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AUSTIN PEAY<br />
FALL 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />
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AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY<br />
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Justice is a Woman<br />
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APSU On-Line -- APSUNAA<br />
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Sound Off!<br />
by Ken West<br />
Assistant Director -- Public Relations & Publications<br />
Speaking out meant TAPS for Col. David Hackworth’s<br />
military career -- HACK SPEAKS<br />
Col. (ret.) David Hackworth, right, is being<br />
interviewed on the front line in Vietnam by Gen.<br />
Slam Marshall after the Battle of Dak To in 1966.<br />
At the time, Hackworth was with the 101st<br />
Airborne Division. He also served tours of duty in<br />
Korea and at Cold War bases around the world. As<br />
American men continued to die in Vietnam,<br />
Hackworth spoke out against the way the war was<br />
being fought. He continues to speak out when he<br />
feels American servicemen are being endangered<br />
by bad policies or politics.<br />
After five tours of duty<br />
in Vietnam, the youngest<br />
colonel in the U.S. Army,<br />
who also was its most<br />
decorated officer, had seen<br />
enough. A reporter asked<br />
him about the war, and he<br />
sounded off. It cost him his<br />
military career.<br />
Now, as a best-selling<br />
author, nationally<br />
syndicated columnist,<br />
reporter and commentator,<br />
he is unconstrained in his<br />
opinion of the military and<br />
has become the Pentagon’s<br />
harshest critic.<br />
Col. (ret.) David Hackworth (’64) is a regular guest on national<br />
TV and radio shows.<br />
Throughout Spring and Summer 1<strong>99</strong>9, as NATO bombed<br />
Yugoslavia, Hackworth was in high demand as a guest on national<br />
radio and TV. Five million people read his King Features column,<br />
"Defending America," which appears in 100 newspapers and<br />
magazines. His autobiography, "About Face," a 1989 international<br />
best seller, is in its 28th printing with more than one million copies<br />
sold. He also has written "Vietnam Primer," "Brave Men" and a<br />
recent best seller, "Hazardous Duty." His first fiction novel, "The<br />
Price of Honor," due out in September, is getting a major push from<br />
the publisher, Doubleday. His Web site (www.hackworth.com) has a<br />
weekly newsletter.<br />
"When there’s a war, I’m terrribly busy," Hackworth says during<br />
a telephone interview in early May from his home in Greenwich,
Conn.<br />
He comes across as a folksy, down-home, friendly man—he<br />
moves easily from subject to subject, talking about raising a family,<br />
about tracing his family tree back to County Durham, England, his<br />
days at Fort Campbell, Ky., <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> and Clarksville. He listens<br />
to each question carefully, his answers are thoughtful, and he can<br />
disarm by laughing at himself.<br />
Knowing him via the media, people may draw different<br />
conclusions: On TV, his comments often enrage viewers due to his<br />
strong belief in the American soldier and concepts such as loyalty,<br />
honor and honesty, and his distaste for politicians who pad military<br />
budgets for pork barrel projects in their districts.<br />
Interviews on such cable shows as MSNBC’s "Hardball with<br />
Chris Matthews" showcase the depth and breadth of his knowledge,<br />
not only about the military and military history, but also about<br />
history in general. By reading his syndicated column, which has<br />
exposed military waste and fraud, and his frank, outspoken<br />
opinions, some think he’s a "loose cannon." He is a firebrand and<br />
proud of it.<br />
But it’s all motivated by his personal mission, which, according<br />
to his Web site, is to "ensure that American troops are never put in<br />
harm’s way without the right training, the right equipment, the right<br />
leadership and the right mission."<br />
"Some days I’m on 30 radio shows a day. I probably was on 14<br />
to 15 today," Hackworth says. "You get regulars...Every day I am<br />
providing updates on the war to several stations—they want to have<br />
the latest on what’s going on in Serbia."<br />
Despite this demand on his time, he spends nearly 90 minutes on<br />
this phone interview.<br />
"As a writer, I’m doing all the media, especially radio,"<br />
Hackworth says. "It helps you get your thoughts together. For radio,<br />
you have to have a sharp, decisive way of talking. You are confined<br />
to explaining complicated subjects in a short time—you have to<br />
make it as simple as possible. You have to use metaphors.<br />
"For example, to explain the air war, I might say ‘NATO is like a<br />
12-foot giant with a hammer killing ants, and the ants can’t keep the<br />
sledgehammer from coming down.’ That tells you what awesome<br />
power NATO has."<br />
The use of the metaphor to reach the reader or viewer is<br />
something he learned covering Desert Storm, the war against Iraq,
for "Newsweek."<br />
"I’d be out in the field for five days gathering information. On<br />
the sixth day, ‘Newsweek’ would line up all these radio and TV<br />
programs for me to appear on, maybe 20 a day, and then I’d have to<br />
write my column the next day for ‘Newsweek.’<br />
"I learned to squeeze those soundbites and polish those<br />
metaphors. It’s a result of all that good education at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>," he<br />
says.<br />
That "good education" came before Hackworth sounded off in<br />
Vietnam. He was stationed at Fort Campbell and continued his<br />
college education at APSC through the Bootstrap Program.<br />
"I went to <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> with my Airborne haircut, and by the end<br />
of that year, I was looking like the other students with hair down my<br />
back," he says laughing. "I didn’t want to look like I didn’t belong.<br />
There was not a lot of love lost then as the Airborne troopers would<br />
come downtown and raise hell in Clarksville."<br />
By the time he arrived at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>, Hackworth had been in<br />
the service nearly 20 years and had been going to college part time<br />
for 11 of those years. "Every time I got close, I got transferred. I<br />
was close to graduating at the <strong>University</strong> of California and got<br />
transferred. I was close at the <strong>University</strong> of Maryland and got<br />
transferred. I had given up, but my boss at Fort Campbell, Col. Jim<br />
Apts, ordered me to go to <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>.<br />
"And that made all the difference," he says. "I got the degree and<br />
was able to become a regular Army officer. That opened the doors<br />
to all the Army schools and let me move upward. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> had a<br />
profound influence on my life because it put me in the fast lane."<br />
In the fast lane—after receiving his history degree, Hackworth<br />
vaulted up the promotion lists. Five years later, in Vietnam, in 1971,<br />
he was the youngest colonel in the Army and its most decorated<br />
officer with 105 medals—with more than 27 for valor.<br />
"They had me on the fast track, I’m told, for two or three stars<br />
(as general)," he says. "But I was so opposed to the way we were<br />
fighting the war—I was tired of seeing American soldiers, 19 years<br />
old, being stuck in body bags and nobody cared."<br />
He was approached by a TV reporter, and his answer sent him<br />
down a new career path.<br />
"I stood up...in uniform and said, ‘This is a bad war..we can’t<br />
win it, the American people have been lied to, and we should get<br />
out now.’ That did not endear me to President Nixon or General
Westmoreland. It caused both of them a bit of heartburn. They were<br />
after me with a chainsaw and wanted to run it across my neck," he<br />
says, now able to laugh about it after all these years.<br />
According to Hackworth, the day after he sounded off, his<br />
helicopter "accidently" crashed into Viet Cong territory. A couple of<br />
days later, headed from the Mekong Delta to Saigon, his jeep was<br />
booby-trapped. Back in this country, he found his car brake linings<br />
cut. He documents this and other details in his best-selling<br />
autobiography, "About Face."<br />
He shrugs it off in a way only a veteran soldier can:<br />
"Somebody—I don’t know who it was—was seriously trying to rain<br />
on my parade." He now can joke about it, because, like most<br />
successful people, he worked past such obstacles.<br />
"I was 40 and had to find a job in a hurry and I became a military<br />
journalist. I can look in my mirror and say, ‘I did the right thing.’ I<br />
take great pride in that...You get accountable to yourself when you<br />
get to your senior years. I can say that (speaking out) was one of the<br />
best things I ever did in my life."<br />
Up to that fateful June day in 1971, Hackworth had been more<br />
than simply a good soldier—he had been an outstanding soldier<br />
since first donning a uniform at the astounding age of 14 at the tail<br />
end of World War II.<br />
Although he was born in Venice, Calif., and reared in nearby<br />
Santa Monica, the family roots ran deep through Tennessee and the<br />
South. Those roots and beliefs were a factor in his joining the<br />
service at an age unthinkable today.<br />
"Being from an old, Southern patriotic family, we’ve had family<br />
in every war," he says with a genealogist’s zeal. "There were<br />
Hackworths fighting in the Indian wars in the 1750s. In every war<br />
since, Hackworths have served."<br />
He said that feeling of patriotism made it impossible for him to<br />
wait until he was older to join the service.<br />
"You had to be 17, but the Merchant Marines were not too<br />
discerning—neither was the Army—and many people did not have<br />
birth certificates then. I paid a wino two dollars to say he was my<br />
father, and he signed me up."<br />
A year later, 1946, Hackworth was in the U.S. Army, and,<br />
although he really was 15, Uncle Sam thought he was older.<br />
There were tours of duty in Korea, Vietnam and at Cold War<br />
bases around the globe. During one stint, his oldest son David, now
34, was born at Fort Campbell about the time Hackworth was<br />
getting his degree from <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>. There were two years spent at<br />
the Pentagon and a year at a training batallion at Fort Lewis,<br />
Washington. He spent five years in Vietnam, and it was at the end of<br />
his fifth year when he spoke out. Around this time, he and his wife<br />
divorced. In 1977, he remarried, and in 1978 his son Ben was born.<br />
Despite his love for the military, he encouraged his sons to try<br />
other fields. "I did not want them to get killed, plus their last name<br />
would have been a lightning rod. I would have loved the kids to<br />
have had the challenge, training and discipline of military life. But<br />
another part of me said I don’t want my sons to die."<br />
Most recently, Hackworth finished his first fiction novel, "The<br />
Price of Honor."<br />
"It’s printed by Doubleday and is their main book for 1<strong>99</strong>9.<br />
They’re putting a lot of marketing and promotion into it.<br />
"It’s difficult writing fiction because you are living in an alternate<br />
universe. In chapter one, I give you red hair, and I forget, and in<br />
chapter 20 I give you brown hair. In nonfiction you don’t have that<br />
problem."<br />
As Col. (ret.) David Hackworth can tell you, sometimes<br />
nonfiction has its own problems, especially if you speak out when<br />
you see something you believe to be wrong. But, it also has its<br />
rewards.<br />
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Hack Speaks<br />
"Where I come from, we do the right thing. I think a lot of people<br />
feel like I do. I have a good soapbox to stand on, and when I do<br />
(stand on it), I take a pretty good shot."<br />
About the Vietnam War<br />
"I was very gung-ho to win the war. I was convinced we could<br />
win it if we didn’t fight World War II over again...There was the<br />
stupidity of the generals—the top was out of touch with the bottom.<br />
They were using the body count like it was World War II, but the<br />
Vietnam War was not a war of terrain.<br />
"We just misjudged everything because we had conventional<br />
generals. We began with two batallions of Marines to protect Da<br />
Nang up north. The marines were there to protect the base and push<br />
the Viet Cong out, then farther out. Then it built up and we had<br />
600,000 people there and 1,000 casualties a week.<br />
"And everyone was lying, saying we were winning. Really, there<br />
was no light at the end of the tunnel...."<br />
Kosovo, Serbia, ethnic cleansing and the nature of war<br />
"Peace is blowing in the wind," Hackworth said on May 11 as he<br />
predicted a negotiated settlement in "the next few weeks."<br />
"Milosevich has accomplished every one of his objectives—his<br />
mission was the destruction of the KLA (Kosovo Liberation<br />
Army)."<br />
Hackworth says the KLA has been termed a terrorist group while<br />
Yugoslavia is a sovereign nation.<br />
"Let’s say it’s 1861 and France came to the United <strong>State</strong>s and<br />
said, ‘Leave the South alone, or we will bomb you.’ President<br />
Lincoln says, ‘No, these are my states.’"<br />
But what about the charge of ethnic cleansing?<br />
"Tell me what Sherman did in Georgia. He cut a 60-mile swath,<br />
burned, looted, raped and killed everything in his path. The whole
thing about a war criminal is the guy who wins determines who the<br />
war criminal is..."<br />
We may not be seen as the ‘good guys’ on the world scene<br />
"We are perceived overseas as arrogant cowboys. In Serbia,<br />
we’re not well-thought of at all.<br />
"Ethnic cleansing—we supply the Turks and they kill Kurds. We<br />
just look the other way...What we’ve been doing is jumping into<br />
every dog fight in the world. Our forces are in every direction<br />
—humanitarian, serving as meals on wheels, peacekeeping. They<br />
are doing everything except defending America."<br />
Future hot spots<br />
Hackworth says he sees North Korea as a potential trouble-spot<br />
due to the famine it is undergoing, and, not surprisingly, the Gulf.<br />
"The Gulf is very strategic because that’s where we get that good<br />
stuff we pump into our cars. It is vital to America and its interests to<br />
have a pipeline."<br />
That’s why the varied use of American military worries him: He<br />
believes Saddam Hussein could retake Kuwait before our forces<br />
could react.<br />
China and our future<br />
"I see very clearly, say around 2020, when China has a high-tech<br />
military with missiles and satellites...we probably will have to go at<br />
it with them. I won’t be concerned, though, because I probably<br />
won’t be around then."<br />
On politicians<br />
"I don’t think we have any good politicians. I belong to neither<br />
party. I think America needs a new party, not like Ross Perot’s, but a<br />
Patriot Party. Politicians have totally lost touch with how we think<br />
and feel."<br />
To read more about Col. Hackworth, check out his Web site at<br />
www.hackworth.com.<br />
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Bouncing back even better!<br />
by: Dennie B. Burke<br />
Director of Public Relations and Publications<br />
R...R...R. Flashback to French class: "Remember to r..o..l..l your<br />
Rs."<br />
R...R...Rebound. Recovery.<br />
Renaissance. Replant. Re-green. Rebirth.<br />
Reunite. Rejoice!<br />
Last spring and summer, the letter "R"<br />
was big at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>!<br />
A line from the old Joni Mitchell song,<br />
"Big Yellow Taxi (They Paved Paradise),"<br />
replays itself mentally : "Ya’ don’t know<br />
what you’ve got ’til it’s gone." A haunting<br />
refrain.<br />
Swept clean of debris-mountains left<br />
by the Jan. 22 tornado, the campus<br />
looked...looked... nude. Not sexy nude.<br />
Not artistic nude. Embarrassingly<br />
nude...like seeing your grandmother in the bathtub. A scene so<br />
emotionally raw it hurt, releasing a flood of mixed feelings.<br />
Sadness. Anger. Love. Defiance.<br />
So Operation Green was launched! Green. As in trees, grass,<br />
shrubs, flowers and greenbacks pledged to help relandscape and<br />
replant the once lush, park-like campus!<br />
Insurance covered damage to buildings at APSU. Most reopened<br />
this fall better than BT (before the tornado). But shrubs, flowers and<br />
the 130 trees—some more than 100 years old—leveled by the F4<br />
winds were not covered by insurance or disaster funds. If APSU<br />
were to be "re-greened," it had to occur through private gifts and<br />
volunteer labor.<br />
Operation Green became part of the first Renaissance<br />
Celebration— a week filled with activities celebrating the return of<br />
spring and the rebirth of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>. Giant banners draped across<br />
damaged buildings proclaimed: "Back Soon and Better Than Ever!"
Along College Street and at key spots on campus, bright Spring<br />
Renaissance banners colored the drab landscape and generated a<br />
spirit of expectation among the <strong>University</strong> family.<br />
Operation Green posters announced the campaign to relandscape<br />
and replant the campus. A landscape masterplan was drawn up by<br />
landscape architects, working in conjunction with faculty and<br />
administrators.<br />
At 8:30 a.m.,<br />
Saturday, May 1,<br />
more than 400<br />
faculty, staff,<br />
students, alumni,<br />
friends, Boy<br />
Scouts, Girl Scouts<br />
and other children<br />
assembled in the<br />
McCord parking lot<br />
with one goal—to<br />
begin replanting the<br />
campus.<br />
In a brief ceremony kicking off Operation Green, Dr. Sal Rinella,<br />
president of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>, thanked Dr. Wayne Chester (’66),<br />
professor of biology, for his hard work in chairing the effort. He<br />
also thanked those who had turned out to work, and he announced<br />
that, as of May 1, more than $100,000 had been donated to<br />
Operation Green. Addressing the throng assembled in front of<br />
McCord, Rinella said, "When the tornado leveled all our beautiful<br />
trees, it ripped open the heart of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>."<br />
But a "heart transplant" was about to begin. Spirited volunteers<br />
were issued caps, gloves, hoes, shovels. To the beat of Sousa march<br />
music piped over loudspeakers, 400 workers fanned out across<br />
campus.<br />
Each was assigned to a team led by a master gardener. The teams<br />
were responsible for plant-ing various areas of campus. Dogwood<br />
trees were planted along the front walk of Browning Building, trees<br />
were planted in the bowl areas and around residence halls. Within<br />
two hours, bright flower beds filled the campus, and barren spots<br />
were seeded. Although there’s still much to do over the next few<br />
years, much was accomplished that sunny May morning.<br />
After work was complete, volunteers and their families joined in<br />
a May Day Picnic. Together, they rested, ate, chatted and—looking<br />
out across campus—enjoyed seeing the fruit of their labor.
Chester said, "Current students who help replant the campus can<br />
tell their own children someday—when they enroll here—‘I planted<br />
that tree’ or ‘I helped reseed that lawn.’<br />
"In 10 years, <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> will be more beautiful than ever<br />
because we are replanting with the use of a carefully prepared,<br />
professional landscape plan. Not only will campus be more<br />
beautiful, but students using it as a lab will have more species to<br />
study."<br />
Tax-deductible donations can be sent to Operation Green,<br />
<strong>University</strong> Advancement Office, Box 4417, Clarksville, TN 37044.<br />
Be a part: Help transplant the heart of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>!<br />
Alums answer the call<br />
Through pledges to Operation<br />
Green, APSU alumni showed how<br />
much they want their alma mater’s<br />
campus to be restored to its former<br />
beauty.<br />
Led by Kris Phillips (’91),<br />
development officer, a four-night<br />
Operation Green phonathon was held<br />
in April with a goal of $10,000. Along<br />
with costs of all long-distance calls,<br />
GTE Wireless of Clarksville donated a<br />
phone bank at Emerald Hill Alumni Center.<br />
Reached at her home April 19—the first night of the<br />
phonathon—Mary Matlock DePriest (’33), Nashville, pledged<br />
$1,000 to purchase a park bench in her name. As the first student to<br />
enroll at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> in September 1929, DePriest has a special<br />
desire to replant the campus she has loved for 70 years.<br />
The sentiment was shared by other alums. When the Operation<br />
Green phonathon concluded, student-callers had secured $15,000 in<br />
pledges—far exceeding the goal!<br />
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Justice is a Woman<br />
by: Dennie B. Burke<br />
Director of Public Relations and Publications<br />
Leading into Lexington,<br />
Ky., Newtown Pike reflects<br />
both the old and the new.<br />
Despite motels cropping up<br />
along the route, several horse<br />
farms remain, framed by<br />
white-board fences or<br />
stacked-rock fences, some<br />
dating to pre-Civil War days.<br />
Beyond the fences, green<br />
fields roll into the distance.<br />
Wobbly-legged foals and mares<br />
stand close together while, in<br />
an adjacent field, proud<br />
stallions prance about on<br />
strong, sun-dappled legs.<br />
Countless artists have tried to<br />
freeze this scene on canvas.<br />
The Bluegrass of Kentucky.<br />
Despite the love and reverence<br />
the locals have for their whitefenced<br />
farms and sleek race horses, something gut-deep says remember this view,<br />
memorize it like the face of a loved one whose end is near.<br />
No longer a sleepy Southern town, Lexington has become a booming metropolis.<br />
City planners try to regulate expansion and protect the grandeur of the farms<br />
encircling the city, but rampant growth is as difficult to contain as cancer.<br />
Fayette County’s old, stone courthouse stands four-stories high at 215 West<br />
Main. Because it no longer meets the needs of a growing populace, a new one is<br />
being built.<br />
Located on the top floor of the courthouse, the suite of offices for<br />
the Hon. Mary C. Noble (’71,’75), chief judge of Fayette County<br />
Circuit Court, is spacious and beautifully decorated, befitting her<br />
position—yet warm and welcoming, reflecting her personality.<br />
Elegant English hunt scenes bedeck walls throughout the suite.<br />
Across from the receptionist’s desk, two rose-colored wingback<br />
chairs and a navy satin-striped, camel-back loveseat welcome<br />
waiting visitors.<br />
In Noble’s private office, high windows front on Main Street.<br />
The massive desk is imposing; the walls, lined with built-in shelves,
create a legal library. But the pictures of family and friends scattered<br />
about, the soft leather sofa facing the desk and the walls, painted a<br />
rich blue, are evidence this is the office of a woman—albeit a<br />
powerful woman.<br />
Although Noble and her husband, Larry (’71,’75), grew up in<br />
Breathitt County in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and lived in<br />
different towns during the early years of their marriage, Lexington<br />
has been their home since 1979.<br />
When Noble was a child, her parents separated, and her mother<br />
and she went to live with her grandparents. Her grandfather, George<br />
Henson, was a shepherd at the <strong>University</strong> of Kentucky Robinson<br />
Substation—an agricultural education center located in Breathitt<br />
County. The family was provided on-site housing. Since the<br />
substation is a part of UK, Noble grew up among educated people<br />
who came and went daily.<br />
This environment set the stage, but it was Henson who stressed<br />
education. "My grandfather taught himself to read when he was 33,"<br />
she says, proudly. "He had a desire to learn—and he nurtured it in<br />
me. He told me ‘Mary, I want you to go further than I did.’"<br />
After high school, she enrolled at Lees College in Jackson, Ky.;<br />
Larry received a basketball scholarship to attend APSU. Proving<br />
separation does make the heart grow fonder, they married after their<br />
freshman year. Noble joined her husband at APSU where she earned<br />
a bachelor’s degree in English and a master of psychology degree.<br />
What did she enjoy most about her years at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>?<br />
Without missing a beat, she says, "Watching Larry play basketball<br />
in the Little Red Barn." According to longtime friend, Dr. Carlette<br />
Hardin (’71, ’79), APSU professor of education, Noble was her<br />
husband’s biggest fan, and today he’s her staunchest supporter.<br />
Noble smiles as she recounts how Hardin and she became<br />
friends: "I met Carlette in P.E.—a softball class. We were both so<br />
klutzy neither was ever picked; we always ended up in the outfield,<br />
so we stood out there and talked." It was the beginning of a lasting<br />
friendship.<br />
After teaching at Montgomery Central High School, Clarksville,<br />
Noble became a guidance counselor at Columbia Military Academy<br />
(CMA) where her husband was lower school headmaster. Later, she<br />
taught psychology at Columbia <strong>State</strong> Community College and<br />
enjoyed it so much she considered pursuing a psychology doctorate.<br />
About this time, a teacher at CMA sued the academy for back<br />
pay. In financial straits, CMA had not paid its teachers regularly.
Since Noble’s husband was headmaster, she couldn’t become<br />
involved, but she listened intently and her interest in the law grew.<br />
She says, "That’s when I decided to study law, but my ambition<br />
was to become a judge. It’s important that people have a judge who<br />
is honest and fair—and bound by law."<br />
Noble was accepted to Vanderbilt <strong>University</strong>’s doctoral program<br />
in psychology and to the <strong>University</strong> of Kentucky Law School. Her<br />
husband had decided education administration wasn’t for him; he<br />
missed interacting with children in the classroom.<br />
She says, "Our<br />
goals shifted<br />
simultaneously.<br />
Larry was an<br />
incredible<br />
support for me."<br />
He nudged her<br />
toward law,<br />
kiddingly saying<br />
she "had the<br />
mouth for it."<br />
In 1979 at age<br />
30, she began her<br />
first year of law<br />
school. She says,<br />
"It was the first<br />
time I had been<br />
in a class where<br />
"Mary Nobele is a strong woman who is<br />
well-qualified and courageous enough to make<br />
the right decision in cases before her. Her fine<br />
character is what we need," said former<br />
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky Steve Beshear,<br />
during Noble's first run for circuit judge.<br />
everyone had high ability and intellect, where everyone was as<br />
ambitious as I. It was very, very competitive.<br />
"I began to think I’d made a big mistake; I was discontent and let<br />
my grades slide. Larry straightened me out. His reminding me we<br />
had uprooted our lives to allow me to do this helped put things in<br />
perspective. I got focused and completed law school in two and a<br />
half years instead of the usual three."<br />
After law school, Noble worked in a couple of law firms and<br />
then launched her own firm in 1985, as a litigation attorney doing<br />
personal injury and criminal defense cases. In 1989, she was<br />
appointed domestic relations commissioner of the Third Division of<br />
Fayette County. With family law issues making up half the circuit<br />
court cases, her psychology background proved beneficial. The<br />
commissioner decides issues of child support, custody, visitation<br />
and property division—decisions requiring sensitivity, compassion<br />
and patience, along with strength to do the right thing within the
law. Noble has these traits in spades.<br />
Her work as commissioner set the stage for a successful run in<br />
1<strong>99</strong>1 for circuit judge; she became one of eight circuit judges in<br />
Lexington, and one of only three women circuit judges in the state<br />
at the time. During her campaign, she had the backing of several<br />
powerbrokers, including former Attorney General and Lieutenant<br />
Governor of Kentucky Steve Beshear who, touting Noble’s<br />
credentials, said, "Mary Noble is a strong woman who is<br />
well-qualified and courageous enough to make the right decision in<br />
cases before her. Her fine character is what we need."<br />
Noble is completing her first eight-year term and was unopposed<br />
this year for a second term. In April 1<strong>99</strong>8, she was elected by her<br />
peers as chief judge of the Fayette Circuit Court—the first woman<br />
to hold this position in the court’s 200-year history. In addition to<br />
her full trial schedule, as chief judge she has additional<br />
administrative duties, such as being the official spokesperson for the<br />
court and serving on statewide committees.<br />
Noble sometimes misses litigation. She says, "There’s a fire to<br />
litigation. Good litigators are gladiators—full of drama and<br />
histrionics. I loved that part of being a lawyer as much as I do being<br />
a judge. Experience as a litigator has helped me be a better trial<br />
judge."<br />
She recounts some memorable cases that have been brought<br />
before her bench. One was a divorce case. She says, "It involved<br />
spouse abuse and heated custody issues. The husband had stabbed<br />
his wife and been admitted to a psychiatric unit.<br />
"He was violent, so I suspended his visitation rights with his<br />
children. He went to their daycare center, grabbed his three-year-old<br />
away from the mother as she was dropping the child off and shot the<br />
mother. He drove away, stopped near a local radio station—and shot<br />
himself. Both died.<br />
"That may be my most painful case. I asked myself, if I’d<br />
allowed visitation, would that have appeased him? But as a judge,<br />
you can’t start second-guessing yourself."<br />
She has heard it all—medical malpractices, gruesome murders,<br />
sexual abuse, child molestation. She says, "For your own sanity, you<br />
have to adopt a mindset that enables you not to take these things<br />
home. It sounds cold—but you must distance yourself mentally,<br />
develop techniques to detach yourself from the human tragedies you<br />
see daily. A detached judge is an impartial judge. If you can’t detach<br />
yourself, you shouldn’t stay on the bench."
Such detachment exacts a high cost socially. She says, "When<br />
attorneys get together, they talk shop. They discuss their<br />
cases—cases I could end up hearing as judge, so my old attorney<br />
pals are restrained around me. Isolation comes with the job. That’s<br />
why judges socialize outside legal circles."<br />
To "detach" as well de-stress, the Nobles retreat as often as<br />
possible to their lakehouse on nearby Herrington Lake. No phones.<br />
No interruptions. Just boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, sleeping,<br />
reading—renewal of mind, body and spirit.<br />
Judges build other barriers simply because a good judge cannot<br />
avoid controversial cases or issues. "Sometimes you have to make<br />
unpopular decisions—ones based on the law, not public opinion,"<br />
Noble says. "You have to be courageous."<br />
Unpopular decisions may evoke hostility or harassment. She’s<br />
received threatening letters; she’s been stalked; and recently, she’s<br />
received a series of phone calls—no voice, just a few lines of music.<br />
"Larry answered the last one," she says. "The lyrics were ‘your days<br />
go by too fast’—followed by ‘boom, boom, boom.’ The sound of<br />
gunfire."<br />
Such inherent danger is among the factors why serving as a<br />
judge is so demanding. Not many women have taken up this<br />
challenge. Only 19 percent of all Kentucky judgeships are held by<br />
women. Of Kentucky’s 103 circuit court judges, Noble is one of<br />
only 13 women on the bench today and the second most senior<br />
woman circuit judge.<br />
This male/female discrepancy was the topic of a March 30, 1<strong>99</strong>9,<br />
meeting in Frankfort, sponsored by the Kentucky Commission on<br />
Women and the Governor’s Office of Child Abuse and Domestic<br />
Violence Services, which Noble attended.<br />
With the blessing of Gov. Paul Patton, these women outlined<br />
three specific actions to encourage female law students to seek<br />
judgeships. One is to ensure law schools offer internships and<br />
mentoring programs, not only to interest female law students in<br />
becoming judges, but also to acclimate male attorneys to working<br />
under women judges.<br />
Given Noble’s record of success as a judge, does she have higher<br />
aspirations? She says, "At the moment, no. I love trial work and<br />
would miss the people contact. Appellate work is so removed from<br />
the daily functioning of the law. I’m not ready to give that up yet.<br />
Someday I might want to teach law full time." Hers is the heart of a<br />
good teacher—she cares deeply for young people and has helped
steer many toward better lives.<br />
This concern for young people has deep roots. It grew from the<br />
inspiration of her own role model and mentor—Marie R. Turner,<br />
superintendent of Breathitt County Schools when Noble was a grade<br />
school student. Turner held power during a time and in a locale<br />
where female leaders were a rarity. Noble says, "Ms. Marie ran the<br />
county. Besides being superintendent, she was the first woman to<br />
chair the <strong>State</strong> Democratic Party.<br />
"She took a special interest in bright children and often visited<br />
them at school. Many times she pulled me out of class saying,<br />
"Mary Jo, let’s talk,’ and she would ask me what I planned to do<br />
with my life. At first I told her I wanted to be an actress. She’d<br />
smile and nod her head. She never denigrated anything I wanted to<br />
do."<br />
Because of Turner, Noble was encouraged to set goals at an early<br />
age, and through Turner’s example, Noble came to understand the<br />
importance of reaching children when they’re young and<br />
impressionable. She says, "Younger defendants are appearing in<br />
court for serious crimes like rape and murder. These children are<br />
being tried as adults, which fits their crimes but causes serious<br />
problems in the corrections system."<br />
Noble stresses prevention. She visits schools often to talk about<br />
drug abuse and related problems. Because of her concern for<br />
troubled youth, Gov. Patton appointed Noble to the Juvenile Justice<br />
Advisory Board, which oversees juvenile justice practices.<br />
For the adult-addicted population, Noble established a Drug<br />
Court Program that is nationally recognized for its innovation and<br />
success. In partnership with the local police department, it requires<br />
addicted defendants to obtain drug treatment and to be held<br />
accountable through a program of review and graduated sanctions.<br />
One of Noble’s proudest moments was receiving the Robert<br />
Strauss Award, presented by the <strong>State</strong> Justice Department’s Division<br />
of Substance Abuse in recognition of her work with drug-addicted<br />
defendants. She is the only judge ever to be given the award.<br />
At every opportunity Noble reminds the people before her bench<br />
that life offers choices. She tells them: "You may be tempted to take<br />
the path of least resistance. Don’t. Every action has a reaction. In a<br />
court of law or in life, you must choose your path. What you choose<br />
today determines what your tomorrow will be."<br />
A fitting philosophy for a judge who sees herself as both an<br />
enforcer of the law as well as a purveyor of justice.
A fitting philosophy for a woman who knows firsthand the<br />
importance of taking the helm to steer one’s own course in life.<br />
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1<strong>99</strong>9 Outstanding Service and Outstanding<br />
Alumni Awards<br />
During the annual Homecoming/ Reunion Champagne Brunch<br />
and Awards Ceremony at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, four people<br />
will receive the APSU National Alumni Association’s highest<br />
honors.<br />
Receiving the Outstanding Service Award for 1<strong>99</strong>9 are Peggy<br />
Douglas Harvill (’48), Clarksville, and Dr. Harold S. Pryor (’46),<br />
Columbia. Recipients of this year’s Outstanding Young Alumnus/a<br />
Award are Dr. Monte A. Gates (’89), Boston, and Gina Binkley<br />
(’83), Nashville.<br />
The Outstanding Service Award recognizes those individuals<br />
who, through fundraising, recruiting, advocacy or faithful service,<br />
have brought honor and distinction to <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
The Outstanding Young Alumnus/a Award, given to an APSU<br />
graduate or former student, 42 years old or younger, recognizes<br />
outstanding accomplishments in one’s profession, business,<br />
community, state or nation that have brought a high level of honor<br />
and pride to the <strong>University</strong>.<br />
1<strong>99</strong>9 Outstanding Service Award<br />
Peggy Douglas Harvill<br />
Peg Harvill is a Tennessee treasure, a<br />
Clarksville collectible.<br />
Widely known for her beautiful<br />
watercolors, other worthwhile endeavors<br />
also show the impression of her touch.<br />
Don’t be fooled by Harvill’s diminuitive<br />
stature. She has a will that would dwarf a<br />
tyrannosaurus rex. When the <strong>University</strong> began plans to demolish<br />
Harned Hall, she helped launch a protest against the action.<br />
Peggy Douglas Harvill<br />
Due to declining enrollment, the building had been closed for<br />
years. Because the <strong>University</strong> couldn’t justify a need for space at the<br />
time, money had been appropriated to raze Harned Hall, the oldest<br />
building on campus that once was a women’s dormitory.
The stately Georgian building with its impressive, white columns<br />
had a date with destiny: The wrecking ball was scheduled to swing<br />
in Summer 1988.<br />
Destroying such a magnificent, historically significant building<br />
was unthinkable to Harvill. Besides Harned Hall’s historic value,<br />
Harvill took its impending destruction personally, partially due to<br />
wonderful memories of when she lived there as a student.<br />
Along with her friend, Dr. Howard Winn, APSU professor of<br />
history, the duo fostered grassroots support to save Harned Hall,<br />
arguing there would be a need for it in the future. The arrival of a<br />
newly appointed APSU president brought an ally onto the scene.<br />
Under pressure from Harvill, as well as other alumni, faculty and<br />
friends, the legislature agreed the <strong>University</strong> could use the funds to<br />
"mothball" the building, rather than leveling it. Within a few years,<br />
the <strong>University</strong>’s enrollment doubled and, ultimately, Harned Hall<br />
became the high-tech home of the College of Arts and Sciences.<br />
Generally, Harvill prefers to wield a soft-bristled paintbrush<br />
rather than a prickly political club. She finds more fulfillment in the<br />
serenity of soft-hued palettes and an artist’s white paper than in the<br />
adrenaline rush of stumping for a just cause. She is a traditional<br />
watercolorist who paints that which interests her most.<br />
Harvill earned her bachelor’s degree from Peabody College,<br />
Vanderbilt <strong>University</strong>, in 1949. Throughout 1976-86, she did<br />
post-degree studies in art and art history at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>.<br />
Her acclaim as an artist crosses state lines. Since 1981, Harvill<br />
has participated in workshops with nationally known watercolor<br />
artists. She is an artist member of the Tennessee Watercolor Society,<br />
exhibiting member of the Kentucky Watercolor Society and a juried<br />
member of the Alabama Watercolor Society.<br />
Her art has been included in regional and national juried<br />
exhibitions, including the Alabama Watercolor National, New<br />
Orleans Art Association National, Rocky Mountain National in<br />
Golden, Colo., and Mid-America National Biennial, Owensboro,<br />
Ky.<br />
Her paintings can be found in corporate collections, including<br />
those of Clarksville’s First American and First Federal banks,<br />
Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum, "The Leaf-Chronicle"<br />
and Opryland Hotel, Nashville.<br />
Harvill was a founding director of the Clarksville-Montgomery<br />
County Museum and served on the Tennessee Humanities Council.
She is active in the Regional Historic Zoning Commission of<br />
Clarksville and Montgomery County, River District Commission,<br />
Farmer’s and Merchants Bank Advisory Board and Main Street<br />
Clarksville<br />
Many of Harvill’s original watercolors—proven to be collectible<br />
art—reflect two of her great loves—historic architecture and points<br />
of local interest.<br />
To enable the <strong>University</strong> to express appreciation to major<br />
financial supporters, she agreed to paint a series of four of <strong>Austin</strong><br />
<strong>Peay</strong>’s most beloved and historic buildings—Emerald Hill,<br />
Browning Building, Memorial Health Building and Harned Hall.<br />
Signed prints of the limited edition series are presented annually to<br />
members of the <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> Society, which recognizes the<br />
cumulative giving of the <strong>University</strong>’s most generous donors.<br />
Harvill and her husband, Evans, have a daughter, Kitty, Little<br />
Rock, Ark.<br />
Both of the Harvills have received the Outstanding Service<br />
Award, ensuring them another niche in <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s history—as<br />
the first husband and wife selected to receive this coveted award.<br />
1<strong>99</strong>9 Outstanding Service Award<br />
Dr. Harold S. Pryor<br />
He’s listed under "Who’s Who in<br />
America," "Who’s Who in the South and<br />
Southwest" and "Who’s Who in American<br />
Education." If there were such a publication,<br />
he definitely would be listed in "Who’s Who<br />
in Educational Leadership in Tennessee."<br />
Dr. Harold S. Pryor, Columbia, gave 38<br />
years of service to Tennessee higher<br />
education. Although retired, he continues his<br />
Dr. Harold S. Pryor<br />
support of education, in general, and of<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>, specifically. The love of education and an unending<br />
pursuit of knowledge are part of his very being.<br />
Born in October 1920, Pryor is a veteran of World War II. He<br />
earned a bachelor’s degree from <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> in 1946, a master’s<br />
degree in 1947 from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt<br />
<strong>University</strong> and a doctoral degree in higher education administration<br />
from the <strong>University</strong> of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1951. Throughout<br />
the years, he has published numerous articles in professional
journals and written chapters in two scholarly books.<br />
Pryor’s knowledge wasn’t attained exclusively in a classroom as<br />
a student, a professor or even as a college administrator. The world<br />
is his classroom. His wisdom has been expanded and his life,<br />
enriched, by travels all over the globe.<br />
He was in Europe eight times between 1944-1985. He traveled to<br />
Canada four times and three times to Mexico. He visited the Soviet<br />
Union in 1958 and Nationalist China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand,<br />
Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the Fiji Islands in 1973. He<br />
returned to Europe in 1975 to tour Italy, Switzerland and Germany.<br />
In 1977, he traveled to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile,<br />
Argentina and Brazil in South America. In 1980, he went to<br />
Portugal, Spain and Africa. During 1983, he toured Germany,<br />
Hungary and Austria and, in 1985, visited England, Wales and<br />
Scotland.<br />
These trips abroad shaped Pryor as much as all the classes he’s<br />
taken or taught or all the books he’s read. His travels add a rich<br />
texture and intricate beauty to the fabric of his life—like multicolored<br />
threads woven into a priceless, ancient tapestry. Such<br />
cosmopolitan adventures created a modern-day, albeit modest,<br />
Renaissance man.<br />
After 16 years of service to <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> as director of student<br />
teaching, head of the department of education and director of<br />
teacher education, Pryor became the founding president of<br />
Columbia <strong>State</strong> Community College.<br />
During his 17-year presidency of Columbia <strong>State</strong>—the first<br />
community college established in the state of Tennessee—Pryor’s<br />
leadership became the proving ground for future development and<br />
expansion of the community college system.<br />
His professional memberships include the National Education<br />
Association, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, Comparative<br />
Education Society, American Council of Education and American<br />
Association of Higher Education.<br />
Throughout the years, he assumed key leadership roles in the<br />
community and state. He is past president of the Clarksville<br />
Kiwanis Club and the Clarksville and Montgomery County Mental<br />
Health Association, as well as being past chair of the Montgomery<br />
County Cancer Society and the Montgomery County Heart<br />
Association.<br />
At Columbia, he served on the board of the Columbia-Mount
Pleasant Chamber of Commerce and the United Giving Fund. He<br />
also was on the boards of First Farmers and Merchants National<br />
Bank and Farmers and Merchants Corporation.<br />
He is past president of the Columbia <strong>State</strong> Community College<br />
Foundation and the Tennessee College Association and past chair of<br />
the board of Columbia’s public utilities, as well as serving as a<br />
member of the board of the Frank G. Clement Foundation Inc.<br />
Pryor was selected as a member of the board of trustees of the<br />
APSU Foundation. He served as co-chair of the class of 1946’s<br />
50-year reunion. Under his leadership, the class of ’46 become the<br />
first 50-year class to establish a class gift for use by the <strong>University</strong>.<br />
In honor of his wife and reflective of his ongoing commitment to<br />
education, Pryor established the LaRue V. Pryor Music Scholarship<br />
at APSU in 1<strong>99</strong>3 designated for a qualified student from Clarksville<br />
High School who plans to major in choral music and/or music<br />
education.<br />
Pryor and the former LaRue Vaughn of Buchanan, Tenn, have<br />
been married since June 26, 1946.<br />
1<strong>99</strong>9 Outstanding Young Alumnus<br />
Dr. Monte A. Gates<br />
The brain is perhaps the most<br />
complex—and intriguing—of all the<br />
body’s organs. Although it seems much<br />
has been learned about the brain over the<br />
past few years, most scientists would agree<br />
we have just glimpsed this new frontier.<br />
When it comes to study of the brain and<br />
the inherent implications, one young<br />
pioneer is Dr. Monte A. Gates, a<br />
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the<br />
Division of Neuroscience, Harvard<br />
Medical School, Children’s Hospital in Boston.<br />
Dr. Monte A. Gates<br />
His two-year postdoctoral research is funded until the year 2000<br />
through the June Rockwell Levy Foundation. In 1<strong>99</strong>5-97, he<br />
received a postdoctoral research fellowship at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Lund in Sweden, funded by the Swedish Medical Research Council.<br />
In 1<strong>99</strong>2, he was awarded a research fellowship at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Heidelberg, Germany.<br />
Gates began graduate studies at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> after earning two
achelor of arts degrees from APSU—in psychology and<br />
philosophy.<br />
He earned his doctorate in anatomy and neurobiology from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Tennessee, Memphis, where he received the Sigma Xi<br />
Award for his work in wound healing and transplantation to the<br />
brain.<br />
Gates’ research garnered the attention of Professor Anders<br />
Bjorklund, <strong>University</strong> of Lund. For two years, Gates worked with<br />
Bjorklund—recognized as the world’s expert in neural<br />
transplantation and considered the innovator of the use of neural<br />
transplantation in treating neurodegenerative diseases, such as<br />
Parkinson’s Disease.<br />
Gates has published numerous papers in scholarly journals, as<br />
well as writing chapters in two scientific books.<br />
Currently, he is studying how circuits in the brain’s cerebral<br />
cortex are formed and what factors are important to their<br />
development. In February 1<strong>99</strong>9, he published a significant study in<br />
"Neuron," the most prestigious journal in the field of neuroscience.<br />
Was Gates always a genius with an inclination toward a career in<br />
academic neuroscience? Hardly.<br />
He was born at the Fort Campbell, Ky., hospital—the last of four<br />
children. When his parents separated, he moved with his mother and<br />
siblings to Clarksville. In his words, he was "from a relatively poor<br />
family," and he approached high school graduation with no idea of<br />
what he wanted to do with his life.<br />
He gave consideration to entering the military, but his strongminded<br />
Aunt Ida (Sisk) Deal (’70) had other ideas. As high school<br />
graduation approached, Deal went by Gates’ apartment and<br />
"announced that she and I were going to the registration department<br />
at APSU and register me for the summer quarter," which they did.<br />
His academic career got off to less than a stellar start. In fact, it<br />
almost fizzled after the first quarter when he left the <strong>University</strong><br />
briefly. But he returned and began the process of trying to raise his<br />
GPA.<br />
As he progressed, he was drawn to the psychology department<br />
where the professors, especially Dr. Buddy Grah and Dr. Tony<br />
Golden, were "exceptionally good mentors," willing to answer<br />
questions from a young man searching for his niche in life.<br />
In a short time, he discovered philosophy was his second love,<br />
and Dr. Bert Randall, professor of philosophy, became his teacher
and friend who, Gates says, "was so passionate in his teaching and<br />
discussions that I found I truly enjoyed questioning, thinking and<br />
hypothesizing answers."<br />
Regardless of the international academic stars with whom Gates<br />
studied after graduating from APSU, he calls Grah, Golden and<br />
Randall, "the most significant mentors in my life.<br />
"The combination of learning how to conduct science<br />
(psychology) with how to think and reason (philosophy) has been an<br />
immeasurable advantage for me. Many times I wonder what I might<br />
do to show them just how important their influence has been."<br />
Although Gates studied at UT-Memphis, the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Heidelberg, the <strong>University</strong> of Lund and Harvard <strong>University</strong>, he has<br />
positive memories of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>.<br />
In an e-mail, he wrote: "In my tours of many universities since<br />
(my days at APSU), I have yet to experience a place that compares."<br />
1<strong>99</strong>9 Outstanding Young Alumna<br />
Gina R. Binkley<br />
In the high-pressure, competitive world of<br />
advertising and design, Gina R. Binkley, Nashville,<br />
is quietly, but steadily, making a name for herself<br />
and her work.<br />
When she left her hometown of Ashland City to<br />
enroll at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>, she had given little thought to<br />
what she wanted to study, what career she would pursue.<br />
In high school, she had enjoyed being involved in the dramatic<br />
arts and theatre, but an honest self-assessment showed it was<br />
unlikely she could make a living as an actress. Yet her heart<br />
remained in the arts, so she shifted the need to express herself from<br />
the stage of the performing arts to the classrooms and studios of the<br />
visual arts.<br />
In December 1983, she graduated from APSU with a BFA in<br />
advertising design with a strong focus on printmaking and<br />
photography. Although accepted to Northern Illinois <strong>University</strong>’s<br />
graduate program, she decided to gain some work experience<br />
instead. Her first job was in Vanderbilt <strong>University</strong>’s Office of Public<br />
Relations.<br />
Two years after graduating from APSU and after building a<br />
portfolio through several free-lance jobs, she accepted a position
with Eric Ericson and Associates, the beginning of five years of<br />
advertising experience in Nashville. During two of those years, she<br />
was the sole art director at The Bohan Agency.<br />
In 1<strong>99</strong>0 she struck out on her own, launching Gina Binkley<br />
Design. It evolved into Altar Ego Design, which is located in a<br />
renovated warehouse in downtown Nashville. Among her staff are<br />
two APSU alums—Janice Booker (’82) and Clarence Jernigan<br />
(’83).<br />
Altar Ego Design’s primary emphasis is within the music<br />
business, including CD packaging, advertising and promotion,<br />
corporate identity and illustration.<br />
Among Binkley’s clients are Sixpence None the Richer, Deana<br />
Carter, the Dixie Chicks, Mandy Barnett, Country Music Television<br />
and The Ryman Auditorium.<br />
Sixpense None the Richer garnered Altar Ego Design a Dove<br />
Award in 1<strong>99</strong>8. This year, Altar Ego was nominated for a Grammy<br />
for a CD package designed for RCA Nashville and featuring the<br />
group, Los Super Seven—members of Los Lobos as well as Freddy<br />
Fender, Flaco Jiminez and Joe Ely. The project, which showcases<br />
traditional Mexican-American music, is being submitted to various<br />
print competitions with a near certainty of gaining additional<br />
recognition for the piece and the music.<br />
Binkley has received numerous Nashville Advertising Federation<br />
Addy Awards, and her work has been shown at the 3-Dimensional<br />
Illustrators Show held at the New York Art Directors Club. There<br />
she received bronze and silver awards for her illustrations.<br />
Binkley has gotten into sync with the rapid pace of the<br />
advertising design business, and she has begun—through talent and<br />
tenacity—the sometimes spiraling, always exciting ascent into the<br />
stratosphere of this here-today-gone-tomorrow industry.<br />
Who knows what lies ahead? Whatever it may be, she enjoys and<br />
welcomes the challenge.<br />
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Just a Click Will Link you to APSUNAA<br />
Nine years ago, the APSU Alumni Association was organized<br />
into a national association. Since that time, the NAA has continued<br />
to grow and, along the way, has offered numerous services to <strong>Austin</strong><br />
<strong>Peay</strong> alumni.<br />
Moving into a new millennium, our NAA is a true "pioneer" with<br />
the October debut of the APSUNAA On-Line Community<br />
—exclusive to <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> alumni!<br />
As an alum, you and 30,000 fellow alums can chat, search for a<br />
job, find lost classmates or start a list-serv—all through your<br />
computer and the Internet. In addition, you will receive the latest<br />
campus news and be among the first to learn about alumni events<br />
planned in your area.<br />
By partnering with Harris Communications, the company that<br />
published our printed directory, we are giving alumni the<br />
opportunity to participate in one of the most exciting options on the<br />
Internet.<br />
It’s easy to do, and no fee is involved. Just boot up your<br />
computer and let the reunion begin:<br />
How to Log On:<br />
Access to the community is obtained by accessing the <strong>Austin</strong><br />
<strong>Peay</strong> homepage (www.apsu.edu). Once there, select the Alumni and<br />
Friends link, which will take you to the On-Line Community link.<br />
To access the community:<br />
You will enter the community after supplying the information<br />
required at our security checkpoint (last four digits of social security<br />
number). This is needed to ensure validity of each person accessing<br />
the community. If problems occur entering the community, you will<br />
have the option of sending us e-mail, and you’ll receive a response<br />
by the next business day.<br />
Once you provide the correct security information, you will be<br />
prompted to choose a user id and password. You will then use your
user id and password anytime you want to access the community.<br />
Once inside the community you will have access to:<br />
The on-line version of our alumni directory is comprehensive<br />
and searchable. You can update your own personal data on-line, as<br />
well as linking to other alumni E-mail addresses and personal home<br />
pages.<br />
Alumni can post or search for job opportunities and resumes or<br />
share career advice and information, by identifying themselves as<br />
potential mentors for other alumni.<br />
Utilize on-line career counseling services, including career<br />
assessment and guidance from selected companies.<br />
Link to other Web sites that offer job listings and career advice<br />
or link to <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>'s Career Services Office Web Site.<br />
This feature allows alumni to have a permanent e-mail address<br />
by automatically forwarding e-mail sent to their <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong><br />
forwarding address to the electronic mailbox they desire - even if<br />
they change e-mail providers. For example, when you select this<br />
feature, your e-mail address will be:<br />
user id@apalum.apsu.edu<br />
This space on the on-line community is for alumni to store their<br />
personal home pages or use the easy tools provided to create a new<br />
one.<br />
Several message boards will be available for alumni to<br />
communicate on common subjects such as <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> sports.<br />
In addition to these specialized areas, several "hot links" to other<br />
communities will be available for you to visit.<br />
If you have any questions or suggestions about the on-line<br />
community, or want to be excluded from the on-line directory<br />
component, please contact the Alumni Relations and<br />
Development Office at 1-800-264-ALUM, 931-221-7979 or<br />
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3X5 plan for success<br />
by: Dennie B. Burke<br />
Director of Public Relations & Publications<br />
Meszaros’ 3 x 5 Plan<br />
for Leadership<br />
Three Philosophical Principles:<br />
(1) See the glass as half full, not<br />
half empty, (2) leave things better<br />
than you found them and (3)<br />
believe in people.<br />
Five Steps to Problem-Solving:<br />
(1) Assess your environment; (2)<br />
survey all available resources; (3)<br />
develop a plan; (4) establish<br />
targets; and (5) celebrate success.<br />
Scheduled to speak to several<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
groups on March 25, Dr. Peggy<br />
Sisk Meszaros (’62), provost and<br />
senior vice president of Virginia<br />
Polytechnic Institute and <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Blacksburg, flew out of Richmond the<br />
evening of March 24.<br />
Her plane touched down in Nashville, but her suitcase took an extended trip to<br />
Kansas. On her drive to Clarksville, dark store fronts whispered "closed, closed."<br />
When she checked into her Clarksville hotel room, she had her purse and the<br />
pants suit she was wearing.<br />
Time to put her 3 X 5 Plan to the test.<br />
The next morning at breakfast with members of APSU’s<br />
President’s Emerging Leaders Program, Meszaros told the young<br />
leaders-in-training her "war story" from the previous night—perfect<br />
segueing into her 3 X 5 Plan for Leadership.<br />
She confided to the students that, when she learned her luggage<br />
was gone, she could have panicked. Instead, she remained positive<br />
and proactive. She assessed her situation and resources; then she<br />
began soliciting help.<br />
A woman she met in the hotel lobby volunteered to take her to a
nearby Kroger that’s open 24 hours a day. With an eye to<br />
innovation, Meszaros made a fast reconnaissance of the store. She<br />
determined what she could substitute for the clothing and other<br />
items in her Kansas-bound suitcase, purchased those and headed<br />
back to her room.<br />
Hot steam from the bathroom shower erased travel-wrinkles<br />
from her suit. Almost good as new. She climbed into bed and<br />
dropped into a worry-free sleep.<br />
As she related this adventure to the PELP students, they realized<br />
that the 3 x 5 plan is more than pretty words on paper. It’s a formula<br />
for success.<br />
Speaking to various groups throughout the day, Meszaros had no<br />
prepared speech, not even prompt-points on an index card. She says,<br />
"If you can’t speak from your heart, you shouldn’t speak. When a<br />
speaker reads his or her speech, I tune out. If the message doesn’t<br />
come from the heart, it’s probably not worth hearing."<br />
On Feb. 1, 1<strong>99</strong>5, when she was named provost and senior vice<br />
president of Virginia Tech, Meszaros became the highest ranking<br />
female administrator in the school’s history. A longtime leader in<br />
higher education, Virginia Tech is a land-grant, research university<br />
with 28,000 students.<br />
As the chief academic officer, she supervises the university’s<br />
instructional, research and extension and outreach programs,<br />
graduate school, information technology and systems, student<br />
affairs and a number of academic support offices.<br />
She develops the academic budget and long-range plans. She<br />
plays a major role in the university’s governance, curriculum<br />
development and the selection, promotion and approval of faculty<br />
tenure. And she is Virginia Tech’s liaison with the <strong>State</strong> Council of<br />
Higher Education.<br />
In addition to 70-plus scholarly articles, she has written a book,<br />
titled "Developing Learning Centers: A Competency-Based<br />
Approach." She routinely makes scholarly presentations at national<br />
meetings, and she has been a leader in the American Association of<br />
Family and Consumer Sciences, Kappa Omicron Phi National<br />
Honor Society, National Higher Education Committee and National<br />
Extension Committee.<br />
In recognition of her accomplishments, Meszaros was named to<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Kentucky’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in<br />
April 1<strong>99</strong>5.
Since few women of her generation were expected to attain such<br />
success, what was her impetus? Her family roots are in<br />
Hopkinsville, Ky., in Western Kentucky. When she was growing up,<br />
Hopkinsville was a farming town where tobacco was king and an<br />
emphasis on higher education was minimal, especially for women.<br />
Her road to success has been a long one with a few detours, but<br />
an inbred self-confidence and determination have been twin<br />
compasses, helping her stay the course.<br />
After earning a bachelor’s degree in home economics from<br />
APSU, Meszaros taught in Hopkinsville for three years. Like many<br />
young women living near Fort Campbell, she became a military<br />
bride and soon gave up her job to follow her husband, Alexander, as<br />
he climbed the career ladder in the U.S. Army.<br />
The couple moved 17 times in 20 years. During that time, they<br />
raised three children—Lisa, Elizabeth and Louis. Today their grown<br />
children, along with spouses and six grandchildren, are scattered<br />
from Maryland to Georgia.<br />
Meszaros enrolled in graduate studies at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Kentucky when her husband was deployed to Vietnam. After an<br />
honest assessment of her family’s situation, she began preparing to<br />
be the breadwinner in the event her husband should be killed in<br />
combat. In 1972, she completed her master’s degree in education.<br />
What began as "insurance," should she become a widow, turned into<br />
a passion for learning. Whatever the future brought, it would<br />
include a Ph.D. for her.<br />
When her husband returned from Vietnam, they moved to<br />
Nebraska and from there to Maryland. While raising three busy<br />
children and serving as department chair at Hood College in<br />
Frederick, Md., Meszaros drove to and from the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Maryland in College Park where, in 1977, she earned a doctorate in<br />
higher education.<br />
In 1978, her husband retired from the military. She says, "Al told<br />
me, ‘You followed me around the first 20 years; I’ll follow you for<br />
the second 20.’" With his encouragement, she accepted a position as<br />
associate dean of home economics at Oklahoma <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
While there, her husband earned a law degree at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Oklahoma.<br />
After six years in Oklahoma, Meszaros began to consider two<br />
positions as dean at Auburn <strong>University</strong> and the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Kentucky.
As she often had done in the past, she turned to her father, the<br />
late Gene Sisk of Hopkinsville, for advice. Throughout her life, he<br />
had encouraged her efforts and cheered her achievements, helping<br />
her reach further than many young women of that era.<br />
She says, "Daddy told me to list the pros and cons of each job.<br />
But I still couldn’t decide, so Daddy said, ‘If you take the UK job,<br />
the headlines in the paper will say ‘Local Girl Chosen Dean at<br />
UK.’" A hint that ultimately tipped the scales.<br />
Meszaros became dean of UK’s College of Human<br />
Environmental Sciences. She says, "I took a college on the decline<br />
with little endowment and, with the faculty, built a first-rate<br />
program in eight years." Her father lived to enjoy his daughter’s<br />
success at UK. In many ways, it was her gift to him—a final tribute<br />
to his never-ceasing belief in her.<br />
In 1<strong>99</strong>3 Virginia Tech made an offer she couldn’t refuse. She was<br />
named dean of Virginia Tech’s College of Human Resources<br />
—recognized nationwide as the third best program in the country.<br />
"My goal was to make it No. 1," she says.<br />
In February 1<strong>99</strong>5, after one year as dean, Meszaros was named<br />
senior vice president and provost. In addition to students on the<br />
Blacksburg campus, an additional 3,000 attend at extended sites. As<br />
a land-grant university, Virginia Tech has a mission to provide<br />
statewide programs.<br />
Since Virginia Tech’s president announced his retirement last<br />
year, Meszaros has shouldered more of the university’s<br />
management, including the $500 million budget.<br />
With her successful ascent up the career ladder, does she aspire<br />
to this presidency? Thoughtfully, she says, "Throughout my career,<br />
the next level always came after me, not vice versa. If something<br />
presents itself, I’ll consider it. But I love what I’m doing now."<br />
How does she maintain the stamina for such a schedule, which<br />
starts early and runs late, often seven days a week? She says, "I’m<br />
in my office by 7:30 a.m.<br />
"But I’ve learned it’s necessary to create time for myself, so I get<br />
up at 5 a.m. and exercise 45 minutes. Then I spend 30 minutes<br />
meditating and reading my Bible. I have to fill myself up or I have<br />
nothing to give others."<br />
And she gives a lot. Blacksburg is "the most wired city in the<br />
world," according to Meszaros, and Virginia Tech was a high-tech<br />
university long before most others. Since technology has been an
integral part of education at Virginia Tech for more than 10 years, it<br />
was one of the first universities in the nation to require all students<br />
to own computers.<br />
She says, "The computer is an important tool, especially for a<br />
research university that must look constantly for ways to leverage<br />
new programs through technology." As an example, Virtual Reality<br />
Institute of Troy, Mich., which is homebased in Sweden, formed a<br />
partnership with Virginia Tech. To finesse this international<br />
partnership, Meszaros worked with faculty to enlist the aid of<br />
Virginia’s U.S. Sen. John Warner and Folk Ekeus, Swedish<br />
Ambassador to the United <strong>State</strong>s. Through their collaboration,<br />
Virtual Prototyping and Simulation Technologies Inc. (VPST) was<br />
born.<br />
Meszaros says, "AT VPST, we have a 3D CAVE (Computer-<br />
Assisted Virtual Environment) that allows you to walk through a<br />
building that’s not been built yet and see what it looks like—design<br />
a building in virtual reality. Click on a wand and move a wall here, a<br />
window there. The first time I went through it, we put the furniture<br />
on the ceiling for fun. It was so ‘real,’ I became queasy.<br />
"And just think what this means to our students. Those in<br />
biology can ‘walk’ into a human cell, see what it looks like to be<br />
inside a molecule. In other words, virtual reality enables us to ‘live’<br />
various experiences in a safe environment."<br />
Another of Virginia Tech’s learning labs is the Math Emporium.<br />
Meszaros says, "We took over an old department store downtown,<br />
renovated and refurbished it with 500 computers in pods of eight."<br />
Open 24 hours a day, the Math Emporium is staffed around the<br />
clock by faculty and peer coaches who are there to assist students.<br />
In its second year, preliminary data on the Math Emporium<br />
indicate a 44 percent increase in success among students taught in<br />
this environment as opposed to traditional teaching. According to<br />
Meszaros, this unique approach to learning represents an excellent<br />
marriage of technology and service to students.<br />
As part of its mission as a land-grant university, Virginia Tech<br />
established the Corporate Research Center, considered one of the<br />
most successful corporate research projects in the nation. Located<br />
adjacent to campus, it provides an outlet for faculty to serve as<br />
consultants to private corporations. And students at the center<br />
observe and learn how corporations develop from an embryonic<br />
idea to a productive entity. "Our Corporate Research Center has<br />
spawned more than 40 companies," Meszaros says. "Not only does<br />
it facilitate faculty satisfaction, it’s a way to bring in new jobs."
Meszaros views things, not only as they are, but also as they<br />
could be. She requires herself—and others—to think outside the<br />
box. Many of her contemporaries are beginning to slow down,<br />
physically and mentally. Not her! She thrives on birthing creative<br />
ideas and relishes new opportunities. With Meszaros, innovative<br />
ideas—nourished by an inner wellspring of knowledge—bloom and<br />
grow as rapidly as spring flowers.<br />
She says, "I used to think, when I got my Ph.D., I would know<br />
everything. I’ve come to realize how much I don’t know. Now I’m a<br />
lifelong learner. Currently, I’m teaching myself Italian, and I keep<br />
five or six books going all the time."<br />
When Meszaros was dean at UK, she insisted on teaching the<br />
capstone course for all seniors in her college. Despite her hectic<br />
schedule at Virginia Tech, she takes time to interact with students.<br />
In addition to being a host family for international students, she<br />
invites students to lunch three times monthly. In this informal<br />
setting, students provide feedback on various issues. In return, she<br />
opens the door for mentoring relationships.<br />
Meszaros credits this desire, as well as much of her success, to<br />
Marjorie Stewart who was her major master’s degree professor at<br />
UK. She says, "We developed a strong relationship. Marge used to<br />
take me to lunch and talk about my career. She was a demanding<br />
teacher, but she also was my inspiration."<br />
When Meszaros completed her master’s degree, she asked<br />
Stewart how she could ever repay what Stewart had done for her.<br />
Meszaros says, "Marge told me, ‘Just do for your students what I’ve<br />
done for you.<br />
"That’s how you pass it on.’"<br />
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Accentuate the positivettee of<br />
1,000<br />
The words that changed<br />
a youngster from a street<br />
tough to a strong young<br />
woman don’t seem<br />
profound on the surface:<br />
"This is the last 50 cents<br />
that you will get from me,"<br />
Vernon Winfrey told the<br />
seventh-grade dropout who<br />
was forever mooching<br />
money from whomever she<br />
could in the east Nashville<br />
neighborhood.<br />
That day in the mid-1960s, C. BeAird-Gaines (’98) — she’s<br />
shortened Cynthia to C. — got the message.<br />
"I took off running, but he shouted after me. He said, ‘Do you<br />
hear me? You get back in school and get yourself a job and you be<br />
somebody.’"<br />
And so she embarked on a career that would take her from the<br />
streets of east Nashville to the Pentagon, a career that was<br />
successful because she worked smart and stayed positive. Now she’s<br />
sharing these lessons on topics such as attitude, education, honesty,<br />
stress, teamwork and vacation in a self-published book, "Job<br />
Instruction for Survival and Serendipity."<br />
Winfrey, former Metro councilman and owner of Winfrey’s<br />
Barber Shop (and father of Oprah Winfrey), remembers well the day<br />
she called him after being out of touch for a decade.<br />
"She said, ‘I’m calling from the Pentagon’ and she went on to tell<br />
me what I had meant to her," Winfrey recalled.<br />
He had seen her hanging around the barber shop, acting tough,<br />
but he had seen something else, too.
BeAird-Gaines became motivated to return to school — she<br />
stayed out for two years before going back to the eighth grade. She<br />
worked hard and, after graduation, joined the military, where she<br />
remained for more than 22 years, earning several college degrees<br />
along the way and retiring with the rank of detachment first<br />
sergeant.<br />
Her husband, an officer and a pilot, flew spy planes.<br />
"We joke and say that he flew and got the information, gave it to<br />
me and I passed it out," she said.<br />
What she learned in that process, however, was that she had not<br />
left all her anger and her struggles behind in the Nashville of her<br />
girlhood.<br />
"I was not always a positive person," she said. "Working in the<br />
Pentagon is like being on a Ferris wheel from the time you go in the<br />
door until the time you leave — usually about eight hours. You ask<br />
the guy to stop somewhere along the way, and he says, ‘No, not yet.’<br />
It keeps you in constant motion."<br />
Finally, she learned that when an officer gave her a task that<br />
seemed impossible, she could, in fact, accomplish it. She just had to<br />
believe that she could.<br />
As she carried out those tasks, she pondered their significance<br />
and came up with the series of instructions she offers in her book —<br />
instructions that show how outcomes can be changed by looking at<br />
how a task or attitude is negative, then how it is positive, and,<br />
finally, how it can be a survival strategy because of the surprising<br />
lessons that come from it.<br />
"Serendipity can be defined as making unexpected discoveries<br />
about life and spirit by accident," BeAird-Gaines said. "That’s what<br />
I found as I thought these things through."<br />
Here’s an example of the way she shows readers how to look at<br />
things differently for new — and better — outcomes:<br />
• "Negative. Oppostition and life’s storm seem to be raging all<br />
around you. Everything in your workplace seems to be falling<br />
apart, and the air is heavy with negative vibrations. You feel<br />
you are being targeted as the source of these troubles. ‘Why<br />
me?’ you ask."<br />
• "Positive. Opposition and turmoil are what make some<br />
people thrive. Trying to influence change in a person who is<br />
always instigating chaos and discord between fellow
co-workers is not an easy undertaking. However, a good way<br />
to start is to write by endorsement. This means formulating<br />
solutions for problems and giving the written suggestions to<br />
your supervisor, and then everybody wins. Your supervisor<br />
will take it from there. These matters will usually clear up<br />
within 48 hours."<br />
• "Survival and Serendipity. Opposition usually leads to<br />
conflict. Conflict usually leads to vindictiveness.<br />
Vindictiveness usually leads to trouble. If you know that you<br />
are not part of a negative situation, try and keep it that way.<br />
Moreover, if you cannot add something positive to the<br />
situation, then do not add anything."<br />
While BeAird-Gaines’ "instructions" are geared to the<br />
workplace, they are also applicable in many other areas of life.<br />
The older of her two daughters is now a pediatrician. "She knew<br />
me before I really learned this positive thing," Be-Aird-Gaines said.<br />
"I think it gave her an opportunity to see a change in her mom. Now<br />
she is not only a physician, but she is a mother, and she has a<br />
lifelong opportunity to use the lessons that I learned.<br />
"What happens is that when you start to look at things positively,<br />
you begin to do things that way, not just because society says it is a<br />
nice thing to do, but because it is in your soul," BeAird-Gaines said.<br />
And for her, it was planted there 35 years ago when a man in the<br />
neighborhood took enough notice to force her to take a look at what<br />
she was doing — and failing to do — with her life.<br />
"My first thought about Mr. Vernon Winfrey that day was, ‘Old<br />
man, you leave me alone.’ But he got me thinking. As a result of<br />
him nurturing me and cultivating me, I grew. I’m trying to do the<br />
same thing for others."<br />
(Reprinted with permission from The Tennessean, May 6, 1<strong>99</strong>9 edition. Linda Quigley, author.)<br />
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From the vice president of 1,000<br />
Like Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," in the<br />
aftermath of the Clarksville<br />
tornado we find ourselves as a<br />
<strong>University</strong> in a very different<br />
place from where we were<br />
before, a place of renewed<br />
commitment and unique<br />
opportunities. Recovery efforts<br />
have generated an increased<br />
sense of unity as we move<br />
forward, building on a common<br />
purpose—the rebirth, renewal<br />
and restoration of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>.<br />
Communal willpower has<br />
propelled us forward, mindful of<br />
our purpose and sacred trust—educating and<br />
equipping the next generation of leadership.<br />
Our students, along with an outstanding faculty<br />
and committed staff, have exhibited uncommon<br />
strength in the face of adversity. Many people have<br />
worked together displaying the courage, the brains<br />
and the heart to rebuild our campus community. The<br />
winds couldn’t extinguish the light of learning at<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>, and this <strong>University</strong> has continued to<br />
shine as a beacon of hope and a gateway to lifetime<br />
opportunities.<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> alumni and friends have risen to the<br />
challenge as well. Thank you for your strong support<br />
of Operation Restoration and Operation Green. You<br />
have been key to our renewed strength and vigor. We<br />
hope that you will come to campus during the<br />
Homecoming activities described in this issue of the<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> magazine. You can access information<br />
about those events on the APSU Web site for alumni
and development at www.apsu.edu or contact our<br />
offices by calling 1-800-844-APSU.<br />
We welcome your suggestions and ideas and look<br />
forward to your active participation in National Alumni<br />
Association activities, travel opportunities and<br />
regional events.<br />
As we face a new millennium and new<br />
opportunities for beginning again, your involvement<br />
and investments can help to provide the impetus for<br />
this campus community to achieve more than we ever<br />
dreamed.<br />
We’re on a journey together, collectively venturing<br />
"over the rainbow" toward a new century. There we<br />
may well find that "all the dreams we’ve dared to<br />
dream" really can come true for <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>!<br />
Len Hofman<br />
Vice President for <strong>University</strong> Advancement<br />
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Making APSU headlines<br />
USDA official presents grant to APSU, Clarksville<br />
Anne Kennedy, deputy undersecretary for the United <strong>State</strong>s<br />
Department of Agriculture (USDA) celebrated Earth Day at <strong>Austin</strong><br />
<strong>Peay</strong> where she awarded a grant of $50,000 to APSU and the city of<br />
Clarksville to replant trees lost in the tornado.<br />
On April 22, Kennedy joined local officials in planting the<br />
"Renaissance Dogwood" on the APSU campus. She also presented a<br />
$25,000 grant to the city of Jackson, hit by an earlier tornado.<br />
The grants were obtained through a joint effort between the<br />
Tennessee Division of Forestry and the USDA’s Forest Service’s<br />
Urban and Community Forestry Program.<br />
Marie Anglin, president of the Five River RC&D, originated the<br />
grant with Frank Newberry, coordinator.<br />
Stars "rise" to the task<br />
A host of stars performed at APSU during the spring semester,<br />
seemingly drawn by the tornado’s tragedy.<br />
In Hollywood on the evening of May 12, the wildly popular<br />
group, Sawyer Brown, opened the prestigious Country Music<br />
Awards show with the hit single from their new CD, "Drive Me<br />
Wild." SB debuted the same song during the Feb. 26 benefit concert<br />
at APSU. The purpose of their concert was to give tornado victims a<br />
night of high-energy fun. Donations collected at the door went to<br />
help the local tornado victims.<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s friend and supporter, Louise Mandrell, presented<br />
an award at the CMA show. Mandrell donated her time and talent<br />
for two consecutive years to help raise money for <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong><br />
athletics. Following in Mandrell’s footsteps, Kenny Chesney —<br />
who had a successful summer performing on the nationwide George<br />
Strait Summer Tour — presented a concert June 29 at APSU with<br />
proceeds going to APSU athletics. At the CMA Show, as well as the<br />
APSU concert, Chesney sang "How Forever Feels," his single that
was No. 1 on the country charts for six consecutive weeks.<br />
As part of the APSU/Clarksville Community<br />
Concert Artist Series, world-renowned pianist,<br />
Misha Dichter, performed April 11 in the concert<br />
theatre of the music/mass communication building.<br />
Dichter performs solo recitals worldwide and plays<br />
regularly with the world’s greatest orchestras.<br />
On April 16 jazz-singer Nnenna<br />
Freelon headlined <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s Mid-South Jazz<br />
Festival. Concert-goers heard cuts from her latest<br />
album, "Maiden Voyage," during her hot<br />
performance in the concert theatre, music/mass<br />
communication building.<br />
On the evening of April 23, a<br />
super-star concert featuring<br />
country/pop diva Deana Carter<br />
kicked off Renaissance Week.<br />
Carter introduced newcomer Chris<br />
Knight, who sang the opening<br />
45-minute set of the concert.<br />
Performing the second set was<br />
Allison Moorer, who sang her hit<br />
single "A Soft Place to <strong>Fall</strong>" (from<br />
the movie, "The Horse<br />
Whisperer") at both the Academy<br />
Awards Show on March 21 where<br />
it was an Oscar contender for Best Original Song and on the CMA<br />
show where Moorer was a nominee for Top New Female Vocalist.<br />
In tight black leather jeans with her blonde hair blowing and her<br />
trademark bare feet keeping beat on the Dunn Center stage, Carter<br />
rocked the house. She received numerous standing ovations,<br />
especially after responding to repeated audience cries for<br />
"Strawberry Wine," the single that propelled her career into<br />
fast-forward.<br />
Known for her down-home charm and audience interaction, she<br />
introduced friends and family in the audience—including her<br />
brother, Ronnie (’88), Nashville. Carter reminisced about visiting<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> when her brother was a student here.<br />
While the tornado blew down electric lines and cut off energy to<br />
the campus for a short time, it also blew in a bevy of bright stars<br />
who poured new energy into tornado-weary fans and lit up the
campus and community in a never-to-be-forgotten way!<br />
As Hallmark says, they cared enough to give the very best.<br />
Human-rights activist,<br />
author Harry Wu speaks at<br />
graduation<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s 1<strong>99</strong>9<br />
graduates left commencement<br />
with the inspirational words of<br />
Harry Wu ringing in their ears<br />
and, perhaps, in their souls.<br />
A respected author and<br />
human-rights activist, Wu spent 19 years in a Chinese laogai, or<br />
government prison camp. Since earning his freedom, he has risked<br />
his life repeatedly returning to China and visiting prison camps to<br />
document atrocities on film.<br />
The founder and executive director of the Laogai Research<br />
Foundation, Wu’s work has brought him worldwide admiration of<br />
those who know the story of his sacrifice and survival. Wu has been<br />
recognized worldwide, receiving both the Martin Ennals Human<br />
Rights Award and the AFL-CIO award for outstanding public<br />
service in 1<strong>99</strong>3.<br />
Upon his return to China in 1<strong>99</strong>5, Wu was arrested for "stealing<br />
state secrets" and expelled from the country. Since his expulsion and<br />
return to the United <strong>State</strong>s, he has vowed to continue the exposure<br />
of the Chinese government’s mistreatment of its citizens.<br />
Speaking at APSU’s May 14 commencement, Wu explained that,<br />
unlike the candidates for graduation sitting before him, he wasn’t<br />
able to attend his own graduation because the Chinese Communist<br />
Party had declared him a "counterrevolutionary rightist" and a<br />
political criminal.<br />
He said, "What did I do to deserve this fate? I spoke my mind. In<br />
the spring of 1957, at the invitation of the Chinese Communist<br />
Party, I like many other members of China’s so-called ‘intellectual<br />
class’ openly criticized the government. With this act I began<br />
learning—the hard way—that freedom is priceless."<br />
Today, Wu is an American citizen. This citizenship—backed by<br />
the strength of America and the U.S. <strong>State</strong> Department—secured his<br />
freedom in 1<strong>99</strong>5 when the Chinese government arrested him for
trying to enter the country illegally.<br />
He said, "What I will continue to do is work to expose the human<br />
rights abuses of the Chinese government. I feel that, if the truth<br />
about the way (China) treats its people is fully known around the<br />
world, then it cannot remain. There must be democracy in China if<br />
the Chinese people are going to prosper as they deserve."<br />
Wu’s international bestsellers "Bitter Winds" and<br />
"Troublemaker: One Man’s Crusade Against China’s Cruelty" are<br />
stories of courage against the odds. Telling in vivid detail of Wu’s<br />
life in the laogai and his journey of survival, they plead for the<br />
betterment of the human condition.<br />
Hardin wins annual APSUNAA<br />
award<br />
Among the faculty awards<br />
presented at each spring<br />
commencement is the APSU National<br />
Alumni Association’s Distinguished<br />
Professor Award.<br />
This year’s recipient was Dr. Carlette Hardin (’71, ’79),<br />
professor of education. She earned her doctorate in educational<br />
leadership from Vanderbilt <strong>University</strong> in 1984. Both her bachelor’s<br />
and master’s degrees are from APSU.<br />
Since becoming part of the APSU faculty in 1981, she has served<br />
as director of the Freshmen Transition Program and been director of<br />
the Developmental Studies Program. In 1<strong>99</strong>4, Hardin was president<br />
of the 2,000-member National Association for Developmental<br />
Education and is president of the APSU chapter of Phi Delta Kappa.<br />
In 1986, she wrote "A College Yearbook: Making It Through the<br />
First Year," published by Ginn Press. Her "Access to Higher<br />
Education: Who Belongs?" was the outstanding article for the<br />
1988-89 volume of the "Journal of Developmental Education." She<br />
is under contract to write a fastback for Phi Delta Kappa to be<br />
published in 2000 and an orientation text for adult students to be<br />
published in 1<strong>99</strong>9 by Cambridge Press.<br />
In 1<strong>99</strong>7, Hardin received the Outstanding Faculty Community<br />
Service Award for helping create the Crisis Call Line and for her<br />
outstanding service to United Way.<br />
Design for new UC unveiled<br />
In early May, APSU officials unveiled designs for a new
<strong>University</strong> Center, which has been in the works for years.<br />
According to Dr. Sal Rinella, president of APSU, the new<br />
building will be complete by <strong>Fall</strong> 2001 and should open shortley<br />
after the new science building. According to Rinella, both will be<br />
state-of-the-art facilities.<br />
Like the science building, the new UC will blend with the other<br />
Jeffersonian-style buildings on campus. The new building will be<br />
twice as large as the current UC, covering approximately 86,500<br />
gross square feet. The total cost is projected at $17.7 million. None<br />
of the funding will be supplied by the state. Instead, an increase in<br />
student fees, which was approved by student vote, will help defray<br />
the cost.<br />
Plans include a bigger food court with more dining options,<br />
student organization workspace, 24-hour lounge, coffeehouse,<br />
information desk, seven meeting rooms and a ballroom. Tentatively<br />
slated to have space in the new building are the offices of career<br />
services, student development and the student newspaper and<br />
student magazine.<br />
A large, bricked plaza connecting the new UC to other studentcentered<br />
buildings, such as the Memorial Health Building, will<br />
emphasize that, truly, students are at the heart of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>.<br />
"<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>" magazine receives national, state acclaim<br />
In the Fourteenth Annual Admissions Advertising Awards<br />
competition, APSU’s <strong>Fall</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>8 issue of "<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>" won a<br />
Bronze Award in the area of External Publications for colleges and<br />
universities with 5,000-9,<strong>99</strong>9 students.<br />
With more than 1,600 entries this year, the competition is<br />
sponsored by "Admissions Marketing Report," the national<br />
newspaper of admissions marketing.<br />
During the annual meeting of the statewide Tennessee College<br />
Public Relations Association (TCPRA) held in April at Vanderbilt<br />
<strong>University</strong>, Dennie B. Burke, editor of "<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>," was honored<br />
as author of the top story in the state.<br />
Public relations officers from both public and private colleges<br />
and universities throughout Tennessee comprise TCPRA. Markham<br />
Howe of Mangan/Holcomb & Partners, Little Rock, Ark., judged<br />
the competition with its 24 categories ranging from newsletters to<br />
video ads.<br />
Burke won the Gold Award for her article, "Off the Wall,"
published in the <strong>Fall</strong> 1<strong>99</strong>8 magazine and featuring author and humor<br />
columnist, Paula Wall (’76).<br />
Winner of alumni shopping spree announced<br />
Congratulations to Ann Gilliam (’95, ’98), Franklin, Tenn., who<br />
won the $50 shopping spree from the APSUNAA Logo<br />
Merchandise in last fall’s "<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>" magazine. Her name was<br />
drawn from those who responded to the reader’s survey.<br />
The number of survey responses was low. Surveys returned<br />
show:<br />
* Most responses came from alumni of the<br />
1950s and 1<strong>99</strong>0s.<br />
* 88 percent read some of each issue.<br />
* Half of the readers keep the publication.<br />
* 70 percent said publishing three times<br />
yearly was "about right."<br />
* The magazine rated highly on quality of<br />
content, attractiveness and photography.<br />
* Rated "most interesting" were class notes<br />
and feature articles.<br />
* Rated "least interesting" were Honor Roll of<br />
Donors and fund-raising articles.<br />
* 100 percent were "very satisfied" or<br />
"satisfied" with the magazine.<br />
The editorial staff thanks Mary Ann Erwin, Robert Breese,<br />
Jerome Jackson, Kimberly Letson and Shane Pendley who wrote the<br />
survey proposal, compiled the data and presented the final report.<br />
All were students in a marketing class taught by Dr. Steve<br />
Anderson, professor of marketing, who served as the project<br />
director.<br />
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Fundraising/Operation Green Update<br />
Setting the scene<br />
It may be old news—but remaining behind are many reminders of<br />
the power of the Jan. 22 tornado, which cut an ugly path through<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Thankfully, no one was killed,<br />
although several buildings suffered severe damage and, most<br />
noticeably, the campus was like a colorful slate, wiped clean.<br />
Much of the lush, parklike landscape, which<br />
took nature hundreds of years to create, was<br />
leveled in seconds. After the initial clean-up<br />
in January, what struck most people were<br />
not the roofless buildings. They were under<br />
repair, and most are back in use.<br />
What tugged at people’s hearts were the empty spaces once filled by<br />
green trees, bright flowers and rolling lawns.<br />
Facing the future<br />
Following the tornado and after the personal needs of students and<br />
faculty were met, it was time to survey what remained to be done.<br />
Federal and state insurance and disaster funds would restore<br />
damaged buildings but cannot be used to "re-green" campus.<br />
Accepting the challenge<br />
If the campus were to be replanted and relandscaped, it would be up<br />
to you and me. Hundreds stepped forward, making personal<br />
commitments to help with Operation Green, a two-pronged<br />
campaign to solicit volunteers to begin relandscaping <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong><br />
with the guidance of master gardeners and to raise money to<br />
relandscape the campus.<br />
Through personal gifts, a four-day phonathon and a successful mail<br />
solicitation, Phase I of Operation Green culminated May 1 when<br />
APSU President Sal Rinella announced that more than $100,000<br />
already had been raised and when 400 volunteers turned out to<br />
begin replanting campus.<br />
What’s next?
There’s still much to be done. The cost to replace just the damaged<br />
trees is estimated to be $200,000, excluding flowers, grass, park<br />
benches and outdoor lights.<br />
We’re halfway there. Operation Green Phase II is underway—to<br />
continue to raise the needed funds to relandscape <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s<br />
campus.<br />
Who’s at bat?<br />
You are. If you haven’t stepped up to the plate as yet to help<br />
"re-green" your alma mater’s campus, it’s not too late. Please return<br />
the following intent form or your gift in the postage-paid envelope<br />
included in this magazine. Any gift above $250 to Operation Green<br />
provides various naming opportunities and moves you into one of<br />
APSU’s prestigious giving societies. The various societies and<br />
donors are listed in the next section.<br />
Who wins?<br />
We all do. The rebirth of <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s campus means a renewal of<br />
school spirit for alumni, friends and current students, as well as an<br />
improved and more beautiful arboretum for use and enjoyment by<br />
future generations.<br />
What can I do?<br />
You can help replant <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> by clipping and returning the<br />
attached intent form and/or your gift in the envelope. And,<br />
remember, your gift is tax-deductible!<br />
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Dr. Sal Rinella<br />
APSU President<br />
There have been several times in<br />
<strong>Austin</strong><strong>Peay</strong>’s history when we have been at a<br />
unique crossroads. This is certainly among<br />
the most significant. The campus opened the<br />
1<strong>99</strong>8-<strong>99</strong> academic year with a wonderful<br />
groundbreaking ceremony for our new $38<br />
million science building. Shortly thereafter<br />
we announced the successful completion of<br />
our Committee of 1000 Scholarship<br />
Campaign in which close to $1 million was donated to help fulfill<br />
the academic dreams of new and returning students.<br />
On January 22, 1<strong>99</strong>9, we were visited by a major tornado. In its<br />
aftermath, our alumni, friends, business partners in the region,<br />
Chancellor Smith, his staff, the Tennessee Board of Regents, and<br />
our local legislative delegation rallied to ensure that the <strong>University</strong><br />
had the material and moral support needed. As a result, a<br />
comprehensive restoration program is under way, which will return<br />
our grounds to their original beauty, restore all the damaged<br />
facilities and completely renovate two major buildings — the<br />
Clement Building and the beautiful and historic home known as<br />
Archwood. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> will rise from the tragic events of January<br />
22 as a stronger, more modern and even more beautiful campus.<br />
If all this were not enough, in Spring 1<strong>99</strong>9, we received final<br />
state approval to begin constructing our new $18 million <strong>University</strong><br />
Center. The groundbreaking will occur this fall. In Spring, 1<strong>99</strong>9,<br />
with a capstone gift of $650,000 by alumni, Wayne and Bobbi Pace,<br />
we completed the $1 million campaign to restore our beloved<br />
Emerald Hill. As a result, the Alumni Center will undergo a<br />
much-needed renovation and restoration.<br />
So, it has been a remarkable year — a physical renaissance. The<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> 2001 occupancy dates of the science building and <strong>University</strong><br />
Center will coincide with yet another crossroads in <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong><br />
history: our 75th anniversary. We look forward to a year-long<br />
celebration that will honor the past as we create the future.<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> is a special place. We are assisting our students
along the path of realizing dreams — intellectually, socially and<br />
spiritually; we are equipping students for the top jobs of the 21st<br />
century; we are bringing strength, through services and culture, to<br />
the region we serve; and you, alumni and friends, continue to<br />
distinguish <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> by your many achievements. With your<br />
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Sportsittee of 1,000<br />
Virta receives NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award and<br />
OVC award<br />
Honors just keep coming Julie Virta’s (’<strong>99</strong>)<br />
way. This year Virta was named an Ohio<br />
Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete<br />
third-team GTE Academic All-American, an<br />
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient<br />
and the first recipient of the OVC’s Steve<br />
Hamilton Sportsmanship Award<br />
The Libertyville, Ill., native is one of just 16 women’s basketball<br />
players who have been awarded the $5,000 NCAA scholarship. She<br />
is the only recipient from a Tennessee college.<br />
The Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award is given annually to an<br />
OVC male or female student-athlete who best exemplifies the<br />
characteristics of the longtime Morehead <strong>State</strong> student-athlete,<br />
coach and administrator, Steve Hamilton. Criteria includes<br />
significant athletics performance along with good sportsmanship<br />
and citizenship.<br />
Earlier this spring, Virta received the Joy Award as <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s<br />
most valuable senior athlete while earning her second straight<br />
APSU Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.<br />
Virta also excelled on the court. In 1<strong>99</strong>8-<strong>99</strong>, she was one of the<br />
Lady Govs’ top offensive players and one of just three female<br />
athletes to earn the OVC Scholar-Athlete Award and is the Lady<br />
Govs basketball program’s first GTE Academic All-American.<br />
The mathematics major has received the OVC Medal of Honor for<br />
three straight years for having the highest GPA in her respective<br />
OVC sport. She has been a member of the OVC Commissioner’s<br />
Honor Roll for three years and has been a member of APSU’s<br />
Athletics Director’s Honor Roll all seven previous semesters.<br />
Fund established to create Dr. Leon Bibb Scholarship; OVC<br />
inducts Bibb into Hall of Fame
Family and friends of the late Dr. Leon Bibb, who served <strong>Austin</strong><br />
<strong>Peay</strong> in various capacities for more than 40 years, have established a<br />
Hall of Fame Scholarship in his memory.<br />
The Ohio Valley Conference also inducted Bibb into the OVC Hall<br />
of Fame June 1, bringing the OVC Hall of Fame membership to 44.<br />
The Dr. Leon Bibb Hall of Fame Scholarship will assist a<br />
graduate-level student within the athletic department.<br />
"Daddy’s life was built on helping other people," said Jeff Bibb<br />
(’76). "Our goal is to raise $50,000 to $75,000. Hall of Fame goes<br />
with excellence, and we hope additional scholarships will be funded<br />
in other peoples’ names."<br />
The Bibb family made a $10,000 lead gift to the scholarship fund.<br />
Bibb joined the <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> faculty as chair of the industrial arts<br />
department in 1952, and he served as faculty chair of athletics from<br />
1955-1979. He was instrumental in leading the <strong>University</strong> into the<br />
Ohio Valley Conference, elevating the athletic program to a higher<br />
level of NCAA competition in the early 1960s.<br />
Inducted into the APSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984, Bibb was<br />
inducted posthumously into the OVC Hall of Fame last June.<br />
Gifts to the Dr. Leon Bibb Hall of Fame Scholarship can be sent in<br />
care of the <strong>University</strong> Advancement Office, <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, Clarksville, TN 37044. For more information, telephone<br />
931-221-7127.<br />
Schmitz, Govs gear up for fall<br />
When Bill Schmitz took over the Govs’ program two years ago, he<br />
was saddled with a schedule that still included several scholarship<br />
1-AA programs.<br />
In addition to maintaining some of the Governors who elected to<br />
stay during the transition, Schmitz signed enough junior college<br />
players/transfers that enable <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> to compete.<br />
A large majority of the scholarship players—15—played their final<br />
game last fall as <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> moved closer to its total<br />
non-scholarship phase.<br />
The Govs will be attempting to rebuild their offensive and defensive<br />
lines. Ted Skipper is the only returning starter on the defensive front<br />
while junior guards Larry Washington (6-1, 360) and Mike Allen<br />
(6-2, 260) are the only offensive line starters back. Martels Carter
(6-2, 310, Sr.) will be moved to center.<br />
Six selected as outstanding athletes<br />
Six <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> athletes were recognized with APSU’s most<br />
esteemed athletics honors for the 1<strong>99</strong>8-<strong>99</strong> school year at the annual<br />
athletics banquet.<br />
Scott Niewland (’<strong>99</strong>), an Ohio Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete<br />
Award recipient and a four-year starter for the Govs’ golf team, was<br />
named the men’s recipient of the Joy Award as the most valuable<br />
senior athlete.<br />
Julie Virta (’<strong>99</strong>), also an OVC Scholar-Athlete and APSU’s first<br />
women’s basketball GTE Academic All-American plus a starting<br />
forward for the Lady Govs, received the Joy Award as the most<br />
valuable women’s senior athlete. She also earned her second straight<br />
departmental Women’s Scholar-Athlete Award.<br />
Senior Vince Tweddell (’<strong>99</strong>), who set the <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> record for<br />
receiving yards in his one Govs’ football season, was named<br />
"Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year," while sophomore Ayesha<br />
Maycock, the OVC indoor track champ in the long jump and a<br />
member of the double champion 4x400-meter relay team, was<br />
named "Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year."<br />
Also, tennis’ Robert Powell, a junior, was named the department’s<br />
recipient of the Men’s Scholar-Athlete Award.<br />
Basketball Govs bolster front-line with four signings<br />
The Govs have announced the signing of 6-9, 220-pound center Joe<br />
Williams, a junior college All-American from Champlain College<br />
(Burlington, Vt.); 6-8, 210-pound forward/center Curtis Harris, a<br />
transfer from Chipola (Fla.) Community College; 6-8, 205-pound<br />
center Josh Lewis, a prep standout from Lexington (Ky.) Lafayette<br />
who set the Kentucky <strong>State</strong> High School blocked shot record as a<br />
senior, and 6-7, 215-pound forward Igor Macura, a Slovenian<br />
forward via Zephyrhills (Fla.) High School.<br />
The quartet combines with the fall signing of Theanthony Haymon,<br />
a 6-7, 210-pound forward from Bossier Parish (La.) Community<br />
College who enjoyed an outstanding sophomore season preparing<br />
for his <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> career. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> head man Dave Loos is<br />
hopeful the newcomers—all 6-7 or taller—can help alleviate the<br />
losses of seniors Jerome Jackson and Scott Combs (’98).<br />
Williams, a Clementon, N.J., native, averaged 16.4 points and 13.6<br />
rebounds per game as a sophomore after averaging 13.2 points and
12 rebounds per game a year ago at Champlain. He shot 59.2<br />
percent from the floor and 78.9 percent from the free-throw line. He<br />
also had 68 blocked shots.<br />
His 13.6-rebound average ranked second in the nation among<br />
Division I junior colleges and his total of 447 rebounds was first.<br />
As a sophomore, Harris averaged 8.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per<br />
game for Chipola Junior College (Marianna, Fla.).<br />
Lewis, meanwhile, is relatively new to the sport. He didn’t begin<br />
playing organized basketball until his sophomore year. Last season<br />
was his first as a varsity member at Lafayette High School, a team<br />
that ranked among the state’s top 15 most of the season. He made a<br />
huge impact. He averaged 11.9 ppg and 10.3 rpg while blocking 164<br />
shots (6.6 bpg).<br />
Macura came to the states last summer as an exchange student,<br />
playing for his host, Craig Milburn. He was not a disappointment on<br />
or off the floor.<br />
He averaged 19.4 points and 10.9 rebounds per game in his only<br />
season at Zephyrhills. He shot 45 percent from the floor and 69<br />
percent from the free-throw line, although he sank a school-record<br />
29 straight free-throws during the season. Macura led his team in<br />
steals (2.8) and was second in assists (3.2).<br />
APSU names assistant basketball coach<br />
Marty Gillespie, who has 17 years of college coaching experience<br />
as a Division I assistant and Division II and junior college head<br />
coach, has been named APSU’s assistant basketball coach.<br />
Gillespie replaces Bret Campbell, who resigned last spring to<br />
become head coach at Ohio Valley Conference rival Tennessee-<br />
Martin.<br />
Prior to working for Nike as a team sports representative, Gillespie<br />
served 10 years as a Division I assistant, four years as a Division II<br />
head coach and three as a junior college head man. He was head<br />
coach at Wisconsin-Parkside from 1<strong>99</strong>2-96 and helped that program<br />
in its transition from NAIA to Division II status. He also had a 100<br />
percent graduation rate by NCAA standards.<br />
From 1986-91, Gillespie served as assistant coach at Bradley,<br />
working for Stan Albeck, former NBA head coach and current<br />
Atlanta Hawks assistant. Bradley won three Missouri Valley<br />
Conference titles with Gillespie there, and three teams were ranked<br />
nationally, including the 1987-88 team ranking as high as 10th.
Lady Govs softball adds five for 2000 season<br />
First-year head coach Tara Csernecky’s initial recruiting efforts have<br />
ended with five standout prep players: infield-outfielder Jenny<br />
Kelly, Jasper, Ala.; third baseman-second baseman Brooke Platt,<br />
Dyer, Ind.; Holly Ricketts, a pitcher-first baseman, Mount Juliet;<br />
Heather Skeels, a pitcher from Wasco, Calif.; Christina Garza, a<br />
catcher-infielder, Davie, Fla.<br />
Lady Govs go JUCO route during spring recruiting<br />
After signing three standout prep players during the fall, the Lady<br />
Govs basketball team went the junior college route with spring<br />
recruiting.<br />
All four spring signees come from the junior college ranks: Andrea<br />
Alvarez, a 5-6 point guard from Wabash Valley Community College<br />
(Mt. Carmel, Ill.); 5-10 forward Jocelyn Duke, also of Wabash<br />
Valley; 6-2 post player Felicia Dowell, of Shelby <strong>State</strong> Community<br />
College (Memphis), and her juco teammate, Zuri Jones, a 5-7 guard.<br />
Three <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> athletes earn Arthur Ashe Junior Sports<br />
Scholars Awards<br />
Three <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> athletes have received Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports<br />
Scholars Awards in their respective sports.<br />
Jules Hewitt (’98), earned first-team honors for the third straight<br />
year in football, while Melissa Olivo was a second-team choice for<br />
track and Luis Delfin was a second-team choice in men’s track and<br />
field.<br />
Hewitt, a defensive end for the Govs, graduated with a 3.75 GPA,<br />
majoring in public management and criminal justice. Olivo is a<br />
junior middle distance runner with a 3.51 GPA and is majoring in<br />
Spanish. Delfin, <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s top cross country runner, has a 3.47<br />
GPA and is majoring in engineering technology.<br />
Gooch signs $4 million contract with Tampa Bay<br />
Buccaneers<br />
Jeff Gooch (’96) has signed a four-year deal, worth<br />
about $4 million, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of<br />
the NFL. The Bucs re-signed Gooch after he received<br />
an offer from the Cleveland Browns. A two-year<br />
starter at outside linebacker, Gooch has made 107<br />
tackles, forced six fumbles, recovered two and made<br />
one sack in his three-year career.
Wells sidelined due to injury<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>’s all-time leading scorer on the basketball court, Bubba<br />
Wells (’97), went down with an Achilles tendon injury in July after<br />
playing this past season in the Continental Basketball Association<br />
for the La Crosse (Wis.) Bobcats. The injury could sideline Wells<br />
for six months.<br />
After being the 35th person chosen in the 1<strong>99</strong>7 NBA draft by the<br />
Dallas Mavericks, Wells was traded after one season to the Chicago<br />
Bulls. The Bulls waived him after one exhibition game.<br />
Wells averaged 8.9 points per game and 2 rebounds per game in 13<br />
games for the CBA team. He made 44 out of 82 field goals, going<br />
five for 12 from three-point range. He hit 23 out of 27 free throws.<br />
He scored 15 points in one game in his best outing for the team.<br />
O’Sullivan drafted by Mets<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> outfielder Pat O’Sullivan was<br />
drafted in the 34th round by the New York Mets in<br />
baseball’s June amateur draft.<br />
An Orland Park, Ill., native, O’Sullivan transferred<br />
to <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> from Freed-Hardeman <strong>University</strong><br />
for his senior season, hoping the exposure and<br />
step-up in experience would help his chances of<br />
playing professionally. It worked, as he hit .369 with 17 home runs<br />
and an OVC-leading 65 RBI. His home run and RBI numbers rank<br />
second only to Nate Manning (’96) in single-season totals.<br />
The scout who recommended O’Sullivan was Greg Tubbs (’84),<br />
who played infield and outfield for the Governors.<br />
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1950 celebrating a reunion in Spring 2000, please contact the Alumni Relations<br />
Office at<br />
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Robert R. Forrest<br />
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Joyce Hardman<br />
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Class Notesittee of 1,000<br />
’50<br />
Daniel Francis Elliott (’50), Lincoln City, Ore., is semi-retired, working as a<br />
volunteer at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. He also chairs the Lincoln County<br />
Property Tax Appeals Board and the local sewer district. He and his wife have five<br />
children: Dan Jr., David, Mary, Stephen and Helen.<br />
’54 45th Class Reunion<br />
Oct. 21-23<br />
’55<br />
William B. Everett (’55), Brandon, Fla., retired from the<br />
United <strong>State</strong>s Department of Justice, Immigration and<br />
Naturalization Service, as a special agent. He worked for 22<br />
years in Texas and then was promoted to special agent and<br />
worked in Florida for 11 years.<br />
’56<br />
Tom Hurt (’56) retired from James Madison <strong>University</strong> as professor of health<br />
science in 1<strong>99</strong>6. He and his wife, Linda, live in Harrisonburg, Va. They have three<br />
children: Julie, David and Scott.<br />
’59 40th Class Reunion<br />
Oct. 21-23<br />
’60<br />
Kathleen Weatherford York (’60), Louisville, Ky., teaches in the Jefferson County<br />
Public School System. She is involved in Senior Olympics and will represent<br />
Kentucky in the National Senior Games this October in Orlando, Fla. She will swim<br />
in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle and the 50-yard<br />
backstroke. She placed 10th in the 100-yard freestyle at the 1<strong>99</strong>8 Nationals for
master’s swimming.<br />
’64 35th Class Reunion<br />
Oct. 21-23<br />
’65<br />
Dr. George Murphy (’65), professor and chair of the department of biology at<br />
Middle Tennessee <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Murfreesboro, was inducted into the APSU Phi<br />
Kappa Phi chapter’s Academic Hall of Fame in April. He has worked with the<br />
Tennessee Tech Aqua Biological Station, TVA, the Nature Conservancy, U.S. Army<br />
Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.<br />
Howard L. Yarbrough (’65, ’66) is department head of biology and environmental<br />
sciences at Chattanooga <strong>State</strong> Technical Community College. He and his wife,<br />
Nancy (Branson) (’67), have one child, Kevin, and they live in Ooltewah.<br />
’69 30th Class Reunion<br />
Oct. 21-23<br />
Dr. William Ronald Mills (’69, ’73) was inducted into the APSU Phi Kappa Phi<br />
chapter’s Academic Hall of Fame in April. He has taught science at the high school<br />
level and has been a Visiting Scholar at the <strong>University</strong> of Cambridge in England.<br />
Mills is professor and chair of the Division of Natural Sciences, <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Houston-Clear Lake.<br />
Betty L. (Pressly) Pulford (’69) is chemistry and physics department secretary at<br />
Arkansas <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Jonesboro. She lives in Paragould.<br />
Nancy (Cruise) (’69) and David Jordan (’71) live in Fairview, Tenn. He is<br />
principal of the high school there.<br />
’73<br />
Ted White (’73) has been reappointed by Gov. Don Sundquist to serve on the<br />
Mid-Cumberland Community Services Agency board. His term runs through Sept.<br />
30, 2002. A retired high school principal, White lives in Clarksville.<br />
’74 25th Class Reunion<br />
Oct. 21-23<br />
James "Jim" David Cunningham (’74), Valrico, Fla., is a brigade commander, 9th<br />
Brigade, FL Division, Army of Tennessee, Sons of Confederate Veterans. He is<br />
former deputy adjutant for John T. Lesley Camp 1282. He was named a Kentucky<br />
Colonel by Gov. Paul E. Patton and a Tennessee Colonel by Gov. Don Sundquist.<br />
’75<br />
Leann M. (Swan) Collins (’75) is quality programs coordinator for Lifeguard<br />
Health Plan, San Jose, Calif. She and her husband have a daughter, Caitlin<br />
Elizabeth, and they live in Boulder Creek, Calif.
’76<br />
Larry Carroll (’76) was named one of the top 300 financial<br />
planners in the country in the September 1<strong>99</strong>8 issue of Worth<br />
magazine. He has been selected for this distinction each of the<br />
four years that Worth has compiled the list.<br />
Titled, "If I Were a Man, I’d Marry Me," the second book by<br />
sydicated humor columnist and author Paula Wall (’76),<br />
Fairview, Tenn., was released Aug. 4 by Ballantine Books., New<br />
York City. As of press time, Wall was scheduled to be a guest on<br />
NBC’s "Today" show on Aug. 5—the first stop on a nationwide<br />
promotional tour for her new book. Wall was featured in the <strong>Fall</strong><br />
1<strong>99</strong>8 issue of "<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>" magazine.<br />
Bruce W. Godwin (’76), a Navy lieutenant commander, was honored by the<br />
Honolulu fire department for rendering aid to two car accident victims. Godwin,<br />
who joined the Navy in October 1976, is assigned to the Naval Medical Clinic,<br />
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.<br />
’77<br />
Michael L. Davis (’77, ’81) works at the Pentagon as the deputy assistant secretary<br />
of the Army (civil works) and oversees the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.<br />
Joe Ted Gray (’77) is director of training at Community Rehabilitation Agencies of<br />
Tennessee in Nashville. He and his wife, Laura, have one daughter, Molly.<br />
’79 20th Class Reunion<br />
Oct. 21-23<br />
Janis Lea Maynard Graham (’79) is an account executive for the United Parcel<br />
Service in Clarksville. She serves as a Chamber of Commerce ambassador and<br />
affiliate member of the Board of Realtors.<br />
L. Marlene Jones Patillo (’79) is a chemist for the Maryland Department of<br />
Environment, where she inspects labs and wastewater facilities statewide. She and<br />
her husband, James, an electronics technician, live in Glen Burnie, Md., and have<br />
four grown children and six grandchildren.<br />
’80s<br />
Alan Hall (’80) is director of environmental and safety affairs for Mobile<br />
Aerospace Engineering Inc. His wife Beth (Atkins) (’79) teaches kindergarten in<br />
Fairhope, Ala., where the family lives. She has taken a leave of absence to stay<br />
home with their newly adopted daughter Jillian McGregor. Jillian was born in the<br />
People’s Republic of China, where the Halls traveled with their daughter, Mary<br />
Beth, to receive this new addition to their family.
Lt. Col. Peter "Joe" Uzelac (’80), an aviator and 19-year<br />
veteran of the U.S. Army, is professor and chair of Tennessee<br />
Technolog-ical <strong>University</strong>’s military science department and<br />
leads the Golden Eagle ROTC program. A Clarksville native, his<br />
awards include Expert Infantryman, Senior Aviator, Master<br />
Parachutist and Air Assault badges, as well as the coveted U.S.<br />
Army Ranger tab. He’s been awarded the Meritorious Service<br />
Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement<br />
Medal, in addition to second, third and fifth oak leaf clusters.<br />
Carol Ann Nesbitt (’80, ’86) is curriculum coordinator for the Shelby County<br />
School System in Germantown, Tenn. She and her husband, Major Richard Ott, live<br />
in Memphis.<br />
Tom Crozier (’81) received the Chairman Konishi Award, which is presented by<br />
TAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. to the top sales representative in each sales force. He also<br />
was named to the Excalibur Guild, representing the top third of the sales force and<br />
received the Big East Impact Award for the Managed Care Specialty Sales Force.<br />
The awards were presented at the company’s national sales meeting in Tokyo. He is<br />
a regional account executive for TAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. and lives in Nashville<br />
with his wife, Mary (’78), a pharmacist, and three children, Clair, 13, MaryTom,<br />
12, and Blake, 10.<br />
Barbara (Thweatt) Sampson (’81) is tax manager for the Tennessee Department<br />
of Revenue, Nashville. She and her husband, Rick, have two children: Natalie, 15,<br />
and Eric, 12. They live in Goodletsville.<br />
Mona M. Webb Vacca (’81) and her two children live in Fort Worth, Texas. After<br />
spending some time overseas in the early 80s, she has worked in social services,<br />
daycare and as a community volunteer.<br />
Joanne Tribue (’82, ’84) was one of four 1<strong>99</strong>9 Walter Nipper Nashville Civitan<br />
Club Sportsmanship Award winners. A member of APSU’s Athletic Hall of Fame,<br />
she led the Hunters Lane High School (Nashville) girls’ basketball team to the<br />
sectional tournament.<br />
Kerry Lon Crowley (’84), Little Rock, is senior geologist with the Arkansas<br />
Department of Health, Division of Engineering, Source Protection Program.<br />
Mark D. Daniel (’84) is head football coach and athletics director for Screven<br />
County High School in Sylvania, Ga. He and his wife, Alisa, have three children,<br />
Amy, 19, and Warren and Willis, 15. Daniel played football for the Governors from<br />
1977-80.<br />
Terilyn C. Perry (’84) has been in private pediatric practice in Columbus, Ga., for<br />
the past six years. She earned her M.D. in 1989 from Meharry Medical College. She<br />
and her husband, Stanley Jackson, live in Columbus.<br />
Lt. Duane Egert, USN (’85), was named Graduate Student of the Year in the<br />
College of Human Ecology, <strong>University</strong> of Tennessee at Knoxville. He began an<br />
internship in occupational health at the UT Medical Center in Knoxville and is an<br />
environmental health officer with the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps.<br />
Mike Irby (’85) has coached the Houston (Germantown, Tenn.) High School boys<br />
and girls soccer teams to national prominence. In the June 1<strong>99</strong>9 "USA TODAY" poll,<br />
his boys team was rated as the No. 1 team in the nation. His girls team finished in<br />
the No. 5 spot in the nation. Both teams won the Tennessee AAA soccer title for the<br />
past two years.
Ken Crews (’86) has been sworn in<br />
as a U.S. Secret Service special agent<br />
with his first assignment at the<br />
Chattanooga regional office. Crews<br />
is the son of Dr. Robert and<br />
Hester (’88) Crews, Clarksville.<br />
Charles Michael Creamer (’86), Cadiz, Ky., is a computer<br />
operator at the Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Hopkinsville, Ky.<br />
Bill Martinov (’87) is working toward a doctorate of education at St. John’s<br />
<strong>University</strong> in New York. He is head strength and conditioning coach at St. John’s<br />
<strong>University</strong> after working 11 seasons at the <strong>University</strong> of Notre Dame as assistant<br />
strength coach. He and his wife, Kathleen, have two children: Tyler, 3, and<br />
Mikhaila, 2.<br />
Cynthia Leanne (Miller) Jackson (’88), Goodletsville, received her master’s<br />
degree in public service management from Cumberland <strong>University</strong>, Lebanon, Tenn.<br />
Don Terry Wedley (’89) completed his master’s degree in supervision at Texas A<br />
& M <strong>University</strong>, Kingsville. He is employed by the San Antonio Independent<br />
School District in San Antonio, where he teaches and coaches. Wedley also is video<br />
coordinator for Trinity <strong>University</strong>, and he and his wife live in San Antonio.<br />
’90s<br />
Lori Haneline (’90) is employed by GTE-Wireless as a retail sales associate in<br />
Clarksville. She won a Caribbean cruise from GTE for achieving top three percent<br />
sales performance in the region. She and her three-year-old son, Nicholas, live in<br />
Clarksville.<br />
Bronwyn Celatka (’91) has joined T.W. Frierson Contractor Inc., Nashville, as<br />
human resource manager. She is responsible for benefits administration, including<br />
health, life and disability insurance, 401(k) profit sharing plan and workers’<br />
compensation for more than 245 employees. She lives in Goodletsville.<br />
David Armstrong (’92), who previously worked as quarterback and fullback coach<br />
and recruiting coordinator at <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>, is an assistant football coach at North<br />
Greenville College, Tigerville, S.C. He is the team’s new offensive coordinator and<br />
quarterback coach, coming from Greenville College in Greenville, Ill., where he<br />
was defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach.<br />
Lori Angie (Damron) Beene (’92) has been promoted to director of strategic<br />
alliances marketing for Tandy and Radio Shack and is based in Fort Worth. She and<br />
her husband, Eric, live in Mansfield, Texas.<br />
Claudia J. Erickson (’92) is a a health education specialist for the San Bernardino<br />
County Department of Public Health in San Bernardino, Calif.<br />
Shannon Marie Salyer (’92, ’93) teaches biology and coaches girls’ soccer at<br />
Northeast High School in Clarksville.<br />
Christopher (Chris) J. Tucker (’92) and his wife, Kimberly (Goins) (’93), live in<br />
Sheffield, Ala., with their two children, Autumn, 6, and Kyndra, 2. He is assistant<br />
football coach and head track coach for Sheffield City Schools. He played football<br />
for the Governors. She is case manager for Northwest Alabama Family Options,<br />
Sheffield.<br />
Cynthia Jane Wallace (’92), Clarksville, received her master’s degree in public
service management on May 1 from Cumberland <strong>University</strong>, Lebanon, Tenn.<br />
Tracy (Provo) Knight (’93) is an adjunct instructor for Middle Tennessee <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> College of Business. She lives in Nashville with her husband, Steve, a<br />
physician and radiologist, and two-year-old son, Phillip.<br />
Donna Fay Lovett Ryder (’93) is a reporter and assistant editor for The Daily<br />
Messenger, a newspaper in Union City, Tenn. Husband William Jay Ryder (’96) is<br />
a shift manager for Pizza Hut while continuing graduate work at Western Kentucky<br />
<strong>University</strong>, Bowling Green. They have one child, Jonathan Patrick, age 2.<br />
Robert (Rob) M. Wooten III (’93) is employed by Southern Trust Insurance<br />
Company. He and his wife, Megan, live in Antioch, Tenn.<br />
Kimberly Allison Bailey (’94) won the National<br />
Award for Best of Show for her design in the gift<br />
basket business category. Her business, "A<br />
Basket To Remember" is located on 242 W. Main<br />
St., Suite 343, Hendersonville. During her student<br />
days at APSU, she was a member of the Psychology<br />
Club. She and her husband, Keith, live in<br />
Hendersonville.<br />
Debbie Lynne (Redman) Baker (’94) is a registered nurse for the Little Company<br />
of Mary Hospital, Torrance, Calif. She has two sons, Brian Andrew, 11, and<br />
Brandon Alexander, 2.<br />
Captain Stephen Andrew Cole (’94) graduated from the <strong>University</strong> of Tennessee<br />
College of Medicine. He has been selected for a surgery internship in El Paso,<br />
Texas, and is employed by the U.S. Army. His wife, Veronica (Wilson) (’93, ’98),<br />
is a Spanish teacher in Lenior City, Tenn.<br />
Michelle (Boles) Madrid (’94), morning show anchor for WTVD, a top-30 market<br />
area television station in Raleigh, N.C., flew to London to cover the death of<br />
Princess Diana. Madrid was in Great Britain for a week providing live reports.<br />
Veronica Luton Hill (’95) is a customer relations representative for the General<br />
Motors Acceptance Corp. in Norcross, Ga., where she lives.<br />
Dana Marie (Smith) Leaman (’95) is an advanced biomolecular research scientist<br />
for the Naval Research Laboratory, Geo-Centers, Washington, D.C. She and her<br />
husband, Keith, have two children, Jessica and Zachary, and live in Prince<br />
Frederick, Md.<br />
Krista Fawn Laws (’95) is a manager at Hastings Entertainment in Richmond, Ind.<br />
She and her husband have one child, Matthew Sean Morrow, 2.<br />
Rebecca Elizabeth (McKee) Mooneyhan (’95) received her master of natural<br />
science degree from Southeast Missouri <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Cape Girardeau. She is an<br />
adjunct faculty member at Shawnee Community College, Ullin, Ill., and lives in<br />
Vienna, Ill.<br />
Casey D. Norwood (’95) is senior district executive for the Boy Scouts of America<br />
in Johnson City, Tenn., and lives in Greeneville, Tenn.<br />
Laurie Rogers (’95) writes a weekly opinion column for The Leaf-Chronicle,<br />
Clarksville’s daily newspaper. Laurie, her husband, Warren, and daughter, Heather,<br />
live at Fort Campbell, Ky.<br />
Angel Childress (’96) has received her jurisdoctorate with
highest honors from the <strong>University</strong> of Tennessee. She works in the litigation section<br />
of the Harwell, Howard, Hyne, Gabbert, & Manner law firm in Nashville. She has a<br />
son, Daniel, and is married to Ryan Jones, a Vanderbilt <strong>University</strong> faculty member.<br />
Childress, known as Angel Smith when she was at APSU, was SGA president.<br />
John D. Freed (’96) is programmer and analyst for American General Life and<br />
Accident in Brentwood, Tenn. He was inducted into the 1<strong>99</strong>8 edition of the<br />
"International Who’s Who of Information Technology." He and his wife, Janie, live<br />
in Clarksville.<br />
Michelle Denise (Bowman) Gardner (’96) works in the mortgage loan department<br />
of First Farmers and Merchants National Bank, Columbia, Tenn. She and her<br />
husband, Jason, live in Williamsport, Tenn., with their daughter, Isabella, 21<br />
months.<br />
Jeff Gooch (’96) has signed a four-year<br />
contract, worth about $4 million, with the<br />
Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. The<br />
Bucs re-signed Gooch after he received<br />
an offer from the Cleveland Browns.<br />
Michael Markus Hasselbrink (’96), Rockvale, Tenn., received his master’s degree<br />
in public service management on May 1 from Cumberland <strong>University</strong>, Lebanon,<br />
Tenn.<br />
Lorrie R. <strong>Austin</strong> (’97) is a financial services representative for American General<br />
Finance in Memphis, where she lives.<br />
Blake David Hardwick (’97), Nashville, is a software development coordinator for<br />
SyMed Development Inc., Brentwood.<br />
Robert Earl Isbell (’97) is pursuing his master’s degree in public administration at<br />
Tennessee <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>. He is a managed health care specialist for the state. His<br />
wife, Melissa (’95) is a contract specialist with Magellan Behavioral Health. They<br />
have one child, Kelby Kyle, 6, and live in Kingston Springs.<br />
Jarold Thomas (Tom) Johnston Jr. (’97) is serving in the U.S. Army at the<br />
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany as a maternal child health nurse.<br />
He was involved in caring for patients from the Kenya embassy bombing. Johnston<br />
and his wife have three children: John Lawrence, 4, Jacob Matthew, 3, and Emily<br />
Elizabeth, 9 months.<br />
Donna L. Giroux (’97) and her husband, Tim (’97), now a student at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Texas-Tyler, live in Flint, Texas. She is going through the<br />
credentialing process to get a Texas teaching certificate.<br />
Diane M. Carr (’98), Cadiz, Ky., works in accounts receivable for Mid-Continent<br />
Spring Co. in Hopkinsville, Ky.<br />
Rachel Rebecca (Archer) Kolb (’98) is staff auditor at Tourville, Simpson &<br />
Henderson, CPA, Columbia, S.C., where she lives.<br />
Terri Nicole (Bullington) Lindsey (’98), Nashville, is a credit analyst for SunTrust.<br />
Anita May (Dyke) Richardson (’98) is assistant director for the United Service<br />
Organization (USO) in Baumholder, Germany. She and her husband, John, have<br />
three children, Mari Beth, 12, John, 10, and Courtney, 9.
Andrew Winner (’98) has been appointed as a full-time guitar instructor at the<br />
Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tenn. At <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong>, he studied under Stanley<br />
Yates, associate professor of music. The Renaissance Center promotes educational<br />
programs and initiatives.<br />
LaRae Davenport (’83, ’<strong>99</strong>),<br />
left, APSU assistant director<br />
of alumni relations, received<br />
her bachelor of science degree<br />
in communication arts during<br />
commencement exercises<br />
May 14. Her husband,<br />
Buddy (’81), is real estate<br />
manager for Best Buy. They<br />
live in Clarksville with<br />
their sons, Parker and Guy.<br />
Amy Spiceland (’<strong>99</strong>), Clarksville, is an<br />
intern with the National Park Foundation<br />
and works in Washington, D.C.<br />
Births<br />
Robin "Proctor" Wilson (’87) and her husband Bryan Wilson (’85), had a<br />
daughter, Peyton Michelle, born Dec. 11, 1<strong>99</strong>8.The family, including Tyler, 8, and<br />
Josh, 5, lives in Clarksville.<br />
Kim Markus-Jones (’91) had a daughter, Kassidy, on May 3, 1<strong>99</strong>9. Markus-Jones<br />
is a fourth-grade teacher at Stuart-Burns Elementary School in Dickson Co.<br />
Angela Christina (Lombardo) Wright (’96) and husband Joey (’96) have one<br />
child. She is a literature specialist for The Trane Company, Clarksville.<br />
Amanda Jean Ogg (’96) and her husband Bobby Jr. (’96), Adams, have a<br />
daughter, Abigail Alaine Ogg, born Feb. 1, 1<strong>99</strong>9. Amanda is a first grade teacher for<br />
Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, and he is self-employed farmer.<br />
Bill Persinger (’91) and his wife, Lee (Watson) (’91), have a daughter, Lainey<br />
Katherine, born May 5, 1<strong>99</strong>9. She weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces and was 20<br />
inches long. The Persingers live in Clarksville, where Bill is assistant director for<br />
graphic design in APSU’s Office of Public Relations and Publications. Lee works as<br />
a publishing manager for Jostens.
Deaths<br />
Mack Chandler (’51), 69, died May 8 of lung disease at Vanderbilt <strong>University</strong><br />
Medical Center, Nashville. He was buried at his farm in Bath Springs, Tenn. He<br />
attended <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> on a basketball scholarship and was a first-team member of<br />
the Ohio Valley Conference All Conference Team.<br />
After graduation, he became coach at his high school alma mater, Lobelville High<br />
School, before moving to other schools. Chandler spent the next 50 years as a coach<br />
and school administrator, working at Scotts Hill, Sardis, Riverside and other<br />
schools. As a varsity basketball coach for 31 years, he was courtside for 1,760<br />
consecutive games, without missing a game.<br />
In 1<strong>99</strong>8, the Tennessee House of Representatives proclaimed April 25 as "Mack<br />
Chandler Day."<br />
He is survived by his wife, Irene Barham Chandler, five children, 11 grandchildren<br />
and seven great-grandchildren.<br />
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Discover Alaska!<br />
Last year, several<br />
APSU alumni enjoyed<br />
the spectacular and<br />
rugged beauty of<br />
Alaska durijng a trip<br />
sponsoreb by the<br />
APSUNAA.<br />
August<br />
September<br />
October<br />
14 The Tri-Cities Alumni Chapter enjoyed a an evening on Watauga<br />
Lake with Phil Roe, M.D. (’67) and his wife Pamela, Lee Ellen<br />
Ferguson-Fish, (’84) and her husband Scott.<br />
19 The Montgomery County Alumni Chapter held its annual<br />
"Pre-Drop Party" at Emerald Hill. To be a part of the Round-Up<br />
Committee, call LaRae Davenport.<br />
18 The Montgomery County Alumni Chapter Round-Up Party!<br />
Sponsored by and held at Ajax Distributing and Miller Lite, party<br />
proceeds benefit the <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> National Alumni Association.<br />
18 Dayton, Ohio, alumni can catch the Governors playing football in<br />
their area at 6 p.m.<br />
20 -Oct. 21 <strong>University</strong> Phonathon! Answer the call!<br />
7 Nashville alumni can enjoy lunch at Merchants on Broadway.<br />
Special guest is nationally syndicated humor columnist and author,<br />
Paula Wall (’76). At press time, Wall was to be a guest Aug. 5 on<br />
NBC’s "Today" show, kicking off a promotional tour for her second<br />
book, "If I Were a Man, I’d Marry Me." Enjoy lunch, followed by a<br />
reading and book-signing by Wall.<br />
9 Legend of the Seas - 12-night Mediterranean Cruise. Travel to
November<br />
December<br />
February<br />
Barcelona, Spain, Marseilles, France, Livorno, Italy, Messina, Sicily<br />
and VilleFranche, France with Larry (’67) and Kay Martin (’62) as<br />
your travel hosts.<br />
14 Join alumni from Todd, Trigg and Christian counties as they host<br />
a reception for students preparing to attend college. Location tba.<br />
16 Charleston, S.C., alumni<br />
can catch the Governors<br />
playing football in their area<br />
at 12:30 p.m.<br />
21-24 Homecoming and<br />
Reunion activities.<br />
6 Wise, Va., alumni can<br />
catch the Governors playing<br />
football in their area at<br />
12:30 p.m.<br />
13 Davidson, N.C., alumni<br />
can catch the Governors<br />
playing football in their area at 12:30 p.m.<br />
Wayne Pace ('68) talks with Jerry, center,<br />
and Anne Clark following Founders Day<br />
ceremonies at which Pace was the<br />
keynote speaker. The Pases donated<br />
$650,000 to complete the Emerald Hill<br />
Center Campaign, bringing the total to<br />
$1 million, which will be used to renovate<br />
the center.<br />
18 The alumni in Tri-Cities will sponsor an <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Peay</strong> Excellence<br />
of Choice in Kingsport. Location tba.<br />
9 A graduation reception, sponsored by the APSUNAA, will be held<br />
in the lobby of the Dunn Center prior to graduation rehearsal.<br />
15 Join the APSUNAA and Governors Club at a pregame reception<br />
as the Governors basketball team plays in Las Vegas.<br />
12 The <strong>University</strong> black-tie<br />
gala, the Candlelight Ball,<br />
will be held at Loews<br />
Vanderbilt Plaza,<br />
Nashville. It begins at 6:30<br />
p.m with a champage<br />
reception, dinner at 7:30<br />
p.m. and dancing will<br />
begin at 9:30 p.m. with<br />
sounds from the "The Big<br />
Thrill."<br />
Bet and Doug ('68), left, of Franklin,<br />
Tenn., pose with Dr. and Mrs. Sal Rinella<br />
during a summer alumni receptin hosted<br />
by the Wises at their beautiful home.<br />
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