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1949
William H. Williams (BS, LLB '55) retired as a Shelby
County senior criminal court judge. He is a former assistant
district attorney and attorney for Shelby County.
1961
John P. Colton Jr. (BS, LLB '64), a Tennessee criminal
court judge, was named to the Christian Brothers High School
Hall of Fame.
1963
David C. Peck (BBA) received the 2002 Hall of Fame
Commercial Real Estate Award from the Memphis Area Association
of Realtors. He also was honored at Carnival Memphis' 19th
annual Business and Industry Salute. Peck is president and
CEO of Weston Companies.
1964
Benjiman D. Webb (BA) is a professor of German and
director of the Honors Program at the University of Miami.
Webb received Miami's Outstanding Teaching Award for 2003
and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also received the Germany's
Distinguished Service Cross First Class for his efforts to
promote cross-cultural awareness and cooperation in Miami
and Dade County.
1965
John O. Davis (BBA) donated 75,000 frequent flyer
miles to the Make-A-Wish Foundation to fly critically ill
children anywhere they want to go. He lives in Marietta, Ga.
 Kay
Smith Earhart (BSEd) is supervisor of language arts, reading
and foreign language for the Duval County School District
in Jacksonville, Fla. Her responsibilities include curriculum
design, professional development, and instructional material
review and selection for the district's 27,000 students. Earhart
received a master of education degree in educational leadership
from the University of North Florida in 1994.
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Richard P. McCully (BS, JD '68) was recognized for his
30 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. McCully,
who lives in Atlanta, is a federal judge in the northern district
of Georgia.
Gerald A. "Jerry" Rudoff (BS), a lieutenant with the
Miami-Dade Police Department, retired after 33 years of service.
Rudoff also is chair of Youth Crime Watch of America.
1967
 Col.
Charles R. "Chuck" Mancabelli (BS, MEd '72), assistant
commander of the New York Guard-Air, received two of New York's
highest military honors: the Defense of Liberty Medal for
homeland defense missions he performed following the World
Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and the Conspicuous
Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service as a member
of the New York Organized Militia. Mancabelli lives in Solvay,
N.Y.
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1971
Thomas A. Appleton (BA) co-edited Searching for
Their Places: Women in the South Across Four Centuries,
a collection of essays inspired by the Fifth Southern Conference
on Women's History. Appleton is a professor of history at
Eastern Kentucky University.
1972
Rick Bolton (BS) is a senior project manager with
AMEC's earth and environmental office in Nashville.
Nancy K. Johnson (BA, MA '76) is a self-employed market
researcher in Milton, N.H., and is serving her third term
in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Greg Middleton (BSEd) has written his first book,
In Search of the Soul, published by Dorrance Publishing.
He lives in Pasadena, Calif., where he is a realtor with Dilbeck
GMAC Real Estate and a professional musician.
Beverly Pangle Scott (BSEd, MEd '77) has authored
Thank You, Sister: Memories of Growing Up Catholic.
Joe Ted Reams (BSEd) was promoted to the rank of colonel
in the Air Force Reserve. He was activated in support of the
global war on terrorism in 2002 and is serving as command
historian for the Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith in Oahu,
Hawaii. Reams and his wife, Carol, live near Atlanta.
1973
Raymond Butler Jr. (BA) is president of Steelcraft
Corp., a designer and manufacturer of air systems and engineered
steel products.
Deborah Faulkner (BA) has been named acting chief
of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. She is senior
deputy chief of the department in charge of field operations.
Elaine P. Millen (BA) was elected deputy district
governor of the 7th District of the International Association
of Printing House Craftsmen. She is owner of TeknoLink Marketing
Services.
Gordon Wilson (BS) is vice president of sales and
marketing for John Roebuck and Associates. He has more than
30 years of experience in communications, marketing and community
relations.
1974
Kavanaugh Casey (BA) is director of development for
the Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center Foundation.
Dr. Robert L. Gardino (BS) was named the Memphis Italian
Festival's 2003 Outstanding Italian. The Memphis dentist has
been involved in many philanthropic activities, including
MIFA's Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity.
David Wade (JD), an attorney with Martin, Tate, Morrow
& Marston, was named to the Christian Brothers High School
Hall of Fame. He is a past president of the Memphis Bar Association.
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1975
Ronald E. Cardwell (JD), shareholder with Cardwell
Conner PC in Greenville, S.C., authored the chapter on CERCLA,
commonly known as Superfund, for the 17th edition of the Environmental
Law Handbook.
Jack Fosbinder (JD), an attorney and lobbyist, has
joined the law firm of Farris Mathews Branan Bobango &
Hellen.
John W. McConomy (JD) is senior vice president and
general counsel for ResortQuest International Inc. in Destin,
Fla.
1976
Danny Langston (BSEE) is an electrical engineer with
Pickering Firm Inc.
Lynn Petty (BSCE, MS '78), site engineering supervisor
in the Tennessee Valley Authority's Fossil Power Group in
Chattanooga, was named TVA Engineer of the Year for helping
maintain environmental compliance at TVA fossil plants throughout
the Tennessee Valley.
Dorothy J. Pounders (BSEd, JD '81) has been named
a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. She is
managing partner of Pounders Coleman and concentrates her
practice in the areas of family law, litigation, arbitration
and mediation.
 Larry
Rice (JD) practices divorce law and lectures throughout
the country. He is speaking at the American Bar Association
meeting in San Francisco this summer.
 Peggy
Fincher Winters (BSEd), advertising and marketing communications
professor and founder of the internship program at the Fashion
Institute of Technology/State University of New York, has published
a book, BRANDSTAND: Strategies for Retail Brand Building.
She and her husband, Dr. Arthur A. Winters, run a consulting
firm, TFI Geomarketing, and have presented seminars in China
and Russia.
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1977
R. Hunter Humphreys (JD) was listed as a leading attorney
in the areas of real estate and secured lending in America's
Leading Business Lawyers. He is with Glankler Brown.
1978
Sue Barnard Lynn (BA, MAT '92), a teacher at Farmington
Elementary School, was named Germantown's 2003 Teacher of
the Year. She and her husband, Morgan Lynn, have been married
for 26 years and have two children.
 Gary
T. Mosley (BBA) is sales director for BellSouth's business
sales in West Tennessee.
1979
Scott McClure (BA) has joined Brighton, a marketing
communications agency in St. Louis. He and his wife, Drenna,
live in O'Fallon, Mo., and have three sons.
Larry Robinson (BS) was appointed provost of Florida
A&M University. He had been director and professor in
the FAMU Environmental Sciences Institute.
1980
 Patti
Embry-Tautenhan (BSEd) is vice president of public affairs
and marketing at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in
Boston. She is responsible for public affairs, community and
media relations, marketing and advertising for the medical
center.
Larry Fischer (BS) is vice president and actuary of RGA
Reinsurance Company. He and his wife have a son, and in February
they adopted a baby girl from China. They live in Ballwin,
Mo.
1981
 Martin
Pierce (JD) has been named an estate-planning law specialist
by the Estate Law Specialist Board Inc. He is a member of
the Chattanooga office of Husch & Eppenberger LLC.
Paula Spears (BSN) is administrative director of professional
practices and advancement at Methodist Healthcare. Before
joining Methodist, she was quality improvement manager at
UT-Bowld Hospital.
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1982
Richard England (MM, EdD '85) presented his paper,
"Rethinking the Assessment of Maladaptive Behavior," at the
Oxford Round Table at Lincoln College in the University of
Oxford. The presentations followed the publication of his
book, Displaced Children in Crisis: Our Enabling System for
High Risk Behavior. England is an associate professor at Freed-Hardeman
University.
Christie Ince Taylor (BM) of Greenville, S.C., has
started her own company, Make Doggone Sure Canine Toxic Mold
and Termite Detection. She is a Master Termite Technician
and IAQA Certified Indoor Environmentalist. Taylor travels
throughout the Southeast, using her certified detection dogs
to identify structural problems and test indoor air quality.
1983
Charles Goforth (BPS) is director of business development
and planning for the Memphis office of Barge Waggoner Sumner
and Cannon.
1984
Walter Crews (BPS, MS '91), former director of the
Memphis Police Department, is executive director of Crime
Stoppers.
Grace Hutchinson (MBA) is Shelby County Commission
chief administrator.
1985
Greg Duckett (JD) was elected chair of the Shelby
County Election Commission. He is senior vice president and
corporate counsel with Baptist Memorial Health Care System
and a U of M Foundation trustee.
Lisa Geater (MPA) is the Memphis City Council administrator
responsible for the executive committee.
Robert Gillen (BSET) is a product leader at Acxiom
Corporation, a data management company in Little Rock. A former
Air Force officer, he is the father of three sons.
Randall T. Jones (BA) is manager of Strayer University's
Memphis campus.
Tom Henderson (JD) is managing partner of the law
firm Lewis Fisher Henderson Claxton & Mulroy.
 Gregory
R. Singleton (BSEd, MS '94) was awarded the Kappa Alpha
Order Interfraternal Service Accolade for service to the college
fraternity system. He is associate dean of students at the
University of Miami and former Greek affairs coordinator at
the U of M.
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1986
Mari Burns Lee (MFA) authored the poem "Company,"
which was published in Northwoods Journal. Two of her
oil paintings were displayed in a group show at the Garland
County Library in Hot Springs, Ark., in 2002. Another oil
painting, "Curtain Call," is on display in the Washington,
D.C., office of Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln. Lee
lives in Little Rock.
Tim Walker (BSEE), a MetLife financial services representative,
qualified for membership in the Million Dollar Round Table.
He lives in Dyersburg.
1987
Didier Aur (BSEd, MEd '89) was named to the Christian
Brothers High School Hall of Fame. Aur, principal of Holy
Names Catholic School, taught and coached soccer at CBHS for
10 years.
Barbara England (BSEd, EdD '00) was named chair of
the Fine Arts Department at Freed-Hardeman University, where
she is an assistant professor of art.
1988
 Gary
Bridgman (BA) was elected president of the Wolf River
Conservancy. He is director of Inferno, a Memphis advertising
agency.
Marilyn Califf (MFA) won the Artists' Link Prize at
the Arts in the Park festival for her black-and-white photograph
"Childhood Joy." Another photo, "One Way," was exhibited by
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, N.C. Califf is an adjunct
professor at Southwest Tennessee Community College and has
taught classes in photography and design at Memphis Botanic
Garden.
Freida Hamm (MFA) had a showing of new paintings at
the David Lusk Gallery this summer highlighting her travels
to Scotland, England, North Carolina and Louisiana. She lives
in Selmer, Tenn.
Tona Jackson Simpson (BA, MA '95) is director of development
for St. George's Schools, where she oversees fund raising,
alumni programming, publications and public relations. She
lives in Cordova with her husband, Randy Simpson (BBA
'90), and their children, Kaitlin and Jackson.
Steven Williams (JD) has been admitted to practice
as a solicitor and barrister before the Supreme Court of New
South Wales, Australia. He and his wife, Helen, live in Sydney.
1989
Rebecca Benton Bothwell (BA) was promoted to managing
editor for Southern Progress Corporation's Custom Publishing
Division. She joined the company eight years ago as copy editor
for Southern Living magazine and served as copy chief.
Maura Black Sullivan (BA, MA '97) supervisor of research
for the Shelby County Schools, was named to the Shelby County
Election Commission.
Alice Faye Duncan Thompson (BA), local author and
librarian at Middle College High School, was selected the
Memphis Area Library Council's Librarian of the Year.
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1990
Robin H. Rasmussen (BA, JD '94) is an associate with
the law firm of Apperson, Crump & Maxwell. She has been
practicing labor and employment law for nine years.
Keith VanderSteeg (BBA) was named senior vice president
of loan administration for BancorpSouth's northwest region.
He had served as president of the Collierville and Millington
branches since joining the company in 1994.
1991
Milton J. Henderson Jr. (BSME) and Tennese Martin
Henderson (BSEE '90) welcomed the birth of their second
son, Desmond J. Henderson, on Jan. 12. They live in La Vergne,
Tenn.
Terry McKee (BBA) and Michelle Lyles McKee
(BBA '91) are the parents of Clint Lyles McKee, born March
14. He also was welcomed by his brother Connor, and sister
Carson. Terry and Michelle own Kee-Force Inc., a document
management and computer networking company in Paducah, Ky.
Dr. John A. Scott Jr. (EdD), clinical director of
the Brief Psychotherapy Institute of the Rockies in Boulder,
Colo, was named to Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare.
1992
Tim Gwaltney (BSCE) is deputy engineer for the town
of Collierville.
Christie Bing Kracker (BSEd, MS '94) is assistant
dean of students and director of residence life at Bellarmine
University in Louisville, Ky. She will begin work on a doctorate
in educational administration this fall.
William A. Pinkley (MS) joined Buchart-Horn as a project
manager and project engineer for civil and transportation
engineering projects.
Jimmy Seeley (BBA, JD '02) is an attorney and vice
president with First Tennessee Bank's personal trust division.
Dwight Vick (MPA) has accepted an appointment as assistant
professor of public administration in the Political Science
Department at the University of South Dakota. He had been
an assistant professor with Troy State University's Pacific
Region.
1993
Dr. Max Bayard (BS) is interim director of the East
Tennessee State University Family Medicine Associates residency
training program.
Julie Wittichen Gasaway (BFA), a certified interior
designer, is an associate at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects.
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1994
Zelphia Brown (BBA) is dean of Strayer University's
Memphis campus.
Kevin C. Cox (JD/MBA) has joined the Glankler Brown
law firm, where he concentrates his practice in the areas
of business transactions, estate planning, trust, probate,
taxation and general business law.
1995
Dennis Wolf (BPS), chief of the Germantown Fire Department,
was accepted into membership of the Institution of Fire Engineers.
1996
Jennifer Church (BA) had a showing of paintings at
the Bartlett Performing Arts Center.
Eve C. Moore (BBA) is director of finance for Embassy
Suites Hotel New York City. She lives in New York's Battery
Park City with her husband and daughter.
Brandon Oliver (BBA, MBA '99) directed the political
affairs/grassroots efforts of U.S. Rep. John Linder in the
2002 Georgia primary and for U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss in
the general election. Oliver lives in Atlanta, where he is
an associate with the consulting firm ICG Commerce.
Bren Olswanger (BA, JD '00) is a Shelby County assistant
district attorney assigned to Division 7 of General Sessions
Criminal Court.
Kevin A. Snider (JD) wrote the 2003 edition of Selected
Statutes of Tennessee Consumer Law, a reference to more
than 45 current state and federal statutes in the areas of
consumer law and consumer transactions.
Vera Stephenson (BLS) has opened a dance studio, Reverence
Academy of Dance, in Boulder County, Colo. She received her
teaching diploma from the Royal Academy of Dance.
1997
Heather B. Baugus (BA) is executive director of AIA
Memphis, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
 Yukiko
Inoue (PhD), associate professor of educational research
at the University of Guam, received the 2003 President's Research
Award for her work "The Influence of Diversity Experiences
on Critical Thinking and Communication Skills in UOG Students."
Monika Johnson (JD), special counsel with the Memphis
City Attorney's Office, was named president of the Ben Jones
chapter of the National Bar Association.
Jon Rowland (BBA), manager of national desktop support
for Union Planters Bank, has been included in the 2003-04
edition of the Empire Who's Who Executive & Professional
Registry.
1998
 Heather
R. Gunn (JD) has joined the Knoxville law firm of Howard
& Howard. She had been an associate with Young & Perl
in Memphis.
Karen Stachowski (JD) is an associate with the law
firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis in Nashville. She
works in the regulatory group with an emphasis on environmental
law.
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2000
Jennifer A. Harris (JD) is an associate in the Jackson,
Miss., office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell.
She concentrates her practice in labor and employment law.
Reginald Milton (MPA) received the Harold Love Outstanding
Community Service Award from the Tennessee Higher Education
Commission.
Kathy Simonetti (BA) is executive director of the
Memphis Shelby County Humane Society.
2001
Lori Allen (MPA) is a grant writer and community organizer
for the nonprofit community-development group EnterpriseMaine.
Scott Bronze (BA) and Emily Cline Bronze (BA
'01) welcomed the birth of their first child, Connor MacKinnon
Bronze, April 17 in Chattanooga. Scott is a police officer
and Emily works for the local CBS affiliate.
Tako Saiin (MBA) joined Archer/ Malmo as a database
analyst.
2002
Chirag Chauhan (MBA) has been awarded the Certified
Financial Planner designation from the CFP Board of Standards.
He is vice president of the Southeast Division for AXA Advisors
LLC.
Chett Hopper (BA) is an executive analyst for the
George S. May International Company.
Jim O'Donnell (MA) won an honorable mention for his
film Ray4theNBA at the George Lindsey University of
North Alabama Film Festival.
Kirk Richardson (BBA) was promoted to loan officer
at InSouth Bank's South Tipton branch. He lives in Covington,
Tenn.
John P. Wade (JD) joined the law firm of Stewart &
Wilkinson. His primary practice is civil litigation in the
areas of insurance defense and coverage.
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