ALUMNINEWS
An Alumni Newsletter for Centenary College of Louisiana
SUMMER 2012
Greetings, Centenary alumni!
I am thrilled to share with you our newly crafted alumni newsletter! In the pages
that follow you’ll find information tailored especially for graduates of Centenary
College: alumni profiles, news on services for alumni, information on alumni
chapters nationwide, and, of course, updates on your former classmates through
class notes and other announcements.
We plan to send this newsletter in conjunction with the publication of Encircle, a
new magazine issued by Centenary College. Alumni News will be shared in the
summer and winter quarters, while Encircle will be issued in the fall and spring.
If you didn’t receive a copy of Encircle in April, we would be
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College’s main site. Information will be available to you in a more
centralized, updated space at centenary.edu/alumni starting in mid-June.
Finally, we hope you’ll stay in touch with us! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and
online. We also want to know where you are and what you’re up to, so be sure to share
your updates when you can. Of course, we’d always love to see you face-to-face at
Table of
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National Alumni Chapter
Information..................... 2
Homecoming in November or at alumni events hosted in your area. You’ll find more
Alumni Profile:
Stephen Pitters ’71............ 3
information on this and more inside. We hope you enjoy!
Class Notes.................... 4-16
Marriages and Births............17
Best wishes,
In Memoriam ................18-19
New Service for Alumni.........20
Alumni Award Recipients.......20
Saige Wilhite Solomon ‘05
Director of Alumni & Family Relations
Athletics:
Maxximum Impact............21
Class Agents and Giving....22-27
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CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
ATLANTA, GA
Susanna Miller ’03
Geographic Alumni Chapters
are a way to stay engaged with
Centenary from afar.
They are organized in cities that house 150+ alumni.The types of
events and their frequency vary in each chapter depending on the
number of alumni in the area and the amount of leadership we have
among those alumni. Chapter events are a great way to meet other
Centenary alumni, learn about things happening at the College,
network with fellow alumni, and stay connected!
We also organize events in non-chapter cities on occasion.
Interested in having a Centenary alumni event in your area?
Contact the alumni office today to find out how!
alumni@centenary.edu or 800.259.6447
AUSTIN, TX
Lisa Bounds ’05
BATON ROUGE, LA
Beth Bonner DeVille ’99
CENTRAL ARKANSAS/LITTLE ROCK, AR
President needed
Contact us at alumni@centenary.edu to volunteer!
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX
Beth Geis ’09
HOUSTON, TX
President needed
Contact us at alumni@centenary.edu to volunteer!
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Jared Frank ’06
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER, LA
Corey Shadd ’09
WASHINGTON DC
President needed
Contact us at alumni@centenary.edu to volunteer!
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STEPHEN PITTERS
By Dena Pruett
From his career as a clinical social
worker to writing poetry to quoting
T. S. Eliot to hosting a radio show,
alumnus Stephen Pitters ’71 knows how
to capture the attention of his audience.
local communities through building and teaching.
Pitters found that many people were committed to
making his Centenary experience as positive as
possible even if he never knew their names.
Pitters holds master’s degrees in clinical social
work and public health as well as a teaching
certificate from Gonzaga University. Now retired
from clinical work, he taught stress and anger
management groups, couple communication, and
parenting.
“Before I could go, this other fellow comes by and
tells me to stay put with my friends, and he would
look after it. So, he intervened, and I don’t know what
happened to this day. I saw the same guy the next
day on campus. He never talked to me. I never talked
to him. We were never friends, but he took care of a
possibly negative situation and made it positive.”
It was while attending Centenary that Pitters first
started writing poetry, and he has since published
two collections of his work, Bridges of Visions and
Walks Through the Mind. Walks Through the Mind
begins with a retrospective of academic and social
survival in the South of the late 60s. The tales are
taken directly from Stephen’s own experience at
Centenary as one of the first African-American
students on campus.
A Panama City native who grew up in New York
City, Pitters purposely chose to attend college in the
South. Growing up in the northern United States,
he read reports of the Freedom Riders and riots that
were not uncommon in the South in the 60s.
“I didn’t come to break down barriers. I came to
Centenary to go to school and find out for myself
what it was like to be in the South.”
On his very first day at Centenary, after playing flag
football with some other students who hailed from
the east coast, Pitters’ southern experience began.
“We decided to go to the greasy spoon across the
street. I thought, ‘Now I’m ready for reality to set
in: Are they going to serve me in this place?’ What
happened caught me completely off guard. They
served me, but they would not serve the guys I was
with, who were all white. The guy at the counter
told me, ‘The law says I have to serve you. I don’t
have to serve them.’”
At the same time, many experiences afforded by his
Centenary education left a positive impression on
Pitters. He was able to travel to Mexico and Alaska
with professors during his college years, helping
Hanging out with his friends one night after a
football game, a guy asked Pitters to step outside.
Encounters such as these are the inspiration for
his upcoming book of poetry, Currencies of Life,
due out next year. Chance meetings with women
of different ages in the course of one day created
a thread for the poet, causing him to examine his
own behavior at various stages in his life.
“Using these women, I was able to blend them and
put it together like a collage of adventures so each
one flows into the next. How did you evolve? What
are your attitudes? How did they change? Have you
grown? What have you become?”
Asked what his creative process is, Pitters quotes
T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,”
“And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the
taking of toast and tea.” He spends two to three hours
a day reading poetry, writing, and revising drafts.
Besides writing, he also hosts The Spokane Open
Poetry Program on KYRS Thin Air Community
Radio 92.3 FM. Stephen welcomes musicians and
prose readers, playing their original tapes during
his 30-minute show. All ages of poets are invited,
from 6-60 and 8-80. He has been associated with
KYRS since its inception. Pitters was surprised to
discover that the radio show has been a great way
to connect with Centenary alumni and has received
emails from a few classmates.
Looking back on his college days during the late
60s and early 70s, Pitters focuses on the positive.
“I think what Centenary taught me is that you
cannot go into a situation with bias. There are good
people everywhere. I found good people here.”
“I think what
Centenary taught
me is that you
cannot go into
a situation with
bias. There are
good people
everywhere.
I found good
people here.”
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classnotes
May 1, 2010 – April 10, 2012
1947
Joseph Reeks, Shreveport, LA, is
now retired. He attended Centenary
fall semester 1940 and transferred
to Tulane University at mid-term.
He left Tulane in 1943 to join the
Marine Corps. He took part in the
invasion of Guam and Iwo Jima.
He returned to Centenary after his
discharge in 1946 and graduated
in 1947.
1950
Thomas Camp, Sewanee, TN,
is a retired librarian in the School
of Theology at the University of
the South. He is a member of
Sewanee Emeritus Association,
Sewanee Civic Association, and a
board member of the Cumberland
Center for Justice and Peace. He
received his MS in Library Science
from LSU in 1953 and did a postgraduate year at Divinity School,
Vanderbilt University.
Perry Smith, Tyler, TX, is a
Certified Public Accountant in
Texas. He is currently employed at
Tyler Junior College in the Small
Business Development Center.
1951
Glenn Hilburn, Woodway, TX,
taught at Baylor University for 40
years (1961-2001). He retired
with the official title of Professor
Emeritus, The George W. Baines
Professor of Religion, and
Department of Religion Chair. He
was the longest serving National
President of Omicron Delta Kappa,
oldest national leadership honor
society (1978-1986). He was
initiated at Centenary in 1951.
1954
Connie Rea, Winter Haven, FL, is
a retired professor of English and
one of Centenary’s basketball AllAmericans. He was inducted into
the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987.
He is also a registered day trader of
equities.
1955
Jack Halliburton, Rockwall, TX,
was commissioned in the Regular
Army in 1955. He worked for the
Chrysler Corporation Missile
Division and the Collins Radio Co/
Rockwell International Corporation
and retired in 1983. He later worked
as an Assistant United States
Attorney and retired in 2002. Since
2002, he has served as a professor
at the University of Phoenix Dallas/
Ft. Worth Campus.
Tex Mitchell, Grand Junction,
CO, is the President of Aspen
Designs.
1956
Harry Horton, Elizabeth, LA, is
retired.
Jerry Orr, Lawton, OK, is retired
from the military.
Carl Stephens, Houston, TX, is
retired.
1958
Mike Fess, Little Rock, AR,
earned a degree in physics from
Centenary College in 1958 and
went on to a career in real estate
development in Shreveport, LA,
for over thirty-five years. An
artist most of his life, he enrolled
six others to found the Red River
Sculpture Society in 1994, and
he has been its chairman ever
since. Michael was inducted into
the regional Sculpture Hall of
Fame in 1998 and helped found
the regional Visual Arts Hall of
Fame in 1999. He moved to
The following class notes were submitted by alumni
between May 1, 2010 and April 10, 2012.
Class notes are subject to content editing by the
Offices of Alumni Relations and External Relations.
Little Rock, AR, in 2001 where he
has served on the board of the
Arkansas League of Artists, been a
member of the Arkansas Sculpture
Guild, and created a gallery
at his residence. He became a
Master Gardener in 2006 in order
to focus on his unique garden
sculpture. He does volunteer work
at Wildwood Park for the Arts. The
garden at his residence was on the
Little Rock Garden Tour in 2008,
and his garden sculpture led him
to be elected 2010 Chairman of
the Central Arkansas Horticultural
Society. He has been married to
Sue Wilson Fess, his childhood
sweetheart, for over fifty years.
They raised four children and
have fourteen grandchildren. His
new book, What Do We Do With
What We’ve Learned, has just been
released.
Charles Wilder, Jackson, NJ, is
a CPA at AICPA, NJSCAP. He spent
25 years as a pilot for TWA before
his 25+ years as a CPA. He has
also participated in the Orchestra
By The Sea Chorus (Professional
Chorus) for 5 years.
1959
Warren West, Shreveport, LA, is
a doctor at Ob/Gyn Associates.
1960
Mary Lou Gassen Blakeman,
West Monroe, LA, is a member
of the National Association of
School Psychologists. She retired
as a Nationally Certified School
Psychologist in September 2008.
For the last 16 years, she has
worked as a school psychologist
at Swanson Center for Youth in
Monroe, Louisiana. Swanson is
a secure setting for ajudicated
males, ages 12 through 21, run by
the Juvenile Justice Department of
Louisiana. She and her husband,
Warren, have three children, all of
whom graduated from Centenary.
Earl Cantrelle, Longview, TX, is
a retired United Methodist minister
in the Texas Conference. He holds
degrees from SMU’s Perkins
School of Theology and Drew
University.
1961
Linda Rosett Jordan, Moss
Beach, CA, received her graduate
degree in musicology from the
University of Texas in Austin where
she met and married Charles
Jordan. She has lived mostly in
the San Fransisco Bay area, but
also in New York City, Germany,
and Champaign, IL. Her three
adult children are all professional
musicians with active concert
careers. In California, she has
been a pianist for singers, choirs,
and theater productions, a music
teacher in various subjects for
preschool through high school,
a church choir director, pianist
and organist, and since 1988, the
Chorus Director in a private high
school (retired in 2009). She
took her high school chorus on
22 tours during spring breaks
to various places throughout the
world. She now teaches piano
to three of her grandchildren and
has recently taken up oil and
watercolor painting again.
Joe Ben LaGrone, Oak Ridge,
TN, works independently with
young people who are unemployed
or underemployed mentoring
them in job searches, resume
preparation, interview skills and
communication skills. He was the
manager of Oak Ridge Operations
Office, Dept. of Energy, and
retired in 1995 after a 33+ year
career - 17 as a Senior Executive
Level VI, highest civilian ranking.
He is now President of Socogee
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Corporation which specializes
in consultant services in national
defense, homeland security,
energy, environmental cleanup,
and organization development and
team building.
Janet Gholson Stevenson,
Port Townsend, WA, chaired
the Spokane Human Rights
Commission in Spokane, WA, and
served on that committee for a
number of years. She participates
on the Washington State Veterinary
Board of Governors, PNW Annual
Conference Board of Religion and
Race, American Association of
University Women, and PEO.
1962
Betty Sims Potter, Longview,
TX, is in education.
1963
Tom Arnoldi, Mechanicsburg,
PA, is currently retired. He
is part of the Rotary Club of
Harrisburg, State Street Academy
of Music (Board President), and
is a member of Market Square
Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg
(Elder and Trustee).
Don Couvillon, Bethesda, MD,
works in the government.
Paxton Foster, Shreveport,
LA, received his MS in Systems
Management at University of
Southern California and finally
a PhD from the University of
America. He served in the U.S.
Air Force 1963 to 1969 with the
rank of Captain. He then worked in
private industry for 12 years and
went on to join the Federal Civil
Service for 12 years, including
one year at the VA Hospital in
Shreveport. He retired in 1995
and is currently living in Red River
Parish near Hall Summit.
Cookie Burnett Hobbs, Plano,
TX, is in music education and
elementary education.
1964
John Frazer, Concord, CA,
and his wife, Anne, are currently
living in the San Francisco Bay
area. After his wife retires at the
end of July 2012, they will take
a year to travel and “get rid of as
much of their accumulated junk
as possible” before moving to
Monroe, where he still owns the
house that he grew up in. Their
son, Thomas, lives in Brooklyn,
New York, where he is a cook at
the Rosewater restaurant. John
has been retired for three years,
and “without a type A personality,”
he is enjoying indulging himself
by reading mysteries from the
local library and taking long walks
through different San Francisco
neighborhoods.
Tom Head, Washington, D.C.,
had a new book published in
October 2011 that he co-wrote
with Donald Goodman. It is
entitled The Happy Table of Eugene
Walter: Southern Spirits in Food
and Drink.
Lorena Young Watson,
Frankfort, KY, is a member of
Sierra Club, St. Vincent De Paul,
Heifer International, the Peace
& Justice Committee, and Good
Shepherd Roman Catholic Church
in Frankfort, KY. She is retired
from the Legislative Research
Commission, Commonwealth of
Kentucky. She now owns a medical
transcription business.
1965
Bruce Dinwiddie, Metairie, LA,
earned his JD from Tulane Law
School in 1968. He has been
practicing law now for 43 years.
James Mounger, New Orleans,
LA, received the 2010 Guardian
Angel Award from Project Lazarus,
a New Orleans residential facility
for people living with HIV and
AIDS, on June 10, 2010. “The
Guardian Angel is the highest
honor that Project Lazarus bestows
on individuals and organizations
who selflessly give of their time,
talents, financial resources and
leadership abilities on behalf
of those in the HIV and AIDS
community who need our support
most,” said Eric Oleson, Executive
Director of Project Lazarus.
Tommy Sleamaker, Louisville,
KY, received his PhD degree
from The University of Kentucky
in 1969, was in private dental
practice from 1969-1978, and
then worked in dental education
from 1979-2009, retiring in June
of 2009 as an associate professor
at University of Louisville School
of Dentistry. He is involved
with the Honorable Order of
Kentucky Colonels and has
two grandchildren: a grandson,
William David Taylor (Will); and
a granddaughter, Kathryn Jessica
Taylor (Kate).
1966
Louise Harris Benoit,
Shreveport, LA, is currently the
general advisor for Zeta Tau Alpha
and the President of Beta Iota
House Corp.
Rodney Cage, Newnan, GA,
went to LSU and then worked
for IBM after Centenary. He had
a great career at IBM and then
decided to move to a smaller
environment. He and a few friends
formed an executive consulting
company which they ran for about
10 years until selling to a French
firm. Along the way he formed a
great family with four wonderful
children. He is retired now and
lives in a small town outside of
Atlanta. He enjoys renovating
his old colonial home, playing
golf, fishing, duck hunting, taking
grandkids waterskiing and being
“gramps.”
Steve Clinton, Ashland, OR,
and his wife, Judy, moved from
Shanghai to Ashland, Oregon, 8
years ago. He is now retired but
spends most of his time teaching
at the local university’s senior
learning center and traveling to
various parts of the world. He also
does traditional black and white
photography as a hobby and sings
in a local choir. They love living
in the Rogue Valley where “the
mountain scenery is beautiful, the
local wine is delicious, and the
weather is fine.”
Hank Gowen, Doyline, LA,
is currently an attorney. He is
a member of the Lousiana Bar
Association and served as a
member on the LSU Board of
Supervisors from 2004-2010.
Lynn Taylor Hoggard, Wichita
Falls, TX, serves as a humanities
coordinator, English professor and
French professor at Midwestern
State University.
Jim Carver, Baton Rouge, LA, is
the owner of The Carver Law Firm
as of July 1, 2011.
Leonard Critcher, Dallas, TX,
is a vice president and senior
wealth planner. He received an
MA at Ohio University in 1968.
After writing and publishing three
non-fiction books, he is excited
about the release of his first novel,
Drawing The Line, which takes
place at Centenary College in
1963-64.
Mary Sorrows Hughes,
Shreveport, LA, is the owner
of Sorrows Hughes Art Studio.
She is a freelance artist and is
active in music, playing the flute
and singing in her church. She
enjoys gardening, exercising,
reading, and animals and is
interested in ecology and leaving
a smaller footprint on our planet.
She is a member of the Hoover
Watercolor Society, active member
of St. Luke’s United Methodist
Church, in the church choir,
involved in Louisiana Artists, Inc.,
Southwestern Watercolor Society,
and many other organizations. She
returned to Centenary to receive a
teaching certificate.
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Nita-Fran Hutcheson, Texarkana,
TX, took over the position of
executive director for Main Street
Texarkana, the only bi-city, bistate Main Street program in the
nation, on August 16, 2010. She
will also act as consultant for the
Texarkana Chamber of Commerce
in marketing, communications, and
tourism development.
Matt Lowe, Nacogdoches, TX,
is a professor of Obstetrics &
Gynecology at UTMB.
1968
Ralph Borenstein, Tomball,
TX, is the National Director of
Operations for Jack Henry and
Associates.
Charles Grubb, Shreveport, LA,
is currently a Parish Attorney for
Caddo Parish.
Lain Causey, The Woodlands,
TX, recently received the Red
Cross’s Exceptional Volunteer
Leadership Award for his work
involving Red Cross Shelters. He
is an active member of the Greater
Houston Area Chapter, serving as
an instructor for various Red Cross
courses, a member of the Disaster
Action Team, and liason with
various church and public groups
organizing shelters and training
staff workers. Lain retired from
ExxonMobil in 2004 after more
than 30 years of service in the U.S.
and abroad. He and his wife, Mary,
reside in The Woodlands where
he is also an active member of his
church’s orchestra and jazz band.
Charles Self, Lake Charles, LA, is
a health and safety principal.
Charles Van Steen, Broomfield,
CO, is retired.
Marie Junkin Jones, PhD,
Houston, TX, and J.B. Jones have
been in Houston since graduating
from Centenary in 1968. J.B. has
worked for the family company,
Jones Oil, Inc., ever since. Marie
taught school, had three kids,
worked for Jones Oil, went back
to graduate school, and is back
working at the company again. “Life
is good.”
Jacque Walston, Denton, TX, is
active with RSVP (Retired Senior
Volunteer Projects) and the Medical
Reserve Corps in Denton, Texas.
She is currently retired after a long
career as administrative assistant
and legal assistant for several large
companies.
Tom McClurg, Brookeland, TX,
is a partner and co-owner of North
Star Gasifiers, LLC, an alternative
energy manufacturing company. He
consults on business development
projects with numerous companies
in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
the Carribean, and Europe.
NY, was a teacher in Elwood Public
Schools January 1970 - June
2004 and retired as a teacher and
dean of students. He retired to the
town of Huntington where he is
the Coordinator of Summer PreSchool/Playground Program.
Richard Schmidt, Milton, GA,
is the VP Eastern Sales for GATX
Corporation. He is involved with
Kappa Sigma and is a Charter
Organization rep for Boy Scouts of
America.
1969
Pat Bissonnet, Houston, TX, is
retired as Director of Diversity and
Fair Employment Practices with
Continental Airline in 2006.
1970
Richard Friend, East North Port,
1971
Robert Dueease, Nashville, TN,
is currently the President of Robert
Dueease Sales.
Ann Wilhelm Sell, Fort Myers,
FL, is the owner of Mediation First
and active member of Cypress
Lake Methodist Church, Legal
Aid Society of Lee County Vice
President, and the President of
the Association of Family Law
Professionals. She has a master
of science in counseling from
the University of Central Florida.
She has 30 years of counseling
experience and nearly 20 years
experience as a Florida Supreme
Court certified Family Court and
Dependency Court Mediator. She
lost her husband of 30 years to
cancer in December 2005 and her
sons, who were at the University
of Florida at the time, lost their
dad. Both of her “wonderful young
men” graduated from University
of Florida and were married in
2008 to lovely young women (also
University of Florida graduates) so
her family is expanding.
Chuck Simmons, Houston, TX,
is in his thirteenth year of service
as the Senior Minister of Memorial
Drive UMC in Houston, TX.
Farid Tranjan, Concord, NC,
is a professor at UNC Charlotte.
He holds a PhD in electrical
engineering.
Brown Word, Austin, TX, and his
wife, Nancy ’70 are now retired,
living in Austin and enjoy nothing
more than traveling with their
Centenary family.
1972
Steve Brown, Denver, CO, is a
Senior Assistant Attorney General
at State of Colorado, Attorney
General’s Office. He received a JD
at the University of Denver in 1981.
He is currently involved in Team
Transplant.
Theresa McConnell, Shreveport,
LA, is a Reverend as well as a
Doctor in Clinical Social Work.
She previously served as a board
member in the Shreveport-Bossier
Mental Health Association as
well as a board member with the
Samaritan Center, Shreveport.
Since 1999 she has lived with
family in Shreveport where she
has served as Associate Pastor
(Noel Memorial UMC-5 years),
Senior Pastor (Keithville United
Methodist-5 years), and is now
serving Lakeview UMC as of June
16, 2009.
Bill Rodgers, Shreveport, LA,
is the President at Mechanical
Concepts.
Ray Teasley, Aurora, OR, is
retired.
1973
Bob Cooke, Oklahoma City,
OK, was inaugurated as the new
president of the Oklahoma Country
Medical Society (http://o-c-m-s.
org) on Saturday, January 15, 2011.
Chris Middleton, Shreveport,
LA, is a surface land manager with
Exco Production Company, LP. He
is an active member of Noel United
Methodist Church in Shreveport,
LA. He taught primarily math in the
Caddo Parish School System for 5
1/2 years before changing careers
to the petroleum industry in the fall
of 1980. He has been in petroleum
land management for approximately
27 years. He is the father of Kristen
’05, Brian ’07, and Erin ’08, all
graduates of Centenary. Kristen is
a third- generation alumna of the
Centenary College Choir. Chris is
also father-in-law to Adam Blancher
’02, husband of Kristen, and
grandfather to their sons, Thomas
Blancher, born 7/18/08 and Evan
Blancher, born 12/13/10.
1974
Don Birkelbach, Friendswood,
TX, has an MBA from Southern
Methodist University. He was a
career banker from 1975-2003 and
moved to Houston, Texas, in 1981.
Randy Casey, Liberty Ville, IL,
spent an extended period of time
in Germany the summer of 2010.
There he played the organ at the
Castle Church in Wittenberg for
a Sunday morning service where
Martin Luther is buried, played a
recital at the Castle Church, and
played for a Sunday morning
service at the Church of the Three
Kings in Dresden. Currently, he is
the Director of Music at the Holy
Cross Lutheran Church of Liberty
Ville, IL.
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Tom Musselman,
Fredericksburg, TX, has been a
public school teacher for the past
19 years and teaches AP U.S.
History and AP U.S. Government
and Politics at Fredericksburg
H.S., in Fredericksburg, Texas. He
began his political career when he
was elected to the Fredericksburg
City Council in May of 2005,
and reelected in 2007 and 2009.
Tom was elected Mayor of
Fredericksburg in May of 2010.
He and his wife Kelly have been
married for 28 years. Their son,
Karl-Thomas, is a graduate of the
University of Texas at Austin, and
is a political consultant. Tom’s
website is tommusselman.com.
Cherry Payne, Santa Fe, NM,
retired on September 3, 2010,
after serving for 34 years as a
park ranger/manager with the
National Park Service. Her last
job was Superintendent of Glacier
Bay National Park and Preserve
in Gustavus, Alaska. She and
her husband, Bob Howard, have
settled in Santa Fe, NM, where
they spend their free time debating
and implementing household
improvements, skiing, and
traveling. Cherry also volunteers at
the Santa Fe Humane Society and
Animal Shelter when not working
out at the gym or running in
preparation for her next harebrained
adventure.
John Wilson, Norfolk, VA, has
worked in the pharmaceutical
industry since Centenary. In
preparation for his next career as
a “third-rate hack novelist,” John
has written The Socius Vaccine, a
medical thriller, which is available
through online booksellers. John
has two sons and three grandsons.
Alan Wolf, Houston, TX, is a sales
representative.
1975
Rusty Bethley, Covington, LA,
captured the Gold Medal in Men’s
age 55-59 bowling competition at
the 2011 Senior Olympics National
Games held in Houston on June
16-19, 2011. Rusty earned a spot
in the National Games by winning
his local and state tournaments. He
complied a score of 722 on games
of 254-276-192 in the final round
to win the championship and bring
the first Gold Medal to the state of
Louisiana in bowling competition.
The top eight competitors from two
prior days of qualifying advanced
to the medal round Saturday
afternoon.
Millie Feske, Ardmore, PA,
is a tenured assistant professor
of theology at Saint Joseph’s
University.
Kathy Heffron, Tulsa, OK, is a
doctor.
Kenneth Johnson, Danville,
VA, received an MLS from the
University of Alabama. He is the
author of four books: The Masters
Revealed (SUNY Press, 1994),
Initiates of Theosophical Master
(SUNY Press, 1995), Edgar Cayce
in Context (SUNY Press, 1998),
and Pell Mellers (Backintyme
Publications, 2008). He is also
the coauthor of two books: The
Inner West (Tarcher/Penguin,
2004) and Carolina Genesis
(Backintyme Publications, 2010).
He is the former VP and current
Outings Chair of Dan River Basin
Association. He is also the current
corresponding secretary of the
Melungeon Heritage Association.
Lawana Perry, Waco, TX,
received her master’s in education
at Endicott College in Beverly, MA.
Craig Margo, Oklahoma City, OK,
left more than Wyoming in the rear
view mirror as he moved back to
his hometown of Oklahoma City in
2000. Little did he know, he was
starting down a path to closing out
a 32+ year career in psychological
healthcare service. In 2009, he
tapped an entrepreneurial spirit he
didn’t know he had and started up
Sure Beats Walking. He bought
five Segways and began providing
“glided tours” of the Bricktown area
of OKC and along the Oklahoma
River. Craig “successfully
negotiated the tricky path of small
business, overcoming the by-ways
of politics and the small interest
groups to emerge as a successful
entrepreneur,” no doubt due, in
large part, to his education at
Centenary.
Laura Arthur Porter, Metairie,
LA, is an educational diagnostician
for the Jefferson Parish Public
School System.
Edward Miller, Venus, TX, after
attending SMU Perkins School of
Theology, worked to support his
wife while she finished her theology
degree. Later, he became a bassist
in the DFW area, playing in several
bands before being disabled. He’s
happily married and lives in the
country with his two dogs.
Charles Wilson, Euless, TX,
has been a missionary since 1984
with Assemblies of God World
Missions, was former President of
Bible College in Botswana, and is
currently serving at Southwestern
Assemblies of God University in
Waxahachie, TX, as Instructional
Specialist.
1976
Mary Lou Morgan DeGore,
Dallas, TX, also called “Lou,” used
to be a “cat person,” but is now
more of a parrot person. She enjoys
being “mom” to her & her late
husband Napoleon’s “little feathered
son” Chaka the cockatoo. She also
enjoys volunteering with Wings of
Love Bird Haven in Red Oak, TX.
She lost her husband, Napoleon
Anthony DeGore, Jr. ’76 in April of
2011.
Royce Labor, San Antonio, TX,
earned a master’s in business
management in 1998 and retired
from the U.S. Army in 1999 after
8
22 years of service. He participates
in the San Antonio Stock Show and
Rodeo and he is currently working
as a defense contractor.
1977
Kay Grammer Camp,
Shreveport, LA, is a financial
advisor for Edward Jones.
Lee McKinzie, Baton Rouge,
LA, is the Minister of Discipleship
and Faith Formation at University
United Methodist Church.
Mike Nichols, Shreveport, LA, is
currently a petroleum geologist.
Mike Warner, San Mateo, CA,
earned a PhD in organic chemistry
from Indiana University in 1981 and
a JD from St. Louis University in
1998. He is now Assistant General
Counsel for Pfizer Inc.
1978
Dale Cottongim, Stafford, VA, is
currently the Director of Integrated
Warfare Systems at Sayres and
Associates. He received a master
of science in acquisition science
at Navy Postgraduate School in
1991. He was a Navy Supply Corps
Officer for 20 years stationed in
California, Washington State,
Georgia, D.C., and Bahrain. He
was also a contracting specialist.
He is currently involved in Military
Officers Association of America,
Paralyzed Veterans Association,
National Contract Management
Association, and the National
Defense Industrial Association. He
is also married with kids.
Ralph Gipson, New Orleans, LA,
is a PLS.
Mike Hainsfurther, Dallas,
TX, is a corporate attorney at
Munsch Hardt Kopf and Harr.
He is married to the former Lauri
Patterson (her sister Melanie was
a Zeta at Centenary) and they have
three children: Nick, married and
a Captain and Air Force pilot,
transferring to Little Rock from
Colorado Springs; Meredith, a
CPA in Dallas and married; and
Joey, a senior at Baylor playing
baseball. While seeing his son play
at Missouri recently, Mike spent
some time with Wayne Rolfing who
played at Centenary and attended
the game.
Nancy King Lanzillotti, Bossier
City, LA, has been a middle school
librarian since January 2000.
Before that, she taught math,
science, and language arts. She has
a degree in elementary education
and an elementary education
master’s, both from Centenary, and
she received her library science
certification through LSU-S.
1979
Jack Caldwell, Faribault, MN,
received an MBA from Tulane
University in 1981 and his CEcD
- IEDC in 2008. He recently wrote
a book, Pemberley Ranch. He
works for Caldwell Economic
Development Consulting.
Brenda Miller Donner, Seattle,
WA, attended Centenary from 19751978 and was 31 credits short of
graduation when she moved to the
Seattle area. She still considers
herself a Lady Gent! She completed
her undergraduate degree at the
University of Washington, where
she was “pleasantly surprised
to be using a textbook authored
by Dr. Labor!!” Recently, she
earned a master of science in
project management. She is a
self-employed financial analyst,
currently on contract at Microsoft.
She is involved in Concerns of
Police Survivors at local and
national levels, participates in the
Washington State Law Enforcement
Memorial Foundation, the Seattle
Mariners Women’s Club, March
of Dimes, and also holds various
positions at church.
Woodrow Fields, Zeeland, ND,
is retired.
Trey Henry, The Colony, TX, is a
senior sales specialist at Freddie
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Mac. He received a BBA from Texas
Tech Univerisity in Lubbock, Texas,
in 1981.
Elaine McArdle, Cambridge,
MA, received a Silver Award in the
international Mercury Excellence
Awards, for a feature article she
wrote, “Resurrection,” about a law
professor’s efforts to bring justice
to two young men murdered by the
Ku Klux Klan in 1964. The Mercury
Excellence Awards were founded
in 1987 to advance the arts and
sciences of communications in
an international arena, and more
than 760 entries from 21 countries
were submitted for the 2010/2011
competition. Elaine’s article was
published in Northeastern Law
School Magazine. The Migraine
Brain (Free Press, 2008), a book
Elaine co-authored with Harvard
neurologist Dr. Carolyn Bernstein,
was a finalist for the 2009 Books for
a Better Life Award.
Selwyn Roberts, Ross-Shire,
has been living in Scotland for
30 years. He plays in Scottish
traditional music dance bands.
Paul Shuey, Arlington, VA, is
a senior engineer and project
manager at Horne Engineering
Services, LLC.
Marshall Taylor, New York, NY,
is a self-employed art director/
creative director and is involved
in St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal
Church. He is also a singer and
member of the board of the Empire
City Men’s Chorus. In preparation
for their upcoming concerts entitled
“Glee” on May 16 and 20, Marshall
had the chorus pose at the Alma
Mater statue at Columbia University
for a photo shoot. The concert
traces the roots of the collegiate
choral tradition from 17th-century
England to the present day glee
clubs in American colleges and
universities. The chorus has
two other Centenary alumni, as
well: Scott Brown ’08 and Nolan
Budgewater II ’08.
Helen Daigle Thornton, Athens,
TX, is a site coordinator at Helping
Hands Christian Women’s Job
Corps.
Van Wilson, Tacoma, WA, works
in the Sumner school district.
1980
Pete DeBuys, Smyrna, GA, is
a vice president in real estate
at Renova Partners, LLC. He
completed his theological studies
at Austin Presbyterian Seminary.
He is involved in St. Benedict’s
Episcopal Church Vinings/Smyrna,
GA, Advisory Board, St. Benedict’s
Day School Board of Directors,
Smyrna Academy of Excellence,
and Formation Committee for
Smyrna YMCA.
Beaver Fuller, Converse, TX,
is currently working as a defense
contractor in the MRAP Ambulance
Program for the U.S. Army as
the Senior MRAP Ambulance
Project Officer. He retired from
the U.S. Army after 23 years and
7 months as a Lt. Colonel. In this
time, he acquired a master of
arts degree in procurement and
acquisition management at Webster
University. He is certified in the
U.S. Army Medical Department
Asquisition Management Specialty
and a graduate of the U.S. Army
Command and General Staff
College. He now also completes
volunteer work at his youngest
daughter’s school.
Brent Henley, Lafayette, LA,
recently published his first book,
The neXus Initiative, which is now
available on Amazon.com or through
his publisher CorvusPress.com.
1981
Karen Koelemay Boston,
Murfreesboro, TN, is currently a
director of a preschool.
Marty Fulmer Ducote, Baton
Rouge, LA, is the owner of Marty
Ducote, The Computer Coach, LLC.
She is a member of St. Andrew’s
United Methodist Church (along
with her fellow alumna Lenora
Sullivan ’91) and also is a member
of the Parent Advisory Council
at the Woman’s Hospital NICU.
She is a self-employed computer
trainer, specializing in one-on-one
training for small businesses and
non-profits, and is the mother of a
soon-to-be college freshman.
Jody Eldred, Castaic, CA,
works in TV/Film as a director,
cameraman, and writer. He’s
recently been having some fun, too,
completing the Bondurant School
of High Performance Driving Grand
Prix Racing Course and being
promoted to Purple Belt in Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu by instructor and Ultimate
Fighting legend Royce Gracie. He
stays in regular contact with former
Centenary buddies Dr. David PenriEvans ’78 near London, England,
and Selwyn Roberts ’79 outside
Inverness, Scotland.
Cindy Gleason Johnson,
Shreveport, LA, is an account
executive at KMSS FOX 33. She
is active at First United Methodist
Shreveport in the Chancel Choir,
the Shreveport Bossier Advertising
Federation as Former Image Award
Chair, the Centenary College
Alumni National Board (President
2009-2010), Shreveport-Bossier
Chi Omega Alumnae Chapter,
North Shreveport Lions Club, and
Blueprint Louisiana.
Bob Taylor, Carlinville, IL, is a
minister.
1982
Mike Corbin, Shreveport, LA,
is a financial service professional
at Allstate Financial Services.
He currently serves on the
Shreveport Regional Arts Council
as a designer, at the Red River
Revel as a volunteer supervisor,
at Friends of Barnwell Center as a
board member, and is a member
of the Red River Road Runners. He
received his MA in human relations
and supervision at Lousiana Tech
University. Other than the fun of
work and enjoying good red wine
with friends, he is an avid runner
completing 4 marathons and a
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volunteer for community events
such as the Red River Revel, the
Barnwell Jazz Series, Goodwill,
and Christmas in the Sky. He also
serves on the Shreveport City
Council (District D).
Mark Evans, Forney, TX, is a
senior regional account manager at
Epiq Systems Inc.
Teri Oates Rosenzweig,
Folsom, CA, is a controller at
Woodland Motors Corp. She
moved from Shreveport to Folsom,
California in 1988, raising her
children while working as a
controller in the automotive field.
In March 2005, she married Bob
Rosenzweig, formerly of Shreveport
and a captain with America West
Airlines which later became US
Airways. The following year
their lives turned into a struggle
for survival as he battled a very
aggressive form of head and neck
cancer, which he lost in December
2006. She misses him terribly but
cherises her memories as well as
the opportunities each new day
brings as she goes on. She is now
singing in the Chancel Choir at
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church and
enjoys lots of Tahoe snow skiing
and time with her children as they
prepare for college.
1983
Libby Andress, Shreveport, LA,
is a travel consultant at Caraway
Travel Inc. She is currently
attending BPCC for a career in
respiratory therapy/nursing. She
serves on the Shreveport-Bossier
Chi Omega Alumnae board, the
Centenary Alumni Board as Choir
Affinity co-chair, is active in the
Shreveport Opera Guild as well
as First United Methodist Church,
choirs etc.
Deborah Greer Gilbert,
Longview, TX, is currently the
Director of Music at LeTourneau
University.
Steve Holt, Bossier City, LA, is an
assistant professor at Holt Medical.
David Langston, Shreveport, LA,
is Manager of Customer Service
and Marketing at SWEPCO which
includes Arkansas, Lousiana, and
Texas. He has worked for SWEPCO/
AEP in Shreveport since 1986.
Larry McCammon, Ypsilanti,
MI, is a practice management
coordinator at the University of
Michigan Hospital.
1984
Richard Wallace, Saint
Petersburg, FL, is the Social
Development Director at the
Pinellas County Job Corps Center.
1985
Christine Hummer Atwell, Fort
Worth, TX, is a staff pharmacist at
Express Scripts.
Abraham Campos, Waskom,
TX, is working on his EdD from
Phoneix online and is a bilingual
consultant speaking both English
and Spanish.
Curtis Robertson, New York,
NY, recently celebrated his third
wedding anniversary with Mark
Ferrante, and even more recently
turned 50, and is selling the large
studio co-op apartment that made
its way into the book Apartment
Therapy Presents Real Homes, Real
People, Hundreds of Real Design
Solutions to buy a one-bedroom
apartment now that they both live
and work fulltime in New York City.
1986
Cheryl Dring, Sacramento, CA, is
the Classical Music Director with
Capital Public Radio.
Jeffery McDonald, Chandler, TX,
is the Senior Pastor at First United
Methodist Church.
Dee Love Milam, Minden, LA, is
a Software Engineer for IBM.
Connie Thode Whittington,
Shreveport, LA, is the executive
assistant to the President of
Centenary College.
1987
Libby Rogers Distad, Katy, TX,
is a hospice referral coordinator at
Memorial Hermann Hospice.
Lee Ann Burnham Snyder,
Pineville, LA, is a Title I computer
lab teacher.
Craig Spence, Shreveport, LA, is
a branch manager at IBERIABANK.
1988
Robert Besser, Sour Lake,
TX, is a pastor at Wesley United
Methodist Church.
Frank Carroll, Shreveport, LA, is
a managing partner at Mayer, Smith
& Roberts, LLP.
Adam Myers, Midlothian, TX,
joined Methodist Health System
beginning June 7, 2010, in the
newly created position of Chief
Medical Officer and Senior Vice
President for the system.
Marijane Buck Nguyen,
Chandler, AZ, is a board-certified
music therapist. She holds the
position as secretary/treasurer
of The Arizona Music Therapists
Association and is also involved
with the American Music Therapy
Association. She earned her MSW
at Arizona State University in 2011
and completed the Music Therapy
Equivalency Program at Arizona
State University in 2008.
Heather Horton Reisman,
Austin, TX, works at the Texas
Education Agency (TEA) practicing
special education law.
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1989
Nancy Berger-Schneider, Grand
Island, NE, is a deputy county
attorney at Hall County Attorney’s
Office. She received a JD from the
University of Idaho College of Law
in 2002.
Sherry Thompson Campbell,
Saint Amant, LA, is teaching
again on a part time basis. She is
teaching high school chemistry to
six home-schooled students.
Sarah Lee Hamm, Shreveport,
LA, is an account manager at
Cobbs, Allen & Hall of LA. She
has her professional designation
as a Certified Insurance Counselor
(CIC).
Bobby and Terry ’90 McKee,
San Jose, CA, moved to California
five years ago when Bobby was
recruited from Merrill Lynch in
Dallas to join Smith Barney in
Menlo Park. About a year after
their move, Terry joined Bobby at
Smith Barney, and they now work
in the same office. They have two
boys, Robert (14 yrs.) and William
(12 yrs.), and a yellow lab, Beaux
(10 yrs.). They all love northern
California and all it has to offer—
especially the weather!
Jennifer Parrish, Cedar Hill, TX,
is an education coordinator and
works in clinical nutrition for UT
Southwestern. Jennifer and her
husband, Mark Parrish, announced
the birth of their son, Nicholas
David Parrish, on December 11,
2009.
Dana Planchard, Baton Rouge,
LA, is an LCSW.
Scott Pollock, Dallas, TX, is
currently working as a builder,
broker and banker for Residential
Mtg, Home Bldg. His also is a
contract home builder, house
remodeler, and working with
mortgage financing.
Peanut Price, Slidell, LA,
received his Master of Divinity from
Perkins School of Theology at SMU
and is now Senior Pastor at First
United Methodist Church Slidell.
Leonard Wennmohs, New York,
NY, is an Estate Manager and still
enjoys playing tennis.
John Winborn, San Diego, CA, is
back in Dallas and working as CIO
for the Dallas Cowboys.
in tax and business planning. His
wife, Connie, also received her law
degree from the University of Texas
but has now changed her career to
fulltime mom. He is a member of the
board of directors for the Houston
chapter of Texas Accountants and
Lawyers for the Arts and is involved
in a number of other professional
organizations. He serves on the
membership committee of Royal
Oaks Country Club.
1990
Christopher Ehrlich, Wallburg,
Susan Buchanan Jones,
Longview, TX, is a doctor of
audiology at Trinity Mother Frances
Health System.
1991
Travis Bonnette-Kim,
Richard Murphy, Philadelphia,
PA, is the Director of Operations at
Platypus Inc. In 1996, he graduated
from the University of Delaware
with an MS in material culture.
NC, is the pastor of Wallburg
Baptist Church.
Wilmington, MA, is a senior pastor.
He graduated with an MDiv from
Garrett-Evangelcial Theological
Seminary in 1994.
Allyson Adair George, Garland,
TX, has been the Director of
Children’s Ministry at First United
Methodist in Richardson, TX,
since 2002. She holds a master of
religious education from Perkins
School of Theology.
Dominic Konieczki, Cape Coral,
FL, is a deputy sheriff at Lee County
Sheriff’s Office.
Tara Branigan Rodi, Burke, VA,
received her master’s in clinical
psychology from Northwestern
State University.
1992
Christy Graham-Martin, North
Little Rock, AR, is an information
associate at Baptist Health.
Christopher Jones, Houston, TX,
is a partner with Crady, Jewett &
McCulley, LLP, in Houston, Texas.
He received his law degree from the
University of Texas and is now a
transactional attorney specializing
Jeff Payne, Flower Mound, TX,
works in Waste Management
Recycle America and is engaged to
Kristin Hogan as of January 12.
1993
Kenneth Goins, Colleyville, TX,
Mary Jo Sumpter White, Little
Elm, TX, is currently working as a
teacher in the Little Elm ISD.
1994
Louis Hall, Mansfield, LA, is a
financial advisor. He received his
degree in industrial management
from ULM in 1969 and his MBA
from Centenary in 1994. He also
holds his Series 7 Securities
License and Life Insurance License.
Brutus Michael, Poulton-LeFylde, Lancashire, England, is a
lecturer at Blackpool & The Fylde
College.
Yancey Nolan, West Monroe,
LA, is the Director of Human
Resources at United Home Care. He
is a member of NELA SHRM and
National SHRM. He was a nominee
for State of Louisiana Board of
Ethics. He serves as a Deacon
and a member of the Personnel
Committee at First Baptist Church
West Monroe. He and his wife,
Kristi, have three children: Yancey
Jr., John Brady, and Nancy Claire.
Si Sikes, Washington, D.C., works
for National Public Radio.
Denis Poljak, Shreveport, LA,
was awarded a PhD in economics
from the University of Sarajevo on
November 17, 2011. Denis has
worked in the financial services
industry since July 1995. In
addition to his recent PhD, Denis
earned the Certified Investment
Management Analyst (“CIMA”)
designation from the University of
Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
of Business and is a Certified
Financial Planner (“CFP”). Denis
Poljak is a senior partner with
the King Poljak Group at Morgan
Stanley Smith Barney.
Kim Vargas, Vista, CA, was a
finalist for San Diego’s third annual
HR Professional of the Year Awards.
1995
Anne-Marie Bruner, Swardeston,
starred in a production of Jekyll and
Hyde at the Theater Coppell.
Julie Steed Kammer, Metairie,
LA, and her husband, Dall, are the
proud parents of 3-year-old Anna
Grace and 11-month-old triplets,
Sophie, Gaven, and Allen. After
taking some time off, Julie recently
rejoined her law firm Staines &
Eppling, where she is a partner
practicing in the areas of insurance
defense and employment law.
Angie White, Shreveport, LA, is
a vice president at the Northwest
Louisiana Economic Development
Foundation.
Norwich, is a Senior International
Officer (USA) at the University of
East Anglia. She received an MA
in applied linguistics from Cardiff
University in 2007.
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Ginny Bowdon Ellsworth,
Dallas, TX, is the owner of
East Dallas Veterinary Clinic,
PLLC. She is involved with
Altrusa International, Downtown
Dallas- Professional Women’s
Service Organization, White
Rock Republican Women’s PAC
(Officer), Ferguson Road Initiative
(a Local Community Improvement
Organization - Sponsor/ Member)
and First United Methodist Church
Downtown Dallas (Member/
Choir Member). She also works
with several dog rescue groups
to provide low cost veterinary
services.
Denise Wilson Garza, Rockwall,
TX, completed her specialist in
school psychology degree at LSUS
in May 2000. She has worked as a
school psychologist in Louisiana
and Texas. She also owned and
operated a yoga studio for a year.
Unfortunately, it became a casualty
of the economy. She currently lives
in Rockwall, Texas, right outside of
Dallas. She works in the Arlington
Independent School District as
a licensed specialist in school
psychology.
Debbie Griffith Lamkin,
Lafayette, LA, went all over the
place after leaving Centenary
including grad school in Las
Cruces, NM, then a teaching stint in
Hokkaido, Japan. She finally came
back and got married after realizing
teaching wasn’t what she wanted to
do after all. She now works for an
ophthalmologist in Lafayette doing
medical billing.
1996
Alan Brown, Shreveport, LA, just
accepted a job at Sci-Port as the
floor manager. He and his wife,
Dionne ’99, also own CottonTails
diaper service.
Syralja Pyle Griffin, Shreveport,
LA, is a program manager at Early
Childhood Supports & Services.
Jennifer Maher-Bontrager,
Frisco, TX, is a consultant at HP in
the Enterprise Services Worldwide
Marketing Strategy & Operations
group where her primary role is
intranet team lead.
Amy Mieger, Sandy Hook, CT, is
an occupational therapist.
David Orr, Shreveport, LA, is the
head coach of the Men’s Soccer
team at Centenary College.
Renee Sneed, Dallas, TX, was
recently promoted to principal at
the Dallas office of Corgan, one of
the largest U.S.-based architectural
and interior design firms. Prior
to her promotion, Renee served
four years as vice president. She
has overseen the firm’s human
resources department for 11 years,
making Corgan one of the most
highly rated employers in the
architecture and design industry
both locally and nationally.
Kelly Griffin VanLaarhoven,
LaGrange, GA, is a teacher.
Elizabeth Means Culp, Fort
Drum, NY, received her MEd, with
certification in autism intervention,
from University of North Texas.
Her husband is active duty in the
Army, and their family recently
moved to Fort Drum, located near
Watertown, NY (approx. 30 miles
from Canada). She is involved in
the Fort Drum Family Readiness
Group (FRG) and Richville Baptist
Chapel.
David Evans, San Antonio, TX,
was recently recognized as the
Outstanding Young Lawyer in the
State of Texas by the Texas Young
Lawyers Association.
Shay Journo, Sandy Hook, CT,
is the Director of Finance at Pepsi
Beverages Company.
1998
Megan Carter, Brooklyn, NY,
Gaela Youngblood, Shreveport, LA,
is a psychologist at LSU Health
Science Center.
works as the Associate Artistic
Director at Women’s Project
Theater, a 34-year-old off-Broadway
company dedicated to producing
and promoting women playwrights
and directors.
1997
Penny Brobst Blackwell, Irving,
Jeremy Erwin, Hammond, LA,
is an OB/GYN with Magnolia
Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Verne Champagne, Kenner, LA,
worked for Prysm Technologies and
ShreveNet as a website designer
while attending Northwestern
State University for Nursing, after
graduating from Centenary. Upon
graduation, he worked for Ochsner
Clinic Foundation, Tulane Medical
Center, East Jefferson General,
and Willis Knighton as an ER
nurse. In 2010, he graduated from
Northwestern again with a master’s
in nursing and was granted licensure
as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.
Currently, he works for the Colon
Rectal Surgery Service at Oschner
Clinic Foundation in New Orleans.
Dawn Franzen Harvie, Austin,
TX, is a physician assistant. After
graduating from Centenary, she
went on to fulfill her physician
assistant studies at the University of
Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
in 2001. She then worked as a
physician assistant in Urgent Care
in Austin ’02 to ’04 where she met
her husband, Dean. While she was
employed in Internal Medicine in
Las Colinas (Dallas) from ’04 to ’07,
her husband completed his master’s
in physician assistant studies at UT
Southwestern in Dallas. They both
share a passion for running/hiking/
rock-climbing, scuba diving, and
beaches. She moved back to Austin
in September 2007 and is ecstatic
to be back in Austin close to the
Town Lake Trails and her parents/
sister/in-laws/friends/church. She
TX, served as the 2011 President
of the Dallas Association of Young
Lawyers and was recently named
a shareholder of the law firm of
Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
and Dean share a dream to one day
work together again in the same
private practice as PAs. She says
she enjoys “tree-hugging, dirtworshipping, and hanging out at
Hippie Hollow.”
Ramona Frazier-Brown,
Westerville, OH, graduated from
Texas Southern UniversityThurgood Marshall School of
Law in 2001 and was licensed in
November 2001. She had a set of
twin boys on November 2, 2006,
and is now practicing law in San
Antonio, Texas, at Wayne Wright
Lawyers, LLP. She is also licensed
to practice law in Ohio.
Monique Cousins Hoffmeister,
New Orleans, LA, is the Director of
Investments at Entergy Services,
Inc. She received her MBA
with a concentration in energy
finance from Tulane University
in May 2004. She has worked in
finance at Entergy Corporation
in New Orleans for 10 years.
She was promoted in June 2011
to Director of Investments over
their $4B+ benefit plans and $4B
nuclear decommissioning trust
investments.
Dana McLaughlin-Davies,
Leicestershire, is the Business
Development Officer for Quality
Improvement at NIACE.
Tamika Sims, New York, NY, has
a fulltime office job, but is also one
of the artistic gymnastics coaches
for the Wendy Hilliard Foundation,
a non-profit organization that
brings gymnastics to all people.
Wendy Hilliard was a world
champion rhythmic gymnast in the
1980s and 1996 Olympic rhythmic
gymnastics coach for the USA.
James Frederick Van Doren,
New York, NY, after Centenary
attended the London School
of Economics and then the
University of Virginia School of
Law. Currently, he is Director of
Healthcare Investment Banking at
Citi where he primarily provides
mergers and acquisitions advice
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Jeanne Phizacklea, Baltimore,
MD, is the Director of Library &
Information Services at Friends
School of Baltimore.
Beth Stubblefield, Denver,
CO, received her PhD in
neurophysiology/pharmacology
from the University of Colorado
Denver in 2008. She is now
an adjunct professor of
neuroscience and a postdoctoral
neurophysiologist fellow at the
University of Colorado Denver
(UCDHSC).
2001
Evette Barnes, Huntsville, TX,
is a CPT, Deputy SPO, Med Ops
OIC in the U.S. Army. She received
her master of health administration
from La Trobe University in 2004.
as well as debt and equity
underwriting for companies in the
healthcare services industry. He
got engaged in September 2011
to Julia, a San Francisco native.
She will complete her MBA at UNC
Chapel Hill in May and will start
a fulltime position at American
Express.
Jon Veen, Jersey City, NJ, is a
senior attorney advisor in Social
Security Administration.
1999
Danielle Spoehrer Giacalone,
Tomball, TX, is a program manager
in inflammatory breast cancer at UT
MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Meg Green, Cleveland, OH, is the
Executive Producer of the 10 p.m.
and 11 p.m. newscasts at WOIO 19
Action News in Cleveland, Ohio.
Anne Fecht Hanson, Colleyville,
TX, is a physical therapist.
Amy Wallis McLain, West
Monroe, LA, is a clinical outcomes
analyst RN.
Jeremiah Stevens, Chicago, IL,
is the Director of Alumni Relations
at UWC-USA. He holds an MA
in sociology from the University
of Washington and an MEd from
Wright State University.
Kelly Gaines Tooke, Dallas, TX,
is a third grade teacher in DISD.
She has been with the district for
10 years. She teaches reading and
social studies to ESL students
in East Dallas at Mount Auburn
Elementary. She and her husband,
Michael ’01, have a son named
Bryce and a daughter named
Madison. “Life is great,” she says.
2000
La’Tonyia Franklin, Shreveport,
LA, was a research associate for 3
years with the Center of Excellence
in Arthritis & Rheumatology as
well as a research lab manager
for Pharmacology, Toxicology, &
Neuroscience.
Ashley Hunter, Austin, TX, is the
President of HM Risk Group LLC.
Clint Bruce, Montreal, PQ, is a
PhD candidate at Brown University
and is involved in Amnesty
International.
Nathaniel Edwards, Tyler, TX,
is currently living in his hometown
of Tyler, TX, is married to Melissa
Edwards, and has one son, Micah
Chandler Edwards, who was born
on March 29, 2008. He currently
works at a telecommunications
company providing technical and
sales support. His wife is a full-time
student studying for a bachelor’s
degree in social work. He is
working on finishing his teaching
certificate, after which he plans
to teach elementary school with a
focus in bilingual education. As he
states, “We’re a simple, fun-loving,
hard-working family, and we find
joy in spending time with each
other, a few close friends, and our
extended family.”
Valerie Curtis Moore, Houston,
TX, is a scientific advisor in the law
firm of McDermott Will & Emery
LLP and is based in the firm’s
Houston office.
Landon Ogilvie, Longview,
TX, is a partner at Gans & Smith
Insurance Agency. He was named
the André P. Juneau Young Agent
of the Year at the Independent
Insurance Agents of Texas 113th
Annual Conference and Trade Show
on June 14, 2010. This award is
given annually to a young agent in
Texas who has achieved success
through hard work, community
engagement, and industry
participation in a manner that would
be considered exceptional for a
person of his or her age.
Rob Rubel, Shreveport, LA, is a
contractor and works in the sales
department at Fire Tech Systems,
Inc.
Mark Simmons, Baton Rouge,
LA, is the President of Simmons
Asset Management, LLC.
Jeffrey Swope, Austin, TX, is
Managing Director at Jubilee
Capital Partners.
2002
Adam Blancher, Shreveport,
LA, is currently a psychologist.
He earned a PhD in counseling
psychology from Louisiana Tech
University in August 2011. He is
active with his church - Noel United
Methodist Church - Shreveport.
Andrew Farrow, Astoria,
NY, works in the Design and
Engineering Department of
Showman Fabricators, which is a
large scene shop that engineers
and builds scenery for Broadway,
television, fashion, and corporate/
industrial events. His wife, Jo, is a
freelance stage manager who has
spent her time in NYC working in
LORT, off-Broadway, and Broadway
theatres. Andrew received his MFA
in technical design and production
from Yale University - School of
Drama in 2006.
Jay Hood, Coushatta, LA,
graduated from the LSUHSCShreveport Occupational Therapy
Program and is practicing at
Schumpert Hospital in Shreveport.
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Ashley Gaines Mogabgab,
Dallas, TX, is a physcial therapist
and consultant for Aetna. She and
her husband, Owen ’02, have two
girls - Kate (2 yrs) and Becca (9
months).
Owen Mogabgab, Dallas, TX, is
a cardiology fellow at University of
Texas Southwestern.
Sarah King Sarver, Oklahoma
City, OK, received her PhD in music
theory from The Florida State
University and is now teaching at
Oklahoma City University.
Sarah Williams Shoup, Baton
Rouge, LA, is a Deacon in Residence
at St. John’s United Methodist
Church in Baton Rouge, LA. She
received her master of church
ministries degree at Southern
Methodist University in 2004.
2003
Jean Ancelet, Lake Charles, LA,
LSUHSC School of Medicine in
New Orleans. He is now a third year
resident in family medicine at Lake
Charles Memorial Hospital. He
is currently a PGYIII at LSUHSCFamily Medicine.
Becca Eskew, Shreveport, LA, a
School of Allied Health Professions
at LSU Health Shreveport 2011
physician assistant graduate and
class valedictorian, achieved
a perfect 800 on the Physician
Assistant National Certifying Exam.
She now works at Ark-La-Tex
Cardiology in Shreveport.
Chip LeDuff, Norfolk, VA, is
currently an ensign in the US Navy.
He earned a BS at Stephen F. Austin
State University for nursing and
deaf and hard of hearing studies.
He also participates in Boy Scouts
of America.
Christy Melton LeDuff,
Norfolk, VA, received her master of
education degree in early childhood
development from Stephen F.
Austin State University and is now
working as the master teacher for
the Pre-Kindergarten II classroom
at the Stephen F. Austin Early
Childhood Research Center.
Robyn Marchand, Houston,
TX, is an exploration geophysicist
at Marathon Oil Company. She
has been on the AAPG Student
Expo Committee since 2006. She
participated in the Marathon Young
Professional Organization as an
advisory board member in 2008
and social chair in 2009.
Cody McDonald, Irving, TX, is an
Assistant Criminal District Attorney
in the Dallas County District
Attorney’s Office. He holds his Juris
Doctorate from Texas Wesleyan
University.
Rebecca Melanson, Baton
Rouge, LA, received her MS degree
in plant health with a concentration
in plant pathology from Louisiana
State University in Baton Rouge,
LA, in December 2011. She is
currently working on her PhD
degree, also in plant health, at LSU.
Victoria Duffy, Florence, SC,
just finished her doctorate in early
childhood education and relocated
with her husband to Florence,
SC, where they are teaching at the
college level.
Kristin Ballard Holland, Rogers,
AR, is working as the administrative
assistant to the CFO at Crystal
Bridges Museum of American Art.
DeAndre Johnson, Houston, TX,
is the Pastor of Music and Clergy
at Westbury United Methodist
Church. He received a master of
sacred music in 2008 from Perkins
School of Theology, SMU. He is
associated with Northwest Animal
Companions. NWAC is a dog and
cat rescue organization, finding
new permanent homes for stray,
abandoned, or unwanted pets.
nwac-oregon.org
Aimee Patrick, Houston, TX, is a
Landman with Jones Energy, LLC,
out of Austin.
Jennifer Hawkins Laurent,
Texarkana, AR, is the Executive
Director of Randy Sams Outreach
Shelter.
2004
Kathryn Thompson Applegate,
Ivy McLemore, Vienna, VA, is
the Business Office Associate for
Georgetown Day School.
Poway, CA, is the program director
for The BioLogos Foundation.
Chris Bresch, Hallsville, TX, is a
petroleum geologist
Jeff Broussard, Evanston,
IL, participated in an Emerging
Infectious Diseases Training
Fellowship in 2004-2005. He
attended Northwestern University
from 2005-2009 to receive his
MS in biochemistry & molecular
biology. He was a Chicago
Teaching Fellows/Northwestern
University Teach Intern from 20102011 at Walter Payton College
Prep. in 2010-2011. He became
a regular teacher in science at
George Washington Carver Military
Academy in 2011-2012.
Crystal Burns, Grand Cane, LA,
is a teacher at Southwood High
School in Shreveport. She is
married to Dr. Greg Burns.
Susanna Miller, Decatur, GA, is
a community support specialist at
Center for Leadership in Disability
at Georgia State University. This
entitles her to be responsible
for developing, organizing and
providing educational activities for
youth with disabilities and their
families. She will work with youth
and adults with disabilities as well
as advocacy groups to provide new
activities and training programs in
support of self-advocacy. She is
also involved with the Friends of
L’Arche Atlanta, American Camp
Association at Southeastern,
and EPIC (American Camp
Association).
Casey Muller, Baton Rouge,
LA, is a graphic designer in
Baton Rouge. He also started a
professional organization for young
designers.
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Roxanne Parker, Shreveport, LA,
is a bankruptcy clerk for the United
States Bankruptcy Court.
Ashley Herrmann, Metairie, LA,
is the Director of Marketing for Gulf
Coast Bank & Trust Co.
Robert Savage, Baton Rouge, LA,
is an attorney at East Baton Rouge
Parish Public Defender.
Kimberly Magnuson, Seattle,
WA, is a mental health professional
at Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare.
She is currently involved in the Girl
Scouts of Western Washington.
She received her master’s in clinical
psychology for child, couple, and
family therapy at Antioch University
in Seattle.
Traci Smith, Abilene, TX, is a
clinical therapies specialist at Smith
& Nephew Orthopedics.
Rachel Buchanan Thompson,
Fort Worth, TX, is an upper school
Spanish instructor at Trinity Valley
School.
Erin Watson, Canyon Country,
CA, is a physician asstistant. She
received her MMS in physician
assistant studies. She has been a
physician assistant for four years
now. She lives in California and
recently got engaged.
Melissa Guillory Weaver, New
Orleans, LA, and her husband,
Matthew Weaver, welcomed their
first baby, a boy, Paxton Thomas,
on June 16, 2009. Melissa
currently works for Ochsner Health
System in New Orleans and teaches
dance at Hopkins School of Dance
in Kenner,LA. Matt is practicing
insurance defense at Gaudry,
Ranson, Higgins, and Gremillion, a
law firm in Gretna, LA.
2005
Breanna Betts, Shreveport, LA,
is a claims representative in Social
Security Administration.
Morgan Elliott, Canton, TX, is an
attorney.
Kylie Garrett, San Francisco, CA,
is an account manager for Calhoun
& Company Communications.
Brian Grone, Mesa, AZ, works for
US Airways.
Jessica Hayes, Washington,
D.C., works as an intelligence
analyst for the United States Secret
Service.
Deidre Gage Rollins,
Shreveport, LA, is a service
representative in Social Security
Administration.
Charity Schubert, Astoria, NY,
is currently pursuing a career
as an actress. She is the cofounder of The Astoria Forum and
recently produced her first public
reading of a new play. Charity is
looking forward to performing in
CIVILIZATION!, a new play that
is part of the Planet Connections
Theater Festival that opens in June.
Katie Walker, Clute, TX, is a
youth director at Chapelwood
United Methodist Church.
Kathrine Pritchard Weeks,
Bar Harbor, ME, graduated with a
PhD in biochemistry and molecular
biology from LSU Health Sciences
Center in Shreveport, LA, in
August 2010. She is currently
a postdoctoral associate in Dr.
David Harrison’s lab at the Jackson
Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine,
where she studies genetic and
pharmacological regulation of
aging and age-related diseases.
She and her husband, Dallas,
had a son in April 2010, and they
all love living on Mount Desert
Island, surrounded by the beautiful
mountains, cliffs, and beaches of
Acadia National Park.
Jared Williams, Prairieville, LA,
graduated from SMU’s Perkins
School of Theology with a master
of divinity in May 2009. He is now
the associate pastor of University
United Methodist Church.
2006
Elizabeth Allen, Little Rock, AR,
graduated from LSU School of
Medicine in New Orleans and is a
resident in pediatrics at Arkansas
Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.
Jennifer Atchison, Little Rock,
AR, successfully defended her
PhD dissertation titled: Novel
Mechanisms of Visceral Pain:
Functional Properties of Microglia.
Jennifer’s doctoral project was
conducted at the University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences in
the laboratory of Dr. Elie Al-Chaer,
in the department of Neurobiology
and Developmental Sciences.
Currently an MD/PhD student at
UAMS, she will return to medical
school to complete the third and
fourth year clinical rotations before
finishing the program with the MD
in 2013.
Sara Hebert, Shreveport, LA,
was promoted to Senior Interactive
Strategist at Williams Creative
Group, Inc.
Kacie Lopez, Seattle, WA, is a
Learning Commons Administrative
Coordinator at Seattle University.
Taylor Robertson McDonald,
Shreveport, LA, is an auditor with
Heard, McElroy, and Vestal in
Shreveport.
Ryan Oliver, Spring, TX, is a
sales representative for National
Oilwell Varco.
Julia Reynolds, Houston, TX, is
a research tech II at Baylor College
of Medicine.
Daniel Schiff, Shreveport, LA, is
the President of DSG Resources
LLC. He is a petroleum landman
doing work in courthouses
and dealing with various land
owners and companies for oil &
gas companies. He is currently
working near San Antonio for
ConocoPhillips.
Jeremy Tan, Shreveport, LA, is
an operations manager at Raising
Cane’s Chicken Fingers.
Michael Renshaw, Shreveport,
LA, is the General Manager/
Company Trainer of Counter
Culture Inc.
Brandon Walker, Elko, NV, is a
district representative in the Mining
Group for Nalco Company in Elko,
Nevada.
2007
Carlie Duhon Bumgardner,
2008
Kendra Grimes Bertelsen, St.
Haughton, LA, works in artificial lift
sales at Schlumberger.
Allyson Checkley, Austin, TX,
is a graduate research assistant in
cancer biology.
Nic Clark, Collinsville, IL, is a
park guide at Pea Ridge National
Military Park.
Peyton Dufour, Shreveport, LA, is
an account executive at Gremillion
and Pou Marketing.
Jason Holland, Rogers, AR, was
recently promoted to the Private
Banking Department of Arvest Bank
as a Private Banking Specialist.
Louis, MO, attended Washingtion
University in St. Louis where she
received her BS in civil engineering
in 2008. She is now an associate
civil engineer at Parsons.
Lauren Brown, Los Angeles, CA,
graduated from the University of
Southern California in 2011 with a
master’s in animation.
Carrie Clark, Dallas, TX, earned
her master’s in urban ministry from
Perkins School of Theology at
SMU and is currently the Director
of Development at Wesley Rankin
Community Center. She served
as volunteer chair for Bridge-ORama, West Dallas’s celebration
of the opening of the Margaret
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Hunt Hill Bridge. Carrie was asked
to serve on the Bridge-O-Rama
steering committee along with
nine other Dallas civic leaders and
was responsible for recruiting,
organizing, and managing more
than 200 volunteers to assist with
several signature events, including
the World Music Stage, Parade of
Giants, and the Bridge-O-Rama
Pavilion.
Seth Donald, Shreveport, LA,
is the owner of Seth Donald State
Farm Agency.
Ross Gilbert, Plano, TX, is a
credit analyst for J.P. Morgan
Chase .
Margaret Mahoney, Austin, TX,
is a graduate student, graduate
assistant and Graduate Hall
Coordinator at the University of
Texas at Austin.
David McElroy, Little Rock, AR,
is a student researcher at UAMS
Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Thomas Netherton, Milton,
FL, is in Pensacola in the Navy’s
aviation program. He was
commissioned as an officer in
November 2010.
Rebekah Perkins, Plano, TX, is
in graduate school for her master’s
in counseling at SMU.
Adam Philley, Lincoln, NE, is
pursuing his master’s in music in
choral conducting at the University
of Nebraska - Lincoln.
Rachel Powell, Raleigh, NC, is
involved in Triangle Vegan Action
and Students Promoting Animal
Rights Collectively. She is currently
a PhD candidate in sociology at
North Carolina State University in
Raleigh, NC.
Elizabeth Robinson, Corpus
Christi, TX, is currently in graduate
school at Texas A&M University
Corpus Christi earning a master’s
degree in biology and serves as a
Biology I teaching assistant.
Stacey Stokes, Lincoln, NE,
has studied at the University of
Nebraska - Lincoln since 2010
to receive her MA in learning and
teacher education: secondary
mathematics. She was a high
school mathematics teacher
from 2008 to 2010 in the Bryan
Independent School District.
Sam Wyatt, Bossier City, LA, is
a sergeant with the Bossier City
Police Department. He holds an
associate of criminal justice degree
from Bossier Parish Community
College, a bachelor of criminal
justice from Louisiana State
University in Shreveport and a
master of business administration
from Centenary.
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Melanie Zimmerman, Abilene,
TX, was honored at HardinSimmons University’s winter
commencement with the Graduate
Dean’s Award of Excellence.
The recipient is selected from
nominations from all graduate
programs and is presented to the
individual who has excelled as
a graduate student, typifies the
character and behavior consistent
with HSU’s mission and purpose,
and has shown potential to excel in
his or her field of study.
Corey Shadd, Shreveport, LA,
was recently promoted to Director
of Corporate Marketing and
Events for Evergreen Presbyterian
Ministries, Inc. Evergreen is a
nonprofit organization that provides
services to over 1,000 individuals
with disabilities in six states.
George Tiller, Houston, TX,
is working towards his PhD in
microbiology and molecular
genetics at UT Health/MD
Anderson GSBS graduate school
in Houston, TX.
2009
Molly Broderick, APO, AE, is an
2010
MP officer in the Army. Her current
Emerald Doria, San Antonio, TX,
duty station is in Mannheim,
Germany on a two-year or more
tour.
was recently named head softball
coach at Byrd High School in
Shreveport.
Sara Carpenter, Shreveport,
LA, earned a master of science in
human services administration in
2010. She is currently attending
NSU to earn a master of arts in
teaching.
Eric Gnann, Shreveport, LA,
received his BA from Texas Tech
in 1996 and recently received his
MBA from Centenary in May 2010.
He is a case manager for Volunteers
of America and is involved in many
social organizations.
Leslie Clampitt, New Orleans,
LA, loves travel, event planning,
and film. She has been living in
Shreveport for the past year working
on various films that have been
here such as Julia X, Drive Angry
3D, and Trespass as a production
assistant. She is currently working
on a production called Playing the
Field in Shreveport and plans to
either stay in Shreveport or move to
New Orleans after.
Karyn Gehrls, Shreveport, LA,
is a 5th-8th grade Spanish teacher
at St. Mark’s Cathedral School
and is working on her master’s
in secondary education. She
also sings at Broadmoor United
Methodist Church as a scholarship
singer.
Beth Geis, Dallas, TX, is now the
Market Development Associate at
MD Buyline in Dallas.
Marcus Jauregui, Irving, TX, is
currently a music specialist in the
Irving Independent School District.
Michael Jarboe, Evanston, IL,
is a student at Garrett Evangelical
Theological Seminary in Evanston,
IL pursuing his master of divinity.
Casey McBeath, Shreveport, LA,
is the Director of Communications
and Technology at Balentine
Ambulance.
Mark Moehle, Birmingham, AL,
is a graduate assistant.
Andy Osborn, Shreveport, LA,
is an admission counselor at
Centenary College of Louisiana.
Michael Rafferty, The Woodlands, TX, is a worship leader at
Covenant United Methodist Church.
Marriages
Andrew Farrow ’02, Astoria, NY, and
Jo McInerney Farrow, May 23, 2010.
Ross Gilbert ’08, Plano, TX, and
Rebekah Perkins ’08, June 12, 2010.
Ashley Herrmann ’05, Metairie, LA,
and Wayne Anthony Maiorana, Jr.,
June 12, 2010.
JR Ramsey ’10, Ruston, LA, and
Ashley Helms ’10 of Mesquite, TX,
October 2, 2010.
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Births
Christopher and Lee Rankin Powers ’01,
Columbus, MS, girl, Millicent “Millie”
Diana Powers, February 16, 2010.
Sam and Ginny Bowdon Ellsworth ’95,
Dallas, TX, girl, Lily Sterling, March 2010.
Brian and Sarah Williams Shoup ’02,
Baton Rouge, LA, boy, John Brian Shoup,
March 1, 2010.
The daughters of Margo Shideler ’03 and
Susan King Uccello ’04 share a snack.
Denise Wilson Garza ’95, Rockwall, TX,
boy, Jaxon, July 16, 2011.
Scott ’06 and Megan Vaughn Lerchie ’06,
Shreveport, LA, girl, Chloe Ann Lerchie,
August 2, 2010.
Ryan and Traci Smith Clift ’04, Abilene,
TX, girl, Haylee Grace Clift, July 31, 2011.
Susannah and Denis Poljak ’94,
Shreveport, LA, girl, Laura Charlotte
Poljak, on August 8, 2010.
Carl and Sharon Tallach Vogelpohl ’96,
Little Rock, AR, boy, Jonathan Tallach
Vogelpohl, July 27, 2011.
Beth Bohnenblust ’98, San Antonio,
TX, and Bill Clanton, May 15, 2011.
Casey Muller ’04 and Katherine WillisMuller ’05, Baton Rouge, LA, boy, Raylan
Isaac Muller, September 11, 2010.
Miles McDowell ’99, Shreveport, LA, and
his wife, Kathryn, welcomed their first
child – daughter Moira Diane McDowell on
January 13, 2012.
Corey Shadd ’09, Shreveport, LA, and
Misty Lane Shadd ’11, June 11, 2011.
Bill and Katharine Harper ’98, Cedar Park,
TX, boy, William Harper, March 20, 2011.
Saige Wilhite Solomon ’05,
Shreveport, LA, and Chris Solomon,
November 19, 2011.
Matt and Beth Bonner DeVille ’99, Baton
Rouge, LA, boy, Andrew Wesley DeVille,
April 17, 2011.
Michael Jarboe ’10, Evanston, IL, and
Leslie Jones-Jarboe, October 9, 2010.
Jody Eldred ’81, Castaic, CA, and Pam
Cablayan of Ventura, CA, May 7, 2011.
Megan and Davor Poljak ’95, Shreveport,
LA, boy, David Charles Poljak, May 5, 2011.
Jesse ’92 and Nicole Caron Means ’96,
Saint Francisville, LA, girl, Cecile Marie
Caron Means, May 20, 2011.
Corey Shadd ’09 & Misty Lane ’11 married
on June 11, 2011 in Brown Chapel.
Centenary alumna Katie McKay Simpson ’04
poses with fellow alumna Beth Bonner DeVille
’99 and her husband, Matt DeVille, after Katie
baptized their son Drew on October 9, 2011 at
FUMC in Baton Rouge.
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honor
We celebrate the lives and legacies of these members
of the Centenary family.
Lewis Henry ’25
5/22/2005
Lois Weston ’27
3/20/2005
Helen Nelson Ohl ’32
7/30/2009
Anna Vetter ’33
11/9/2004
Joe DeFatta ’34
5/9/2011
Elizabeth Johnson
McDermott ’34
12/20/2009
Bob Killgore ’35
3/14/2010
Albert Harper ’36
11/30/2010
Mary Lou McIlhany ’36
2/23/2007
Robert Cailleteau ’37
9/20/2008
William Denny ’37
12/27/2006
Gigi Palmer Harris ’37
6/7/2011
Everett Kincaid ’37
5/7/2010
Mary Bell McGuire ’37
1/4/2011
Philip Staag ’37
6/1/2010
James Morrison ’38
2/11/2012
Marion Palmer Shores ’38
1/3/2007
Bill Eatman ’39
11/24/2004
Gene McFadden Hammett ’39 6/5/2011
Murlyon LaGrone ’39
12/3/2010
Estelle Steele Bartley ’40
10/23/2010
Bea Carlton Frazer ’40
2/6/2008
Walter Johnson ’40
5/30/2011
E. B. Robinson ’40
11/15/2010
Olivia Bott Whitehurst ’40
2/8/2005
Charlie Armistead ’41
3/20/2011
Cotton Barnes ’41
1/14/2011
Lucille Sanford Davis ’41
10/1/2010
Marion Blanchard Echterhoff ’41 2/5/2012
Mary Hardin Killgore ’41
5/24/2010
Marjorie White Manson ’41
3/30/2011
Lester Moore ’41
12/3/2009
Bill Steger ’41
2/1/2011
Mary Reed Teel ’41
2/12/2011
Bruce Williams ’41
4/8/2011
Tobye Abramson Wolfson ’41 4/19/2010
Lloyd Burns ’42
2/14/2011
Ray Goens ’42
10/12/2010
Mildred Davenport
Johnson ’42
7/12/2011
Merrel Lewellen ’42
7/7/2009
Arthur Davis ’43
9/5/2011
Allen Durham ’43
1/13/2011
Betty Jo Lyne Hart ’43
2/26/2004
Peggy Wilkes Owens ’43
3/7/2011
Quitman Williams ’43
9/7/2010
Johnny Boyett ’44
6/11/2009
Bob Eatman ’44
4/27/2011
Marjory Lawrence ’44
11/15/2011
Peggy Bland Miller ’44
10/13/2011
Nan Dobson Saye ’44
3/25/2011
Kenneth Watts ’44
8/6/2010
Norma Stewart Winegeart ’44 4/6/2012
Lucille Webb Day ’45
10/24/2010
Dorothy Viosca Hall ’45
12/23/2010
Martha Stevens Hamner ’45 11/18/2010
Margaret Blomefield Hurley ’45 12/2/2010
Ermine Harper Kalil ’45
12/12/2010
Betty Waldron Nicholas ’45
7/8/2009
Margaret Hollingsworth
O’Conner ’45
6/19/2010
Shirley Cooper Slimer ’45
8/6/2007
Ruby Richey Stubblefield ’45 11/6/2009
Edith Allen Swearengin ’45
10/17/2009
Russell Coleman ’46
3/17/2005
Sunshine Norris Dement ’46
2/5/2011
Robert Kahn ’46
3/14/2008
Eloise DeMoss Lavin ’46
10/4/2010
Lucille Gibson Mason ’46
8/2/2010
W D Smith ’46
9/9/2011
Sarah Winegeart Tisdale ’46
7/26/2010
Joseph Cush ’47
11/14/2010
George Drake ’47
1/20/2012
Alfred Gandy ’47
12/5/2010
Mary McGill Haygood ’47
9/23/2010
Jack Madden ’47
9/4/2011
Nell Jeter Atkins ’48
2/12/2012
Joseph Bolan ’48
9/30/2009
Tom Carter ’48
11/11/2010
Edgar Davis ’48
5/4/2009
Melvin Hicks ’48
10/13/2010
Jim McCullough ’48
4/6/2012
Thomas Ogden ’48
3/20/2010
John Oliphint ’48
12/19/2011
Warren Sandel ’48
2/19/2011
William Snow ’48
8/17/2010
Bettye Fletcher Wells ’48
2/9/2011
Orin Beene ’49
2/18/2012
Marybelle Hooper Canfield ’49 5/30/2011
Jackie Gaines Dinkins ’49
4/4/2010
Frances Carr Gillespie ’49
10/19/2010
Bill Hammett ’49
11/30/2011
Harry Jarred ’49
12/11/2010
Tommie Guilliams Maddox ’49 11/16/2010
Ray Milam ’49
6/2/2010
Ida Kern Papert ’49
1/28/2011
Lois Higman Richardson ’49 4/28/2011
Charles Schwartz ’49
4/5/2010
Pete Garrison Spurgin ’49
10/17/2010
Vivian Close Tate ’49
1/28/2011
William A. Willcox, Jr. ’49
7/7/2009
Albert Aura ’50
5/17/2010
Herbert Cope ’50
5/8/2010
Jack Dozier ’50
12/7/2010
Brady Forman ’50
4/4/2011
Louise Wiseman Gajdos ’50
5/2/2010
Elise Watts Gebelt ’50
11/5/2004
Mary Merklein Hughes ’50
3/19/2011
Clarence Pope ’50
1/8/2012
Albert Smith ’50
3/30/2011
Durl Timms ’50
8/19/2011
Vernon Waldron ’50
7/14/2011
Imogene Brown Williams ’50 5/28/2010
Rita Roudebush Williams ’50 6/22/2010
John Cox ’51
11/11/2010
Richard Dill ’51
2/19/2011
Patsy Alexander Elmore ’51
2/19/2010
Shirley Fisher ’51
10/26/2011
Malcolm Fridge ’51
2/28/2005
Patricia Meadows Hardaway ’517/22/2011
Paul Hicks ’51
5/17/2011
Dale Kreeger ’51
4/10/2010
Weyman Oden ’51
3/1/2012
Reesie Timmons ’51
11/8/2009
Dan Tohline ’51
6/13/2010
William West ’51
10/5/2010
Charles Williams ’51
4/2/2008
Clifford Ray ’51
3/15/2012
Harold Abrams ’52
4/29/2005
Joe Allen ’52
12/21/2011
C. L. Armstrong ’52
2/28/2012
Adrienne O’Neal Bazer ’52
4/29/2011
Howard Bray ’52
9/26/2006
Barbara Brown ’52
6/16/2008
Thomas Elgin ’52
6/3/2011
Pat Ellis Emanuel ’52
2/20/2010
Bob Hyde ’52
12/2/2010
Ruth Lynch ’52
3/2/2011
Maxwell Taylor ’52
2/14/2010
Asa Jack Warren ’52
10/30/2011
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Fred J. Moreau ’52
7/9/2005
Perky Person Boyd ’53
6/2/2010
Karl Brill ’53
11/17/2010
Fielder Calhoun ’53
3/7/2012
Roland Cordill ’53
3/21/2011
Donald Crays ’53
11/26/2010
Jimmy McCoy ’53
12/3/2010
Carolyn Smith Allford ’54
6/3/2005
Tom Bunn ’54
8/30/2010
Jim Herring ’54
6/20/2011
Dorothy Pelton ’54
6/3/2009
Bo Plaster ’54
10/19/2010
Dorothy Jarriel Tooley ’54
11/9/2010
Roy Burk ’55
1/9/2010
Glenn Doan ’55
3/7/2010
Betty Lou Brent Kubena ’55
3/18/2011
Jon Vinson ’55
3/23/2010
James Watson ’55
7/2/2007
Jean Womack Bornhoeft ’56 1/24/2010
Diane Holloway Penney ’59
4/21/2011
Hazel Ingram Thames ’59
4/21/2004
Mary Greer Waller ’59
1/5/2004
Carey Davis ’60
3/13/2009
Betty Larche Files ’60
8/3/2004
Edward Ludwig ’60
9/24/2010
Bill Steen ’60
9/30/2010
Bess Smith Tompkins ’60
8/1/2011
Steve White ’60
2/13/2012
Annette Shirey Anderson ’61 3/24/2011
Lucy McCabe Carpenter ’61
8/17/2011
Jack Green ’61
12/11/2010
Jeannette Crocker Herrmann ’61 9/9/2011
Tally Pledger ’61
12/3/2010
Donald Townsend ’61
4/18/2011
Elizabeth Orman Bickham ’62
3/9/2012
Bob Stewart ’62
6/17/2011
Lorraine Smith Ballard ’63
11/21/2011
Charles Boutte ’63
5/7/2010
Bonnie Little Bailey ’75
Georgia Freeman Barrett ’75
James Haas ’75
Suzanne Mason Mason ’75
Rick Skillern ’75
Bobby Craigo ’78
Virginia Woods Paquette ’78
Barbara Walker Reid ’78
Kim Goss Anbouba ’79
Leslie Jones ’80
Jay Greenleaf ’84
Catherine Freeman ’85
Brad Davis ’86
Larry Morse ’86
Bud Rogers ’86
Nolan Gregory ’87
David Sims ’87
Pam Stevenson Besser ’88
Eric Brock ’88
12/11/2011
10/30/2010
7/24/2011
7/19/2010
10/7/2011
7/30/2010
8/30/2010
11/17/2008
12/28/2011
12/17/2011
6/7/2011
4/6/2012
6/16/2011
8/6/2009
10/30/2010
2/15/2011
1/23/2011
12/25/2011
11/30/2011
Addie Ensminger Callen ’56
1/15/2012
Jim Cox ’56
7/7/2010
Robert Edmond ’56
4/8/2010
Bill Eubanks ’56
6/10/2011
David Gleason ’56
6/13/2010
Peggy Harper ’56
12/9/2008
Byron Hill ’56
4/20/2010
Cecil Poss ’56
11/22/2010
Theresa Hubley Sandoz ’56
6/25/2011
James Tucker ’56
1/23/2007
Horace Brewster ’57
11/27/2010
William Newell ’57
9/20/2011
George Schurman ’57
11/22/2011
Ruth Bohan ’58
2/28/2005
Charles Caldwell ’58
4/12/2011
Carol McCauley Crawford ’58 7/14/2005
Paul Durbin ’58
2/17/2012
Ken Francis ’58
10/9/2010
Edward Lofton ’58
9/22/2004
Sandra Cross Mamoulides ’58 1/4/2010
Lucinda Porter McRoberts ’58 5/7/2011
Roberta Jackson Fritts ’59
8/9/2011
Alex Hunnicutt ’59
6/9/2010
Eddie Kozak ’59
9/8/2010
Arthur Nanas ’59
6/20/2010
Elizabeth McCarthy Daly ’63
6/4/2011
Kenneth Deshong ’63
12/17/2010
Woodrow Johnson ’63
8/24/2008
Carolyn Lapleau Kalmbach ’64 2/14/2012
Frank Maranto ’64
6/22/2011
William Shaw ’64
5/14/2010
Louella Bains Stewart ’64
11/2/2009
Jackie McIntyre Hahn ’65
5/14/2010
Linda Scott ’65
1/23/2011
Gene Snellings ’65
10/27/2011
Dreda Matlock Wilmoth ’65
5/20/2010
Barbara Purnell Hiers ’66
8/1/2011
Marjorie Boone Pickett ’66
8/30/2011
Charles Read ’66
1/21/2012
Fred Pippen ’67
4/20/2009
Anna Vaughn ’67
9/6/2011
David Carroll ’68
7/25/2011
Jack Freeman ’68
9/12/2011
Daniel LaGrone ’68
10/16/2010
Betty Roberts Markham ’68
8/5/2006
John Turner ’69
8/8/2010
Hank Shuey ’70
6/17/2010
Steve Beard ’71
12/20/2010
Nelda Sanders Thompson ’71 11/12/2010
Janet Sammons ’73
4/8/2011
Becki Brown ’88
Norman Kinsey ’89
Phyllis Kolanko Graham ’92
Katherine Slaikeu Nolan ’00
Jazz Alibalic ’02
Amanda Rundell ’02
Rose Van Thyn ’02
Michael Callen ’07
Rob Laha ’08
12/26/2010
9/11/2011
9/13/2011
5/9/2010
9/22/2011
10/25/2011
6/27/2010
5/4/2010
12/20/2010
20
Centenary to Offer Official Transcripts
Electronically
By Nicole Deese ’07, Director of Re-Enrollment
One component of Centenary’s evolving process
to promote student success, retention, and
degree attainment is a proactive and studentfocused records and registration service.
Recent efforts include encouraging students
to “Handle Their Business,” a Registrar’s
Office Facebook page for reminders and
tips, and the recent approval to
implement electronic transcripts.
The protection of and access
to academic records is one
service offered to students
and alumni. Electronic
ordering and delivery
of official transcripts is
becoming the norm – and the
expectation – of many students as
well as the institutions that require
such records. In an effort to provide the
Centenary family with efficiency, ease of ordering,
and delivery tracking capabilities, electronic
transcript request and delivery will
be implemented this summer.
Students and alumni will be able to order official
transcripts online and have the transcript delivered
electronically to anyone with an email address. Of
course, paper transcripts may be requested online
and delivered via the US Postal Service. This new
service will alleviate the need to find a fax machine
for requests, the wait for mail delivery, and the
uncertainty of receipt. A fee of $5 for ordered
transcripts will cover the implementation and
cost of the new service. More details
about the service will be shared as
they become available.
The challenges associated
with being a college student
should be intellectual rather than
procedural. Offering an electronic
transcript option addresses the Office
of Re-Enrollment’s goal to provide a clear
roadmap to guide students and alumni through
administrative necessities. The expected outcomes
are improved success in completing degree
requirements by students and efficient, timely
fulfillment of requests for records from alumni.
has moved to the SUB
today from 1 to 4!
Announcing
2012
Alumni Award
Recipients
ALUMNI HALL OF FAME
Nancy Word ’70
ALUMNI LOYALTY AWARD
Charlotte Webb ’66 and
Georgia Till Dean ’42
YOUNG ALUMNI LEADERSHIP AWARD
Lindsay Holman Atkins ’01
BENTLEY SLOANE ALUMNI AWARD
Sean Lybeck-Smoak ’95
21
MAXXimum
Impact
By Dena Pruett
Senior basketball
scoring leader Maxx
Nakwaasah ’12 finished
out his last season as a
Gent breaking records to
put him in the ranks with
Centenary’s elite.
Nakwaasah joined the
ranks of Robert Parish,
Willie Jackson, and Larry
Robinson in the prestigious 1000-point Club.
Maxx’s hot shooting this season and throughout his
Centenary career helped him become only the 30th
player all-time to reach this important milestone.
After joining the 1,000-point Club on January 14,
Maxx ended his season with 1,263 points total.
“Maxx has put a tremendous amount of time and
effort into this program. From being a DI walk-on
to finishing as captain of a DIII program, I have
watched Maxx grow and mature,” said Head Coach
Adam Walsh.
QUICK
FACTS
28 Centenary athletes were named
to the American Southwest Conference (ASC) Fall All-Academic Team.

Centenary will have the state’s only
NCAA Lacrosse program beginning
in Fall 2012.

Men’s Soccer unofficially led the
American Southwest Conference
with 34 points. Women’s Soccer
earned a 10-8-1 winning season.

Women’s Volleyball achieved a
7-game winning streak during the
2011-12 season and defeated the
#1 team in ASC East, UMHB, on
Senior Day.

Centenary swim teams have been
ranked nationally as high as 5th
(men’s) and 20th (women’s).

Ladies and Gents Cross Country
teams won the 2011 Gator Run
5K meet.

As a 6’3” forward, Nakwaasah has proven his skills
from inside the lane, outside the arch, and at the free
throw line. He recorded a career-high 51-point game
on January 16, a school single-game record that
beat Robert Parish’s record of 50 points. He has
tallied ten 20+ games this season and 38 doublefigure games overall.
Nakwaasah also became a member of the 500Rebound Club, ending his career with a total of 561.
He is only the twenty-fifth player in the history of
Centenary athletics to accomplish this feat.
With Nakwaasah’s leadership, the Gents won seven
straight games this season. Centenary has not held
that long of a winning streak since the 1990-91
season with six wins. The Gents completed their
2011-12 season 11-11 in conference play.
Learn more about Centenary
athletics program at:
gocentenary.com
22
Class Agents
& giving
We are grateful to alumni listed below who have made giving
to Centenary a priority this year.* If you haven’t yet made a gift,
consider the following:
•Your gift directly benefits students. 90 percent of our
students receive scholarship support. Gifts to the Centenary
Fund for Student Scholarships make the Centenary experience a reality for students despite financial circumstances.
•Every gift counts. Alumni giving rates are important to grant
makers; higher participation rates enhance the College’s grant
eligibility.
•Your gift will be matched. Gifts to the Centenary Fund for
Student Scholarships received by June 30, 2012 will
be doubled by the CENTENARY MILLION DOLLAR
SCHOLARSHIP CHALLENGE.
Centenary Class Agents have worked hard to raise participation
totals, and the class with the highest participation rate will be
honored during Homecoming 2012.
Not every class has an Agent. If you are interested in representing your class, please contact Josh Hernandez at jhernandez@
centenary.edu or 318.869.5103.
*This list represents alumni who have given between July 1, 2011 and April 16, 2012.
Class of 1932
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 100%
Mrs. Mary Sherman McCord
Class of 1935
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 100%
Mr. Beynon S. Cheesman
Class of 1937
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 100%
Mrs. Jessie Mae Elmore
Nethery
Mr. W. Buckner Ogilvie
Class of 1938
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 100%
Mrs. Dorothy Tomme Morgan
Mrs. Pattie Mae Fuller Smith
Class of 1939
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 66.67%
Mrs. Jean Palmer Looney
Mrs. Mary Agnes Temple
Class of 1940
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 100%
Mr. Cecil R. Garrison
Mrs. Chrystine Moore Reeves
Class of 1941
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 36.36%
Dr. William M. Allums
Dr. Val F. Borum
Mrs. Virginia Reily Houston
Dr. Charles D. Knight, Sr.
Class of 1944
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 11.11%
Mr. Jack Durr, Jr.
Mrs. Betty Garrett McDonald
Mrs. Emilie Anne Connell Ostendorff
Class of 1945
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 7.69%
Mrs. Bess Browder Black
Mrs. Myrtle Canon Fuller
Class of 1946
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 33.33%
Mr. Wallace K. Babington
Mr. Dudley Harbin Boddie
Ms. Bettye Eubanks Jordan
Mrs. Patricia Meece Lary
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart D. Lunn
Mr. Sam J. Talbot
Mrs. Sally Stone Treat
Mr. Dayton H. Waller, Jr.
Mrs. Fern Reynolds Waller
Class of 1947
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 40.74%
Dr. James J. Caraway
Mrs. Jean S. Carroll
Mrs. Katherine Turner Cheesman
Mrs. Betty Ross Crook
Mr. George N. Drake
Dr. William S. Harwell
Mr. Walter B. Holley
Mr. Norman F. Hunter
Mrs. Margaret Lagersen
Mr. James J. McGregor
Mr. Chester N. Posey
Reverend William F. Roberts
Mrs. Elinor Browne Sloss
Mr. Lee H. Snow, Jr.
Mrs. Betty Mosely Soloman
Class of 1942
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 36.36%
Mrs. Helen Kendall Cooke
Mrs. Georgia Till Dean
Mrs. Anne Robinson Edmonds
Mrs. Dorothy Durr Elliott
Class of 1948
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 16.67%
Mrs. Gretchen Elston Benner
Mr. G. W. Brock
Dr. Charles Ellis Brown, Sr.
Ms. Marjorie Burns
Mrs. Minnette Harkrider Carter
Dr. William B. Fowler
Ms. Mary Ann G. Mache
Mr. William E. McCleary
Mr. George E. Plaxco
Mrs. Sybil F. Roos
Mr. Peppino N. Vlannes
Class of 1943
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 6.67%
Mr. Kay Campbell, Jr.
Mr. Robert D. Magers
Mr. Claude W. McCrocklin
Dr. Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee
Mr. Donn G. Thompson
Class of 1949
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 25%
Mr. Jim Bershen
Mrs. Katherine Leopard Bicknell
Reverend J. Henry Bowdon, Jr.
Dr. Jack T. Cappel, Jr.
Mr. George L. Daly
Reverend Otis C. Edwards, Jr.
Mrs. Jean Marie Entrikin Harwell
Mrs. Bettie Fox Hollingsworth
Mr. Nathan S. Joyner
Mr. Harry A. Lazarus, Jr.
Mrs. Martha Ellis Lazarus
Ms. Lorraine Yearwood LeSage
Mrs. Marcille McKelvy
Mr. Robert C. McKelvy
Mr. Theodore L. Menge, Jr.
Mr. Charles B. Moore
Mr. Robert A. Stacy, Jr.
Mr. Byrum W. Teekell
Mrs. Dolores Anderson Vinson
Mrs. Mary Grainger Wells
Mr. Robert A. Young, Jr.
Class of 1950
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 12.50%
Mr. T. Edward Camp
Mrs. Georgia Adams Cook
Mrs. Bonnie Rich Goodson
Mr. Herbert H. Hill
Mrs. Patricia Purnell Holtsclaw
Dr. Joseph H. Jackson, Jr.
Mr. L. Lee Kincade, Jr.
Mr. William P. Zeigler, Jr.
Class of 1951
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 20.00%
Dr. Donald E. Barnes
Mr. Robert M. Bentley, Jr.
Mr. James R. Collier
Mrs. Jane Ming Ellis
Mr. Thomas M. Ellis, Jr.
Colonel William J. Gregory
Dr. M. Wayne Hanson
Mr. Donald P. Harlan
Dr. Glenn O. Hilburn
Mr. Wilbur A. Hirsch
Mr. Allan M. Lazarus
Mrs. Cassie Theo Mandrapilias
Mrs. Molly Leeper Stewart
Mrs. Patricia Miller Williams Tenney
Class of 1952
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 23.68%
Reverend M. C. Cady
Mrs. Julianne Frey Cole
Mr. James T. Harris, Jr.
Mrs. Camille Sicard Hirsch
Mrs. Dorothy Pomeroy Hodge
Mr. James D. Mohr
Mrs. Betty Jane Beene Smith
Mrs. Charla Corwin Sparks
Dr. Robert Ed Taylor
Mrs. Ann Wesson Wyche
Class of 1953
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 18.92%
Mr. Donald Brotherton
Mr. Morris S. Burns
E. Lawrence and Connie E. Gibson
Mrs. Martha Willis Johnson
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Mr. Harold E. LaGrone
Mr. J. Robert Madden
Dr. Robert L. Potter
Mrs. Maude Jeter Rogers
Class of 1954
Class Agent: Noel Tipton
Class Giving Percentage: 24.59%
Mrs. Bonnie Black Beddall
Mrs. Rosemary Everett Cady
Mrs. Lynn Debray Caraway
Dr. Stone W. Caraway
Mr. Charles M. Dillman
Mr. C. Walter Dobie
Ms. Margery Doxey
Mrs. Mary Jane Hitchcock Gibson
Mr. Willy J. Malarcher
Mrs. Betty Kennedy Menking
Mr. Stanley J. Menking
Reverend William E. Nolan
Dr. E. Douglas Peterson
Ms. Patricia Keene Stewart
Dr. Joye Holley Thorne
Mrs. Barbara Rigby Walker
Mr. Bob F. Wright
Class of 1955
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 13.85%
Dr. Robert C. Bayles
Mrs. Gail Shuller Bullock
Dr. Carol Norwood Eason
Mr. James N. Fritze
Mrs. Edwin C. Harbuck
Ms. Doris E. Jeter
Mrs. Marjory Graham LaGrone
Ms. LaVelle Krumnow Learner
Mrs. Mary Beth Person McCain
Mrs. Joan Hardy Potter
Mrs. Claribel Brown Sebesta
Mr. Ernie H. Turner, Jr.
Class of 1956
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 25.00%
Mr. Wayne G. Alfred
Mrs. Addie Claire Ensminger Callen
Mrs. Elaine Carpenter Camp
Mrs. Lynn Wilcox Chance
Mrs. Jean A. Clarke
Dr. James L. Dobie
Mrs. Wanda Allen Dobie
Mr. Stuart Eason
Reverend Jesse M. Harris
Mrs. Mary Ross Hines
Colonel Robert L. Lane
Dr. Ouida Fae Morris
Dr. Hans D. Sommer
Mrs. Betty Brown Stanton
Mr. Wynn G. Stanton
Mr. Carl M. Stephens, Jr.
Mrs. Margaret Poss Teague
Class of 1957
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 22.95%
Dr. Patsy King Barber
Mr. Gerald R. Eskelund
Ms. Mary Joyce Grover
Mrs. Janis Cook Isenberger
Mrs. Jane Hutchinson James
Ms. Barbara Jean Meades
Mr. George D. Nash, Jr.
Mrs. Jane Thompson Peterson
Reverend J. Delton Pickering
Mr. George R. Schurman
Mrs. Peggy Burkenroad Selber
Mrs. Genevieve Palmer
Stephens
Mr. Larry H. Teague
Mrs. Bonnie Harrel Watkins
Dr. Juan Watkins
Mr. Jack M. Webb
Class of 1958
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 9.23%
Ms. Ophelia Ann Carroll
Reverend Robert E. Carter
Dr. William E. Dupre’
Mr. Paul Greenberg
Miss Jerry M. Malone
Dr. C. Patrick McGonagill
Mrs. Gail Martin Milton
Mrs. Mimori Urakami Robertson
Class of 1959
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 20.75%
Dr. Leon J. Bain, Jr.
Mrs. Lanette Davis Butler
Mr. Frank Edward Cook
Reverend Dr. John K. Graham, Sr.
Ms. Emma L. Hood
Mrs. Cecile Plummer McGonagill
Mr. William M. McKnight, Jr.
Mrs. Gaynelle Morgan McNeil
Mrs. Nita Payne Renshaw
Dr. Warren C. West, Jr.
Mrs. Mimi Lingenfelter Wild
Class of 1960
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 25.29%
Mr. Charles S. G. Boone
Mrs. Margaret Ann Cowen Boone
Reverend Donald O. Callen
Mr. James E. Crosslin
Mrs. Abbie Terry Fletcher
Mrs. Helen Cage Forte
Mr. W. Kendrick Hayes, Jr.
Mr. Coan I. Knight, Jr.
Mr. Guy B. LeGendre
Mrs. Patricia Owen Lindsey
Mrs. Marjorie Brothers Marra
Mr. Bradford H. Mayo
Ms. Nora Stafford Pickens
Mrs. Marguerite Swilley Pinson
Mrs. Pheribie Monroe Prescott
Ms. Bessie Ruth Risinger Rice
Mrs. Anne Bostick Rogers
Miss Lynda L. Scurlock
Mr. W. Allen Sherman
Mrs. Mary Maxine Stripling
Mr. W. Alan Trimble
Mrs. Cornelia Agurs Tucker
Mrs. Tanne McDade Wagner
Mrs. Connie Johnson Wilkins
Dr. Fred S. Willis
Mrs. Mary Beth Willis
Class of 1961
Class Agent: Jack Mulkey
Class Giving Percentage: 19.19%
Mrs. Julia Ann Hamiter Andress
Dr. Will Andress
Mrs. Julia Miles Blewer
Ms. Patricia Gustine Briffa
Dr. Sara Allison Burroughs
“All this has been
made possible
by scholarships
I’ve received...so
I’d ask that you
guys continue to
donate to give
kids like me an
opportunity to
receive a great
education – and
play baseball.”
– Cole Thompson ’13
Mr. John K. Butcher
Dr. Danny D. Caudle
Mrs. Ruth Velotta Doreck
Mr. Robert S. Durham
Mr. James M. Goins
Mr. Henry M. Hearne
Mrs. Jeannette Crocker
Herrmann
Mr. Joe Ben LaGrone
Mrs. Barbara Bourdier Milford
Colonel Richard W. Miller
Mr. Jack C. Mulkey
Mr. Henry M. Nicholson, Jr.
Reverend Dr. William D. Peeples
Mr. Max E. Prescott
Mrs. Paula Fomby Reeder
Mrs. Janet Gholson Stevenson
Mrs. Olivia Gillen Taylor
Reverend Leland D. Wade
Mrs. Jane Ilgenfritz West
Class of 1962
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 19.23%
Reverend Dr. Mouzon Biggs, Jr.
Mr. Lloyd C. Blackburn, Jr.
Mrs. Judy Thurmon Butcher
Mrs. Jane Rhodes Caruthers
Mr. James R. Fouts, Jr.
Mrs. Patsy Stamps Graham
Dr. Ernest W. Heard, Jr.
Ms. Betty Mottet Howard
Dr. Edwina E. Hubert
Dr. Jimmy Lu
Mr. Robert L. Manley
Reverend Kenneth D. Norton
Mrs. Betty Sims Potter
Mr. Joe D. Sartor
Mrs. Carolyn Carver Setliff
Mr. William H. Towery
Mr. Lawrence A. Waschka
Class of 1963
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 10.14%
Mrs. Charlotte Stodghill Bryson
The Honorable Eugene W. Bryson, Jr.
Mrs. Kay Woodruff Butcher
Mrs. Lyndra Pate Daniel
Mrs. Sandra McCuistion Elder
Mr. George M. Gilmer, Jr.
Mrs. Jean Netterville Goins
Mrs. Patricia West King
Dr. P. Michael Mann
Mrs. Fane Bussie Peeples
Mr. Nicholas J. Roppolo
Mr. Richard Ray Smith
Class of 1964
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 18.67%
Dr. G. Havard Albright
Mrs. Lucille Walsh Burke
Dr. Larry A. Cowley
Mr. Richard D. Elston
Mr. N. Allen Ford, Jr.
Dr. John M. Frazer
Mrs. Letitia Morgan Hawkins
Mr. Barry C. Hope
Mr. Douglas Howard, Jr.
Mr. Percy V. Hubbard
Mrs. Diann Kennedy
Mr. Chatham H. Reed
Mr. W. Dale Robertson
Mrs. W. Kirby Rowe, Jr.
Ms. Glennie Scott-Allen
Mr. R. Gray Sexton
Mr. Edward B. Shaw
Mrs. Mary Anne Shemwell
Mrs. Meryal Campbell Smith
Class of 1965
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 16.84%
Mrs. Wilda Rodriguez Andrews
Dr. George Belchic, Jr.
Mr. William H. Bowker
Mrs. Crystal Winchester Brewington
Mr. Jerry A. Butcher
Mrs. Pam Smith Byrd
Dr. Ronald Byrd
Mr. Jud H. Copeland
Reverend Dr. Carole Cotton Winn
Mrs. Caroline Woolley Dager
Mrs. Joelle Smith Ford
Mr. Jay A. Gamm
Mr. and Mrs. Siegmund T. Gayer
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Mr. William F. Golden
Mrs. Jo Ann Bolster Golden
Mr. Robert R. Hawkins
Ms. Paulette M. James
Mr. H. Todd Knox
Mr. Alvin L. Maddox
Mrs. Carolyn Spaulding Mann
Mrs. Judith Young Robinson
Mrs. Sally Keller Tibbs
Mrs. Linda Humphries Trichel
Mr. Michael S. Turner
Mr. T. Gayle Wren
Reverend Regina Levinson Wren
Class of 1966
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 27.38%
Ms. Louise Harris Benoit
Mrs. Linda Whiteside Bowker
Ms. Margaret L. Bray
Dr. Stephen T. Clinton
Mrs. Katherine Colvert Collins
Mr. Marvin L. Collins
Mrs. Lennis Smith Elston
Mrs. Helen Giessen Guenter
Dr. Lynn Taylor Hoggard
Mrs. Linda West Johnston
Mrs. Laurie Weir Kent
Dr. G. Michael Kent
Mr. James M. Nance
Mrs. Violet West Nance
Mrs. Carmela Guercio Provenza
Mr. Fred L. Reagor
Mrs. Jeanne L. Rystrom
Mrs. Elise Wheless Schmidt
Dr. Bob Schwendimann
Dr. Don G. Scroggin
Mr. Douglas A. Simpson
Miss Marty Vaughan
Miss Charlotte E. Webb
Class of 1967
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 8.54%
Mr. William L. Baker, Jr.
Mr. Leonard Critcher
Dr. Gaylon L. Daigle, Jr.
Mrs. Cynthia Watts James
Mrs. Evelyn Tomme Sandifer
Mrs. Alice Buchanan
Schwendimann
Dr. Lucienne Bond Simon
Class of 1968
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 15.32%
Mr. Gary E. Albright
Mr. Randall J. Beauclair
Dr. Carrie Means Bitterwolf
Dr. Tom Bitterwolf
Mrs. Deanna Riggin Comingore
Mr. Paul M. Cooke
Mrs. Mary Tullie Wyrick Critcher
Reverend E. Howard Dawson
Mrs. Joyce Michelle Dawson
Ms. Milann Gannaway
Mr. Dellis W. Germann
Mr. Guss Ginsburg
Mr. Charles Grubb
Dr. Jennie Wilson Harrison
Mr. Harold T. Holland
Mrs. Mary Woods Kacenjar
Mrs. Jane Fleming Keene
Mrs. Frances Victory Schenkkan
Mr. Ivan I. Smith, Jr.
Mrs. Catherine Leggat Thiele
Ms. Jo Ann Toland
Mrs. Judith Pate Townsend
Mr. Richard E. Walton, Jr.
Class of 1969
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 12.26%
Ms. Pat Bissonnet
Mr. Anthony S. Brandon
Mr. E. McLain Causey
Mrs. Jane Johnson Cooke
Mr. Jack Easterwood
Mr. Robert P. Inguaggiato
Ms. Janelle L. McCammon
Mr. Richard W. Meier
Dr. Joe C. Rice
Ms. Liz Scarborough
Mrs. Peggy Shields Schiefelbein
The Reverend Carol Borne Spencer
Mrs. Cinda Toner Thomas
Ms. Jacque F. Walston
Mrs. Rebecca Brown Watts
Class of 1970
Class Agent: Pat Verlander
Guittard
Class Giving Percentage: 16.15%
Reverend Jane Bostick Bearden
Mr. Roger E. Boynton
Mr. Paul R. Bycoffe
Mrs. Jacquelynn Hironimus Caldwell
Mr. M. Anderson Carter
Mrs. Barbara Noland Childs
Reverend Douglas L. Davis
Ms. Sheryl Cook Davis
Reverend Kenneth M. Fisher
Mr. Richard R. Friend
Mr. Robert W. Gillespie, Jr.
Mrs. Patricia Verlander Guittard
Ms. Gene Hullinghorst
Mr. Billy C. Ivey
Mrs. Shirley-Paul Coward Knox
Mrs. Carol Mittelstaedt Koelemay
Mr. Michael J. McClure
Mr. Richard M. Meyers
Ms. Margaret M. Moore
Ms. Beth Stage
Mr. Stephen C. Sutton
Dr. Lelia Vaughan
Mr. Charles D. Williams
Mrs. Nancy Boone Word
Class of 1971
Class Agent: Brown Word
Class Giving Percentage: 14.58%
Dr. William H. Bearden
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Mr. Marshall Crawford, Jr.
Ms. Gail Dalrymple
Dr. Susan Glanville Dardard
Dr. V. Hugh Gilmore
Mrs. Barbara Treat Green
Mr. William T. Green
Mrs. Pamela Byrd Heard
Dr. J. Steven Heard
Mrs. Marianne S. Jones
Mrs. Gayle Johnson Labor
Mrs. Theresa Morgan Meldrum
Dr. Fred L. Miller
Mr. M. Donald Oliver III
Ms. Ann Wilhelm Sell
Mrs. Susan Kunneman Shuey
Mrs. Luanne North Talbot
Dr. Farid M. Tranjan
Captain F. Brown Word
Class of 1972
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 12.80%
Mr. Edwin A. Baker
Ms. Sydney A. Biedenharn
Mr. Stephen M. Brown
Dr. J. Christopher Carey
Ms. Paula A. Craigo
Mrs. Camille Greve Dent
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Ford
Mrs. Debbie Haley Holmes
Mr. Henry C. McCarthy, Jr.
Reverend Dr. M. Theresa
McConnell
Mr. John H. Meldrum, Jr.
Mrs. Linda Gillespie Miller
Mrs. Teresa Springer Oliver
Mr. Jon Q=Petersen
Dr. Ramon H. Rosenkrans
Mr. Jon E. Saye
Ms. Katherine Bash Scarpinatto
Mr. John L. Taylor
Class of 1973
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 12.04%
Mr. Richard P. Clark, II
Mrs. Joyce Sellers Cohen
Mrs. Cindy Scott Davis
Mrs. Patricia Thomas Evans
Mr. Artie J. Geary
Ms. Stella L. Goodbee
Mrs. Sylvia Miles Guerin
Mrs. Patricia A. Hinnebusch
Mr. Charles D. Holmes
Mrs. Linda Munch Jones
Mrs. Paula Johnson McCarthy
Reverend J. Richard Scott-Welch
Mrs. June Streeter Smith
Mr. John E. Vihstadt
Reverend Dr. Richard P. White, Jr.
Class of 1974
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 8.11%
Mrs. Maryannan Mayer Geary
Mr. W. Thomas Guerin
Mr. Calvin Head
Dr. Ian F. Jones
Mr. Lawrence W. Parmeter
Mrs. Jeanne Mayeaux Patterson
Mrs. Michele Armstrong Q=Petersen
Mrs. Patti Melker Richards
Mr. David E. Wilson
Mr. Alan R. Wolf
Mr. Gary W. Vandiver
Mr. Richard W. Ward
Ms. Lidia Pasquale Wilson
Class of 1978
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 19.59%
Reverend Anne K. Ard
“The return on your investment
will be the difference that every
Centenary graduate makes in the
world…which is priceless!”
– Mellynn Baker ’12
Class of 1975
Class Agent: Cynthia Lewis
Class Giving Percentage: 12.61%
Mr. Bruce W. Allen
Ms. Jewel Arrington
Mrs. Nancy Skoog Baumgart
Mr. Rusty Bethley, Jr.
Mr. Mark A. Chrisman
Dr. Megan L. Conway
Reverend Dr. Millie C. Feske
Dr. Mark E. Freeman
The Honorable Gay Caldwell Gaskins
Mrs. Edith Shepherd Holloway
Mrs. Deborah W. Malone
Dr. James W. Poole
Dr. Charles R. Salisbury
Mrs. Anne Heath-Welch Schiller
Mrs. Margaret Fischer Wendorf
Class of 1976
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 9.28%
Mrs. Carol Scott Elliott
Dr. Perry B. Everett
Mrs. Patricia Carr Felton
Mr. Roger T. Felton
Lt. Colonel Royce G. Labor
Mrs. Susan Regenstein McMillan
Ms. Barbara A. Miller
Mrs. Rebecca Beaton Rhodes
Mrs. Carol Hetherwick Sutton
Mrs. Sharon Petersson Wharton
Mrs. Stephanie R. Wimer
Class of 1977
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 10.28%
Mrs. Anna Aslin Cohen
Mr. Sid A. Davis
Mr. John Gardere
Mr. J. Joseph Hardt
Mrs. Jean Maumus Hopkins
Mrs. Elizabeth Merklein Johnson
Reverend Lee McKinzie
Mrs. Vicki Gorgas Matherne
Mr. Michael V. Scarlato
Mr. Andrew M. Shehee
Mr. Kenneth S. Bowdon
Dr. Michael O. Broyles
Mr. Robert L. Clark
Mrs. Amanda Garrett Early
Reverend Betsy Bingham Eaves
Mr. R. Daniel Gamble
Mrs. Mary Jo Pleasant Gardere
Mrs. Ellen Cole Gerdes
Mr. A. Michael Hainsfurther
Mrs. Catherine Lensing Harper
Ms. Christal L. Jones
Mrs. Grace Riggin Jordan
Mrs. Janet Mayo Kassar
Mrs. Nell Shehee Kramer
Mrs. Rhonda Slade Labor
Mr. John L. Lambert
Mrs. Susan Green Lambert
Dr. C. Douglas Lilley
Mr. Michael T. McMillan
Mrs. Deborah Hancock Scarlato
Dr. Betty McKnight Speairs
Mr. Charles H. Wharton
Class of 1979
Class Agent: Becky Murphy
Class Giving Percentage: 11.30%
Mr. C. Ellis Brown, Jr.
Mr. Paul D. Brubaker
Dr. Ginny Garrard Burnett
Mrs. Elaine Ades Clark
Reverend Richard J. Demers
Mrs. Shirley Ann Demers
Mr. Paul Harper
Dr. Michael S. Jackson
Ms. Elaine M. McArdle
Mr. Mark S. Messinger
Ms. Becky Murphy
Mrs. Cynthia McNutt Rodriquez
Mrs. Catherine Craton Sholar
Mr. R. Marshall Taylor
Class of 1980
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 11.36%
Mrs. Nancy Hurley Beauvais
Dr. J. Scott Bicknell
Dr. Ellen Brown
Mr. David N. Cole
Mr. Brent D. Henley
Mrs. Amy Michel Hindman
Mr. Timothy L. Holland
Mrs. Jamie Osborne Jackson
Mr. Johnnie C. Johnson
Dr. Pope W. Oden III
Dr. Juan Rodriguez
Mrs. Theresa D. Scardina
Class of 1981
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 12.30%
Mr. W. Knox Andress IV
Mrs. Karen Koelemay Boston
Mrs. Susan Prince Bruster
Dr. Timothy K. Bruster
Mr. Douglas B. Caulkins
Mrs. Teresa Heacock DeLeo
Mrs. Sue Mudd Holland
Mrs. Cynthia Gleason Johnson
Mrs. Sandra Gillespie Landry
Dr. Philip G. Maguire
Mr. Brian M. O’Neil
Mrs. Kathy Teague Penfield
Mr. Christopher T. Rogers
Mr. Scott D. Stroud
Dr. Michael E. Woolbert
Class of 1982
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 11.02%
Mrs. Lisa Hedges Bacon
Mrs. Susan Cottongim Breaux
Mr. J. Stafford Comegys
Mr. Mark E. Evans
Mrs. Paula Stevens Frierson
Mrs. Theresa Lengel Fussell
Mr. David T. Henington
Mr. J. Parnell Holt
Dr. Brian E. Ingalls
Mrs. Nell Chambers Maeser
Dr. Jim W. Moore
Mrs. Elaine Mayo Poynter
Ms. Patty Roberts
Mr. Nicholas C. Stephens
Mr. Clay B. Tramel
Class of 1983
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 12.50%
Ms. Elizabeth L. Andress
Dr. Gregory E. Blackman
Dr. J. Anderson Freeman
Dr. Kelly Hood
Reverend Lisa Davidson Lefkow
Mr. Timothy H. Marshall
Ms. Graham Bateman
Mr. David W. Milem
Dr. David Otto
Dr. Carol A. Poole
Mr. Thomas B. Power
Ms. Bess Robinson
Mrs. Catherine Amsler Rogers
Mrs. Frances Harrell Livesay Smith
Ms. Carol Stephens-Jay
Mrs. Lorna Stringer Rawls
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Mrs. Jeri Brown Thompson
Mr. C. Ford Williams
Mr. Jay L. Williams
Class of 1984
Class Agent: Don Barnes and
Kelly Crawford Williams
Class Giving Percentage: 8.55%
Colonel Donald J. Barnes
Mr. Rick A. Bennett, Jr.
Mrs. Sheila Dyer Berry
Mr. David H. Connell
Mrs. Kathleen Gawthorp Connell
Mrs. Deborah Patterson Anderson
Dr. Jennifer Burns Dabbs
Major Isiah Gates
Mrs. Isabel Labor Hamiter
Mr. M. Harvey Harris
Ms. Susan M. LaGrone
Reverend Jeffery B. McDonald
Ms. Linda Keiser Navarro
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Robbins
Mrs. Roxanne Nuckolls Ross
Dr. Curtis L. Westerfield
Mrs. Mia M. Westerfield
Mrs. Connie Thode Whittington
“Over 90% of the students at
Centenary are on scholarship. So
we thank donors especially for
allowing us to have this wonderful
opportunity, and we also thank
the friends of the Choir who have
supported us along the way.”
– Blake Bruchhaus ’12
Mr. Scott H. Green
Mrs. Kay Hedges Hathaway
Mrs. Edie Carell Johnson
Mr. Walter R. Lamb
Mrs. Madeleine M. Marchesseault
Mr. Andrew Navarro
Mrs. Susan R. Perkins
Ms. Thurndotte Baughman Ray
Mrs. Kelly Crawford Williams
Reverend Ricky L. Willis
Mrs. Valerie Harrison Woolbert
Class of 1985
Class Agent: Suzanne Thompson
Harris
Class Giving Percentage: 10.45%
Dr. Ramonalynn Walker Bethley
Mrs. B. Lee Fowler Brady
Mrs. Carolyn Benham Buckhout
Mr. Robert B. Clifton, Jr.
Mrs. Suzanne Thompson Harris
Reverend Frank S. Harris III
Mr. Melvin Ray Holt, Jr.
Mrs. Cynthia Goins Wann Jeane
Mr. Randal J. Landry
Mr. Jeffrey W. Robertson
Mrs. Cynthia Martin Roy
Ms. Margaret S. Shehee
Mrs. Lynette Potter Viskozki
Mr. Ronald A. Viskozki
Mrs. Lisa Illing Wills
Mr. Malcolm A. Wills
Class of 1986
Class Agent: None
Class Giving Percentage: 11.02%
Mr. Richard D. Anders
Mr. Alan Yokem
Class of 1987
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 11.54%
Mrs. Braun Ray Campbell
Ms. Elizabeth Rogers Distad
Ms. Lauren D. Gaddy
Ms. Christine M. Keating
Mrs. Ronda Feaster Loftis
Mr. Patrick Murray Long
Mrs. Christine Reid Lukasiewicz
Mr. Jeffery A. Mackey
Mr. Ralph G. Richardson
Mrs. Marianne Spruell Rowse
Ms. Laura Gail Sullivan
Mrs. Kimberly Harrison Townsend
Mr. Kent Wilkes
Class of 1988
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 4.31%
Mr. Frank Knox Carroll
Dr. Lenise Clifton
Mrs. Ellen Lewis Hall
Mr. Randolph Sutton
Lt. Colonel Edward Todd Utz
David and Jackie Watkins
Dr. Donald A. Webb
Mrs. Renee Mowbray Webb
Class of 1989
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 2.65%
Ms. Sherry Thompson Campbell
Ms. Carol Denise Hogg
Ms. Rhonda L. Kendrick
Mr. Norman V. Kinsey
Mr. Austin G. Robertson, Jr.
Reverend Linda J. Shepherd
Mr. Leonard Wennmohs
Class of 1990
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 5.88%
Mrs. Janna Knight Belote
Mr. Chris Bunt
Mrs. Phyllis A. Caudill
Mr. U. L. Coleman III
Dr. Robin Lee Dauterive
Mrs. Selena Crone Davis
Dr. Karen E. Eason
Mr. Stanley P. Gibson
Mrs. Marilyn Segura Joiner
Mrs. Marcy Goins Jones
Mrs. Deirdre Ceruti McClain
Mr. Kurt C. Norden
Mrs. Elizabeth Tice Stevens
Ms. Courtney Heard Straus
Class of 1991
Class Agent: Martha Stuckey
Class Giving Percentage: 8.59%
Mr. W. Anthony Brady
Reverend Warren Clifton II
Mr. C. Britton Coffman
Mr. Richard E. Flarend
Mrs. Stacey Pylkas Klein
Dr. Larry L. Layfield
Mr. Ian A. McElroy
Mrs. RaeJean Yeater Noschese
Mr. Peter A. Robertson
Ms. Martha E. Stuckey
Mr. Chase Waites
Mrs. Helen Haley Warwick
Dr. Elizabeth Rollefson Wright
Class of 1992
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 6.15%
Mr. David A. Barlow
Mrs. Annelise Christensen Clifton
Mr. Scott K. Durbin
Dr. M. Edward Hord
Mr. Jarrod W. Horton
Ms. Stacey J. Jordan
Mr. Andrew P. Meeder
Mr. Leon J. Miller
Mrs. Misty Lacewell Walker
Class of 1993
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 3.68%
Mrs. Andra Roy Chernack
Mrs. Julie Steed Kammer
Mrs. Kimberly Creghan Morgan
Reverend Emily Freeman Penfield
Ms. Angela L. White
Class of 1994
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 5.23%
Mr. A. Richard Carroll
Dr. Christopher A. Dzurik
Mrs. Jennifer Vincent Grant
Mr. Robert J. Luke
Mr. Craig J. Parent
Mr. Pedro Miguel Pizarro
Dr. Denis Poljak
Mrs. Jamie Dickerson Rivers
Class of 1995
Class Agent: Lara Moffitt
Class Giving Percentage: 5.04%
Mrs. Gladys Darnell Alexander
Mrs. Kelley McCrary Bernhard
Mrs. Melonie Whitehead Himel
Mrs. Kimberley Brobst Meeder
Mrs. Erin Darwin Pizarro
Mr. Davor Poljak
Mr. Vernon Rivers
Mr. David I. Williams
Class of 1996
Class Agent: Joel Blakeney
Class Giving Percentage: 6.25%
Mr. Joel K. Blakeney
Mrs. Julie Fountain Brizzi
Mrs. Susan F. Gibson
Mrs. Christine Crawford Hammons
Mrs. Katie Lang Hord
Mrs. Christina A. Joyce-Wilson
Mrs. Alicia Billiot Paley
Mrs. Debra Pratt Snyder
Ms. M. Kimberly Vetter
Class of 1997
Class Agent: Matt Prysock
Class Giving Percentage: 9.23%
Mrs. Dawn Montague Altice
Ms. Erika M. Atkinson
Mrs. Elizabeth Means Culp
Ms. Katrina B. Ernesto
Mrs. Jennifer Dent Hill
Dr. Emily Robinson Hobson
Mrs. Wendy Hill Johnson
Major Joel D. Jowers
Ms. Shelley Marusak Greenlee
Mr. Todd A. Muslow
Mr. Stephen P. Roell
Mrs. Cynthia Melton Walker
Mr. Neal S. Williams
Class of 1998
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 10.16%
Ms. Amanda C. Ellis
Dr. W. Jeremy Erwin
Mr. James B. Francis III
Mrs. Amanda Compton Goss
Mrs. Katharine Harper McCormick
Dr. Stephen Bennett Hill
Ms. Jeannie Ho
Dr. David A. Hobson
Mrs. Monique Cousins Hoffmeister
Mrs. Leah Frierson Muslow
Mrs. Amanda Soderberg Sadler
Mr. J. Ian Sadler
Mr. James F. Van Doren
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Class of 1999
Class Agent: Kimberly Bolin
Class Giving Percentage: 8.40%
Mrs. Catherine Green Allen
Ms. Kimberly Bolin
Dr. Amy L. Brown
Mr. George Fine
Mrs. Nicole K. Hollingsworth
Mrs. Kathryn Barkley Loomis
Mr. Jason Ogwyn
Ms. Meredith A. Searcy
Mr. Jeremiah B. Stevens
Mrs. Jennifer Phifer Strange
Mr. Micah Brandon Strange
Mrs. Kelly Gaines Tooke
Class of 2000
Class Agent: Angela Watkins
Class Giving Percentage: 3.94%
Mr. John Steven Mudd
Ms. Carey A. Olney
Mr. Marshall Rice
Ms. Maria N. Saucier
Ms. Katy E. Valentine
Class of 2001
Class Agent: Lauren McKnight
Class Giving Percentage: 7.80%
Mrs. Lindsay Holman Atkins
Mrs. Laura Walker Bozell
Ms. Ashley L. Carter
Ms. Emily Elliott
Mrs. Carolyn Hale Erwin
Mr. Jeffrey S. Everson
Mr. David P. McCormick
Ms. Lauren B. McKnight
Mr. Gregory A. Peco
Mrs. Courtney Patterson-Stephens
Mr. Michael F. Tooke
Class of 2002
Class Agent: Mandy Yearwood
Taylor
Class Giving Percentage: 9.88%
Ms. Brittney S. Anderson
Mr. Geoffrey M. Cazes
Mrs. Montie Thomas Dobbins
Ms. Heidi D. Dufrene
Mr. J. Bryan Ehricht
Mrs. Erin Bryan Eklund
Mr. Kristopher D. Franks
Mrs. Christy Finch Gautre
Mr. John M. Grand
Mr. Christopher L. Jay
Ms. Linda C. Millhollon
Mrs. Pepper Kaufman Price
Ms. Melanie S. Russell
Reverend Sarah Williams Shoup
Ms. Laura R. Slack
Mr. Benjamin T. Taylor
Mrs. Amanda Yearwood Taylor
Mrs. K. Star Williams
Class of 2003
Class Agent: Stuart Ponder
Class Giving Percentage: 5.63%
Ms. Laci L. Adams
Ms. Sarah E. Bate
Mrs. Mariah Mayo Fine
Mr. Lawrence D. LeDuff
Mrs. Christy Melton LeDuff
Ms. Merrick Buchanan McSwiggan
Mr. Stuart Ponder
Ms. Margo A. Shideler
Mrs. Maria Moores Watts
Class of 2004
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 5.63%
Mrs. Kathryn Thompson Applegate
Mr. Eric C. Camp
Ms. Ashlie R. Daigle
Dr. Victoria Kintner-Duffy
Mr. Elliott Grand
Mr. Robert S. Savage
Ms. Esther J. Seitz
Rachel India Thompson
Mr. Russell Young
Class of 2005
Class Agent: Sarah Bowman David
Class Giving Percentage: 7.83%
Mrs. Mary Bocchini Abreo
Ms. Elizabeth Rae Coody
Mrs. Sarah Bowman David
Mr. Steven D. Deas
Ms. Jessica L. Hayes
Mrs. Elizabeth Rives McCormick
Mr. Terrance R. McNaight
Mrs. Brooke Taylor Mitchell
Mrs. Saige Wilhite Solomon
Mr. Jeffrey N. Stotts
Ms. Kirsten R. Thomas
Reverend Jared R. Williams
Mr. Samuel O. Williams
Ms. Krystal L. Williamson
Class of 2006
Class Agent: Debbie Elsen Deas
Class Giving Percentage: 6.71%
Mr. Timothy R. Carpenter
Mrs. Debra Elsen Deas
Mr. Jared K. Frank
Mr. Wesley Hardin
Ms. Amelia Elizabeth Harrell
Ms. Sara Hebert
Mrs. Ashlie Junot Hilbun
Mrs. Emily Argue Stotts
Ms. Julie M. Vanderlick
Ms. Kakie Walker
Class of 2007
Class Agent: Charlie Matter
Class Giving Percentage: 6.04%
Mr. Thurston Allen
Mrs. Allyson Sandifer Checkley
Mr. Michael Paul Collette
Mr. A. Peyton Dufour
Mrs. Erin Halstead Kingsbury
Ms. Kacie L. Lopez
Ms. Susan M. McNeeley
Mr. Andre G. Pitre
Ms. Julia O. Reynolds
Ms. Amy Lynn Williams
Class of 2008
Class Agent: Amanda Fontenot
Class Giving Percentage: 5.97%
Mr. Justin Atkins, Jr.
Mrs. Natalie Daniels Atkins
Mrs. Kendra Grimes Bertelsen
Ms. Maegan Daigle
Ms. Sarah K. Eich
Mr. Ross Coleman Gilbert
Ms. Alexandra Paige Hilsher
Ms. Kelly Alicia Hunt
Ms. Margaret Elizabeth Mahoney
Ms. Erin M. Middleton
Ms. Abigail Moffett Piazza
Mr. Taylor Tichenor III
Class of 2009
Class Agent: Needed
Class Giving Percentage: 4.40%
Ms. Lauren Nicole Gernand
Ms. Elizabeth C. Lyles
Ms. Christina Marie Poole
Mr. Corey Kenneth Shadd
Mr. Douglas R. Sullivan
Mr. Christopher Michael Vaughan
Ms. Christina Marie Venditte
Class of 2010
Class Agent: Michael Jarboe and
Andy Osborn
Class Giving Percentage: 6.67%
Mr. Eric Z. Gnann
Mrs. Ashley Helms Ramsey
Mr. Michael Phillip Jarboe
Ms. Mary Katherine Jones
Ms. Kari M. Kennon
Mr. Casey A. McBeath
Mr. David Kelton Moss
Mr. Andrew Eugene Osborn
Mr. Michael Patrick Rafferty
Mr. John Michael Ramsey
Mr. Matthew L. Wallace
Mrs. Chelsea Liles Wooten
Class of 2011
Class Agent: John Ashley
Class Giving Percentage: 2.03%
Mr. Johnvrsh LeEddie Ashley
Mrs. Laura Deas Collette
Ms. Christine Anne Cumming
Mrs. Misty Lane Shadd
*This list represents alumni who have
given between July 1, 2011 and
April 16, 2012.
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