engineering from Georgia Tech and
a Doctorate in civil engineering from the
University of California, Berkeley. Clough
has been a professor at Duke University,
Stanford University, and Virginia Tech.
He served as head of the department of
civil engineering and dean of the College
of Engineering at Virginia Tech, and as
provost at the University of Washington.

In March 2009, Clough was inducted into
the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia.
He has received nine national awards

Clough chaired of the National Research
Council Committee on New Orleans
Regional Hurricane Protection Projects
and serves as a member of the National
Science Board. He served on the Presi-
dent's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology (2001-08) and as co-chair
of the 2004 National Innovation Initia-
tive and University vice chair of the U.S.
Council on Competitiveness; he chaired
the Engineer of 2020 Project for the NAE
and served as a member of the National
Governors Association Innovate America
Task Force (2006-07).

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ALUMNI

I can hardly believe it was just a year ago I was elected president
of the Oglethorpe University Alumni Association. This has been a
fantastic year, and I am most grateful for the opportunity to serve.

Throughout the past year, I have enjoyed meeting and spending
time with alumni in Atlanta, New York, and Washington, D.C.
at various receptions and events. The stories and the memories
shared by Golden Petrels and Young Alumni alike confirm that
Oglethorpe is truly o unique experience.

As you read through this issue of The Carillon, I invite you to look
for the unique ways Oglethorpe alumni give their time, talent, and
treasure back to our alma mater. Examine how our graduates are
making a life, making a living, and making a difference.

In April, more than 500 Petrels gathered to celebrate the 175*
Anniversary of the charter of Oglethorpe. Outstanding alumni and
the Oglethorpe faculty past and present were honored at the
Friday night gala.

Old friends and new friends gathered on the Academic Quod
to Stomp the Lawn. Thank you to all who attended, volunteered,
and encouraged others to join the fun.

Finally, I want to thank the alumni who hove made a difference by
financially supporting Oglethorpe this year. If you haven't made
your gift, please step up and join your fellow Petrels who create
and sustain an exceptional experience for Oglethorpe students.

I look forward to seeing you soon at Oglethorpe.

With best wishes.

Randy Roberson '97

President

Oglethorpe University Alumni Association

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28 CARILLON I SPRING 2010

ALUMNI

CONGRATULATIONS, 2010 ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS!

Dr. Manning M. Pattillo '94H
received the 2010 Talmage
Award, which annually honors
an individual's contribution
of time, talent or financial
resources to both Oglethorpe
and in the business or profes-
sional world. Dr. Pattillo was
the President of Oglethorpe
University from 1975 to 1988.

Born in Virginia, Pattillo
graduated from the Univer-
sity of the South ("Sewanee"),
where he was president of his
fraternity and elected to Phi
Beta Kappa. Following army
service in World War II, he
pursued graduate study at the
University of Chicago, from
which he receive the degrees
of Master of Arts and Doc-
tor of Philosophy. Pattillo
was later awarded honorary
doctorates by eight colleges
and universities, including the
honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws in 1994 from Oglethorpe.
He taught at the University of
Chicago, New York University,
and the University of Georgia,
and is author of four books
on higher education, most
recently of a brief history of
Oglethorpe University.

Upon his retirement from
Oglethorpe, the Board of

Trustees gave him the honor-
ary title of Chancellor. During
his presidency, selective ad-
missions was established, so
that Oglethorpe became noted
as "highly selective" by leading
college directories; Ogletho-
rpe was more clearly defined
as specializing in excellent
teaching; and young scholars
and teachers from across the
country were added to the
Oglethorpe faculty. Prior to
Oglethorpe, Pattillo served
as an executive of two large
philanthropic foundations,
the Lilly Endowment and the
Danfort Foundation.

Pattillo is a long-time mem-
ber of the Rotary Club of At-
lanta. He has served as a Life
Trustee and Vice-Chairman
of the Woodruff Arts Center;
President and Board Member
of the Phi Beta Kappa As-
sociation of Atlanta; President
of the Georgia Association
of Colleges and the Georgia
Foundation of Independent
Colleges; Chairman and Presi-
dent of the English-Speaking
Union of Atlanta; President
of Georgia Special Olympics;
and, Chairman of the Council
of the Salvation Army College
for Officer Training. He has
been a trustee of five private
colleges and was an acting
President of the Atlanta
College of Art.

Emily Gurley '96 was pre-
sented with the 2010 Spirit of
Oglethorpe Award, annually
given to an OU alum who
lives by the Oglethorpe motto
("Make a life. Make a living.

Make a difference.") and dem-
onstrates the attributes of
a liberal arts education by
exhibiting creativity, purpose-
fulness, and a commitment to
improving the quality of their
community.

At age 11, Gurley relocated
with her family from Ball
Ground, Ga. to Dhaka, Ban-
gladesh, setting the stage for
her life's work. After gradu-
ating from Oglethorpe with
a degree in history, Gurley
became a U.S. Peace Corps
volunteer in Romania where
she designed HIV education
campaigns for high schools
and worked with the coun-
try's first hospice. Gurley
returned to the U.S. and
completed a master's degree
in public health at Emory
University in 2002. For the
next six years, she worked
with the Program on Infec-
tious Diseases and Vaccine
Sciences at the International
Diarrheal Diseases Research
Centre, Bangladesh where
she designed or implemented
more than 30 research studies
and led surveillance activities
for respiratory disease and
meningoencephalitis. She also
led investigations of outbreaks
and subsequent prevention

strategies. Her outbreak
investigations have included
person-to-person transmis-
sion of Nipah, a newly emerg-
ing virus; toxic poisoning
from eating wild plants during
food shortages; and pesticides
as the cause of sudden child
death.

Gurley 's current research
interests include preventing
transmission of respiratory
disease in resource-poor hos-
pitals; incorporating post-
mortem exams into outbreak
response; and quantifying the
burden of maternal and neo-
natal deaths associated with
hepatitis E in Bangladesh. She
has authored or co-authored
more than 20 scientific
publications. Gurley recently
relocated to Baltimore to
begin her doctor of philosophy
degree in infectious disease
epidemiology at the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health.

Lance Ozier '01 received the
2010 Young Alumnus of the
Year Award, annually given to
a graduate of the last 10 years
who has shown leadership and
inspired other young alumni
through participation in
career, public service,

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ALUMNI

volunteer, or continuing edu-
cation activities.

A native of Carrollton, Ga.,
Ozier is a research associ-
ate with the National Center
for Restructuring Educa-
tion, Schools and Teaching
(NCREST), where he manages
school improvement initiatives
in some of the nation's most
vibrant and complex urban
districts, including Baton
Rouge, Detroit, Atlanta, and
New York. Since 1998, Ozier
has also coordinated educa-
tion programs for Project
Morry, a youth development
program offering 10 years of
summer camp and school year
support to inner city kids in
the New York City area.

While a student at Ogletho-
rpe, Ozier served as president
of his freshman and junior
classes, belonged to the Uni-
versity Singers and University
Playmakers, served as student
newspaper business manager,
and was active in the Urban
Leadership program. He
received the Leader in Action
Award in 1999 for his work in
the Lynwood Park Community
near the OU campus. After
graduating, Ozier deferred
graduate school to pursue

teaching in the Southeast's
most diverse public elemen-
tary school.

For six years, Ozier worked
as a founding advisor at
the National Academy for
Excellent Teaching which
partnered with NYC middle
and high schools to create a
national professional devel-

now has master's degrees
in sociology and education
and English education from
Columbia University and he
is completing his doctoral
studies, also at Columbia. He
also is an instructor in teacher
education at Teachers College,
Columbia University and The
City College of New York.

opment model now used in
more than 300 schools across
the country. He received the
2007 Excellence in Summer
Learning Award from Johns
Hopkins University in the area
of advancing rigorous sum-
mer inquiry and project-based
learning experiences during
out-of-school time. Ozier

Becky Ellis '97 was inducted
into the Oglethorpe Athletic
Hall of Fame in recognition
of her achievements on
the women's basketball team.
Ellis is an Atlanta native
and attended Morrow High
School. While at Oglethorpe,
she was a four-year starter on
the women's basketball team

from 1993-1997. She ser\'ed
as a co-captain during her
sophomore, junior, and senior
seasons. She was selected All-
SCAC Honorable Mention in
1994, 1995, and 1996, and All-
SCAC Second Team in 1997.
She was the first woman bas-
ketball player at Oglethorpe to
score over 1,000 career points
and finished wdth 1,342. At
the end of her career, Ellis
held multiple school records
including total career points,
career scoring average, career
three-point field goal per-
centage, career free throw
percentage, total career steals,
single season scoring average,
single season three-point field
goal percentage and single
season free throw percent-
age. She was also a member of
the OU women's tennis team
for four years. At graduation,
she received the award for
Outstanding Female Senior
Athlete. She currently holds
a faculty position in the
Department of Kinesiologj'
and Health at Georgia
State University.

Christine Scarborough '00
was inducted into the Athletic
Hall of Fame in recognition

CARILLON I SPRING 2010

of her achievements on the
women's soccer team. Born
and raised in the Atlanta area,
Scarborough is a graduate
of Brookwood High School
in Snellville, Ga. While at
Oglethorpe, Scarborough
served as captain of women's
soccer during her senior year.
She was a four-time All-SCAC
performer and finished her
career with 51 goals (most in
women's history at OU), 21
assists and 122 total points
in 66 games (most in OU
women's soccer history). She
was named First Team All-
Conference in 1997, 1998,
and 1999.

Scarborough gradu-
ated from Oglethorpe with a
bachelor's degree in business
administration and computer
science. After graduation, she
worked as an account execu-
tive for a technology firm. She
lives in Tucker, Ga. and is self-
employed.

Chris Wall '99 was inducted
into the Athletic Hall of Fame
in recognition of his achieve-
ments on the men's basketball
team. An Atlanta native. Wall
was recruited to play at Holy
Innocents' High School in
Sandy Springs, Ga., where he
started as forward and center.
He went on to play for Rein-
hardt College for two years,
where he was top scorer and
rebounder, but was recruited
away to play for Oglethorpe.

Once at Oglethorpe, Wall
became a dominant force on
the team and achieved Na-
tional Player of the Week for
his performance at the open-
ing tournament of the 1997
season. Before graduating, he
achieved nominations for All
Conference Team and an Hon-
orable Mention All American.

After graduation. Wall
started a real estate company,
Atlanta Investing, Inc. After
partnering with his brother
in 2002, the company quickly
grew and achieved INC 500

status in 2007. Wall cur-
rently lives in East Atlanta
and is still working in real
estate with his new company,
Greystone Classic Properties.

Jay Williams '99 was in-
ducted into the Athletic Hall
of Fame in recognition of his
achievements on the men's
soccer team. Originally from
Johnson City, Tenn., Williams
attended Science Hill High
School, where he played varsity
soccer for three years and was
co-captain his senior year.
During his sophomore and
senior years the team made it
to the semi-finals of the 5-A
State Championship.

Williams was a four-year
starter in Oglethorpe men's
soccer, leading the team in
scoring all four years. He was
elected by his teammates as
the MVP of offense all four
years. During his junior and
senior years, he served as co-
captain and was selected as

a First Team All-Conference
player. During Williams'
senior year, he was selected as
a NCAA Division-Ill Second
Team All-South player and
finished his college career
with 40 goals.

Williams earned a bach-
elor's in accounting from
Oglethorpe and an MBA
from Georgia State University.
Williams has remained active
in the Oglethorpe commu-
nity, serving as a class agent,
a director on the Board of
the Oglethorpe University
National Alumni Associa-
tion, and currently on the
OU Board of Trustees. He
is the CFO of Commodity
Marketing Company, a com-
modity trading company in
Alpharetta, Ga.

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Class Notes

Edward Fisher '40 was only a
student at OU for a year before he
transferred to Ohio University in
1941. From there, he enHsted in
the U.S. Naval Air Force on De-
cember 8, 1941. Upon his return,
he went back to Ohio and received
his bachelor's degree in 194'7. He
traveled as a factory representative
for 20 years and owned a branch
of Western Store from 1974-1984.
He worked as a realtor for a year
and moved to Lake Placid, Fla.
Edward resides in the Ohio Ma-
sonic Retirement Home. He volun-
teers at the U.S. Post Office, and
he has also recently been elected
as the President of the Council of
Independent Living Apartments.
His favorite OU memories are of
the beautiful campus and par-
ticularly the snow storm of 1939,
which left nine feet of snow.

Nicholas Pope '42 married Helen
on January 2, 1945. He's a retired
U.S. Navy commander and naval
aviator, serving 22 years. He also
worked as an NBC News television
producer. His favorite OU memory
is having the honor of knowing
Dr. Jacobs and his teaching staff
He fondly looks back on Coach
John Patrick and his family and
remembers the love he had for
Petrels football across from the
old train station.

Sally Swank Burke '46 worked
in the medical field in hospitals,
doctor and dental offices, and a
nursing school. After her retire-
ment, she volunteered at a senior
center, a hospital, and her church
organization. She served on the
Board of Directors for Nurses and
the Family Learning Center and
was recently recognized by the

Missouri State Board of Nursing
for her 50 years in active nursing.
Her favorite OU memory was the
Christmas Boar's Head Ceremony.

Florence Richardson James '48

remarried in 2002 to Bob James
who was her college sweetheart.
He attended Georgia Tech, and
they went their separate ways after
college. After they married, she
moved from Atlanta to St. Louis.
They visit her three children
in Atlanta several times a year.
Florence's favorite memories
of OU include the students, the
faculty, the baseball team, the
dances, and the bridge games
between classes.

Bill Brown '50 was drafted
by the U.S. Army to serve as
a cryptographic specialist in
Germany. After his discharge, he
was recruited by the CIA where he
had a career in data processing.
Since retiring, he and his wife
Susan, a CIA careerist, enjoy
gardening and traveling to Europe
and the Western U.S. Bill worked
on the Master Gardeners program
and he serves on the condo board.
They spend time at their beach
house in Rehoboth, Del. He hopes
his classmates are also enjoying
interesting and healthy lives. His
favorite OU memories include
classes with Wendell Brown in
Achievement or Balance, George
Seward on Greek historians and
Lindsay Colburn in economics.
He remembers many friends and
cheering the Stormy Petrels.

Ben Carrie '50 and OU class-
mate Ed Chandler '49 operated
North DeKalb Sign Company in
Doraville, Ga. for three years. Ben
then traveled the Southeast for

seven years as a Federal Reserve
Bank Auditor followed by 10-year
stints as branch auditor at federal
branches in Nashville and Jack-
sonville, Fla. He retired in 1984
and has since lived the "good life"
in the live oak tree splendor of the
Jacksonville suburb Mandarin.
His favorite thing about OU was
the pleasant coexistence among
Southern and Northern students.

John Fisher '5i and his wife Jean
have been involved in numerous
musical organizations in New Jer-
sey as well as on Cape Cod, Mass.
His favorite memories of OU were
serving as the president of the
student body and class president
each of his four years.

James Redwine '53 joined the
Osteopathic Honor Society, and he
received the Elderson Scholarship
to Harvard University. He is proud
of his wife, Virginia, who recently
obtained her bachelor's degree in
religion, and of his younger son,
who became an Eagle Scout. His
favorite OU memories came from
class meetings on the lawn.

Dorothy Carlile Sanders '53

works with her church and spends
time with her family. She and her
husband Clint have a grandson
attending college. Her fond memo-
ries of OU include the afternoons,
listening to the Carillon Bells
and taking in the beauty of the
campus.

Barbara Cristal Krasnqff '54

and her husband became great-
grandparents with the birth of Mya
J. Dorfman on February 10, 2010.
Her favorite OU memories involve
the people who became her good
friends. She loved open discussions
in classes and the student lounge,
and she enjoyed the numerous Fan
Tan and bridge games.

Christine Cooper Jackson '57

taught elementary school for 40
years. She taught at Unity and
Central Hatchee Schools in Heard
County, Ga. for nine years and
at Roopville School in Carroll
County, Ga. for 31 years. Her fond
OU memories include the dedi-
cated faculty. "I still remember my
teachers and can visualize them
teaching."

Ha Varelmann McCoy '58 is a

retired editor for the U.S. Marine
Corps Morale, Welfare and Recre-
ation newsletter publication which
was sent to U.S. Marine Corps
installations worldwide. Ila's
main interests are the perform-
ing arts specifically singing. She
and her husband Don are active in
volunteer services in Las Cruces,
N.M. Both sing in the Mesilla Val-
ley Chorale and sit on the chorale
board. In June 2009, the chorale
was invited to perform in LeMans,
France. Ila also was featured in
local cabaret performances and
performed in musical comedy and
variety shows in New Mexico and
abroad. She and her husband are
founding members of Paleozoic
Trackways Foundation which was
instrumental in having the U.S.
Congress declare the track-
ways discovered in the Robledo
Mountains of New Mexico as the
Prehistoric Trackways National
Monument. Ila and Don celebrate
their 45th anniversary this year.

Charles Ingram '5S retired in
December 2009 after working as a
Senior Aerodynamics engineer at
Lockheed Martin. He is a retired
physician and anesthesiologist
from Emory, Grady, Egleston.
Crawford Long, Scottish Rite, and
other locations in Tennessee and
North Georgia.

32 CARILLON I SPRING 2010

Lucy Lindsey Smith '59 became
a member of the National Associa-
tion of Educational Broadcasters
and the Association of Women in
Radio and Television and taught
science on television after gradua-
tion. After her television stint, she
became a science supervisor and
science coordinator for the Atlanta
Public School System. She was the
only woman on the Georgia Sci-
ence and Technology Commission
for then-Governor Lester Mad-
dox (1967-1971) and the Science
Advisory Commission for then-
Governor Jimmy Carter (1971-
1975). After joining the National
Science Teachers Association, she
became president of the Georgia
Teachers Association and was
elected to the National Science
Supervisors Association Board.
During graduate school, Lucy
taught at Emory University as a
visiting lecturer. Lucy volunteered
with the Outdoors Activity Center
where she served as president.
She was president of the board of
directors for Hillside Hospital and
served on the development board
of SciTrek. In 1982, she became
the founding member of the Assis-
tance League of Atlanta, a chapter
of the National Assistance League.
She is a past president, and she
averages 20-30 hours a month
after 27 years of service. Lucy
and her husband George traveled
extensively in and out of the U.S.
When she finds time, Lucy plays
golf, gardens and reads. She has
two children, four grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.

Sydney Mobley Moss '59 and her

husband Jack moved to Sterling on
the Lake in Flowery Branch, Ga.,
from Lake Burton three years ago.
They enjoy socializing with other
"empty nesters" and have formed
a bridge club. Jack joins his men
friends the ROMEOS (Retired
Old Men Eating Out) for lunch
every Wednesday, while Sydney
is active in the women's group.
Sydney's fond memories of OU
include working part-time in the
registrar's office with Mrs. Mac-
Connell, having long philosophical
discussions in the rec room and

dancing to rock music every night
after dinner.

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Nancy Tarrant Calhoun '60 re-
tired in 2007 after a 40-plus-year
career as a teacher and administra-
tor. Since retirement, she and her
husband have enjoyed traveling
extensively in the U.S. and Europe,
visiting with their daughters, and
relaxing at Big Canoe. During
her years in the classroom, Nancy
was honored with an E.xcellence
in Teaching Award from Georgia
Independent School Association.
As the founding principal of the
middle school division of The
Walker School, she received a Life-
time Achievement Award from the
school. She was the 1993 Ogletho-
rpe School Bell Award recipient. In
addition to her active work sched-
ule, she was a part of the Cobb
Executive Women and Leadership
Cobb for many years. Her favorite
OU memories center around her
great professors, including Drs. Ab-
bott, Brown, Bohnhorst, Daugert,
Goslin and Seward. They inspired
her and she has tried to live up to
their examples.

Boh Booker '60 married Judy in
1991. He retired from Boy Scouts
of America after 46 years and now
works as a consultant for non-profit
organizations. He has an admi-
rable total of 14. grandchildren and
spends most of his days playing
golf During his OU days. Bob loved
working at the YMCA in Ashford
Park. He especially enjoyed his
junior year and cannot recall any
moment that he did not like.

Norman Barrett '60 was in the
U.S. Air Force from 1960-1982
until his much deserved retire-
ment came as a lieutenant colonel.
From 1986-2005, he worked as an
advertising salesman for AT&T and
he currently owns a personal real
estate business. His favorite OU
memories were fun times in the
game room.

Gail Wynn Davidson '60 and her

husband bought an older home in
Covington, Ga., as their retire-
ment home which they restored
to its grandeur, along with the
gardens. They even won multiple
awards, including the Georgia
Trust Award given by the Georgia
Trust for Structural Preservation
for the restoration. She humbly
states that, "It was all a l^bor
of love." Her favorite OU recol-
lections are taking trips to the
campus with her brother and his
then-fiance. Her father also went
to Oglethorpe in the 1930s and
her niece graduated from there
as well. She particularly loved the
wonderful learning atmosphere
within her small classes, with
favorites being chemistry, physics,
music, and philosophy.

CM. "Mickey" Metcalf '63 was

promoted to Associate Profes-
sor of Law & Management at
the Godbold School of Business,
Gardner-Webb University, Boil-
ing Springs, N.C. He serves as
the Forsyth Center Director for
Gardner-Webb in Winston-Salem
and has recently been inducted as
an Honorary Member into Delta
Mu Delta, an International Honor
Society in Business, by the Kappa
Psi Chapter. He recently returned
as a visitation team member of the
Association of Collegiate Business
School Programs to the University
of Puerto Rico-Utardo. He makes
his home in High Point with wife
Jan and rotten Yorkie Lex.

TomReilly '67 is retired and
serves on three boards of direc-
tors, works with the National
Wildlife Federation, volunteers
with Senior Connections, and
works at Barnes & Noble. He has
five grandchildren.

Doris Buffet Foundation. She and
her husband live in Decatur, Ga.,
and her son attends Brown Mackie
College.

1970s

AnnaZaibelBlau '70 was

promoted to CEO of International
Women's House, a shelter for bat-
tered women and children. Anna
was executive director for 12 years
and a recipient of the Sunshine
Lady Peace Award given by the

980s

Eric Roberts '82 is a Certified
Peer Specialist with A Family First
Community Services.

Kevin G. Hall '85 (see pg. 30)

Jeanette Anderson Upchurch '45

on August 9, 2009
David Stewart Davies '65

on September 14, 2009
The Rev. Willis M. Horton '53

on September 15, 2009
E. Frank Walls, Jr. '49

on October 1, 2009
Ann Adams Wilt '51

on October 6, 2009
Jane Frank Kelley '68

on October 8, 2009
Margaret Kerr Hitte '47

on October 17, 2009
Mary Ivey Leak '70

on October 20, 2009
Anne Irby Comer '40

on October 29, 2009
Helen Hogan Hill '52

on November 9, 2009
Rhett Pinson Sanders '43

on December 4, 2009
Louise Sims '47

on December 19, 2009
Arhs D. Head '83

on January 6, 2010
Virginia Wallace Wayne '43

on January 26, 2010
HertaA. Schartle'34

on March 7, 2010

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1990s

1 Donna Hook McPherson '90

was named a Top 5 Finalist in the
Pet Sitter of 2009 by Pet Sitters
International. McPherson owns
Pawsitively Pets, Inc., an Atlanta-
based pet sitting business.

2 Lu Green LeRoy '95 vecenily

moved to Shanghai, China, while
her husband completes a tempo-
rary assignment there. She con-
tinues to work remotely as public
relations and marketing director
for BioCrossroads, an Indianapo-
lis-based organization that invests
in life sciences companies, starts
new enterprises, and grows the life
sciences in the state.

Jack Stephens '95 and his wife,
Kelly, welcomed a daughter Avery
Miriam on December 10, 2009
(she shares her birthday with her
mother). Avery weighed 6 lbs., 15
oz. and was 19.5 inches. Big sister
Taylor is almost two and is happy
to have a little sister. Daddy is
not sure what he is going to do
with all these women and already
concerned about two potential
weddings.

Jenifer Parks '96 earned her
Ph.D. in Russian/Soviet History
from University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill in May '09.

In August, she moved with her
husband to Billings, Mont., where
she is assistant professor of history
at Rocky Mountain College.

Joseph Cox '97 vf as presented the
Siemens Award for Excellence in
AP Teaching for the State of Geor-
gia, 2009 and was a Brookwood
High School Teacher of the Year,
Gwinnett County Teacher of the
Year Finalist 2010, and Georgia
High School Science Teacher
of the Year 2010, awarded by
the Georgia Science Teachers
Association.

3 Kipp Chambers '99 is part of
the four-way formation skydiving
team Relativity, which won the
silver medal at the NSL National
Skydiving Championships in
November 2009. Over the past
year, he qualified to participate in
the 75-person Colorado State Sky-
diving Record and the 75-person
World Record Wingsuit Forma-
tion over Lake Elsinore, Calif
When not jumping out of planes,
he lives in Denver, Colo., where he
works as an internet marketing
consultant for small businesses.
He regularly craves Southern food.

4 Ashish Thakur '99 and his wife
Renuka welcomed Kishan Singh
Thakur on September 26, 2009, in
Atlanta. He weighed 7 lbs., 7-8 oz.
and was 20.25 inches.

2000

5 Molly Lewis 'OO married
Len Sasso on May 23, 2009, at
St. Joseph's Catholic Church in
Jacksonville, Fla. OU alumnae in
attendance included matron of
honor Megan Podolsky Greto '99,
Heather Cordeiro DeGrave '00,
Tina Stults Launey '00, and Holly
Brabham Howanitz '02. The cou-
ple honeymooned on a Mediterra-
nean cruise in April 2010, delayed
while Len completed the master's
program in Physician Assisting at
South University in Savannah, Ga.
The couple resides in Jackson-
ville, Fla. with their beagle Sadie.
A graduate of the University of
Georgia law school, Molly opened
a solo law practice in Jacksonville
in 2008 focusing exclusively on
family law and expanded into a
partnership with a business law-
yer in April. Look for the new firm,
Kinney & Sasso, to open its doors
in the very near future.

Emily Diehl '02 graduated with a
master's degree in social work from
the University of Georgia in May '10.
Emily serves on the National As-
sociation of Social Workers-Georgia
Chapter Board of Directors, and she
enters the University of Florida's

Ph.D. program in Counselor Educa-
tion (Marriage and Family Counsel-
ing) this fall.

Cody Partin '02 and his wife
Sara welcomed Charles Douglas
Edwin Partin on February 16,
2010. He weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz.
and was 21 inches.

2003

Barrett '03 and Heather Fran-
couer Karvis '03 are the proud
parents of Aubrey, born October
5, 2009, weighing 9 lbs., 15 oz. She
joins big sister Ava.

2004

6 Leigh Cooper '04 and Mark
Godfrey were married at the First
Existentialist Congregation in
Atlanta on October 17, 2009. They
live and work in midtown Atlanta.

7 AnnaRhettCohb '04 married
Robert Thomas Miller '03 in

Charleston, S.C, on September 19,
2009. OU alumni in attendance
included the matron of honor
Paula Tecklenburg '04 and brides-
maids Michelle Parks '03 and Lisa
Gossett '04 and groomsmen Trent
Erb '04, Robert Fink 03 and Drew
Ferris '02. Anna Rhett works as
an assignment desk editor on the
National Desk at CNN and Robert

34 CARILLON I SPRING 2010

is a student at Goizueta School
of Business at Emory University
getting his MBA while working at
Cherokee Town and Country Club.
They reside in Roswell, Ga. with
their three lab mixes Kylie, Bear,
and Maggie.

Dar'shun Kendrick '04 started
her own law practice Kendrick
Law Practice, LLC in January
2010, focusing exclusively on
business law. She received her J.D.
from the University of Georgia
and is completing her master's
degree in business administration
from Kennesaw State University.
Visit her practice's website: www.
kendricklaw.net.

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8 Carlissa Carson '05 graduated
in the top 35% of her class from
Emory University School of Law in
May 2008. In 2009, she gradu-
ated with distinction in the top
15% of her class from George-
town Law, where she received an
LL.M. in international law and
a Certificate in International
Human Rights. While at George-
town, Carlissa served as a Global
Teaching Fellow and taught
first-year students about the law
in a transnational setting. She is
a Georgia-licensed attorney and
Judge Advocate (Captain) in the
U.S. Army Reserve JAG Corps. At

her military unit, she is the Chief
of International and Operational
Law. In June, Carlissa will publish
her second article, titled "Yes We
Can Revise the Military Commis-
sions Act, but Why?" based on her
experience representing Osama
bin Laden's personal bodyguard in
Guantanamo Bay. This article pro-
vides the Obama Administration
with a road map as it considers
how to prosecute alleged terror-
ists. Recently, Carlissa has pre-
sented at Oglethorpe University,
the George Washington University
and at the International Monetary
Fund to stress the importance of
adhering to human rights during
a time of war. In Atlanta, Carlissa
serves as a fellow in Atlanta's first
New Leaders Council and she was
recently selected among Atlanta's
Power 30 Under 30.

JillianA. Martin '03 graduated
from the University of Georgia in
May '09 with a master's degree
in education in college student
affairs administration. In Febru-
ary, she joined the Student Affairs
staff at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, Va.
as the assistant director of student
activities for diversity initiatives.

Tracy Nemiroff '05 AMI* lives in
New York City where she teaches
middle school math at a gifted and
talented public school.

9JillSharitt '05 married Brad
Pokorny on May 24, 2009 on
Anna Maria Island, Fla. OU
alumni in attendance included
Josh Mclntyre '05, Kyle Taylor
'07, and Steven Green '92. The
couple enjoyed a two week cruise
to Rome, Cairo, Ephesus, and
Athens. Jill teaches English in
Bradenton, Fla. while Brad
finishes medical school. Brad,
a Naval Officer, will be pursuing
a residency in orthopedic surgery
in the upcoming year.

2006

Brittany Bennett Parris '06

is now a certified archivist and a
member of the Academy of Certi-
fied Archivists' Class of '09. She
is an archivist with the Jimmy
Carter Library in Atlanta.

1 Kirbie Smith '06 was married
April 4, 2009 to James Bowen
Compston of Milan, Tenn. Ashley
Money '08 was an attendant.

OU alumni present were Katie
Michalczyk '05, Susan Royal '05,
Lydia Hofstetter '08, and Taylor
Urbanski '08.

1 1 & 1 3 JessieaFugett '06 married
Russ ChurehweU '04 on Decem-
ber 23, 2009 at Reunion Golf and
Country Club north of Atlanta. OU
alumni in attendance included Josh
Burr '06, Kira Carr '09, Brett Wise

'06, Joel Alzola '04, Katie Brown
'09, and Alex Kirillov '10. They wel-
comed daughter Chase Ellason in
August '09, who weighed 6 lbs., 15.5
oz. and was 20.5 inches. They live in
Miamisburg, Ohio, and Russ is an
anesthesia resident.

2007

Staeey Chavis '07 was recently
selected for the Truman National
Security Fellowship in Washington,
D.C. and the New Leaders Council
program in Atlanta. She was ap-
pointed finance director for the
Young Democrats of America Wom-
en's Caucus and selected among
Atlanta's Power 30 Under 30.

Jordan "Alex" Johnson '07 gradu-
ated from Georgia State University
College of Law in January '10. He
works as a law clerk and hopes to
practice law soon.

2008

12 Tiffany Desrosiers '08 works
at Marist School in Atlanta as the
assistant to the dean of students
and summer childcare director.

JaneRipps '08A14rfinished

her first year of teaching third
grade at Peachtree Elementarj' in
Norcross, Ga., and she loves it. She
thanks her Oglethorpe professors.

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MEMORIAL

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On April 13, 2010, Oglethorpe
unveiled and dedicated a class-
room to the late Dr. Ronald L.
Cariisle, a beloved member of
Oglethorpe's faculty from 1985-
2007. "The Ronald L. Carlisle
Memorial Classroom" is located
on the third floor of Lupton
Hall and is a lasting legacy to
Dr. Carlisle's dedication, loyalty,
scholarship, and teaching.

During his 22-year tenure at
Oglethorpe, Dr. CarUsle taught
generations of Oglethorpe
students in that particular
classroom. The Division of
Mathematics and Computer
Science initiated the renovation
as a fitting tribute to Dr. CarUsle.

Dr. Carlisle taught both math-
ematics and computer science.
For two years, he also served
as Interim Provost and later
continued his work as a faculty
leader. He was devoted both to
his disciplines and to the liberal
arts. He worked with his col-
leagues to bring the Japanese
language and culture into
the Oglethorpe curriculum;
helped to establish Ogletho-
rpe's exchange program with
Otaru University; and, helped
to cultivate a relationship with
the Kyoto monastery to bring
artwork and visitors to the
Oglethorpe University Museum
of Art. Dr. Carlisle was honored
by the Oglethorpe Board of

Trustees m 2007 with faculty
emeritus status.

Dr. Carlisle helped students
to develop skills in reasoning
and rigorous thinking.
Many have since gone on
to lead successful careers
in mathematics, computer
science, business, and
other fields. Even more left
Oglethorpe with memories
of Dr. Carlisle's fondness for
puzzles and wordplay, his love
of learning, and his enjoyment
of solving a challenging
problem. Dr. Carlisle's patient
efforts earned him respect
from both his colleagues and
his students.

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BECOMES US CITIZEN

When Angela Rodriguez '11 left Columbia,
South America to emigrate to the United
States, she never imagined the path that
would lead to Oglethorpe University,
Washington, D.C. and, possibly, Madrid.
Her father, a political refugee, had moved
the family around their home country, but
eventually it became too dangerous for them
to stay. They left Colombia with few posses-
sions and, with the help of the International
Refugee Committee, they settled in Atlanta.

At first, Angela found it hard to fit in. As a
high school student in Avondale, she first
experienced discrimination. She also strug-
gled vvdth not having friends her own age.
"My Spanish professor was my best friend. . .
my only friend," she remembered.

A turning point came when Angela met
Dr. Pat Shropshire, the wife of Dr. Wilham
Shropshire, Oglethorpe's former provost
and a current trustee. William had met
Angela's father at the Latin American
Association in Atlanta and took Pat to
the Rodriguez family's apartment to visit.
"The way she talked to us and was holding
us... was truly sweet" remembers Angela.

The relationship between the two took hold
that day and changed the course of Angela's
education and most likely her life. "I felt
like it was very important for Angela and
her family that she get a real college experi-

ence and really have a chance to go not just
to a community school but to go to a new
situation, having a family of peers and being
part of a learning community."

"Ever since I was
little, I wanted to be a
doctor, but everything
that has happened
in my life makes me
think it would be
better to help more
people like me."

The Shropshire children had gone to col-
leges on the tuition exchange with Ogletho-
rpe, making it easier for the Shropshires
to help viath Angela's education. "And
where else would I want anybody to go but
Oglethorpe?" she said. "It seemed to me this
was meant to be!"

Angela has excelled during her three years
at Oglethorpe - majoring in international
relations with a minor in Spanish, volun-
teering in New Orleans with the Center for

Civic Engagement, and joining the Inter-
national Club. She also yearned to study
abroad in Madrid which prompted her on
the path to obtaining a U.S. passport.

In March, after going through the process to
become a citizen, Angela arrived at the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Ser\'ice a
'little nervous. "We sat in a big room, facing
a big flag. . .now we have to vote, participate,
pay taxes, be responsible. I was feeling
happy but at the same time sad because now
I have to renounce my other nationality. I
was thinking about how grateful and happy
I am here but also thinking about my grand-
father, my school when I was a child, going
to church and playing with my friends."

Two days later she and Pat Shropshire
were on a plane to Washington, D.C. to
mark the occasion. "I wanted to celebrate
vvdth her," Pat said. And so they did in true
ail-American tourist fashion, visiting the
National Gallery, the White House, the
Capitol building, the Supreme Court, the
World War II Memorial, the Vietnam War
Memorial ("all the memorials!") And, they
visited the original "Star Spangled Banner"
at the Smithsonian Institution.

This summer, Angela hopes to have an
internship with the International Refugee
Committee. "Ever since I was little, I wanted
to be a doctor," she said, "but everything
that has happened in my life makes me
think it would be better to help more people
like me."

People like her are pretty special, Shropshire
thinks, and the feeling is clearly mutual. "I
love the classes here, I love the professors,"
Angela said. "One of the reasons I think this
is home is not just because of my citizenship
but because of people like Pat."

"This family is real easy to love," Shropshire
said. "They are good-hearted, hard-working,
loving people."

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An area preschool group visifed the
pus, explored our "castles," made their own
crowns, and met Peley. The future Petrels went
home with their own stuffed Peteys as
mementos of their visit.

Congratulations to the Oglethorpe 2009
NCAA Championship Men's Golf Team
and Coach Jim Owen, who received their
championship rings during a ceremony at
the historic East Lake Golf Club on March
31. President Schall was presented with
the Championship Trophy. This marked
the first national athletic championship in
Oglethorpe's history.

^; The Oglethorpe campus was transformed
^t into a movie set in late May. Scenes from
I Minutes, starring Brittany Snow, were
shot in Luplon Auditorium, fHearst Great fHall
and the library. Twenty lucky students
worked as extras.

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Sporting a new look, the once all-white
Center for Civic Engagement passenger
vans are now wrapped in Petrel pride.

Kendall Gault '10 accepted her Oglethorpe
ring from President Schall at the inaugural
Gray Stone and Mortar Ring Ceremony
tradition during Alumni Weekend.

Professor Peter Kower conducted a seminar
with potential Petrels, who converged on
the OU campus during the annual JEO
Scholarship Weekend in January.

On the morning of May 8, 2010, the

Oglethorpe quadrangle was filled

with hugs and happy tears as the 17^^

Anniversary Class of 2010 celebrated

a life milestone with their families,

friends, faculty, and staff. We wish

each one of you the very best in

making lives, livings, and differences!

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