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4 Samford Goes for $200 MillionSamford has launched the most ambitious fund-raising campaign in its 168-year history, with a goal of raising $200million over the next five years. The money will providefinancial support for the university’s multifaceted, multiyearstrategic plan approved in 2008.

12 Lincoln RevisitedAbraham Lincoln had great faith but no church membership.He was a southerner whose crusade changed the southernway of life. He all but lost hope for reelection in 1864, butthen Sherman took Atlanta. Drawing on his award-winningbook, The Age of Lincoln, historian Orville Vernon Burtonshared these and other insights in Samford’s annual DavisLecture.

14 Fall SpectacularThousands of Samford alumni returned to campus on a picture-perfect fall weekend in early November for theannual celebration of homecoming. Enjoy extensive coverage of the reunion-filled event.

30 Songs Tell the StoryWhen Ken Burns produced his recent documentary, TheNational Parks: America’s Best Idea, he turned again to alumnus Bobby Horton to select the music. It was their 10th collaboration, covering such subjects as the Civil War, baseball, Mark Twain, World War II and others. Hortonmajored in accounting, but made music his life.

2 From the President

3 Samford Report

20 Self and God in Literature

21 Pharmacy Newsletter

32 Alumni

33 Class Notes

37 Births

38 In Memoriam

40 Campus News

44 Sports

46 With Appreciation

48 Calendar

Cover: The crowd gathers for Homecoming 2009.

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EDITORWilliam Nunnelley

ASSOCIATE EDITORMary Wimberley

CONTRIBUTING WRITERSJack Brymer, Sean Flynt, Philip Poole

DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICESJanica York Carter

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICESLaine Williams

DESIGNERSScott Camp, Monica Washington

SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERCaroline Baird Summers

PHOTOGRAPHERRob Culpepper

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONOFFICERS 2009–10

PRESIDENTGreg Powell ’81

VICE PRESIDENT, ACTIVITIESTo Be Announced

VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENTMichael Kopecky ’96

ALUMNI COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEKitty Brown ’01Jack Brymer ’67Rick Moon ’77Katie Murnane ’07

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTMark Davidson ’92

Winter 2009Vol. 26 No. 4Publication Number:USPS 244-800

Seasons is published quarterly bySamford University, 800 LakeshoreDrive, Birmingham, Alabama 35229,and is distributed free to alumni ofthe university, as well as to otherfriends. Periodical postage paid atBirmingham, Alabama. Postmaster:send address changes to SamfordUniversity Alumni Office, SamfordUniversity, Birmingham, Alabama35229.

©2009 Samford UniversitySamford University is an Equal OpportunityInstitution that complies with applicable lawprohibiting discrimination in its educational and employment policies and does not unlaw-fully discriminate on the basis of race, color,sex, age, disability, or national or ethnic origin.

www.samford.edusamnews@samford.eduProduced by Samford Office ofCommunication

EDITORWilliam Nunnelley

ASSOCIATE EDITORMary Wimberley

CONTRIBUTING WRITERSJack Brymer, Sean Flynt, Philip Poole

DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICESJanica York Carter

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICESLaine Williams

DESIGNERSScott Camp, Monica Washington

SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERCaroline Baird Summers

PHOTOGRAPHERRob Culpepper

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONOFFICERS 2009–10

PRESIDENTGreg Powell ’81

VICE PRESIDENT, ACTIVITIESTo Be Announced

VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENTMichael Kopecky ’96

ALUMNI COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEKitty Brown ’01Jack Brymer ’67Rick Moon ’77Katie Murnane ’07

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTMark Davidson ’92

Winter 2009Vol. 26 No. 4Publication Number:USPS 244-800

Seasons is published quarterly bySamford University, 800 LakeshoreDrive, Birmingham, Alabama 35229,and is distributed free to alumni ofthe university, as well as to otherfriends. Periodical postage paid atBirmingham, Alabama. Postmaster:send address changes to SamfordUniversity Alumni Office, SamfordUniversity, Birmingham, Alabama35229.

©2009 Samford UniversitySamford University is an Equal OpportunityInstitution that complies with applicable lawprohibiting discrimination in its educational and employment policies and does not unlaw-fully discriminate on the basis of race, color,sex, age, disability, or national or ethnic origin.

www.samford.edusamnews@samford.eduProduced by Samford Office ofCommunication

Afew years ago, Runner’s Worldmagazinefeatured an article revealing the strangemagic of Norway’s Bislett Stadium. The old

stadium was replaced by a newer version in 2005,but the original venue functioned for most of the20th century. Obviously something was specialabout the old facility, because more than 65 worldrecords were set there in track and field and speedskating. No other stadium even approaches such aclaim. Researchers traced the cause of the phenomenon, known to athletes as the “Bisletteffect,” not to the cold weather, nor to the windresistance, nor the altitude, but to the design ofthe stadium itself. The narrow lanes were surrounded by steep grandstands, placing thespectators remarkably close to the athletes. Theroar of thousands of fans—such a great cloud ofwitnesses—propelled each runner forward.

Although, given the nature of their sport,they weren’t pressed on every side by fans in thegrandstands, the members of our women’s cross-country team must have experienced a version ofthe Bislett effect this fall as they ran away withSamford’s first championship since joining theSouthern Conference. What lessons can we learnfrom these remarkable student-athletes?

Commitment. Our team was the preseasonfavorite to win the championship, which onlyenhanced the pressure of each performance. Witheach meet, they worked to give their best.

Perseverance. The weather was a factoralmost every week of the season, from extremeheat and humidity to rain. Hillary Neal, a juniornursing major from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,said, “It’s been a crazy season. We could’ve gottendown on ourselves, but we persevered . . . and gotit done.”

Balance. Members of the team are committedathletes and committed students. The team hasachieved a perfect score of 1,000 on the NCAAAcademic Progress Report each year since theinception of the ratings, measuring academicprogress, persistence and graduation.

Commitment, perseverance and balance:qualities that will serve these young women wellin the years beyond their cross-country careers,and qualities to which we all aspire.

As always, please keep Samford in yourprayers.

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What challenge doesDr. Lowell Vannface after teaching

full-time since 1970?“Striving to stay fresh,

avoiding the stale, realizingeach new year’s class hasnever been down this roadbefore,” he said.

Vann received the 2009John H. Buchanan Award forExcellence in ClassroomTeaching at Samford duringthe semester-opening convo-cation Aug. 25, about thesame time he met his latestgroup of new students.

A 1957 Samford gradu-ate, Vann joined the faculty full-time in1970 after teaching part-time for severalyears. He served as art department chairfor 36 years.

The veteran professor defines teaching as “an interaction with studentsin a quest for learning.” He added, “This isnot a mere accumulation of information,but the application of what we learn to

use in our lives.”Students nominating

Vann for the Buchananaward described him as a“hard, productive andlearned teacher who giveshis all and more to his students,” and as a pro -fessor “who makes art funand opens the eyes of thosewho take his course foreven just an elective.”

He holds the master offine arts degree from theUniversity of Alabama andthe Ph.D. from Florida StateUniversity.

Does anything sur-prise Vann in the classroom?

“A student’s unexpected forwardprogress, a venture on their part thatreally pays off,” he answered. “It makesyou wonder what the impediment wasbefore and how it could have beenmoved aside earlier.” �

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reportSamford Enrolls a Record

Samford, Alabama’s largest privateuniversity for many years, has gotten even larger. The university’s

official enrollment for 2009 is 4,658 students. That exceeds the previousrecord of 4,630 in 1995. Last year’s totalwas 4,469.

Samford enrolled 2,908 under -graduates and a record 1,750 graduatestudents this fall.

Dr. Phil Kimrey, vice president forstudent affairs and enrollment manage-ment, noted that this year’s freshmanclass had an average ACT collegeentrance exam score of 26, significantlyhigher than the national average of 21.About one-fourth of the class ranked inthe top 10 percent of their high schoolgraduating class. Fifteen were NationalMerit Scholarship finalists.

Ida V. Moffett School of Nursingrecorded the largest increase in enroll-ment, growing from 403 students to 509, Samford President AndrewWestmoreland noted. This reflectsincreased national interest in health-careeducation, and aggressive recruitmentefforts by the nursing school, he said.

Samford’s pharmacy and lawschools also have increased enrollments.

“I’m grateful to every member ofthe campus community for these greatefforts to maintain and enhance enroll-ment during a period of economicstress,” said Dr. Westmoreland. �

Brock National Finalist

Samford’s Brock School of BusinessEntrepreneurship Program was select-ed as one of three national finalists for theOutstanding Emerging EntrepreneurshipProgram by the U.S. Association of SmallBusiness and Entrepreneurship [USAS-BE]. The award recognizes top programsin existence three years or less.

“One strategic goal at Brock School ofBusiness is to build one of the top pro-grams in the country for training aspiringentrepreneurs, and this award validatesour efforts to date,” said Franz Lohrke, theBrock Family Chair in Entrepreneurship.

Other finalists include the Universityof Rochester and Creighton University.The top program will be selected atUSASBE’s annual conference in January2010. �

Mike Roylance, principal tubist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, performs with theSamford Wind Ensemble Oct. 22 in Brock Recital Hall at Samford. Roylance also hasperformed with the Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and Seattle Symphony.

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Largest Fund-raisingEffort Seeks $200 Million$84 Million Already Given or Pledged

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amford University has launched the mostambitious fund-raising campaign in theuniversity’s 168-year history with a goalof raising $200 million over the next fiveyears. The campaign, several months in

planning, was announced publicly Oct. 9. A total of $84 million already has been given

or pledged, noted Samford President AndrewWestmoreland.

The campaign provides financial support forSamford’s multifaceted, multiyear strategic planthat was approved and announced by the university’sboard of trustees in September 2008. The strategicplan and the campaign both support the academicpriorities of the university and provide for theneeds of students, said Dr. Westmoreland.

Key components of the campaign are fundsfor scholarships, academic programs such asendowed chairs and professorships, annual sup-port of university operations and capital projects.

University administrators and campaign leadership acknowledged the unusual economicclimate in which the campaign launched. But,campaign leaders are convinced that the effort canbe successful.

“We are aware that these are tough economictimes, and people might ask ‘Isn’t this a strangetime to be starting a capital campaign?’” said campaign chair Albert P. Brewer, former Alabamagovernor and retired Samford law professor.

“Our needs are even greater and more pronounced now, and the needs of our studentsand the opportunities that we have to minister tothem are greater now because of these [economic] circumstances,” said Brewer.

“This is a time when we must go forwardwith our campaign in view of those conditions.

We believe that people recognize the needs that wehave, that they recognize the importance of whatwe’re trying to do for our students by way ofscholarships and enhanced research and facilitieshere. I believe that people are going to respondaffirmatively and positively to what we’re trying todo because it is so essential that we do it now.”

The largest campaign component, about $65million, is designated for scholarships. Funds willbe used for existing scholarship programs, rangingin vintage from the one-year-old UniversityFellows for top academic students to the 80-year-old Samford marching band. Additional endow-ment will provide new program-specific andneeds-based scholarships, Westmoreland noted.

Officials said scholarship funding is critical,especially in today’s economy, as Samford

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Albert Brewer, ChairFormer Governor, State of AlabamaRetired Law Professor,Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama

Paula Hovater ’69President, Public AffairsAtlanta, Georgia

Eddie Miller ’74Bodine, Inc.Birmingham, Alabama

Vic Nichol ’68CEO, Alabama Bankers BankBirmingham, Alabama

John Pittman ’44Retired Insurance ExecutiveBirmingham, Alabama

William Stevens ’70CEO, Motion IndustriesBirmingham, Alabama

Clark Watson, J.D. ’81Attorney, Balch & BinghamBirmingham, Alabama

Elouise WilliamsCommunity Volunteer and PhilanthropistBirmingham, Alabama

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Randy PittmanVice President for UniversityAdvancement

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competes to attract top students.“One very important goal of this

campaign is scholarships,” said SamfordProvost J. Bradley Creed. “We want quali-fied students to be able to receive a col-lege education, which is one of the mostlife-changing experiences that any humanbeing can have. That is why a significantpart of this campaign is dedicated toscholarships to enable qualified studentsin need of assistance to come to Samfordand have this life-changing experience.”

In addition to scholarship funding,the campaign also will support academicprograms and faculty. About $25 millionis earmarked in the campaign for facultyenrichment and academic programs.

“As the largest private university in

Alabama and one of the top privateschools in the region, it is imperative thatour faculty and academic programmingreflect that status,” said W. RandallPittman, Samford’s vice president for university advancement.

Income from endowed academicchairs and professorships will fundresearch, and help to attract and retainquality faculty “to join our team ofesteemed professors,” Pittman said. Otherfunds will be used to support existing ornew academic programs in each ofSamford’s eight schools.

An unusual component of the cam-paign is $60 million for annual support.Most major institutional campaigns focuson capital or new projects, but because

tuition revenue alone cannot support amajor university such as Samford, annualgiving to support day-to-day instructionalneeds is crucial, Pittman said.

“Tuition revenue is designated forinstructional costs, but ongoing opera-tional needs are just as critical,” heexplained. “A sprawling campus requirescare and maintenance. Library resourcesand school-based equipment must bereplaced. Continuously changing tech -nology needs must be met. Resourcesmust be available for growth in student enrollment.

Scholarships $65 Million

Funds will be used for existing scholar-ship programs, ranging in vintage fromthe one-year-old University Fellows fortop academic students to the 80-year-old Samford marching band. Additionalendowment will provide new program-specific and needs-based scholarships.

Faculty Enhancements $25 Million

Income from endowed academic chairsand professorships will fund research,and help to attract and retain qualityfaculty to join Samford’s nationally recognized faculty.

Academic Programs $10 million

Funds will be used to support existingor new academic programs in each ofSamford’s eight schools.

Campus Facilities $40 million

The Cooney Family Field House forfootball, completed in summer 2009, isa capital project included in the cam-paign. Other projects being consideredare an expanded and renovated studentcenter, and residence facilities and academic buildings for Samford’s burgeoning student population. Capitalprojects will be undertaken as fundingis available.

Annual Fund Support $60 million

Most major institutional campaignsfocus on capital or new projects, butbecause tuition revenue alone cannotsupport a major university such asSamford, annual giving to support day-to-day instructional needs is crucial. �

For more information, go to www.samford.edu/campaign.

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Whether Patrick Devereux, Pharm.D. ’05, is counseling a patient at his community pharmacy, mentoring a student or presiding at his Rotary

Club, he can trace his passion for the activity to his SamfordUniversity student days.

He had already claimed the profession for his futurevocation when he entered Samford, having been drawn to thecareer while working at a pharmacy as a high school studentin St. Augustine, Fla.

“I liked the personal interaction between the pharmacistsand patients,” said Devereux, who identified his particularniche after entering the professional curriculum at Samford’sMcWhorter School of Pharmacy.

“I decided on independent community pharmacythrough my involvement with student organizations in pharmacy school, especially the National CommunityPharmacists Association,” he said.

Advancing quickly in his career, he is now vice presidentof clinical services at Family Medical Services, Inc., and man-aging pharmacist at the company’s Bessemer, Ala., location.

Earlier this year, he received the pharmacy school’sShaddix Award, an honor given to recognize a graduate whohas made a difference in pharmacy within five years of graduation.

Devereux was cited for his efforts to create and implement new forms of pharmacy services. Specifically, he garnered the accolade for his implementation of medicationtherapy management [MTM]. MTM encompasses a varietyof patient-specific and specialized services—all designed tohelp patients improve their medication use.

The MTM concept is important to him and to hispatients, says Devereux, because informed and empoweredpatients make the best health decisions.

“If I am able to provide some peace of mind to patientswith their medications, while at the same time reducing oreliminating drug interactions and adverse reactions, I havetruly done my job as a pharmacist,” said Devereux.

Too often, he explains, patients are given prescriptions bytheir doctor with little or no guidance as to what to expect, orhow a medication fits in with their health-care plan.

“That is where we come in and why medication therapy

management is so important,” he said.Devereux gladly incorporates his patient-care experi-

ences into lectures he gives on campus and in his work as apreceptor to pharmacy students who do a rotation at hisstore.

“I do this to offer some real-world perspective to the students. This helps reinforce what they are currently studying and shows them that there are different avenues inpharmacy open to them,” said Devereux.

President-elect of Rotary International’s ShadesMountain Sunrise Club, Devereux is active in JeffersonCounty and Alabama pharmacy associations, NationalCommunity Pharmacists Association and the AmericanAssociation of Diabetes Educators. He is also a member ofthe pharmacy school’s newly formed leadership team.

This commitment to community service and professionaldevelopment can be traced back to his Samford roots.

“Many of my professors taught me that this was the wayto shape the future of our profession and give back to thecommunity through service,” said Devereux, who served aspresident of his 2005 pharmacy class.

Devereux’s decision to attend Samford came easy, in partbecause he had already made his career choice in high school.

“I wanted to attend a school where I would be able to doboth my undergraduate work and attend pharmacy school,”said Devereux, who researched possible schools around thecountry. “I was convinced that Samford was the school forme when I made a campus visit. It felt like home to me.”

Now, five years out of school, he remains very happywith his choice.

“I believe I emerged from Samford a well-rounded pharmacist,” said Devereux, who participated in a variety ofcampus activities outside of pharmacy. “My experience inundergraduate Greek life formed friendships with people thatI am still very close to and see regularly.”

Perhaps Devereux’s strongest testimonial for Samford ishis desire that his younger sister choose to attend his almamater.

“I think she will benefit from the sense of communityand friendship that helped me to get where I am today.”

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“Even with Samford’s prudentfinancial management, it is a challengefor tuition costs to remain affordable formost students while providing adequatefunds for the university’s physical plantand other needs. That is why annual giving is so important,” Pittman continued.

The Cooney Family Field House forfootball, completed in August, is a capital project included in the campaign,Westmoreland said. Other projects beingconsidered are an expanded and reno-vated student center, and residence facilities and academic buildings for

Samford’s burgeoning student population.Capital projects will be undertaken asfunding is available.

A steering committee of volunteers,chaired by Brewer, is assisting the university’s administration with thecampaign. (See listing on page 5.)

Westmoreland and Brewer antici-pate strong support from all Samfordconstituencies. The campaign alreadyhas been endorsed by a unanimous voteof Samford’s board of trustees.

“One might ask why the communityshould be involved in or support theSamford campaign,” Brewer said.

“Samford is an integral part of this community and proud to be a part ofthe community. We participate in andprovide many of the cultural activities ofthe community. We’re good corporatecitizens. We educate the young people ofthe community. So, the community has areal stake in the success of our campaignbecause of what we’re doing atSamford.”

Westmoreland added, “We need thehelp of all friends of Samford. Certainly,these goals are lofty, but they are attainable if the Samford constituencyrallies around this great cause.” �

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Former Alabama governorAlbert P. Brewer has servedSamford University in manyways through the years: distin-guished professor of law and

government, founding president of theSamford-based Public Affairs ResearchCouncil of Alabama, trustee and unofficial goodwill ambassador.

The partially retired Brewer foundit hard to refuse Dr. AndrewWestmoreland when the Samford presi-dent asked him to take on one morerole: that of steering committee chair for“A Campaign for Samford.”

“Samford has meant much to manyof us, and the campaign is a way of giving back to this great university,” saidBrewer.” The opportunities here areimpressive and can be realized only withadditional resources.”

His appreciation for the schoolbegan several decades before he joinedthe faculty in 1987.

“I have known Samford all my life,first as Howard College, then asSamford,” recalled Brewer, who, as ayoung attorney and Baptist layman inMorgan County, was a campaign leaderto raise funds for the school’s move fromEast Lake to Homewood in the 1950s.

In the 1960s, he was a member ofthe Alabama legislature when the namewas changed from Howard College toSamford University, and in 1968, hereceived an honorary degree from theschool.

Brewer and his late wife, Martha,underscored their long-standing appre-ciation for the school by establishingscholarships for undergraduate and lawstudents.

“We wanted to help students whomight otherwise be unable to attendSamford,” said Brewer, noting that thecouple delighted in following the careersof recipients and having pride in theiraccomplishments.

An additional scholarship has beenestablished in his honor, and in 2008,the striking Martha F. and Albert P.Brewer Plaza at Samford was made possible by statewide contributionsfrom a broad cross-section of people.The site in front of the law school building, Robinson Hall, is enjoyed byall Samford students and faculty.

Brewer, who has taught Samfordlaw students as well as undergraduatehistory and political science students,was honored in 2001 with Samford’sGeorge Macon Memorial Award for outstanding performance as a teacher.

One nominator hailed Brewer forhis generosity of time as he patientlyhelped students understand the intri -cacies of the legal and political systemsof Alabama, and also for his manyadmirable personal attributes.

“He exudes from the core of hisbeing an unwavering commitment tothe highest ideals of the legal profession: justice, compassion and the importanceof contributing to one’s community,”

said the nominator.Brewer was lieutenant governor of

Alabama during 1967–68 and governorduring 1968–71. He is recognized forachieving much-needed reforms andnew programs for the state. Historianshave called him Alabama’s first NewSouth governor.

His numerous honors and acco-lades cite, among other things, his commitment to state constitutionalreform efforts. He has been a boardmember of the Alabama Citizens forConstitutional Reform and the AlabamaCitizens Constitution Commission.

Brewer retired from full-time teaching in 2005 but continues to teach a law course in professionalresponsibility.

Although a graduate of theUniversity of Alabama with bachelor’sand law degrees, Brewer is never shyabout his pride in Samford, its missionand its worthiness of support.“Samford is a special place,” said Brewer.“Its ability to provide a Christian highereducation is dependent upon our providing the resources to achieve our campaign objectives.

“Every contribution is an invest-ment in the future of the outstandingyoung people who attend Samford, andof our state and nation, and even theworld, where they will serve with character and ability.” �

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Lindsay Harter feels called to acareer in medical missions, andthe 2009 Samford nursinggraduate is preparing—step bystep—to fulfill her goal.

As a participant in the registerednurse intern program at the University ofAlabama at Birmingham, Harter hopesto work in an emergency room after shecompletes rotations through five units.The ER, she reasons, will best prepare herfor the challenges of medical missions.

In June, she participated in a medical mission trip to the DominicanRepublic with Christian MedicalMinistry of Alabama. “That experienceas a translator/nurse only confirmed mycalling to participate in sharing the loveof Jesus in needy places by providingmedical care,” said Harter, who even -tually wants to earn a graduate degreeand become a nurse practitioner beforeheading to the mission field.

Her very first step, enrolling atSamford to study nursing, however,involved a giant leap of faith to overcomea financial obstacle.

Harter originally had not con sideredSamford for her education. Although herolder brother, Zach Harter ’06, hadenjoyed his time at the school, she pre-ferred to attend a large public universityin her home state of Georgia.

“I wanted to discover new territory.If I wanted to continue in that mindset,however, I made a big mistake by visitinghim on Step Sing weekend,” said Harter,who immediately “fell in love” with thestudent body and campus.

She was later impressed withSamford’s nursing program when sheattended the school’s Academic OptionsDay, an experience that only strengthenedher desire to attend.

“One significant problem was in my

way, however—money,” said Harter.Her prayers for financial assistance

were answered in a big way when she wasselected to receive a highly com petitivePresidential Scholarship, which herbrother also had received.

She quickly became involved incampus life and community causes.During her freshman and sophomoreyears, she led the Invisible Children initiative of University Ministries’ SocialJustice Committee. She later helpedorganize the citywide Global NightCommute, a simulation of the nightlycommute that children of northernUganda make to avoid being captured bymembers of a rebel army.

Just before her senior year, however,a significant tuition increase madeHarter fearful that, even with herPresidential Scholarship, she would needto complete her nursing education elsewhere.

Shortly before that tuition was due,she learned that she had received aSamford University Auxiliary scholarshipthat would help cover her senior year.

“I wept at the feet of Jesus in dis belief and another lesson learned,”Harter said.

Through the years, scores of gratefulSamford students have benefited fromauxiliary scholarships. The endowedfund, in excess of $1 million dollars, isfunded primarily by individuals withadditional support from corporationsand foundations. This year, the auxiliaryprovided more than $65,000 in scholar-ships from the endowment.

Harter is appreciative of the generosity of those who made both herpresidential and auxiliary scholarshipspossible. Her words of gratitude are com-pelling.

“If I could say anything to donors, itwould be this: You are not someone whojust gives money to Samford,” saidHarter. “You are someone who God usesto completely redirect the course of aman or woman’s life—their career, possibly who they marry, their spiritualgrowth and their entire outlook on life.”

College, she says, is an “absolutelycritical time” for all of these things asstudents make the transition from adolescence to independent adulthood.

“That is an enormous responsibility,but an even greater privilege for you,” shesays to donors. “I hope to be able to dothe same one day.” �

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Abraham Lincoln proclaimedearly in 1865 that theEmancipation Proclamationwas “the central act of myadministration and the

great event of the nineteenth century.”But Lincoln historian Orville VernonBurton disagrees.

“Instead, it was Lincoln’s under-standing of liberty that became thegreatest legacy of the age,” Burton said atSamford University. “He revolutionizedpersonal freedom in the U.S. He assuredthat the principle of personal liberty wasprotected by law, even incorporated intothe Constitution.

“Thus Lincoln elevated the foundingfathers’ (and Andrew Jackson’s) morerestricted vision to a universal one.Basically, Lincoln inserted the missionstatement, or Declaration ofIndependence, into the Constitution, orrule book, of the United States.”

Burton is author of The Age ofLincoln, which won the Chicago TribuneHeartland Literary Award for Nonfictionin 2007. He delivered Samford’s annual J.Roderick Davis Lecture Oct. 22, basinghis talk on his book.

The historian’s identification ofLincoln’s greatest legacy was one of fourareas he focused on in which he eitheroffered new arguments or differed withmost Civil War scholars. The other areaswere the influence of religion, Lincoln’s“Southernness” and history’s conven-tional treatment of the Civil War andReconstruction as separate periods.

Burton also offered several thought-provoking “what-if” interpretations toevents of the period.

“History is an interpretation,” hereminded his audience of about 1,000students and others in Wright Center.

Lincoln and ReligionBurton stressed the importance of religion as a factor in the coming of the

Civil War. “In order to understand secession, and to understand how menthought about dying in the Civil War,and women sending their men off to die,as well as to understand the nineteenthcentury, one has to understand how religion was interwoven into the cultureand thinking,” he said.

Even though religious reformers inthe mid-19th century attacked variousevils, eventually most reform efforts inthe North lined up to declare slavery asthe greatest evil in the country, whileslave owners in the South were just ascertain that their society was ordained byGod.

Both North and South “were surethey understood God’s will, and allthought they were obeying it, unwillingto compromise,” said Burton.

Lincoln was not a member of achurch, but scholars agree he was a manof “undoubtedly great faith,” Burton saysin his book. In his talk, he added, “Iargue that Lincoln was not only thegreatest president, but the greatest theologian of the nineteenth century.”Lincoln did not appreciate “the emotionalexcess of frontier evangelicals,” but preferred a reasoned approach anddeveloped his own theology, “more pragmatic and less doctrinaire,” Burtonsaid in The Age of Lincoln.

But the president’s “reasoned toler-ance deepened into a profound religiousfeeling during his term as president,”Burton added. He came to believe thatGod was working out a plan for humanhistory, and that he was an instrumentin that plan.

Lincoln the Southerner?“I emphasize the importance of seeingAbraham Lincoln as the Southerner hewas,” Burton said at Samford. He wasborn in Kentucky, a Southern state, andeven though he eventually settled inSpringfield, Illinois, he retained such

Southern habits as speech, storytelling,literary references and others, saidBurton, including a sense of honor.

“Critical to his life’s decisions and tohis handling of the crisis to come wasLincoln’s understanding of and respectfor Southern honor,” said Burton.“Lincoln’s very yeoman Southernnesscontributed to his defense of the Unionagainst a cabal of slave-holding oligarchs.

“For Lincoln, it was more than justthe preservation of the Union. It wasalso a matter of honor.”

When Did Reconstruction End?Burton said he never accepted the sepa-ration of Reconstruction from the CivilWar, or the traditional dating for the endof Reconstruction as 1877, when the lastfederal troops were withdrawn from theSouth.

“We have book-ended AmericanHistory so that the Civil War closes outone era of our history and Reconstructionbegins the next period or second half ofAmerican history,” he said. “And yet,Reconstruction is part and parcel of theCivil War.”

Burton contended that rather thanending in 1877, “the gains of freedomduring Reconstruction were not legallyundone till sanctioned by the SupremeCourt in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, andthe former Confederate state constitutionsof the 1890s and early 20th century.” Inhis view, Reconstruction carried on untilthen.

What If?After America’s experience with theVietnam War, historians now “grant contingency to the Civil War, arguingthat there were moments and times thatthe Confederacy could have won,” saidBurton. One such moment was in thesummer of 1864.

What if Confederate PresidentJefferson Davis had not replaced

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University. He is also an officer in the CongressionalNational Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial CommissionFoundation. He taught previously at the University ofIllinois, where he was UniversityDistinguished Teacher/Scholar anddirector of the Illinois Center forComputing in the Humanities, Artsand Social Science. He has written oredited 15 books and numerous articles. The Age of Lincoln not onlywon the Heartland Award but was aBook of the Month Club, HistoryBook Club and Military Book Clubselection as well. �

cautious Gen. Joe Johnston with Gen.John Bell Hood that summer? Johnstonhad been parrying with Gen. William T.Sherman’s Northern army in the Atlantaarea, delaying its advance as much as possible. But Davis tired of that approachand gave Johnston’s army to Hood.

The new commander was known as abold fighter, but even Confederate Gen.Robert E. Lee described him as “too muchthe lion and not enough the fox,” saidBurton. Hood first lost 15,000 troopshammering Sherman’s lines aroundAtlanta, then left the area and marched toTennessee, leaving the Georgia capitalunprotected. Sherman took Atlanta Sept. 2.

After more than three years of bloodycivil war, Lincoln had been prepared tolose the upcoming ’64 presidential election.In August, he wrote, “It seems exceedinglyprobable that this Administration will notbe reelected,” as quoted in Burton’s book.In his Samford talk, Burton agreed withthat assessment, saying he believedLincoln would have lost except forSherman’s seizing of Atlanta and sub -sequent March to the Sea, “and we wouldhave a different outcome on slavery and adifferent America.”

And what if Lincoln had accepted aninvitation to participate in the raising ofthe American flag over Fort Sumter inCharleston, S.C., harbor on April 14,1865? Burton thinks he would have sur-vived. But the president was advised notto go to Charleston because it would betoo dangerous for him. Instead, he went toFord’s Theater in Washington on that date,and was killed by John Wilkes Booth. �

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Laughter rang out across the quadrangleas Samford alumni renewed longtimefriendships, showed off babies, andcaught up over barbecue and grilledburgers on a glorious fall Saturday.

By the time the final benediction was sung atSunday morning’s homecoming worship service,the estimated head count for the three-day celebration ran near 5,000.

On Friday evening, three alumni were singledout for special honors at the homecoming banquet.

Mike ’61 and Carolyn Yeager Robinson ’60,enthusiastic supporters of Samford on many levels, received Alumni of the Year awards.

Eric Motley ’96, managing director of theAspen Institute’s Henry Crown FellowshipProgram in Washington, D.C., was named theinaugural Outstanding Young Alumnus.

“Mike and Carolyn, we appreciate your steadypresence and all the ways you support Samford,”said President Andrew Westmoreland afterAlumni Association President Greg Powell ’81 made the presentations.

Addressing Motley, a former Samford studentgovernment president and White House assistant,Westmoreland quipped, “Eric, Alabama casts itsnine electoral votes for a future president of theUnited States.”

Each year, alumni honorees are nominated byother Samford graduates and selected universityand alumni leadership. The new young alumnus

honor recognizes a distinguished graduate underage 40 who has received a degree within the last 15years.

Throughout the weekend, Samford graduatesof all ages found something to celebrate.

Two were this year’s recipients of theLockmiller Award given to the male and femalealumni representing the earliest classes at theGolden Bulldog brunch for graduates of 50 yearsago or more.

Winners Howard Foshee ’50 of Spanish Fort,Ala., and Doris Teague Atchison ’48, M.B.A. ’69,of Birmingham took home Samford clocks toremember the occasion.

Making her first trip to the brunch wasGolden Anniversary class member Betty Bigham’59 of Mobile, Ala. Now retired after a teachingcareer, Bigham offered a testimonial for Samfordcar tags, which she has proudly displayed sincethey were first offered.

Once, while driving with her dog along the coast,she said, she pulled off the road for a quick stop.

“A graduate of the law school spotted mySamford tag and stopped to see if we needed help,”said a grateful Bigham, one of seven cousins whoclaim the school as alma mater. They all enjoy thefamily story that their great-grandfather baptized ateenage Harwell G. Davis, who later served asSamford president.

Some traveled a distance to enjoy home -coming, and others found their way “home” aftermany years away.

‘I Was WayOverdue for aHomecoming’

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Alumni by the ThousandsEnjoy Big Fall Weekend

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Below: Alumni of the Year Mike andCarolyn Robinson join Young Alumnusof the Year Eric Motley at the home-coming banquet. Far right: MissHomecoming Mary Laura Rogan andHonor Escort Bee Frederick are recognized at halftime.

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Tim Beiro ’04 made a special effort to attend,even though he began a new job in Newark, N.J.,less than a year ago. “I couldn’t miss it,” he said.“Samford is my family.”

Gary Mhoon ’82 of Atlanta, Ga., made hisfirst homecoming since graduation.

“I began reconnecting with classmates onFacebook, and decided I was way overdue for ahomecoming,” said Mhoon as he joined otherformer A Cappella members for a reunionsing-along in Reid Chapel. The songfestincluded a memorial tribute to former choirmember Andre Ashley, who died this year.

Outside the chapel, 10-year reunion classmember Carrie Tomlinson Stevenson ’99 didn’tmind waiting in line with her children for thepopular hot-air balloon ride.

“I wanted the kids to see the campus, and Iwanted to enjoy the colorful scenery,” saidStevenson, who met her husband, Eric Stevenson,J.D. ’98, while they were in school.

“I really miss Birmingham this time of year,”said the Pensacola, Fla., resident, who had enjoyeda Friday evening cooking demonstration by NewYork chef James Briscione ’01, also from Pensacola.

The roster of affinity groups reuniting on thequadrangle and other areas included most frater-nities and sororities, cheerleaders, Black HeritageAssociation, academic schools and many others.More than 250 members of Sigma Chi happilycrowded under a tent to celebrate their 25thanniversary on campus, as did a like number ofChi Omega members.

Members of the 1984 football team, whichbrought the sport back to Samford after a 10-yearhiatus, gathered on a knoll overlooking SeibertStadium.

Former teammates Michael Strickland andMonte Montgomery ’89 reminisced about the trials of the 1-7 season that began with an 82-9loss to Salem College.

“It was memorable, and a lot of fun. We hadgoals we tried to keep, but we played teams way

out of our class,” said Strickland, who had readabout the return of Samford football in his home-town Sunday paper and came to campus the nextday to apply as a junior transfer from anotherAlabama school.

Montgomery began Bulldog play as a fresh-man. “We got better by the end of the season,” hesaid, recalling the season-ending 38-33 win overSewanee. He has always appreciated his Samfordexperience.

“The pros of graduating from Samford aregreat. When you say you graduated fromSamford, people think you’re smart,” said theteacher and coach whose daughter, Megan, is aSamford freshman.

This year’s football team added to the successof homecoming, defeating Georgia Southern, 31-10, before more than 7,700 fans in SeibertStadium. At halftime, senior English major MaryLaura Rogan of Vestavia Hills, Ala., was crownedHomecoming Queen, and senior communicationstudies major Bee Frederick of Montgomery,Ala., was named Honor Escort. �

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Updating Alumni at Homecoming

Samford Alumni Association presidentGreg Powell ’81 offered a challenge toalumni attending the first event of

homecoming: join Facebook. “I encourageyou to sign up, and invite others to join,”he said at the annual Alumni Associationmeeting.

Powell hopes 5,000 of Samford’s47,300 living graduates soon will be onthe popular social media network.Currently, about 1,500 friends are on theSamford Facebook Fan page, he said.

Alumni also received updates onrecent accomplishments of Samford’seight schools and on their own successesrelated to annual giving.

Three classes were cited for out -standing participation in the fiscal year2009 fund-raising effort. Winners of theChallenge of the Classes were: Class of1996, highest number of donors (56);Class of 1961, most dollars given($5,084,509); and Class of 1942, highestpercentage of givers (52.1 percent).

Alumni Association members KathyWhite Curtin ’94 and Kimber Burgess ’06were named to the executive committee ofthe Alumni Council.

The annual Alumni Associationmeeting is open to all Samford graduates.The next meeting will be held atHomecoming 2010. �

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Clemmensen, Nunnelley, WilliamsInaugurate JMC’s Wall of Fame

Samford’s Department ofJournalism and MassCommunication [JMC] inducted

Samford journalism professor JonClemmensen, newspaper journalistCarol Nunnelley ’65 and book pub -lisher Randall Williams as inauguralmembers of its new Wall of Fame during homecoming Nov. 7.

The Wall of Fame recognizes people who have “made exceptionalcontributions to the department or tothe field of journalism and mass com-munication,” according to JMC depart-ment chair Bernie Ankney. The eventalso celebrated the 25th anniversary ofthe reestablishment of the journalismcurriculum as a department.

Dr. Clemmensen joined theSamford faculty in 1985 to reestablish ajournalism program that had been dormant for a decade. He served asdepartment chair for 12years and continuesas a full-time faculty member.He previouslytaught at theUniversity ofFlorida and was

statewide director of theFlorida Scholastic PressAssociation.

Nunnelley, as projectsdirector for Associated PressManaging Editors [APME],led NewsTrain, a trainingprogram for editors thatworked with more than4,000 journalists across thecountry. The program alsodeveloped a national onlinejournalism credibility project. She formerly ledAPME’s National CredibilityRoundtables Project, was managing editor of The Birmingham News andcochaired the Alabama Center for OpenGovernment. Nunnelley, who resides inBirmingham, was editor of The SamfordCrimson as an undergraduate.

Williams, a writer, editor, publi -cation designer and book publisher, iseditor-in-chief of New South Books,Inc. A former reporter, editor and pub-lisher of daily and weekly newspapers,he also worked at Southern Poverty LawCenter, where he produced publications

and investigated cases of racism.Williams, who lives in Montgomery,Ala., was a Samford student in the1970s, and editor of The Crimson. Aconflict over the definition of news costhim his scholarship his senior year.

The honorees were nominated bythe JMC faculty and voted on by thedepartment’s advisory council, whichincludes alumni, faculty, students andarea media professionals. �

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JMC Wall of Fame honorees Randall Williams,left, Carol Nunnelley and Jon Clemmensenenjoy induction at homecoming.

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An attentive audience packed into Samford’snewly refurbished nutrition and dieteticsfood lab at homecoming to learn some

cooking secrets from New York chef JamesBriscione ’01.

“I never expected to come back in this capacity,”quipped the chef, who served as grand marshal ofthe 2009 homecoming parade the next morning.

A repeat champion on the Food Network’sChopped! program and instructor at the Instituteof Culinary Education in Manhattan, Briscioneteamed with Samford chef Chris Vizzina todemonstrate the preparation of Chicken AppleSausage with Celery-Apple Slaw.

The dish was a hit with 200 guests at thehomecoming banquet later in the evening, whereVizzina paired it with arugula salad with pome-granates, braised chicken, autumn vegetable pureeand pumpkin tiramisu.

Briscione came to Samford from Pensacola,Fla., as a sports medicine and exercise sciencemajor before his love for cooking won out,prompting his switch to a foods and nutritionmajor. Following graduation, he worked withnoted chef Frank Stitt at Birmingham’s celebratedHighlands Bar and Grill before taking his talents tothe Big Apple several years ago.

He said he often is asked how he balances hisfoods and nutrition background with frequent stints

in the kitchens of world-class French restaurants.“We don’t eat that way every day, and I enjoy

long walks with my wife, pushing our daughter’sstroller,” said the trim Briscione, who is also working on a cookbook with his writer wife,Brooke Parkhurst.

He complimented the dramatic change inSamford’s updated foods lab that includes gasranges and state-of-the-art food preparation equipment.

“I can’t believe how this kitchen looks,” he said. “The students are lucky to be studying here.” �

Chef Briscione SharesHomecomingCulinary Secrets

Chef JamesBriscione entertainsa homecomingaudience with helpfrom Samford’sChris Vizzina, below.

Celebrated English theologian andauthor Paul Fiddes took the stagein Reid Chapel Sept. 17 to deliver

the Department of Religion’s annualHoward L. and Martha H. HolleyLecture in honor of university professorand former provost William E. Hull.

In that setting, the bewhiskeredOxford professor would have looked athome in Victorian frock coat and highcollar, yet his address focused on the rel-atively recent phenomenon of the searchfor self and God in the modern novel.

In the early 20th century, Fiddessaid, humans were confident in thepower of the individual self to explain,solve and create. War and other catastrophes so thoroughly shatteredthat confidence—and the religious faiththat was its counterweight—that neitherhas been fully restored. The result is ananxious, ongoing search for replacementunderstandings, as represented in thefour novels Fiddes discussed.

Missing PersonsJulian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot is thestory of a modern writer’s obsessionwith the 19th century French author.Seeking to reveal the essence ofFlaubert’s self, the modern writer triesto determine which of dozens of stuffedparrots in museum collections is the onethat actually belonged to the author.

The search for the parrot, and thusthe search for Flaubert’s self and themodern writer’s self as well, is unre-solved at the book’s end, as it remains inmodern society, Fiddes said. In this case,God, as stuffed parrot, is mute, missingand of uncertain influence anyway.

At whim, the chief character andnarrator of Ian McEwan’s Atonementboth destroys and restores the relation-ship between her sister and her sister’slover. As a domineering God, “the ultimate storyteller,” she allows alternaterealities. Having that power, she recog-nizes no one with whom she can beatoned, Fiddes said.

Iris Murdoch’s The Time of Angelsdeals more explicitly with the subject ofreligious faith. Its central character is apriest who believes that without Godthere can be no good, and who emergesfrom a crisis of faith not as a humanistbut as a self-centered, flesh-and-blood

god of appetites sated at the expense ofothers. He is cut off from compassion, aprisoner of nonconscience.

A Communion of LoveFinally, Fiddes described E. LDoctorow’s City of God. The novel presents another priestly crisis, this timefocused not on the existence of God buton the inadequacy of religious doctrineand ritual. When the theft of a crossunites the troubled priest with a rabbi,they become “God detectives,” seekingdocuments of the Holocaust, evidenceof horrific crimes against humanity.

As in Flaubert’s Parrot, the mysteriesof City of God remain unresolved, butFiddes said there emerges fromDoctorow’s novel a sense of God not asdomineering and capricious, a sense ofself not shut away and narcissistic.Instead, he said, characters find personalmeaning and definition of self in relation to others, respecting others asthey find them rather than as theymanipulate them.

Fiddes finds in this personal engage-ment, sympathy and empathy not a NewAge replacement for God but modernexpression of the Christian Trinity. Thisconcept of self and God, Fiddes said,emerges from engagement rather thanobservation. He described this processvariously as “a dance,” “mutual inter-penetration” and “giving and receivingin humble love.”

“All of these popular novels showcharacters in search of self and theproblems of finding a proper place forthe self in our world today,” Fiddes said.“They ask: Must the self just disin -tegrate under the pressure of life? Mustit just disappear into the words and stories of others? Can it give attention toothers and what is good and escapebeing enclosed in itself?”

Fiddes concluded that the Christianresponse is for believers to open them-selves to be held with God and others in“a communion of love.”

“The hope is that as we experience adifferent form of knowing with regardto God, we may be able to open up newdimensions of empathy and indwellingin our knowledge of our world as well,”he said. �

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Exciting things are happening atSamford University’s McWhorterSchool of Pharmacy. You will read

about many of these in this insert:NAPLEX pass rates, student involve-ment, research, publich health and inter-national programs.

In September 2009, the AsianConference on Clinical Pharmacy washeld in Seoul, Korea, and McWhorterSchool of Pharmacy had four faculty andtwo fourth-year students among the 750participants from 15 different countries.This emphasis on global health is one ofthe school’s distinctions.

As a result of the pharmacy school’sextensive activity in the area of globalhealth, I have been asked to serve on the2009–10 American Association ofColleges of Pharmacy’s [AACP] Researchand Graduate Affairs Committee. Thiscommittee has been charged with examining the roles that AACP and itsmember institutions currently performand should play in the future develop-ment of pharmaceutical sciences, phar-macy practice educators and researchersin developing and developed countries.

The pharmacy school’s strategicplan serves as a blueprint to lead us intothe future, and we are making greatprogress in achieving our goals andobjectives. In this academic year, we arefocusing especially on five of our 10goals. The first relates to the new cur-riculum that we implemented for thefirst-year students in the fall of 2009.From day one in pharmacy school,emphasis will be on the patient and thepatient’s drug-related problems. Anadditional emphasis is on integration ofsubject matter, vertically and horizontally,across the curriculum. Another goal isrelated to improving communicationwithin the school among faculty, staffand students, and outside with alumni.

I have been most impressed with thevital importance that alumni play in the

life of the school. In addition to adviceand financial support, a very importantrole that alumni play is to refer excellentstudents to us. In my recent meetingsgroups, about 80 percent of them tell methey were first introduced to SamfordUniversity by one of our alumni. We relyheavily on recommendations by alumni.In recognition of alumni, let me person-ally thank Clayton McWhorter and BillPropst for their very significant contri-butions to Samford University this year.

McWhorter School of Pharmacy hasbeen operating since 1927 and has beenaccredited since the first site visit by theaccrediting body in 1940. Continuing inthis robust tradition through the pasteight decades, the school has becomenationally and internationally recognizedas a leader in teaching, scholarship andservice. It is a privilege and honor to bethe dean in this institution, and to beassociated with such a great faculty, out-standing students and supportive alumni.

Charles D. Sands III, Pharm.D.Dean and ProfessorMcWhorter School of Pharmacy

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A Note from the Office of Pharmacy Advancement

Thanks to all of you who already areparticipating at McWhorter Schoolof Pharmacy by net working for

students, teaching in the experientialprogram, providing career opportunitiesand certainly by giving financially. Asyou can readily see through the articlesby Dean Charlie Sands and others, thepharmacy school is on the move. Thesuccesses are numerous, and the achieve-ments of our alumni, friends, employeesand students are legend.

There are many faces to philan -thropy; however, Penelope Burke, authorof Donor Centered Fundraising, says“philanthropy is simply a way of sharingone’s good fortune.” As we move forwardin the Samford University CapitalCampaign, we trust this concept of philanthropy will be contagious. We hope your experiences with the phar -macy school have been both positive andrewarding enough to motivate you togive back.

We ask for and covet your supportand participation. Whether you choose

to participate with an annual gift, amajor capital gift or a legacy/plannedgift, we pledge to be good stewards ofyour support. Areas of financial assis-tance for the pharmacy school are limitless; however, a few specifics arescholarships, lab equipment to sustainrenovations, student organizations andenhanced travel opportunities for bothstudents and faculty.

The aforementioned areas of net-working, teaching and employing areequally critical to the future successes atMcWhorter School of Pharmacy. Wehope each of you will continue to participate, return as a participant orbecome a new participant at whateverlevel is comfortable for you.

Thanks, and please call on me if Ican ever be of assistance. �

Monty HogewoodDevelopment OfficerMcWhorter School of Pharmacy

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McWhorter School of Pharmacy2009 graduates once again

exceeded national and state averages onthe North American PharmacistLicensure Examination [NAPLEX]administered by the National Associationof Boards of Pharmacy [NABP].

All 120 graduates who took theNAPLEX for the first time passed the exam.The national passing rate was 97.5 per-cent. The state average was 98.15 percent.

The average score for Samford’spharmacy graduates was 117.21, whichexceeded national and state averages of114.65 and 114.40, respectively.

The passing rate for pharmacyschool graduates who took the NAPLEXfor the first time has been greater than93% for the past six years, exceeding thenational passing rate.

These NAPLEX results continue thelong-standing achievement of theschool’s graduating pharmacists whoconsistently exceed national averages onlicensure exams. �

Dr. Michael Kendrach is professor andassociate dean in McWhorter School ofPharmacy.

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Pharmacy Students Active on Many Frontsby Susan Alverson

Samford pharmacy students continueto be involved in school activities,service projects and professional events,and McWhorter School of Pharmacycontinues to be proud of their accom-plishments. Student NAPLEX pass rateswere 99% last year and 100% this year.Samford’s pharmacy students havealways had pass rates above state andnational averages, but the one extrapoint, pushing to 100%, does look good.

Even more remarkable is the extentof charitable and service work conductedby pharmacy students. Last year, andagain this year, members of the Academyof Students of Pharmacy provided ahealth screening and immunizationfunction at homecoming. Working withCVS, students immunized anyone par-ticipating in homecoming and interestedin receiving a flu shot. For a number ofyears, immunization certification hasbeen part of the pharmacy school curriculum, and many graduates havedeveloped immunization programs attheir practice sites.

Students also have participated inthe Southern Women’s Show held eachfall at the Birmingham-Jefferson CivicCenter.

A smaller group of students donatesSaturdays to participate in diabetespatient groups in Perry County.

Students have raised money forother students who are facing financialchallenges due to illness or personal crisis, have participated in runs for diabetes, held bake sales, collected toysand food, and volunteered to build playgrounds and build homes.

If there is a call for workers, pharmacy students answer that call.

This year, students have selected oneor two month-long, fourth-year experi-ences in foreign countries. They are anxious to trek around the world tolearn about comparative health-care systems, but also to aid underservedpopulations and to represent the missionof Samford University. Rotational experi-ences have been in Africa, China, Korea,Indonesia and Macau.

Involvement in professional organizations also flourishes. A recordnumber of students attended theAlabama Pharmacists Association summer meeting. The school continuesto be well represented at national meetings, including the NationalCommunity Pharmacists Association[NCPA], American PharmacistsAssociation [APhA], American Society ofHealth-System Pharmacists [ASHP] andStudent National PharmaceuticalAssociation [SNPhA]. Students heldoffice or received awards in ASHP, NCPAand the American PharmacistsAssociation Academy of StudentPharmacists [APhA-ASP].

After a full year of continuous worklast year, four Samford chapter membersplaced second in the NCPA nationalbusiness plan competition.

McWhorter School of Pharmacycontinues to be impressed with the giving spirit of its students, their interestin furthering the profession, and theircompassion for fellow students andpatients wherever they are found. �

Dr. Susan Alverson is associate dean andthe Anthony and Marianne BrunoProfessor of Pharmacy in McWhorterSchool of Pharmacy.

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Implementation of NewCurriculum Begins withEntering Class of 2009by Mary Monk-Tutor

In 2007, the Accreditation Council forPharmacy Education [ACPE] publishednew standards for pharmacy schools thatincluded some markedly differentrequirements from the past. Examplesare for programs:

� To provide at least 300 hours ofoffsite Introductory Pharmacy PracticeExperiences [IPPEs] during the firstthree years of the professional curriculum

� To integrate content materialacross the curriculum

� To provide opportunities forinterdisciplinary learning

� To evaluate student learning lon-gitudinally using a professional portfolio

McWhorter School of Pharmacyfaculty and staff, with input from student representatives on theCurriculum Committee, have beenworking diligently over the last few yearsto design a new curriculum that meetsor exceeds the new ACPE standards.

This curriculum was implementedwith the entering class of students in thefall of 2009.

While many components of the previous curriculum have been retainedbecause of their proven effectiveness forstudent learning, new components alsohave been added. First-year students nowspend the initial five weeks of their firstsemester (termed “The Foundation”) ina miniterm that assures their readiness toapply pharmacy calculations and basicdrug information skills throughout therest of the curriculum.

A new course, Integrated PharmacyApplications [IPA], was designed toallow students to better integrate whatthey are learning across all of the didacticcourses during each semester, as well aswith the IPPEs they are having off campus.The IPA course will occur every semesterof the first three years, as will the IPPEs.

The pharmacy school will continueto teach both the old and new curricu-lums through May of 2013, when thetransition to an entirely new curriculumwill be complete. During this time, fundsgenerously donated by alumnus ClaytonMcWhorter are being used to add adjunctor supplemental faculty to help meet theneed for increased personnel resources. �

Dr. Mary Monk-Tutor is professor of pharmacy and director of assessment inMcWhorter School of Pharmacy.

Student John McKay mixes ingredients to compound an oral suspension in lab.

Rural Perry County and the urbanWoodlawn area of Birminghamwould seem to have little in

common, other than the challenges thatare attendant to extreme poverty.

What the two population groupscan both claim, however, is a com -mitment by McWhorter School ofPharmacy to improve the health care ofthe underserved.

The school’s mission statementsquares nicely with the goal to provideeach pharmacy student with at least oneadvanced pharmacy practice experiencein a medically underserved area.

Each semester, Samford pharmacystudents are on-site and hands-on asthey serve a rotation in a locale that mayopen their hearts as well as their eyes tothe needs of the underserved.

Perry CountyIn Perry County, the pharmacy schoolworks in conjunction with Sowing Seedsof Hope ministry, county and statehealth departments, and the local med-ical community to provide patient careto area residents. Located about 70 miles

from Samford’s campus, the county inAlabama’s Black Belt counts some of thestate’s highest rates of hypertension, diabetes and related health issues.

Each semester, two or three pharmacy students live in the Holley-Hull House, a Samford-owned home indowntown Marion, during a pharmacypractice rotation. Supervised by clinicalinstructor Ashlee M. Best, Pharm.D.,they engage in a variety of activities,including free weekly hypertension anddiabetes clinics.

At these clinics, the Samford teammonitors the blood pressure, blood sugarand cholesterol of patients, reviews labresults and medications, and collaborateswith health-care providers to ensure thatthey are receiving optimal care.

They also assist in local physicians’offices and the county’s two pharmacies,and conduct a weekly program on radiostation WJUS 1310 to discuss diabetes,hypertension and timely topics such asthe H1N1 virus. Twice a month, the students hold a diabetes clinic in thesmall Perry County town of Uniontown.

Because many residents are without

transportation, Best and the studentsmake frequent home visits to offer medication therapy management.

“The students get a greater under-standing of the needs of the Black Beltafter they participate in a home visit. Ahome visit brings the student face to facewith poverty,” said Best, who was intro-duced to Perry County when she did arotation there as a fourth-year student.

With few distractions or entertain-ment in the rural setting, she was able tofully absorb life in the community.

“I really connected with the peopleat the clinics,” said Best, who felt led tomove to Perry County for a one-year residency program after graduation in2008. She joined the faculty this year.

Charlie Greene, a fourth-year pharmacy student from Corbin, Ky.,recalls the first home visit he made during his rotation this fall.

At one stop, a wheelchair-boundman lived in house where ground couldbe seen through the floor. “When questioned about his diabetes, he showedus a calendar with four or five glucosereadings throughout the month,” wroteGreene in a weekly report, adding thatthere was no notation whether the readings were taken after fasting or aftermeals.

The man, with his extremely highglucose readings, is typical of many dia-betic patients in the area, says pharmacyprofessor Gary Bumgarner, Pharm.D.,who has led monthly diabetes educationsupport groups in Marion since 2003.

Patients are frequently unaware ofthe importance of daily readings andrecording when the readings were taken,he says.

“Every diabetic has to learn that,”said Bumgarner, adding that the meet-ings help patients understand the needfor record keeping as well as adoptinggood nutrition and exercise habits.

“We seek to develop relationships,so that they develop better glucose control through accountability,” saidBumgarner. “We’re taking on the bigproblem of changing behavior.”

He is assisted each year by a groupof fourth-year pharmacy students whoparticipate as part of their seniorresearch project. He and the studentsalso hold monthly support sessions inYork, Ala.

The school’s public health efforts inPerry County earned national recog -nition in 2008 when it received theAmerican Association of Colleges ofPharmacy’s Crystal Apple Award.

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Pharmacy StudentsServe Community Needs in Perry, Woodlawnby Mary Wimberley

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Christ Health CenterChrist Health Center [CHC] inWoodlawn is the pharmacy school’snewest initiative. The center, on propertypurchased by Birmingham’s Church ofthe Highlands, opened to the public inMarch with a goal to provide excellentand compassionate care to the residentsof Woodlawn, one of the poorest andmost medically underserved communi-ties in Birmingham.

The center is staffed by a physician,a dentist and other medical professionals,volunteers and a pharmacy school resident.

The pharmacy school is establishinga community pharmacy within the center to provide seamless patient care.The vision is to assist with patient carethrough the provision of low-cost med-ications, medication therapy counseling,drug therapy monitoring, patient edu -cation classes and other services.

The CHC pharmacy will serve as amodel pharmacy so that students canlearn how to provide integrated patientcare in a community setting, say school administrators.

The intent is to place 2–4 students atthis site monthly.

As the first pharmacy resident atCHC, Anna Meador, Pharm.D., calledher work a “baptism by fire” as she laidthe groundwork for the dispensing pharmacy’s fall launch date, counseledpatients on a variety of health issues, andassisted the nursing staff in giving flushots when needed.

In the few months she has been on-site, Meador’s patient roster has run thegamut from newborns through people intheir nineties.

“Many are disabled. They may worktwo jobs and still can’t afford properinsurance,” said Meador, who says that39 percent of the patients seen at thecenter are uninsured. “Most of the restare on Medicare or Medicaid.”

Meador does celebrate the occasionalsuccess story.

She recalls a woman in her 40s whovisited the clinic for her first checkup in10 years. “She was diagnosed with severaldiseases, including high blood pressureand diabetes,” said Meador. “She knewthat her kids were on their way to a life-time of poor health, also.”

Since the woman’s first visit, she hasbrought in all of her children for preven-tative care and made positive lifestylechanges.

“She is on a walking program, andhas changed her cooking and eatinghabits,” said Meador. “It’s exciting to seethat potential.” �

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Professor Gary Bumgarner discusses diabetes education with students.

Dr. Robert Record examines a patient at Christ Health Center in Woodlawn as pharmacy resident Anna Meador observes.

Pharmacy HasPresence at HealthDepartment

McWhorter School of Pharmacy faculty and students are familiar

faces at the Jefferson CountyDepartment of Health, where theyengage in services ranging from smokingcessation treatment and counseling toassisting with immunizations against theH1N1 virus.

Working with professors and post-graduate pharmacy residents, about one-third of all fourth-year studentscomplete a one-month ambulatory carepharmacy rotation at the public healthfacility.

Currently, three professors and tworesidents engage in a variety of phar -macy services that allow students to participate and learn varied skills.

Services include a diabetes edu -cation clinic that includes drug moni -toring and adjustment, dietary and exercise counseling, and counseling toimproved quality of life and reduce disease com plications; and osteoporosisscreening and counseling.

The international travel medicineclinic sees patients who want advice andany necessary vaccinations prior to trips,many of which are being made for missions or business purposes.

Students also work with adult healthphysicians at the department to provideadditional health services, typical of aprimary care medical practice.

Pharmacy school personnel havebeen on the forefront of several recentpublic health emergencies, includingresponse after disastrous hurricanes andcurrent preparedness to deal with theH1NI virus.

Faculty and students have beeninstrumental in assisting the JeffersonCounty Health Department in emer-gency response, says a grateful HeatherHogue, Pharm.D. ’96, director of emer-gency preparedness and response for thehealth department.

“During hurricanes Katrina in 2005and Ike in 2008, McWhorter faculty andresidents were engaged in performingtriage assessment and prescribing main-tenance medications under a specialemergency protocol with the countyhealth officer for evacuees from the GulfCoast,” said Dr. Hogue.

To help the county avoid a potentialH1N1 crisis this flu season, the Samfordcontingent is included in plans for massimmunization efforts. �

Like never before, Samford’sMcWhorter School of Pharmacy isreaching around the globe to offer

its students an in-depth look at inter -national health care.

In the process, these internationalrelationships allow Samford students andfaculty to demonstrate what internationalrotations program director MichaelHogue calls “the heart of our profession

in Christlike loveacross the globe.”

In 2009, arecord 23 studentexperiential courseswere conductedwith partner insti-tutions in China,Korea, Japan, theUnited Kingdom,Vietnam, and, forthe first time, inZambia andIndonesia.

Dr. Hoguebelieves thesecourses contributeto the completepharmacy education.

“The studentsare able to compareand contrast healthcare globally, and

more specifically, the role of the phar -macist in the health-care system, to practices in the U.S.,” said Hogue.

“This perspective on health careenriches the education experience forour students. In addition, the studentsworking in the developing world learnways to care for patients with very limited resources.”

Since the early 1980s, hundreds ofSamford pharmacy students have spentpart of January in Great Britain. Thisyear, a record 24 students will join professors Mike Kendrach and MaryMonk-Tutor in the two-week electivecourse.

While based in London, studentswill learn about United Kingdom phar-macy research projects, and differencesin U.S. and U.K. pharmacy educationand licensure. They also will attendpatient rounds at London hospitals.During visits to various medical and science museums, they will view itemssuch as early medical devices used in thefirst women’s hospital in London, andone of the world’s largest collections ofmedical specimens.

It’s not just students who representSamford on foreign soil. This year, eightpharmacy faculty members lectured orprovided clinical teaching services outside the United States.

McWhorter School of Pharmacyalso puts out the welcome mat to inter-national visitors. For the past 20 years,the pharmacy school has hosted studentgroups from Meijo University in Nagoya,Japan. In addition, partners in Korea,China and Malaysia have sent pharmaciststo Samford for longer training periods. �

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Pharmacy Broadens International Focusby Mary Wimberley

Pharmacy student Emily Hawes, right, visits with Yulia Trisna,pharmacy director at Cipto Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, during an experiential course.

Student BecomesIndonesia Trail Blazer

Emily Morris Hawes blazed a trail forSamford and American pharmacy

education when she spent five weeks lastsummer as the first McWhorter School ofPharmacy student at one of the school’snewest partners, Cipto Hospital inJakarta, Indonesia.

No American university ever has hadan affiliation with the facility, the largestgovernment-run hospital in Indonesia.The nation is home to the largest Muslimpopulation in the world.

“It was amazing to see the doors thathealth care, and pharmacy in particular,open in a country like Indonesia,” saidHawes, who grew up as a missionary kidin another Muslim country.

Her background played a part in herwanting to experience pharmacy in a

developing Muslim country, and also inher receiving permission from Samford toembark on the opportunity alone.

“It was exciting to be a part of thebeginning of something,” said Hawes,who said she often was asked, in a confused manner, by the Indonesianphysicians, pharmacists, medical directorsand others why she would want to cometo Indonesia to learn.

“This question gave me great oppor-tunity to share my heart with them,” saidHawes, for whom the conversations withher new friends became a highlight ofeach day.

The former Samford soccer playerspent weekdays at the hospital, where apriority was to introduce the medical andpharmacy staff to clinical pharmacy. Shealso was expected to evaluate the hospitaland make a presentation on her sugges-tions for improvement.

Each weekend, Hawes and the

hospital’s pharmacy director traveled thecountry to teach seminars at hospitals andschools of pharmacy.

In Bali, she gave her first-ever pharmacy lecture as part of a workshop atSanglah Hospital in Denpasar.

“It was four hours, through a translator, and the 40 participants werepracticing pharmacists and pharmacyprofessors, not students,” said Hawes, whoearned a degree in sports medicine fromSamford in 2006.

One Saturday in Yogya, she lecturedtwo hours on pharmacy practice and education in the United States to 30 pharmacy students and professors, visiteda hospital intensive care unit to discusspatient medications, led a workshop oninterpreting and treating acid base dis -orders for clinical pharmacists, and thenlectured an hour on patient counseling.

In her first two weeks in Indonesia,she made nine presentations. �

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In Zambia, pharmacy student MargaretDavis was able to experience pharmacypractice abroad as well as focus on herintended specialty while in the clinicallybased rotation program at UniversityTeaching Hospital [UTH] in Lusaka.

“The experience taught me that whilewe in the U.S. rely on and incorporate alot of technology in primacy practice,other areas of the world, such as Zambia,do not have that option,” Davis said afterspending September in the Africannation. She hopes to pursue a career inclinical pharmacy.

“I learned ways of practicing phar-macy and medicine in situations whereadvanced technology is not available,” saidDavis, who said her biggest surprise wasthe hospital’s lack of sterile practice facilities for reconstituting and drawingmedicines.

Most differences between pharmacyin the U.S. and Zambia, she said, boildown to the differences in resources andtechnology. �

The Department of Pharmaceutical,Social and Administrative Sciences

[PSAS] at McWhorter School ofPharmacy consists of a highly trained staffof 13 full-time faculty, three adjunct faculty, a laboratory manager and twoadministrative staff. The departmentfocuses on three areas: teaching, researchand service.

Teaching While practice faculty are involved mostlyin therapeutics classes and experientialcourses, PSAS faculty deal primarily withonly didactic courses of the curriculum.Teaching areas of concen tration for PSASfaculty include physiology/pathophysiology,cellular and molecular biochemistry, drugdelivery and patient-care systems, sterilecompounding, pharmacology, pharmaco -kinetics, medicinal chemistry, infectiousdiseases, financial and human resourcemanagement, pharmacy law, and ethics.

Using a revised curriculum thatbegan this fall, faculty have worked hardto coordinate topics and integrate con-cepts to help connect the dots for students

and enhance their learning. Phasing outthe old curriculum while implementingthe new one over the next few years willrequire much planning, and faculty acrossboth PSAS and practice departments arediligently making this happen.

The entire pharmacy school facultylooks forward to working together to makethe curriculum the best that it can be.

ResearchResearch interests in PSAS are intriguingand varied, including areas such as apoptosis, mitochondrial injury,pharmaco genomics, drug metabolism anddrug-drug interactions, structure-activityrelationships and determinations, pharmacokinetic studies, ophthalmologicconsiderations in drug delivery, edu -cational research, home health care, end-of-life care, and moral development. Thedepartment aims to create a researchinstitute that will foster the growth ofresearch and scholarship in these areas,primarily in pharmaceutical sciences.Alumnus Clayton McWhorter has pro -vided funds to help faculty develop an

active research program that will betterutilize their vast expertise and training.ServicePSAS faculty are very involved in serviceto the profession through national,regional, local and university oppor -tunities. These include efforts in PerryCounty with the underserved, theAmerican Association of Colleges ofPharmacy, the Alabama Society ofHealth-System Pharmacists, the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention, theAmerican Pharmacists Association, theAmerican Diabetes Association, theNational Home Infusion Association, theNational Science Foundation, Samford’slanguage interpreter program, and otherareas. Several PSAS faculty also areinvolved in serving as class and organi -zational advisers at the pharmacy school,and are members of various committeesacross many venues. �

Dr. Amy Broesecker is associate professorand interim chair of the Department ofPharmaceutical, Social and AdministrativeSciences in McWhorter School of Pharmacy.

PSAS: A Department on the Moveby Amy Broesecker

McWhorter School of Pharmacycontinues to enjoy strong application numbers, and

compe tition for admission is high.During the past three admission cycles(2006–09), an average of 1086 completedapplications per year were received, repre-senting 8.7 applications per available seat.Of those, on-site interviews were offeredto approximately 300 applicants per year.

The pharmacy school normallyadmits about 120 students per year.

Demographic characteristics of students admitted into the program during the past three years include thefollowing:

Female 61%Male 39%Average age 22 1/2Minorities 3.1%Twenty-nine percent of students

admitted into the program completedtheir prepharmacy studies at Samford

University, while 71% attended other aca-demic institutions.

Although typically more than half of pharmacy students are Alabama residents, geographical diversity continuesto be the norm. Students of the mostrecently admitted class hail from 13 statesand three foreign countries.

Academic qualifications of studentsadmitted into the program during thepast three years reveal the strongly com-petitive nature of the pharmacy school’sadmission process:

Prior bachelor’s degree 42.7% Average math/science GPA 3.44Average overall GPA 3.47Average PCAT composite 61%Average ACT 26

Dr. Marshall Cates is professor and assistant dean in McWhorter School ofPharmacy.

Pharmacy Application Numbers High While Admission Rates Remain Competitiveby Marshall Cates

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Fascinated by the WeatherPharmacy Grad’s Recordings Help Monitor Climate Changeby Jack Brymer

Long before he earned a degree inpharmacy in 1960, James B. Priceof Pinson, Ala., was fascinated with

weather. His love of weather, and especially

of snow, began at an early age. He nearlydied of pneumonia as a child, and thedoctor told his parents not to let his feettouch the ground the next winterbecause “he surely wouldn’t survive if hegot pneumonia again.”

When snow fell that winter of1926–27, Price was transfixed, lookingout his window, watching the other children play. Finally, his father carriedhim outside, leaned over and let himtouch the snow.

Price earned his living as the proprietor of Price’s Drugs in Pinson.But weather has been his avocation. Overthe past 59 years, he has made 64,650weather observations and reported themto the National Weather Service [NWS],recording the temperature and rainfallfrom a rain gauge and thermometershoused in his own instrument shelter.

Not only has he recorded the weather, he has kept a diary of weathernotations since January 1, 1944. “Factsare one way we hold onto life,” heexplained. “Sometimes, just one wordwill bring back the whole event.”

Price had no formal training in thestudy of weather but established his ownweather station by using NWS-approvedinstruments in a shelter he acquired onhis own. “All these years, I’ve collectedweather data from the same instrumentsin the same location and under the sameconditions,” he noted.

“My friends at the NWS say that noone lives in the same place for 50 yearsany more, much less keeps weatherrecords all that time.”

That’s one reason Price’s meticulousobservations are important.

“Anytime we can have a record forsuch a length of time in our nationaldatabase, it helps us get an idea of howour climate is changing,” said NWS official Kristina Sumrall. “Also, having anobservation from a particular spot is thebest source of information we have forhistoric climate data.”

Sumrall is Cooperative Programmanager at Birmingham’s NWS office,which is located in Calera and covers 22

counties in central and north Alabama. As a high school student in the early

1940s, Price applied to the MeteorologySchool at Vanderbilt University. But theschool closed before he was 18. He thenjoined the Army Air Corps for flighttraining as a pilot during World War II.

After the war, Price returned toPinson and the family general merchan-dise store his grandfather established in1898. The store became a pharmacy,Price’s Drugs, in 1947, occupying a newbuilding Price built on the corner ofMain Street and Bradford Road in thecommunity his family helped found.

After operating the store with ahired pharmacist for almost a decade,Price decided to attend pharmacy schoolhimself. He entered Samford in 1956 andgraduated with honors in 1960, the oldest member of his class. He continuedto operate this family-owned businessfor the next quarter century, retiring in1985.

Throughout this time, Price servedas a volunteer Cooperative Observer forthe NWS, one of 128 people across thestate and 11,000 nationwide who supplythe NWS with weather data. He calls theNWS office in Calera at 6 a.m. and 6p.m. daily, and files a written report eachmonth. One goes to Calera and the otherto Asheville, N.C., where it is archivedinto the nation’s weather history.

Over the years, conversation in thePrice household has revolved aroundrain, snow and the falling barometer.“Why not?” he said. “Weather is the most

talked about subject in the world.”Price’s eye for exact detail and con-

sistent readings gained him a reputationas one of the foremost observers in thecountry, according to hydrologist RogerMcNeil of the NWS. “Mr. Price hasstayed up all night when weather eventsrequired it,” said McNeil. “He makes 21numerical entries in his weather recorddaily.”

Sumrall described Price as “anamazing person and one of the mostdedicated, conscientious observers wehave, always available to us, day ornight.”

The walls of Price’s den are ladenwith certificates and plaques of appreci -ation. Some relate to pharmacy, but themajority are for his weather work,including the Cooperative Observer’smost prestigious citations—the ThomasJefferson and Benjamin Franklin awards.

A special honor, National Observerof the Month, was awarded to Price onnational television by the WeatherChannel in Atlanta, Ga., in May 2002.

Pharmacy, however, continues toplay a vital role in his life. Althoughretired, he is still a registered pharmacistand continues to support Samford’sscholarship programs, which he hasdone since 1964.

A member of Samford’s MontagueSociety, he funded the remodeling of aroom in the pharmacy school, which isnow the James B. Price Lecture Hall. �

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he simple tunes only graduallytrickled into the viewer’s con-sciousness. “Land of Rest” and

“This is My Father’s World” so naturallyaccompanied the stunning visual imagesduring the premiere of Ken Burns’ TheNational Parks: America’s Best Idea lastfall that they seemed intrinsic to thesemagnificent destinations. Yosemite, theGrand Canyon and Appalachia’s SmokyMountains are lands of rest, part of ourFather’s world.

Maybe that’s the whole point.Although Burns starts with the musicand then fits the pictures around it,Bobby Horton’s film scores are meant toenhance others’ stories, not overwhelmthem. The National ParksmarksHorton’s 10th collaboration with Burns’Florentine Films on such subjects as theCivil War, baseball, Mark Twain andWorld War II. Burns used two and a halfhours of Horton’s recordings, but thosewere only a portion of the long list ofprojects for which he has written andperformed music, scoring 16 films forNational Park Service welcome centersalone.

Horton does more than makemovie music. As the man whom TheBirmingham News calls a “self-mademusic scholar,” Horton uses songs to tellstories. He knows which tunes were sung

at specific Civil War campsites, whowrote them and why. His recordings,sold from Gettysburg to Berlin, pull pastinto present in a way printed words andsepia photographs could never master.

The songs educe folks’ feelingswhen the mine shut down, the loverreturned or the boys went away. Each isrecorded on Horton’s vintage instru-ments in his Vestavia Hills, Ala., home.He also performs in places as varied asbarns, symphonic halls and statehouses.“I’ve been blessed to have opportunitiescome my way,” Horton said.

Back in 1972, when Horton gradu-ated from Samford in accounting, hecouldn’t imagine how God might inter-weave his love of music, history andpeople.

“After all, everybody knows youcan’t make a living as a musician,”Horton joked. “I didn’t major in music,because I figured I’d have to be a banddirector, and I hate to march.”

So he got a “real” job at LibertyNational Insurance, married Lynda, andbegan programming mainframes. Hespent evenings and weekends per -forming with Three on a String, thenow-renown folk music group he startedwith then-Samford basketball coachJerry Ryan. But by 1978, when his first

child was born, Horton knewsomething had to give. Three

on a String was shoehorning 350annual shows around the members’

full-time jobs. “I went to talk with my grandfather,

the smartest man I’ve ever known, andthe man who taught me how to play thebanjo,” said Horton. “I said, ‘Papa, here’sthe problem. I’m making more moneywith music, but I’ve also got this jobwith the security of a big company.’

“‘Wait a minute,’ Papa said. ‘Theonly security you have is how manythings you know how to do, how hardyou can work and knowing the Lord.’”

Thus the accountant-computer programmer-musician/historian spunhis hobbies into a vocation.

It was only natural that Horton’sfocus was researching and recording his-toric tunes. Nine years old at the CivilWar’s centennial, he grew up hearingmatter-of-fact stories of sacrifice. Hisrole models were veterans of theDepression and World War II. Theirpatriotism and the dedication of today’stroops continue to inspire Horton’sfaith-filled music, some of which hewrites himself.

“We’re all guilty of thinking, ‘Hey,look at me, ain’t I something?’” saidHorton of the success he’s received. “But

I know where my skills come from. I’mnot smart enough to have done all this.When I’m coming up with an idea andit’s working better than I dreamed itwould, I thank God for everything—notjust for the idea, but for the machine notbreaking down.”

Although he’s performed for thePresident of the United States and couldpick up the phone and call a number ofcelebrities he knows, Horton laughs thathe’s never been accused of being asinger. “I sing so I can pick or play thehorn, or whatever,” he said. “For everyinstrument I play, I have a hero thatplays that instrument, and I’m not worthy to even carry that hero’s case.”

One of his heroes is Stephen Foster,whom he calls the first American Idol.Horton admires Foster for his prolificwriting and efforts toward minstrel stagereformation. Horton’s latest recording, acompilation of Foster’s tunes, is anotherattempt to preserve historic music.

Since Horton never really plannedall this out, he’s not sure what comesnext. He enjoys playing every musicalgenre, from classical to jazz. He remainsgrateful to Samford for his educationand supportive friends, and for everyopportunity to play, sing, perform andresearch the music that saw so manythrough so much.

“People ask me if I’m going toretire, and I ask, from what? I’m justdoing my hobbies for a living.” �

Jean M. McLean is a freelance writer inMontevallo, Ala.

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“Land of Rest”This melody is from The Sacred Harp(1844). I wrote a B Section to makethe piece a little longer.

“This Is My Father’s World”One of my favorite old hymns

“Pretty Polly”Traditional mountain tune

“The Shores of Ogygia” Written by Will Duncan

“The Teddy Bears’ Picnic”This cut did not appear in the body ofthe film, but is an extra on the DVD. Irecreated a 1930s recording after listening to it about 50 times. It took aday and a half to play all the instru-ments and do the vocals. A lot of fun!

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horal music has been a way of life for Tom Smith ’64and his wife, Gayle Brown Smith ’67. Both enjoyed longand successful careers directing choirs and teaching

music in Auburn, Ala. In fact, their careers might be likened toa living musical score.

Although both sang in church choirs as youngsters, theirformal musical training began at Samford. They majored inmusic, sang in the A Cappella Choir, and experienced the skillful tutelage of such talented teachers as Eleanor Ousley andothers.

The Smiths retired in 2006. Tom was a member of themusic faculty at Auburn University for 34 years, directing theAuburn University Concert Choir and Auburn Singers andteaching choral music courses. Gayle taught music in juniorhigh and high schools in Auburn and nearby Opelika, Ala.

Even so, they continue to be active in church and denomi-national choir programs.

Tom, from Decatur, Ala., came to Samford in 1961 to satisfy a calling into the church music ministry. “One of themost valuable lessons I learned at Samford was that excellenceand spirituality can coexist,” he said.

“The quality of the musical experiences was second tonone, and the spiritual dynamic that was present on campusstrengthened my relationship to God as well as the relationshipwith the students and faculty with whom I worked.”

Gayle came from a family of seven children inBirmingham. All were active in Woodlawn Baptist Church,especially in the choirs, and eventually, all graduated fromSamford. Her four sisters were or had been members of the ACappella Choir directed by the late Dr. George Koski.

“My goal in life was to be a member of that choir,” she said.“It was just a part of my heritage, and for that, I am extremelygrateful.”

She enrolled at Samford in 1963, and realized her life’s goalalmost immediately as she was accepted into the A CappellaChoir her freshman year. She also met her husband-to-be thesame year. Tom was the choir’s student director.

Following graduation, Tom earned a master of arts inmusic theory and composition at the University of Iowa, andbegan his teaching career in the Fairfield City Schools. AfterGayle’s graduation, they married in 1968 and moved toBoulder, Colo., where Tom earned the doctor of musical artsdegree in choral conducting and literature at the University ofColorado.

In the fall of 1972, they returned to Alabamawhen Tom was named director of choral activitiesat Auburn. “My high school choral director andAuburn graduate, Mr. Roy L. Wood, recommendedme to Dr. Bodie Hinton, chair of the music depart-ment,” he said. “I will always be grateful to bothmen for giving a 28-year-old choral musician theopportunity to teach at Auburn.”

In the meantime, Gayle taught in publicschools. She earned a master’s degree in vocal performance from Auburn in 1976, and went on

to teach nine years at Opelika Junior High and Opelika HighSchool, and 15 years at Auburn Junior High School before retiring from public school teaching in 2006.

That same year, Tom retired from Auburn University andwas named Professor Emeritus.

Retirement was not the end of the Smith’s living musicalscore. Earlier this year, Tom was honored by Providence BaptistChurch for 35 years as minister of music there, where he con-tinues to serve. Gayle served as children’s choir coordinator anddirector of the church’s Junior Choir, and continues to do so.

The Smiths have an active retirement. Gayle teaches part-time at Chattahoochee Valley Community College, where shealso conducts the choir, teaches a voice class and piano labora-tory, and is in her sixth year as director of the 85-voice AlabamaSinging Women, the Alabama Baptist Convention’s choir forwomen. In 2007, she began East Alabama Children’s Choir forchildren in grades four through nine.

Likewise, Tom continues as conductor of the AlabamaSinging Men, which he has done for the past 10 years. This fall,he started the East Alabama Youth Chorale, a group of 24singers, grades 9–12, in the east Alabama area who are mostlyhome-schooled or come from schools with no choral music.

The Smiths have two children and two grandchildren.They always have credited Samford with pointing them on

the road to their successful musical careers. Tom said the valueof their Samford experience was brought home this past summer when a group of former Samford music majors whohad studied voice with Eleanor Ousley joined her on campusfor lunch.

“Each of us had the opportunity to share how our Samfordexperience had made such a lasting impression and continuesto be part of our life’s work,” he said. “How blessed we are to becalled graduates of Samford University.” �

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’56 Thomas King of Tallahassee, Fla., isretired. He was a professor at Florida StateUniversity.

Sherry Joann McCain Prichard com -pleted 40 years as a teacher of kinder-garten and after-care at BriarwoodChristian School. She and her husband,Ray, live in Hoover, Ala.

’59 Beecher B. Creasman, a pharmacist atGibson Pharmacy in Birmingham, recently was elected president of the boardof directors of Baptist Medical CenterPrinceton Towers and was recognized bythe Alabama State Board of Pharmacy forhis 50 years in the profession. He and hiswife, Ann, live in Hoover, Ala.

Jeri Barber Jackson, a retired teacher, livesin Huntsville, Ala., with her husband,Benny. An avid hiker, she has hiked theAppalachian Trail from SpringerMountain, Ga., to Vermont over thecourse of 20 years. She plans to continuehiking the trail through Maine.

Donald Johnson of Auburn, Ala., is pastorof Tuskegee First Baptist Church.

’60 Tom Cox was honored for 50 years ofservice to the North American MissionBoard of the Southern BaptistConvention. He lives in Mountainburg,Ark.

’64 George and Judy McMichael Frey ’66 ofSanford, Fla., are retired. They will cele-brate their 45th wedding anniversary inDecember.

’65 Warren Farrell Waggoner, J.D. ’68, is afreelance writer/editor in Washington, D.C.

’66 Elmer Leonard “Len” Holland ofBirmingham works with Association ofEdison Illuminating Companies as man-ager, AEIC Services. He retired fromSouthern Company after 32 years in pub-lic relations, training and media produc-tion. He and his wife, Teresa, have threechildren.

Ray C. Williams is dean of Stony BrookUniversity School of Dental Medicine inNew York. An internationally known educa-tor and researcher in dental medicine andan expert in periodontal disease, he is theauthor of 140 papers on his research andsits on the editorial boards of seven jour-nals. He was a Samford Alumnus of theYear in 1991. He and his wife, Joan Lash,live on Long Island. They have a son, Lee.

Anne Glaze Stone and her husband,William, live in Huntsville, Ala. She is aretired teacher.

’71 Sandra Lynn Matthews Embry, M.S. ’72,is a licensed professional counselor inMuscle Shoals, Ala.

’73 Jim and Cheryl Payne Landreth ’75 livein Birmingham. He is proprietor ofMount Laurel General Store, MountLaurel Grocery and Deli, and Jimbo’sSoda Fountain. She is officer manager ofIntermark Group.

’75 Judy Hames of Fayetteville, Ga., earned aPh.D. in educational leadership at MercerUniversity in August. She is a teacher atWoodland Middle School.

’76 Glen McGriff of Little Rock, Ark., isfounder and director of ChristianEndeavors Foundation, a hospitality ministry.

’77 Connie Williams Coulianos is head of theSpeyer Legacy School in New York, N.Y.

Harry Bruce Sherrer is pastor of EasternHeights Baptist Church in Statesboro, Ga.He and his wife, Rhonda Burk Sherrer’77, have two children.

’79 Michael C. Dowling is pastor of HighlandView Baptist Church in Trussville, Ala. Heand his wife, Sandra, have seven childrenand three grandchildren.

’80 Thomas DeWitt Ariail, M.M.Ed. ’82, isminister of music at First Baptist Churchin LaFayette, Ga. He and his wife, Jada,have three children, Jonathan, Michaeland Kayla.

’81 Lori Lynn Horton Ashbaugh, M.A. ’86,and Michael Ashbaugh ’85 live inCullman, Ala. She is an English as a second language teacher at BrookhavenMiddle School in Decatur, Ala. He is asales manager for Filters for Industry.They have two children, Loren and Cally.

’82 Steve Cole and his wife, Stacy, live inBirmingham, where he is worship/execu-tive pastor of Inverness Vineyard Church.They have two daughters, Halle Kate, 2,and Anna Claire, who they adopted fromChina in April.

’83 Jerry Tapley is director of program inno-vation and performance management forthe Federation of Neighborhood Centersin Philadelphia, Penn.

’85 Katherine N. Barr, M.B.A./J.D., wasselected for inclusion in the 2010 editionof The Best Lawyers in America in the areaof trusts and estates. She is an attorneywith the Birmingham law firm of Sirote &Permutt.

Vaughn Pruett Bell of Louisville, Ky., isaccount service director for Humana, Inc.She and her husband, John, have threechildren, Taylor, who is a Samford fresh-man, Meredith, 14, and Jackson, 7.

R. Scott Pearson is M.B.A. program director and assistant professor of busi-ness at Charleston Southern University inCharleston, S.C. He recently earned aPh.D. from Ohio State University in agri-cultural, environmental and developmenteconomics with a focus in micro finance.He publishes an investment blog:investorsvalueview.com.

’86 Darrell Owen Baker of Brooks, Ga., isvice president of Thomas Enterprises,Inc., in Newnan, Ga. He and his wife,Cheryl, have three children, Joshua,Jonathan and Jared.

Tim Thompson is an associate professorat Palm Beach Atlantic University in WestPalm Beach, Fla. He and his wife, Katey,have two sons, Nicholas and Benjamin.

’87 Samantha Lynn Jennings Clark ofAlabaster, Ala., is a registered nurse atBrookwood Medical Center. She and herhusband, Chuck, have two daughters,Bevin Elise and Caroline Michelle.

Kathryn Parrish Cushman is the authorof her third Christian novel, LeavingYesterday (Bethany House). She lives inSanta Barbara, Calif., with her husband,Lee, and their two daughters.

Heidi McKinley Moody travels the UnitedStates with her daughter, Ivy, who is castas the orphan Pepper in the Broadwaynational tour of Annie. The family lives inMason, Ohio.

’88 Jena Forehand is a minister, counselorand event speaker with Stained GlassMinistries. She and her husband, Dale, livein Birmingham.

Michael Carl Ivey is a certified seniorparalegal with Burr & Forman, LLP, inBirmingham.

’91 J. Timothy Downard, M.B.A., earned theCertified Forensic Accountant designation

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from the American College of ForensicExaminers Institute. He is a partner inBirmingham’s Haynes Downard, LLP,accounting firm.

’92 John Brewer, a physician, is a regionalmedical officer with the U.S. StateDepartment in Washington, D.C. He, hiswife and two daughters, Molly and Sadie,live in Arlington, Va.

Stephen Louis A. Dillard recently wasappointed by Georgia Governor SonnyPerdue to the Georgia JudicialNominating Commission. An attorney inMacon, Ga., he was named a Rising Starby Super Lawyers of Georgia.

Amy Fowler Murphy of Leeds, Ala., isAlabama Science in Motion chemistryspecialist at the University of Montevallo.

Lori Ann Connell Seymour is a third-grade teacher at Faith Academy in Mobile,Ala. She and her husband, Matt, havethree children, Maddie, Jay and Gracie.

Jana Allison Reeves Wiggins and BenWiggins ’93 live in Moultrie, Ga. She isdirector of marketing and public relations

at Moultrie Technical College and is 2009chairman of the board of directors for theMoultrie-Colquitt County Chamber ofCommerce. Ben is principal of PelhamHigh School in Pelham, Ga. They havetwo children, Blake, 16, and Leah Grace,10.

’93 Adrienne Gantt Baker was listed in “40under 40” for 2009 by Georgia Trendmagazine. As principal agent of the StateMedical Board in Atlanta, Ga., she travelsthe state to discuss safe and legal medicalpractices regarding prescription drugs.She is also a state firearms instructor andpresident of the National Association ofDrug Diversion Investigators.

Catherine M. Griffin is a dental hygienist.She and her husband, Terry, live inMaylene, Ala.

Carol Guthrie is assistant U.S. TradeRepresentative for public and mediaaffairs with the Executive Office of thePresident in Washington, D.C. She isresponsible for keeping the nation and thenation’s businesses informed of all poli-cies, decisions, actions, negotiations andother activities of the U.S. Trade

Representative. She was a 2007 SamfordAlumna of the Year.

Timothy Sowell is a clinical pharmacistwith Centennial Medical Center inNashville, Tenn. He and his wife, Denise,have a son, Aiden Erol, born in April.

Autumn Baggott Toussaint of Excelsior,Minn., is assistant director of music—contemporary, at Wayzata CommunityChurch in Wayzata, Minn. She and herhusband, Chris, have a son, KevinThomas, 5.

’94 Jennifer Abreu is a volunteer missionarywith Porch de Salomon in Panajachel,Guatemala.

Kathryn Clayton is a social worker at St.Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

Vivian Vanessa Smith of Plantation, Fla.,is an independent representative withPrimerica.

’95 Chad Cronon, an attorney in Orlando,Fla., is in his third term as president ofOrlando International Fringe TheatreFestival.

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Mountain, Ga., with 29 of 43 members attending. BBH School ofNursing was the forerunner of Samford’s Ida V. Moffett Schoolof Nursing. The Samford nursing school sponsored the closingdinner at the reunion, and nursing dean Nena Sanders was oneof the speakers. Returning for the reunion were, from left, LindaNewton Betz, Mildred Dykes Greene, Anita Gullatt Gray, MarshaMitchell White, Patsy Hays Schmith, Martha Bumpers Slate,

Betty Gould Shahine, Sylvia Wright Rayfield, Linda MartinStewart, Roma Lee Taunton, Jo Snider, Judy Taunton, PeggyWeed Willingham, Martha Ann Phillips Eisenberg, Sylvia BarberWeis, Eula Mae Abbott Connell, Barbara Wilkerson Frix, BarbaraBurks Griffis, Joann Hayes Dunn, Shirley Smith Hendrix,Dorothea Harriman Claunch, Sharon Bush Kleeschulte, JoanTaylor Youngblood, Bobbie O'Kelly Clark, Delarris AtkinsonReeves, Barbara Harper Whitman and Sue Ann VickersMorrison. �

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’96 Angela Waddill is pursuing a master’sdegree in international security at theElliott School of International Affairs,George Washington University, inWashington, D.C. She is focusing ontransnational security and East Africa.

Aimee Denise Maudlin Williams and herfamily live in Tuscaloosa, Ala. She and herhusband, Lonnie, have four children,Tyler, Joshua, Nicholas and Andrew.

’98 Jay William Gilbreath, Pharm.D., ofCottondale, Ala., is assistant chief of phar-macy at Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.

Carolyn Jean Nelson, a commissionedprovisional elder in the Alabama-WestFlorida Conference of the UnitedMethodist Church, is associate pastor atSt. Luke UMC in Pensacola, Fla.

Robert Edward West of Roswell, Ga., istraining and communications director forKingdom Advisors. He and his wife, JulieSmith West ’98 have four children, Colby,Mason, and twins, Abby and Emma, bornin March.

Todd Veleber, M.Div. ’03, and BrookeBelcher Veleber ’04 live in Tallahassee,Fla., where he is Next Generation pastor atWildwood Church. They have three chil-dren, Brock Jackson, Jake Taylor and ColeHunter.

’99 Megan Rutledge Bunting is an anesthesianurse at Veterinary Specialty Hospital ofthe Carolinas in Cary, N.C.

Carrie Lee, J.D. ’01, is director of theJuvenile Justice Center at BarryUniversity’s Dwayne O. Andreas School ofLaw in Orlando, Fla. A longtime childadvocate, she works to create change inthe quality of representation of children indelinquency court.

Jeff Windham is general counsel and acertified fraud examiner withForensic/Strategic Solutions, P.C.,accounting and consulting firm inBirmingham. He and his wife, Kimberly,have a child, Connor Lee, 1.

’00 Robert David Alley is director of technicalservices at Miles, LLC, in Nashville, Tenn.He and his wife, Catherine Golden, live inFranklin, Tenn.

Janet Lynn Mosley Matlock is a seniorauditor with the Social SecurityAdministration’s Office of the InspectorGeneral in Birmingham. She and her husband, Jimmy, have a son Noah James,born in May. They live in Warrior, Ala.

Nick and Sarah Roberts Hilscher ’02 livein Smyrna, Ga., with their two children,Annie and Will.

Teresa Eve Mishler works with Pre-PaidLegal Services. She and her husband, GuyAle, live in Valley Village, Calif.

Daria Grandy Mayotte of Birminghamand her husband, Steve, are missionarieswith Global Outreach International. InJanuary, they will move to Cape Town,South Africa, to work at PollsmoorJuvenile Prison. They have a son, EthanAlexander, born in August.

Emily Shupert is pursuing a doctorate incounseling. She is a member of GROWcounseling group in Atlanta, Ga., and aspeaker on women’s issues.

’01 Mark Flores, M.Div., is a chaplain atBedford Hospice Care in Bedford, Va. Heand his wife, Julie, have two children,Andrew and Alexandra.

Benjamin Michael Mingle and his wife,Jillian, live in Chattanooga, Tenn. He isdirector of accounting at CBL &Associates Properties.

Susan Clemmons Smith and her hus-band, Lee, live in Atlanta, Ga., where sheworks at Georgia State University. Theyhave a son, Landis Mack, born in August.

Mark Adam Smith, M.Div. ’05, and BethAnn Rice ’08married in May. They live inBloomington, Ind., where she is pursuinga master’s in music education with anemphasis in string pedagogy at IndianaUniversity’s Jacobs School of Music. He isa chaplain and captain in the TennesseeAir National Guard, with recent assign-ments to Guam and the National GuardBureau in Washington, D.C. He deploys toAntarctica this fall.

Brian Smothers of Somerville, Mass., is apsychologist at Boston University.

’02 Alexis Keene Aday and her husband,Justin, live in Montgomery, Ala. She is aregistered dietitian at Rehab First andCapitol Hill.

Jed Miller was technical director for themovie, Molecules to the MAX, which willshow at Birmingham’s McWane ScienceCenter next spring. The movie was pro-duced by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’sNanotechnology Center. Miller holds adiploma in 3D animation and visualeffects from Vancouver Film School inBritish Columbia, Canada.

Lindsay Weidinger Murray works inclient relations with Wicker Park Group inBirmingham. She and her husband, Lee,have two children, Margaret Loran, 2, andWilliam Harvard, born in March.

Kristin Marie Davis Simpson, Pharm.D.,of Birmingham is a pharmacist with CVSCaremark.

’03 Shelley Elizabeth Sager Blocker and herhusband, Allan, live in Birmingham. She isa teacher in Vestavia Hills, Ala.

Alexander Raymond Goodman andCourtney Fenwick Goodman, Pharm.D.’07, live in Columbia, Tenn. He is a self-employed dentist and she is a pharmacistat Kroger.

Mary Anne Garner Sahawneh received aPh.D. in neuroscience from Weill CornellGraduate School of Medical Sciences inNew York City, and is a postdoctoral associate at Weill Cornell Medical College.She and her husband, John, live inBrooklyn, N.Y.

Ehren Wassermann was on the goldmedal–winning team that represented theUnited States in the recent internationalBaseball Federation World Cup in Europe.The U.S. team won the gold medal with a10-5 win over Cuba in the final game. Theteam finished with 14 straight wins to takethe title. Wassermann had a 1-0 recordduring the World Cup and did not allowan earned run in nine innings. The formerSamford Bulldogs pitcher plays for theCharlotte (N.C.) Knights, the ChicagoWhite Sox’s Triple-A affiliate.

’04 Karen Hieb Duvall earned a doctor ofosteopathic medicine degree at theGeorgia campus of the PhiladelphiaCollege of Osteopathic Medicine in May.She and her husband, Jonathan, live inOrlando, Fla., where she is completing afamily medicine residency at FloridaHospital East Orlando.

Ashley Floyd earned a master’s in highereducation administration from theUniversity of Alabama in August. She isassistant director of the University Fellowsprogram at Samford.

Dana Garcia Jackson is a proposal specialist with NaphCare, Inc. She and herhusband, Kent, live in Hoover, Ala.

Daniel, Pharm.D., and Jamie BullingtonJones ’05 live in Murray, Ky., with theirdaughter, Annie, 2. He is a pharmacist atGibson’s Pharmacy in Mayfield, Ky.

Rachel Victoria Lally of Lafayette, La., is akindergarten teacher at St. CharlesElementary School.

Matthew Shay O’Hern of Merritt Island,Fla., is e-commerce marketing coordinatorwith Space Coast Credit Union inMelbourne, Fla.

’05 Havilah Gale Helms is a registered nurseat Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital inNashville, Tenn.

Christopher Randall Smith and RachelSummer Holland, M.M.Ed. ’09,married

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roomed together for several years. Smithconcentrated on organ and directing,while Thomas focused on voice. The twoheaded to graduate school in differentdirections, but their music recentlybrought them together for a reunion.

Smith attended Yale University,where he was Divinity School chapelorganist, a teaching assistant in theSchool of Music and assistant conductorof the famed Yale Glee Club, among otherpositions.

After earning two master of music degrees (in organ andconducting), he accepted a post as organist and music director atthe prestigious Groton School in Massachusetts, prep alma materof Franklin Roosevelt, Dean Acheson and other leaders.

Thomas went to Ohio State, where he earned a master’sdegree in vocal performance.

When Smith was planning this year’s annual spring concertat Groton, he chose as the final work composer Ralph VaughnWilliams’ Five Mystical Songs for baritone, choir and orchestra.His soloist of choice: Wade Thomas.

“I knew this was one of his signature pieces because of ourSamford connection,” said Smith. “We did concerts and per -formances together while at Samford.”

Smith and Thomas followed similar paths to Samford,beginning their musical journeys in church and school programs. Smith hailed from Auburn, Ala., where he became achurch organist at age 13. When he auditioned, he brought musicfrom Bach and other classical composers as his tryout pieces.

“It was not hard to recognize Michael’s extraordinary gift inmusic,” said Gayle Smith ’67, wife of Providence Baptist Churchchoir director Tom Smith ’64. “We knew great things were aheadfor him.”

At Samford, he was a student conductor of the A CappellaChoir, organist/choirmaster at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Churchand assistant conductor of the Birmingham Boys Choir.

“I feel very strongly that my Samford education preparedme for Yale and my current job by allowing me to network withother alumni such as Ken Berg, director of the Birmingham BoysChoir, whose assistant conductor I was while at Samford.”

He also stressed how much organ professor Ted Tibbs andmusic dean Milburn Price influencedhim.

Thomas came to Samford fromCalhoun, Ga., where he sang in choirs atBelmont Baptist Church and CalhounHigh School. He planned to be a musiceducation major, “but decided singingwas a lot more fun,” even though henever had taken a voice lesson. He cites asmentors Dr. Sharon Lawhon, head of thevoice faculty; Dr. Bill Bugg, director ofSamford Opera; and Dr. Gene Black,retired director of the A Cappella Choir.

Thomas received his first professionalexperience singing at Opera Columbus while attending graduateschool at Ohio State. He did a number of Young Artist Programsthere, including Lyric Opera Cleveland, Central City Opera,Natchez Opera, Santa Fe Opera and Carnegie Hall. Later, hemoved to Binghamton, N.Y., and performed as a resident Artistat Tri-cities Opera.

Music recently brought Thomas back to his alma mater fora reunion of his own. He appeared this fall in the Samford Operaproduction, The Merry Wives of Windsor, by Otto Nicolai, performing the role of Sir John Falstaff. Currently, he serves assoloist at several churches throughout the country and is on themusic staff at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Ga. �

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in July. He is a musician and guitarinstructor in Birmingham. She is choraldirector at North Jefferson Middle Schoolin Kimberly, Ala.

’06 Hilary Gary Bryan is a registered nurse atVanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville,Tenn. She and her husband, Alan, live inFranklin, Tenn.

Lauren Colwell received a master ofdivinity degree from Mercer University’sMcAfee School of Theology in May. Shereceived the Scholar Achievement Awardat graduation and was elected permanentpresident of her class. She is associateminister for spiritual formation and families at First Baptist Church inSavannah, Ga.

Katherine Lantz Feldman is a Spanishteacher with Howard County publicschools in Maryland. She and her hus-band, Scott, live in Ellicott City, Md.

Jennifer Kay Hitt of Lexington, S.C., is agraduate assistant at the University ofSouth Carolina in Columbia, S.C.

Kristen Howard married Austin Booth inMay. They live in Columbia, S.C. Sherecently earned a master’s in architecturefrom University of North Carolina—Charlotte.

Chris and Abby Archer Ireland ’07 live inNiceville, Fla., where he works for PremierRehabilitation. He received a doctorate inphysical therapy from the Medical Collegeof Georgia in May.

’07 Ben and Cara Pruitt Dennis, both lieu-tenants in the U.S. Air Force, live in LasVegas, Nev. He is a recent graduate of theU.S. Air Force pilot training program inDel Rio, Texas, and is a predator pilotassigned to Creech Air Force Base in LasVegas. She has been a research psycholo-gist at Brooks AFB in San Antonio, Texas,

and is being reassigned to Nellis AFB inLas Vegas.

Lindsay Greer and Jonathan Frazier ’08married in August. They live in Knoxville,Tenn., where she is a family nurse practi-tioner for the Skin Wellness Center, andhe works for PME Communications.

Mary-Wallace Keown married BlakeAtchley in April. She is a production manager for FitzMartin marketing firm inBirmingham. They live in Pelham, Ala.

Dustin Robert McNew and DanelleHarris McNew live in Mobile, Ala. He is astudent and physician assistant with theAlabama Army National Guard.

Taylor West Mullins works at Robinson-Adams Insurance in Homewood. She andher husband, Josh, have a son, SamuelLucas, born in June.

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’92 Lynn and Mark Davidson of Mobile, Ala.,a daughter, Marianna Claire, born Sept. 2,2009.

’93 Denise and Timothy Sowell of Nashville,Tenn., a son, Aiden Erol, born April 26,2009.

’94 Leslie and Chris Corts of Birmingham,twin sons, Conwill Hewitt and ThomasEdward, born Sept. 25, 2009.

’95 James, J.D. ’02, and Brooke Dill Stewartof Birmingham, a son, Baker Alton, bornApril 5, 2008.

’96 Frank and Audrey Hudson Atkins ofFranklin, Tenn., a daughter, Alaina Grace,born Jan. 23, 2009.

Corinne and Sean Fennelly of Alpharetta,Ga., a son, Ethan Sean, born Sept. 2, 2009.

’97 Aimee Shackelton Nobs and Derek Nobs’98 of Atlanta, Ga., a daughter, AudreyMarie, born Sept. 15, 2009.

Ben and Bethany Ates Percy, Pharm.D.’00, of Manchester, Conn., a daughter, LilyGrace, born April 22, 2008.

Lesley and Greg Sheek of Hoover, Ala., adaughter, Madelyn Ruth, born June 22,2009.

’98 Kara and Todd Tittle of Lynn, Ala., adaughter, Madelyn Kohl, born April 21,2009.

Todd, M.Div. ’03, and Brooke BelcherVeleber ’04 of Tallahassee, Fla., a son, ColeHunter, born Feb. 6, 2009.

Robert and Julie Smith West of Roswell,Ga., twin daughters, Abby and Emma,born March 14, 2009.

’99 Chris and Christa Choate Callaway ofMonroe, N.C., a daughter, Adaline, bornMarch 16, 2009.

Scott and Julie Mims Hunter ofCumming, Ga., a son, Rhett Davis, bornJune 29, 2009.

Jennifer and Hadden Smith IV ofTrussville, Ala., twins, Hadden Bass V andKatelyn Cooper, born Aug. 19, 2009.

Kimberly and Jeff Windham ofBirmingham, a son, Connor Lee, bornAug. 14, 2008.

’00 Jimmy and Janet Lynn Mosley Matlock ofWarrior, Ala., a son, Noah James, bornMay 8, 2009.

Steve and Daria Grandy Mayotte ofBirmingham, a son, Ethan Alexander,born Aug. 8, 2009.

Seth, M.M.Ed. ’02, and Katie PartainPatterson ’01 of Homestead, Fla., a son,Matthew Wayne, born Dec. 29, 2008.

’01 Andrew and Terra Langston Morrow ofBirmingham, twin sons, Logan Andrewand William Tyler, born Jan. 27, 2009.

Gavin and Amber Whisonant Rathboneof Warrior, Ala., a daughter, JennaCaroline, born March 26, 2009.

Lee and Susan Clemmons Smith ofAtlanta, Ga., a son, Landis Mack, bornAug. 13, 2009.

’02 Lee and Lindsay Weidinger Murray ofBirmingham, a son, William Harvard,born March 12, 2009.

’03 Kevin and Deanna Resmondo Conner ofOdenville, Ala., a daughter, CheyenneAlexis, born July 15, 2008.

Reed and Lora Densford Jarvis ofMurray, Ky., a son, Jack Thomas, bornMarch 5, 2009.

Michael and Heather Hackett Leger ofFort Lauderdale, Fla., a daughter, EliyahHope, born Feb. 25, 2009.

’04 Charlie and Melissa Ward Buchanan,Pharm.D., of Springfield, Mo., a son,Samuel Charles, born May 31, 2009.

Scotty and Sylvia Austin Hollins ofTuscaloosa, Ala., a daughter, Olivia, bornAug. 2, 2009.

Simmons and Amy Travis Pankey ofBirmingham, a son, Collin Samuel, bornAug. 17, 2009.

Camille Smith Platt and Daniel JamesPlatt, Pharm.D. ’06, of Chattanooga,Tenn., a son, Aaron James, born July 1,2009.

’05 Rachel and Micah Adkins, J.D., ofTrussville, Ala., a son, Rhett Morgan, bornSept. 9, 2009.

Chris and Aimee Seanor Banta ofBirmingham, a daughter, Rylee Brooke,born July 30, 2009.

’06 Russell and Maree Atchison Jones ofBirmingham, a son, Dalton Russell, bornJuly 24, 2008.

James Andrew and Lindsey DentonMurphy ’08 of Birmingham, a son, IsaiahAndrew, born Aug. 3, 2009.

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Margaret Elizabeth Rogers is a registerednurse at Trinity Medical Center inBirmingham.

’08 Callie Aldridge is creative arts director atChurch of the Highlands in Birmingham.

Melissa Gale Caudill of Brentwood,Tenn., is a financial analyst withHealthways in Franklin, Tenn.

Emily Rebecca Burns King, Pharm.D., isa pharmacist with Walgreens in Starkville,Miss.Robert Pendergraft, M.M.Ed. ’09, and hiswife, Rachel, live in Dalhart, Texas, wherehe is minister of music at First BaptistChurch.

Isaiah Joel Same and his wife, Brittany,live in Birmingham, where he is art director of Think Positive creative servicesfirm.

’09 Audrea McKay Dooley, M.S.N., of Guin,Ala., is a certified registered nurse practi-tioner at Winfield Children’s Center inWinfield, Ala. She and her husband,Wade, have one child, McKenzie, 9.

Gaines Johnson is a fifth-grade U.S. history teacher with Teach for America atKIPP Academy in Houston, Texas.

Andrew Westover is an eighth-gradeEnglish teacher with Teach for America inPhoenix, Ariz. He is pursuing a master’sdegree at Arizona State University.

Amanda Jean Worshum Williams,Pharm.D., is a pharmacy resident withUniversity of Virginia Health Systems. Sheand her husband, Matthew Ryan, live inCharlottesville, Va. �

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’27 Jessie Ansley Pollard, age 102, ofMartinsville, Va., died July 2, 2009. Shetaught in Birmingham and Martinsville,and was active in church and civic groupssuch as the American Cancer Society, theVirginia Museum of Art and Daughters ofthe American Revolution.

’34 Robert Wharton III, J.D., age 94, of St.Simons Island, Ga., died Oct. 10, 2009. Hejoined Delta Air Lines in 1936 when thecompany had three airplanes. DuringWorld War II, he was named director ofpersonnel and later helped develop thepersonnel policies that became a hallmarkof the company. After retiring from Deltawith 25 years of service, he worked 25years at Sea Island Golf Course in St.Simons Island. He was active in Kiwanis.

’36 Arthur A. Weeks, age 94, of Birmingham,died Aug. 22, 2009. He was dean ofCumberland School of Law in the 1960swhen the school was relocated fromLebanon, Tenn., to become a part ofSamford. He also was dean of DelawareSchool of Law at Widener University, andhelped both law schools achieve AmericanBar Association accreditation. He wasmost recently visiting distinguished professor of law at Cumberland School ofLaw. He was a member of Phi Alpha Seltaand Delta Theta Phi legal fraternities.

’37 Agnes Mate Sharpton, age 92, ofTuscaloosa, Ala., died Aug. 21, 2009. Shewas a second-grade teacher during WorldWar II.

’41 Rose L. Horton, age 90, of Tallahassee,Fla., died July 14, 2009. She was a memberof Alpha Delta Pi sorority and a formerpresident of the Tallahassee alumni chapter.

’42 George William Riddle, age 89, ofGadsden, Ala., died Sept. 23, 2009. A long-time Alabama Baptist pastor and denomi-national leader, he was an associate editorof The Alabama Baptist and moderator ofEtowah Baptist Association. Most recently,he was pastor emeritus at East GadsdenBaptist Church. He was a Mason andWorld War II veteran.

’43 Sidney Grady Fullerton, Jr., age 87, ofChapel Hill, N.C., died March 2, 2009. Hewas director of finance for the city ofBirmingham, county auditor for HarrisCounty, Texas, and president of theGovernment Finance Officers Association.He taught governmental accounting at theUniversity of North Carolina at ChapelHill. He was a Mason. Memorials may themade to the general scholarship fund atSamford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive,Birmingham, AL 35229.

’45 Shirley Anderson of Tuscaloosa, Ala., diedAug. 30, 2009, of cancer. She worked forSamford deans Percy Pratt Burns andJohn Fincher, and assisted with secretarialwork for Cumberland School of Law during its first year on campus.

’46 Homer Jackson, age 84, of Birmingham,died Sept. 27, 2009. He received an aca-demic scholarship to Samford at age 16.An accountant, he was active in churchand community causes. He was baptizedon an Easter Sunday aboard ship whileserving in the Pacific Theater duringWorld War II. He was a member of SigmaNu fraternity.

’47 Leven S. Hazlegrove, age 84, ofBirmingham, died Aug. 18, 2009. He was achemistry professor at Samford for 33years and a longtime department chair.Widely published in scientific journals, hedirected international chemistry institutesfor the U.S. State Department and gavemany scientific presentations. He wasexecutive director of the AlabamaAcademy of Science. His studies atSamford were interrupted by service inthe Navy during World War II. Memorialsmay be made to the ChemistryDepartment Scholarship Fund, SamfordUniversity, 800 Lakeshore Drive,Birmingham, AL 35229.

John Hatton Leath, Jr., J.D., age 88, ofLake City, Tenn., died Aug. 8, 2009. Hewas retired from the federal government.He was a World War II and Korean Warera veteran, and a Mason.

Thea Gray Parker, Sr., age 87, of Leeds,Ala., died Aug. 23, 2009. He owned andoperated Parker Rexall Drugs for 50 years.He served in the U.S. Army during WorldWar II. A president of the JeffersonCounty Pharmaceutical Association andJefferson County Board of Education, healso was a member of Lambda Chi Alphafraternity, and Tile and Mortar honorsociety.

’48 Evelyn Reed Jones, age 84, ofBirmingham, died Oct. 11, 2009. A psychometrist/counselor with BirminghamCity Schools, she was active in theBusiness and Professional Women’s Club.

’49 Robert Russell Donaldson, age 89, ofBirmingham, died Sept. 21, 2009. A long-time Samford administrator, he served asdirector of alumni affairs, purchasingagent and vice president of businessaffairs. He was a veteran of World War II,seeing action in the European Theater. Hejoined Samford in 1958 and retired in1986.

’50 John F. Miller of Selma, Ala., died Feb. 7,2009. He was a pharmacist.

Earle J. Osburne, Jr., of Hoover, Ala., diedSept. 10, 2009. He served 35 years withState Farm Insurance Companies. Anoriginal proponent to incorporate the cityof Hoover, he served in many civic leader-ship roles. As a U.S. Marine, he partici -pated in the invasion and capture of IwoJima during World War II. He was amember of Sigma Nu fraternity.

Homer L. Smiles M.S.E. ’66, age 84, ofLeeds, Ala., died Aug. 27, 2009. He was aneducator for 31 years, including 15 yearsas head football coach, teacher and assis-tant principal at Leeds High School. Heserved four years in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II before finishing his senioryear at Samford. He was inducted into theAlabama High School Association’s Hallof Fame in 1995. The Leeds High Schoolfootball field was named in his honor in2008.

’51 John D. Stewart, age 83, of Birmingham,died Oct. 12, 2009. He worked 40 years forU.S. Steel. He served on Guam with theU.S. Marines during World War II, andwas in the postwar occupation of China.He finished high school after the war, andlater played football for two years atSamford.

’53 Roy Rufus Duncan, Jr., age 79, ofCropwell, Ala., died Sept. 18, 2009. Apharmacist and store owner in Knoxville,Tenn., and Birmingham, he also ownedLivingston Nursing Home in Bessemer,Ala. He served with a Alabama NationalGuard Medical unit at Fort Jackson, S.C.,before returning to Samford for his senioryear.

Joyce Hope Revels, age 87, ofHendersonville, N.C., died Aug. 23, 2009.She worked in public and child welfare,and psychiatric social work. She was afounder and executive director of ChristLife Ministries in Hendersonville.

’56 Roy James Chandler, age 75, ofCincinnati, Ohio, died Aug. 10, 2009. Hewas a retired high school teacher andcoach, and furniture sales representative.Memorials may be made to the EarlGartman Scholarship Fund, SamfordUniversity, 800 Lakeshore Drive,Birmingham, AL 35229.

’61 William D. Brown of Rossville, Ga., diedApril 20, 2009, of heart disease and com-plications from multiple sclerosis. He wasa pharmacist.

’62 William T. Davis, age 72, of Acworth, Ga.,died July 28, 2009. He was a million dollaragent for Mass Mutual Insurance, andowned Star Cleaners and Star Valet inAtlanta, Ga.

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Jack S. Kirkley, age 78, of Birmingham,died Aug. 21, 2009. He was a teacher,Baptist minister, and master craftsmanand artist. He served in the U.S. Army inthe Korean War.

’65 Peggy Suzanne White Toifel, age 65, ofMilton, Fla., died Sept. 16, 2009. She was alibrarian and business instructor at theUniversity of West Florida in Pensacola,Fla., and president of the Piece MakersQuilting Guild of Milton.

’67 John P. Jackson of Panama City, Fla., diedSept. 10, 2009. He owned Jackson Drugsin Springfield, Fla. He served four yearswith the Air Force during the Korean War.

Linda Clark Keen, age 63, of Kingsport,Tenn., died July 18, 2009, of complicationsfrom diabetes. She was active in churchand civic work.

’68 Cecil Himes, M.B.A., age 94, ofBirmingham, died Sept. 19, 2009. AnArmy colonel and graduate of the U.S.Military Academy at West Point, hereceived his Samford degree after retiringfrom a 30-year military career.

’71 Connie Keith Vera, age 62, of Leeds, Ala.,died Sept. 11, 2009. She was a veterinarian’sassistant at Eastwood Animal Clinic inIrondale, Ala.

’73 Rebecca Ruth Burdette, M.A., age 69, ofBirmingham, died Oct. 14, 2009. Sheearned master’s degrees in history and inEnglish at Samford.

’74 Jake Gary Hagy, of Birmingham, diedSept. 29, 2009. He was a pharmacist at St.Vincent’s Hospital for 30 years.Thomas Lee Jones, M.B.A. ’77, age 62, ofHoover, Ala., died Aug. 29, 2009. Heworked with the Transportation SecurityAdministration. He served in the U.S. AirForce during the Vietnam War.

’78 Robert Wyeth Lee, J.D., age 55, ofBirmingham, died Aug. 16, 2009. His lawpractice centered on workers’ compensation,civil litigation and mediation at trial andappellate levels. He was coauthor ofAlabama Workers’ Compensation Lawand Handbook.

Drew S. Pinkerton, J.D., age 56, of FortWalton Beach, Fla., died Sept. 8, 2009, ofcancer. He was a criminal defense attorneyand partner in the firm of Anchors, SmithGrimsley. He was a former chief assistantstate attorney and chairman of theJudicial Nominating Commission for theFirst Judicial Circuit.

’92 Andre D. Ashley, M.M.Ed., age 45, ofBirmingham died Aug. 10, 2009. He waschoral director at Jess Lanier High Schoolin Bessemer, Ala., where he started a pop-ular show choir, and taught mixed chorus

and music appreciation. At Samford, hewas a graduate assistant and sang with theA Cappella Choir and the SamfordSingers. He was a member of the ACappella Alumni Choir.

Other Samford Family Deaths

James Downs Griffin, age 23, a Samford seniorsociology major from Chicago, Ill., died sud-denly Sept. 8, 2009. He was a forward andthree-year letterman on the men’s basketballteam.

Jane Laroque Slaughter Hardenbergh, age 79,of Birmingham, died Sept. 14, 2009. She taughtorgan at Samford during 1956–59, anddesigned the Aeolian-Skinner organ in ReidChapel and the Holtkamp organ in BuchananHall.

Ben F. Harrison, age 85, of Fort Lauderdale,Fla., died Sept. 26, 2009. He was a Birminghambusiness leader who served 37years onSamford’s board of trustees, beginning in 1971.He was instrumental in identifying the propertythat became Samford’s London Study Center,known as Daniel House, in 1984.

Samford’s Ben F. Harrison Theatre wasnamed in his honor in 1987.

During his career, he was chief executiveofficer of U.S. Pipe and of U.S. Home, andchairman of the board and president ofHarrison Industries, Inc. He was a tank driverwith the U.S. Army during World War II, serving in the Philippines.

Witold W. Turkiewicz, who died Nov. 4 at age79, taught piano as a member of the SamfordUniversity faculty for 42 years. He joined thefaculty in 1955 and retired in 1997. He wasassociate professor of music and distinguishedartist-in-residence. As director of the CliftLearning Center, he was a pioneer at Samfordin the application of music technology to thelearning process.

Turkiewicz was perhaps best known forhis numerous recitals over the years. He performed with the Birmingham Symphony,Huntsville Symphony, Alabama Pops Orchestraand others. His annual faculty recital in WrightCenter Concert Hall was a much-anticipatedevent, drawing large crowds.

A faculty resolution on the occasion of hisretirement described him as a “congenial col-league to fellow faculty members, and ademanding yet caring teacher.”

Turkiewicz was born in New Castle, Pa.He held music degrees from the University ofMiami (cum laude) and Columbia University,and a diploma from Curtis Institute of Music.

Several of his eight children were Samfordstudents, as well as his granddaughter, formerMiss Alabama Amanda Tapley, a current musicmajor.

“When he retired, Forbes Pianos gave hima space to use in their store, and he taught all27 grandchildren how to play the piano,” saidhis music faculty colleague, Bill Bugg. “As adedicated and committed teacher, there simplywas no better role model.”

H. Evan Zeiger, Sr., age 88, of Pell City, Ala.,died Aug. 30, 2009. The former Samford vicepresident for financial affairs joined Samford asbusiness manager in 1956. Soon afterward, hewas involved in the task of moving equipmentand university property from the school’s EastLake location to its new site in Homewood. Healso was athletics director from 1969 until hisretirement in 1984.

He was then general manager of Jetco,Inc., a charter and fixed-base operation atBirmingham Airport. A licensed pilot, hetaught ground school courses in the SamfordAfter Sundown program for many years. �

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role in the humanrights movement?

SamfordUniversity invitedscholars from a vari-ety of perspectivesto examine this issueat its “Christianityand Human Rights”Lilly ResearchConference in the

fall of 2004. Now, Lexington Books haspublished a volume of essays, Christianityand Human Rights: Christians and theStruggle for Global Justice, that draws onthat event.

Edited by Dr. Frederick M. Shepherd,chair of Samford’s political sciencedepartment and conference codirector,the 294-page volume presents 14 essays,most of which were selected from amongthe 50 papers presented at the conference,plus introductory and concluding chaptersby Shepherd. The contributors providediverse perspectives on the theologybehind the idea of human rights, thedebate over its meaning and the evolu-tion of the struggle for human rights.

The book is “a clarion call for thevigorous application of faith to the pressinginjustices of our times,” said reviewerAndrew Christian van Gorder, a BaylorUniversity religion professor. “Readers areoffered a foundational rationale as well asa deeply personal challenge to their ownmoral responsibilities.”

The book presents perspectives froma variety of disciplines, including eco-nomics, political science, law, history, philosophy and theology. The essays offera broad political spectrum, including specific accounts from activists partici-pating in the human rights struggle.Separate chapters focus on cases fromAfrica, Latin America and Asia.

“I hope that the call for collaborationamong faiths and between the growing

religious and secular human rights move-ments will be heard,” said Shepherd. “Themovement for human rights has broughtout the best in all religions, and stands asa potent rejoinder to those forces whichwould emphasize our differences ratherthan our common humanity. I hope thatthis book will contribute to these efforts.”

Essays are included by ThomasBamat, Maryknoll Catholic missionmovement; Patrick Byrne, BostonCollege; Dana Dillon, Providence College;the late Robert Drinan, GeorgetownUniversity; Jean Bethke Elhstain,University of Chicago; Nico Horn,University of Namibia; James Lewis,Bethel University; Joseph Loconte, theKing’s College, New York City; Joyce J.Michael, Charles University, Prague,Czech Republic; John Sniegocki, XavierUniversity; Johannes van der Ven,Radboud University, Nijmegen, TheNetherlands; James Waller, the AuschwitzInstitute for Peace and Reconciliation;Jonathan Warner, Quest UniversityCanada; and John Witte, EmoryUniversity.

“It’s been a genuine pleasure to havethe chance to work with colleagues froma wide variety of fields and backgroundsas I put the volume together,” Shepherdadded. “I was honored to be part of aproject that included scholars such as thelate Robert Drinan, John Witte, JimWaller, and many others.”

Shepherd has published widely ongenocide, human rights and LatinAmerican politics. He has been affiliatedwith the United States HolocaustMemorial Museum and the HolocaustEducation Foundation. His currentresearch interest is the human rightsmovement and genocide in Guatemala. �

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For information on the book or to ordercopies, go to www.lexingtonbooks.com.

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New Shepherd Book ExaminesChristianity’s Role in Human Rights

International GruberPrize Awarded atCumberland

ttorney Bryan Stevenson ofMontgomery, Ala., and the European

Roma Rights Centre [ERRC] of Budapest,Hungary, shared the 2009 Gruber Prize forJustice for “their tireless advocacy ofhuman rights” for individuals belonging tooppressed groups with little or no access tothe justice system.

The prestigious international prize of$500,000 was awarded by the Peter andPatricia Gruber Foundation in a ceremonySept. 24 at Samford’s Cumberland Schoolof Law. Foundation president PatriciaGruber presented the awards.

Stevenson’s organization, the EqualJustice Initiative [EJI], represents indigentdefendants, death-row inmates, and juve-niles who have been denied fair and justtreatment in the legal system. With hisstaff, he has been largely responsible forreversals or reduced sentences in morethan 75 death penalty cases.

The ERRC combats anti-Romaniracism and human rights abuse of Romapeoples in Europe. It has set in motionmore than 500 court cases in 15 countriesto fight injustice against Romani indi -viduals, securing more than two millioneuros in compensation for them.

“Why do I do what I do?” saidStevenson during a panel discussion at theawards program. “Because problems stillexist.” He cited the increase in America’sjail population as a significant reason.“There were 200,000 people in jail in 1972,and now there are 2.3 million. We havemany people who can’t get access to thelegal system.” He added, “You judge a society by how it treats the poor.”

In a separate program, Stevensonspoke to Samford freshmen in core cur-riculum classes. “It is always important tohave convictions,” he said. “Ideas are notenough; you must have conviction in yourheart. You have to be willing to say thingswhen it is not convenient.”

He noted that the United States was awealthy nation that tolerated poverty.Citing Alabama’s Black Belt region, hesaid, “Poverty creates despair, and you giveup quickly. If we don’t challenge poverty,we condemn a lot of people.”

Stevenson reminded the freshmen,“You have the capacity to say somethingabout issues that matter.” He urged themto have hope that problems could besolved. “You must have hope.” �

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man who was cited as an “angel ofmercy in the fullest sense” to

Samford University’s Ida V. MoffettSchool of Nursing was honored as thefirst recipient of the school’s Angel Awardthis fall.

The late Thomas Edgar “Tom”Jernigan was responsible for scholarshipsthat will ensure that students for genera-tions to come are able to receive the education and training needed as nursingprofessionals, said nursing dean NenaSanders.

“Thomas Jernigan had the courageto care for others, and the world is betterfor it,” said Dr. Sanders.

The Angel Award recognizes an individual or organization that has madea significant contribution to the nursingschool.

Jernigan’s widow, Donna Jernigan,accepted the award at the nursingschool’s first Courage to Care AwardsGala, held Sept. 18 in Samford’s HannaCenter. Her late husband, though a humble man, would have appreciated theaward, she said after the ceremony.

“He loved the nursing profession. Hewas very giving, and nurses are very giving people,” she said, noting that herhusband’s appreciation for nurses inten-sified in 2003 during a serious illness thatincluded two heart operations and lungsurgery.

Jernigan was president of MarathonCorporation, a real estate company, and anoted Birmingham business leader at the

time of his death in 2008.The award is a replica of the Angel of

Mercy statue that stands outside theDwight and Lucille Beeson Center for theHealing Arts, which houses the nursingschool.

The gala also honored alumni of IdaV. Moffett School of Nursing and its fore-runner, Birmingham Baptist Hospital,who exemplify the “courage to care”through their past or current nursingpractice.

The term is associated with theschool’s namesake and faculty member,the late Ida V. Moffett, who noted, “Ittakes courage to care, to open the heartand act with sympathy and compassion.”

The inaugural recipients of theCourage to Care awards were nominatedby their peers and coworkers as havingthe courage to care, said Sanders. The 14honorees are:

Dana Benton ’95, clinical coordi -nator, labor and delivery, at BrookwoodMedical Center.

Cecile Cherry ’01, ’03, a nurse educator in the Cardiovascular OperatingRoom at UAB Hospital.

Gloria Deitz ’67, nurse manager ofthe 6 West Surgical Unit at PrincetonBaptist Medical Center.

Carol Donaldson ’76, nursing infor-mation systems coordinator at PrincetonBaptist Medical Center.

Lorene Hansford ’67, nursing director of Surgical Services at PrincetonBaptist Medical Center.

Lindsey M. Harris ’06, Clinical LevelII nurse and day shift charge nurse on thebenign gynecology/gynecology oncologyunit at UAB Hospital.

Connie Hogewood ’06, clinical coor-dinator, perinatal services, at BrookwoodMedical Center.

Knox “Kim” M. Hurst III ’73, ’76, ananesthesia department clinical managerof the orthopedic and sports medicinecenter at St. Vincent’s Hospital.

Kathy Livingston ’74, education andbariatric coordinator at Princeton BaptistMedical Center.

Vanessa McNeil ’82, nurse manger ofthe medical/surgical oncology unit atTrinity Medical Center.

Christy A. Nation ’95, director ofWomen’s Services at Brookwood MedicalCenter.

Dr. Carol Ratcliffe ’09, vice presi-dent of patient care services and chiefnursing executive at St. Vincent’s East.

Joan E. Walker ’66, clinical nursespecialist in the Medical Nursing Divisionat UAB Hospital.

The late Dr. Margaret Millsap ’45, alongtime nurse and nursing educatorwho served on the faculties of schools ofnursing at Birmingham-SouthernCollege, Samford and UAB.

Samford President AndrewWestmoreland shared his admiration fornursing students and professionals whosechosen career puts them “confrontedimmediately with life and death.” �—Mary Wimberley

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Nursing Honors Jernigan, Courage to Care Recipients

The inaugural recipients of the Courage to Care Awards presented by Samford’s Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing are, from left,Kim Hurst, Joan E. Walker, Dana Benton, Connie Hogewood, Christy A. Nation, Lindsey M. Harris, Vanessa McNeil, Gloria Deitz,Carol Donaldson, Kathy Livingston, Lorene Hansford, Dr. Carol Ratcliffe and Cecile Cherry. The late Dr. Margaret Millsap also washonored.

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uring the five decades since it becamean academic unit in 1968, Samford’s

Howard College of Arts and Sciences hasbeen led by five deans. Recently, four ofthe five who have guided the largest ofSamford’s eight schools shared memoriesat a program moderated by Provost BradCreed.

Participating were Dr. Ruric E.Wheeler (1968–70), Dr. Lee N. Allen(1976–90), Dr. J. Roderick Davis(1990–2001) and the current dean, Dr.David W. Chapman. Dr. Hugh C. Bailey,dean during 1970–75, was unable to attend.

Wheeler recalled Samford’s difficultfinancial times of the 1950s, when theschool moved to Homewood from EastLake. Competition for students with areajunior colleges and the University ofAlabama at Birmingham, all of whichoffered lower tuition, provided a chal-lenge, and faculty salaries were lower atSamford.

Wheeler praised Samford’s dedicatedfaculty. “Any one of them could have leftfor a state institution and higher pay, butthey were dedicated to Christian highereducation,” he said. He added that theymet his challenge to create new academicprograms, which resulted in increasedenrollment in the school’s various departments.

Wheeler later served as vice presidentfor academic affairs.

Bailey, who served as dean betweenWheeler and Allen, graduated fromSamford at age 20. He served 22 years ashistory professor and dean at Samfordbefore joining the administration atFrancis Marion College in SouthCarolina. Bailey later served as presidentof Valdosta State University in Georgiafrom 1978 until he retired in 2001.

Allen shared bits of history aboutSamford as well as Howard College ofArts and Sciences.

In 1965, Howard College becameSamford University. Allen noted thatPresident Leslie S. Wright had a hardtime convincing the Alabama BaptistState Convention to change the name.

“His argument was that it would costno more to be a university, but that itwould be more prestigious,” said Allen.Dr. Wright wanted the change to takeaffect during the school’s 125th anni -versary in 1966, but the two local news-papers began using the new name inprint immediately after the conventionapproved it in November of 1965. “So hewas pressed to adopt the new name,” saidAllen.

Allen, who also served duringPresident Thomas Corts’ tenure, con -siders the faculty he employed as the bestthing he did while dean. He also notedthe quality of arts and sciences students,who have gone on to success in

academics, business and Baptist leader-ship—a sentiment echoed by the otherdeans.

“We have a record of which we canbe proud,” said Allen, who joined the faculty as a history professor in 1961 andserved the university 40 years beforeretiring in 2001.

Davis became dean after 19 years onthe English faculty at the City Universityof New York’s John Jay College, where hehad become frustrated with ongoing hostilities between the administrationand riot-prone students.

During a particularly trying time atthe New York school, Davis noticed an adin the Chronicle of Higher Education forthe dean’s position. “I was startledbecause I had never seen an ad in theChronicle for a Samford position. Ithought then that Samford must be making strides,” said Davis, a 1957 graduate of the school.

After a series of interviews indicatedthat he and Samford were still a good fit,Davis joined the faculty of his almamater. One factor that appealed to himwas Samford’s interest in curriculumchange. He had just worked on that atJohn Jay.

“I found that I loved the place morethan I thought,” Davis said.

He cited receiving several grants andhiring new faculty members as beingamong his noteworthy accomplishments.About a third of the faculty that currentlyserve in arts and sciences were hired during his tenure.

Chapman said he had never con -sidered academic administration wouldbe in his future. “When Dean Davis askedme to be associate dean in 1996, I wassurprised,” he said.

Chapman joined the Samford facultyin 1990 as associate professor of Englishand director of the writing across thecurriculum program. Now, he heads acollege that includes 17 departments andoffers more than 30 majors.

Glenda Martin is a common denom-inator for four of the five deans. She hasbeen secretary for Allen, Davis andChapman, and also served as Wheeler’ssecretary when he was vice president foracademic affairs. �—Mary Wimberley

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Retired arts and sciences deans, from left, Ruric Wheeler, Lee Allen and Rod Davisjoin current Dean David Chapman for Samford program.

Global EconomistQuinlan BelievesRecession Is Over

f you love a good cup of coffee, youmight want to try the latest blend avail-

able in the Samford Food Court or online.It’s called Samford Bulldog Blend.

The new coffee is a unique blend ofthree premium beans from Central

America, South America and Indonesia,custom roasted by O’Henry’s Coffees ofHomewood.

O’Henry’s has been selling premiumcoffee in the Birmingham area since1993. It opened a coffee shop in theSamford Food Court in 2006. Its newestoffering is Samford Bulldog Blend, onsale in the Food Court or online atwww.ohenryscoffees.com.

Regular or decaf beans or ground coffee are available. A one-pound bagcosts $11.99, and a portion of the costbenefits Samford.

Why Bulldog Blend?It’s the brainchild of Stan Davis,

Samford’s director of gift and estateplanning, with help from Food Courtmanager David Montgomery.

Davis loves a good cup of coffee. Ashe was enjoying his favorite drinkrecently, he was struck by an idea. Whynot develop a special blend of coffeethat would carry the Samford name?

“Samford is a unique place, andwhat could be more appropriate thandeveloping a special blend with theSamford name?” Davis said. He talked toMontgomery about the idea, and theyapproached O’Henry’s. Thus was bornSamford Bulldog Blend.

The coffee is also available at Samfordathletics events and at any event at whichthe Food Court handles concessions.

“We invite the Samford family, andeveryone else, to stop by the Food Courtfor a cup of Bulldog Blend,” said Davis.“It’s good stuff.” �

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Food Court manager David Montgomery, left, and gift and estate planning directorStan Davis enjoy some Bulldog Blend coffee in Dale Washington Courtyard.

Financial and global markets expertJoseph Quinlan believes the recession

is over. Speaking at a seminar hosted bySamford’s Brock School of Business andMerrill Lynch Oct. 20, he offered a per-spective on the U.S. economy that differswith many forecasters.

Quinlan, managing director andchief market strategist with InvestmentStrategies Group and Bank of America,believes the U.S. economy is dynamicand, although it has gone through arough period, is in much better shapethan most others around the world.

Quinlan believes unemploymentwill bottom out next spring, although hesaid it might reach 10 percent (it did soin October’s national report). On thebrighter side, he expects capital expendi-tures and factory production to go upnext year. Exports will continue to grow,and those worried about a weaker U.S.dollar should not do so, because a weaker dollar helps that growth, he said.Compared to China, he added, the U.S.economy is not bad.

The economist said he was con-cerned with Congress and the $1.4 tril-lion budget deficit because of the bailoutof Wall Street. He believes banks wereresponsible for the economic crisis andthat the government had to bail themout to avoid a repeat of the 1930’sDepression Era, but he worries aboutthe budget deficit, spending and thegovernment becoming involved in thefiring of CEOs. However, he believesFederal Reserve System chairman BenBernanke has the right plan for econom-ic recovery.

Quinlan differs with Congressionalrepresentatives who favor protectionism.Exports drive the U.S. economy today,he said, and he thinks protectionism willbe detrimental to economic growth.

“As a nation, we should not feareconomic growth in Brazil, Russia, Indiaand China [BRIC]; we should embracetheir growth and hope that they makeit,” he said.

Foreign investments are coming in,and that is good for the U.S. economy,he added. The South is one of the mostdynamic areas of the country for foreigninvestments and economic growth.Quinlan said he was impressed with thediversification of the economy in theSoutheast. �—Kara Kennedy

Like a Good Cup of Coffee? TryO’Henry’s Samford Bulldog Blend

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SPORTS

Southern Conference Co-Player of the Year Amber Cress

The Samford soccer team posted itsbest record in school history this

fall. Coach Todd Yelton’s squad fin-ished with a 12-1-5 overall record and7-1-3 Southern Conference mark,good for second place.

The Bulldogs ended the regularseason with a nine-match undefeatedstring. In the opening round of thefour-team conference tournament,they fought the College of Charlestonto a monumental 0-0 tie in regulationand two overtime periods (110 min-utes), only to suffer a heartbreaking 6-5 loss on penalty kicks.

The match produced Samford’s12th shutout of the year.

“I am very proud of our team thisyear,” Yelton said. “To lose only onegame all year is amazing. I am not cer-tain people really understand what anaccomplishment that is. We play in avery demanding conference and facedoff against in-state rivals Auburn andAlabama.

“In the end, we will be one of thelast teams not to receive an at-large bidthis year,” he added. “If we could haveturned a few of those ties into wins, wewould be making our third trip to theNCAA tour nament in the last fiveyears. Although we graduate somegreat players this year, I believe thefuture is very bright for the Samfordsoccer program.”

Samford’s Amber Cress, a for-ward, was named one of the SoCon’stwo Co-Players of the Year withUNC–Greensboro’s Tabitha Padgett.Cress was one of four Samford playerson the All-SoCon first team with mid-fielder Natalie Fleming, defenderTheresa Henry and goalkeeper AlyssaWhitehead.

Freshman defender SabbathMcKiernan-Allen of Samford wasnamed to the SoCon All-FreshmanTeam.

Samford outscored opponents,29-6, during the season. Whiteheadallowed only six goals in 174 shots byopponents, one of the top marks in thenation. Cress led the Bulldogs in scoring with 23 points on seven goalsand nine assists.

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Samford runner Hillary Neal receives her All-Southern Conference cross-country award from BrandonNeff, SoCon assistant commissioner for championships.

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Cross-Country Women’s TeamWins First Samford SoCon TitleThe Samford women’s cross-country team ran away with the

championship trophy at the Southern Conference CrossCountry Championships in Elon, N.C., Oct. 31. The perform-ance won Samford its first Southern Conference championshipin any sport.

“I can’t really express what we are feeling right now,” saidSamford Head Coach Rod Tiffin. “Our girls . . . gave everythingthey had. I could not be more proud.”

Tiffin was named SoCon Coach of the Year.The women were the conference’s preseason pick to upset

defending champion Chattanooga. The Bulldogs scored 74points in the championship, edging host Elon by a scant point.Appalachian State took third with 83 points, while Furman (93)and Davidson (110) rounded out the top five. Chattanooga(134) finished sixth.

“It is always hard to be the favorite,” Tiffin said, “especiallywhen it would be the first win, but we really worked hard.”

Samford earned the right to compete in the NCAA SouthRegional Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Nov. 14.

Junior Hillary Neal paced the Bulldogs in the SoCon meet,taking fourth place and garnering first-team All-Conferencehonors for the second year in a row. She ran the 5,000-metercourse in 18:32.22.

“It’s just really exciting,” Neal said. “We didn’t really knowhow we did when we finished. Then we got down to the ceremony, and they told us we won. It’s been our goal all year.”

The Samford women came in first in three of four meetsdespite running in rain in three races (Memphis Twilight, OleMiss Invitational and Southeast Showdown) and having anothermeet canceled by rain.

Ina Ables was Samford’s other All-Conference honoree. Thejunior finished fifth in her first appearance at the SouthernConference Championships. Ables has been plagued withinjuries for the past four years and has finally been healthyenough to run this year. She finished fifth and ran the course in18:44.39.

Andrea Seccafien and Jessica Van Ausdall finished 18th and19th, respectively, while Lauren D’Alessio just made it in the top30 at 28th place. Cori Christensen (64th), Holly Benson (70th),Jillian Klassen (83rd) and Alli Keithan (86th) rounded out thefield for the Samford women.

The Samford men finished 10th in the conference meet.Senior Patrick Ollinger led the Bulldogs, running the 8,000-meter race in 27:05.40 to finish 44th among the men.Appalachian State won the men’s SoCon championship for thesecond consecutive year. �

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GIVING

HONORSBeeson Divinity School Scholarship Awardin honor of Dr. Paul R. House

Wanda United Methodist Church, Neosho, Mo.

Abe Berkowitz Endowed Scholarship in Lawin honor of Mr. & Mrs. Martin Thaler

Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Berkowitz, Savannah, Ga.

Brock School of Business Excellence Fundin honor of Dr. Dennis W. Price

Mr. Daniel A. Bowles, Meridian, Miss.

Bulldog Club Baseball Fundin honor of Mr. Robert Cowan Henderson

Mr. & Mrs. Lee R. Henderson, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Cox Scholarship Fundin honor of Ms. Martha A. Cox

Mr. & Mrs. James O. Bendall, Birmingham Mr. M. P. Greene, Jr., Talladega, Ala. Mr. & Mrs. Don Powell, Birmingham

Joseph O. Dean, Jr. Pharmacy Scholarshipin honor of Dr. Joseph O. Dean, Jr.

Fenelon Club, Birmingham

Friends of Samford Artsin honor of Dr. Betty S. Faulk

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Greenwood, Corvallis, Ore.

William R. and Fay Ireland Governor’s SchoolEndowed Fundin honor of Mrs. Fay B. Ireland

Dr. Carolyn G. & Mr. William H. Satterfield,Birmingham

Ida V. Moffett School of Nursingin honor of Elizabeth Cassady Gann

Mrs. Marjo Gann, Hoover, Ala.

Religion Department Fundin honor of Dr. Sigurd F. Bryan

Rev. & Mrs. E. Guy Anderson, Selma, Ala.

Tea Sam Roe Pharmacy Fundin honor of Dr. Tea Sam Roe

Miss Aiko Fukui, JapanMiss Yukie Ikuma, JapanDr. Yuki Ito, JapanMiss Yukiko Kakumae, JapanMeijo University, JapanMiss Kyoko Mori, JapanMr. Taku Morikawa, JapanMr. Akitaka Murata, JapanMiss Yoshiko Nagasaka, JapanDr. Mikio Nishida, JapanMiss Miho Seko, JapanMr. Takehisa Uchiyama, JapanMr. Yoshihiro Uekuzu, JapanMr. & Miss Yasuhiro & Fumi Yamada, Japan

Claude P. Rosser, Jr. Moot Court Compin honor of Ms. Marcia Weber

Ms. Randye W. Rosser, Olivette, Mo.

Samford University Auxiliary Operating Fundin honor of Mrs. Anne H. Hazlegrove

Mr. & Mrs. Billy T. Gamble, Birmingham

Samford University Auxiliary Elouise WilkinsWilliams Scholarship Fundin honor of Mrs. Elouise W. Williams

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gamble, Urbanna, Va.

University Ministriesin honor of Mallory V. & Susan L. Mayse

Mr. & Mrs. Jason W. Roland, Columbia, Mo.

MEMORIAL

Alumni Association Scholarshipin memory of Mr. Wayne Crawford Cofield

Mr. & Mrs. Dorsey L. Shannon, Jr., Tulsa, Okla.

Brock School of Business Endowment Fundin memory of Mr. Herbert Evan Zeiger, Sr.

Dr. & Mrs. Harry B. Brock, Jr., Shoal Creek, Ala.

Brock School of Business Excellence Fundin memory of Dr. Ben F. Harrison

Dr. & Mrs. Harry B. Brock, Jr., Shoal Creek, Ala.

Chemistry Department Scholarshipin memory of Dr. Thomas E. Corts

Dr. Christina H. Duffey, Piney Creek, N.C.

in memory of Dr. Leven S. HazlegroveBirmingham Baptist WMU, Birmingham Dr. Anna Bordenca, Huntsville, Ala.Ms. Rosemarie A. Breitenbruck, Blair, Neb. Mrs. Thomas E. Corts, Birmingham Mrs. A. Gerow Hodges, Birmingham Mrs. Mary H. Hudson, Birmingham Ms. Ella Byrd McCain, Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. Rickie D. Moon, Huntsville, Ala. Mr. & Mrs. William E. Neill, Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Margaret C. Northrup, Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. Fred M. Slaughter, Wetumpka, Ala. Mr. & Mrs. George W. Stripling, Birmingham Dr. David M. Vess, Birmingham Volkert & Associates, Inc., Birmingham Dr. & Mrs. Ruric E. Wheeler, Birmingham Mr. Stanley N. Woodall, Birmingham

Classics Fundin memory of Mary Elizabeth W. Todd

Dr. & Mrs. J. Bradley Creed, Homewood

Robyn Bari Cohen Children’s Book Fundin memory of Margie Parris

Mr. and Mrs. James Bice, Talladega, Ala.

David Michael Coleman Spanish StudyScholarshipin memory of Mr. David Michael Coleman

Dr. Myralyn F. & Mr. Stephen C. Allgood,Birmingham

Thomas E. and Marla Haas Corts Fundin memory of Dr. Thomas E. Corts

Dr. Myralyn F. & Mr. Stephen C. Allgood,Birmingham Mrs. Cathy B. Coe, Birmingham Mr. Franklin R. Plummer, Concord, N.C.

M. I. and Resa Culpepper CRNA Fundin memory of Dr. Resa Culpepper

Mr. Milton I. Culpepper, Jr., Chelsea, Ala.

Mae Moore Flynt Classics Scholarshipin memory of Mrs. Mae Flynt

Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Meadows, Charleston, S.C.

Marie NeSmith Fowler Lectureshipin memory of Mr. Howard and Mrs. Marie Fowler

Dr. Page Dunlap, Decatur, Ala.

Earl Gartman Scholarship Fundin memory of Mr. Roy James Chandler, Jr.

Ms. Patricia A. Brunner, Cincinnati, Ohio Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Cox, Nicholasville, Ky. Dr. & Mrs. J. Rudolph Davidson, Birmingham Furniture Fair, Fairfield, Ohio Mr. & Mrs. Bruce B. Hedrick, Jr., Fairhope, Ala. Ms. Donnette H. Lurie, Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Peterson, NewAlbany, Ind. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Reis, Cincinnati, Ohio Mr. & Mrs. George H. Riegle, Troy, Ohio Southern Indiana Realtors Association, Inc.,Clarksville, Tenn. Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Stephens, Cincinnati, Ohio Ms. Juda E. Yauger, Hamilton, Ohio

General Scholarship Fundin memory of Mr. William Andrew & Mrs. Flora

Marie Crowson, and U. L. & Mildred NixonEstate of Mildred C. Nixon

in memory of Ms. Mildred Crowson NixonMr. Harlan R. Butler, Gulf Breeze, Fla.

History Department Fundin memory of Clarence O’Rear

Dr. David M. Vess, Birmingham

William R. and Fay Ireland Governor’s SchoolEndowed Fundin memory of Mr. William R. Ireland, Sr.

Regions Bank, Birmingham Hon. J. Scott & Dr. Cameron M. Vowell,Birmingham

Samford University expresses gratitude for these additional tribute gifts received Aug. 1–Oct. 31, 2009. For further information,contact the Samford University Gift Office at 205-726-2807.

withappreciation

Did you know that you can make a gift to Samford that costs you nothing during your lifetime? A bequest to Samford in your will buildsour long-term financial strength and is easy to do. Why?

It’s simple.One paragraph in your will can set up your gift.

It’s flexible.You can give Samford a specific asset or a percentage of your estate. Youcan choose to support a particular program or allow Samford to use itfor the most relevant needs at the time.

It’s revocable.A bequest doesn’t affect your current asset balance or cash flow. If yourplans or circumstances change, you can revise your gift easily.

We can help you take the next steps to plan a bequest.

Samford is what it is today because those who came before us laid a strong foundation.

Stan Davis, J.D. ’78Director of Gift Planning205-726-2807 • 1-877-782-5867 legacy@samford.eduwww.samford.edu/legacy

For information

GIVING

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D. Jerome King Scholarshipin memory of Dr. Jerome King

Dr. & Mrs. Christopher A. King, Richmond, Va.

Joe W. McDade Endowed Scholarshipin memory of Ms. Martha C. McDade

Mr. Joe W. McDade, Montgomery, Ala.

McWhorter School of Pharmacyin memory of Mr. John Phillips Jackson

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Dixon, Jr., Birmingham Rev. Sarah J. & Mr. Lloyd C. Shelton,Birmingham

Lizette Van Gelder Mitchell Scholarshipin memory of Mrs. Lizette Van Gelder Mitchell

Mr. James L. Holland, Jr., Birmingham

The Mothers’ Fund Scholarshipin memory of Belva Dozier Owen

Hon. Karon O. Bowdre, Birmingham

Samford Fundin memory of Mr. Benjamin F. Harrison, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Macon, Lake View, Ala. Dr. John C. Pittman, Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. William G. Thompson,Birmingham

in memory of Mr. William L. PittmanMr. & Mrs. Joseph Fuqua, Huntsville, Ala.

Samford Undergraduate Research Program in memory of Dr. Harold E. Wilcox

Rete Mirabile Fund of Triangle CommunityFoundation, Durham, N.C.

Samford University Auxiliary Big Oak RanchScholarshipin memory of Mr. William L. Pittman

Dean & Mrs. Paul G. Aucoin, Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. Philip Poole, Hoover, Ala.

Samford University Auxiliary ScholarshipEndowmentin memory of Mrs. Janet D. Bolla

Dr. Rosemary M. Fisk, Birmingham Mr. Howard P. Walthall, Birmingham

Shepherd Legacy Piano Fundin memory of Dr. Betty Sue G. Shepherd

Dr. & Mrs. James R. Wilson, Alpharetta, Ga.

University Librariesin memory of Mr. Thomas E. Skinner

Ms. Catherine Evans, Birmingham

Arthur A. Weeks Endowed Scholarshipin memory of Dean Arthur A. Weeks

Mr. William J. Baxley, Birmingham Mr. Nicholas J. Cervera, Troy, Ala. Mrs. Sara D. Clark, Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. William T. Coplin, Jr.,

Demopolis, Ala.Mr. George D. Evans, Birmingham Mr. James A. Holliman, Pelham, Ala. Mr. & Mrs. Hewlett C. Isom, Jr., Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. William C. Roedder, Jr., Mobile, Ala. Hon. Steven W. Teate, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. & Mrs. D. DeLeal Wininger Jr, Birmingham

Whatley Memorial Scholarshipin memory of Mr. Charles V. Lee, Jr. and Mrs.

Shirley M. BusbeeDr. Myralyn F. & Mr. Stephen C. Allgood,Birmingham

Harold E.Wilcox Endowed Scholarship Fundin memory of Dr. Harold E. Wilcox

Rete Mirabile Fund of Triangle CommunityFoundation, Durham, N.C.

Philip & Cynthia Wise Scholarship Fundin memory of Dr. Philip D. Wise

Mrs. Clara J. McInish, Dothan, Ala. Mr. Philip Douglas Wise, Jr., Marietta, Ga. �

CALENDAR

Dec. 21–25 Christmas holidays, university closed

Dec. 28–30 Continuing educationseminar, hosted byCumberland School ofLaw, 205-726-2865

Dec. 29–30 T-Mobile Invitationalnational high schoolbasket ball tournament,Hanna Center, www.samford.edu/ops/hanna

Dec. 31–Jan.1 New Year’s holiday, university closed

Jan. 4 Jan Term classes begin

Jan 7–9 Samford Honor Band formiddle and high schoolband students, hosted bythe School of the Arts, 205-726-2485

Jan. 9 Samford Honor Band concert, 2:30 p.m., WrightCenter Concert Hall

School ViolencePrevention demonstrationworkshop, 8 a.m.–3:30p.m., Flag Colonnade,Beeson University Center,205-726-2433

Jan. 14–18 Music Teachers NationalAssociation SouthernDivision competition,hosted by the School of theArts, 205-726-2489

Jan. 15 Resource Center forPastoral ExcellenceWorkshop, 5:30–7:30 p.m.,Flag Colonnade, BeesonUniversity Center, 205-726-4064

Jan. 16 American All-Star Danceand Drill Team compe -tition, Wright CenterConcert Hall, 1-866-766-STAR or www.americanallstar.com

Jan. 18 Martin Luther King, Jr.holiday, university closed

MLK Day High SchoolGirls Basketball Classic,hosted by Hanna Center,www.samford.edu/ops/hanna

Jan. 21–22 Jan Term final exams

Jan. 23 Metropolitan Opera audi-tions for North AlabamaDistrict, hosted by Schoolof the Arts, HarrisonTheatre, 205-726-2504

Jan. 25 Spring semester classesbegin

Jan. 25– Visiting Visual Artist Feb. 26 Series: Sculpture of Randy

Gachet, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.,Monday–Friday, SamfordArt Gallery, SwearingenHall, 205-726-2840

Jan. 29, 31 Opera Birmingham presents Giuseppe Verdi’sAida, Wright CenterConcert Hall, 205-322-6737, www.operabirmingham.org

Jan. 29–30 Preministerial Scholarsinterviews, 205-726-4203

Jan. 30 University Fellows interviews, 205-726-4203

Feb. 4–7 Blame It on the Movies,presented by MusicTheatre Ensemble, BoldingStudio,www.samford.edu/arts/tickets

Feb. 5–6 School of the Arts auditions, 205-726-4524

Feb. 6 LSAT exam, 8 a.m.–12p.m., 205-726-2561

ACT exam, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.,205-726-2561

Feb. 6 School ViolencePrevention demonstrationworkshop, 8 a.m.–3:30p.m., Flag Colonnade,Beeson University Center,205-726-2433

Feb. 9 Faculty recital: Cameron“Chip” Crotts, 7:30 p.m.,Brock Recital Hall

Feb. 11–12 Fletcher-Morris PianoCompetition, BrockRecital Hall, 205-726-2499

Feb. 12 Davis Architects GuestArtist Series presentsRoberto Plano, piano, 7:30p.m., Brock Recital Hall,www.samford.edu/arts/tickets

Feb. 12–13 School of the Arts auditions, 205-726-4524

Feb. 15 Admission Scholars Day,hosted by the Office ofAdmission and FinancialAid, 205-726-2217

Feb. 16 Voces 8, sponsored jointlyby the School of the Artsand Birmingham BoysChoir, 7:30 p.m., ReidChapel, www.samford.edu/arts/tickets

Feb. 18–20 Step Sing, 7 p.m., WrightCenter Concert Hall, 205-726-2345

Feb. 21 SuperJazz Concert, 3 p.m.,Brock Recital Hall, ticketssold at the door, 205-254-2731, ext. 21

Feb. 22 Samford Writers Seriespresents Jack Pendarvis, 7 p.m., 302N Divinity Hall,205-726-4036

Feb. 23 Faculty recital: JosephHopkins, baritone, andMichael Patilla, guitar, 7:30p.m., Brock Recital Hall

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Feb. 24 Health-care panel presented by the Black LawStudents Association, 6p.m., Brock Forum,Dwight Beeson Hall

Feb. 26–28 Alabama Ballet presentsDon Quixote, WrightCenter Concert Hall,www.alabamaballet.org

Model United NationsHigh School Conference,205-726-2630

March 1–12 Visual Arts AchievementProgram, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.,Monday–Friday, SamfordArt Gallery, SwearingenHall, 205-726-2840

March 2 Alabama SymphonyOrchestra Concertmasterand Friends, 7:30 p.m.,Brock Recital Hall,www.alabamasymphony.org

March 6 Crimson Classic cheerleading competition,8 a.m.–9 p.m., HannaCenter, www.acdaspirit.com/crimsonclassic/home

Alabama Day ofPercussion, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,Brock Hall, 205-726-2488

March 9 Concerto-Aria concert,7:30 p.m., Wright CenterConcert Hall, www.samford.edu/arts

March 11 Samford Auxiliary meeting, 10 a.m., BrockHall, 205-726-4373

Samford Wind EnsembleConcert, 7:30 p.m., BrockRecital Hall, www.samford.edu/arts

March 13–14BravO! National Danceand Talent Competition, 8a.m.–9 p.m., WrightCenter Concert Hall, 1-877-272-8641,www.bravocompetition.com

March 15–19Spring break, no classes,university offices open

March 19, 21Opera Birmingham present Mozart’s TheMarriage of Figaro,Wright Center ConcertHal, 205-322-6737,www.operabirmingham.org

March 23 Faculty recital: AnEvening of Opera Arias,7:30 p.m., Brock RecitalHall, 205-726-2505

March 25–28Samford Theatre Dancepresents “Impulse: ADance Concert,” HarrisonTheatre, www.samford.edu/arts/tickets

March 26 A Cappella ChoirConcert, 7:30 p.m.,Hodges Chapel, www.samford.edu/arts

March 27–28Thunderstruck DanceCompetition, 8 a.m.–11p.m., Wright CenterConcert Hall, 1-702-838-2893,www.thunderstruckdance.com

March 30 University ChoraleVespers Service, 7:30 p.m.,Hodges Chapel, www.samford.edu/arts

Information was compiled from the uni-versity calendar as of Nov. 5, 2009. Dates,times and details are subject to change.

Please go to www.samford.edu for a complete university calendar and forupdated information.

For schedules and information onSamford athletics, go to www.samfordsports.com.

For a list of Samford After Sundown classes, go to www.samford.edu/sundown.

For a list of Lay Academy of Theologycourses, go to www.beesondivinity.com.

For a complete academic calendar, go towww.samford.edu/calendars.html. �

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Samford’s Model United Nations [MUN] team will travel toBelgrade, Serbia, in March 2010 to participate in the week-

long Belgrade International Model United Nations [BiMUN]conference and a foreign-service educational program sponsoredin part by the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade. As in other MUN con-ferences, the 12 team members will participate in a simulationwhere they represent specific countries in discussions of variouskey international topics.

“BiMUN participants hail from locales that would rarely berepresented on the U.S. MUN circuit, thus providing Samford’sstudents an opportunity to interact with individuals from abroader range of cultural backgrounds,” said political scienceprofessor Andrew Konitzer, team sponsor.

“The BiMUN staff supplements the conference with a veryintensive program of historical-cultural tours, a National Nightat which students share aspects of their culture with other

participants, and a home-stay program allowing students tospend time with English-speaking Serbian families.”

In addition to the BiMUN program, the U.S. Embassy hasagreed to host a series of meetings, roundtables and other activities for Samford students, Dr. Konitzer noted. Theseinclude discussions with the U.S. ambassador and various foreign-service officers where students will have the opportunityto learn about life in foreign service.

Embassy officials also will arrange meetings with localpoliticians, nongovernmental organization leaders, journalistsand representatives from other international organizations working in the region.

Finally, Samford students will participate in a roundtablediscussion with students from the University of Belgrade on various key topics related to American politics, culture and society. �

Model U.N. Students Headed to Belgrade

Samford running back Chris Evans (24) gained a career-high 257 yards in the Bulldogs’ 27-24 win atWofford Nov. 14, establishing a new school career rushing record (3,379 yards). Here, Evans eludestacklers in Samford’s 31-10 homecoming win over Georgia Southern.