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Furman ALUMNI NEWS2012–13 ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORSMikee Johnson, president and chiefexecutive officer of Cox Industries inOrangeburg, S.C., is the 2013–14 chair97Lisa DeJaco, a partner with the Wyatt,Tarrant & Combs law firm in Louisville,Caroline Simpson Whaley of Marietta,Ga., has completed her term as presidentof the Junior League of Cobb-MariettaMARRIAGE: Ashley Boland Summerand Danielle Shira Rosenthal, February 23.Ashley is a partner with Nelson, Mullins,CLARIFICATIONJ. Chris Brown ’89, president; Leslie L. Smith ’91, president-elect; Rebecca AnnArmacost ’89, vice president; Clare Folio Morris ’83, past president; N. StatenBitting, Jr. ’75; Marilyn Mayfield Blackwell ’65; Sidney R. Bland ’59; Tracy HulseyBond ’90; Kevin R. Bryant ’85; William M. Burtless ’84; O. Vernon Burton ’69;Mamie Susan Caffey ’81; Michael L. Guynn ’91; Jimmie E. Harley ’58; CharlesD. Hardy ’89; Gregory W. Haselden ’94; Shannon Scruby Henderson ’75; GailLaible Hughes ’83; Gwinn Earle Kneeland ’89; C. Todd Malo ’95; Thomas A.Marshall ’77; James N. Martin ’79; Herman A. Matherson, Jr. ’79; Andrew C.Medlyn ’97; Matthew A. Miller ’99; William P. Morrow, Jr. ’54; Emmett L. Patrick’56; Scott W. Raeber ’92; Kenneth A. Sargent ’62; Gordon D. Seay ’61; E. LeonSmith ’61; George O. Short ’54; T. David Tribble ’76.of the South Carolina ManufacturersAlliance, an organization of more than200 companies. He is also chair of theState Workforce Investment Board andserves on the executive committees ofthe American Wood Protection Association,Treated Wood Council, Southern PressureTreaters’ Association, and the Indian WatersCouncil of the Boy Scouts of America.Scott Medlyn of Alexandria, Va., wasrecognized by the University of SouthCarolina School of Law with a 2013Ky., has been selected to participate in theBingham Fellows Class of 2013. BinghamFellows is the leadership-in-action armof the Leadership Louisville Center.John Scott Gray is an associate professorof philosophy and humanities at Ferris StateUniversity in Big Rapids, Mich. During hissabbatical this spring he did research onAmerican pragmatist John Dewey. Heis co-author of Introduction to PopularCulture: Theories, Applications and GlobalPerspectives, published by Kendall Hunt.and has been elected president and chairof the board for the Youth Museum inCobb County. She also serves on the boardof directors for Cobb Health Futures Foundationand is a visiting professor for theLeadership Academy at ChattahoocheeTechnical University.BIRTH: Jeffrey and Laurie Youngs,a son, Parker Mitchell, December 26.They live in Cumming, Ga.99Riley & Scarborough where he specializesin intellectual property law, and Danielleis an assistant general counsel, focusingon patent litigation, for Honeywell International.They live in New York City.BIRTHS: Greg and Michelle AbrahamCurnutte, a daughter, Hannah Kate,October 2, Sugar Land, Texas.Bryan ’03 and Kylie Inman Holladay,a daughter, Ellen Hensley, October 30,Atlanta.Townes and Marshall Johnson,A LETTER IN THE WINTER 2013 ISSUE of Furman magazine mighthave been read to say that Furman faculty, like faculty at some SouthernBaptist seminaries, were in the past required to endorse and teach inagreement with the Baptist Faith and Message. That is not the case.Moreover, even when the university was connected to the South CarolinaBaptist Convention, Furman faculty, regardless of department, were neverrequired to affirm any creedal statement.BIRTHS: Andy and Michelle Muro Heck,a daughter, Caroline Susan, February 9,Stan Sulkowski and Amy Boatright,a daughter, Nadia Boatright Sulkowski,Ex-Officio and Other Members: Rod Smolla, president; Mike Gatchell ’91,vice president for development; Tom Triplitt ’76, executive director of alumniprograms and constituent relations; Leo Fackler ’03, associate director of alumniprograms; Cal Hurst ’04, president, Young Alumni Council; Kaitlin Parham ’13,president, Student Alumni Council; David Hathaway ’13, president, StudentGovernment Association; Stephen Tagert ’13, president, Senior Class.Compleat Lawyer Award. The school’sAlumni Association presents the annualawards to alumni for outstanding civicand professional accomplishments.Scott is a major in the U.S. Air Force.95Democrat Mandy Powers NorrellBrett Loftis has become chief executiveofficer of The Crossnore School, a residentialschool in the mountains of westernNorth Carolina that provides education,hope and healing for children who havebeen abused, neglected and abandoned.Visit crossnoreschool.org.BIRTHS: Jeff and Hattie O’Neill ’95In January, Christina LaFevers Lopezbegan working as the director of riskmanagement and performance improvementat Cumberland Hall Hospital inHopkinsville, Ky.Justin O’Dell has opened the O’Dell& O’Neal law practice in Marietta, Ga.BIRTH: Jeremy and Kristin Stultza daughter, Mary Randolph, December 28,Greenville.Ed and Ginny Waller, a son, EdwardNissen, October 11. They live in Lexington,S.C.02Melissa Barnes has been namedGreenville.James and Maria Croley Madden,a son, Sanders John, February 21. Theylive in Smyrna, Ga. Maria is dean of middleschool student life at The Lovett School.Joseph ’03 and Elizabeth WrightOsborn, a daughter, Sylvie Caroline,October 4, Greenville.February 16. They live in Charleston, S.C.Both Stan and Amy work at the MedicalUniversity of South Carolina.04Social studies teacher Ashley HollandAdkins has been selected the 2013–14Teacher of the Year at Dorman High Schoolof Lancaster, S.C., is a member of the stateBollerman, twins, a son, Malachy O’Neill,Pressley, a son, Robert Jones Pressley,women’s soccer coach at Eastern KentuckyMatt ’03 and Molly Stokes Staab,in Spartanburg (S.C.) District 6.Matthew D. Lee has been electedto a two-year term as president of theboard of directors of Philadelphia VIP,the pro bono arm of the Philadelphia(Pa.) Bar Association.93THIS YEAR IS REUNION!Lewis Bozard completed his Ph.D.in counseling and counselor educationat the University of North Carolina-House of Representatives representingDistrict 44, which includes southernLancaster County. She serves on theAgriculture, Natural Resources andEnvironmental Affairs Committee. Sheis an attorney in private practice withand a daughter, Honora Halligan, January7. Jeff is an investment banker at HoulihanLokey and Hattie runs the New York officeof Speakeasy Inc., a corporate communicationsconsultancy. They live in Brooklyn.Brady and Jennifer Gilbert, a daughter,October 16. They live in Greenville. Kristinhas earned a Ph.D. in theatre from theUniversity of Georgia.00Emily Roberts Wilson of Raleigh, N.C.,University. She previously was an assistantcoach at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and at Furman.Eric Loebs of Irmo, S.C., received AllstateInsurance Co.’s Honor Ring award, whichdesignates his agency as one of the com-a daughter, Madeline Hope, October 18,Greenville.03THIS YEAR IS REUNION!Amy Lahey of Clarkston, Ga., a registeredCarrie Parker Eaves has accepted aposition as assistant professor of politicalscience at Elon University in North Carolina.Latoya Michelle Mitchell of Raleigh,N.C., recently began a new position asscientific publications manager at Grifols,92Robert Clifford was one of nine U.S.-Greensboro in May 2012. He is nowassistant professor of counselor educationand college student affairs at the Universityher husband, Mitch.Sandra Padgett Riddle started herown Tupperware business last October,Sophie Magnolia, May 15, 2012. They livein Travelers Rest, S.C., where Brady ownsa computer business and is presidentis a policy adviser for Speaker Thom Tillisof the North Carolina Legislative Assembly.BIRTH: Frederick and Natalie Byarspany’s top agencies nationwide. The awardhonors high standards and accomplishmentsin customer satisfaction, customer retentionnurse at the Aflac Cancer Center and BloodDisorders Center of Children’s Healthcare ofAtlanta, received the Laura Snitzer BoozerInc., in Research Triangle Park.Lindsey Mecca Nicely was promoted tosoftware compliance lead at MeadWestvacobased health workers to be presented withof West Georgia and continues his counsel-and for the month of December was theof the Greater Travelers Rest ChamberFisher, a son, Heyward, August 26,and profitability.Nursing Award for professional excellenceCorporation in Richmond, Va. She earneda REAL Award at the inaugural Patienting practice with the Care and Counseling18th top selling consultant for Tupperwareof Commerce. He also serves on the boardMount Pleasant, S.C.The Business Journal of the North Carolinaand leadership in pediatric cancer care.her master’s degree in statistics fromSafety, Science & Technology Summit hostedin January by the Masimo Foundation inLaguna Nigel, Calif. The Real Awards werecreated by Save the Children and FrontlineCenter of Georgia in Atlanta.94Kimberly Currier of Atlanta has beenUSA and Canada. Sandi and her familylive in Goose Creek, S.C., where herhusband, Charlie, is administrativebattalion chief for St. Paul’s Fire District.of the Greenville County Library SystemChad and Katy Oliver Hutcheson,a son, Elliot Cash, May 29, 2012. Theyown The String Bean, a restaurant and retail01Johnlee Curtis was recently appointedsenior associate counsel at AeroTurbine, Inc.Triad named Jonathan Peddrick to itslist of “Forty Leaders Under 40” for 2013.Jonathan is manager of the healthcarepractice consultants division of DavenportThe award provides financial supporttoward continuing education in the fieldof oncology.MARRIAGE: Angela Christian andVirginia Commonwealth University lastMay and passed the first actuarial examin November.BIRTHS: Clint and Kelsey RuebushHealth Workers Coalition to recognizethe life-saving efforts of dedicated healthworkers. Robert, who is on the clinicalteaching faculty at the Medical Universityof South Carolina in Charleston, is chair ofpromoted to vice president of talent developmentwith the American Cancer Society,Inc., where she has worked for 17 years.She is responsible for the strategy, designand implementation of learning, job train-96Brian Greenwood, a singer/songwriterin Los Angeles, has released a single titled“Malibu You,” available on iTunes andmarket in Belmont, N.C. Katy is a risk officerfor Wells Fargo Bank in nearby Charlotte.98THIS YEAR IS REUNION!He lives in Madeira Beach, Fla.Darcy Walker Krause is executivedirector of The Center for GrievingChildren in Philadelphia, Pa. The centerprovides support services to children whoMarvin Joyce & Co. of Greensboro, N.C.Rebecca Neal Tompkins of MyrtleBeach, S.C., is director of communicationsfor SPM Resorts, a resort managementcompany.Jonathan Jones, January 12. They live inMauldin, S.C.BIRTHS: James ’04 and Sara BurnettGranberry, a daughter, Martha Katherine,February 9, 2012. They live in Nashville, Tenn.Grant, a son, Everett Lennon, August 20,Greenville.Jonathan and Kristen Moore, a son,Adam Riordan, January 18, Greer, S.C.pediatrics at Roper and St. Francis hospitals.ing, performance and change management,Amazon.com. Brian is working on an albumAddison and Caroline Kocher ’00have experienced the death of a loved one.MARRIAGE: Kevin Trexler and AshleyPaige Harden and Elliot Tucker-Drob,In recent years he has led medical teamshuman performance, and organizationaland recently performed at such HollywoodDana have moved to the Washington,Visit grievingchildren.com.Pollock, December 31. They live in Athens,a son, Jonah Tucker Drob, August 3.to Thailand, Burma, Jordan and Iraq.development for staff and volunteers.venues as the Troubadour and Whisky-a-Go-D.C., area. Addison is chief investmentRepublican Josh McKoon of Columbus,Ga., where Kevin is pursuing an MBAThey live in Austin, Texas, where PaigeTeresa Skinner has become directorGo. He was selected as a Spotlight Artistofficer for The Nature Conservancy,Ga., is the new chair of the Georgia Statedegree from the University of Georgia andand Elliot are psychology professorsof development with United Ministriesof the Month by Essential Pop magazine.a nonprofit environmental organization.Senate Judiciary Committee.Ashley is a physician at Athens Regionalat the University of Texas.of Greenville.Visit briangreenwood.com.Visit nature.org.Medical Center.30 FURMAN | SPRING 2013FURMAN | SPRING 2013 31