Leaving on a High Note - Austin Peay State University

<strong>Leaving</strong> on
a High Note
Dr. Hoppe retires
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<strong>Leaving</strong> on a High Note
Just as she promised, Sherry Hoppe has been a change agent. And by
and large, APSU needed change. The University had become complacent,
even smug. The general feeling was, “We’re here; they’ll come.” In
reality, enrollment was declining, fundraising was flat, no online classes
were in the works, the campus was …OK, you get the drift. From the
get-go, Hoppe made it clear she intended to make changes. Her place in
history will be decided decades from now, but we can say that, without
doubt, APSU is a more vibrant and highly esteemed university than
seven years ago.
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Spicing up Life
Fred Yarbrough has done what many people in the rat race dream of
doing: He walked away from a “steady” job as a teacher to follow his
dream. After 36 years in front of a class, working to inspire young people
to understand and apply the laws of physics, Yarbrough decided it
was time to do something he always wanted to do—fix good food.
Although he occasionally takes on catering jobs, the most gratifying payment
for him comes when he cooks for family and friends. He may not
be helping high school students solve physics problems, but for himself,
he’s discovered the formula for pure happiness.
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Physics and Fastballs
It’s a bit disgusting: He looks much as he did 17 years ago when he was
hurling fastballs for the Govs baseball team. But, he says, that can be a
detriment now. When Dr. Tim Fox is invited to speak at an international
medical conference, the audience often expects a more professorial
presence at the lectern, rather than this lanky young man with an
“Alfalfa”-like cowlick on the crown of his head. At Austin Peay, he was
a star on the baseball field. Today, he’s a star in the field of medical
physics. Read about this brilliant and decidedly humble young man.
Departments
Making APSU Headlines .............8
Alumni News ..............................22
Sports...........................................24
Class Notes .................................28
Feedback.....................................33
Bill Persinger
Bill Persinger
APSU Sports Information
Photo: Bill Persinger
Artist Jamie Lee McMahan,
Cordova, painted the official
presidential portrait of Dr.
Sherry Hoppe. For the historic
portrait, Hoppe
donned the presidential
regalia that, several years
ago, she commissioned to
be made for future presidents
to wear during ceremonial
occasions.
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National Alumni Association Executive Officers and Board of Directors
Executive officers
President
Mike MacDowell (’71)
District X, Hopkinsville, Ky.
(wmikemacdowell@wmconnect.com)
President-elect
Nancy Washington Vaughn (’99)
District V, Nashville
(na_washington@msn.com)
Vice president
Dr. Robert Patton (’57, ’59)
District I, Johnson City
(drbobpatton@earthlink.net)
Past president
Sam Samsil (’67)
District XII, Birmingham, Ala.
(samsil@bellsouth.net)
Faculty adviser
Dr. Floyd Scott (’65, ’67)
District X, Clarksville
(scotta@apsu.edu)
Executive director
Shelia Boone (’71)
(boones@apsu.edu)
Directors
District I . . . . .Dr. Robert Patton (’57, ’59) (drbobpatton@earthlink.net) . . . . . . . .2008
District II . . . . .Vacant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007
District III . . . .Tony Marable (’81) (tmarable@tntech.edu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008
District IV . . . . .Fredrick Yarbrough (’70) (FTVP25@aol.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007
District V . . . . .Brandt Scott (’89) (brandt.scott@thehartford.com) . . . . . . . . . . . .2008
District VI . . . . .Emily Pickard (’04) (emilypickard@hotmail.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007
District VII . . . .Mark Hartley (’87) (hartleydad@yahoo.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008
District VIII . . .Bob Holeman (’78) (B_holeman@msn.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007
District IX . . . . .Cynthia Norwood (’92) (cynthianorwood@hotmail.com) . . . . . . . . .2008
District X . . . . .Nelson Boehms (’86) (nboehms@earthlink.net) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007
District XI . . . . .Angela Neal (’98) (presidentangela@yahoo.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008
District XII . . . .Jim Roe (’65) (j_m_roe@yahoo.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007
District XIII . . .Vacant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008
District XIV . . . .Dr. Dale Kincheloe (’66) (drkinch@aol.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007
District XV . . . .Don Wallar II (’97) (wallar@wallar.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008
Student Rep. . . .Nick Pitts, SGA president (sgapres@apsu.edu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007
Chapter presidents
African-American . . . . . . . .Nancy Washington Vaughn (’99)
(na_washington@msn.com)
Tri-Counties of Kentucky . . .Mike (’71) and Diane (’90) MacDowell
(wmikemacdowell@wmconnect.com)
(Todd, Trigg and Christian counties)
Greater Atlanta . . . . . . . . .Peter Minetos (’89)
(Pminetos@DCSAtlanta.com)
Montgomery County . . . . . . .Brandon (’04) and Jessica Harrison (’99)
(brandon.harrison@horne-llp.com)
Greater Nashville . . . . . . . . .Lee Peterson (’90)
(Lpeterson@fox17.com)
Tri-Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Ellen Ferguson-Fish (’89)
(lee.fish@airgas.com)
Greater Memphis . . . . . . . .Jeff Schneider (’96)
(jeff.schneider1@ipaper.com)
Trane Support Group . . . . . .Veda Holt
(veda.holt@trane.com)
Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vivian Cathey (’80)
(vivian.cathey@sctworkforce.org)
Nursing Alumni . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Doris Davenport (’91)
(davenportd@apsu.edu)
Greater Carolinas . . . . . . . . .Mark S. Webber (’86)
(Mark_Webber@hp.com)
Greater Birmingham . . . . . .Sam Samsil (’67)
(samsil@bellsouth.net)
Robertson County . . . . . . . .Bob Hogan (’78)
(TheHoganCompany@att.net)
Huntsville (Ala.) . . . . . . . . .Jim Holvey (’74)
(jholvey@dykesrestsupply.com)
Cheatham County . . . . . . . .Cheryl Bidwell (’85)
(clbidwell3@hotmail.com)
Greater Chattanooga . . . . . .Kel Topping (’90)
(toppingk@comcast.net)
Football Letterman . . . . . . .Charles Woods (’94)
(cwwoodsjr@bellsouth.net)
National Capital Chapter . . .Gerry Minetos (’81)
(gminetos@yahoo.com)
Spring 2007
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From the President
Often, I tell Dennie Burke that she can “turn
a sow’s ear into a silk purse,” and that may be
what happened in the article she wrote about
me for this publication. I often get credit for
many accomplishments for which others have
been responsible. I am an idea person and I’m
known to push, but it takes many people to turn
a vision into reality.
A number of people have expressed concern
about what will happen at APSU after I leave—
the answer is relatively simple: The same people
who worked to move this University to the
next level will continue that forward progress
under new leadership. An anonymous story
about geese illustrates this truth: Geese going
south for the winter fly in V formations, and as
each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for
the bird immediately following. By flying in V
formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent
greater flying range than if each bird flew
on its own. Similarly, people who share a common
direction and sense of community can get
where they are going more quickly and easily
because they are traveling on the thrust of one
another. That is what has happened at The Peay
for the past seven years.
The story continues: When a goose falls out of
formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance
of trying to go it alone and quickly gets
back into formation to take advantage of the lifting
power of the bird in front. Undoubtedly,
Austin Peay faculty and staff will stay in formation
with those who are headed the same way.
And the story concludes: When the head
goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and
another goose flies the point. It is sensible to
take turns doing demanding jobs with people or
with geese flying south. As hard as it is for me to
“let go” of Austin Peay, I know it is time for me
to give someone else a turn as president. I can
leave with confidence that our faculty and staff
care about this very special University and will
continue the work we began together. Like huge
redwood trees that gain strength and nutrition
from a common root system that feeds one and
all, our faculty and staff will find their strength
in the joining of their roots—their common
sense of mission and purpose.
Presidents come and go, but the universities
they serve linger long. Tennessee poet Will
Allen Dromgoole once penned a question to an
old man who was building a bridge across a
chasm he had just crossed: “You will never
again pass this way. . .Why build you this
bridge at eventide?” The builder lifted his grey
head and responded, “Good friend, in the path I
have come there followeth after me today a
youth whose feet must pass this way.” The poet
goes on to say that the chasm that was “nought
to me” might be a pitfall to the youth. And so,
he says, “Good friend, I am building this bridge
for him.” As I near the end of my tenure at
APSU, my hope is that I have been a bridge
builder—that I built a bridge from the past to
the future for Austin Peay.
I challenge each of our alumni and supporters
to join the other bridge builders at Austin Peay.
You are a part of the powerful V formation that
propels this University, and your ongoing support
is absolutely critical to the continued
progress of Austin Peay. How can you help?
First, you can get behind the next APSU
president in the same way you did for me. I
must admit most of the time I was invigorated
by the unexpected problems I faced at The
Peay, but at other times the tremendous support
I felt from the community, the campus and
especially our alumni strengthened me.
Second, you can help recruit students—send
us prospect names, bring prospective students
to visit campus and just spread the word about
your alma mater.
Lastly, you can provide financial support.
State dollars will never be adequate to make
this University the best it can be—that will take
generous and ongoing contributions from those
whose lives are indelibly linked to Austin Peay.
You once crossed a bridge to Austin Peay and
crossed once again as you left the University to
a successful career and a prosperous life. I
encourage you to build bridges to Austin Peay
for others, even though you may never need to
cross those same bridges again yourself. You
are safe on the other side with your degree, but
others still need a bridge to span the chasm that
separates them from a college education and a
better life. Support your new president. Send
The Peay new students. Make a generous contribution.
Be a bridge builder.
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Bill Persinger
Spring 2007
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4 Austin Peay

By Dennie B. Burke
Executive Director of Public Relations and Marketing
Bill Persinger
Asked early in her presidency what traits
she thinks all great leaders share, Dr. Sherry
Hoppe answered without hesitation: “Vision
and the ability to articulate it well and long—
until it becomes a shared vision. Plus integrity,
fairness and objectivity in decision-making.
“A good leader leads by example. I won’t
ask anyone to work harder than I.
“And I always treat others with respect and
dignity—that’s my cardinal rule.”
“At Home with Hoppe”
Austin Peay magazine, Fall 2001
A change agent—that moniker spread
around campus even before Hoppe was
named interim president Feb. 1, 2000. Some
whispered it with trepidation, others with
anticipation.
The name stuck. In fact, in a Jan. 11, 2007,
memo to faculty and staff announcing her
retirement July 31, Hoppe called herself a
change agent. And, clearly, she has made
changes during her seven-year presidency—
big, whopping, history-making changes.
People tend to enjoy the status quo,
because change can be painful. For the overall
good, change sometimes extracts sacrifices
from the few. So not everyone was thrilled—
initially—by the changes Hoppe began implementing
early in her presidency.
During those first years, her resolve and
diplomacy were tested. It would have been
easier for Hoppe, as a new president, to coast
a while, to move at a slower pace. But that’s
simply not her style. Faculty and staff soon
realized that, although she values strategic
planning, she’s action-oriented; although she
loves history, her eyes are on the future.
From the get-go, Hoppe wanted to make
good things happen here; and over the past
seven years, APSU has been the most “happening”
university in Tennessee.
Breaking records; making history
Hoppe is a record-breaker and historymaker.
According to Tennessee Board of
Regents member Fran Marcum, Tullahoma,
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Hoppe leaves “tough shoes to fill.” In The
Leaf-Chronicle (Jan. 27, 2007), Marcum told
Hoppe: “We are going to miss you so much.
Your fingerprints and footprints run throughout
the system, not just at the schools where
you’ve served.”
APSU had many firsts during Hoppe’s tenure,
beginning with her being the University’s first
female president, the first woman to be inaugurated
president of a four-year Tennessee university
and the first person to move directly from a
community college presidency to the presidency
of a four-year university.
When Hoppe arrived at APSU, no online
courses were being taught. With the realization
that APSU must offer online courses or fall by
the wayside as others took over that market
niche, Hoppe offered incentives for faculty to
teach Web classes. Today, APSU leads the
entire state in the number of online enrollments
and offers 12 totally online degrees.
Under her leadership, enrollment has skyrocketed,
increasing by almost 30 percent—
making APSU the state’s fastest growing university
for four consecutive years. Fall 2006
enrollment exceeded 9,200—within easy
reach of Hoppe’s goal of 10,000 by 2010.
“One of Dr. Hoppe’s greatest accomplishments
has been increasing Austin Peay’s name
recognition,” said Sheila Bryant, manager of
affirmative action. “Under (her) leadership,
APSU has increased its visibility tenfold.
We’re the fastest growing university in
Tennessee, and Dr. Hoppe put a tremendous
amount of effort into making that happen.”
One way Hoppe increased visibility was to
initiate the APSU Distinguished High School
Teacher Award, the only one of its kind in
Tennessee. The new program enables APSU
seniors to nominate and, if selected, honor
and award a high school teacher who made a
significant difference in his/her life.
Also, shortly after Islamic terrorists
attacked the U.S. in 2001, Hoppe began considering
what role APSU could play in a post-
9/11 world, given APSU’s strong affiliation
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with Fort Campbell, Ky. In 2004-05, she collaborated
with faculty to develop and launch
the Institute for Global Security Studies
(IGSS)—the first of its kind in Tennessee.
In 2006, in an unprecedented action, Hoppe
gained permission from the State Building
Commission for APSU to construct its own
$4.7 million education building at Fort
Campbell, Ky., to alleviate crowded conditions
in the on-post education center and
enable the Austin Peay Center @ Fort
Campbell to serve more students. APSU
enrolls more students on post than all five of
the other colleges added together. The new
facility will open in Fall 2008—not a minute
too soon as APSU’s Fort Campbell enrollment
for Spring 2007 hit 1,740 for the first
time in history.
Hoppe is credited with launching the firstever
capital campaign and doing so in the
face of daunting challenges. Roy Gregory,
executive director for University
Advancement, said, “I remember the day we
met with a consultant regarding our capital
campaign. The consultant said we should not
start a capital campaign but, if we did, our
goal should be no more than $5 million.
“Dr. Hoppe thanked her and said we no
longer needed her services. And the rest, as they
say, is history. Since then, we’ve secured more
than $31 million in gifts and commitments.”
Campus construction explodes
As new president, Hoppe decided rather
than moving into the official President’s
Home on Dunbar Cave Road, she wanted to
live on campus, so she gained permission to
sell the Dunbar Cave residence and use those
funds (along with FEMA funds for tornado
damage) to renovate historic Archwood. Built
in 1878, Archwood was the President’s Home
from 1965 to 1980. Thanks to Hoppe’s
efforts, Archwood again is the official
President’s Home, a convenient place where
The Morgan University Center not only offers all the
amenities of a top-of-the-line student center inside,
the spacious, brick courtyard provides ample outdoor
areas for students, staff and faculty to hold
such events as the Staff Development Day picnic.
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Dr. Sherry Hoppe and Dr. Bruce Speck, provost, unveil the plaque in front of the Sundquist Science Complex
during its 2001 dedication as Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist and his wife, Martha, watch on. With a price
tag of $40 million, the complex became known as the state’s premiere science education facility.
the University president can entertain friends
and alumni in an elegant setting.
Since Hoppe began her tenure as president,
new campus construction and renovations have
been happening at a startling rate—to meet
demands created by an influx of new students
and improved student retention. Those include
the following:
• 2001—The $40 million, 220,000-square-foot
Sundquist Science Complex opened as the
state’s premiere science education facility.
• 2002—The 166,000-square-foot Morgan
University Center doubled the space of the
old UC.
• 2003—The Drew Simmons Fitness Center
was renovated and outfitted with top-ofthe-line
equipment.
• 2004—The Harvill Building, renovated
from its former use as the University cafeteria,
became home to the Ann Ross Book
and Supply Store and Austin’s Diner.
• 2004—Hand Village, a unique apartment
complex, provided much needed on-campus
housing for students.
• 2005—Modeled after the W. N. Daniel
African American Cultural Center, which
opened in 1991, the Hispanic Cultural
Center’s opening was a first among state
universities.
• 2006—McCord Building, which had been
completely gutted and renovated, reopened
as the home of the School of Nursing,
School of Agriculture and Geosciences and
the GIS Center.
• 2007—Foy Fitness and Recreation Center
opened in January, thanks to the efforts of
Hoppe and Gregory who secured a substantial
gift from alumnus John Foy,
Chattanooga. Foy stepped to the plate
twice—first, to help fund construction of
the building and, recently, to make a near
Olympic-size swimming pool adjacent to
the Foy Fitness Center a reality.
Hoppe has laid the groundwork for the
construction of an observatory to serve
APSU’s outstanding physics and astronomy
faculty and students, with land already donated
as its site. Thanks to Hoppe, plans also
are under way to build additional on-campus
student housing and a 1,500-space parking
garage as well as to renovate and expand the
Trahern Building and Woodward Library.
Besides pushing for needed construction,
Hoppe has worked to ensure that all academic
buildings and most administrative buildings
are wireless. She expanded technology for
creating numerous smart classrooms and
more than 120 electronic databases.
Academic programs flourish
In 2004, APSU got a significant pat on the
back for the quality of its academic programs.
Following months of study by APSU’s accrediting
body, the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, APSU not only received
reaffirmation of accreditation, it did so with “no
findings”—an unheard-of feat. “No findings”
means no significant shortcomings were found.
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This set the stage for Hoppe and the faculty
to explore new areas of academic interest
while solidifying already strong programs. In
the past seven years, many new bachelor’s
and master’s degrees have been launched:
• Bachelor of Professional Studies—The first
of its kind in Tennessee.
• B.S. in Criminal Justice/Homeland
Security—Meshes seamlessly with an
online M.S. in Homeland Security through
a partnership between APSU and Long
Island (N.Y.) University.
• M.S. in Management—APSU’s first weekend
graduate program; offered online also.
• M.A. in Military History—Only one of its
kind in Tennessee; one of few in the nation.
• M.A. in Teaching—Designed so that students
with any degree can become teachers.
• M.S. in Nursing—Helping to meet demand
for nurses, especially nursing faculty.
• Master of Professional Studies—Enables
people with bachelor’s degrees in any discipline
to earn a master’s degree in as little
as a year.
Latino dancers participate in the grand opening in
2005 of the APSU Hispanic Cultural Center—the
first of its kind among all state colleges and universities.
The popular center is located in the Morgan
University Center.
Steve Wilson
President Sherry Hoppe, second from right, join the directors of the two schools and the GIS Center as well as
several dignitaries for the ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the newly renovated McCord Building, which reopened
in Fall 2006 as the home of the School of Nursing, School of Agriculture and Geosciences and the GIS Center.
students’ transition from high school to the
University. It includes a Summer and Winter
Welcome and Orientation, a three-day fall
freshmen orientation and APSU 1000, a semester-long
class required of all first-time freshmen,
which provides information on how to
succeed at the University. An Early Alert
System notifies faculty when students are in
academic jeopardy, so students can receive free
tutoring. Also, two academic advisers are designated
just for students who have not declared a
major—a majority of new freshmen.
Enrollment data indicates these retention
efforts already have been successful.
Enrollment of juniors and seniors in Spring
2006 compared with those in spring 2007
increased more than 6 percent.
And, finally, thanks to Hoppe’s efforts with
the Tennessee Board of Regents, initial steps
have been taken toward APSU’s first doctoral
program. If approved by both the Tennessee
Board of Regents and the Tennessee Higher
Education Commission, as requested, the
degree would be in education and would be
offered for the first time in 2008-09.
Hoppe finds good fit in community
Evans Harvill (’47), prominent Clarksville
attorney and former member of the Tennessee
Board of Regents, knew Hoppe as president
of Roane State Community College. After she
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• Online Medical Laboratory Technician to
B.S. in Medical Technology—Offers students
with technical degrees a way to
enhance their marketability.
More than 20 new minors and concentrations
have been added during Hoppe’s tenure,
including Asian studies, astronomy, forensics,
leadership studies and GIS and spatial analysis.
Strong academic programs and a vibrant
campus attract prospective students. However,
Hoppe quickly realized APSU had a major
retention problem. To help students persist to
graduation, she created the Office of
Enrollment Management and Academic
Support, which she charged with developing
new programs and providing services to help
improve retention.
The first significant action was to put together
The First-Year Experience program to ease
Representing a forward-thinking concept in student residence life, the Hand Village apartment complex
opened on campus in 2004.
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Making APSU Headlines
State-of-the-art Foy Fitness and Recreation Center opens, thanks to alumnus John Foy
Jan. 30, 2007, was a day of celebration at
Austin Peay State University as students, faculty,
staff, alumni and guests were on hand
for the dedication of the much-anticipated,
new fitness and recreation center located on
Marion Street.
With a price tag of more than $11 million,
the Foy Fitness and Recreation Center is
named in honor of Chattanooga alumnus John
N. Foy (’65). Foy and his wife, Trish, were
present for the ceremonies. Despite the bitter
cold, a standing-room-only crowd packed the
lobby of the Foy Center, spilling over onto
sidewalk areas.
The beautiful, bright center features a rockclimbing
wall, climbing boulder, three multipurpose
courts for basketball and racquetball,
two multiuse fitness rooms, an indoor cycling
studio, 10,000 square feet of fitness space,
several wellness classrooms and a health-food
bar. With an additional gift from Foy, a near
Olympic-size swimming pool adjacent to the
Foy Center will be constructed in the near
future.
“We want to thank the students of Spring
2004 who voted to impose a debt-service fee
on themselves so future students could benefit
from this beautiful facility,” said President
Sherry Hoppe at the dedication ceremony.
“And we also thank John Foy whose generous
gift made this center much bigger and
better than it would have been otherwise.
“John is a faithful alumnus who has quietly
supported his alma mater for years. It’s wonderful
to be able to show our appreciation by
putting his name on this magnificent building.”
Foy, who earned a bachelor’s degree from
APSU and a doctorate of jurisprudence from
the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, is the
board chair, chief financial officer and treasurer
for CBL & Associates Properties Inc.
Headquartered in Chattanooga, CBL &
Associates Properties Inc. is a real estate
investment trust (REIT) listed on the New
York Stock Exchange as CBL. It is the fourth
largest REIT in the country and owns, holds
interests in or manages 128 properties including
79 market-dominant malls and open-air
centers from coast to coast.
Foy has been involved in the shopping center
industry since 1968 when he joined the
Lebovitz shopping center development business.
In 1970, he became affiliated with
Arlen’s shopping center division. In 1978, he
and Charles B. Lebovitz established CBL’s
predecessor.
Foy is a former member of the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
Board of Governors and former chair of the
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority
Board and the Salvation Army. From 1985-
1994, he served as chair on the board of directors
of First Fidelity Savings Bank of
Crossville.
Foy serves on the advisory boards of the
University of Chattanooga College of
Business and AmSouth Bank of Chattanooga.
He is a director and vice chair of the board of
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise, a nonprofit
organization assisting with affordable
housing.
Lyle, Cook, Martin Inc., Clarksville, was
the architectural firm for the Foy Fitness and
Recreation Center. Construction by A & K
Construction Inc. began Sept. 12, 2005.
On Jan. 30, 2007, alumnus John Foy cuts the ribbon during the official dedication ceremonies for the Foy Fitness and Recreation Center at APSU as dignitaries, faculty,
staff and students celebrate the opening of the much-anticipated Foy Center.
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Another first: APSU
enrollment tops 9,000
Your alma mater reached a milestone in
Fall 2006. When final enrollment was tallied,
APSU hit another historic high—pushing past
9,000 students—with an eye on 10,000.
Total University headcount for Fall 2006,
including main campus and the Austin Peay
Center @ Fort Campbell, was 9,207—up 5.5
percent over Fall 2005. Full-time equivalency
(FTE) enrollment was 7,443 in Fall 2006, up
1.2 percent from the previous fall.
The deployment of the 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault) in Fall 2005 did not
affect enrollment at the Austin Peay Center @
Fort Campbell as much as expected, thanks to
the recruitment of military dependents and
civilians.
With the return of the 101st last fall, the
Austin Peay Center @ Fort Campbell had a
near 124 percent increase in enrollment of veterans
and a 52 percent increase in active-duty
soldiers.
Since Fall 2000, APSU’s overall enrollment
has increased almost 30 percent—making
it the state’s fastest growing university.
Degrees meet market demand
APSU soon will offer a Master of Arts in
Teaching, designed for students with a bachelor’s
degree who are seeking an education
degree and teacher’s license at the same time.
The Master of Arts in Teaching will be the
latest in a string of graduate studies added to
the University’s curriculum, many of which
are geared toward online learning.
On January 1, 2006, the University
launched a Master of Arts in Military History
program with 17 students enrolled the first
semester. The M.A. in Military History, the
only one of its kind in the state and one of a
few in the nation, includes such courses as
“Military Historiography and Criticism,”
“Warfare in the Classical World,” “War and
Ethics” and “Special Operations
Perspectives.”
APSU launched the online Master of
Professional Studies in Leadership program in
Fall 2006, with eight students registered for
the inaugural semester. A partnership effort
through the Regents Online Degree Program,
the program requires 33 hours of interdisciplinary
courses in such areas as leadership and
organizational structure.
Another new degree program approved for
APSU in 2006 is the Online Medical
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Laboratory Technician to B.S. in Medical
Technology.
In a history-making announcement, APSU
officials are collaborating with the academic
staff at TBR to launch the University’s first doctoral
program, in education.
New minors include Asian studies and geographic
information systems and spatial
analysis, theatre or dance, global security
studies, decision sciences and real estate.
In a historic first, APSU gets
nod to build classroom
building on Army post
For the first time in history, a university—
In a history-making action, APSU received permission
to build its own building adjacent to the
English Education Center, shown above, at Fort
Campbell, Ky. Six higher education institutions offer
classes on post, but APSU enrolls more students
than the other five combined.
APSU—received permission from the State
Building Commission to construct a $4.7 million
education building adjacent to the
English Education Center at nearby Fort
Campbell, Ky.
This marks a unique situation in which a
state university has been granted permission
to build an educational facility on federal
property through a 25-year, long-term land
lease with the Army, with an option of a lease
renewal for an additional 25 years.
APSU officials have been working on the
project for more than two years, and
University officials say the goal is to be in the
facility by Fall 2008.
Currently, at the English Education Center,
APSU enrolls more students than the other
five universities added together, according to
Gerald Beavers, executive director of the
Austin Peay Center @ Fort Campbell, who
says, “We are at our limit of seats available
with the current classrooms.”
To further intensify the crowding problem,
several World War II barracks, which APSU
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currently uses for classrooms and labs, are to
be demolished by the Army by 2008.
“Our growing enrollment and the expressed
need for additional programs continue to
increase due to the number of Army personnel,
their dependents and civilians taking
classes at Fort Campbell,” Beavers said.
“Plus, an additional brigade has been
assigned to the post recently, adding about
3,000 soldiers, many with dependents.”
Currently, the Austin Peay Center @ Fort
Campbell has 30 full-time faculty, 80 adjunct
faculty and 15 full-time staff serving more than
2,000 students each term. APSU’s new onpost
educational facility will include six classrooms,
faculty offices and laboratory space.
Hoppe, Speck publish
biography of civil rights
activist Maxine Smith
Researched and written by the president and
provost of Austin Peay State University, an
authorized biography of Maxine Atkins Smith,
focusing primarily on her role as a civil rights
activist, was accepted for publication in 2007
by the University of Tennessee Press.
Dr. Sherry Hoppe, APSU president, and Dr.
Bruce Speck, provost, spent months conducting
research and interviews, including several
with Maxine Smith and husband Vasco.
Titled “Maxine’s Unwilling Pupils:
Lessons Learned in Memphis’ Civil Rights
Classroom,” the biography paints a picture of
this highly educated and extremely vocal
woman and how her powerful personality
expedited the civil rights movement in and
around Memphis.
According to Hoppe’s and Speck’s
research, although Smith spoke out against
unfair treatment of blacks in all
areas, her primary
interest was
education.
Following
her leadership
in the
integration of
Memphis’ elementary
and
high schools,
through such
actions as the
infamous “Black
Mondays,” Smith
was elected to the
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Maxine Smith, civil rights activist and educational
leader
Memphis School Board, where she served 24
years.
Although rejected for admission to The
University of Memphis, Smith ultimately
helped force the integration of the university.
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The night before James Meredith broke the
color barrier by enrolling at the University of
Mississippi, the Smiths hid him in their home.
Smith also was with Medgar Evers the night
before he was gunned down, and she was
scheduled to have dinner with Martin Luther
King Jr. the night he was killed.
For her work, Smith has received numerous
honors, such as being named to the
National Civil Rights Museum Board of
Directors. In 2003, she shared the dais with
President Bill Clinton when both received the
National Civil Rights Freedom Award.
According to Marcus D. Pohlman, reviewer
for the University of Tennessee Press, the
new biography of Smith reflects “solid original
scholarship,” growing out of impressive
original interviews and a well-researched document
base.
The book about Smith, who served more
than 12 years on the Tennessee Board of
Regents before retiring in 2006, is available
through the University of Tennessee Press.
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From arts to science, faculty
recognized for innovative
teaching
Alumni always say their APSU faculty
were tops; now three faculty members are
proving this to be more than sentiment.
Last fall, Dr. Jaime Taylor, professor of
physics and chair of the
physics and astronomy
department, and Dr. Alex
King, associate professor
of physics, were recognized
nationally for developing
physics courses that
Dr. Jaime Taylor
innovatively integrate
computing.
The duo was one of four winners out of more
than 250 entries in an initiative by “Computing
in Science and Engineering” (CiSE) magazine.
In a letter to the two men, Norman Chonacky,
CiSE editor in chief, said, “Your work was paradigmatic
in one of the four categories identified
… as distinctive approaches to the challenge.
Alumnus Dr. Phil Roe gets statewide philanthropy award
At the Fall 2006 meeting of the Tennessee
Board of Regents, Dr. David Philip Roe (‘67),
a Johnson City obstetrician/gynecologist, was
honored for his longtime support of APSU
and Tennessee higher education.
TBR Chancellor Charles Manning presented
the 2006 Regents Award for Excellence in
Philanthropy to Roe. The statewide award is
based on generous financial support of TBR
institutions and higher education, exceptional
civic responsibility and integrity.
President Sherry Hoppe cited examples of
Roe’s support of APSU. Besides remembering
his alma mater with a significant gift in
his estate plan, Roe is vice president of the
APSU Foundation Board of Trustees and a
member of the capital campaign steering
committee. He has served the APSU National
Alumni Association as president, vice president
and past president.
Roe established a scholarship in honor of
Dr. Durward Harris, professor emeritus of
chemistry and former premedicine adviser.
Several years ago, Roe’s class, under his leadership,
raised more than $55,000 for new science
equipment. Later, because of Roe’s continuing
generosity, a wing of the new science
complex was named for him.
An avid sports fan, Roe takes as much
As Chancellor Charles Manning and President Sherry Hoppe, left, applaud, APSU alumnus Dr. Phil Roe,
Johnson City, receives the 2006 Regents Award for Excellence in Philanthropy during the Fall 2006 meeting
of the Tennessee Board of Regents.
pride in the Govs’ academic accomplishments
as he does in their athletic achievements.
Thanks to a gift from Roe and his wife, Pam,
there’s a new, state-of-the-art athletic academic
center in the Dunn Center.
Hoppe said, “Several years ago when Phil
was featured in the alumni magazine, he said, ‘I
believe the future of our country relates directly
to how we educate our young people. Education
is what will open the doors for them.’
“This award acknowledges that, through
his support of education, Dr. Phil Roe has
held that door wide open for hundreds of students
who came after him.”
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The works of the four
awardees are exemplary of
what can be done.”
Titled Computation in
Undergraduate Physics
Courses, Taylor’s and
Dr. Alex King
King’s paper was published
in the September/October
issue of CiSE after being an invited paper
presentation at the National American
Association of Physics Teachers.
Also, last fall, classes
taught by Dr. Michele Butts,
professor of history, were
recognized by the College
Board as among the top 20
university-level U.S. history
Dr. Michele
Butts
courses in the nation.
In a national study conducted
by the Center for
Education Policy Research (CEPR) on behalf
of the College Board, 133 history courses
nationwide were reviewed with only 20—
included Butts’—being designated as demonstrating
“best practices” overall. After further
review, Butts’ course (American History I and
II) also was designated as “exemplary.”
The final 20 are to be used as models in a
redesign of the Advanced Placement U.S. history
course.
Dr. Dewey Browder, history
professor and chair of
the history and philosophy
department, called Butts one
of the most knowledgeable
people in the nation when it
comes to knowing how to
Dr. Dewey
Browder
integrate content and
method in her classes.
“She is not only an expert in American
history, but she is an expert in education, as
well,” he said. “She knows what students
need to learn and how to facilitate that learning.
She is leaving her mark across the state
and, indeed, across the nation as her students
fan out after graduation.”
Web site is pure gold
After taking many of the top statewide
honors, including four Gold Awards, during
the Tennessee College Public Relations
Association’s annual meeting in June, Austin
Peay’s Web site again struck gold last fall.
In October, APSU officials were notified
that its admissions Web site, GoAPSU, is
among the best in the U.S. as rated by the
National Research Center for College and
University Admissions (NRCCUA), a nonprofit
education research organization.
APSU was among more than 3,000 postsecondary
institutions whose Web sites were
graded by NRCCUA. The research-based
study rates how well college Web sites provide
information to potential students and
move them from prospect to applicant.
To identify Web site features that have the
most significant impact on potential students’
perception of the site, an e-mail survey was
sent to more than 100,000 college-bound high
school students, asking them to rate admissions
Web sites. Next, more than 3,000 sites were
evaluated, with statistical tests used to identify
the functional features important to students.
President of the NRCCUA Don Munce
said, “We congratulate Austin Peay State
University for having one of the top admissions-related
Web sites.
“Prospective college students are Internetsavvy,
and they have come to expect the
admissions selections of university Web sites
to provide critical information to help them
make decisions. As APSU has recognized, a
quality Web site can be the difference
between a lost prospect and a new student.”
To check out the site, go to go.apsu.edu.
Visit http://go.apsu.edu to see why APSU’s Web
site for prospective students was ranked among
the best in the nation by the National Research
Center for College and University Admissions, a
nonprofit education research organization.
Mark your calendar
Homecoming 2007
Sept. 22, 2007
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Spicing
up
life
By Melony Leazer
Communication Specialist
Photos by Bill Persinger
Director for Graphic Design
Alumnus retires from teaching
to pursue love of cooking
Having taught physics for 36 years throughout high schools
in Tennessee, Fred Yarbrough (’70) was ready for a career
change—one that answered his culinary calling.
Yarbrough, 59, retired in December 2006 from teaching
physics at Ooltewah High School near Chattanooga – a decision
he made shortly before the start of the 2006-07 school
year. He is among the thousands of teachers who retire early
from the profession each year for various reasons.
But he is not taking life easy.
“I’m not going to retire to the rocking chair,” says Yarbrough
in an insisting tone, shaking his head.
Today, Yarbrough is spicing up life by pursuing his lifelong
craving – a change from stirring up new ideas to whipping up
favorite dishes.
“If I had lived in another part of the country, I would have gone
to culinary school,” Yarbrough says resolutely. “I love to cook.”
Roast meats. Casseroles. Fruit cobblers. Name it, and
Yarbrough makes it. Fried chicken, barbecue ribs, cornbread
dressing, white beans with ham and even a good hotdog are
among his favorite dishes, or what he calls “good comfort
foods.” He’s the chef at home. He even knows how to prepare
simple dough.
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The secret to great cooking, however,
involves more than following a recipe,
Yarbrough advises. The secret is in the seasoning.
“That’s the key,” he says, stressing with his
forefinger. “And the only way you’re going to
know is by experimenting.”
And with any dish, he can taste about how
much seasoning was used.
“It’s called using the old-time math,” he
says. “Just by tasting it, I know how much
was put in. But the thing is, you should season
to the point where you like it.”
Yarbrough’s love for cooking began as a
child growing up in Covington, about 40
miles northwest of Memphis. His mother,
who was a beautician, taught her son to cook.
“I cooked a lot of dinners because Daddy
worked outside the home and so did my
mother, so I had to take care of the house,”
Yarbrough says. “From my mom, I got the
cooking bug.”
That early appreciation for food and nourishment
has served as a mainstay in
Yarbrough’s life. Nightly at home, he says,
the supper table included a starch, two vegetables,
a meat and bread.
As Yarbrough gained experience in the
kitchen, his taste buds sharpened, giving him
the ability to tell how much of an ingredient
is in the dish. Seasoning is important, he
repeats.
A few times in 2006 when school was not
in session, Yarbrough worked for a friend
who operated a catering business. He helped
to prepare breakfasts for large groups, his
days starting as early as 5 a.m.
Today, Yarbrough continues catering. But
Yarbrough finds happiness when he cooks for
family and friends – that is what he seeks in
his retiring years.
“I’ve catered a couple of parties, but I find
more enjoyment when I cook for a gathering
at our house,” he says. “I love to entertain –
setting out a brunch, lunch, supper buffet –
and watch people enjoy my cooking.”
Yarbrough’s love for cooking is as strong
as his passion for mathematics and physics.
He earned a scholarship to attend Austin Peay
State University and pursued Bachelor of
Science degrees in the two fields.
“I never liked biology because you had to
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learn too many different names for plants,” he
says jokingly. “I stuck with math and physics
because I thought about going into engineering.
But I found teaching to be my calling.”
He recalls his four years at Austin Peay
with much gusto, sharing the memories he
has for the campus and people.
“I didn’t feel out of place,” says Yarbrough,
now a member of the APSU National Alumni
Association Board of Directors. “The faculty,
the friends I made, were a family to me.
“Austin Peay was a good place to be.”
After graduating in 1970 from Austin Peay,
Yarbrough began teaching physics at schools
in Memphis, remaining there for about 25
years before moving to Ooltewah to teach for
the last 11 years of his career.
For Yarbrough, making the transition from
the high school classroom to the kitchen was
far from challenging. In the kitchen, ingredients
are mixed appropriately to create a
mouth-watering recipe. In the classroom,
Yarbrough stressed maturity, responsibility
and pride – the key ingredients for a successful
high school student about to transition into
adulthood.
“I teach them to understand, not memorize,
their notes,” Yarbrough says. “I tell them they
need to take pride in their work. And I keep
trying to help them realize they can be better.
“Someday, these students will understand
what I was trying to tell them.”
Now that he is retired, Fred Yarbrough (’70) will
remain near Chattanooga and work with Darnell
Moss, right, owner of the catering service, Moss’
Place, to pursue his culinary passion.
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By DENNIE B. BURKE
Executive Director for
Public Relations and Marketing
It’s a sunny Saturday morning, so the staff’s parking
garage is nearly empty.
He swipes his card, punches in a code and, flipping on
lights as he walks, leads the way through a labyrinth of
halls to his office and labs beneath Emory University
School of Medicine.
It’s been almost 17 years since Dr. Tim Fox (’90) graduated
from Austin Peay, but this morning, fresh from a
swim and dressed in shorts, T-shirt and worn jogging shoes
sans socks, he looks more like a lanky college student than
an internationally renowned medical physicist.
Just as he once successfully juggled a major in physics
and a double minor in computer science and mathematics
while pitching for the Govs, Fox still thrives on keeping
lots of balls, no pun intended, in the air.
As quiet and unassuming as he was as an award-winning
student-athlete, Fox says little about his career
achievements, but his resume says it all. He’s director of
medical physics for three clinical facilities affiliated with
Emory University’s Department of Radiation Oncology as
well as for Atlanta’s Veterans Administration Hospital.
In Emory’s School of Medicine, he’s an associate professor
of radiation oncology and director of both the
Division of Medical Physics and Division of
Computational Research and Informatics in the
Department of Radiation Oncology. He’s also an adjunct
associate professor of nuclear engineering in the medical
physics program of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Playing in the big leagues
Emory was named one of 25 “New Ivies” by the 2006
Kaplan/Newsweek college guide. “New Ivies” are colleges
whose first-rate academic programs and boom in top students
have increased their national stature to a level rivaling
traditional Ivy League schools. And in its 2006 college-quality
listings, U.S. News and World Report ranked
Emory No. 18 among 248 national universities. Emory has
ranked in the top 20 since 1994 — the year Fox joined
Emory’s staff.
Clustered near the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
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APSU Sports Information
Tim Fox winds up to deliver his famous fastball—
one of the pitches he used to help the Govs
advance to the 1989 Ohio Valley Conference
Championship game.
Prevention and the American Cancer Society,
Emory sprawls along what’s called the Clifton
Corridor, an area increasingly reminiscent of
North Carolina’s famed Research Triangle Park.
For Emory, growth is a front-burner issue.
The board of trustees has authorized preparation
of schematics for a new hospital and outpatient
facilities—the anchor of a plan for a new $1.2
billion health sciences complex, designed to set
the standard for teaching hospitals.
Emory is a good fit for Fox, who gives his
best as part of a winning team. “Tim was
never satisfied and continued day in and day
out to work hard to improve his game,” says
his former APSU baseball coach Gary
McClure. “Some guys are quick to point the
finger or make an excuse, but Tim was a hard
worker who continued to prepare himself.
“He’s a great team guy, an encourager …
always in the game, mentally, whether it was
his day to pitch or not. That alone will make
your teammates respect you.”
As McClure puts it, “with all the chips on
the line,” Fox stepped up in the championship
game of the 1990 Ohio Valley Conference
Tournament and pitched
the best game of his
career. “Guys like Tim
seem to respond when
they’re in the toughest situations,”
McClure says.
Fox’s stellar performance
in class and on the
field garnered him the
1990 OVC Scholar-
Athlete Award—recognition
that called his academic
acumen to the
attention of his baseball
buddies and, conversely,
his physics and computer
science classmates
became aware of his athletic
abilities. Although
surprised, both groups
realized Fox had raised
the bar in both arenas.
Today, just as he was
with his baseball team,
Fox is an encourager to
his research team, the
medical residents he
teaches and patients
whose treatment protocols
rest in his hands.
Making the right call
Some might say Fox’s ending up at Emory,
a private university affiliated with the
Methodist church, was providential. After all,
his father not only attended graduate school at
Emory, but he’s now the world director of
evangelism for the World Methodist Council.
Both of Fox’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. H.
Eddie Fox, Nashville, always set a high premium
on education. His father holds a Master
of Divinity from Emory University and a
Doctorate of Ministry from Vanderbilt
University, and his mother received a bachelor’s
degree in business education from East
Tennessee State University.
The parents’ modeling took root in their
children. After his APSU graduation, Fox
earned a Master of Science in Radiological
Engineering/Health Physics and a Ph.D. in
Nuclear Engineering, both from the Georgia
Institute of Technology. His twin brother,
Tom, who played baseball for Birmingham
Southern College, is a Nashville banker. Their
sister, Gaye Nell, who received her bachelor’s
and law degrees from Emory, is a practicing
attorney in California.
Because of his father’s ministerial work,
the family settled in Nashville when Fox was
6. His passion for computers flourished at
McGavock High School, where he learned
four computer languages—COBOL, RPG,
Fortran and BASIC—while using an IBM
System 3 mainframe.
Unlike most teens, he never liked playing
computer games. For him, the fun was in
writing and debugging the programs—a harbinger
of things to come.
Fox came to APSU on both a baseball and
a Presidential Scholarship. Although he
planned to major in computer science, he fell
in love with physics, thanks to the late Dr.
Robert Sears, professor of physics. Sears
passed on his love for physics to Fox and his
friend, Dr. Jaime Taylor, now professor of
physics and chair of the APSU Department of
Physics and Astronomy.
In upper-division classes, Fox and Taylor
were Sears’ only students. Fox says, “Dr.
Sears met with us three hours a week, made
up our exams just like a regular class. It was a
lot of work for two students, but it demonstrated
Dr. Sears’ dedication and care.”
Sears refused to allow Fox to drop physics
as a major. One day Fox told Sears he was
going to have to quit physics because of baseball.
“Dr. Sears told me, ‘No. I want you to
be a physics major,’” Fox says. “So I showed
him my baseball schedule. He had no idea we
not only practiced every day, but also played
50 games a season.”
After that revelation, Sears gave Fox a key
to the physics lab so he could work on weekends
and at night after games. Often Fox
would get back from an away game at midnight
and head to the lab where he might
work into the wee hours.
Fox managed and maximized his time,
becoming a master at multitasking, long
before that word entered the vernacular. He
was focused, hard working, committed—just
as he is today.
Swing, batter, batter
According to McClure, Fox’s best two
pitches were his fastball and curve ball.
“He threw a fastball with good velocity and
good movement, which in a lot of cases is
more important than velocity,” McClure says.
“His curve ball was a 12-6 breaking ball—he
released it at 12 o’clock and finished down
through the pitch at 6 o’clock. Both pitches
were very effective for him, especially when
he had both of them going.”
And that’s what happened in 1990 when
Fox pitched the best game of his career, firing
fastballs and curve balls over the plate—
exactly where he wanted them.
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“Tim led a split life, almost three lives. He had the baseball
group, the physics group and the computer science group.”
—Dr. Jaime Taylor (’90)
Professor of physics and chair of the
APSU Department of Physics and Astronomy
When Fox started working at Emory, he
continued to push himself to achieve just as
he did at APSU. During 1994-2000, he developed
a treatment-planning software system
that enabled him to aim a radiation beam precisely
where he wanted for better cancer
treatment. His unique background in both
physics and computer technology made it
possible to create a treatment-planning system
that enabled radiologists to treat a brain tumor
via a precise radiation treatment method
called radiosurgery or bloodless brain surgery.
After 2000, Fox and his colleagues worked
with leading medical industry companies as
early adopters of technology for intensity
modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Through
various kinds of medical imaging studies, Fox
and his team can generate anatomical maps of
a tumor and surrounding tissue. After creating
the map, they employ IMRT, which wields an
external radiation beam like a knife.
“We break the beam into several pencil
beams, and computer optimization algorithms
modify the intensity of each pencil,” Fox
says. “This helps conform the dose and match
it to the shape of the tumor—with a different
intensity for each beam. It’s a precise radiation
dosage, which allows us to deliver personalized
radiation therapy for our patients.”
In 2004, Fox and colleagues made Emory
the first site in North America to implement
the On-Board Imager (Varian Medical
Systems) for delivering real-time image-guided
radiation therapy (IGRT). Using the precision
of IMRT, the real-time imaging system
allowed his clinicians to focus the most
potent radiation treatment directly on the
tumor while minimizing interaction with critical
organs and tissues. With IMRT and IGRT,
they can deliver radiation with the precision
of image-guided missiles used for their accuracy
in striking enemy targets.
After the Department of Radiation
Oncology’s groundbreaking advance in personalized
cancer treatment, Fox was interviewed
several times on the nightly news on
Atlanta’s NBC and ABC affiliates.
Was that the summit of Fox’s career?
Hardly. Given his reputation for never being
satisfied, for always pushing the envelope in
research, what’s he working on now?
“Adaptive radiation therapy using molecular
imaging,” he says with a shy smile. “It’s
the new wave, and it’s very exciting. We want
to see and treat the tumor better.”
As a leader in medical physics research,
Fox has published many professional articles,
abstracts and book chapters. He is a manuscript
reviewer for the International Journal of
Radiation Oncology Biology Physics as well
as Medical Physics and Physics in Medicine
and Biology, and he’s a former editor of the
Vascular Radiotherapy Monitor.
Fox has been an oral examiner for the
American Board of Radiology. In 2005 and
2006, he was invited to participate as an
expert reviewer and panelist for the National
Institutes of Health’s National Library of
Medicine Special Emphasis Panel. He’s
authored grants that received funding for scientific
research at Emory and Georgia Tech.
Because Fox married physics and information
technology successfully, he was granted
two U.S. patents for treatment planning protocols
in intravascular brachytherapy, a technique
that uses radiation therapy to keep
blocked heart arteries open.
In recognition of his outstanding work, Fox
also has received numerous honors, including
the 2005 Coulter Translational Research
Award for using magnetic resonance spectroscopy
to improve the delineation of tumor
volumes for treatment planning.
Fox’s award-winning research, intelligence
and intrinsic “likable factor” have made him a
favorite among medical physicists and oncologists
worldwide.
As a result, he’s become an evangelist,
Spring 2007
A
A female lung cancer survivor developed metastatic
disease in the brain, seen easily in A. Using the
world’s first Trilogy Radiosurgery system installed
at Emory in 2004, the lesion was treated with a
single high dose of radiation. After six months, the
brain lesion is not visible on the follow-up MR
imaging study, in B, indicating a complete response
to the radiosurgery treatment.
B
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Molecular imaging software—designed by Fox and his radiation oncology colleagues—uses molecular imaging
(positron emission tomography or PET imaging) combined with computed tomography (CT) imaging to
assess the metabolic activity of lymph node metastases for improved tumor delineation in treatment planning.
These pictures represent a CT (top), PET (middle) and 3-D combined PET/CT view (bottom) of a 47-yearold
head-and-neck cancer patient with a left tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma. PET imaging highlights the
tumor volume in the neck for assessment by physicians. The 3-D view shows the tumor volume as a red surface
after delineation by the software system.
Tim Fox/Emory University
somewhat like his father. While his father is
charged with sending out the message about a
soul-saving God to the far corners of the
earth, his son is spreading the good news
about life-saving research and advances in
cancer treatment.
And Fox is in demand as a speaker—often
taking the red-eye to Los Angeles, Buenos
Aires or elsewhere. In fact, he has more invitations
than time, especially now that he’s set
a high priority on participating in family
activities with his wife, Joelle, daughter,
Jasmine, 6, and son, Riley, 3. Although
spending time now with his young family
often means declining speaking trips to
Europe, Australia and other countries, Fox is
confident those invitations will continue to
arrive long after his children are grown.
And he’s learned, if he spends time with his
family and also allows time for activities that
rejuvenate his mind and body, he performs
better at work, so he bikes and runs regularly.
This week, however, his workout is a bit
more serious. He’s training for the Peachtree
City Triathlon. In a triathlon, athletes only
compete against themselves in running, biking
and swimming, but Fox has been concerned
because he doesn’t swim regularly.
“If you’re in a triathlon and you get tired
biking or running, you can take a break. But
if you get tired in the middle of the lake….
well, you can’t stop.” As those who know
him would expect, Fox has tested the
waters—literally.
Early on this Saturday morning, while others
were deep in sleep, Fox drove to the lake
and practiced swimming the required routine.
Whether training for a triathlon, studying
late at night for a physics exam or practicing
his fastball for hours on end, he wants to
know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he is
ready for the game. It gives him the kind of
confidence that makes him someone others
can depend on “when the chips are down,” as
his former baseball coach said.
Fox brings this same level of personal dedication
to his work. No half-hearted attempt. No
hoping. No second-guessing. No fingers crossed.
The nod Fox gave his catcher at Austin
Peay means the same as the nod he now gives
his research team, his medical residents and
his patients: Batter up!
Tim Fox has taken the mound, and he’s
ready to deliver.
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Hoppe (continued from Page 7)
Bill Persinger
Because of increased enrollment and improved retention, APSU is graduating record numbers of students
each December and May. To alleviate the overcrowding, an August graduation will be held in 2007—another
first for APSU.
was appointed interim president at APSU,
Evans urged her to apply for the presidency.
“Sherry came to Austin Peay at the time
the University needed her most. Under her
leadership, the University has made great
progress. I hope the momentum she created
will carry the University forward.”
Harvill’s APSU roots run deep. In 1929
when he was only 3, Harvill’s father, Halbert
Harvill, was named to the school’s original faculty.
Between 1946-62, he served as president.
“My father had a loving vision for this
school, and Sherry has done more than any
other president to fulfill his vision,” Harvill
said. “While I regret her departure, it’s time
for her to ‘smell the roses.’”
When Hoppe assumed the presidency of
Austin Peay, she quickly became a valuable
member of the local community. She was
tapped to serve on the boards of numerous
organizations, including the Clarksville-
Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce,
Clarksville Downtown District Partnership
and Bank of America. Most recently, she was
chair of the Clarksville-Montgomery County
Industrial Development Commission.
APSU alumnus Ben Kimbrough (’51),
Clarksville, former bank president and respected
statewide leader, said, “Sherry Hoppe has
been a positive force in Austin Peay State
University’s history. She’s done a great job for
the University and the community.
“Sherry had a vision the University had been
lacking. And she had the fortitude to make
changes without being intimidated by special
interest groups. She’s an exceptional person,
and we’ve been blessed to have her here.”
Keeping promises
Perhaps Hoppe’s greatest legacy will be to
leave behind her a university that’s on solid
financial footing—certainly not what she
inherited.
Shortly after Hoppe took the helm, APSU
endured two years of massive budget cuts—
9 percent and 11 percent. Plus, in Hoppe’s
first year on the job, APSU was required to
reimburse the state more than $1 million due
to previous years’ bookkeeping errors at the
Fort Campbell campus. She tackled the problem
head on, resolved it and pressed forward,
determined to achieve financial stability. She
succeeded. Despite declining state support,
under her watch, APSU consistently ends the
fiscal year with excess funds, which then can
be allocated for special needs or set aside as
contingency funds.
One of Hoppe’s biggest concerns as the
Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher, center,
felt at home at Austin Peay during the Titans’
Summer 2006 Training Camp.
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new president was that the salaries of APSU’s
faculty and staff were the lowest in the state.
She immediately pledged to increase salaries
when possible. Each year, through wise fiscal
practices, she and her team have managed to
provide salary increases above those mandated
by TBR or the state.
In Fall 2007, as Hoppe had promised fans,
APSU will return to full scholarship football
and to the Ohio Valley Conference. According
to the OVC commissioner, this marks the first
time in history that a university has requested
and received permission to return to scholarship
football in the OVC.
Garnering national attention of immeasurable
value for APSU and its return to scholarship
football, Hoppe collaborated with
Tennessee Titans administration to bring the
popular NFL team to campus for its 2006
summer camp. As we go to print, she’s negotiating
a multi-year contract to bring the Titans
back to APSU for future summer camps.
During her tenure, Hoppe pushed to
upgrade and expand APSU’s athletic facilities,
including the addition of new stadium
seating and jumbotron-type screens in the
Dunn Center, a new soccer field, new turf and
track in Governors Stadium and an athletic
academic center.
In the Jan. 13, 2007, edition of The Leaf-
Chronicle, Dave Loos, athletics director and
men’s head basketball coach, said, “We appreciate
Dr. Hoppe’s belief in the value of the athletic
program. There’ve been so many renovations
to our athletics facilities in such a short
period of time that it’s absolutely remarkable.”
At her inauguration, Hoppe pledged to be
open and fair to all, to treat everyone with
respect and dignity and to listen to all opinions.
But she also said that, ultimately, she
would make decisions based on what was
right and best for the University.
Has she succeeded in keeping this promise?
Dr. Jaime Taylor (’90), APSU alumnus, professor
of physics and chair of the APSU Department of
Physics and Astronomy, thinks so.
“After a conversation with Dr. Hoppe, you
always walk away knowing she listened to
what you said, understood your concerns and
cared about them and that she would do what
was in the best interest of the University as a
whole,” Taylor said.
“Dr. Hoppe always does what is right no
matter what the cost to her personally.”
To do what’s right regardless of the cost—
some would say that’s the best measure of a
man. Or woman.
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Alumni News and Calendar of Events
Alumni Calendar of Events
April 28
50-Year Reunion, Class of 1957
May 1, 4-6 p.m.
Book signing and reception
for alumnus Joe Hall (’01)
Pace Alumni Center at Emerald Hill
May 3
Senior Salute
Pace Alumni Center at Emerald Hill
May 12
APSU Bass Tournament
June 1
Cheatham County Scholarship Golf
Tournament
Sycamore Valley Golf Club, Ashland City
Sept. 22
Homecoming 2007
For the most up-to-date
alumni event information, go
to apsu.edu/alumni.
Lee Ellen Ferguson-Fish (’89) recently sang the
National Anthem for first lady of the United States
Laura Bush at a political rally in Kingsport.
Contributed photo
The National Capital Chapter received its official charter in October 2006. Area alumni attending this special
reception were (l-r) Tim Batey (’81), Crit Austin (’69), Susan Kirven (’78), Lisa Loggins (’89), Phil Wood (’72),
Gerry Minetos (’81), president Rebecca Bibb ( ’72), Leanne Eckstein (’83) and David Bibb (’70).
From left, Janet Blanford, David (‘64) and Kathleen Gleeson were among several alumni who attended a
reception at the home of alumnus Larry Carroll (’67) and his wife, Vivian, in Charlotte, N.C., last fall.
Rebecca Weiland, left, McClure Poland, Dr. Jeannie Beauchamp, Brittany Singer, Melanie Sites, Melanie Hadley, Kathy Burney co-chair, Debbie Bates co-chair,
Susannah Wyatt, Ginna Holleman, Rhonda Davis, Sherry Embry, Deborah Boehms and Ann Marie Crozier made up the 2007 Candlelight Ball committee.
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Dr. Sherry Hoppe and Dr. Bruce Speck visit with alumni at the African American Alumni Reception.
Bill Persinger
Calling all alums!
This spring, APSU will conduct its semiannual
scholarship Phonathon. Faculty, staff and students
will be calling you to request pledges, remind you
of upcoming events, update your information and
answer any questions about APSU. It’s one way we
stay in touch. Please take a moment to speak
with our callers.
We need your help!
Please help locate our “lost” alums! Go to
www.apsu.edu/alumni/lost1.asp on the Web to view
the current list of lost alumni. We appreciate any
information to help us locate them. We appreciate
your response, whether by e-mail, telephone or fax.
Receiving awards at the Homecoming Alumni Awards Brunch were (l-r) David Bibb (’70), Outstanding
Alumnus; Dewayne McKinney (‘74), Outstanding Service Award; the Outstanding Service Award also was
presented posthumously to Sallie Ellis (’66) and received by her husband LM Ellis (’65) and daughter Dorlisa
Young; Bubba Wells (’97), Outstanding Young Alumnus; Rhonda Kennedy (’83), Outstanding Alumna and
Michele Madrid-Branch (’94), Outstanding Young Alumna.
Bill Persinger
The 28th annual National Alumni Association
Homecoming Golf Tournament was held at Swan Lake
Golf Course.
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Fans gather before the game at the Tailgate Lunch.
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Attending the Dave Aaron Reception were (l-r)
Felicia and Larry (’52) Gates, along with Jean Buck
Oakley (’57).
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The first-place (male) winner in the Homecoming
Scholarship 5K Run approaches the finish line.
Dr. Bruce Speck and Dr. Thomas King perform during
the American Patriotic Flagship Concert – A
Homecoming Celebration.
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Sports News
APSU Sports Information
Govs ousted in NIT, fall short
in OVC championship
Austin Peay State University men’s basketball
team lost 75-51 to Air Force in the
Mastercard National Invitational Tournament
first round, March 14.
Austin Peay (21-12) suffered its worst
shooting night since the season’s second game,
making just 29 percent (18-of-62) of its field
goals in the contest, including a 22.7 percent
(5-of-22) performance from three-point range.
The Govs settled for a shot at the NIT title
after falling 63-62 to Eastern Kentucky
University in the O’Reilly Ohio Valley
Conference Tournament Championship,
March 3 in Nashville.
The 33-game season is the longest in
games played in Govs history. Austin Peay
did not win a nonconference road game (0-6)
during the 2006-07 season.
Loos winningest coach
in APSU’s history
Dave Loos, Governors basketball coach, is
the University’s winningest coach in APSU
basketball history after the Govs beat
Southeast Missouri 68-67 on Jan. 13, 2007.
The win was No. 259 for Loos, who broke
the record previously held by Dave Aaron.
Loos is in his 17th year as Austin Peay’s
men’s basketball coach, the longest tenure in
APSU’s history and second longest in OVC
history. He has coached two Austin Peay teams
to the NCAA Tournament and two to the NIT.
Loos is a member of two Hall of Fames
and eventually will be inducted into APSU
With 259 wins to his credit, Dave Loos, athletics director
and men’s head basketball coach, became the winningest
coach in APSU basketball history Jan. 13,
2007, when the Govs defeated Southeast Missouri.
Cheer and dance wins COA Open National Championship
Austin Peay State University’s cheer and
dance team brought home the gold from its
first-ever competition — the Cheerleaders of
America Open National Championships,
Birmingham, Ala.
Athletics Hall of Fame.
Also in the 17 years Loos has coached at
Austin Peay, his program never has been
investigated by the NCAA.
In addition to coaching, Loos has served as
APSU’s athletics director since 1997, the
longest tenure of any athletic director in the
University’s history.
Reed, Lockett, Loos receive
postseason OVC top honors
Sophomore Drake Reed was named the
2006-07 Ohio Valley Conference Player of
the Year, the league announced March 1.
APSU head coach Dave Loos was named
OVC’s Coach of the Year for the fifth time
during his 17-season career – the most of any
coach in OVC history.
In addition, Reed was named to the All-
OVC first team and junior Fernandez Lockett
was named to the All-OVC second team.
Reed, a Clarksville native, is the fourth
Austin Peay player to receive the OVC honor
and the 25th Austin Peay player all time to
receive first-team All-OVC recognition. He
led the Govs with 16.2 points per game
through the O’Reilly OVC Tournament firstround
play, ranking fifth among all conference
players in scoring.
After a rough start – the Govs were 5-6 after
the season’s first two months – Loos led the
APSU Sports Information
The competition was open to cheerleaders
and dance teams across the country with divisions
ranging from elementary school squads
to collegiate level teams.
The team’s head coach is Keli Rutherford.
Govs to a 15-4 for the remainder of the season,
including an 11-game streak which ranked
third longest in the nation at the time it ended.
It is the Govs’ fourth regular-season title in
Loos’ tenure and third in the last five seasons.
Lockett was the other half of the Govs’
inside combo, leading the Govs in rebounding
(7.7 rebounds per game).
It is the 13th consecutive season Austin Peay
has had a player named to an All-OVC squad.
3 inducted into APSU
Athletic Hall of Fame
Two Austin Peay athletes
from the 1990s and
a coach who built the
Lady Govs basketball
program into the Ohio
Valley Conference’s
(OVC) finest were
inducted in January
Jermaine Savage 2007 into the APSU
Athletics Hall of Fame.
Inductees were Susie Gardner, who led the
Lady Govs basketball program to OVC dominance;
Jermaine Savage, who helped fuel the
Governors’ basketball rise in the mid-1990s;
and Susan Sheather, a two-time OVC Player
of the Year in the early 1990s.
The APSU Athletics Hall of Fame now has
87 members.
Keli Rutherford
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APSU Sports Information
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Susan Sheather-
Kliebert
Gardner built the
Lady Govs basketball
program into the
OVC’s best during the
early part of this
decade. APSU compiled
an impressive
112-92 record during
her seven-season
tenure but a spectacular
63-29 mark over her final three seasons,
including 27-4 record in 2002-03.
For three straight seasons, Savage was second
on the team in scoring, culminating with
a 17.5 average as a senior when he was chosen
second-team All-OVC. His record included
a career-high 34-point effort at Eastern
Kentucky where he launched the game-winning
basket from near midcourt.
Sheather was one of the OVC’s most dominant
tennis players in the early 1990s. Twice the
Kelso, Australia, native won the OVC at No. 1
singles (1992, 1994) and once at No. 2 doubles
(1991). She also captured OVC titles at No. 1
doubles (1994) and No. 2 doubles (1991).
Former Govs baseball star,
Walker, signs with Orioles
Jamie “Cat” Walker, who starred for Govs
baseball in the early 1990s, signed a threeyear
free-agent, $12 million contract in late
November with the Baltimore Orioles.
The southpaw, who spent the last five seasons
with Detroit, said the length of the deal
was the deciding factor.
“It’s always a tough decision once you’ve
been somewhere for so long,” he said about
leaving the Tigers. “The Tigers weren’t able
to make a three-year commitment, and that’s
what we started with in April of last year. ...
They never really offered me a three-year
deal, and Baltimore came out aggressive from
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the get-go.”
Walker, 35, appeared in 56 games for the
2006 Tigers, American League champions,
and posted a 2.81 earned-run average as a situational
lefthander.
Walker, who was OVC Pitcher of the Year
in 1992, was the first former APSU player to
appear in a World Series game since Jimmy
Stewart played in 1970 for the Reds.
Walker spoke Feb. 5 at APSU’s 2007 First
Pitch Banquet. The event was an opportunity
for the public to meet the Govs baseball team
for the 2007 season.
McCray leaving APSU
Govs head football
coach Carroll McCray,
who was to begin his
fifth season this fall,
resigned in February to
become the offensive
line coach at Furman
University in
Carroll McCray Greenville, S.C.
The move also
allows McCray to be closer to his family.
Both McCray’s and his wife Angel’s parents
live in North Carolina.
McCray’s son, Trey, is going to play football
at Furman, and that also factored into his
resignation.
McCray, who last fall completed the first
year of a three-year contract extension, was
11-33 overall and went 3-8 last season in
Austin Peay’s return to scholarship football.
Assistant head coach and offensive line
coach Steve Haywood has been named interim
head coach until a new successor to
McCray is named.
Former APSU coach, Bo
Brown, remembered with
scholarship in his name
Woodson Oliver, Clarksville, wanted to pay
tribute to his former college coach, Fred “Bo”
Brown, in a meaningful way, so Oliver
recently established a football scholarship in
Brown’s name at Austin Peay.
He’s encouraging others to support the
Coach Fred “Bo” Brown Memorial
Scholarship, named in memory of the man
who, according to Oliver, had a profound
impact on the lives of many people during the
short time he was Austin Peay’s head basketball,
baseball and football coach.
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the family farm near Clarksville, Oliver was
determined to get a college degree. Although his
father saved $25 so he could attend Austin Peay
in Fall 1941, the money ran out after one term.
Oliver found odd jobs around campus to
fund his education until Bo Brown, coach of
the Govs’ struggling football team, offered
him a football scholarship.
After graduation, Oliver began a career
with a U.S. Steel-affiliated company—a job
that would take him around the world—
before he retired and returned to Clarksville.
If interested in contributing to the Coach
Fred “Bo” Brown Memorial Scholarship,
contact Margaret Bentley by telephone at
(931) 221-7127.
Kimmel retires as head
athletic trainer
Chuck Kimmel, Austin Peay’s longtime
athletic trainer and assistant athletics director,
retired from the University in December.
Kimmel began a new career in January as
director of rehabilitation and a lecturer at
Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.
Kimmel, a member of the Austin Peay
Athletics Hall of Fame, arrived at APSU in
August 1981 from East Tennessee State
University.
Joni Johnson, APSU’s assistant athletic trainer
for the past 14 years, is interim head athletic
trainer. APSU will conduct a search this spring
for a permanent position replacement.
Bivins receives OVC
Scholar-Athlete Award
Adonia Bivins, a senior defender for the
women’s soccer team, was named one of six
recipients of the Ohio Valley Conference’s
prestigious Scholar-Athlete Award for 2006-07.
Jamie “Cat” Walker speaks at the annual “First
Pitch” Governors baseball banquet in February. After a childhood of “following a mule” on
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Spring 2007 25

Class Notes
(Editor’s note: Throughout the magazine,
the date printed after each name
represents either the date or dates of
graduation or the date of the last year
of attendance.)
1960s
DR. CUYLER DUNBAR (’63) retired
last year as president of Catawba
Valley Community College, Hickory,
N.C. In appreciation of his 18 years of
service, the Catawba Valley Community
College Board of Trustees voted unanimously
to name the college’s new
$14.5 million, five-story classroom
building in his honor. The Cuyler A.
Dunbar Building houses math and science
classrooms and laboratories, a
new library, communication center and
a learning assistance center. Dunbar
was the founding president of Roane
State Community College, Rockwood,
where he served 18 years. He and his
wife, Sandy, have two grown children
and two grandchildren.
MURRAY PRIDE (’64), superintendent
of North Putnam Community School
Corp., Indiana, was selected by the
Indiana Association of Public School
Superintendents as District IV
Superintendent of the Year for 2007.
Pride has served in his current capacity
since 1994.
DR. RONALD I. MILLER (’65) is a physicist
and senior intelligence officer at the
Defense Intelligence Agency’s Missile
and Space Intelligence Center at
Redstone Arsenal, Ala. He also is a
member of the Directed Energy Weapons
Subcommittee of the U.S. Intelligence
Community in Washington, D.C.
C. DON LADD (’69), a financial adviser
with Ameriprise Financial Services,
Nashville, was awarded membership
into the company’s Diamond Ring Club,
whose members have recorded aboveaverage
sales or high level of leadership.
W. FRED LEE JR. (’69) is the newly
appointed municipal judge for the city
of Goodlettsville.
All the way to the Supreme Court
By DENNIE B. BURKE
Executive Director of
Public Relations and
Marketing
On Monday, Dec.
11, 2006, Kentucky’s
all-male Supreme Court
added a woman to its
ranks—only the third
female in history to
serve as a member of
this esteemed body.
In ceremonies at the
Capitol building in
Frankfort, the Hon.
Mary C. Noble
(’71,’75), Lexington, Ky., was invested
as a member of the Supreme Court of
Kentucky. Consisting of seven justices,
the Supreme Court of Kentucky is the
court of last resort and the final interpreter
of state law.
Born in Breathitt County, Ky., Noble
initially enrolled at Lees College,
Jackson, Ky. But her boyfriend, Larry
Noble (’71,’75) received a basketball
scholarship to attend APSU where he
became a basketball standout.
Following her freshmen year, the
couple married, and Noble joined her
husband at APSU where she earned a
bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s
in psychology.
After working in a school system for a
few years, she began to dream of further
education. She applied and was accepted
to Vanderbilt University’s doctoral
program in psychology as well as to the
University of Kentucky College of Law.
Her husband, Larry, who has
enjoyed a long career as a teacher and
educational administrator, nudged her
toward law, saying she “had the mouth
for it.” In 1979, she began law school,
earning the doctorate of jurisprudence
in 2 1/2 years.
She was in general practice from
1981 until 1991 and was appointed a
domestic relations commissioner for
Fayette County during that time.
In 1991, she was elected one of eight
Recently invested as the only female
judge on the seven-member Supreme
Court of Kentucky, the Hon. Mary
Noble, Lexington, an APSU alumna,
was the keynote speaker at APSU’s
2001 Winter Commencement.
circuit judges in Lexington, and one of
only three women circuit judges in the
state. She served an eight-year term and
was unopposed for a second term.
In 1998, she was elected by her
peers as chief judge of the Fayette
Circuit Court—the first woman to hold
this position in the court’s 200-year
history.
Noble was one of the founders of
Kentucky Drug Courts and served as a
drug courts judge from 1996 until
November 2006 when she was elected
to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
In a 1999 interview for Austin Peay
magazine, Noble said that at every
opportunity, she reminds the people
before her bench that life offers choices.
She said she often tells them, “You
may be tempted to take the path of
least resistance. Don’t.
“Every action has a reaction. In a
court of law or in life, you must choose
your path. What you choose today determines
what your tomorrow will be.”
Throughout her life, Noble has chosen
her pathways carefully—and
they’ve led her to the state’s highest
court and to a position of great power
and prestige.
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JANET F. SMITH (’69, ’71), president
of Rich Mountain Community College,
Mena, Ark., was appointed to the Rural
Community College Council of the
American Association of Community
Colleges.
1970s
EVELYN SUE ADAMS (’71, ’74),
Clarksville, has retired from working
and recently traveled to Ecuador for a
mission trip. Her first grandchild, Jesse
David Gilkey, was born Sept. 6, 2006.
HAROLD “RED” ROBERTS (’71) is
teaching history and coaching football
at Riverdale High School, Murfreesboro.
DONALD ELDRIDGE ROBY (’71), a
teacher at Centerstone Weems
Academy, Clarksville, was named
Teacher/Counselor of the Year in
December 2005.
DR. MICHELE BUTTS (’73), professor
of history at APSU, recently had her
American history courses listed in the
top 20 history courses demonstrating
best practices in university teaching in
a national study conducted by the
Center for Education Policy Research.
FRANCES HALL (’73, ’78) is in her
40 th year as a teacher at Ashland City
Elementary School.
JUDGE LARRY E. POTTER (’73) of the
Shelby County Environmental Court
was named Citizen of the Year in 2006
by the Memphis-Shelby County
Optimist Respect for Law Committee.
Potter and his wife, Patti, have three
adult children.
RUSS BEARD (’74) was promoted
from lieutenant in the Tennessee
Highway Patrol to 3 rd District captain,
commanding more than 200 troopers.
He has been with THP since September
1975. His wife, BRENDA (’72), is
attending Pharmacy Tech School following
a 32-year teaching career. They
reside in Springfield.
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FAIRY LOU CAROLAND (’75), Griffin,
Ga., lives and works at New Hope
House, a hospitality ministry for families
of prisoners on Georgia’s death row.
SHERRY HALL (’75, ’92) is principal of
Jo Byrns Elementary School, which
opened in a new building in August 2006
in Cedar Hill. She previously was assistant
principal at Jo Byrns High School.
PAULA WALL (’76) will have her next
novel, “The Wilde Women,” published by
Atria Books, a division of Simon &
Schuster, on sale April 17, 2007. Wall,
who lives near Nashville, is the critically
acclaimed author of the novel, “The Rock
Orchard,” and two collections of short
pieces: “My Love Is Free…But the Rest
of Me Don’t Come Cheap” and “If I Were
a Man, I’d Marry Me.”
WILLIAM BEACH (’78), LAWSON
MABRY (’77) and DAVID WATSON
(’64), all Clarksville businessmen, were
selected to serve on the First Federal
Savings Bank Board of Directors.
EARLINE GREEN (’78), Cedar Hill,
Texas, recently had a series of public
art ceramic quilts, featuring various
school namesakes, permanently
installed in the Paul Laurence Dunbar at
Lancaster-Kiest Branch Library, Dallas.
PHILIP SANFORD (’78), a former
Coca-Cola Enterprises executive, heads
Port Royal Holdings, which recently
sold The Krystal Co. According to the
October 2006 Business Tennessee
magazine, Port Royal paid $108 million
for Krystal, which now has more than
400 company-owned and operated
franchised units in 11 states with sales
of $423 million in 2005.
ELIZABETH “LIBBY” SYKES (’79),
Clarksville, is administrative director of
the Tennessee Administrative Office of
the Courts. She oversees a staff of 80
and manages a $100 million budget for
trial and appellate courts statewide.
Triple threat
Paul Kahle from left, Carl Kahle and John Kahle pose in their graduation regalia.
The brothers received their Master of Science in Management degrees during the
2006 Winter Commencement.
By MELONY LEAZER
Communication Specialist
A story in The Leaf-Chronicle along
with a photo of the three men in caps
and gowns, their arms around each
other’s shoulders, caught the attention
of ABC affiliate WKRN-Channel 2,
Nashville, which sent a TV crew to
interview the Kahle brothers and their
father just prior to their recent graduation
from APSU.
The three brothers—Paul, 29, John,
27 and Carl, 23—received the Master
of Science in Management (M.S.M.)
during ceremonies on Dec. 15, 2006.
Along with three other siblings, the
Kahle brothers were home-schooled by
their parents.
The oldest of the three, Paul Kahle
was among the 60 students who
enrolled in the inaugural class of the
1980s
JOE PITTS (’80) was elected senator to
the 67 th District in the Tennessee
General Assembly, Nashville. His service
began in January.
TONY MARABLE (’81) received the
oath of office as vice regent of Sigma
Nu Fraternity’s High Council at the
62 nd Grand Chapter in July 2006 in
Indianapolis. His two-year term began
at that time.
M.S.M. program in Fall 2004. All three
of the brothers are competitive, but
Paul initially put in motion what the
other two longed to do—pursue graduate
study.
“I would like to get a Ph.D. after I’ve
worked for a long while,” Carl says.
John would like to do the same, and
Paul indicated an interest in obtaining
an M.B.A. someday.
The oldest brother started the program,
taking one course at a time as
his schedule allowed. However, when
John and Carl enrolled in Fall 2005,
they paced their coursework on a
faster track, so all completed simultaneously.
Paul Kahle operates a lawn care
business in Clarksville, and his brothers
currently work for him. All three said
having an M.S.M. degree will improve
the way they do business.
JULEE STAMPER POOLE (’83, ’98),
Clarksville, graduated in August 2006
with a Ph.D. in family psychology from
Capella University, Minneapolis, Minn.
She is clinical director of the Family
Guidance Training Institute, Clarksville,
and an adjunct faculty member in the
APSU psychology department.
TIMOTHY WARREN (’83) is vice president
of technology services at San
Juan College, Farmington, N.M.
Bill Persinger
WILLIAM McDOWELL NORFLEET JR.
(’85), Pembroke, Ky., has launched
Norfleet Productions, contributing feature
articles, photographs and other publication
work to journals and magazines,
both nationally and internationally.
GRANT COLE (‘87) began work in
December 2006 as the senior
editor/writer for internal communication
in the department of marketing, communication
and training of EDS (formerly
Electronic Data Systems) Navy Marine
Corps Intranet (NMCI). Eventually, the
NMCI network will link more than
400,000 workstations and laptops for
500,000 Navy and Marine Corps users
worldwide. His wife SUSAN (WRIGHT)
COLE (‘86) works in the clerk’s office
on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives. The couple resides in
Alexandria, Va., with their young daughters,
Olivia and Amelia.
TRACY THOMAS (’87, ‘91), a certified
public accountant, recently was admitted
to membership in KraftCPAs PLLC,
Nashville.
POLLYANNA NORMAN PARKER (’89),
Clarksville, has been teaching theater
and video production at Northeast High
School, Clarksville, for 15 years. She
sponsors the school’s Beta Club and
coaches the speech and drama teams.
LOUIS EUGENE ROBICHAUX (’89)
was elected in May 2006 to the
Highland Village (Texas) City Council.
He is senior managing director for FTI
Cambio Health Solutions, Dallas.
1990s
CARROLL WADE BAGWELL (’90) is
human resources generalist at
Cumberland Heights Alcohol and Drug
Treatment Center, Nashville. She also is
pursuing online master certification in
human resource management at Villanova
University, Pennsylvania. She and her husband,
Jon Bagwell, live in Nolensville with
their two sons, Alex and Nick.
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GINA FAULKNER CASTLEBERRY (’92,
’98), Clarksville, is campus director at
Miller-Motte Technical College,
Clarksville.
APSU alum named state’s top industrial scientist
STEPHANIE MALONE (’96) is manager
of Clifton Gunderson LLP, based in
Baltimore, Md. It is one of the largest
CPA and consulting firms in the nation.
CHARLES EDWARD KOON (’92) is a
business development officer for
Cumberland Bank and Trust, Clarksville.
He sold Mary’s Music in Clarksville in
September 2005.
JENNIFER M. EBERLE (’98) is an
attorney with Bass, Berry and Sims law
firm, Nashville. She concentrates her
practice in commercial litigation and
products liability litigation.
WESLEY TODD MAYES (’93), Kansas
City, Mo., was promoted to district
manager at Ortho-McNeil
Pharmaceuticals for western Missouri
and eastern Kansas. He and his wife,
MELANIE MAYES (’92), have two children,
Kali Jordan Mayes and Sarah
Ashley Mayes.
CATHERINE NANCE (’93), Hermitage,
earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence in
May 2006 from the Nashville School of
Law and passed the Tennessee Bar
Association examination.
BRIDGETT LaFAY JENNINGS STAN-
FILL (’93, ’95) and her husband,
Jeffery B. Stanfill, are owners of
Grandmama’s House Preschool,
Clarksville, where she also serves as
director. The couple lives in Clarksville
and has three children: Bailey, 11,
Madison, 8, and Sheaffer, 2.
DR. MICHAEL WEST (’94) has joined
Covenant Family Practice, Clarksville.
He was with Gateway Medical
Associates previously.
JAMES (JIMMY) McCALL (’95) is a
loan consultant for Legacy Mortgage
Services Inc., Clarksville, working in
the company’s St. Bethlehem office.
MIKE DUNN (’96, ’00) is the online
academic adviser at Austin Peay State
University. He assists online students
with academic support and advising.
CAPT. STEVE T. JORDAN (’96) is
health care/human resources manager
for the U.S. Army Health Care Team in
Houston, Texas.
APSU alumnus, Barry Kulback, right, was presented with a plaque denoting him
as the state’s Industrial Scientist for 2006 by the Tennessee Academy of Science.
By DENNIE B. BURKE
Executive Director of
Public Relations and Marketing
During the 116 th annual meeting of
the Tennessee Academy of Science
(TAS), Barry Kulback (‘79), Clarksville,
was honored as the recipient of the
2006 Industrial Scientist Award for his
work at Trane Commercial Systems, a
division of American Standard.
Kulback, who graduated from APSU
with a bachelor’s degree in physics and
dual minors in mathematics and computer
sciences, has been employed with
Trane since his APSU graduation, initially
working in information technology.
Through the years, he was involved
in strategic company initiatives and
development of software applications
to support them. His team developed
Demand Based Management software,
which was used by all three divisions
of American Standard and was granted
four U.S. patents.
Seven years ago, Kulback decided to
change paths, entering the Six Sigma
program, which enabled him to implement
the Six Sigma methodology to
Photo contributed
drive manufacturing process improvements
and assure the company’s product
quality worldwide.
Today at Trane, Kulback’s title is
Sigma Six Master Black Belt. The first
year he led Quality and
Productivity/Process Improvement
Projects, his efforts resulted in more
than $1.8 million in bottom-line savings
for the company.
Kulback further expanded his role to
lead global Six Sigma deployment initiatives
in project tracking and training
material development. He has conducted
training for more than 650 associates
in 11 domestic and global locations,
thereby delivering more than $25 million
in year-over-year bottom-line savings.
Currently, Kulback is leading an effort
to establish a new Global IT Strategy for
Trane Commercial Systems.
Among his work on behalf of APSU,
Kulback has been president, treasurer
and membership chair of the Trane
Support Group Alumni Chapter of
APSU—a group that has raised and
donated more than $350,000 to APSU to
establish seven endowed scholarships.
ANGELA NEAL (’98) is the associate
state director of advocacy for AARP
New York, where she is responsible for
all election and advocacy activities.
RICHARD J. RIPANI (’98), a Nashville
musician and songwriter, recently
released a new book, “The New Blue
Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues,
1950-1999,” published by the
University Press of Mississippi. He is a
faculty member at Hume-Fogg
Academic High School, Nashville. He
performs with such artists as Ronnie
Milsap, Ronnie McDowell, the Kentucky
Headhunters and Lee Greenwood.
JOSELYN LEAR STOUT (’98), Stone
Mountain, Ga., was promoted recently
from the creative department at
Consumer Source Inc. to the company’s
homes department. She also is
part owner of Homebased Media, a
publication designed for and by homebased
entrepreneurs.
ELAINA J. STREISEL (’98) is a paralegal
for Englander and Fischer, P.A., St.
Petersburg, Fla., where she lives with
her 5-year-old daughter, Alexia
Sychareune.
KANYA ALLEN (’99), Clarksville, is
coordinator of career services at
Hopkinsville (Ky.) Community College.
2000s
LAURIE CANNADY (’00, ’02) is assistant
professor of English at Lock Haven
University of Pennsylvania. She earned
a Ph.D. in English in August 2006 from
the Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
where she also was chosen
Outstanding Graduate for Fall 2006.
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CHAD CAROBENE (’00) was promoted
recently to sales manager at Erwin
Marine Sales, Hendersonville.
JARROD DUNCAN (’01) is a commercial
banker with Planters Bank Hilldale
office, Clarksville. He previously was
assistant branch manager with Sun
Trust Bank, Nashville.
WILLIAM BRIAN HOWELL (’01) was
promoted in Spring 2006 to senior project
manager for American Constructors
Inc., Nashville. He is managing projects
in Murfreesboro and Nashville.
JOHN RUDOLPH (’01) is a commercial
loan officer with First Federal Savings
Bank, Clarksville. He worked for the
past seven years as a senior account
executive for United Postal Service in
the middle and west Tennessee regions.
MARNA A. KRAJESKI (’02), Kingston,
R.I., had her book, “Household
Baggage: The Moving Life of a
Soldier’s Wife,” published by Wyatt-
MacKenzie. The cover of the book features
Krajeski and her husband, Lt. Col.
Paul Krajeski, who is deployed to
Afghanistan until June.
HEATHER DENISE PIPER (’02), a second-year
law student at the
Cumberland School of Law at Samford
University, Birmingham, Ala., is a member
of the Cumberland National Trial
Team. She was to compete in February
in the National Trial Competition in
North Carolina.
JULIE-ANNA CARLISLE (’03) is the arts
education coordinator at the Pennyroyal
Arts Council, Hopkinsville, Ky. She also is
a photographer and artist.
PAUL LANDON LAMM (’03) is the
head baseball coach at Spring Hill High
School, Columbia. In 2005, he was the
head baseball coach for E.A. Cox Middle
School, Columbia, leading the team to a
17-1 season and a district tournament
win. He is married to NICOLE DIANE
AQUINO LAMM (’04), a law student at
the Nashville School of Law.
Classical art or pro football? Alumna chooses both
Jennifer Paulk-McGinley (’06) competes for a spot on the Cincinnati Sizzle
women’s professional football team. She has been conditioning with the team
during off-season action. The 2007 season was to begin in April.
By MELONY LEAZER
Communication Specialist
Growing up with a brother and
father who enjoy football, Jennifer
Paulk-McGinley (‘06) had no choice but
to watch and learn the game.
But the attention she gave the sport
at an early age may have helped her
make the Cincinnati Sizzle women’s
professional football team.
The Cincinnati Sizzle competes in
the National Women’s Football
Association (NWFA). The team,
coached by former NFL player Ickey
Woods, finished the 2006 season with
a 3-5 record, coming in second in the
NWFA’s northwest division.
The 2007 women’s season runs
April through June. Now in off-season
action, the team is conducting conditioning
drills one morning a week.
In addition to the weekly drills,
Paulk-McGinley is pursuing a master’s
JENNIFER EVANS MALOTTE (’03) is a
network technician with the Clarksville-
Montgomery County School System.
JIM WILSON (’03) is an officer in the
U.S. Army and the deputy chief of
Medical Health Physics in the western
region of the U.S.
JESSICA MAURINE CANNON (’04),
Covington, is pursuing a Master of Arts
in Counseling Psychology at Argosy
University, Nashville campus.
degree in classical art at the University
of Cincinnati after earning a bachelor’s
degree in Greek from APSU last May.
She learned of the opportunity to
play football through her landlord
whose fiancé plays women’s professional
football. “So I thought, ‘ Why
not?’” she says.
After a grueling first round of tryouts,
Paulk-McGinley escaped injuries,
but her body was not used to the workout.
“I was sore after tryouts,” she
says. “I’m enjoying this, though. It’s
hard work, but it’s still fun.”
After two rounds of tryouts, Paulk-
McGinley became a member of the
Cincinnati Sizzle, although player positions
have not been decided as yet.
“My husband thinks it’s wonderful
that I’m doing this,” she says. “But my
dad thinks it’s awesome. He tells people,
‘My sons didn’t play pro football,
but my daughter does.’”
RYAN HULGUIN (’04) is working on a
graduate degree in computational engineering
at the University of Tennessee-
Chattanooga.
PATRICK MALOTTE (’04) is president
of Tennessee Technology Suppliers
Inc., Clarksville.
DEBRA A. MATTHEWS (’04) is career
transitions specialist for Job Corps,
Clarksville. She assists students with
career goals and employment.
Photo Contributed
JAMES MOTT (’04) attends a culinary
school in New York.
ERICA JEAN ZASTROW (’04),
Mammoth Lakes, Calif., is a payroll
assistant for Mammoth Mountain
Ski Area.
CHRIS GARBER (’05) is pursuing a
master’s degree in electrical engineering
from Vanderbilt University,
Nashville.
GEORGE HANNA (’05) is enrolled in
the medical physics graduate program
at Duke University, Durham, N.C.
JON McMAHAN (’05) caught an
aggressive exotic fish while fishing last
summer at the Cumberland City Steam
Plant. An August 2006 article in The
The Leaf-Chronicle noted McMahan’s
plans to see if the fish was a piranha.
He is a graduate student in aquatic
biology at APSU.
CHRIS McMAHON (’05) is pursuing a
master’s degree in applied mathematics
at Western Kentucky University,
Bowling Green.
ERIC MILLER (’05) recently formed
HeroStreet Press LLC, an international
publishing company that focuses on
comic books and comics-related materials.
His latest publication is a newspaper,
The Hero Street Press, distributed
in 14 states, two Canadian
provinces and the United Kingdom.
Miller also is working on the third issue
of his humor comic, “Hero Street,” as
well as two newspaper strips that will
be published online and in The Hero
Street Press.
JUSTIN ROPER (’05) is pursuing a
Ph.D. in Medical Physics at Duke
University, Durham, N.C.
BILLY TEETS (’05) is pursuing a Ph.D.
in Physics with an astronomy concentration
at Vanderbilt University,
Nashville.
JOHN WILLIS (’05) is pursuing a
Master of Science in Management at
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Austin Peay and works as a market
engineer at Trane Co., Clarksville.
TOMMY BLOODWORTH (’06) is pursuing
a graduate degree in mechanical
engineering at Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, where he also is researching
friction stir welding.
LANDON CLARK (’06) is enrolled in
the medical physics program at
Vanderbilt University, Nashville.
MIKE GAITHER (’06) is pursuing a graduate
degree in material science at the
University of Maryland in College Park.
MAURICE “SQUEAKY” HAMPTON
(’06) signed a contract to play for the
Scottish Phoenix Honda Rocks,
Scotland’s only professional basketball
team based in Glasgow that plays in
the British Basketball League.
PIER-ANNE LaCHANCE (’06) is pursuing
a Ph.D. in Applied Biophysics at the
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
ANITA LeROY (’06) is pursuing a graduate
degree at the University of Alabama
in Huntsville, where she is studying data
from the lightning imaging sensor for the
Lightning and Thunderstorms Group in
the atmospheric science department.
LORI SCHULTZ (’06) is a student at the
University of Alabama, Huntsville. She
is pursuing research focusing on tornadoes
spawned by hurricanes, a project
funded by the Lightning and
Thunderstorms Research Group.
ELIZABETH DIANE STINE (’06),
Kissimmee, Fla., is a second-grade
teacher at Lakeview Elementary School
in St. Cloud, Fla.
Births
MELISSA RAE ALEXANDER GROSS
(’90) and Randy Gross announce the
birth of their second child, Emmanuelle
Savannah Gross, July 21, 2006. The
mother is a freelance writer, and the
father is a network administrator with
National Electrical Carbon Products,
Greenville, S.C. The family lives in
Piedmont, S.C.
NICOLE MARIE (SANDERSON) BOR-
DERS (’02) and her husband, Charlie,
announce the birth of their son, Charles
David Borders IV, on Oct. 24, 2006. The
family resides in the Memphis area.
Charlie works as an industrial engineer
for the U.S. Postal Service. Before the
birth of their son, Nicole was an elementary
school teacher. Maternal
grandparents are STEPHEN JAMES
SANDERSON (’92, ’94) and Lori
Sanderson, Silver, Md. Paternal grandparents
are DAVID BORDERS (’83) and
JACKIE BORDERS (’77, ’83),
Clarksville.
In Memoriam
CARLTON LEE BALTHROP (’53), 76,
died Dec. 21, 2006, at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center, Nashville.
Balthrop played on the Governors
football team.
He was preceded in death by his
first wife, Lillian Ruth Balthrop, and two
brothers.
Survivors include his wife, Claudia
Wright Balthrop, Clarksville; three sons,
two daughters, a brother, three sisters,
and three grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be
made to APSU Athletic Foundation, P.O.
Box 4515, Clarksville, TN 37044 or to
the charity of choice.
THE REV. R. WALLER BOYER II
(’81), 48, Savannah, Ga., died Oct. 29,
2006, at his home.
A former youth pastor of Hilldale
Baptist Church, Clarksville, Boyer was
serving as a minister in Savannah.
Survivors include his mother, Wilma
Joyce Siske Boyer, Clarksville; wife,
LeAnne Beaty Boyer, Savannah; daughter,
son, and two sisters,
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Student Ministry Fund at
Hilldale Baptist Church, 2001 Madison
St., Clarksville, TN 37043.
DON M. BUCK (‘69), Clarksville
contractor and community leader, died
Nov. 6, 2006, at his home following a
long battle with cancer.
Buck was the owner of Buck
Contractors Inc., a company formed by
his father, 58 years ago.
Buck was active in the community,
serving on the American Cancer
Society Board of Directors, Planters
Bank Board of Directors, Clarksville-
Montgomery County Community Health
Foundation, Gateway Health
Foundation, the Downtown District
Partnership Design Review Board and
the Clarksville-Montgomery County
Industrial Development Board.
Buck is survived by his stepmother,
Cleo Hatfield, Knoxville; son, John R.
Buck, Nashville; daughter Mardi
Pickett, Michigan City, Ind.; a brother,
J. Mark Buck, Brentwood; and three
sisters—former APSU professor of education,
Dr. Camille Holt, Nashville,
Stacy Knight, Clarksville, and Robin
Wilson, Knoxville, along with fianceé
Rosemary Griggs.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society, 2008
Charlotte Ave., Nashville, TN 37203.
SARAH ELIZABETH FORRESTER
HAWKINS (’59), Nashville, died Dec.
18, 2006, following a short illness.
Hawkins was active in the state and
national P.T.A., the American
Association of University Women, the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
Girl Scouts and Chi Omega Sorority.
She also served on the Austin Peay
State University Foundation.
Survivors include daughters,
Marjorie Hawkins Trahern, Knoxville,
and Katherine Hawkins Linebaugh,
Adams and Nashville; sister, Laurine
Forrester, Nashville; brothers, William
Howell Forrester, Pulaski, and retired Lt.
Gen. Eugene P. Forrester, Arlington, Va.;
seven grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.
Memorials honoring Hawkins may
be made to Austin Peay State
University, P.O. Box 4417, Clarksville,
TN 37044 or the charity of choice.
HARRY COOK HUNTER JR. (’71),
Stanford, Ky., died May 5, 2005, during
treatment for liver cancer.
He was director of missions for
Lincoln and Casey Baptist Association
in central Kentucky and chaplain for
Tyson Foods Inc.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte
Hunter (’71).
MARGARET GRANT LANDER, 89,
died Oct. 29, 2006, at Uffelman Estates.
She had taught science at
Greenwood Junior High School and
later retired as a librarian at Austin
Peay State University.
Survivors include sons John Lander,
Clarksville, and Bill Lander, Memphis,
and a daughter, Mary Kay Burden,
Clarksville.
CLIFF STANFILL, who served as
program manager of the Culinary Arts
Program at the Austin Peay Center @
Fort Campbell for 25 years, died Oct.
22, 2006, at Gateway Medical Center.
Stanfill served 29 years in the U.S.
Army. He was captain of the Fort
Campbell Army Cooking Team, leading
the group annually at the national competition
at Fort Lee, Va.
He is survived by his wife, Helen
Stanfill.
TILLMAN DAVIS TAYLOR, 96,
Clarksville, died July 24, 2006, at
Montgomery County Care and
Rehabilitation.
An associate professor emeritus of
history, Taylor retired from APSU in
1976, but, according to Dr. Bruce Myers,
chair of the department of computer science
and information technology, Taylor
returned as a student after retiring, taking
classes that interested him.
Taylor’s funeral was held at Madison
Street Church of Christ with burial in
Puryear Cemetery, Puryear.
DR. DAVID O’DROBINAK, a faculty
member in the APSU Biology
Department from 1994 to 2002, passed
away unexpectedly while undergoing
treatment for Burkitt lymphoma, a rare
B-cell cancer that struck him suddenly
in Fall 2006.
He was an assistant professor of
muscle physiology at Valdosta State
University, Valdosta, Ga.
He is survived by his wife, Mandi,
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and his sons, Colin Wright and Adam
O’Drobinak. Memorial contributions
may be made to the Educational Fund
for his sons.
GLYN WILLIAM O’MALLEY, New
York City playwright, director and educator,
55, died unexpectedly Nov. 14,
2006, after suffering a heart attack. He
is survived by his mother, Meredith, a
sister, and three brothers.
O’Malley was director of education
at the Cherry Lane Theatre Institute,
NYC, and professor at Lehman College-
CUNY (City University of New York) and
Fordham University.
The author of 19 plays, O’Malley
also directed more than 50 productions
in major theaters around the U.S. and
Europe, including the world premiere of
“Albee’s Men” and “Albee’s Women.”
His most recent New York City premieres
were his war trilogy: “Paradise”
(Kirk Theatre, 2005), “A Heartbeat to
Baghdad” (The Flea, 2004) and
“Concertina’s Rainbow” (Cherry Lane
Theatre, 2001).
O’Malley gave birth to “A Heartbeat
to Baghdad” at APSU in 2004 while he
was playwright-in-residence. O’Malley
interviewed scores of soldiers of the
101 st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
and their loved ones. Based on those
interviews, O’Malley wrote “A
Heartbeat to Baghdad,” which had its
world premiere at APSU.
Among his first interviews was that
of the widow of Sgt. Ariel Rico, a member
of the 101 st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), who died while serving in
Iraq. In 2004 at APSU, O’Malley established
the Sgt. Ariel Rico Memorial
Scholarship, designated the child of
any U.S. soldier killed or handicapped in
the line of duty.
O’Malley’s family requested that
memorial gifts be made to the Sgt.
Ariel Rico Memorial Scholarship, APSU,
P.O. Box 4417, Clarksville, TN 37044.
CHARLES McMANUS WATERS
(‘49), 86, died Dec. 9, 2006, at his
Clarksville home.
A World War II veteran, he earned his
bachelor’s degree from APSU and master’s
from the University of Tennessee.
Waters joined the Austin Peay State
College (APSC) faculty in 1948 and retired
as an English professor emeritus in 1985.
During his years at Austin Peay, he served
as sponsor of The All State and faculty
adviser to the Honor Society of Phi Kappa
Phi. In 1979, he was honored as the
Distinguished Professor Award recipient.
Waters may be best known for compiling
and editing “The First Fifty Years
of Austin Peay State University” to
commemorate the 50 th anniversary of
the school in 1977. He also wrote
“Historic Clarksville: Bicentennial” and
“A History of Bethlehem United
Methodist Church.” For 13 years, he
served as a writer and editor of
“Cumberland Lore.”
He was a member of Bethlehem
United Methodist Church where he
served many years as treasurer,
Sunday school teacher, choir member
and historian.
Waters is survived by his wife,
Evelyn “Peggy” Waters; two daughters,
Valerie Lavery of Clarksville and
Melanie Gardner of Nashville; and four
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the
Bethlehem United Methodist Church
Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 3155,
Clarksville, TN 27043.
SAMUEL J. WINTERS, 81, alumnus
and former student teacher supervisor
for Austin Peay, died Feb. 15, 2007, at
his Clarksville home after a brief illness.
He is the father of Dr. Emily W.
Bergen, assistant professor of communication,
and the father-in-law of Dr. Robin
B. Reed, associate professor and chair
of the APSU Department of Chemistry.
He was known in the Clarksville
community for having served as elementary
school teacher and principal at
several schools in the Clarksville-
Montgomery County School System.
His wife, Mary Jo Gootee Winters, and
many of their 14 children graduated
from APSU.
DR. RICHARD WILSON YOUNG,
73, died Nov. 14, 2006, at Mitchell-
Hollingsworth Nursing Home, Florence,
Ala.
Young was a retired orthopedic surgeon,
veteran of the U.S. Navy and a
member of the Washington Church of
Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Frances
Curtis Allison Young, Lewisville; daughter,
sons, stepson, stepdaughter, brother,
and several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the
Richard W. Young Athletic Trainer
Scholarship at Austin Peay State
University.
Sports Continued from Page 25
Bivins, a senior defender from Knoxville,
also became the soccer program’s first
Academic All-American. She was selected to
the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-
America Women’s Soccer second-team,
selected by the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA). This followed
her second straight selection as firstteam
All-District IV.
Bivins started each of her four years for the
Lady Govs soccer team, lead
ing the team’s defensive front and occasionally
playing in the midfield. She scored five
goals – three of which were game-winning
scores – and had 12 assists.
Wilson selected 1st-team
Academic All-District;
Williams on 2nd team
Drew Wilson, a senior starting defensive
tackle for Governors football, has been
named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-District IV Team.
Meanwhile, junior offensive lineman,
Duncan Williams, was selected second-team
Academic All-District.
As a result of his selection as a first-team
member, Wilson’s name appeared on the
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA (College
Sports Information Directors of America)
Academic All-American ballot.
Earlier last fall, Wilson was nominated for
the Draddy Award, sponsored by The
National Football Foundation & College Hall
of Fame (NFF).
Tidwell, Dunham, Beck
named to All-OVC teams
Three members of Austin Peay women’s
soccer team were named to the 2006 All-Ohio
Valley Conference women’s soccer teams.
Spring 2007
Senior defender Tara Tidwell and freshman
forward Monica Dunham were honored as
first-team All-OVC members. Dunham also
was named to the All-OVC newcomer team.
Sophomore forward Ashley Beck was named
to the second-team All-OVC for the second
consecutive year.
Tidwell, a native of Nashville, started in 16
games in her final season as a Lady Gov. She
was named OVC Defensive Player of the Week
twice last season.
Dunham, a Franklin native, started 17
games in her first season as a Lady Gov. She
is the Lady Govs’ first freshman to be named
All-OVC first team.
Beck, Clarksville, started all 19 games as a
sophomore. She was third among conference
players in points and game-winning goals, while
ranking second in shots and fifth in goals.
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Lynch ranked 79th after
fall golf season
Freshman golfer Staci Lynch finished the
fall season ranked 79th among the nation’s
Division I golfers, according to Golfstat.com.
The Clarksville native boasted a 90.4 win
percentage and a 74.2 scoring average.
Lynch had four top 10 finishes in five Lady
Govs tournaments, earning medalist honors
twice. Lynch first took medalist honors at the
Wachovia-Great Smokies Intercollegiate in
Waynesville, N.C., firing a four-under par
140, crushing the school record for lowest 36-
round by four strokes. Two tournaments later
at the Lady Govs-hosted F&M Bank APSU
Intercollegiate, Lynch again took medalist
A room full of Peay fans gathered for a pre-game reception to cheer on the Govs before their OVC semifinal
game with Samford on Friday, March 2.
honors by shooting a four-over 146, winning
by eight strokes, at the Clarksville Country
Club.
Lynch was the highest ranked women’s
golfer in the Ohio Valley Conference during
the fall.
Raines earns 2nd-team
all-OVC honors
Sophomore Anna Claire Raines was the
highlight for Austin Peay cross country teams
at the 2006 O’Reilly/OVC Men’s and
Women’s Cross Country Championships, held
in November at the Southern Industrial
Redevelopment Corp. facility outside
Clarksville.
Raines completed the women’s 5-kilometer
course in 19:17 and finished in 11th place,
receiving second-team All-OVC honors for
her effort. She is the first cross country runner
to receive any All-OVC recognition since
2001.
The Lady Govs recorded its second consecutive
ninth-place championship finish, but
with an improvement of 31 points over last
year’s finish – the team posted 221 points this
year compared with 252 last year.
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Lady Govs volleyball
coach resigns
Corey Carlin, head volleyball coach for the
past two seasons, resigned from his position
in mid-November.
The Lady Govs finished 2006 with a 4-24
record, a year that saw the team battle injury,
illness and other personnel issues.
Carlin officially took over the Lady Govs
program in August 2005 after longtime coach
Cheryl Holt announced her resignation earlier
that spring.
Mark your calendar
6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 17, 2007
Morgan University Center Ballroom
A dinner in tribute to
Sherry Hoppe and Bob Hoppe
On her retirement from the presidency of
Austin Peay State University
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Hoppe Scholarship at APSU.
Tickets are $150 per couple or $85 per person.
If you are unable to attend, you may wish to send a tax-deductible gift to honor
Dr. Hoppe and her great accomplishments as president of your University.
Help endow the Hoppe Scholarship and make it a lasting tribute
that will benefit countless students for generations to come.
For reservations and gift information, please telephone University Advancement: (931) 221-7127
Feedback
Thanks (for) the alumni magazine for
Fall 2006. As a soldier and a nurse in the
U.S. Army, I occasionally come across
wonderful individuals who are related to
the great family of Austin Peay.
Capt. Ngo Anderson … a graduate
of APSU’s School of Nursing … helped
me apply for the Army’s enlisted commissioning
program, where I was able
to pursue a B.S.N. at APSU. She is an
outstanding American, married to a fine
individual (Capt. Travis Anderson, an
APSU School of Nursing graduate) and
a mother of two beautiful children.
(Her) leadership style was simple; she
did what she said and out-performed
almost all of us.
Much to my surprise and satisfaction,
she is now professed to the 28 th
Combat Support Hospital of the 82 nd
Airborne of Fort. Bragg, N.C. She
serves in Iraq, away from her family,
and continues as a fine leader and
mentor of young officers, much in the
same fashion as when she was an outstanding
non-commissioned officer.
Also, to (my) great surprise and satisfaction,
another fine soldier leader,
Col. Ruth Lee, is serving in Iraq. She
and Retired Col. Glenda Thompson are
wonderful nurse humanitarians (who)
have shaped many of my thoughts and
perceptions on caring and service.
Many of these great people influence
the lives of their students and followers
to a much greater extent than
they realize, and often do not receive
the just credit they deserve.
Best wishes to everyone at the
School of Nursing and to all at Austin
Peay.
Lt. Richard Noll, B.S.N.
U.S. Army Nurse Corps
28 th Combat Support Hospital
(This) cartoon* was drawn by a
wonderful, old friend of mine who died
suddenly almost two years ago. He
was a great example of the value of
higher education outside the “flagship”
universities.
Ron Sweeney was the first in his
family to go to college and attended
Austin Peay where I was an undergrad.
Because of family financial pressures,
he never earned a degree.
Nevertheless, education made a
huge impact on his life. He took a night
job at a factory as a student and rose
to be the national creative director for
the same company. His passion for
drawing, painting and graphic design
stayed with him from the first day he
took an art class at APSU. He was one
of the nicest people I’ve known.
Let’s keep in mind the Ronnie
Sweenies out there who take away
something even more important than a
degree.
More of Ron’s cartoons are available
at: http://smilinron.com.
Todd Duren (’86)
Instructor of Graphic Design
Pellissippi State Technical
Community College
Knoxville
*From the editor: In December 2006,
the e-mail above was forwarded to faculty
and staff throughout much of the
Tennessee Board of Regents system.
Accompanying it was a cartoon by the
late Ron Sweeney of Ashland City,
depicting Santa Claus getting a tattoo
on his bare back.
I recently moved back to the Dallas
area (Highland Village) and started a
consulting business. This morning, I
attended a networking meeting, and
the speaker was a successful Dallas
area businessman … who had used
networking to build a very successful
business. One of his networking
resources was his college and fraternity
alumni.
I thought that was a great idea, so
tonight I pulled up the list of Texas
alumni … I sorted the Excel spreadsheet
first by zip code and then by city.
Scanning the list, I noted several folks
living in Highland Village. Then I noticed
someone living on Quail Cove Drive—
the same street that I live on. Then I
noted the house number.
My next-door neighbor is a (‘89)
graduate of APSU—Michael
Castleberry! How’s that for a smallworld
story!
John “Butch” McGee (’69)
Highland Village, Texas
I started a new and exciting career yesterday…
here at Intuit and can say
nothing but good things about the company
and my new role.
I sent my resume to three companies
in the middle of September and
went through the interview process
with them all. After a lot of thought,
research and negotiation and a total of
14 rounds of interviews (phew!), I
accepted the position with Intuit and
feel both the role and the company are
perfect for me.
If you are looking for an inspiring
book … about a company built on outstanding
operating values that is
among the few companies to successfully
beat Microsoft, I recommend
“Inside Intuit” by Suzanne Taylor and
Kathy Schroder. I read (it) on a flight
from New Orleans and found the book
to be a true representation of the amazing
culture at Intuit.
Don Wallar (’97)
Web Marketing Manager
Intuit
San Diego, Calif.
From the editor: According to Dr. Bruce
Myers. professor and chair of the
department of mathematics and computer
science, who shared the note,
above, Wallar established and supports
the Donald Wallar Computer Science
Scholarship at APSU. For more information
about the scholarship and its criteria,
telephone 931-221-7840.
Spring 2007
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Bill Persinger
Frozen in place! With an arch of her back, Amanda McCoy clears the bar beautifully during high-jump practice. A nursing major, McCoy is a member of Austin Peay’s
hard-working track and field team.
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