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<strong>Inside</strong><br />
~ New DiGiorgio Center Transforms Campus Life<br />
~ <strong>Winthrop</strong> Celebrates 125 Years of Distinction<br />
~ Global Learning Initiative Encourages International Focus
President’s Message<br />
“<strong>Winthrop</strong> has<br />
many traditions that<br />
endure and enrich the<br />
experiences of our<br />
modern-day students.<br />
One of those traditions<br />
is endurance, itself.<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> over these<br />
past 125 years has<br />
had to meet historic<br />
challenges ranging<br />
from Reconstruction,<br />
to the Great Depression<br />
and World Wars, to the<br />
present-day economic<br />
‘new realities’ of an<br />
ever-shifting<br />
global paradigm.”<br />
Dear Friends:<br />
This year, <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong> celebrates our 125th year of service to students and their families. This campus<br />
community takes enormous pride in the generations of alumni whose capacities to contribute to society continue to<br />
be created here.<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> has many traditions that endure and enrich the experiences of our modern-day students. One of<br />
those traditions is endurance, itself. <strong>Winthrop</strong> over these past 125 years has had to meet historic challenges ranging<br />
from Reconstruction, to the Great Depression and World Wars, to the present-day economic “new realities” of<br />
an ever-shifting global paradigm.<br />
We have done so by being willing to transform ourselves as called upon by the times, while also being steadfast<br />
in our timeless values: service, excellence, diversity, community and leadership. That is also how <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
will adapt to the new realities facing our campus community today: an increasing demand for new and more<br />
personalized program offerings and delivery options, a profoundly reduced level of state funding support and a<br />
concomitant emphasis on funding self-reliance.<br />
Adjusting to these times will not be easy, yet we meet these challenges inspired by those who have come before<br />
us and affirmed by a number of recent milestone achievements:<br />
Our inclusion, for the 19th time, to U.S. News and World Report’s list of “Best Colleges in America” as<br />
well as recognition by WiseChoice Research as a Top 10 value school;<br />
Generation of nearly $6 million in multi-year science-related research support;<br />
Receipt of nearly $11 million in education grants that will enable critical outreach to high-need schools;<br />
Recognition by Education Trust as a national leader in consistently showing high rates of graduation success<br />
among minority populations; and<br />
Development of the university’s Global Learning Initiative to broaden and deepen global perspectives<br />
among <strong>Winthrop</strong> students to enable them to work more effectively in a global economy and a global<br />
society.<br />
I hope you’ll take a few moments to review this <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine edition for more on the milestones mentioned<br />
above, as well as recent events on campus celebrating new facilities and gifts to the university.<br />
Whether it’s been 50 years or five months since you’ve been on campus, I encourage you to visit us again<br />
soon to help us celebrate 125 years of exemplary service to higher education. As always, thank you for all that<br />
you do to champion the <strong>Winthrop</strong> cause.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Anthony J. DiGiorgio<br />
President
<strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Contents Winter 2011<br />
Board of Trustees<br />
Kathy Hudson Bigham ’73<br />
Chair<br />
Rock Hill, S.C.<br />
Dalton B. Floyd Jr.<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Surfside Beach, S.C.<br />
Frances Cunningham Davenport ’59<br />
Clinton, S.C.<br />
Karl Folkens ’78<br />
Florence, S.C.<br />
Sam Foster Sr.<br />
Rock Hill, S.C.<br />
Jane Lawton LaRoche ’70<br />
Camden, S.C.<br />
Tommy Pope<br />
Rock Hill, S.C.<br />
Tim Sease ’87<br />
Mount Pleasant, S.C.<br />
Janet Rice Smalley ’72<br />
Walhalla, S.C.<br />
Sue Smith-Rex<br />
Winnsboro, S.C.<br />
Scott Talley<br />
Spartanburg, S.C.<br />
Robert Thompson<br />
Rock Hill, S.C.<br />
Donna Glenn Tinsley-Holley<br />
Columbia, S.C.<br />
David Vipperman<br />
Rock Hill, S.C.<br />
Marsha Bollinger<br />
Faculty Representative<br />
Sydney Evans<br />
Student Representative<br />
Features<br />
02 <strong>Winthrop</strong> and the World:<br />
Global Learning Initiative<br />
Encourages Students to Think<br />
(A)Broad<br />
06 Fully Engaged:<br />
DiGiorgio Center<br />
Transforms Campus Life<br />
and Learning<br />
10 Tracking the President:<br />
David Jackson Keeps Tabs on<br />
the Obama Administration<br />
14 Homecoming:<br />
2010 Photo Essay<br />
16 Enduring Vision:<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> Celebrates 125 Years<br />
14<br />
06<br />
Updates<br />
11 Campus News<br />
12 Development News<br />
13 Alumni News<br />
20 Class Notes<br />
23 Milestones<br />
Anthony J. DiGiorgio<br />
President<br />
Kathryn Holten<br />
Vice President for <strong>University</strong><br />
Advancement and Enrollment Management<br />
Brien Lewis<br />
Vice President for <strong>University</strong> Development<br />
and Alumni Relations<br />
Ellen Wilder-Byrd ’88, ’94<br />
Associate Vice President for Advancement<br />
and Executive Director of<br />
<strong>University</strong> Relations<br />
Debbie Garrick ’87, ’89<br />
Executive Director of Alumni Relations<br />
Editorial Staff<br />
Monica Bennett, editor<br />
Allen F. Blackmon ’86, art director<br />
Contributing writers:<br />
Meredith Carter ’05<br />
Judy Longshaw<br />
Amanda Stewart ’03, ’05<br />
Jill Stuckey ’02, ’07<br />
About the Cover<br />
The university’s newest building, the DiGiorgio Campus Center, buzzes with<br />
activity at all hours. The facility, located in the heart of campus, provides an array<br />
of food options, meeting spaces, and entertainment offerings, and it serves as the<br />
perfect spot to gather, relax and make new friends.<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine is published for alumni, faculty, staff, parents and<br />
friends of <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong> by the Office of <strong>University</strong> Relations.<br />
Third-class postage is paid in Greenville, S.C.<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong> offers equal opportunity in its employment,<br />
admissions and educational activities.<br />
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<strong>Winthrop</strong> and the World<br />
By Judy Longshaw<br />
In a world where<br />
communications<br />
have made faraway<br />
places more<br />
accessible, <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
students<br />
take full advantage<br />
of society’s<br />
interconnectivity<br />
by learning about<br />
other cultures and valuing<br />
diversity. Their efforts<br />
received a boost recently when<br />
a new Global Learning Initiative was<br />
announced.<br />
As part of the upcoming accreditation process for<br />
the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association<br />
of Colleges and Schools, <strong>Winthrop</strong> faculty and<br />
staff chose a project that would have a profound effect<br />
on the campus community: enhanced global learning<br />
opportunities for freshmen and sophomores who take the<br />
university’s general education classes.<br />
The goal of <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s accreditation plan, called a Quality<br />
Enhancement Plan, is to encourage students to think beyond the<br />
United States’ borders. The plan “intentionally integrates global<br />
learning into the freshman-sophomore experience to prepare<br />
global citizens,” said Marilyn Sarow, chair of the enhancement plan<br />
and an assistant to the vice president for academic affairs.<br />
Leading the five-year initiative is David Harwell ’93, ’95, assistant<br />
dean of <strong>University</strong> College.<br />
Harwell said the initiative<br />
will focus primarily on enhancing<br />
the global emphasis across<br />
the Touchstone Program for <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s<br />
general education curriculum, and<br />
will include developing global and intercultural<br />
experiences for undergraduate students.<br />
A Strong Foundation for<br />
Global Learning<br />
The effort to infuse students with a<br />
love of global learning is a mission<br />
with a strong foundation, Sarow<br />
said.<br />
This year <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
has international exchanges<br />
with seven universities<br />
around the world and partnerships<br />
with 14 others. Typically<br />
about 3 percent of <strong>Winthrop</strong> students<br />
take a study abroad trip, but<br />
with an increased emphasis on global<br />
learning, <strong>Winthrop</strong> officials expect<br />
those numbers to increase. Development<br />
and financial aid officials are working<br />
to offer more scholarship opportunities for<br />
students to study overseas and to keep the expenses<br />
nearly the same cost as regular tuition.<br />
The emphasis is paying off as three students<br />
were selected for the first time from a highly compet-<br />
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Global Learning Initiative Encourages Students to Think (A)Broad<br />
itive pool of applicants to participate<br />
in the Benjamin A. Gilman International<br />
Scholarship Program. The program aims to diversify<br />
the student population that studies abroad<br />
by supporting under-represented groups of<br />
undergraduates and those who might otherwise not participate<br />
due to financial constraints.<br />
This fall, LaKeisha Myers, a sociology major, and<br />
Chantelle Van Nostern, a biology major, attended the<br />
American <strong>University</strong> in Cairo, Egypt. Marshall Sykes,<br />
a fine arts major, used the Gilman Scholarship to attend West<br />
Virginia <strong>University</strong>’s Ceramics in China program. <strong>Winthrop</strong> offers<br />
10 scholarships that encourage students to study overseas.<br />
Students also travel with professors to different countries for a specific course,<br />
including last summer’s trips by an art class to see Mexican political murals, by a<br />
religion class to Israel and a Spanish literature class to Spain.<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> welcomed<br />
a large group<br />
of Chinese students<br />
last fall, more than 60 in<br />
all, arriving to study accounting,<br />
many of them<br />
through the partnership of<br />
the College of Business Administration<br />
with Nantong <strong>University</strong>. The<br />
International Center also attracted<br />
students from Venezuela, Sri Lanka,<br />
Brazil, Zimbabwe, Slovenia, Ecuador,<br />
Myanmar, the Bahamas<br />
and Austria, and a brother and<br />
Countries in red indicate home countries of past and<br />
present international students of the university.<br />
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sister from Saudi Arabia. In addition, the university’s<br />
exchange partner universities sent a group of eight<br />
Norwegian students from Agder <strong>University</strong>, one<br />
Finnish student from the Saimaa <strong>University</strong> of Applied<br />
Science, two Australian students from Deakin<br />
<strong>University</strong> and one Taiwanese student from Ming<br />
Chuan <strong>University</strong>.<br />
In the spring, <strong>Winthrop</strong> will admit several dozen<br />
French students as part of the ESICAD-ISCOM<br />
agreement for business and integrated marketing<br />
communication students.<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> has a rich history of emphasizing the<br />
importance of global initiatives through academic<br />
programs, international exchanges, residence hall<br />
programming and campus activities. The Global<br />
Learning Initiative will only add to what already is a<br />
strong foundation.<br />
Enhancements for the<br />
International Center<br />
In October, the International Center moved<br />
from Tillman Hall to join <strong>University</strong> College in<br />
Dinkins Hall. The new location will allow all the<br />
offices of <strong>University</strong> College to be under one roof,<br />
and the International Center will benefit from the<br />
close proximity to offices such as Nationally Competitive<br />
Awards, Honors, Leadership, TRiO and the<br />
Academic Success Center.<br />
Dedicated to recruiting students from all over<br />
the world and to sending <strong>Winthrop</strong> students overseas<br />
for a study abroad experience, the International<br />
Center recently welcomed new undergraduate recruitment<br />
staff to help with those efforts.<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> stands poised to make the most of its<br />
Global Learning Initiative in a way that will have<br />
a profound effect on how students grow as world<br />
citizens. A fast-paced society faces students when they graduate, and the connections<br />
made through increased global awareness, trips abroad and relationships<br />
with international students will benefit them for a lifetime.<br />
Graduates Apply Global Learning to Life, Careers<br />
For Betty Creamer ’73, a speech and drama major, her awareness of a bigger<br />
world started during an International Politics course at <strong>Winthrop</strong>. Since then she<br />
has traveled the world while working with educators on American military posts<br />
in Korea and serving as a senior administrator at The American School in Japan.<br />
Today, Creamer serves as director of the George<br />
Washington Academy in Casablanca, Morocco.<br />
The K-12 school serves 700 students of 30 nationalities.<br />
Creamer holds the distinction of being the<br />
only female leading a major international school<br />
within a Muslim country. “Each student speaks<br />
English, French and Arabic, and we instill within<br />
our students the idea of being a global citizen, of<br />
breaking down barriers, and appreciating and<br />
respecting different cultures and faiths,” said<br />
Creamer.<br />
Upon graduation, many of Creamer’s students will travel abroad to pursue<br />
additional educational opportunities, a step — to know and participate in the<br />
world around them — that is encouraged at George Washington Academy<br />
where “a world of differences unites to create a different world — a world with<br />
no boundaries!”<br />
“My time at <strong>Winthrop</strong> made me fearless. When opportunities<br />
arose to travel abroad, I didn’t hesitate. That<br />
is the greatest gift <strong>Winthrop</strong> gave me – the confidence<br />
to believe that I can do anything,” said Creamer. “And<br />
I’m passing that gift along to our students in Morocco.”<br />
Some <strong>Winthrop</strong> graduates like Alexis Gordon ’02<br />
nurtured an interest in world affairs by participating<br />
with Model United Nations, an outstanding program<br />
that brings high school students to campus to work with<br />
college students in re-enacting the United Nations.<br />
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Gordon, a mass communication and political<br />
science major, gained much from her Model UN<br />
experience. “Model UN reinforced how culture is<br />
much more than the arts as many people interpret<br />
that word. It is our norms, our values and how<br />
these things shape our decisions, our society,” said<br />
Gordon, now program director of Charlotte International<br />
Cabinet. The office is a non-profit partner<br />
with the city of Charlotte and works to promote<br />
Charlotte as an international city.<br />
“Learning about the UN gave me a better perspective<br />
on how other countries view government.<br />
This helps me in everything from attending events<br />
and discussing partnership opportunities with<br />
the mayor’s office to asking one of the region’s 850<br />
foreign-owned firms to get involved with sponsorships.”<br />
Studying at <strong>Winthrop</strong> helped Gelson Kawassaki<br />
’02, an integrated marketing communication major<br />
from Brazil, sharpen his English skills and better<br />
understand American culture.<br />
He also helped Coach Cid<br />
Carvalho with the women’s<br />
tennis team before returning<br />
to work in Brazil’s largest city,<br />
Sao ~ Paulo.<br />
“In my opinion, the only<br />
way to learn a country’s language<br />
is by living in the environment<br />
where you are forced<br />
to speak that language,” said<br />
Kawassaki, an account executive<br />
at a textile company called<br />
Coteminas, one of the largest textile companies in the<br />
world and now owner of Springs Global in Fort Mill,<br />
S.C. Kawassaki’s client is the Walmart Brazil group.<br />
He has found that knowledge of other cultures is extremely important in the<br />
workplace because of the multinational companies that are “dominating” major<br />
businesses all over the globe. “In Brazil for example, you cannot get a good job<br />
if you do not speak good English, and most of the well qualified professionals<br />
speak at least one or two more languages other than our Portuguese and English,”<br />
Kawassaki said.<br />
Meanwhile, American students and graduates who have studied, traveled<br />
and lived overseas report life-changing experiences. Chelsea White ’09, an integrated<br />
marketing communication major, headed abroad to pursue her dream to<br />
continue playing soccer after college. “My journey began in England getting contacts<br />
from <strong>Winthrop</strong> friends and traveling to try<br />
out for teams,” she said. “All the networking I did<br />
eventually led to a job, doing what I love, playing<br />
soccer in Sweden.”<br />
White played as a forward with Kvarnsveden<br />
IK. Now back in the United States, she hopes to<br />
go back overseas for another season, possibly in<br />
another country.<br />
She met new people, made contacts and survived<br />
in a new country on her own. “I believe that<br />
when you experience a culture firsthand,<br />
you have a connection that is truly special,”<br />
White said. “I’m a huge believer in being culturally well-rounded,<br />
and I have <strong>Winthrop</strong> to thank for constantly pushing us to learn as much<br />
as we can while pursuing or being given the opportunity.”<br />
As a student at <strong>Winthrop</strong>, White said her professors encouraged<br />
her to get to know international students in and out of the classroom.<br />
“One of the best and biggest lessons I learned while at <strong>Winthrop</strong> was<br />
to network and continue to network,” she said. “I believe that is one of<br />
my greatest accomplishments in traveling — not only gaining lifelong<br />
friendships, but contacts to reach out to later when I begin a career so<br />
I will have a vast array of knowledge on a firsthand basis of people and<br />
places around the world.”<br />
For more information about the Global Learning Initiative,<br />
visit www2.winthrop.edu/gli.<br />
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Fully Engaged<br />
DiGiorgio Center Transforms<br />
Campus Life and Learning<br />
By Jill Stuckey<br />
Much of a student’s university education takes place outside<br />
the walls of a classroom. It is perpetuated in the “…constant conversation between<br />
young and old, between students, among faculty; between faculty and students.”<br />
Much of that “constant conversation” at <strong>Winthrop</strong> today takes place in the new<br />
Anthony J. and Gale N. DiGiorgio Campus Center, which debuted on campus last<br />
fall. Within its walls are an array of facilities where members of <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s myriad<br />
student organizations hone their leadership skills, as well as amenities that beckon<br />
the entire campus community to gather, relax and learn more about each other<br />
and the world around them.<br />
“What really has moved Gale and me is to see how seamlessly and quickly this<br />
campus center has become the epicenter of campus life,” said President Anthony<br />
DiGiorgio. “It has quickly become the keystone that supports a decade’s worth of<br />
campus improvements that have simultaneously modernized the campus while<br />
maintaining its traditional, historic sense of place, a place of exceptional beauty<br />
and a place that fosters student engagement and learning at every turn.”<br />
The new building gives student organizations a dedicated space in which to operate.<br />
A large, airy room on the second floor provides computer work stations, a<br />
conference room, lockers with mobile storage and mailboxes exclusively for student<br />
organizations. Accessible with students’ <strong>Winthrop</strong> IDs, the space is used to<br />
discuss events, hold meetings and plan for the future.<br />
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“The university today is very different from the one<br />
25 years ago, or 50 or 100 or 250 years ago, and<br />
yet it is not different. It is still a constant conversation<br />
between young and old, between students, among<br />
faculty; between faculty and students; a conversation<br />
between past and present, a conversation the culture<br />
has with itself, on behalf of the country…”<br />
— A. Bartlett Giamatti,<br />
former president of<br />
Yale <strong>University</strong><br />
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Students also often gather around food, which is why the Di-<br />
Giorgio Center always has a food venue open. Those with late night<br />
cravings may stop by Einstein’s Bros. Bagels, and those with an early<br />
morning class may pop into Starbucks for a quick pick-me-up. Meals<br />
in the food court, Markley’s at the Center, allow students to choose<br />
from an array, including Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, AFC Sushi,<br />
Jump Asian Express, Burger Studio, Zoca (Mexican) and Topio’s<br />
Pizza.<br />
Other highlights of the building include a ballroom, Dina’s Place<br />
and The Edge, all venues which have enhanced student programming.<br />
The ballroom is perfectly suited for large functions, while<br />
Dina’s Place is home to Eagle Flicks, a new film series sponsored by<br />
DSU. On other nights, lecture events and performing artists spark<br />
the interests of students both in Dina’s Place and in The Edge, a stage<br />
located in Markley’s.<br />
Students also flock to the DiGiorgio Center for other entertainment<br />
and information options. New pool and ping-pong tables; TVs;<br />
and Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii game systems make the recreational area<br />
a popular stop between classes. At the Post Office, students collect<br />
their “snail” mail, while computer kiosk walk-up stations allow them<br />
to check e-mail. A digital signage system with a nine-screen digital<br />
video wall in the lobby and five additional screens throughout the<br />
building allow student organizations and campus departments to<br />
promote their activities while saving paper.<br />
“The DiGiorgio Center is a place for total engagement — cognitive,<br />
personal and interpersonal,” said Frank Ardaiolo, vice president<br />
for student life. “As students become engaged they are going to learn<br />
more about themselves, others and their field of study.”<br />
The student engagement doesn’t end at the doors of the DiGiorgio<br />
Center, either. To the north of the building, where Peabody<br />
Field once was, is the new Campus Green. This attractive, ecological<br />
feature provides for much of the campus’ storm water runoff. Beautifully<br />
landscaped, it provides another space for students to congregate,<br />
study or participate in recreational activities. Just beyond the<br />
Following the <strong>Winthrop</strong> tradition of naming university buildings<br />
after presidents who have served a significant tenure, the<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> Board of Trustees named the Anthony J. and Gale<br />
N. DiGiorgio Campus Center to honor the president and first<br />
lady, in recognition of unparalleled achievement for <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
through their leadership.<br />
“The work Tony and Gale DiGiorgio have done for <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
over the years is, at heart, all about vision,” said Chair of the<br />
Board of Trustees Kathy Bigham ’73. “It’s about encouraging<br />
young people to look within themselves and envision the<br />
possibilities that are there for their futures, including service<br />
to others.”<br />
Former Chair of the Board of Trustees Karl Folkens ’78 agrees.<br />
“Special places for learning exist all around us, but especially<br />
in this new ‘heart of campus,’ a concept that Tony DiGiorgio<br />
first presented to the trustees early in the decade, so <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
would be ready to meet the needs and expectations<br />
of contemporary students. Such places inspire engagement<br />
among all members of the campus community. And as Gale<br />
DiGiorgio has said so often, that creates the opportunity for<br />
conversations that go beyond the self and into the realm of<br />
service to others in the wider community.”<br />
The couple has served <strong>Winthrop</strong> for more than 20 years — the<br />
longest tenure since <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s founding president — and<br />
the DiGiorgios eventually will share an emeritus office in the<br />
building that bears their names.<br />
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Council of Student Leaders and<br />
student organizations’ suite<br />
Campus Green, the revamped and upgraded amphitheatre will<br />
provide space for outdoor classes and performances. To the south<br />
of the building is the distinctive open-air Community Concourse,<br />
uniting the DiGiorgio Center with the Lois Rhame West Health,<br />
Physical Education and Wellness Center. To the east is Scholars<br />
Walk, the central pedestrian promenade within this new heart of<br />
campus.<br />
The DiGiorgio Center has transformed campus life for more<br />
than just students. Student Life staff have settled into their offices,<br />
while faculty and staff from across campus enjoy the offerings<br />
of Starbucks and Markley’s. Moving the <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Bookstore to the building invites the Rock Hill community to<br />
stop in and browse for a paperback or <strong>Winthrop</strong> apparel, and<br />
many have commented positively on the entire facility.<br />
DiGiorgios Honor Family with $200,000 Gift<br />
President Anthony DiGiorgio and First Lady Gale<br />
DiGiorgio have made a personal estate gift to <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
to memorialize family members in new ways.<br />
President and Mrs. DiGiorgio were joined by daughter<br />
Darrah DiGiorgio Johnson and granddaughter Gabriella<br />
Grates for the Sept. 24 Campus Center dedication. During<br />
the dedication, it was announced that the center’s theatre<br />
would be named Dina’s Place in honor of Dina DiGiorgio, the<br />
couple’s late daughter and Gabriella’s mother.<br />
The $200,000 gift, announced at the Sept. 24 Campus<br />
Center dedication, will establish the Mary Grace<br />
and Antonino DiGiorgio Endowed Scholarship. The<br />
unrestricted scholarship will honor the president’s<br />
late parents, who had encouraged their son to pursue<br />
education as a path to success in their adopted American<br />
homeland. In addition, the couple’s late daughter was<br />
honored with the naming of the center’s theatre, Dina’s<br />
Place. Dina DiGiorgio passed away in May 2007 at age<br />
42, following a brief illness. The DiGiorgios’ gift also<br />
will support the already established Margaret and<br />
Ernest Nesius Endowed Scholarship, which honors Gale<br />
DiGiorgio’s late parents.<br />
For more information about the DiGiorgio Center, visit<br />
www.winthrop.edu/campuscenter.<br />
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Tracking the<br />
President<br />
David Jackson<br />
Keeps Tabs on the<br />
Obama Administration<br />
By Monica Bennett<br />
For someone who once thought touchdowns<br />
and homeruns would be his journalistic<br />
beat, and ballparks and stadiums his second home,<br />
David Jackson ’80 instead covers the day-to-day<br />
activities of the most powerful man in the free<br />
world, President Barack Obama, from perhaps the<br />
most recognized home in the world — the White<br />
House.<br />
Throughout his nearly 30-year career, Jackson<br />
has reported some of the nation’s most significant<br />
and defining events, such as the Sept. 11, 2001,<br />
terrorist attacks, the 2000 Florida presidential recount,<br />
the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and five<br />
presidential elections.<br />
The USA Today White House correspondent,<br />
who joined the staff in 2005, now writes for<br />
The Oval, the newspaper’s online blog that tracks<br />
the Obama presidency and delivers breaking<br />
news about the administration.<br />
“Writing for the Internet is different than<br />
writing a print article,” said Jackson. “More and<br />
more people are getting news from their cell<br />
phones so the writing has to be shorter and<br />
faster. Since breaking news is easier to distribute<br />
online we have to be quick and brief,” added the<br />
Orangeburg, S.C., native who also reported on<br />
the George W. Bush administration as a White<br />
House correspondent for The Dallas Morning<br />
News’ Washington bureau in 2001.<br />
With his day normally beginning at 6 a. m.,<br />
Jackson writes and posts six to 10 blog entries per<br />
day, a majority of which he writes from the White<br />
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza<br />
House’s press room. His first post, usually uploaded by 7 a.m., typically details<br />
Obama’s schedule for the day. Follow-up posts include feature articles on various<br />
political issues that unfold throughout the day. “It basically chronicles a day in the<br />
life of the president,” said Jackson.<br />
In addition to his reporting duties, the self-proclaimed political junkie also<br />
serves as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, an organization<br />
that represents the White House press corps in its dealings with the Obama<br />
administration on coverage-related issues. “Our organization serves as a mediator<br />
between the press corps and White House,” said Jackson. “If there is an issue that<br />
needs to be resolved or clarified we will approach White House Press Secretary<br />
Robert Gibbs to seek answers.” The association addresses access to the president,<br />
coverage arrangements, work space arrangements, and logistics and costs for press<br />
travel to accompany the president on the road. The association also assigns White<br />
House briefing room seats to reporters.<br />
At the top of Jackson’s agenda as association president is planning the annual<br />
White House Press and Scholarship Dinner. The event brings together the industry’s<br />
most respected journalists for an evening of prestigious awards presentations<br />
and entertainment. In addition, the event raises money to provide journalism<br />
scholarships to deserving college students.<br />
Although his career path has deviated from its original route, Jackson could not<br />
be more satisfied. “My career is a miracle and hard to believe. I’m living in a fantastic<br />
city and doing the job I love,” he said.<br />
Follow Jackson’s posts at http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval.<br />
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Campus News<br />
Current and former members of the <strong>Winthrop</strong> Board of Trustees joined<br />
President and Mrs. DiGiorgio for the Sept. 24 dedication of the Campus Center.<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> Praised for<br />
Minority Recruitment<br />
and Retention<br />
Education Trust, a national<br />
research and advocacy group,<br />
praised <strong>Winthrop</strong> as a national<br />
leader for its success in recruiting<br />
and retaining African-American<br />
students. The university does not<br />
target special programs specifically<br />
toward African Americans<br />
but expects all students to graduate.<br />
“A <strong>Winthrop</strong> student is a<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> student is a <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
student,” said Frank Ardaiolo,<br />
vice president for student life.<br />
The university has graduated<br />
African-American students at<br />
higher rates than whites every<br />
year from 2002 through 2008.<br />
About 62 percent of black students<br />
graduate within six years,<br />
compared with 57 percent of<br />
white students.<br />
Learn about the Unwavering Spirit<br />
that characterizes the <strong>Winthrop</strong> community<br />
even in tough times. Review<br />
the 2009-10 annual report available at<br />
www.winthrop.edu/annualreport.<br />
Nearly $11 Million Secured for<br />
Teacher Training, Preparation<br />
The Richard W. Riley College of Education was<br />
awarded two major U.S. Department of Education<br />
grants in the last few months to help with teacher quality<br />
and for school leadership training, including in some of<br />
the most economically challenged parts of South Carolina.<br />
This past summer, faculty members started work on<br />
the NetSCOPE grant of $7 million in federal funds to<br />
help improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement<br />
in nine school districts. The NetLEAD grant, a<br />
School Leadership Program, will bring in $3.7 million in<br />
federal dollars to recruit, train and mentor principals and<br />
assistant principals in seven school districts.<br />
In addition, the College of Arts and Sciences and<br />
College of Education received a grant from the National<br />
Science Foundation to fund a scholarship program to<br />
recruit and prepare much needed math and science<br />
teachers. Faculty members across the university will play<br />
a crucial role in these grants, said Jennie Rakestraw, dean<br />
of the education college. “These grants are allowing us<br />
to be very innovative, forward thinking and leading the<br />
way at both state and national levels,” Rakestraw said.<br />
Campus of Champions<br />
The women’s soccer team earned<br />
six All-Conference awards this season,<br />
while first-year head coach Spencer<br />
Smith was named Big South Coach of<br />
the Year. He led the Eagles to a 6-2-1<br />
conference record, which ties a school<br />
record for most conference wins in a<br />
season. The women’s team finished as<br />
co-regular season champions.<br />
Adam Freudenthal, a junior from<br />
Spartanburg, S.C, earned All-Big<br />
South Conference honors in men’s<br />
cross country and was named to<br />
the 2010 Big South Conference All-<br />
Academic Team. He finished fifth in<br />
the championship meet held in Blacksburg,<br />
Va., and competed in the NCA A<br />
regional, where he placed 32nd, the<br />
highest finish for an Eagle since 2000.<br />
Matt Horn, a junior from Cornelius,<br />
N.C., earned the Big South Conference<br />
men’s soccer Scholar-Athlete<br />
of the Year Award. Horn’s teammate,<br />
Tinotenda Chibharo of Zimbabwe,<br />
was named to the conference’s All-<br />
Freshmen Team.<br />
In other sports news, members<br />
of the <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong> Board<br />
of Trustees voted Nov. 5 to add a<br />
women’s lacrosse team to its Division I<br />
program. A new coach will be on board<br />
in the spring and a team assembled<br />
to play by spring 2012. The addition<br />
of women’s lacrosse would create<br />
increased opportunities for women’s<br />
participation in intercollegiate scholarship<br />
sports as defined in Title IX and<br />
add an estimated net revenue of more<br />
than $350,000.<br />
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Development News<br />
The Carters joined members of the Hardin family and <strong>Winthrop</strong> officials for this photograph<br />
taken Jan. 27 at the President’s House. From left are Mary Gene Roberts Hardin ’45,<br />
Katherine Hardin, Jim Hardin, Jane Hardin, Walter Hardin, Gale DiGiorgio, the late Patz<br />
Carter, Ray Carter, Anthony DiGiorgio, Martie Hardin Curran and Brien Lewis.<br />
Carters Honor <strong>Winthrop</strong> with $1.5 Million Gift<br />
A note from President Anthony DiGiorgio: Shortly before this<br />
story was to be published in the summer 2010 <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine,<br />
Patz Whetstone Carter ’69 was tragically killed in a car accident.<br />
We decided not to publish the story at that time while Patz’s<br />
family and the <strong>Winthrop</strong> family dealt with her loss and while her<br />
husband, Ray, who was severely injured in the accident, began<br />
a long journey of healing. We are immensely grateful that Ray<br />
and Patz were able to meet and celebrate with the Hardin family,<br />
whom they honor with this very special gift, before Patz’s untimely<br />
passing.<br />
To honor their love for and longstanding ties to <strong>Winthrop</strong>,<br />
Patricia “Patz” Whetstone Carter ’69 and her husband Ray of<br />
Chapin, S.C., gifted the university a Charitable Remainder Unitrust<br />
valued at more than $1.5 million. Patz was a former member<br />
of the <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong> Real Estate Foundation. Her aunt,<br />
Celeste Whetstone White ’58, her sister, Cynthia Whetstone<br />
Tobin ’82, and her niece, Courtney Hagins ’01, are all <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
alumnae, along with Ray’s sister, Gail Carter Rogers ’72.<br />
The Carters were familiar with the many contributions of the<br />
Hardin family to the Rock Hill community and wanted to honor a<br />
family whose efforts have enhanced the <strong>Winthrop</strong> campus. The<br />
Carters’ gift will produce support for the conservation, historic<br />
preservation and adaptive use of <strong>Winthrop</strong> space and facilities.<br />
It also will provide scholarships and faculty fellowships in the<br />
Department of Design.<br />
The planned garden, which is currently under construction<br />
at the south end of Scholars Walk behind Roddey Hall, has been<br />
named the Hardin Family Garden.<br />
Floyds Create Professorship in Leadership Studies<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong>’s notable Distinction in Leadership Program has<br />
received support for a new professorship courtesy of a recent gift by<br />
Dalton B. Floyd Jr. and wife Linda Floyd of Murrells Inlet, S.C. The<br />
Dalton B. Floyd Jr. and Linda Floyd Professorship in Leadership<br />
Studies will provide support for a faculty member working within<br />
the Distinction in Leadership Program in order to cultivate<br />
leadership development. The first professorship will be awarded<br />
during the 2011-12 academic year.<br />
The Distinction in Leadership is an exclusive recognition<br />
that students may achieve through classroom, service and direct<br />
leadership experiences that develop integrity, critical capacities,<br />
and ethical and social responsibility. Dalton Floyd, a distinguished<br />
attorney and businessman with a remarkable and varied record of<br />
public service, currently serves as vice chair of the <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Board of Trustees. Linda Floyd serves on <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s Board<br />
of Visitors and is a founding member of the South Carolina Higher<br />
Education Foundation.<br />
New Recurring Gift Donors to Receive Poster<br />
Through January 2011, new donors who sign up to make a recurring<br />
gift — a gift which automatically draws from a checking account, debit<br />
card or credit card each month — will receive a free <strong>Winthrop</strong> holiday<br />
print. This form of donation provides <strong>Winthrop</strong> with a consistent source<br />
of giving and offers donors a convenient method to provide financial<br />
support.<br />
For more information on giving opportunities, please contact<br />
the Office of Development at 803/323-2150 or visit<br />
www.winthropalumni.com.<br />
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Alumni News<br />
Uniting Past and Present in 2011:<br />
ARC and Homecoming to be Celebrated in Tandem<br />
Alumni<br />
+ Reunion<br />
Celebration<br />
The <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong> Alumni Association executive board voted at its fall meeting to combine the<br />
university’s two signature alumni events — Alumni Reunion Celebration and Homecoming — in 2011.<br />
The vote came on the heels of the university’s “Readiness <strong>Winthrop</strong>” initiative, in which leaders are tasked<br />
to reduce spending levels while retaining a commitment to quality and value across the institution. Debbie<br />
Garrick, executive director of alumni relations and the alumni association, believes alumni will embrace<br />
the change. “It comes down to doing everything as effectively and efficiently as possible, while keeping our<br />
traditions and those things that have historically defined us,” she said.<br />
The combined event, to be held in November 2011, will provide an opportunity to bring all alumni<br />
together for the wrap-up of <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s 125th year celebration. In addition, hosting alumni from across the<br />
age spectrum will provide a synergy not often experienced on campus.<br />
“The board’s leadership affirmed that the time has come for a multi-generational alumni event,” Garrick<br />
said. “It’s a fantastic way to capture the excitement of our 125 years and celebrate all who share our common<br />
bond.”<br />
Another benefit will be broader participation in certain events, such as the alumni awards ceremony. In<br />
the past, only alumni who graduated prior to 1980 were invited to the awards ceremony, and only alumni<br />
who graduated after 1980 were invited to Homecoming activities.<br />
“At a time when budgets needs are critical, combining these events demonstrates good stewardship of<br />
the resources of the alumni association,” Garrick said. “But more importantly, it provides a greater opportunity<br />
for all of us to share the <strong>Winthrop</strong> experience. I think alumni will be pleased with the variety of activities<br />
we can offer at a larger event, but there will still be an emphasis on celebrating milestone reunions and<br />
the achievements of our successful alumni.”<br />
Alumni Association to<br />
Fund Legacy Scholarship<br />
In other business, the board<br />
announced its next gift to the university:<br />
$25,000 over five years for<br />
the funding of a <strong>Winthrop</strong> Legacy<br />
Scholarship. When fully endowed,<br />
the annual scholarship will be<br />
awarded to one in-state freshman<br />
and one out-of-state freshman. The<br />
two recipients would be admitted<br />
through the university’s normal process<br />
but would have a direct familial<br />
relationship to a <strong>Winthrop</strong> graduate.<br />
Applicants must submit two letters<br />
of recommendation as well as a 500-<br />
word essay describing their family<br />
member’s <strong>Winthrop</strong> experience,<br />
how it motivated their own desire<br />
to attend <strong>Winthrop</strong> and why the<br />
scholarship would be of benefit. A<br />
high school GPA of at least 3.0 on a<br />
4.0 scale is required. Recipients will<br />
be full-time, enrolled students during<br />
the year of the award, and they<br />
will volunteer 15 hours in the Office<br />
of Alumni Relations that same year.<br />
Once the fund is fully endowed,<br />
more information will be available<br />
on the scholarship amount and how<br />
to apply.<br />
Garnet & Gold<br />
Several members from the Class of 1950 displayed their garnet and<br />
gold during a four-day reunion in Garden City Beach, S.C., where they<br />
discussed their 60th reunion and enjoyed lunch with classmate Alberta<br />
Lachicotte Quattlebaum in Pawley’s Island, S.C. Attendees were,<br />
from left, Lou Lewis Prongay, Betty Baker Cooper, Mattie Wallace<br />
Strickland, Irene Kennington Bell, Betty Harrison Prickett, Colleen<br />
Holland Yates, Lib Sandifer Inman and Mary Holler Jeffords.<br />
Have you displayed your <strong>Winthrop</strong> apparel in an amazing or<br />
unique place If so, send a photo of you in your <strong>Winthrop</strong> gear, along<br />
with a brief description, to wualumni@winthrop.edu. To be considered,<br />
photos must be in focus. The best photos will be published in<br />
upcoming <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine editions.<br />
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Homecoming 2010, held Nov. 9-13, was<br />
especially celebratory this year as alumni<br />
gathered to mark <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s 125-year<br />
milestone. “125 Years. United Together”<br />
served as the week’s theme, and graduates<br />
enjoyed time reconnecting at the<br />
Friday night birthday-themed party and<br />
at Saturday’s tailgate and men’s basketball<br />
game. Float construction, a concert<br />
by Cravin’ Melon, the annual step show<br />
and reunions held by DSU and Wesley<br />
Foundation also were on the weekend’s<br />
agenda.<br />
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the float building competition. Student<br />
teams constructed floats on Nov. 11, and<br />
a panel of judges scored the entries on<br />
artistic appeal, club/organization spirit<br />
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and use of provided materials. The<br />
winning float, pictured, was created by<br />
Alpha Delta Pi and Pi Kappa Alpha.<br />
2. Friday night’s party featured caricaturist<br />
Bruce Stevenson, music by the Lloyd<br />
Dobler Effect and birthday cake. Here,<br />
Vanessa Cox Turek ’07 and Matt Turek ’07<br />
awaited their sketch.<br />
3. Anne Crout Shelley ’66, left, and Patricia<br />
Taylor Bean ’66, right, chatted over<br />
Starbucks coffee after touring the<br />
DiGiorgio Campus Center.<br />
4. Ray Singleton, a senior theatre major<br />
from North Charleston, S.C., was crowned<br />
Homecoming King while Beyanca Vinson,<br />
a senior marketing major from Fort Mill,<br />
S.C., took the Homecoming Queen title.<br />
5. Adam Summer ’02, Jennifer Hensen<br />
Summer ’02, and their daughters Abigail<br />
and Rebekah were ready to cheer the<br />
men’s basketball team to a 70-61 victory<br />
over Queens <strong>University</strong>.<br />
6. From left: Erika Weed ’08, Joshua Chubb,<br />
Jada Palmer ’08, Courtney Jackson ’03 and<br />
Mike Goldberg ’08 met up Friday evening<br />
after registering for the weekend’s events.<br />
7. From left: Antwan Calloway ’03, Rene<br />
Hardy ’02 and Rian Jenkins ’03 enjoyed<br />
good food and conversation during<br />
tailgating festivities.<br />
8. The sunny November weather brought<br />
out lots of short sleeves and sunglasses.<br />
From left: Chris Grabbatin ’09, Erin Curran<br />
’07, ’09, and student Matthew Anderson<br />
enjoyed the beautiful day.<br />
9. Delta Zeta alumnae from the 1970s and<br />
1980s joined their sorority sisters for a<br />
mini reunion on Saturday.<br />
10. Cornhole proved again to be the popular<br />
game of choice during tailgating. Here,<br />
Matt Garner ’08 and student Kevin Beahm<br />
tested their aim and skill.<br />
11. From left: David Crosby ’08 (coral shirt),<br />
Chip Alexander ’05 and Rebecka<br />
McDonald ’08 caught up outside of the<br />
International Center’s tailgating tent.<br />
12. Weenie Martin Daniel ’64, foreground,<br />
ruth Young Quincannon ’97, back<br />
left, and Cristin Daniels Connor ’97, back<br />
right, reviewed photo albums and other<br />
memorabilia at Saturday morning’s Wesley<br />
Foundation reunion.<br />
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Enduring Vision<br />
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<strong>Winthrop</strong> Celebrates 125 Years<br />
In 125 years, <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong> has grown leaps and bounds<br />
beyond its beginnings as a one-room teacher training college nestled in Columbia,<br />
S.C. That small borrowed structure, built on one man’s vision for South Carolina,<br />
has developed into an educational leader, an institution with unshakable core values<br />
of service, excellence, diversity, community and leadership.<br />
The vision and persistence of David Bancroft Johnson, superintendent of schools<br />
in Columbia, gave <strong>Winthrop</strong> its start. Johnson envisioned a South Carolina school<br />
dedicated to training women to become strong, capable teachers. In 1886, he secured<br />
seed money from Boston philanthropist Robert C. <strong>Winthrop</strong> and the Peabody Fund<br />
to form <strong>Winthrop</strong> Training School in Columbia. Johnson served 42 years as <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s<br />
president, and during his term he watched the institution grow into a flagship<br />
for teacher education. This growth led to increased state funding — support that<br />
moved the institution from Columbia to its home in Rock Hill, S.C., in 1895.<br />
Later known as the <strong>Winthrop</strong> Normal and Industrial College of South Carolina,<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> College and <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong>, <strong>Winthrop</strong> has continued to expand in<br />
size, vision and ambition throughout the years. Today <strong>Winthrop</strong> boasts 100 percent<br />
national accreditation of eligible academic programs, millions of dollars in federal<br />
grant funding for campus programs and projects, and several state-of-the-art<br />
buildings, including Carroll Hall and the newly opened DiGiorgio Campus Center,<br />
named for First Lady Gale DiGiorgio and President Anthony DiGiorgio, <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s<br />
current and second longest-serving president.<br />
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Pictured here:<br />
1. 1920s aerial view of the <strong>Winthrop</strong> campus;<br />
2. Carnegie Library in 1920;<br />
3. Commemorative Joynes Hall bowl;<br />
4. Three 19th-century nails from the original<br />
Little Chapel;<br />
5. Present-day Little Chapel;<br />
6 & 7. Plates created by <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s Alumni Association,<br />
which offered the plates from the 1930s-60s;<br />
8. 125th anniversary banner that greets visitors to<br />
Tillman Hall;<br />
9. Creative then-and-now shot of Bancroft Hall;<br />
10. D.B. Johnson, <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s founder and<br />
first president; and<br />
11. Official 125th seal created for the milestone<br />
anniversary.<br />
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<strong>Winthrop</strong> memorabilia collected over the years illustrates an institution with a rich<br />
history of campus traditions, student fellowship and athletic and academic participation.<br />
Shown here:<br />
1. Field hockey sticks from the late ’60s/’70s;<br />
2. 1975 photo of students at the president’s drop-in;<br />
3. 1958 photo of students watching a baseball game;<br />
4. Photo of volleyball players posing with their 2005 Big South Championship trophy;<br />
5. Former Eagles baseball coach Horace Turbeville’s cap and signed baseball (c. 1980);<br />
6. <strong>Winthrop</strong> pennant (c. 1890s);<br />
7. 1926 photo of students walking the Blue Line;<br />
8. Photo of alumni celebrating Homecoming 2010;<br />
9. Action shot of the men’s basketball team’s first NCAA tournament win in 2007;<br />
10. <strong>Winthrop</strong> Bowling ball (c. ’50/’60s);<br />
11. 125th commemorative photo with the Class of 2014;<br />
12. Then-and-now depiction of Byrnes Auditorium;<br />
13. 125th cake presented at the August 2010 faculty/staff party;<br />
14. 2010 Garnet and Gold Book; and<br />
15. Bill Strickland’s “Making the Impossible Possible,”<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong>’s Common Book for 2009-10 and 2010-11.<br />
Did You Know<br />
In 1999, the Eagles made <strong>Winthrop</strong> history by making the NCAA Division I<br />
basketball tournament for the first time.<br />
Main Building — known today as Tillman Hall — was constructed using convict<br />
labor.<br />
First Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt, Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson and<br />
Rosalyn Carter paid visits to campus.<br />
In 1925, <strong>Winthrop</strong> was the second largest women’s college<br />
in the U.S.<br />
During <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s days as a women’s college, all students had to<br />
pass a physical fitness swimming test.<br />
The first men’s baseball game was played in 1980.<br />
Famous singer, author and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett played<br />
at <strong>Winthrop</strong> Coliseum in 1983.<br />
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Class Notes<br />
Let Us Hear from You!<br />
Do you have a new job, marriage, baby or other lifechanging<br />
event that you would like to share with the<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> family If so, please send in your information<br />
to be included in a future <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine<br />
issue. Please e-mail wualumni@winthrop.edu, visit<br />
www.winthropalumni.com or call 803/323-2145 or<br />
800/578-6545 to submit your news.<br />
1931<br />
Frances Koger Holmes of<br />
Union, S.C., celebrated her<br />
100th birthday on Nov. 6,<br />
2010.<br />
1932<br />
A resident of Swainsboro, Ga.,<br />
Lillian Kay Bird celebrated<br />
her 100th birthday on Aug. 7,<br />
2010.<br />
1942<br />
Olive Hinnant Timberlake<br />
of Hartsville, S.C., received<br />
the Order of the Palmetto for<br />
her years of service to the Girl<br />
Scouts of America, her community<br />
and her church.<br />
1959<br />
Peggy Berly Berley reports<br />
she and her husband celebrated<br />
their 50th wedding<br />
anniversary this year. The<br />
couple lives in Newberry, S.C.<br />
1966<br />
Stella Mae Smith of Tucson,<br />
Ariz., is an associate professor<br />
in the Department of Disability<br />
and Psychoeducational<br />
Studies at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Arizona.<br />
1968<br />
Elizabeth Tant Thrailkill<br />
was named Humanitarian of<br />
the Year by the S.C. Counseling<br />
Association at its 45th annual<br />
meeting. Thrailkill has a<br />
private counseling practice in<br />
Lancaster, S.C.<br />
1971<br />
Martha Kathryn Williams<br />
Wright of Hanahan, S.C.,<br />
received her doctorate in<br />
educational administration<br />
from the <strong>University</strong> of South<br />
Carolina.<br />
1972<br />
Mount Pleasant, S.C., resident<br />
Mildred DuPre Kitchell<br />
has joined Robert W. Baird<br />
& Co. in its newly opened<br />
Charleston wealth management<br />
office.<br />
1973<br />
Susan Ballard Hilton was<br />
recognized by the S.C. Commission<br />
on Higher Education<br />
as the 2010 recipient of the<br />
HEART Award for outstanding<br />
efforts in encouraging<br />
and preparing high school<br />
students to attend college.<br />
1976<br />
Richard Mullinax, executive<br />
officer of the first brigade<br />
in the South Carolina State<br />
Guard, delivered the keynote<br />
address at the York, S.C.,<br />
Veterans Day parade.<br />
Florence, S.C., resident Ellen<br />
Valley Rauh has published<br />
a children’s picture book<br />
entitled “Miss Ellie’s Turban.”<br />
Proceeds are being donated<br />
to the American Cancer<br />
Society.<br />
1980<br />
Larry Durham was appointed<br />
to the Lancaster County<br />
Commission for Higher<br />
Education by Governor Mark<br />
Sanford.<br />
1981<br />
Louise McElwee Brown is<br />
an English instructor at Williamsburg<br />
Technical College.<br />
She was previously employed<br />
by Florence School District<br />
Three in Lake City, S.C.<br />
Laura Ross Sturgis received<br />
the Desire2Excel Award for<br />
Innovation for her work with<br />
information technology and<br />
distance learning. Sturgis is<br />
an associate dean for college<br />
transfer, articulation, and special<br />
projects at York Technical<br />
College.<br />
1985<br />
Terry Grayson Caprio is<br />
now the managing partner of<br />
the Greenville, S.C., KPMG<br />
office. She has been a partner<br />
with KPMG since 1998.<br />
David K. Hudspeth was<br />
appointed director of the<br />
lower and middle school campuses<br />
at Grace Episcopal Day<br />
School in Silver Spring, Md.<br />
1986<br />
Beth Oenbrink Bosserman<br />
of Columbus, Ind., has published<br />
“Medicine from God:<br />
Scripture Verses to Encourage<br />
and Comfort the Sick.”<br />
1987<br />
North Myrtle Beach, S.C.,<br />
20 Winter 2011 <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine
Class Notes<br />
resident Angela Smith Bartku<br />
joined the Charleston area<br />
division of Ryland Homes as a<br />
sales assistant.<br />
1992<br />
Martin W. Saunders serves<br />
as associate professor of<br />
trumpet and jazz studies at<br />
Marshall <strong>University</strong> in Huntington,<br />
W.Va.<br />
1993<br />
Faissal Tahiri-Bernal<br />
has been appointed general<br />
manager for Pfizer Consumer<br />
Healthcare, Canada.<br />
Emily Napier Yost of Brea,<br />
Calif., is owner of E Yost Consulting,<br />
a PR and marketing<br />
firm. She previously worked<br />
for cable channel MTV and<br />
AIA Actor’s Studio.<br />
1994<br />
Wyatt Bryson of Rock Hill<br />
has published two novels,<br />
“Sankofa” and “Onyx and<br />
Eggshell.”<br />
Byron Putman was elected<br />
Sixth District director of public<br />
relations for Omega Psi Phi<br />
Fraternity, Inc. His responsibilities<br />
include editing the<br />
district’s bi-annual magazine<br />
as well as handling news<br />
releases and press conferences.<br />
Charles A. Robinson of<br />
Clover, S.C., was named chief<br />
of police for the city of York,<br />
S.C.<br />
1997<br />
Steven D. Andrews of Rock<br />
Hill has been promoted to the<br />
position of Mid-Atlantic geographic<br />
operations manager<br />
for SunTrust Mortgage.<br />
Anthony Perricelli has been<br />
named partner of tax and<br />
advisory services for Scott<br />
McElveen, L.L.P., a fullservice<br />
public accounting and<br />
business consulting firm in<br />
Columbia, S.C.<br />
2001<br />
Rock Hill resident Richie E.<br />
McCorkle was a finalist in<br />
Mountain Dew’s Green Label<br />
Art competition.<br />
2002<br />
Jeremy Plexico has been<br />
hired as assistant coach and<br />
pitching coach for the Ball<br />
State Cardinals.<br />
2003<br />
Kirk Lecureux was awarded<br />
a juris doctorate from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Florida College<br />
of Law. He is an assistant vice<br />
president in Bank of America’s<br />
audit and legal risk group.<br />
Mark D. Weber of La<br />
Quinta, Calif., was named<br />
manager of Coachella Valley<br />
Enterprise Zone, an economic<br />
development program.<br />
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Class Notes<br />
City Manager David Vehaun Helps to Improve College Town Environment<br />
On one side of <strong>Winthrop</strong>, workers are in the final stages<br />
of tearing down the old Rock Hill Bleachery. On the other<br />
side, Cherry Road may undergo improvements to ensure<br />
pedestrian and cyclist safety. Residential and commercial<br />
projects have been announced downtown and near the<br />
Catawba River.<br />
Parts of Rock Hill are in transition as<br />
business owners, university and city of<br />
Rock Hill officials work together to improve<br />
the college town environment.<br />
Helping guide the development is<br />
David Vehaun ’86, who was selected this past fall as Rock Hill’s 12th city manager.<br />
“We have a lot of momentum with the Textile Corridor,” Vehaun said about the Bleachery<br />
and other property between the university campus and downtown Rock Hill. “We<br />
have great opportunities with <strong>Winthrop</strong> to accomplish wonderful things.”<br />
Vehaun recognizes the value of a strong university and city partnership after earning<br />
a master’s degree in public administration at the <strong>University</strong> of North Carolina at Chapel<br />
Hill. “We’ll be meeting with the City Council in January to start shaping the College Town<br />
Action recommendations into a strategic plan,” he said.<br />
The city administrator has taught government, public administration and public budgeting<br />
courses at <strong>Winthrop</strong> for 20 years. He will now end that partnership due to time<br />
constraints but will begin another role that is vital for the future of both the city of Rock<br />
Hill and <strong>Winthrop</strong>.<br />
2004<br />
Valida Foster has joined the<br />
United Way of the Piedmont<br />
staff as a campaign associate.<br />
Foster is active in the Spartanburg,<br />
S.C., community and<br />
serves on numerous committees<br />
and area boards.<br />
2006<br />
James Beach recently<br />
accepted the position of assistant<br />
dean for the Andrew<br />
Blair College of Health at<br />
Queens <strong>University</strong> in Charlotte,<br />
N.C.<br />
Mary Hock Leventis has<br />
been hired as an assistant<br />
coach for <strong>Winthrop</strong>’s volleyball<br />
team. Leventis was<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong>’s Big South Player<br />
of the Year in 2004.<br />
Meagan Meador received<br />
her Doctor of Veterinary<br />
Medicine from Tufts <strong>University</strong>’s<br />
Cummings School<br />
of Veterinary Medicine and<br />
is currently completing an<br />
internship in small animal<br />
medicine and surgery at<br />
Florida Veterinary Referral<br />
Center in Estero, Fla.<br />
Laramie, Wyo., resident Carrie<br />
Selmer Murthy earned<br />
a master’s degree in political<br />
science from the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Wyoming.<br />
2007<br />
Branchville, S.C., resident<br />
Brandy N. Hughes received<br />
her juris doctorate from<br />
Roger Williams <strong>University</strong><br />
School of Law.<br />
Meredith Jenkinson is a lab<br />
specialist in the Department<br />
of Chemistry and Biochemistry<br />
at the College of Charleston.<br />
2009<br />
Ryan D. Melvin has joined<br />
the Columbia Metropolitan<br />
& Visitors Bureau as its new<br />
sales assistant. The bureau is<br />
part of the Midlands Authority<br />
for Conventions, Sports &<br />
Tourism in Columbia, S.C.<br />
Stephen Nsereko has signed<br />
a contract to play for the<br />
Richmond Kickers, a professional<br />
soccer team in the<br />
United Soccer League.<br />
22 Winter 2011 <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine
2010<br />
Arthur Takahashi has<br />
been awarded one of the<br />
two annual Bob McCloskey<br />
Insurance Big South Conference<br />
Graduate Fellowships.<br />
Takashi is currently pursuing<br />
his master’s degree in history<br />
at <strong>Winthrop</strong>.<br />
Why We Give...<br />
Alumni Recently Named<br />
Teacher of the Year<br />
Gayle Mason ’79<br />
Greenville, S.C.<br />
McKissick Elementary School<br />
Rebekah Adair Ross ’91<br />
Easley, S.C.<br />
Anderson School District One<br />
Laura Whitlock Howard ’03<br />
Florence, S.C.<br />
S.C. Virtual Charter School<br />
Kristal Salyer ’05<br />
Lancaster, S.C.<br />
Clinton Elementary School<br />
Congratulations to<br />
the Newly Retired!<br />
Susan Hayes Kelly ’64<br />
Rock Hill<br />
Linda Lee Gill ’67<br />
Annandale, Va.<br />
Jane McSween Jameson ’68<br />
Chapin, S.C.<br />
Robert Benjamin Hambright ’74<br />
Charlotte, N.C.<br />
The reasons for giving are different for each individual.<br />
Each gift, no matter the size, allows <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
to build upon its tradition of excellence<br />
and also demonstrates your support and commitment<br />
in helping <strong>Winthrop</strong> maintain its position<br />
as one of the best universities of its kind.<br />
There are numerous ways to give; please consider<br />
your reason for giving and call 803/323-2150<br />
to learn more about gift opportunities.<br />
“We give because we attribute<br />
much of our personal and<br />
professional success to our<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong> experiences. There<br />
may be universities that are<br />
larger and older, but we feel that<br />
no other university offers the<br />
complete college experience as<br />
well as <strong>Winthrop</strong>. We believe in<br />
the <strong>Winthrop</strong> of yesterday, today<br />
and tomorrow.”<br />
Timothy Hopkins ’83, ’85, ’00<br />
Executive director of<br />
elementary education for the<br />
Kershaw County School<br />
District<br />
President-elect of the <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
Alumni Association Executive<br />
Board<br />
Member of the <strong>Winthrop</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> Foundation Board<br />
Past president of the Kershaw<br />
County <strong>Winthrop</strong> Alumni<br />
Chapter and current member<br />
of its Executive Committee<br />
Jewel Lee Hopkins ’84<br />
Second-grade teacher, Lugoff<br />
Elementary School<br />
Member of the Kershaw<br />
County <strong>Winthrop</strong> Alumni<br />
Chapter Executive Committee<br />
Winter 2011 <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine 23
Milestones<br />
Births<br />
24 Winter 2011 <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine<br />
Wendy-Marie Crawford Norwood ’93,<br />
a son, Graham Davis Norwood,<br />
Dec. 7, 2009<br />
Jill Buie Slapnik ’94,<br />
a son, Jeremy Michael Slapnik,<br />
April 29, 2010<br />
Sharon Casey Wight ’94,<br />
a daughter, Mackenzie Bryan Wight,<br />
Aug. 13, 2009<br />
Shelley Copeland Kolb ’95,<br />
a son, Tillman Weeks Kolb,<br />
Jan. 1, 2010<br />
Christine Gudger Boudolf ’97,<br />
a daughter, Molly Camellia Boudolf,<br />
July 22, 2010<br />
Shelley Giles Jones ’97 and<br />
Jerod Eldon Jones ’98,<br />
a son, Shepard Jones,<br />
June 30, 2010<br />
Chad Richard Steele ’97,<br />
a daughter, Dylan Wilder Steele,<br />
May 11, 2010<br />
Courtney Ames Watkins ’97,<br />
a son, Rylan Henry Watkins,<br />
Feb. 11, 2010<br />
Daheia Barr Anderson ’98,<br />
a daughter, Camilla Catherine Anderson,<br />
April 28, 2010<br />
Gilbert Larry Holmes ’98 and<br />
Patricia Drose Holmes ’02,<br />
a son Larry Charles Holmes,<br />
May 7, 2010<br />
Scott Wayne Sinclair ’99 and<br />
Kate Holmes Sinclair ’00,<br />
a daughter, Eliza Grace Sinclair,<br />
June 15, 2010<br />
Shayla Rice Lance ’00 and<br />
Jamal Avinde Lance ’01,<br />
a son, Xavier Lance,<br />
Sept. 15, 2009<br />
Julie Ledgerwood Cook ’02,<br />
a son, Gabriel William Cook,<br />
July 11, 2009<br />
Tracy Taylor Fisher ’02,<br />
a son, Riley Christopher Fisher,<br />
May 12, 2010<br />
Sara Rodriguez Harrington ’02,<br />
a daughter, Olivia Laura Harrington,<br />
Feb. 26, 2010<br />
Jim Langer ’02 and<br />
Katie McKie Langer ’03,<br />
twins, a daughter, Eliza Harris Langer,<br />
and a son, Nolan James Langer,<br />
Sept. 7, 2010<br />
Misty Yoder Ritchie ’02,<br />
a son, Jacob Benjamin Ritchie,<br />
July 21, 2010<br />
Adrienne Middleton Edge ’03,<br />
a son, LeNolon Edge Jr.,<br />
Jan. 6, 2010<br />
Kelly Acker Rodes ’03,<br />
a son, William Lucas Rodes,<br />
June 13, 2010<br />
Elizabeth Crank Williamson ’03 and<br />
Jason David Williamson ’03,<br />
a son, Rylan Chase Williamson,<br />
July 15, 2010<br />
Jessica White Cline ’04,<br />
a son, Cooper William Cline,<br />
April 13, 2010<br />
Renee Markners Shugart ’04,<br />
a son, Sean Shugart,<br />
March 3, 2010<br />
Jennie Gillispie Vogel ’04,<br />
a daughter, Cassidy Isabella Vogel,<br />
Nov. 23, 2009<br />
Erin Canup Webb ’04 and<br />
Michael Joseph Webb ’04,<br />
a son, Aiden Michael Webb,<br />
April 24, 2010<br />
Anna Altman Boyd ’05,<br />
a son, Samuel Walker Boyd,<br />
Aug. 16, 2009<br />
Judi Wagner Cousar ’05,<br />
a son, Cain Joseph Cousar,<br />
Sept. 8, 2009<br />
Nancy “Brooke” Bailey Cudd ’05,<br />
a daughter, Annabelle Bailey Cudd,<br />
Aug. 22, 2010<br />
Benjamin Michael Layer ’05,<br />
a daughter, Samantha Jo Layer,<br />
June 27, 2009<br />
Cecilia Wolff McMillen ’06,<br />
twin daughters, Lily Elizabeth McMillen<br />
and Lyla Evelyn McMillen,<br />
May 20, 2010<br />
Janet Shaver North ’06,<br />
a daughter, Madden Greer North,<br />
Feb. 26, 2010<br />
Vanessa Cox Turek ’07 and<br />
Matthew Huntington Turek ’07,<br />
a son, Joshua Huntington Turek,<br />
May 7, 2010<br />
Kelly Gold Hall ’08,<br />
a son, Matthew Jacob Hall,<br />
July 7, 2009<br />
Melissa Tipper Spurlin ’09 and<br />
Glenn Edward Spurlin ’09,<br />
a daughter, Addison Amelia Spurlin,<br />
Oct. 27, 2009<br />
Marriages<br />
Kimberly Denise Feemster ’89 to<br />
Gregory Gaston Gibson<br />
Richard Gaines Halford ’90 to<br />
Stacey Elizabeth Day<br />
Tamiko Yvette Sullivan ’93 to<br />
Sean W. Rhinehart<br />
Laura Ann Atkinson ’99 to<br />
Hashem Hashemi Najaf-abadi<br />
Lucinda Elizabeth Bowman ’00 to<br />
Steven Lee Lantry<br />
Rebecca Jane Oliver ’01 to<br />
Troy Canupp<br />
Amber Celeste Taylor ’02 to<br />
Irving Blakes<br />
Kyle Marcus Davis ’03 to<br />
Laura Elizabeth Husser ’06<br />
Shantika Shonike Holliday ’03 to<br />
Jackie Kent Brockington ’03<br />
Dana Lenora Benjamin ’04 to<br />
Corey Dante Mitchell<br />
Laura Elizabeth Brashier ’04 to<br />
Harry Walton Harter III<br />
Carrie Marie Coleman ’04 to<br />
Brad Franko<br />
Jeremiah Michael Collins ’04 to<br />
Heather Elizabeth Short ’09<br />
Christopher Sandri Miros ’04 to<br />
Whitney Casadei<br />
Jordan Leigh Walters ’04 to<br />
Jerome Gregory Deveix<br />
Cara Johnson Bolton ’06 to<br />
Andrew S. Mikel<br />
Margaret Edna Monahan ’06 to<br />
James Benjamin Schwietert ’06<br />
Whitney Regina Dell ’07 to<br />
Matt Gibson<br />
Paul Geoffrey Vana ’07 to<br />
Rebecca Jeanne Stephen<br />
Jonathan David Harris ’08 to<br />
Marissa Jo Weston ’10<br />
April Joann Jenkinson ’08 to<br />
Donald Leland Eldridge Davis<br />
Erica Tyson Long ’08 to<br />
Stephen David Crotts ’08<br />
Samantha Joanne Martin ’08 to<br />
Rocky Reed<br />
Ashley Kristen Wheeler ’08 to<br />
John David Rogers ’09<br />
Danielle Suzanne Pritchard ’09 to<br />
Justin Scott Lamb
Mary Sue Britton McElveen ’43 Remembered for Leadership, Service and Loyalty<br />
Milestones<br />
Mary Sue Britton McElveen, 88,<br />
the first <strong>Winthrop</strong> alumna and the first<br />
woman to chair the <strong>Winthrop</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Board of Trustees, passed away July 9.<br />
McElveen served as permanent president<br />
of the <strong>Winthrop</strong> Class of 1943.<br />
Following graduation, McElveen<br />
worked as a cryptographer with U. S.<br />
Military Intelligence in Washington,<br />
D.C., and later as a stewardess with<br />
American Airlines.<br />
Former Governor Robert Mc-<br />
Nair appointed her to the Legislative<br />
Committee to study coeducation at<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong>; former Governor John<br />
West appointed her to the Legislative<br />
Committee to study automobile liability<br />
insurance; and former Governor Carroll<br />
Campbell awarded her the Order of the<br />
Palmetto.<br />
After serving on the board of trustees<br />
for 20 years, she retired as chairperson.<br />
McElveen also was president of the<br />
alumni association for two years and received<br />
the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award<br />
and an Honorary Doctor of Humane<br />
Letters. One of her most cherished honors<br />
was the establishment of an endowed<br />
scholarship in her name at <strong>Winthrop</strong>.<br />
Memorial contributions may<br />
be made to the Mary Sue Britton<br />
McElveen/Susie Kortjohn Britton<br />
scholarship at <strong>Winthrop</strong>, c/o the Office<br />
of Development, Sykes House, 638 Oakland<br />
Ave., Rock Hill, SC 29733 or the<br />
charity of one’s choice.<br />
Deaths<br />
’20s<br />
Thelma Grooms Shuler ’27<br />
Elizabeth “Libba” Russell Herbert ’29<br />
’30s<br />
Edna McCown Kolb ’30<br />
Esther Riley Owen ’30<br />
Maude Reese Snelgrove ’30<br />
Harriett Welsh Baer ’33<br />
Perry Dunlap Whiteside Cathcart ’33<br />
Dorothy Wakefield Jordan ’34<br />
Ada Hames Long ’34<br />
Katherine Glenn Meadows ’34<br />
Anne Moss Biggs ’35<br />
Margaret Hunter Bishop ’35<br />
Juliette Hollis Moody ’35<br />
Ruth Robinson Whitlaw ’35<br />
Mabel Pettit Brown ’36<br />
Nanelle Wilkerson Castles ’36<br />
Sarah Hyatt Cato ’36<br />
Mary Jo Rogers McRae ’36<br />
Lizzie Mae Chamblee Thompson ’36<br />
Jane Cooper DeNunzio ’37<br />
Sara Schumpert Gantt ’37<br />
Katharine Hunley Bost ’38<br />
Fannie Wilson DuBose ’38<br />
Harriet Morgan Whitener ’38<br />
Miriam Smith Arledge ’39<br />
Margaret Putnam Bozard ’39<br />
Wilena Smith Crutcher ’39<br />
Alice “Flo” Rozier Cromer ’39<br />
Leila Sitton Stringer ’39<br />
Charlotte B. Wheeler ’39<br />
’40s<br />
Lucille Huggins Dinkins ’40<br />
Gladys Bramlett Folk ’40<br />
Julia Kendall Russell ’40<br />
Helen Mixson Swofford ’40<br />
Margaret Norwood Welling ’40<br />
Edna Owen Bowers ’41<br />
Janie Ward Chavous ’41<br />
Ann Mildred Diesslin ’41<br />
Louise Fike Hardy ’41<br />
Louise Leonard Kelly ’41<br />
Nan Sturgis McRackan ’41<br />
Betty Beckham Richardson ’41<br />
Mary Claire Pinckney Jones Seeger ’41<br />
Lorena Welborn Warner ’41<br />
Virginia Smith Waters ’41<br />
Mary Anderson Givens ’42<br />
Nancy Coggeshall Hunter ’42<br />
Edith Jackson McGinnis ’42<br />
Dorothy White Roper ’42<br />
Edith Ross Fowler ’43<br />
Sara “Alice” Hogarth Godley ’43<br />
Nell McMillan Hendrick ’43<br />
Virginia Hildebrand Jeffcoat ’43<br />
Josie “Fay” Dusenbury Martin ’43<br />
Carolyn Heriot McCall ’43<br />
Mary Sue Britton McElveen ’43<br />
Sarah Parrott Montgomery ’43<br />
Mae Bradbury Pippin ’43<br />
Nettie Findley Salthouse ’43<br />
Elaine Ross Smith ’43<br />
Irma Avant Evans ’44<br />
Edna Blackwell Hare ’44<br />
Miriam Groat Heintzman ’44<br />
Mary Louise “Lou” Raley Scott ’44<br />
Beverley Annette Turner ’44<br />
Elizabeth “Lib” Crow Wood ’44<br />
Zadah Green DeLorme ’45<br />
Margaret Ruthven Perry ’45<br />
Etta McCarter Randall ’45<br />
Marie Turner Watson ’45<br />
Willette Hipp Weatherly ’45<br />
Martha Hollis Williams ’45<br />
Hilda Mary Elizabeth Cannon ’46<br />
Jean Henry Layton Cleveland ’46<br />
Martha Steadman Brown Millard ’46<br />
Gwendolyn Caldwell Stanford ’46<br />
Esther Stender Struhs ’46<br />
Mary “Mary Katie” Golightly Wingo ’46<br />
Sallie Jones Pennington ’47<br />
Mary Matthews Wilson ’47<br />
Joan Pennell Allen ’49<br />
Martha Simpson Bankhead ’49<br />
Laura Sisk Cranford ’49<br />
Mary Ford Greenwold ’49<br />
Dorothy Harter Lowman ’49<br />
Jacqueline Melton Mangum ’49<br />
Mary Faucett Nims ’49<br />
Louise Day Roche ’49<br />
Laura Virginia Mullikin Shirley ’49<br />
’50s<br />
Rosie Leventis Billas ’50<br />
Doris Dufford ’50<br />
Emily Brannen Freeman ’50<br />
Betty Jane Hearne Garrison ’50<br />
Ruth McCown Gilliam ’50<br />
Carol Vaught Lewis ’50<br />
Frances Powell Hardwick ’51<br />
Joan Brooks Sawyer ’51<br />
Frances Bramlett Stephenson ’51<br />
Mary Thomas Paulk ’52<br />
Dorothy “Dot” Hayes Amick ’53<br />
Shirley Lundy Derieux ’53<br />
Sara “Libby” Trowell Tuten ’53<br />
Estelle Hanckel Walpole ’53<br />
Florence Bates Iseley ’54<br />
Sybil “Merleen” Pitman Moore ’54<br />
Lillian “Bobbie” Owens Canaday ’55<br />
Patricia Randall Carrere ’55<br />
Barbara Watson Eddins ’55<br />
Virginia DeWitt Huggins ’55<br />
Evelyn “Scottie” Logan Broome ’56<br />
Kathryn Jarrard Ellinger ’57<br />
“Peggy Jo” Sloan Wisterman ’57<br />
Roberta “Robin” Hicks Prehoda ’58<br />
’60s<br />
Betty McDonald Livingston ’60<br />
Miriam Langley Kendall ’61<br />
Frances Johnson McClurken ’61<br />
Carolyn Thomas England ’62<br />
Betty Joyce Williams ’63<br />
Linda Tharpe Cox ’64<br />
Mary Amelia Hough ’65<br />
Joyce Jeanette Howard ’66<br />
Carol House King ’66<br />
’70s<br />
Diana Stevenson Hegler ’70<br />
Mary McGill Calvo ’71<br />
Marie Henderson Foster ’72<br />
Ann Mayfield Turner Hannon ’72<br />
Diane Marie Crawford ’73<br />
Janet Coleman Harris ’73<br />
Debra “Debbie” Rogers Faulk ’74<br />
Wilbert L. Holmes ’74<br />
James Benford “Ben” Turner ’74<br />
Barbara Harmon Ledbetter ’75<br />
Judy Kay Norris ’75<br />
Danny Harold Sawyer ’75<br />
Robert Fremont Coleman ’78<br />
’80s<br />
Fred E. Hembree ’80<br />
Verlayne Humphries Henson ’82<br />
Geneva Johnson Pedersen ’84<br />
Robin McDonald Morgan ’85<br />
Abby Watson Chesnutt ’87<br />
Allen Albert Molaro ’89<br />
’90s<br />
Joseph Jordan Cox ’92<br />
Morris John Lewis ’93<br />
’00s<br />
Lori Ann Davis ’03<br />
Letitia Denise Simpson ’06<br />
Winter 2011 <strong>Winthrop</strong> Magazine 25
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Rock Hill, SC 29733<br />
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your son or daughter no longer resides at<br />
this address, please call 803/323-2145 or<br />
e-mail wualumni@winthrop.edu so we can<br />
update our information.<br />
NONPROFIT ORG<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
PAID<br />
GREENVILLE, SC<br />
PERMIT NO. 113<br />
The College of Visual and<br />
Performing Arts celebrates<br />
<strong>Winthrop</strong>’s 125th anniversary,<br />
and the integral role the arts<br />
have played at the university for<br />
more than a century, through an<br />
eclectic array of spring musical,<br />
theatrical and dance performances,<br />
as well as exciting<br />
gallery exhibitions.<br />
To view the college’s spring<br />
offerings, please visit<br />
www.winthrop.edu/arts<br />
or call 803/323-2399.