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Reinhardt 

M A G A Z I N E 

Volume 16, No. 1 Fall 2010

Reinhardt 

M A G A Z I N E 

President 

Dr. J. Thomas Isherwood 

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Advancement & External Affairs 

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Front Cover: As a member of the National 

Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 

(NAIA) and the Appalachian Athletic Conference 

(AAC), Reinhardt fields 16 athletic 

teams, eight for women, seven for men and 

a co-ed cheerleading squad. All offer scholarships 

for qualified student-athletes. 

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Features 

Reinhardt is Hot News! 

Find out how Reinhardt students, alumni, community members, 

faculty and staff joined together to celebrate the beginning of a new 

chapter in Reinhardt’s history. 

Reinhardt Firsts 

Witness some of the firsts as Reinhardt moved from college to university 

status. As a comprehensive university firmly grounded in the 

liberal arts tradition, Reinhardt’s new slogan is: Shaping Lives and 

Building Futures. 

Biology takes Root 

Increasing numbers of students are putting pressure on facilities and 

budgets. The top construction priority in the new strategic plan is a 

new science building. 

Departments 

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Year in Review - accomplishments from 2009-10 

Honor Roll of Donors - donors who supported Reinhardt 

during the 2009-10 year 

Alumnotes 

Intercollegiate Athletics 

Reinhardt has extra excitement this fall! 

Fall 2010 classes began with more students than ever before, 1229 to be exact! 

822 are traditional students taking courses in Waleska with 475 living on campus, 133 receiving music 

scholarships, 230 receiving athletic scholarships and 340 receiving academic scholarships. This recordsetting 

student body also includes 407 nontraditional students at outreach programs for working 

adults in Alpharetta, Cartersville, Marietta and Epworth. Another 119 are graduate 

students studying business, education, or music; 130 are in the WAIT program (our evening baccalaureate 

degree in early childhood education); and we will train more than 100 students in our police academy in 

Alpharetta during the 2010-11 academic year. 

Now a comprehensive university 

The small college you cherish has developed into a comprehensive university 

vital to the educational stability of not only our region, but the state of Georgia. 

We now have more than 40 undergraduate degree programs, 3 master degree 

programs, and more to come. Your Reinhardt has taken its rightful place as an 

educational leader in the state of Georgia. 

New complexity, same spirit 

With all this change, with all this complexity, if you came back to our campus, I 

know you’d find the spirit very familiar and you’d feel right at home. During this 

exciting and wonderful transformation, we have worked very hard to maintain 

our core values. We still build positive relationships and provide a healthy mixture 

of both challenge and support. We simply and honestly care about each other. 

We believe we are creating such a positive living environment that our graduates 

will take the ideals of love for each other, integrity, and personal and social 

responsibility with them into the future. Reinhardt has always been a special place 

and remains so today. 

We need you! 

There are young people today who need to be with us to share in the life-changing 

experience of Reinhardt University. Too many of them are not here because 

they can’t afford to be. We give all we can as a university without damaging our 

instruction. You are the answer. Every gift to our scholarship efforts, no matter 

how large or small, brings the Reinhardt experience closer for one more student. 

Do what you can today. It isn’t just about their future; it’s about your future. And, 

for all of us, it’s about the debt we owe this wonderful place and what Reinhardt 

means to us. 

Tom Isherwood 

President 

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HOT ! 

Reinhardt University 

is... 

NEWS 

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Above: Students and recent alumni, 

including (top) Lyndsey Hassell, Misti Steward, 

Pierce Drake and (bottom) Adam Bradshaw, 

Channing Hoyt and Jessica Mullins, joined 

community leaders, faculty and staff to celebrate 

Reinhardt becoming a University. 

At left, from left to right: Jose Santamaria, Reiny 

- the Eagle mascot, and Thai Crommer pose with 

the ribbon. 

Thomas Martin, son of Zach Martin and University 

Chaplain Leigh Martin, enjoy Hot Day. 

Faculty member Vivana Baxter and staffer Janna 

Moore sip cool ice tea. 

Bottom: Reinhardt’s faculty and staff Hootenanny 

band Dr. Dennis McIntire, Dr. Roger Lee, Mary 

Laing, Pat Drago, Dr. Wayne Glowka, Julie 

Schultz, JoEllen Wilson ’61, Jessica Burris Akers 

’05, and Dr. Robert Driscoll, share a tune or two. 

Visit Reinhardt University 

on Facebook for general RU 

news, events and photos! 

On Aug. 28, 2010, the University 

welcomed some “hot” activities 

to commemorate the occasion. 

A stage-full of Reinhardt friends helped cut the ribbon, including Georgia Mountain Conservancy 

Director Liz Cole, Reinhardt mascot Reiny, First Lady Bettye Jo Isherwood, State Representative Calvin 

Hill, SGA president Zaine Hedge, Ambassador Steve Black, Captain Vic West, President Dr. J. Thomas 

Isherwood, Cherokee County Chamber President Pam Carnes, Waleska Major Doris Jones, Judge Frank 

Mills, County Commission Chair Buzz Ahrens and Canton Mayor Gene Hobgood. 

Reinhardt University’s recent name 

change is hot news, and students, 

faculty, staff, alumni and community 

members marked this special time in 

the institution’s history by celebrating with 

a special event. 

“Reinhardt University is Hot News” on 

August 28, 2010, welcomed some “hot” activities 

to commemorate the occasion, including 

a hot rod cruise-in, a hot dog dinner, 

a hot chili cook-off and more! 

“Although the official name change 

was on June 1, 2010, we waited to plan a 

celebration for everyone, faculty, staff and 

alumni included, when students would be 

back. Students are the heart of the University. 

We wanted them to join the celebration 

and join in on our excitement!” said 

JoEllen Wilson ’61, vice president for institutional 

advancement and external affairs. 

The “hot” day began with the Lady 

Eagles soccer team as they opened their fall 

season. They tied 1-1 in the match against 

rival team Trevecca Nazarene University. 

Attendees got an up-close view of some 

beautiful vintage automobiles during the 

Hot Rod Cruise-In hosted by local car 

enthusiasts. The Waleska Farmer’s Market, 

which featured area gardeners and 

craftsmen, gave patrons a chance to sample 

local fruits and vegetables and cool off with 

fresh desserts. 

Reinhardt’s famous Faculty & Staff 

Hootenanny Band performed a selection of 

songs that got the crowd hootin’ and hollerin’. 

After the exciting performance, President 

Dr. J. Thomas Isherwood addressed 

the crowd, and then, with local dignitaries, 

dedicated Reinhardt’s new name with an 

honorary ribbon cutting. 

The Hot Chili Cook-Off brought tasty 

entries with the winning chili prize going 

to a local firefighter. 

Everyone finished this special “hot” day 

with a delicious Hot Dog Dinner under the 

big tents. It was a fun time of community 

and fellowship! —LHT 

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Some Reinhardt University Firsts... 

See all the faces that were first to take part 

in these University traditions. 

Meet the first Reinhardt University Captainss pictured here (back row, from left): 

Jeremy Ragan, Aliecia Brooks, Jenna Lee, Chasity Miller, Claire Moore, Courtney 

Holcombe, Caroline Pereira, Jessica Brown, Olivia Goodall, Sloane Stafford, Rachael 

1Brooke Benton from Canton, Ga., was the first 

Mack, Stephanie Jarrard and Caroline Folsom; (front row, from left): Caitlan Sum- 

prospective student to receive a campus tour of 

ner, Misti Dawn Steward, Zaine Hedge and Stephen Karafa. They assist the admis- 

Reinhardt University! She is a member of Reinsions 

office in recruiting students. 

hardt’s Class of 2014. 

New students sign the first Reinhardt University Honor Pledge at New Student Induction. Reinhardt’s student body elects Zaine Hedge, a 

senior English major from Villa Rica, Ga., as the 

first Reinhardt University Student Government Association 

president. 

Nontraditional Student 

Numbers on the Rise 

Graduate students make up one tenth of Reinhardt’s 

population, an 84 percent increase since the addition 

of the first master’s program in 2007. 

Though Reinhardt’s adult programs have 

grown steadily over the past two years, the 

increases in graduate and undergraduate 

enrollment for fall 2010 were dramatic, 

said Margaret “Peg” O’Connor, associate 

vice president for academic affairs. 

“The growth in Reinhardt’s adult programming 

is a direct response to the demand 

for these degrees in the marketplace 

and the exciting career opportunities they 

provide,” she said. “Also, the Herculean efforts 

of Adult Admissions Counselor Ray 

Schumacher produced real results. In addition, 

our staff in the North Fulton Center, 

the Registrar’s Office and the Financial Aid 

Office worked together to make it easier 

for adult students to enroll.” 

O’Connor sees the growing demand 

from adult students as an opportunity that 

University planners can address with distinctive, 

targeted programs. Recent statistics 

from government agencies, the private 

sector and print resources report that the 

number of adult learners is expected to 

double within the next decade, and Reinhardt 

needs the right program mix to meet 

that growth, she said. 

Popular Degree Completion 

Programs for Adults 

Enrollment in the undergraduate education 

and business programs has also skyrocketed. 

The WAIT program (Working 

Adults into Teaching), an early childhood 

education degree and teaching certification 

program for working adults, has 130 students 

on the Waleska campus and at the 

Cartersville and Epworth sites. 

Degree-completion programs in Organizational 

Management and Leadership 

and Public Safety Management and Leadership 

have also enrolled more than 90 

students at the North Fulton Center and 

Cartersville and Marietta sites. 

Three Graduate Offerings... 

with more to come 

Reinhardt now offers three graduate 

programs: a Master of Arts in Teaching in 

Early Childhood Education, MAT; a Master 

of Business Administration, MBA; and 

a Master of Music, MM. 

The MAT has welcomed 80 students 

since its introduction in fall 2009. With 

more than 25 new students, the MBA has 

its largest class to date this fall, and another 

cohort is anticipated for spring 2011. The 

MM now has 11 students. 

O’Connor also sees more demand for 

graduate degrees. The National Center for 

Educational Statistics found that master’s 

degrees increased 45 percent in the last 

decade. Business and education showed 

more than a 50 percent increase, security 

and protective services showed a 188 

percent increase and healthcare increased 

9 percent. 

Meeting this demand, as well as requests 

from alumni, has prompted Reinhardt 

to add an M.Ed., a Master in Education 

in early childhood education for 

certified teachers with undergraduate education 

degrees. The 24-month program has 

been approved by SACS and will start in 

August 2011. 

Also being considered for development 

are a Master in Public Administration and 

a Master in Homeland Security. The homeland 

security program will address the 

needs of homeland security professionals, 

namely first responders, especially those 

in mid-management and decision-making 

positions. The call for graduate education 

in homeland security has grown dramatically, 

and the Department of Homeland 

Security expects to fill more than 500,000 

mid- to upper-level management positions 

by 2015. — POC 

Top: Reinhardt’s North Fulton Center on Old Milton 

Parkway in Alpharetta, Ga., offers the MBA 

and MAT graduate programs, adult programs and 

public-safety related programs. 

Middle: Programs related to public safety are another 

growth area for Reinhardt, including the 

Police Academy, a bachelor degree in public safety 

management and leadership, and an associate 

degree in criminal justice or fire management. 

Shown here is Reinhardt’s third Police Academy 

class, which graduated in May 2010. 

Bottom: Class discussion is a central feature in 

Reinhardt’s MBA program. Faculty and students 

create a lively, experienced-based learning environment. 

MBA class members listen intently to the 

class discussion. 

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Biology Takes Root 

Healthcare, Cancer, CSI, Ecology, the BP Oil Spill 

These factors are attracting talented students, 

but increasing numbers are creating needs 

for facilities, equipment and professional development. 

What’s your major? 

At Reinhardt, more students than ever are 

choosing biology or one of seven sciencerelated 

programs. Several of Reinhardt’s 

biology faculty – Dr. Zach Felix, Dr. Eddie 

Robertson, Dr. Irma Santoro, and Dr. 

Danielle Satre — recently explained the 

program’s growth, distinctive features and 

needs for the future. 

Why the Growth? 

Santoro sees the increasing awareness 

of health issues as spurring student interest. 

“You can’t turn on the radio or a news 

program without hearing about new findings 

or a new drug. Also the prevalence of 

cancer. That’s huge. ” 

Funding needed for Biology Building 

A top priority is a Science Center to address the 

increased interest in biology, chemistry and physics. 

Reinhardt’s 2010–2015 Strategic Plan outlines the need to raise $4 million to construct 

and furnish a building adjacent to the Samuel C. Dobbs Science Building. University 

trustees plan to build the new facility without incurring debt. “We are looking 

for donors for this exciting new facility,” said JoEllen Wilson ’61, vice president for 

institutional advancement and external affairs. After funding is secured and plans are 

finalized, the project will take about a year to build. 

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Robertson lists more factors: “popular 

TV shows like CSI, disasters like the BP 

oil spill, ecology, the green movement, sustainability, 

the change in population and 

the ‘boomers’ going into eldercare. Also the 

nurse practitioner who’s providing primary 

care.” All these factors are drawing students 

to the sciences. 

These students are choosing from programs 

or concentrations, each fine-tuned to 

provide the foundational coursework and 

skills required by their intended career field. 

Future doctors, dentists and pharmacists 

have an concentration engineered just for 

them, and they aren’t alone. “If you are going 

to do physical therapy, you need more 

physics and human anatomy and physiol- 

Seven science-related majors: 

Bachelor of Science in Biology: 

general biology 

pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy 

pre-veterinary 

pre-physical therapy 

pre-field biology 

Bachelor of Science in Biology Education 

Pre-nursing (associate degree) 

ogy,” said Robertson, so the pre-physical 

therapy program reflects that preference. 

“If you are going to be a pharmacist or a 

dentist, you need to have microeconomics. 

Our programs give students flexibility, but 

they also address specific career needs and 

get our graduates ready for the next step.” 

Trusting Relationships, Small 

Classes & Research Opportunities 

Students interested in science are also 

drawn to Reinhardt by the supportive relationships 

they can form with faculty. In a 

program that is typically about 60 percent 

commuters, students “can get a quality science 

experience without getting lost in a 

large university,” Robertson said. “We get 

students with talent who value and flourish 

with a caring, family-type relationship. 

We’re building the scientific knowledge, 

but it’s also about relationships. It’s the expertise 

of our faculty, the depth of passion 

and the example of balanced lives – the 

value-entered lives – we offer. It’s not only 

the science; it’s the other half, too.” 

Felix also enjoys helping students realize 

their potential. “We take students… 

and elevate them to a really high level,” he 

said. “We take students who don’t know 

they’re excellent, and we open their eyes to 

the possibilities.” 

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Jonathan Rivers ‘03 

Jonathan Rivers ‘03 

Jessica Johnson ’11 

Jessica Johnson ’11 

Science Degree Paves the Way 

Careers for biology majors range from pharmacy, 

dental & medical school to research, field work or 

even law school. 

“There was nothing extra I needed. The biology 

degree prepared me.” — Jonathan Rivers ‘03 

While pausing to give a flu shot or 

greeting a customer at the Towne Lake 

Kroger in Woodstock, Ga., pharmacist 

Jonathan Rivers ’03 is all smiles. “You 

see pretty much the same people month 

to month. Some come in every week. A 

group of fellows who drink coffee at Starbucks 

say ‘Hey’ every day. It’s a good community. 

I like it here a lot.” 

That’s good to hear from Rivers, who 

almost left biology. Early on he switched 

his major to business, but he missed the 

science. “You got to see why things work 

the way they do on the biology side and 

how the world works on the business side. 

I ended up being a double major.” 

As a junior, he decided to become a 

pharmacist. His classes met all the prerequisites, 

and he did well on the pharmacy 

college admissions test. “There was nothing 

extra I needed. The biology degree prepared 

me.” 

He graduated from Mercer University’s 

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 

in Atlanta in 2007. “It was more of a workplace 

experience,” he said. “It was big. You 

had 130 people in a class, while at Reinhardt 

you might have 30 in a big class.” 

The contrast helped him realize why 

Reinhardt was so special. “It was the closeness. 

Hanging out watching TV all Saturday 

in the Varsity Room.” Now living 

in Canton with his new bride, Erica, he 

still plays softball on summer Wednesdays 

with 12 to 15 Reinhardt friends. 

As the biology program grows, he 

hopes the hands-on emphasis will remain. 

“I liked the lab, whether building cultures 

in petri dishes or picking leaves outside - 

doing something hands-on was better 

than lectures and notes.” 

He picked Dr. Eddie Robertson “Dr. 

Rob” as his favorite biology professor. 

“Going on hikes, on the trail, to the creek 

or the lake — Dr. Rob did the most. He 

might play James Taylor during a test, but 

he taught you what you needed to know.” 

He describes Reinhardt’s biology program 

as “preparation for anything. I have a 

friend who works in a micro lab. Another 

is a park ranger. Two who went to dental 

school. You can do anything you want 

with this degree.” — MSW 

“I love science.” 

— Jessica Johnson ‘11 

Canton, Ga., native Jessica Johnson ’11 

has known since 5th grade that she wanted 

to be a dentist. What she didn’t know was 

that she would spend her first four years 

in school at Reinhardt. She thought she 

would start at Reinhardt and then transfer 

to a bigger school. Reinhardt had given her 

$1000 more in scholarships than her other 

top choice, and that little push swayed her 

to the college next door. 

As a commuter, she enjoyed Reinhardt 

and began to get involved. “All my friends 

lived on campus, and I was always up here, 

so I decided to move on campus,” she said. 

“And I love it — the small class sizes, the 

campus, and how it’s like a small, closeknit 

family,” she said. 

With dental school prerequisites to 

meet, she picked biology as her major. 

She enjoys the personal attention offered 

by Reinhardt’s biology program. “In [organic 

chemistry] lab we each did our own 

experiment. We all got to work with the 

chemicals. It’s really hands-on, and they try 

to give you real-life experience with what 

you’re studying.” 

Johnson describes the biology professors 

as very supportive. “They’re there for 

you,” she said. “They’re willing to open the 

lab for an extra hour if you need to redo 

something or didn’t finish. They’ll also 

help you get an internship or someone to 

job shadow. They would do that in a heart 

beat. They are very different in how they 

teach, but they are all very good at what 

they do.” 

This spring she will job shadow a Reinhardt 

alumnus in Canton, dentist Dr. S. 

“Matt” Phelps ’92. “I hope to learn more 

about what being a dentist entails,” she 

said. “I want to gain more knowledge and 

experience about the dentistry field.” 

After graduation, she plans to spend 

the summer preparing for the dental school 

admissions test. Her top choice for dental 

school is the Medical College of Georgia. 

“My grades are fine,” she said with a 

big smile, “but I’ll need to focus on taking 

the test.” — MSW 

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Satre said small classes help students 

bond. “They are more active with study 

groups and more apt to talk outside class,” 

she said. Working together successfully is 

critical in science, said Santoro. “Especially 

in research, you need to be collaborative,” 

she said. “You don’t do anything alone.” 

Students are also doing research. This 

October, students studied the deciduous 

forest that borders Lake Huron. Another 

group went to Kentucky to collect salamander 

samples. “If someone wants to go 

to med school, we can give them an advantage 

by spending time... with a research 

project and helping them develop their 

critical thinking, writing and presentation 

skills,” Felix said. “Spending time with the 

students; that’s our edge.” 

Students are also getting published. Last 

year, four students presented at an Association 

of Southeastern Biologists conference. 

Posters are how younger scientists present 

their work, said Santoro. They create a 

graphical representation of their research, 

then scientists and students come by and 

Left: Lee Lamb (left) and Taylor Barnes 

consult their notes as they work on a dissection 

project. 

Below: Dr. Irma Santoro (left) enjoys continuing 

to teach students in actual labs. 

“At other places, instruction is moving 

more and more to computers. You don’t 

often see wet labs any more. You see schools 

doing genetic experiments on computers 

on virtual fruit flies. They sit in front of 

their own computer screens, by themselves, 

not working together. That’s not modeling 

how real science is done.” 

ask questions. The abstracts get published, 

and the posters qualify as their first formal 

publication.” 

Another advantage is Reinhardt’s location. 

“Our environment, our campus, becomes 

part of class,” said Santoro. “We go 

look for bugs or down to the lake to get 

a water sample. That brings it together. If 

you provide everything, it’s like a child who 

has no idea where fruit and vegetables come 

from because they’ve never grown anything 

from a seed. Here they can put the two together 

because they can collect the things 

they’ll be doing the research on. The circle 

can become complete.” 

Growing Program Produces Needs 

As the science programs have grown 

and the faculty expertise expanded, more 

needs have developed. “Our group has 

been a point of excellence for 20 years, but 

we... haven’t had the staff or the facilities 

to support large numbers,” Robertson said. 

“Now we have the staff, and we’re pushing 

our physical boundaries in terms of space.” 

Reinhardt President Dr. J. Thomas Isherwood 

recognizes these needs. “As we’ve 

expanded in the sciences, there’s a critical 

need for more laboratories and more technical 

equipment,” he said. 

The faculty also need the resources to 

perform research. “These faculty have to 

do research in order to be qualified for tenure, 

but we don’t have the equipment they 

need,” Robertson said. “We have the type 

of professors we want, and we need to support 

their research... Right now, we can’t.” 

A new science center is the top construction 

priority in the 2010 – 2015 Strategic 

Plan. The University is committed 

to raising $4 million to construct and furnish 

a building adjacent to the Samuel C. 

Dobbs Science Building. “We are looking 

for donors for this much-needed facility,” 

said JoEllen Wilson ’61, vice president for 

institutional advancement and external affairs. 

“The growth of this program, and the 

success of the graduates are exciting, and we 

want to put the blocks in place to continue 

its success.” — MSW 

Living History 

Elree Bridges Worley ’48 

Writes About Her Childhood 

During the Depression 

Reinhardt alumna Elree Worley’s tales from 

her childhood during the Depression, “We 

Made It” and “Rounding the Corners,” have 

been compiled into one volume and re-released 

by Yawn’s Publishing in Canton, Ga. 

The first book, “We Made It,” was 

published in the early 1990s and contains 

more than 40 stories from her youth. She 

wrote the second book a few years later after 

readers asked for more tales. 

“People said, ‘You didn’t write anything 

about so and so’ and ‘You didn’t mention 

so and so,’” she said. 

Worley, now 86, would recount her 

childhood stories to her granddaughter, 

which eventually led to her decision to 

write the episodes down. 

“I could write better than I could 

talk,” she said, adding she has known she 

could be a writer since attending Reinhardt 

for two years in the late 1940s. A 

teacher there would read her work aloud to 

the class, she said. 

(Right) Worley demonstrates 

the string games she and her 

sister played while growing 

up in the Depression. 

(Top left) Worley points to 

her childhood photo. 

(Bottom left) Worley plays 

jack stones. 

Photos by Samantha 

Wilson, Cherokee Tribune. 

Read more: Cherokee 

Tribune - Rewriting 

History 

“If she liked it, maybe I could hatch up 

some stories,” she said. 

The book’s stories are about the “trials 

and tribulations” of everyday life during 

that era. 

Worley was one of 12 children. Her father 

owned a country store, and the family 

raised cotton in a tiny community called 

Enterprise. 

Stories include “Saving the Chewing 

Gum,” where she recalls the luxury of 

chewing gum and how children would take 

gum out of their mouths only for meals. 

Gum would stay in a child’s mouth unless 

it dropped out somehow and got “too 

much dirt to be cleaned off.” 

She also writes about milking cows, 

going to square dances and homespun 

fun and games. “Our parents couldn’t afford 

to buy us toys,” she said. “Children 

created their own games, such as collecting 

rocks from the yard to play jack stones, 

using string to form different shapes with 

our hands and spinning a button on a piece 

of thread.” 

“We would play it for hours,” said Worley. 

“Mother would get us to play it because 

it was quiet.” 

During the depression, she explained 

that children were not aware of the economic 

conditions. “Everyone was just 

alike. Everybody had the same nothing. We 

made it just as good as anybody else.” 

Worley, who is widowed, has three 

children and two grandchildren, and she 

is excited to see the stories reprinted so 

more people in the community can share 

in them. 

“It is history,” she said. “True, everyday, 

living history.” –article by Ashley Fuller 

’01 for the Feb. 26, 2010, issue of The 

Cherokee Tribune 

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Reinhardt Ambassadors: 

Advocates to the Community 

Spreading the word about Reinhardt’s programs, 

places and personalities 

2010 

Golf Tournament 

Winners 

2010 Dave Henritze Scholarship Golf Classic: 

Two teams were awarded top honors. 1) The 

Bank of North Georgia team, including Jeff Cox 

(from left) and Bert Clements, won First Low 

Net. Members of the team not pictured include 

Vincent Spencer and Chad Parson. The team accepted 

their award from Jim Jernigan (right), 

Reinhardt coordinator of ministerial relations. 

2) The BB&T Insurance Services team of Tommy 

Beman (from left), Bryan Evans, Rusty Rustin 

and Gary Lisle, from northern Fulton County, 

won First Low Gross. 

The honors in the 2010 United Methodist 

Scholarship Golf Outing went to: 

3) E.R. Mitchell, (l-r), Wayne Copper, David Walters 

and Matthew Leiter for First Low Net. 

4) Jay Hodges (l-r), Ron Flowers, Johnny Conner 

and Scott Fankhouser for First Low Gross. 

Above left: Mathematics and Sciences Dean Dr. William J. 

DeAngelis (left) talks with Ambassadors Judy Ross (center) 

and Pam Carnes. 

Lower left: Waleska Mayor Doris Jones (left) discusses programming 

with Education Dean Dr. James L. Curry. 

Above right: Assistant Professor of Business Dr. Katherine 

Hyatt (left) visits with Ambassadors Alan King (center) and 

George W. McClure. McClure is the 2010-12 Ambassador 

chair, and King chaired the group from 2008 - 2010. 

Each year, golf tournaments introduce new 

friends to Reinhardt and raise much-needed 

scholarship funds. 

The Dave Henritze Scholarship Golf 

Classic supports student work, which allows 

students to work on campus and help 

finance their education. It also supports 

other scholarships for deserving students. 

Since this event began in 1989, it has raised 

more than $2.23 million for scholarships. 

The 2011 event will be held on May 9. 

Reinhardt Ambassadors serve as advocates 

for the University in their professional 

and personal circles, and keeping them informed 

is an exciting challenge. 

“When we add new programs or make 

changes, it’s important that we keep them 

up to date,” said Bruce Bynum, director of 

development. “If they get a question, we 

want them to have the correct answer.” 

The Ambassadors recently joined with 

North Fulton community leaders to learn 

about the programs for working adults offered 

at North Fulton Center in Alpharetta. 

“To many, this group represents Reinhardt, 

and we appreciate their willingness to reach 

out on our behalf in the community,” Bynum 

said. 

The Ambassadors also enjoyed meeting 

MBA students, other Ambassadors and Reinhardt 

personnel, and hearing comments 

from President Dr. J. Thomas Isherwood. 

– BRB 

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The United Methodist Scholarship Golf 

Outing is spearheaded by the Reinhardt 

Ministerial Association. Proceeds support 

scholarships for United Methodist students 

and those pursuing a career in the ministry. 

Since this first outing in 1994, almost a half 

million has been raised. The 2011 outing 

will be held on May 24. 

To learn more about these opportunities, 

please contact Barbara Manous at 770- 

720-5506 or BLM@reinhardt.edu. — BLM 

Annual Report - July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 

Year in Review 

Now Reinhardt University 

Reinhardt’s new strategic plan, Excellence at Reinhardt — A Strategic Plan 2010 

- 2015, was finalized by the faculty, staff and administration and then adopted 

by the Board of Trustees at the May 2010 meeting. One of the first components 

implemented was an institutional name change on June 1, 2010. 

Largest Enrollment in History 

Reinhardt welcomed 1124 students for fall semester 2009 and 1069 for spring 

semester 2010, the largest enrollments to date. Reinhardt had 73 graduate 

students, 65 Police Academy students, and 123 evening education students. 

Selected adult programs were offered at new sites in Epworth, Cartersville and 

Marietta. These new programs and sites help to meet the community’s growing 

demand for well designed adult and graduate programs. 

New Core Curriculum 

Faculty completed revisions on the set of required courses for all students. Launched in fall 

2010, the new general education program offers students more flexibility, addresses personal 

and social responsibility, focuses on critical reading, and requires fewer semester hours. 

Exemplary Student Work 

The 2nd Annual Convocation of Artists and Scholars showcased exceptional 

student work, from music recitals, creative writing, artwork and a theatrical 

production to a student research conference, a student-teacher portfolio 

exhibit, science exhibits and an award-winning business presentation. 

Athletic Highlights 

Reinhardt changed conferences and is now in the Appalachian Athletic Conference of the 

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Softball and men’s golf won conference 

championships. Men’s lacrosse had its inaugural season, and women’s lacrosse was announced 

for launch in 2010-11. Through the generosity of alumnus and longtime trustee 

C. Kenneth White ’61, lights were added to the baseball and softball fields. —MSW 

SACS & University Senate Approval 

Reinhardt received final SACS approval as a graduate institution and 

is developing master’s programs in education and public safety. After a 

rigorous study, The United Methodist Church also approved Reinhardt to 

be listed as an UM-affiliated institution. 

AFC Success 

Despite a challenging 

economy, Reinhardt netted 

almost $1.54 million in 

annual gifts. This total includes 

$625,000, a portion 

of the value of a large land 

donation received in 2009. 

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Annual Report & Honor Role of Donors 

2009-2010 

Amount Percent 

Funds 

Given of Total 

A Day 

$87,190 5.7% 

Annual Fund Summary 

Annual Scholarships $340,322 22% 

Boards 

Amount $1,420 Percent .1% 

FundsGolf 

Classic 

$143,070 Given 9.4% of Total 

A Honoree Day Program 

$7,185 $87,190 .5% 5.7% 

Annual Ministerial Scholarships Golf 

$31,130 $340,322 2% 22% 

Unrestricted Funds* 

Boards 

$790,101 51.9% 

$1,420 .1% 

Phone/Mail 

Golf Classic 

Reinhardt Family 

Honoree Program 

Trustee 

$52,061 

$143,070 

$15,850 

$7,185 

$68,948 

3.3% 

9.4% 

1% 

.5% 

4.1% 

Ministerial Golf 

$31,130 2% 

Unrestricted Funds* Total 

TOTAL 

$1,537,276 $790,101 100% 51.9% 

Phone/Mail 

$52,061 3.3% 

Reinhardt Family 

$15,850 1% 

Trustee 

$68,948 4.1% 

Total 

TOTAL 

$1,537,276 100% 

*Unrestricted Funds include $625,000 gift of land. 

“A Partnership in the Greatest Sense of the Word” 

Three levels of annual 

grants are available: 

$500 for full-time residents of Cherokee 

County enrolled as full-time degree-seeking 

students. 

$1,000 for students who meet the 

above criteria and have an academic 

grade point average of 3.0. 

$2,000 for students who meet all of the 

above criteria and reside on campus. 

Annual Fund 

The Heart of the Matter 

by Bruce Bynum, Director of Development 

Each year you are asked to share your success with Reinhardt by giving to the annual fund. 

By making a donation, you provide Reinhardt with the margin of excellence needed to 

prepare today’s students for tomorrow in the special way that only Reinhardt can. 

As Reinhardt’s new director of development, I have already heard from many of you. 

“I love Reinhardt!” 

“I love the way they took care of me when I was a student there.” 

“I love the way the campus looks so beautiful.” 

“I love the new master’s programs Reinhardt now offers: Just what I needed!” 

“I love the smiles I see on the faces of my friends when we talk about Reinhardt.” 

“I love the way Reinhardt has grown but remains the same. I want it to continue to 

grow and nurture future generations of students.” 

“I want to help. I give to the annual fund.” 

Please join me in showing your love and support of Reinhardt. You can go online to 

www.reinhardt.edu/advancement and click “Give Now.” You can remember Reinhardt in 

your will or trust. You can call me at 770-720-5505. You can contact the Alumni and/or 

Development Office by mail (it’s okay to include a check if you are so inclined). Share with 

us your news, what is happening in your life. And you can always stop in. We would love 

to visit. 

Want to know more? Call me at 770-720-5505 – BRB 

Since 1988, more than $3 million in Cherokee Grants 

have been awarded to deserving local students. 

Created in 1988, the annual A DAY campaign 

supports Reinhardt’s Cherokee 

County Grants for local students which allow 

eligible students to receive up to $8,000 

during their four years at Reinhardt. 

Barbara Manous, Reinhardt’s director 

of fund raising and church relations, 

describes A DAY as “a partnership in the 

greatest sense of the word – Reinhardt and 

the community working together to benefit 

local students. Plus all A DAY gifts are 

matched by Reinhardt…dollar for dollar.” 

Cherokee County Commission Chairman 

Buzz Ahrens is leading the 2010-11 

A DAY effort. “Reinhardt is growing at a 

responsible and rational pace,” Ahrens said. 

“The University is truly a unique institution 

of higher learning, so I am glad to offer 

my time in an effort to ensure funding is 

available for Cherokee students. It is a compelling 

story when we see our local students 

staying and succeeding in college because 

they received the A DAY scholarship.” 

“The University is dedicated to shaping 

lives and building futures, and as chair of A 

DAY, I hope to help make that continue to 

be a reality for our students,” Ahrens said. 

— BLM 

Pinnacle Society 

($100,000 +) 

Alvia Cook 

Georgia United Methodist Commission 

on Higher Education 

Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation 

Northside Hospital-Cherokee 

W. I. H. & Lula E. Pitts Foundation 

Steven & Nancy Gordy Simms 

Tower Club 

($50,000–$99,999) 

Anonymous 

The Evelyn and Frank Gordy Foundation 

Stuart & Eulene Murray Foundation 

Benefactor’s Club 

($25,000 - $49,999) 

The Rev. Dr. Reynolds W. Greene, Jr. ’80H 

Donald & Judy Hausfeld 

Leadership Circle 

($10,000 - $24,999) 

Aramark Corporation 

Bank of North Georgia 

Clark & Ruby Baker Foundation 

Coca-Cola North America 

Robert L. & Jackie Barnes McEntire ’62 

Samuel C. Dobbs Estate 

Christopher E. & Deborah Dupree 

Fincher-Loughridge Foundation, Inc. 

Georgia Foundation for Independent 

Colleges 

Robert M. & Pam R. Henritze 

Peter Allen Jernigan 

Paul W. Jones Fund 

Padgett Services 

William G. Hasty, Jr. ’67 

Pacesetter’s Club 

($5,000 - $9,999) 

Brenda Cagle Barnes ’65 

BB&T Huffines-Russell Insurance 

The Coca-Cola Company 

Dash LP 

Frances Wood Wilson Foundation 

General Board of Higher Education 

Ministry 

Scott D. & Susan Hawkins 

Fred H. Henritze 

Lynn H. & Doris L. Johnston 

John and Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. 

Lake Arrowhead Communities, L.L.C. 

My Sports Dreams, LLC 

North Georgia United Methodist 

Foundation, Inc. 

Norman W. & Barbara A. Paschall ’94H 

Gaylen Roberts 

The Brooks Family Charitable Lead Annuity 

Trust 

The Chatlos Foundation, Inc. 

The Varsity, Inc. 

Gary C. & Brenda H. Waddell ’68 ’68 

Glenn D. & Susan Warren 

Chairman’s Club 

($2,500 - $4,999) 

Allgood Pest Solutions 

Eddie & Katherine Brewer 

Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 

Credit Union of Georgia 

Dr. Franklin R. & Carolyn R. Croker ’54 ’54 

Gerald E. Eickhoff 

ExxonMobil Foundation 

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund 

First Cherokee State Bank 

Georgia Power Foundation 

The Charles S. Hasson Fund, Inc. 

Hasty, Pope LLP 

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hearn, Jr. 

Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation 

William D. & Nell Magruder 

Pope, Mc Glamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & 

Norwood, LLC 

John S. Pratt 

G. Cecil & Myrna Pruett 

W. Harrison & Dorothy Reeves 

Regions Bank 

Steven L. & Cristal Stancil ’73 

Charles Austin Stephens 

The Landon Group, Inc. 

Universal Alloy Corporation 

C. Kenneth & Myra White ’61 

Neely & Kathy T. Young 

President’s Club 

($1,000 - $2,499) 

Alan D. & Judith B. Allen 

Amicalola EMC Trust Operation Round-Up 

Anonymous 

Paul H. & Marian F. Anderson, Sr. 

Thomas & Christine Balachowski 

Ralph W. & Sandra Smith Balchin Jr. ’65 

Thomas A. Ballard 

O. Alvin & Betty Barge, Jr. 

Bascom T. Baynes 

John H. & Joy Adams Bennett, Jr. ’65 ’90 

Big Canoe Chapel Women’s Guild 

Myrtie A. Black Estate 

Col. Steve K. & Betty C. Black ’76 ’79 

Drs. R. Dean & Grace H. Boswell ’47 

Beth Adams Bowser ’68 

Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC 

Thomas W. & Carolyn B. Carter ’61 

Edward Owens Chapman 

Cherokee Community Chorale 

Cherokee County Retired Educators 

Association 

Cherokee Floor Covering, Inc. 

Charles K. & Carolyn Cobb, Jr. 

Cobb Electric Membership Corp. 

Jerry W. Cooper 

Marshall & Kathy Day, Sr. 

Norene H. Flick 

Elizabeth Freytag 

Friendship Class, Peachtree Road UMC 

Duncan & Judy Gray 

Donald Gregory & Christy Storey 

Glenn P. Grove, Jr. 

Habersham Properties 

W. Clark Hanger 

G. Dennis & Jeanette Wakefield Harris, Jr. 

’58 ’58 

Jim & Jayne Hasson, Jr. 

W. Richard & Margaret Hauenstein 

Havertys Furniture Companies, Inc. 

The Rev. R. Olin & Donna Chastain Herndon 

’57 ’57 

Calvin & Cheryl Hill 

James C. & Margaret Nesbitt Hobbs ’65 

Holder Construction Company 

Marjorie Humphrey Hubbard ’37 

Robert P. & Barbara Hunter, Jr. 

Dr. J. Thomas & Bettye Jo Isherwood 

Margaret C. Jackson 

Joe E. Johnston Foundation 

William J. & Mary Beavers Johnston ’56 

Junior Service League of Woodstock 

Thomas H. & Jean Krueger 

Claudette L. Martin 

Wright & Barbara Martin 

McClure Family Foundation 

Joan U. McFather 

Ernest N. & Jeanene S. Moore ’52 

Jeanene S. Moore 

The Rev. Dr. James B. & Jo Poore 

Mooneyhan ’66 ’66 

Northside UMC 

L. Eugene & Yvonne Harris Norton ’60 ’60 

Optimist Club of Laurel Canyon 

Brad Osborne 

Sara P. Parsons 

Hugh & Mary Jane Peterson, Jr. 

Garland F. & Darsa Pinholster ’96H 

Mathew Avary & Susan Moore Pinson ’05 

’04 

Walter & Mary Pittman 

Bert Ponder 

Marion T. & Judy Pope, Jr. 

William G. & Beverly Pritchard, Jr. 

R. T. Jones Memorial Community 

Foundation, Inc. 

Louis & Katianne Riccardi, D.D.S. 

Roy Rice & Ellen A. Reagan 

Mr. & Mrs. Horace L. Richards 

William O. & Alice S. Riley 

A. R. & Elaine Fraser Roberts, III ’84 

William & Marilyn Roberts 

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Honor Roll of Donors 2009–2010 

Gary & Ruthie Rollins 

Ricardo Sanchez 

Service League of Cherokee County 

James D. Spratt, Jr. 

Mel & Linda Teetz 

The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. 

The Henritze Company 

The Kroger Company Foundation 

The Ma-Ran Foundation 

Rufus L. Tindol, III 

United Community Banks 

Wal-Mart Foundation 

Warren P. & Ava F. Sewell Foundation 

William L. & June H. Wester ’96H 

N. J. Wilbanks Contractor, Inc 

Steve & Robin Williams ’73 

Venette Morgan Williams 

John H. & JoEllen Bell Wilson ’60 ’61 

Melody Wilson & David D. Wilson 

James H. Yarbrough 

Dean’s Club 

($500 - $999) 

Eric Alvin Ballinger, P.C. 

Batson-Cook Company 

Thomas M. & Karen L. Beman 

Thomas A. Bethel 

Black Bear Investment Fund, LLC 

Arlene P. Bowles 

Thomas P. & A. Pat Bowles, Jr. 

Thomas L. Bradbury 

Bridgemill Sixes Service League 

Business & Professional Women - Canton/ 

Cherokee Chapter 

Robert E. Byrd & Michelle DeHaven 

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Cash 

Marguerite Thigpen Cline ’58 

James Cox 

CreekSide Bank 

Crescent Bank 

Ralph & Mildred Dangar 

Lucretia M. & Bill Davenport 

Danny & Bonnie L. DeBord 

C. W. & Alice Dennard 

Earl Dolive 

Thomas B. Doner & Jayette R. Blom 

Hugh Doss 

Dr. Robert Driscoll 

Edward Jones 

Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp, & Wilson, LLP 

Catherine B. Emanuel 

Emerginet 

First Beacon Capital LLC 

The Rev. Dr. Ron & Yvonne Flowers 

David H. & Luck F. Gambrell 

Georgia Master Gardener Association Inc. 

Gibbs Landscape Company 

Randy D. Gravley ’95 

Jack H. & Dawn Morrison Gray ’64 

Dr. & Mrs. M. David Gregory 

The Hon. Joe Frank & Elizabeth Harris 

Mr. & Mrs. William Hayes 

Dr. Ralph E. & Jean Holmes Helser ’59 

Hillside UMC 

James Michael Hunt 

KBC Investments, LLC 

Lynn & Larry Kellogg 

Kohl’s Department Stores 

Amy & Nevin Kreisler 

Joel & Sheila Ingle Langford ’91 

Lanier Goodman Foundation 

Edgar Lary ’62 

Dr. Stephen S. & Jane Wong Law ’69 ’71 

Hazel B. Lewis ’42 

The Lisle Company 

Little & Smith, Inc. 

Ben Logue 

Jean & Wayne Maffett 

The Rev. Dr. Aquiles E. Martinez 

Mark & Jennifer Wiggins Matthews ’90 

Kirk M. McAlpin, Jr. 

Robert G. & Nancy G. McKinnon 

The Hon. Kipling Louise McVay 

Medical Associates of North Georgia 

John S. & Carolyn R. Millar 

Jacqueline Moore 

Richard Mullenbach 

North Canton Chevron 

North Metro Waste, Inc. 

Pillow Perfect, Inc 

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. 

David & Cecelia Ratcliffe 

Result Oriented Solutions, Inc. 

Riverstone Chiropractic, LLP 

T. Andy & Louise Roach 

Sylvia Wheeler Roberts 

Andrea Rollins 

Glen W. Rollins 

Rotary Club of Woodstock 

Pamela M. Schindler 

Schwab Charitable Fund 

Franklin Self 

Smith & Howard, P.C. 

Garrett P. Smith 

Glenda Snyder 

Solid Solutions 

Thomas & Nyle Srok 

M. Cash Striplin ’71 

Sue M. Tennant 

The Bowden Spratt Law Firm PC 

A.S. Turner & Sons, Inc. 

Huie L. & Sonya Chilton Turner ’83 ’83 

Universal Steel, Inc. 

Clifford & Louise Wagner 

Jennings E. Watkins 

Wesley Way UMC 

Wetland & Ecological Consultants, LLC 

Walter & Carolyn Wiesboeck 

Stanford G. & Debi T. Wilson 

Paul Wilson 

WLJA Radio-93.5 FM 

Zax, Inc. 

Patron’s Club 

($250 - $499) 

Kelly Aiken 

Betty R. Alexander 

Chuck Angulo & Kathleen Fisher 

Lucie B. Atkerson 

B & B Subs, Inc. 

Patricia Ball 

Best Buy 

Elizabeth M. Bivens 

The Boeing Company 

James W. Boswell Jr. 

Nell W. Bradbury 

Brent Scarbrough & Co., Inc. 

Wade T. Buchanan 

Bug Busters 

Mary Ann Burgess ’59 

Shermon C. Burgess ’59 

Mary Owen Butler ’43 

Merrell & Constance Calhoun 

Kenneth E. Carter ’66 

Gina R. Charles 

Emory W. & Louise M. Chastain 

John & Patricia Chastain 

Alexander J. & Georgia E. Ciaputa ’81 

Hilda Smith Clark ’62 

Mr. & Mrs. Lewis A. Cline ’91 

Martha Covington 

Dan Patterson, D.D.S. 

S. Jackson & Sara Bookhardt Dorsey ’59 ’60 

J. Richard & Ouida Woods Dowis 

Eagle Investment Partners, LP 

LaTrelle Lanier Ethridge ’41 

Robert J. & Sara Wilder Eubanks ’56 ’56 

Wallace & Betty Jo Fowler 

George & Judy Galphin Sr. 

Ed & Peggy Garreau 

Georgia Florida United Methodist Federal 

Credit Union 

Georgia Real Estate Evaluation Services, Inc. 

Gleichman & Debranski, LLC 

Vernon W. & Norma Gordon ’57 

Clark S. Gore 

Howard & Patricia D. Hackney ’61 

Rex & Joan Hamilton 

Peggy McIntosh Hancock ’61 

Kathryn D. Harden 

Carlton W. & Martha Jane Hendrix, Sr. 

The Rev.Sandra D. Henry ’63 

Claude B. Hicks ’65 

Tom Hoover 

William D. Hoyt 

Charles & Carol Ivie 

Jersey Mike’s 

Ken & Ann Johnson 

Sharyn Kerns 

William R. & Carlene Kincaid ’69 

Dr. Roger R. Lee 

Leonard & Christina W. Leo ’76 

J. Wayne & Dolly Lester 

Harriett Lindsey 

Robert & Margaret Logan 

Raymond & Janis Lytle Jr. 

Nancy R. MacDonald 

Barbara L. Manous 

William E. Martin 

Michael & Laura Keele Martinez ’75 

Michael M. Martinez 

E. J. Mathis ’45 

Walter P. & Eloise May 

Danny McCormick 

Curtis & Vivian McDougald 

The Rev. Milton L. & Betty Bailey McGuirt ’55 

Dr. Dennis K. McIntire 

Ronald O. & Ruth H. Meihofer 

The Rev. H. David & Joy Melton 

T. Brett Mullinix 

Susan E. Naylor 

Dr. William H. Nichols, Jr. 

Norfolk Southern Foundation-Matching Gifts 

Mary Odum 

E. June Owens ’71 

Tonya Ray Parker ’98 

Betty Champion Parrott ’54 

Peachtree Planning Foundation 

L. Lamar & Melody Pendley ’01 

Gerald F. Perry ’54 

Jackie J. Prather 

Price School of Education 

Perry & Sandra Quinn 

Rachel G. Farmer Inc 

Mary Leatherwood Ratcliffe ’43 

RDA Systems, Inc. 

Frederick O. & Gretchen F. Reese, Jr. 

James & Deneice Rice 

Donald R. Richardson ’65 

Dr. Eddie B. & Sylvia R. Robertson 

Rotary Club of Canton 

Roytec Industries, Inc. 

Robert Michael Schilling 

Norman K. Shove ’68 

John D. Shurley 

Ann D. Smith 

Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey K. Smith 

Jack H. & Ruby A. Smith ’38 

Dee Snow 

Katherine B. Sosby 

St Andrew UMC Marietta 

Richard C. & Lee Cox Staten ’90 

Guy F. Storey III ’65 

Hugh Thacker ’56 

Martha Z. Thwaite 

Dr. & Mrs. L. Newton Turk, III 

Edwin N. & Margie Cox Varner ’54 ’54 

Wesley C. & Linda Wallace Walraven, Jr. ’65 

’65 

James L. Watkins 

Mathew & Susan Welty 

Marsha White 

Paul & Jane Wilgus 

James Dale Wilson 

John C. & JoAnn R. Wilson ’60 

Woodstock High School 

The Xerox Foundation 

Century Club 

($100 - $249) 

Robert V. & Betty Cooper Aaron ’49 ’49 

Wendell & Kay Abernathy 

Ace Plumbing, Inc. 

Action Trailer Leasing, Inc 

Joy-Anne Waelti Adams ’02 

Ronald & Shirley Akers 

Mary Alice Alexander 

Naomi Ponder Alexander ’60 

Grady & Donna Allen 

Robert L. Allen 

Allen Temple A.M.E. Church 

Mary Anna Moore Allison-Houston ’51 

Marion Allred ’59 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Applecreek Management Company, Inc. 

Dr. J. Andrew & Julia Wade Archer ’59 ’59 

Arnaud Company, Inc 

Theresa L. Ast 

The Rev. Cindy H. & Randy Autry 

The Ayco Charitable Foundation 

Harold Bagley 

Doyle & Willie Jean Bailey ’88 

Col. George L. Bailey USMC (Ret.) 

Rick D. & Linda Cannon Bailey ’74 ’74 

Sheila Chatfield Bailey ’54 

Doyle & Willie Jean Bailey ’88 

Thomas J. Balchin ’62 

Danielle Bailey Balint ’84 

Ronald & Penny Barnes 

John F. Barrows ’76 

Ray Barrows 

F. Lamar & Janice Blalock Barton ’58 ’58 

Hal & Sandra Beard Baskin ’73 

Carlton & Dawn Beard 

Walter & Anita Beck 

Kenneth E. & Sandra M. Bedelle ’67 

Elaine Bell 

Glenda & Devoy Bell 

Bells Ferry Texaco 

Michael & Angela Benton 

Elizabeth Davis Berkner ’54 

The Rev. W. P. & Elizabeth D. Berkner ’54 

Bill Blackwood 

The Bill Weeks Charitable Foundation 

Blakinship & Gaskin Properties LLC 

Robert A. Bolender 

M. Jimmie Carmichael Boone ’46 

A’Delbert & Kathleen Bowen, M.D. 

Joe & Harriette Bowen Jr. 

Bowers & Roch, LLP 

Brett Petersen Agency, Inc. 

Dick & Ruth Brink 

Jerry Brittingham 

John F. Brooke ’47 

Walter & Doris Cook Brooks 

E. Matthew & Elizabeth R. Brown 

Robert M. & Joelen Brown, Sr. ’61 

Sis Brown 

Mark & Cynthia Murphy Bundy ’89 

Dan & Carolyn Robinson Burkholder ’80 

Dennis & Mary Burnette 

David Burre 

Bruce & Lisa Bynum 

H. Davis & Kay M. Byrd 

Philip M. & Barbara Stafford Byrd ’48 ’56 

Rebecca Darracott Byrd ’70 

Colleen T. & Warren G. Cagle ’48 

James W. & Joanne P. Caldwell ’54 

Canton Tire and Wheel 

Carol Cantrell 

Jean R. Cantrell 

Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Carriere, III ’92 

Donald Carson 

Curtis Carter 

Nancy T. Carter 

Cascade Building Systems LLC 

Casidelli’s 

Frances E. Cason 

James A. & Jean C. Cason 

R. J. Catanzano 

Dr. John A. & Sara Jo Cauble 

Charlotte Cavanagh 

Bobby L. Caviness 

Virgil C. Chandler ’52 

Curtis A. & Daphne M. Chapman 

D. Kenneth Chapman ’63 

Kevin & Sue W. Chapman ’82 

Chart Industries 

Cherokee Bank 

Cherokee County Farm Bureau 

Cherokee County Master Gardeners 

Cherokee Ford 

Christian Fine Arts of Forsyth 

Circle H Development, Inc. 

The Rev. Dr. Brian E. & Roxanne Clark ’95 

Clayton Food Store 

David L. Cline 

L. David Cline ’51 

Letitia A. Cline ’83 

Clarice Cantrell Cloud ’68 

Nan King Cobb ’46 

The Coca-Cola Company 

Anne Johnson Coffman ’65 

Jo Ann Coleman, Ed.D. 

Ben H. & Mary H. Collier, Jr. ’67 

Comfort Inn, Canton 

Karen Reinhardt Conner 

Mark & Patricia Copeland 

Copper Insurance Company 

Jan Corbin 

Charles E. & Mima Crouthers Corbitt ’68 ’68 

Amy C. Cottrill 

Terri Witt Couvrette ’80 

Michael W. Cowart 

Fred Crain 

Glen M. Crawford 

Claude & Melinda Crider 

Lowell T. & Barbara Jean Clemmons Croft 

’60 ’60 

George R. Cross 

Jeffrey W. & Jessica Culverhouse ’73 

David W. Cunningham 

James L. Curry, Jr. 

Rosemary B. Dacalos 

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Brenda Daly 

Joseph & Debora Daniel 

Richard & Priscilla Deming Darby ’62 ’62 

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Davis 

The Rev. Paul B. & Elsa M. Davis Sr. ’61 

Walter R. Davis 

Days Inn of Canton 

Dr. William DeAngelis 

Bob & Bobbie Dees 

The Delta Air Lines Foundation 

Joan A. Denney ’73 

Ruth Denney 

Pat W. Dennis CPCU ’55 

Dr. E. Malone & Charlotte Dodson 

Harold H. Douglas ’64 

J. Robert Douglas 

DR Investments, LLLP 

Rose Mary Duncan 

Jimmy E. & Patricia H. Harris Dunn ’57 

Lee J. & Terry Harris Dunn ’57 

Patricia Hall Dunton 

Janice Floyd Durante ’75 

Carole Butler DuVall ’54 

Ben F. Easterlin IV 

C. Jack & Maye Lyon Eaton ’56 ’58 

Lawrence & Amy Ebner 

James Elder 

Jeffrey & Mary D. Elliott ’74 

Don B. & Barbara B. Ellis ’93 

Kimberly J. Ellis 

Greg & Kim Elwell, D.M.D. 

George E. English PhD ’55 

Environmental Management Services 

Roger Estill 

Mark Evans 

Scott Fankauser 

The Rev. Steven H. & Katheryn K. Fazenbaker 

Margaret Collins Feehery 

Jack & Ann McFather Fincher, Jr. ’66 

William W. & Nadine May Fincher 

Firefox Farms, Inc. 

First UMC Monticello 

Fisher-Crum Foundation 

Jaye Fitts 

William H. Fitts 

The Rev. Dr. Ann N. Fletcher ’75 

L. Austin & Beatrice Flint, M.D. 

Maggie Jennett Florian 

Franklin D. Foil 

Sara W. Fowler 

Thomas E. Fox 

Mary Free 

Samuel & Barbara Freeman 

Yeteva & Bert Frye 

William & Sarah Gainer 

Carolyn S. Galt 

Odie P. & Kebra Galt, III 

John Gamwell, M.D. 

Carole Gantt 

Mr. Roy S. Gantt ’89 

Douglas C. Geiger ’62 

James Chester & Faye Gibson ’61 

William M. Gibson 

Gila Distributing - Georgia, Inc. 

Edward & Julie Gill 

Rosemary Gilleland ’84 

Roger C. Gilmore 

Luther J. Glass, III 

Dr. Charles E. Glassick 

A. Wayne & Katie Glowka 

Terry L. Goble Sr. ’70 

Drs. Jonathan & Anne Good 

Steven & Amanda Goodall 

Johnny L. Gordon 

Jake & Marisa Grant 

Sara Hardin Gray ’51 

Green Heating & Cooling, Inc. 

William F. Greene 

Robert K. Gregory 

Dr. & Mrs. W. E. Gregory Jr. 

Brian K. & Angela Galloway Griffin ’87 ’86 

Roy & Diane Grimsley 

The Grocery Garage Sale 

Deborah L. Gruszecki ’05 

H. E. Hodge Co., Inc 

Jarrell N. & Melba J. Hales ’52 

George E. Hall 

John J. Hall III ’77 

Stephen W. Hall ’85 

Elizabeth Hamill 

Ruth C. Hammond 

Harold E. & Evelyn H. Hill Hammontree ’59 

’60 

The Rev. Donald E. Hanberry ’52 

Daniel D. Hankey 

Angela D. Harlow ’08 

Grace Harper 

Julia Imogene Whitaker Harrington ’51 

Thomas & Kathryn Harris 

Roy T. & Amy H. Haskell 

Mark Haugejorde 

Roger & Barb Hause 

Rex & Joyce W. Hawkins ’60 

Hawks Ridge Golf Club 

Craig W. Helenbrook 

Pat & Kip Henderson 

Carol Henson 

Mitchell Henson 

Herndon Heating & Air 

Herschel W. & Mary Ellen Herrin III 

James & Pamela Higgins 

Stephen C. & Kay Higgins ’83 

Hightower Baptist Church 

Brian & Sue Hart Hightower ’84 ’84 

Hill Parts 

The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. C. R. Hill 

Craig Hill 

Michael & Danielle Hill 

Sharon N. Hill 

Tom E. Hill 

Gary Hite 

Dorothy J. Hobbs 

Peggy M. Hodes 

R. E. Hodges, Jr. LLC 

Cindy W. Holcomb 

Steven L. & Cindy Weatherby Holcomb ’74 

William F. Holcombe Jr. 

Thomas & Lisa Holland 

Mr. & Mrs. James Holsonback 

Marie Derden Holt ’42 

David W. Holty 

Hooters of Canton 

Donald & Marcie Hottinger 

Linn H. & Cecile Rolan Howell ’66 ’66 

Sandra Parker Hudson ’67 

Jarrell & Margaret Huffman 

Homer & Juanita Hughes 

Patrick & Annette Hughes 

Royce L. & Jane Karr Hughes ’67 ’68 

Elsie J. Ivey 

Barbara Jacoby 

Dr. Kenneth & Dana Jago 

Mr. & Mrs. R. K. Jarrard, Jr. ’65 

Jasper UMC 

John & Clara Jenkins 

James F. & Eloise A. Jernigan 

JMF Precision Welding Inc 

B. Mears John 

Betty Crowe Johnson ’66 

Donald A. Johnson ’05 

Edna Johnson 

James L. Johnson 

Nancy Clayton Johnson ’70 

Harry B. & Rebecca Johnston, III 

Sara Elizabeth Johnston ’81 

Edith Singletary Jolly ’59 

Jim & Judy Jolly 

Doris Jones 

Jackie Myers Jones ’52 

Ken R. Jones II ’97 

Bishop L. Bevel & Mildred H. Jones, III 

John & Robin E. Kashishian ’76 

Toombs & Patricia Kay Jr. 

Michael J. Kelly ’75 

Dr. & Mrs. James E. Kilgore 

Alan & Andrea King 

Dr. Joseph H. & Karen Kitchens 

Bill Kittrell 

Bill & Maria Klouda 

Richard A. Kocerha 

Markle Kramer 

Thomas A. & Jessica Whitmire Lacy II ’02 ’03 

Lake Arrowhead Women’s Activity Club 

Freda C. Lane 

Alton B. Lanier ’65 

Gary & Ann Larson 

Linda Doss Lawson ’52 

Lt. Col. Gerald S. Lawson (RET) ’75 

Le May Electric Inc. 

Robert F. Leech 

Robert V. & Ann Davis Leftwich ’59 

Matthew Leiter 

Victor & Frances Lepore 

William C. Lester 

Gail Mitchell Lewis ’58 

James & Kim Liberati 

The Rev. Dr. Curt G. Lindquist 

Frances Linn ’29 

James Linn ’62 

C. Burt & Catherine R. Livezey 

Susanna Grace Long 

Annette Loudermilk ’58 

Ellis H. & Sheila Lovett 

The Rev. & Mrs. James H. Lowery 

Dr. George Lucktenberg 

The Rev. John H. Lummus ’43 

The Rev. Dr. Richard T. & Lillie Mae Helton 

Lumpkin ’58 ’57 

Joy Pope Mabry 

Joe D. Manous 

Mr. & Mrs. J. Edward Marsh 

Martha C. Marsh 

The Revs. Zach & Leigh Sparks Martin 

Nancy R. Martin 

Raul Alberto Martinez 

Mary Mason 

Daniel R. Mason, Attorney At Law 

Robert L. & Joanne Gilbert Mathis ’59 ’60 

Bob Matthews 

William P. Matthews Jr. ’65 

J. Q. Maxwell Sunday School Class, Haygood 

UMC 

Anthony & Judith Mazzarelli 

Judy McCay 

George W. McClure 

Jerald G. & Frances K. McCollum ’50 

Irma McCurty 

The Rev. J. Sanford McDonald ’48 

Edwin & Sandra McFather, Jr. 

CPO John Alvin McGarity USN(RET) ’48 

Thomas F. & Martha Fincher McLaughlin, III 

’72 

Ed & Patsy Bennett McLeod 

Rich & Robin C. McNally 

David Melton 

Meyn America 

Mid-City Pharmacy 

Commander James L. Middleton (RET) ’60 

Dr. Curtis R. Miles 

Betty Veal Miller 

Jay B. Miller Jr. 

Dr. & Mrs. Roger O. Miller 

Timothy Miller 

The Hon. Frank C. & Amanda C. Mills, III 

E. R. & Marjorie Mitchell, Jr. 

Dr. & Mrs. Charles F. Mobley ’53 

Moe’s Southwest Grill, Canton 

James & Norma Moody 

Sidney E. Moody 

Janna Melissa Moore ’04 

Maurice M. & Pansie G. Moore ’67 

Erick J. & La Vonne Moran 

Morgan’s Ace Hardware 

Margaret M. Morlier 

Robert Morrison 

Todd & Dale Scarlett Morrissey ’99 

George D. Morse 

Seaborn T. & Karen Smith Moss, M.D. ’65 ’65 

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Adult 3 Sunday 

School Class 

Frank M. Mutz 

Janis Lovelace Nelson 

Marie Cagle Nixon ’48 

Scott & Lynn Nolan 

Cheryl Tarter Norris 

North Georgia Conference of the United 

Methodist Church 

Dennis C. & Connie Nunnally 

Old Towne Hot Dogs & Deli, Inc. 

Bobbie Bagwell Orr ’50 

James E. & Janeal Wilkie Orr ’58 ’59 

William M. & Bobbie Bagwell Orr ’50 ’50 

Robert Gary & Bonnie L. Otts ’65 

Albert B. Ozburn Jr. ’49 

Leonard Pagano 

Shirley Pahl 

Patrick Parisi 

Derek W. Patterson ’00 

Janice Woody Patterson ’61 

Mrs. Pierce Patterson 

Willard R. Patton 

Charles W. Pearce 

Colonel James E. & Darrine Adams Perry ’41 

’42 

Patricia J. Peterson 

Edward H. & Lanita W. Phillips ’62 

Pike’s Hunting Club, Inc. 

Pinnacle Homes of the South, LLC 

Nan Ponder 

Jerry W. Poole ’71 

Bill & Jennifer Popp 

Greg & Arleen Poquette 

Larry L. Prather 

Roger Lee Pritchard 

Publix Super Market, Inc. #624 

Joe Pyen 

Gwyn Raker 

Carl & Sharon Rau 

Ray’s Family Chiropractic Clinic 

Red Nails 

Christopher R. Reed 

Thomas M. & Marsha M. Reed 

A. Clayton & Anne Reid, Jr. 

Anne M. Reneau 

Timothy & Maribeth Reno 

Victor & Beverly Riccardi 

Alvin B. Richards 

Opal Ridings 

Earnest B. Robertson Jr. 

Luther Rollins Jr. 

Bob & Marcia Rosenfeld 

Frank H. Rudeseal, M.D. 

Jan Ruskell ’67 

Steve Ruthsatz 

Marcum & Lauren Sasser 

Michael & Toya Sasser 

Lacey L. Satterfield ’02 

Ryan W. & Kelly B. Satterfield ’95 

Forrest L. Sawyer 

Patricia S. & Kenneth S. Saxon 

Stacey Smith Scanlon ’00 

Dr. Julie Schultz 

Linda R. Schwamlein 

Joe I. Sewell & Associates, Inc. 

Shane’s Rib Shack, Canton 

Floyd & Kay Shaw 

The Rev. Dr. Herchel H. & Gladys M. Sheets 

Dee & Kandy Shelnutt 

Gerald & Martha Short 

Larry R. Shrout 

Sylvia Bowen Shurling ’48 

Tom A. & Marcia Greene Simpson 

Shaw F. Skillings 

Geraldine Slaughter 

Don & Pat Smith 

Kathie Halovich Smith ’04 

Otis E. Smith 

Karen Smithwick 

Mr. & Mrs. Robin C. Soh ’74 

Dorothy O. Sosebee 

Norman & Frances D. Sosebee ’80 

Southern Professional Investigations, Inc. 

Jimmy E. Spear 

Houston P. Spencer, Jr. ’60 

St. Paul AME 

Donald J. & Gloria S. Stadler 

John & Faye Stafford 

Edgar & Catherine Stansel 

Larry & Barbara Starr 

Mr. Richard C. & Lee Cox Staten ’90 

Donald F. & Lila Stevens 

The Rev. Dr. R. Allen & Tracey Young Stewart 

’85 ’85 

Miriam T. Storey 

John E. & Claudette W. Strickland ’62 

Thomas E. & Nancy C. Mayo Stull 

Hulett & Linda Lou Sumlin 

Sun Microsystems 

Harold L. & Joyce M. Swindell 

Synovus Trust Company 

Gwenn Alley Taylor ’58 

J. Atwood Taylor III 

Robert & J. Taylor 

Terry K. Taylor 

The Rev. J. Floyd & Betty Tenney 

Patricia B. Terrill 

Joseph & Paula Tetrault 

Mark & Judith Thibaudeau 

Perry Thibaudeau 

Lauren H. Thomas 

William H. & Sarah B. Thomason ’41 

Reid & Rhonda Torrance 

Randell E. Trammell ’03, ’09 

Luke A. & Jonna Haines Truan ’96 ’90 

Luke A. Truan 

David & Sarah Tuszynski 

Christopher Seth Tuttle 

Christopher E. & Angela Bennett ’90 

United Community Bank 

Patricia VanBuskirk 

G. Thomas Wade 

Dennis Waldrep 

Elizabeth S. Wallace 

Richard & Martha Wallsinger 

David Walters 

The Rev. Calvin R. Ward Jr. ’50 

Bill & Edna Ware 

Shane & Jennifer Waters 

Jeanette Hobbs Watson ’59 

Jeanette H. Weathersby 

Weiner Eye Center 

Elizabeth Karr Welden ’39 

Andrew J. & Jan Whalen, III 

Buckley C. Wheeler ’09 

Harold & Judith Wheeler 

Kenneth Wheeler & Amy C. Cottrill 

William E. Whitaker 

Nedra White 

Thomas Whitehead 

Kenneth B. & Loraine Whittemore ’50 

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Chris Wilbanks 

Kip & Candy Falany Wilbanks ’87 ’88 

N. J. & Wava Wilbanks 

Dr. Carl F. & Debbie Williams 

Wade & Debra Williams 

The Rev. Herman & Sandra Williams 

Lillian Cable Williams ’34 

Leah Willingham 

Jey Willis 

Kimsey B. & Patricia Sisson Willis ’75 

Nancy Wistrand 

Gary K. Witschy 

Mark S. Witten 

H. T. Woodward 

WWF, Inc. 

Emily McCormick Wyatt ’03 

Lee F. Wynn, Jr. ’49 

James & Kathy Yarbrough 

Raymond & Pennie Foster Yearty ’77 

John W. & Glenda Young 

Kathryn & James Robert Young ’59 

Robert L. D. Zenner 

Associate’s Club 

($1 - $99) 

Acclaim Professional Services, Inc. 

Jeannie L. Adams ’72 

Roy & Darla Adams 

Adult VI Sunday School Class, Word of Life 

Family Church 

John & Michelle Ahern 

B. Keith Aiken 

H. C. Aldredge 

Emory & Dale Allen ’02 

Vinny & Diane Amatulli 

Geri Andersen 

Kenneth J. & Holly Hochstetler Anderson 

’72 ’72 

Joan Anderson 

Kelly M. Anderson 

Paul & Susan Cox Anderson ’80 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Mary A. Arnaud-Huval 

Ronald E. Arnold 

Ruth Arnold 

Gail Ammons Atcheson ’68 

D. Todd & Lisa C. Averett 

David & Trudy G. Ayers ’70 

George W. Bagley IV 

Clarissa Bagwell 

Jeanette & Randall C. Bagwell ’48 

Robert & Virginia Bailey ’90 

Gordon N. Baker 

Lonnie & Vera S. Bales 

John W. Ballard 

Michael & Kathleen Ballard 

Vivian Ballard 

The Barnett Law Firm, P.C. 

Scott & Kate Barron 

T. J. & Vicki S. Barron 

Frank & Judy Bartholomew 

Dianne W. Barton 

Kim Baudry 

Ken Baxley 

Viviana C. Baxter 

Bill & Chris Beagle 

Mary Beth & Jerry Bearden 

Roy L. & Elaine P. Beavers ’70 

Lawandna Beavers 

Joseph & Alisa Beckner 

Mike D. & Amy Talbert Bell ’91 

William & Cattie Benard 

Douglas & Margaret Bentle 

Marty J. & Ann Denney Benzel ’77 ’67 

Brandi Berger 

Wayne E. & Tommie Dickey Bevel ’40 

Edward & Montine Bible 

Josie F. Biddy 

Jermaine T. & Julie Lenoir Harrison Bigham 

’92 ’92 

Julie L. Bigham 

Larry & Patricia Bing 

Elaine M. Bishop 

Judy C. Bishop 

Jerry & Camille Black 

John & Hilary Black 

Angela R. Blackwell 

Peggy Watson Blackwell ’68 

Steve Blalock 

K. Kent Blevins 

Russell Blocker 

Blue Ridge UMC 

William & Renee Bogert 

James N. Bohannon, Jr. ’51 

Bojangles’, Jasper 

Priscilla Sample Bonner ’62 

Thomas & Mary Bonsignore 

Wiley & Patricia Booker 

Tina Hedden Boosel ’94 

Boss & Son Welding & Fabrication, Inc. 

Staci Boudreau 

Charles & Denise Bowen 

E. A. Bowen 

Richard & Melinda Bowen 

Thomas & Martha Bowen 

Harold & Jacquelyn Bowerfind 

Keyes W. & Margaret Bowman (RET) ’48 

Elizabeth Tillman Boyd ’44 

Clarence T. Boyle ’78 

Steve & Melinda Brackin 

Culleen Corbin Bradley 

Ann Bagwell Bradshaw ’52 

Todd B. & Sally Bradshaw 

James & Dixie Bralley 

Julie Branch 

Hutton & Floy S. Brandon 

The Rev. Ronny & Darlene Brannen ’77 ’77 

Trisha Brannon ’66 

Julie Brennan 

Richard Brisebois 

Charles Brigham 

Peter J. & Julie E. Bromstad ’97 

Edgar L. Brooker 

Harold Brooker 

Michael & Tammy Brooks 

Jane Broome 

Amanda Cook Brown ’98 

The Rev. Eugene A. Brown ’46 

Lindsey K. Brown 

Dr. Shawn A. Brown 

Stephen & Kathleen Brown 

Terry A. & Edith E. Brown 

Elizabeth Browning 

Thomas J. Browning ’64 

Wayne A. Bryant 

Carrie Budd 

Nichole C. Budd ’08 

Buffalo’s Café, Canton 

Joseph & Judith Campione 

Susan M. Buice ’77 

Robert E. Bullard 

Ray C. Burda 

Ellen Burgamy 

James R. Burgess III ’60 

Charles & June Dysart Burke ’60 

Bob & Lois Burkholder 

J. Gordon & Amy Burnett Jr. ’91 

Juanita W. Burrell ’49 

L. Russell Burress 

Sam P. Burtz Jr. ’81 

Sally R. Butchart 

Joseph David Byers ’01 

Louise W. Cain 

Roy Cain 

Colin Douglas Caldwell ’07 

Annette & Andy Camp 

Tony D. Campbell 

Steven M. Campbell, Attorney at Law 

Canton Northside Pharmacy, Inc. 

Crystal Cantrell 

Lester L. Cantrell ’58 

Jeffrey & Angela Cargle 

William Carlan 

Carmike Cinemas, Canton 

Karen Carter 

Michael A. & Vivian Carter 

Phillip R. Carter 

S. Dianne Tatum Carter ’63 

Jack & Helen Cashin 

Jason D. & Emma Lauren Green Castro 

’04 ’04 

Charles & Arline Causey 

Joseph & Janet Cawley 

Michael & Jennifer Cerone 

Georg F. & Becky L. Chambers ’84 

Charles & Mary Chambers 

Clara M. Chambers 

R. Stanley Chambers ’69 

Jean Champion 

Danielle Chandler 

Chandler Exterminators, Inc 

Karen R. Chapman 

William & Ursula Chapman 

Donna Thacker Chastain ’46 

Anne S. Cheney 

Cherokee Eye Group 

Cherokee Trophies 

Gail E. Chesney ’69 

William & Karen Chesser 

Chevron Humankind Matching Gifts Program 

Rudolph J. Childre, Jr. 

Kenneth & Belinda Clayton 

Bobby B. & Sarah Cleghorn ’52 

Charles Clements 

Bertha M. Cleveland 

James Cline ’48 

Amanda G. Clonts 

Amanda Faye Clonts ’05 

Walter & Aggie Clonts 

Bill & Beth Cochran 

Dr. Donna Coffey & Mr. Richard Wright 

Thomas R. Coffey 

R. David & Lenita Bedelle Coker ’67 ’68 

James A. Cole 

Christopher P. & Sandra L. Coles ’85 

Delano & Sheryl Colston 

Comprehensive Aesthetic & Restorative 

Dentistry 

Bob Conner ’67 

Edna S. Cook ’75 

James W. Cook ’76 

Stan & Carolyn Cooper 

Wayne S. & Jonell Hester Courson ’72 ’72 

Christine Hansard Cowart ’42 

Joshua K. Cowart 

Tim Cox 

Bill Craig 

Joyce Cox Crawford 

Lawrence & Gayle Crawford 

Mary Cromer 

Gloria Crowder 

Mary Crowley 

Wyona B. Crowder 

Dennis & Rose Mary Cumberland 

Donald Curtis 

Barbara J. Dahlgren ’03 

Michelle Daily 

Joyce A. & Joseph Daniel ’01 

Larry H. & Reba Daniel ’60 

Priscilla A. Daniel 

Larry & Betty Danneman ’51 

Darden Restaurants 

James & Renita Darling 

Chris & Jennifer M. Darnell ’02 

Mr. & Mrs. David Datry 

The Rev. Charles H. & Eva Cox Davis ’78 

Donna Davis 

Lane Davis 

Lori Davis 

Maynita Davis 

Nichole Davis 

Mack F. & Starla Sherrill Davis ’66 

Thomas & Revia Davis Sr. 

Jan W. Day 

Eduardo & Noemi De La Grana Jr. 

Ryan M. & Leslie Cheri Dean ’03 

Betsy Decker 

James N. & Aurena Griffin DeFoor ’67 ’66 

Terry & Mary Helen Delay 

W. Rodney & Leslie A. Delay 

Delta Kappa Gamma, Gamma Eta Chapter 

Leslie & Saralynn Demarcus 

David & Susan Dial 

Diamond Data Corporation 

Angela M. Dickerson 

Jennifer L. Dickey 

Carrie Dietrich 

Disaster Restoration Incorporated 

Bobbie Jean Dixon 

Dixon Music Co., Inc. 

R. Dale & Sandra B. Dixon 

Byron Dobbs 

Jefferson L. & Margaret T. Dobson ’43 

Alan J. & Doris U. Dorris ’60 

Paula Doss 

David G. Doster 

Kristine Downey 

Frances Drummond 

David & Cecelia Duke 

Kaye England Dunagan ’68 

Kim & Rev. Patricia Dunbar 

Bill Duncan 

J. D. & Ida J. Dunn 

E. J. Allen, Inc. 

Joseph I. Eargle 

S. G. & S. M. Ebner 

Roy H. Echols 

Wendell & Laura Edenfield 

Tammy J. Edge 

Garrett & Cathy B. Edmunds ’71 

Chad Woody Edwards ’07 

Janice P. Edwards ’62 

Edwards Tire Sales, Inc. 

Richard & JudyAnn Eicher 

Gene & Laura Eide 

Manya R. Elliott 

Cheryl N. Ellis 

M. Nancy Neal Ellis ’62 

Thomas & Billie English 

Virginia English 

Bobby & Susan Sams Epling ’87 

Brian & Stephanie Evans 

Charles & Ava Evans 

Jerry D. & Patricia B. Evans ’05 

Dana Everhart 

William M. Fackler 

Martin & Suzanne Faling 

Gregg Farmer 

Joe A. & Ann R. Farnell ’70 

Christopher Farnham 

William Farris 

John & Rene Fayne 

Tobin L. & Jennifer Gann Feagin ’98 ’00 

Zachary I. Felix 

Palmer L. & Helen Ferguson 

Elisa Finale 

Frances Carpenter Fincher ’36 

Martha England Fincher ’60 

Dene Findley 

Virginia Fitchett 

Nelson & Bonnie Fitzpatrick 

Evelyn W. Flanigan 

Jeff & Julie Clark Fleming 

Chris & Bunny Flick 

Flint & Connolly, Attorneys 

D. L. Flood 

Julian & Hazel Florie 

John & Sue Floyd 

Marsha Floyd 

John Ford 

Edward Forrest 

Dwight & Becky Forrester 

Christopher M. Foster ’06 

Marilyn Kilgore Foster ’54 

Jim & Ruth Rabus Fouche ’68 

Fowler Insurance Agency, Inc. 

J. Morris & Angie W. Fox 

Marcus & Angie Fox 

Dana Franklin 

Foly Franklin 

Linda M. Frederick 

Jack R. & Carolyn M. Free ’55 

Walter S. Fuller Sr. 

Ernest W. Fussell 

Galaxy Check Cashing, Inc. 

Tim & Joanne Williams Ganka ’99 

Robert D. & Camille Gard 

Marc W. Garduque 

Ginger Garrard 

Betty & Ricky Garrett 

James E. Garrett 

Robert N. & Patricia Garrison ’58 

Garrison’s Furniture & Appliances 

Dr. Bonnie E. Garson 

Mr. & Mrs. James C. Gatewood 

Georgia Geiger 

General Electric Foundation 

Georgia Branch Sons & Daughters of the 

Pilgrims 

Constance M. Gibson 

Randall Gibson 

Sue Gibron 

Fred & Joann Gonglach 

David & Kathie Goodwin 

Nancy Goodwin 

Robert & Barbara Gordy, Jr. 

Randy & June Goruk 

Ronald M. Goss 

Frank & Bonnie Sosebee Gramling ’50 

Freda Grant 

Jerry & Donna Grant 

Chuck & Shelley McCranie Gravitt ’96 

Carol C. Gray 

Steve & Katharine R. Green ’93 

William & Janet Green 

Lyall J. Greening 

Gillian A. Greer 

Charlie & Helen Gregory 

John Gregory Sr. 

The Rev. James H. Griffin ’48 

Cedric & Claudette Griffith 

The Rev. Rex T. & Olivia Grizzle 

Steven & Erika Groover 

Kenneth & Shirley Groves 

Carol Guilfoil 

Janie Gulick 

Evan B. Guth III 

Esther B. Guyton-Holiday 

Dr. Michael B. Hagearty 

Alan & Teena Haley 

Gannon K. Hall ’92 

Keith & Cindy Hall 

Paula S. Hall 

June Hames 

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Ruby Hamilton 

Edsel C. & Gilla G. Hammontree ’61 ’62 

Dorothy Jones Hamrick ’42 

Rosemary Hamrick ’77 

Pete M. Haney ’75 

Rodney & Mary Ann Hannah 

William & Pat Hannah 

Richard & Mandy Harbin 

Marilyn C. Hardesty 

The Hardesty Revocable Trust 

Frances Lanning Hardin ’45 

Jack A. Hardin ’77 

Carole Joy Moore Hardy ’64 

Kenneth & Dorothea Hardy 

Glenda Ellis Harkins ’59 

L. Michelle Harlow 

James & Ruby Harmon 

David & Yvette Harper 

Alan & Terri Harris 

G. & Elizabeth Harris 

Georgia Harris 

Marvin & Vervela Harris 

B. B. & Mary Ruth Harris ’50 

Robert H. Harris 

Ronald & Jeri Harris 

Terry & Sherry Harris 

Gordon R. & Barbara Herndon Harrison ’54 

Frank Harrison 

James W. & Connie Sue Hartley ’59 

Christine Hartwell 

Robert Hartwell 

Sylvia M Hartwell 

Judith Landrum L. Harvard ’62 

Wilbur S. Hattendorf 

Elizabeth McGuffey Haverfield ’01 

Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Hawkins 

George K. & Laura Siddie Hayes ’02 

Carolyn E. & Maxie R. Hays ’60 

Joe F. Head ’70 

John & Lucy Heagy 

Evelyn Thacker Healan ’36 

Jeff Hederick 

Toni-Marie Hedge 

John & Theresa Heffernan 

Guy & Nancy Henderson Sr. 

Walter & Linda Henderson 

Valmon Hasty Henson ’48 

Aaron & Hope Hequembourg 

Kenneth & Carolyn Herron 

James & Sue Hess 

Lynne Hewett 

Timothy Hewett 

John & Marjorie Hicks 

Carol H. Hight ’95 

Shelby R. Hill 

Ruth Whitfield Hinton ’48 

Annette Haley Hobgood ’59 

John & Janet Hochadel 

Lori J. Hohl ’08 

Doug D. Holder Sr. ’64 

Jerry & Diane Hollis Jr. 

Jefferson A. & Lana Tibbetts Holt ’05 

Erin Paige Honea 

Claude & Ann Hopkins 

Linda Burns Horning 

Ray & Trudie Horton 

Martha Hout 

Linda Howell 

Charles & Karen Hudgins 

Charles M. Hudson 

H. Keith & Leigh M. Hudson 

Jarrell Richard Huffman 

Kimberly A. Huffman 

Wanda Hughes 

Donna B. Hunt ’95 

Jayne & Larry Hunter 

Kenneth Robert Hutchins ’84 

Katherine E. & Michael D. Hyatt 

Lisa Hyde 

Robert & Tina Ingram 

Sue Irwin 

Robert & Donna Isenberg 

J & D Auto Sales 

Stephen H. Jackson ’73 

Charlie & Averdell James 

Harold G. Jarrell 

Kevin & Karen Jeffrey 

Rebecca Hutchins Jenkins ’78 

Susan B. Jenkins 

E. P. & Edna G. Jennings Jr. 

Gene Jernigan 

Ann Jester 

Cathy & Harold Johns 

Graham P. Johnson 

Preston & Angela Gearing Johnson ’82 

Ben F. & Frances Eslinger Johnson III ’84 ’60 

Dianne E. Johnson 

Frank B. & Joyce W. Johnson ’50 

Kathy Johnson 

Mary H. Johnson ’94 

Scott & Kathi Johnson 

Major General Warren Johnson 

Willie Mae Johnson 

Jack & Jane Johnston 

Amy H. Jones 

Ann Strawn Jones ’60 

Mark & Tracey Jones 

Martha Jane Jones 

Walter E. Jones 

Wayne & Deborah Jones 

Valarie & Jerry Jordan 

Kyle E. & Mary Hill Jost ’07 

Brad Jovaag 

Allen E. Joyce 

James C. Justice Jr. ’60 

Dr. Cheul W. Kang ’56 

Do Yim Kang ’56 

Brian & Tammy Karafa 

Lucile Hamby Karr ’42 

Susan Blackwell Kea ’71 

Thomas P. & Patricia A. Kearns 

Russell G. & Margie L. Kennedy 

Kenny Sears Builders 

Ann D. Keyes 

Key’s Jewelry 

Kiker Ventures Inc. 

Cecil H. Kimball 

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas I. Kindel 

William C. King 

Bud & Kathy Kiniry 

William & Ann Kinzer 

Ann Kirchhoff 

Kenneth & Suzanne Kirkpatrick 

Sara W. Kirkpatrick ’89 

L. Durell & Brenda Cole Kitchen ’65 ’64 

Lewis D. Kitchen 

Kathy J. Klein ’78 

Arthur L. Kling 

Richard P. Klocko 

Faye Bryson Knight ’58 

Vernon & Audrey Knoll 

Knox Printing Services 

Frederic & Barbara Kolesar 

Kreations Hair Salon 

Jodi U. Kuehl 

Kenneth & Victoria Kull 

Pin H. Kuo ’80 

Tommy & Jennifer Kyzer 

La Parilla Mexican Restaurant 

Melissa Lagoo 

Richard & Mary Laing 

Kenneth & Sarah Laird 

Stephen & Betty Laird 

David & Cindy Laminack 

Philip & Elizabeth Barfield Laminack ’04 

Ernest & Sarah Lander, Jr. 

Nancy J. Landrum ’64 

Don E. & Shae Lee Landy ’01 

Jessica Ann Larson ’09 

John & Virginia Law 

Gary & Janet Lawson 

Gail C. Laye 

J. Kevin Ledford ’85 

C. Ernest & Mary Ann Lee 

Fred & Carolyn Lee 

James E. Lee II 

Merrill & Alice Lee 

Nan J. Lee ’62 

Dennis & Susan C. Lester ’65 

Junior & Marcie Lewallen 

Earl Button & Mona P. Lewis ’71 

Jon & Angie Lewis 

Robin Louise Lindemann ’07 

Anne Little 

Betty & James Little 

Vivian L. Little 

Robert H. & Pam Logan 

Michael Lonati 

Loose Lip Larry’s Restaurant, LLC 

Nettie Lee Lovelace ’39 

James D. Lowe ’54 

Robin B. Lowrey 

Murray & Carol Lumpkin 

Mary P. Lyon 

Kirk & Anne Maassen 

Bobby & Susan Maddox 

Jack & Betty Maeger 

Pat Maher 

Jimmy C. Major ’53 

G. Mike & Sue Malone ’98 

David & Wendy Maloney 

Edna D. Maples 

Frances E. Marks 

Ronald & Deborah Marks 

Gregory & Donna Martin 

Judson B. & Misti Whitfield Martin 

Roger & Carole Martin 

Tabatha Hamrick Martin ’01 

LaNelle Martin Mason ’98 

Mitchell & Vickie Mason 

William & Lisa Mason 

David & Diana Massey 

Jimmy Matthews 

Kathy J. Matthews 

Phyllis & David May 

Jimmy Mayo 

Kirsten Mazur 

Gary & Paula McArdle 

Charles P. McCanless 

Louvenia M. McCants 

Steven & Judy McCay 

Patricia M. McClure 

Robert L. McClure 

Jane Overstreet McConnell ’72 

Michael & Margaret McConnell 

H.C. & L.W. McCullough 

Mary L. McDonald ’51 

Mary McElfresh 

David M. McElyea 

Steve McEntire 

Michael McFarland ’78 

John & Margaret McGarr 

John & Amy McGee 

Carol L. McIlvaine ’05 

J. M. McKee 

Donnie & Kara McMickle 

Bobby L. & Sandra Wade McMillan ’66 ’67 

Jackie McMorris 

Glen & Julie McRae 

Malcolm & Jennifer Lee McTaggart ’94 

Zelma B. McWhirter 

Helen P. Means 

Mike & Lora Medlin 

T. W. & Janet Medlock 

Sara Hemingway A. Mendell 

Hazel Merritt 

Jack Merritt ’67 

Robert & Jane Merritt, Sr. 

MGDL, Inc. 

Susan Summerour Middlebrooks ’92 

Frank & Suzanne Middleton 

John & Shirley Midkiff 

Roy & Sherry Midkiff 

Charles & Christine Miller 

Darlene Miller 

Edward & Nancy Miller 

Michael M. Miller 

Robert & Helen Miller 

Sylvia H. Miller 

Sandra & Greg Milton 

Clinton & Carolyn Mincey Jr. 

Douglas & Peggy Moeller 

W. C. & Jean R. Moody Jr. 

Mitsuru & Carol Ann Mori 

Linda P. Morris 

Robert Cecil Morrison 

Anne P. Moshell 

Garry T. & Jessica Moss 

Luwana Chapman Moss ’85 

Rick & Cheryl Moss 

Perry & Karla Motley 

Lois A. Mott ’04 

Mr. Clean Car Wash, Canton 

Sherry L. Mullins ’93 

Carol Murphy 

Larry & Mary Murray 

Marjorie Musgrave 

Joey S. & Zella M. Musick ’84 

Mary Ann Nall 

Mr. Richard & Barbara Nardi 

Joyce M. Nations, O.D. 

James & Christine Caylor Neal ’68 

Charles P. Nealey ’79 

Marshall & Bonnie Neely 

Julie Gilmour Neighbors ’99 

Mary Ann Niehoff 

Judy B. Norris 

O’Charley’s Restaurant, Canton 

Charles & Katharina Ochsner 

Margaret J. O’Connor & David W. Velutini 

Martin O’Connor & Cindy Chia 

Douglas & Joyce Odum 

David & Phyllis Ogle 

David F. Ogle, Jr. ’92 

The Oil Well 

Edward & Kara Okerblad 

Robert & Doris Okerblad 

Okinawa Restaurant 

Rebekah Tatum Oliver ’60 

Stephanie Olsen 

Wanda M. Olson 

Linda O’Neill 

Charles E. & Donna Huey Orr ’60 ’73 

James E. & Janeal Wilkie Orr ’58 ’59 

James & Rebecca Osborne 

William & Margo Outz 

Judy Boston Owens ’66 

T. Grant Owens ’59 

Sam & Wanda Padgett 

David Harrison & Susan Padgett-Harrison 

Steve Page ’84 

Carl Pahl 

Paula J. Pahl ’85 

Barbara Parker 

Peggy & James Parker 

Robert & Sharon Parker 

Ronnie & Martha Parker 

Angela Parks 

Eleanor R. Parris 

Richard F. & Bernice Bottoms Parrott ’65 ’66 

Henry W. & Martha Richards Partridge Jr. ’75 

David & Kay Pate 

Mary Patrenos 

Alan & Angela Patten 

Michael & Donna Pavone 

Steve & Belda Payne 

Georgeann Paylo 

Harold & JoAnn Peacock 

Cynthia Gail Pearson ’07 

Sandra Pendley 

Mary Perren 

Ronald F. Peterson ’99 

John & Susan Pettit Jr. 

Richard & Karen Pfost 

Angela D. Pharr 

Mary Johnson Pharr 

Myrtle Phillips 

Nancy Watts Phillips ’63 

Rudolph & June Phillips 

Brooke Pickard 

Pint-Stephens 

Franklin & Barbara Pittman 

Maritza Pivaral 

Troy W. Ponder 

Walter & Mary Pope, Jr. 

Barbara Poplawski 

G. Allen & Susan S. Potter 

William D. & Sharon T. Pouncey 

Jeffrey M. Pourchier 

Vickie & Chris Prescott 

Karen Preslock 

Hazel Price 

Juanita F. Price 

Rebecca Price 

Jamie H. Pritchett 

Proscapes of Georgia, Inc. 

Provino’s Italian Restaurant 

Heather Anderson McBride Pruitt ’04 

Michael & Roselyn Pulliam 

Stephen E. Radecki & Jean A. Hardesty 

John & Lisa Rafferty III 

Gene & Linda Ratchford 

Gerald & Candace H. Rausch 

Jennifer Ray 

Richard Reaves & Elizabeth C. Burmeister 

Glenn S. & Regenia Reavis ’78 

H. Duane Reece ’88 

Douglas & Constance Reed 

Dr. Howard L. Reese, Jr., C.P.A. 

Kenneth & Susan Reese 

Mary Harrison Rellis ’54 

Tim A. & Maggie Reneau ’80 

James & Rose Rice 

Martie L. Richards 

Donald & Anne Richardson 

George & Annette Richardson Jr. 

Janice Richardson 

Gordon Riddoch 

Rachel G. Ridley ’59 

Fern Q. Rissmiller 

James & Betty Rissmiller 

Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Roach 

Kimberly Ehlers Roberts ’01 

Fred & Helen Robinson 

Dr. Mellanie & Mr. Stanley Robinson 

Janet M. Rodning 

Doris Rogers 

Michael & Joan Rolf 

Perdita Padgett Rollins ’38 

Rome Driver Training School, Inc. 

Mary Ellen Roos 

James & Nancy Ross 

Janet Van Every Ross ’80 

Judy Thompson Ross 

Lawrence Rothermel 

Drs. S. Beth & John Russell 

Vincent & Doris Russom 

Marciano & Rebecca Sabio 

Jennifer Sackman 

Edward D. Sale 

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Carol Sanders 

Karen D. Sanders ’07 

Lee & Karen Sanders ’07 

Richard E. Santia 

Irma M. Santoro-Bliss 

Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Satterfield 

James & Debra Schmidt 

Margaret E. Schnaudt 

George Schneider 

George & Betty Scholz 

Adeline Schreiter 

Melvin & Alicia Schukar 

Faye Hodge Schultz ’58 

John D. Schultze 

Raymond E. & Christa Schumacher 

Robert K. & Christine Schweiger ’94 

D.W. & K. A. Schwenk 

Melanie Lena Scopa ’03 

James A. Scott 

Dr. Ernest W. & Jessie Seckinger Sr. 

Ellis L. & Annabelle D. Selph ’39 

Katherine Selstad 

Richard Semasky Sr. 

Bill Sexton 

Howard & Julie Shackelford 

Dan Shamanski 

Patrick & Patricia Skelton Shannon ’59 

Chuck & Sandy Shapiro 

Gerald D. Sharpe 

Mildred W. Shaw 

Joseph Shell 

Jane Shelnutt 

Nancy Sherrow 

John & Julia Sherman 

Harvey & Marilyn Shulman 

Siemens Energy & Automation 

Kathryn G. Silhavy 

John M. Simpson 

T.A. & Tut Simpson 

Clay & Starr Sizemore 

Jennifer Slayden 

Greg & Jacquie Slead 

Kathrine E. Sloan 

Strachen & Cathren Small 

A. & Sandi Smith 

Arlin & Barbra Smith 

Dr. & Mrs. Bobby Smith 

D. L. Smith 

Diane C. Smith 

Don & Sybil Smith 

Bo & Marsha T. Smith ’64 

Elizabeth A. Smith 

Eugene & Janet Smith 

Glenn A. & Scottie H. Smith ’71 

Scott Smith 

Vicki Smith 

William & Gail Smith 

Sons of the American Revolution 

Mattie L. Sosebee 

Mary Bryant Spivey ’56 

Barry & Sharon Stabile 

Don & Juanita Stafford 

Anthony N. & Helen H. Stancil ’83 

Benjamin Aaron Standard ’08 

Staples 

William & Mary Davis Staples ’55 

Gene & Elaine Starr 

Allison & Don Startup 

E. Shelton & Tena Stevens 

Stevie B’s Pizza, Canton 

Joe & Tammy Stewart 

Michael J. Stewart 

John & Kim Stockard 

Harvey & Alta Story 

Dennis & Betty Stowers 

Francesco Strazzullo & Lucia Coppola 

Jack & Dot Street 

Barbara Strickland 

Kim Strickland 

Derek L. Struchtemeyer 

Caroline Selene Sturgeon ’08 

Styl’n Salon 

Michael & Claire Suhowolak 

Edward & Rebecca Summers 

Dr. Richard D. Summers 

Lewis Surplus 

Dean & Margie Swift 

Lowell & Tonya Syers 

Amanda Sykes 

Taco Mac, Canton 

Beth Phillips Talbert 

Mary G. Talbert 

Conor S. Talley ’07 

Matthew & Megan Talley 

Edwin Tanner 

Timothy H. & Susan L. Tarpley ’76 

Stephen & Katherine Taylor 

Timothy Walter Teague Jr. ’07 

Blanche Terry Templeton ’64 

Gwendolyn Tenney & Zachary Felix 

Colonel Bob B. & Constance W. Thacker 

(RET) ’38 

Randall & Robin Thacker 

Strelsa Brett Tharpe ’70 

Rosemary Thiele 

James & Sandra Thomas 

Thompson & Cline, P.C. 

Dana Thompson 

Dr. Gordon W. Thompson, D.D.S. 

Thomson Reuters (Tax and Accounting) 

Services, Inc 

Colonel Noble and Gladys Timmons ’49 

D. Heath Tippens 

H. Delane & Ann B. Titshaw 

Martha Seay Todd ’75 

Alma Toney 

Andrew & Eleisa Torrance 

Chesley Torrance 

Ernest & Frances Torrance 

Larry & Marjorie Torrance 

Thomas & Ellen Torrance 

Trayletaah Garden Club 

Cheryl Ann Tribble 

Jefferson W. & Donna J. Trotter 

Lori Trull 

Egenia Vanderpool Truman 

Vicky R. Tucker 

Carolyn White Turner ’50 

Eric & Nancy Tuttle 

Steve Tye 

Philip J. Unger 

Dr. Charles B. & Laura Upshaw, Jr. 

Timothy & Lori Urness 

Frances F. Vaughn ’77 

Joe B. Vaughn ’48 

Bradley M. Veach ’97 

Fermin Velasco 

Michelle Vineyard ’06 

William R. & Gerry King Volberding ’53 

Margaret N. & Joseph P. Vollrath ’57 

Donna L. Waddell 

Betty Wade 

Danny & Janice Waldrop 

Helen & Loy Walker 

Deborah Akins Wallace ’08 

Pamela Waller 

Joseph & Joann Waters 

George L. & Mary Ann Barnes Weatherby 

’51 ’54 

Mary Jane Haley Weathersby ’60 

William R. & Ann Webb 

Larry H. Webb 

Tony & Barbara Wehunt 

Ward L. & Kerry J. Weidenbach 

Bob G. & Beverly Yost Welch ’61 ’61 

Dr. Linda Welden ’62 

Michael & Kathryn Wendel 

Arven C. West ’51 

Evelyn West 

Lawrence Victor West ’01 

Phil & Cathy Wilson Westbrook ’71 

Stacy Westbrook 

Barbara R. Westfall 

Nicole & Jesse Weston 

Wes Wheeler 

Sharmon & Jason Whidby 

Jack & Victoria Whipple 

Wilson & Louise White 

Susan C. White 

Zachary M. White ’96 

Christina Whitehead 

Melba Cooper Whitesides ’73 

Brenda Whitfield 

Jack E. Whitmire ’48 

Anthony & Janice Whittaker 

Arthur & Rosana Whittaker 

Nancy L. Wickenhauser 

Robert L. & Marian I. Wickwire 

Robert & Marianne Wiesboeck 

Bobby L Wilbanks 

Willis & Linda Wilkey 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Wilkie 

Byron & Shawn Williams 

Charles & Sandra Williams 

Debra J. Williams 

Kevin Williams 

Wilson & Marjory Williams 

Williamson Bros Bar-B-Q 

Cleve & Stella Wilson 

Cory Wilson 

Deborah P. Wilson 

Dr. Donald D. & Mary S. Wilson Jr. 

Mary S. Wilson 

M. Travis & Charlotte J. Wilson 

Reuben O. & Audrey Wilson ’52 

Honors & Memorials 

Carol Abernathy Winkle ’62 

Kenny & Amanda Payne Wishon ’00 

Sara Kendrick Wood ’56 

Larry Woolard 

Daniel O. & Geri Worley ’70 

Britney Wright 

Jerry T. & Mildred Wood Wright ’56 ’57 

Lester Wright 

The Writing & Editing Company 

Dick Yarbrough 

Farris Yawn 

Susan Yeaton 

Dr. John Yelvington 

Anand & Ursula Yogendra 

Ashley & Cheryl Young 

Philip H. Young Jr. 

Gary Zakar 

Zaxby’s, Canton 

Lambert & Virginia Zenner 

Dianna E. Zima — EPH 

Honors & Memorials — Acknowledge Someone with a Gift to Reinhardt 

Please consider using the enclosed envelope as a way to remember a loved one or a special friend. We will inform them of your thoughtfulness, 

and no dollar amount is noted. Reinhardt students will be rewarded by your gift. This listing includes honor/memorials received 

between July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010. Honor/memorials received after June 30, 2010, will be recognized in the next Reinhardt Magazine. 

In Honor of: Those being honored are in gold. 

Dr. Alan D. Allen 

Harold Bagley 

Hutton & Floy S. Brandon 

Jane Broome 

Dan & Carolyn Robinson Burkholder ‘80 

Bob & Lois Burkholder 

Jaye Fitts 

Roger & Barb Hause 

Dorothy J. Hobbs 

Donald & Marcie Hottinger 


James F. & Eloise A. Jernigan 

Vernon & Audrey Knoll 

Kenneth & Sarah Laird 

Joel & Sheila Ingle Langford ‘91 

Harriett Lindsey 

Dr. George Lucktenberg 


Steven & Judy McCay 

A. & Sandi Smith 

Dennis Waldrep 

John H. & JoEllen Bell Wilson ‘60 ‘61 

Ann Henritze Blonder 


The Rev. Harvey C. Boyd Sr. (RET) ‘48 

Edward & Montine Bible 

James & Dixie Bralley 

Joseph & Janet Cawley 

Anne S. Cheney 

Lawrence & Gayle Crawford 

Thomas & Billie English 

Virginia English 

Dene Findley 

Julian & Hazel Florie 

Constance M. Gibson 

Lyall J. Greening 

Elsie J. Ivey 

Junior & Marcie Lewallen 

Bobby & Susan Maddox 

Hazel Merritt 

Robert & Jane Merritt, Sr. 

Darlene Miller 

Mary Odum 

Edwin Tanner 

Wilson & Louise White 

The Rev. Ronny W. Brannen ‘77 

Freda C. Lane 

Frances Carpenter Fincher ‘36 

Trayletaah Garden Club 

The Rev. Dr. Ron Flowers 

Merrell & Constance Calhoun 

David Henritze Jr. 


Dr. Katherine E. Hyatt 

Donna L. Waddell 

The Rev. J. Sanford McDonald ‘48 

Floyd & Kay Shaw 

The Hon. Marion T. Pope, Jr. 

Naomi Ponder Alexander ‘60 

Jeanette & Randall C. Bagwell ‘48 

Patricia Ball 

Eric Alvin Ballinger, P.C. 

Elizabeth M. Bivens 

Bowers & Roch, LLP 

Ann Bagwell Bradshaw ‘52 

Charles Brigham 

John F. Brooke ‘47 

Wade T. Buchanan 

Juanita W. Burrell ‘49 

Louise W. Cain 

Steven M. Campbell, Attorney at Law 

Lester L. Cantrell ‘58 

Bobby B. & Sarah Cleghorn ‘52 

Hugh Doss 

William M. Fackler 

William H. Fitts 

Mary Free 

Yeteva & Bert Frye 

William F. Greene 

June Hames 

Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Hawkins 

Shelby R. Hill 

2008-09 Honor Roll 

of Donors Omission 

Margaret Nesbitt Hobbs ‘65 should 

have been included. We sincerely 

apologize for this oversight. 

Claude & Ann Hopkins 

Willie Mae Johnson 

Dr. William J. & Mary Beavers Johnston ‘56 

Linda Doss Lawson ‘52 

Betty & James Little 

Joy Pope Mabry 


Joe D. Manous 

Charles P. McCanless 

David M. McElyea 

Zelma B. McWhirter 

Sidney E. Moody 

Marjorie Musgrave 

Mollie Wagner Neal, Esq. 

Harold & JoAnn Peacock 

Rudolph & June Phillips 

Nan Ponder 

Hazel Price 

G. Cecil & Myrna Pruett 

A. Clayton & Anne Reid, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Horace L. Richards 

Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Roach 

T. Andy & Louise Roach 

Linda R. Schwamlein 

Karen Manous Smithwick 

Norman & Frances D. Sosebee ‘80 

Jack & Dot Street 

Hugh Thacker ‘56 

The Barnett Law Firm, P.C. 

William R. & Ann Webb 

Harold & Judith Wheeler 

John H. & JoEllen Bell Wilson ‘60 ‘‘‘61’ 

Kathryn & James Robert Young ‘59 

Jack H. Smith ‘38 


Ted & Marsha S. White, T.J. & Andy White 

Dee Snow 

JoEllen Bell Wilson ‘61 

Katherine B. Sosby 

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Honors & Memorials 

In Memory of: Those being remembered are in gold. 

The Rev. & Mrs. Hansel Abernathy 

Carol Abernathy Winkle ‘62 

Thomas J. Addleman 

Claude B. Hicks ‘65 

Elizabeth Moss Bailey ‘28 

The Rev. Milton L. & Betty Bailey McGuirt ‘55 

Donald W. Barnes ‘60 

L. Eugene & Yvonne Harris Norton ‘60 ‘60 

John H. Bennett, Sr. ‘25 


Pearl Bennett 


Bob L. Blackwell ‘47 

James & Peggy N. Nally Cline ‘48 ‘51 


James M. Boring, Jr. 

Murray & Carol Lumpkin 

David Bottoms 


Jerry J. Brooks ‘52 

Virgil C. Chandler ‘52 

Catherine L. Brown 

Hazel B. Lewis ‘42 

Peggy Buchanan 



Pauline Burdine 

Richard & Priscilla Deming Darby ‘62 ‘62 

Dr. J. Rowland Burgess, Jr. 

Franklin R. & Carolyn R. Croker ‘54 ‘54 

William J. & Mary Beavers Johnston ‘56 

Ora Chadwick 


Edna Lovelace Chandler ‘52 


Donna York Chastain 

The Rev. R. Olin & Donna Chastain Herndon 

‘57 ‘57 

Peggy Nally Cline ‘51 

Claude B. Hicks ‘65 

Mr. & Mrs. L. Clyde Collins 


Troy J. Cox 

Richard C. & Lee Cox Staten ‘90 

William Warren Cutts ‘85 

Christopher P. & Sandra L. Coles ‘85 

Rosemary Gilleland ‘84 

Colleen Sharp Davis ‘19 

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Davis 

Loreta S. Davis ‘60 

Martha England Fincher ‘60 

Mae Dobbs 

Sarah S. Cleghorn 


Coy B. Free ‘48 

Mary Free 


Dr. F. James Funk, Jr., M.D. 

Dr. & Mrs. L. Newton Turk, III 

Marcie Turk 

Bonnie Newman Garrison ‘69 

Rebecca Darracott Byrd ‘70 

Jan W. Day 

The Rev. Dr. J. Douglas Gibson ‘34 

The Rev. Milton L. & Betty Bailey McGuirt ‘55 

The Rev. Dr. Reynolds W. Greene, Jr. 

‘80H 

Robert & Virginia Bailey ‘90 

Sis Brown 

Curtis Carter 

Gina R. Charles 

Charles K. & Carolyn Cobb, Jr. 

Franklin R. & Carolyn R. Croker ‘54 ‘54 

Walter & Doris Cook Dickey 

Georgia Florida United Methodist Federal 

Credit Union 

H. E. Hodge Co., Inc 

Elizabeth Hamill 

Jack & Jane Johnston 

Jim & Judy Jolly 

Ann D. Keyes 

Gregory & Donna Martin 

Michael M. Miller 


William O. & Alice S. Riley 


T.A. & Tut Simpson 


Charles S. Hasson 

The Charles S. Hasson Fund, Inc. 

Hazel W. Hasty 

Elaine Bell 

John H. & Joy Adams Bennett, Jr. ‘65 ‘90 

Marty J. & Ann Denney Benzel ‘77 ‘67 

Thomas L. Bradbury 

John F. Brooke ‘47 

Sis Brown 

Marshall & Kathy Day,Sr. 

Danny & Bonnie L. DeBord 

Ruth Denney 

L. Austin & Beatrice Flint, M.D. 

The Rev. James H. Griffin ‘48 

Mark Haugejorde 

Hawks Ridge Golf Club 

Valmon Hasty Henson ‘48 

Dr. J. Thomas & Bettye Jo Isherwood 

Cathy & Harold Johns 



Edwin & Sandra McFather, Jr. 



James E. & Janeal Wilkie Orr ‘58 ‘59 

Jon & Dot Oscher 


Ray’s Family Chiropractic Clinic 

Sylvia Wheeler Roberts 

Patricia S. & Kenneth S. Saxon 


Jack H. & Ruby A. Smith ‘38 

Dean & Margie Swift 

Synovus Trust Company 

The Landon Group, Inc. 

United Community Banks 

C. Kenneth & Myra White ‘61 


Neely & Kathy Young 

William G. Hasty, Sr. ‘41 


David D. Henritze 

Donald Carson 

Anne Moss Hopkins ‘53 


Roger E. Hopkins ‘53 


Glenn H. Hubbard ‘36 

Marjorie Humphrey Hubbard ‘37 

Thomas H. Jackson 


Clyde M. Lawson ‘56 

William J. & Mary Beavers Johnston 

‘56 

Nettie Lee Lovelace ‘39 

Delta Kappa Gamma, Gamma Eta 

Chapter 

Virginia Fitchett 

Carole Gantt 

Hightower Baptist Church 

Sharon N. Hill 

Gary Hite 

Homer & Juanita Hughes 

Janis Lovelace Nelson 

Barbara Poplawski 

Norman & Frances D. Sosebee ‘80 

Jake Q. Maxwell 

J. Q. Maxwell Sunday School Class, Haygood 

UMC 

Tommy McBurnett 

Blakinship & Gaskin Properties LLC 




Brandon McCullers ‘00 

Mr. & Mrs. David Datry 

Carol Sanders 

Robert McKinney 

C. Jack & Maye Lyon Eaton ‘56 ‘58 

Mary P. Lyon 

Sandra Ballew Middleton ‘60 

Commander James L. Middleton (RET) ‘60 


Michael Milford ‘85 

Rosemary Gilleland ‘84 

Clovis Biggers Momon ‘60 

Mary Jane Haley Weathersby ‘60 

Bud Nally 

Bobby B. & Sarah Cleghorn ‘52 

Joyce Davey Neal ‘60 

Lowell T. & Barbara Jean Clemmons Croft 

‘60 ‘60 

Eugene W. Owen ‘38 


J.H. Payne 

James E. & Janeal Wilkie Orr ‘58 ‘59 

Lois Gregory Phillips ‘38 

Roy & Darla Adams 

Gordon N. Baker 

Elaine M. Bishop 

Blue Ridge UMC 

L. Russell Burress 


Walter R. Davis 

Carrie Dietrich 

Nelson & Bonnie Fitzpatrick 

Charlie & Helen Gregory 

John Gregory Sr. 

Dr. & Mrs. W. E. Gregory Jr. 

Aaron & Hope Hequembourg 

Kenneth & Carolyn Herron 

Charles M. Hudson 

Ann Jester 

Pat Maher 

Linda O’Neill 

Anonymous 

Myrtle Phillips 

Gordon Riddoch 

Gene & Elaine Starr 

Beth Phillips Talbert 

Thomas Whitehead 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Wilkie 

Shastin B. Rader 

Brent Scarbrough & Co., Inc. 

Shane & Jennifer Waters 

Mary Jane Reed 


Andrea Rhodes 


Ann W. Roberts ‘62 


Carla M. Roberts 

Wendell & Kay Abernathy 

Wayne & Marie Berkner 

Steven & Camilla Callis Sr. 

James & Sue Hess 

Ron & Brenda Laird 

Merrill & Alice Lee 

Robert & Sharon Link, Jr. 

Allen & Virginia Pepper 

Douglas Peterson & Julia Losby 

William & Marilyn Roberts 

Mark & Sheryle Van De Water 

Robert Seidel 

Hazel B. Lewis ‘42 

Patsy Bramlett Self ‘56 

Franklin Self 

G. Texana Ruff Shelnutt ‘46 

Dee & Kandy Shelnutt 

Andrew J. & Jan Whalen, III 

Dr. Carl F. & Debbie Williams 

Marie McClure Smith ‘32 

Robert L. McClure 

Daisy Louise Vaughn 


James C. Wallace Sr. ‘48 


Marcus Wallace ‘42 

Lillian Cable Williams ‘34 

David White 

The Rev. Dr. Ann N. Fletcher ‘75 

Jarnett W. Wigington ‘52 



Otis E. Smith 

Tomette Wilkes 


Betty Wood 


Frances C. Yarbrough 

James H. Yarbrough 

The Rev. Dr. E. Jerome Zeller 

Rosemary B. Dacalos 


also gave in memory of: 

Robby Anderson 

Steven C. Cantrell ‘88 

Louise Dysart 

Fran Fuller ‘61 

Robert N. Garrison ‘58 

Jessie Goddard 

Frank Gramling 

Randy Gravley, Sr. 

Geneva Hobgood 

Dave Isom 

Fletcher Jernigan 

Marion Key 

Elizabeth Payne 

Sammy Prince 

Dario Sanchez 

Vesta Smithwick 

Mr. & Mrs. John Sparks 

Josh Spears 

Ray Terrill 

N.J. Wilbanks 

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Alumnotes 

Frances Linn, Reinhardt’s oldest 

’29 living alumna, enjoyed a 100th 

birthday party hosted by her nieces and 

nephew Marilyn Howell Cain ‘61, 

Linn and Cecile Rolan Howell ‘66 

‘66 and Garland Long ‘61 on Oct. 9, 

2010. She received greetings from President 

& Mrs. Barack Obama and Willard 

Scott of the Today Show. More than 200 

friends and family were in attendance. 

Bartow Co. Commissioner Clarence 

Brown proclaimed October 9th “Frances 

Linn Day” and presented her with a written 

proclamation. Reinhardt presented an 

Honoree Scholarship and Bartow Cumberland 

Presbyterian Church honored her 

by presenting two church members with 

scholarships. (see p. 31.) 

’48 

’70 

Elree Bridges Worley (see. 

p. 9). 

Joe Head of Cartersville, Ga., 

retired from Kennesaw State 

University as director of admissions on 

May 31, 2010. 

’82 

Sonya Chilton Turner and 

Glenda Johnston Cagle 

planned and helped the Class of 1980 celebrate 

their 30th reunion this past March. 

’87 

Tina Hulsey Wilson ‘99 

MBA ‘09 recently completed 

her CPHIMS (Certified Professional in 

Health Information Management) certification. 

She works for WellStar Health 

System as an IT manager and recently 

celebrated her 21st wedding anniversary. 

’90 

Jennifer A. Wiggins and 

Mark Matthews were married on 

Nov. 7, 2009, at Epworth By The Sea on 

St. Simons Island. They are expecting their 

first child in October 2010. 

Keith Pankey was named 

’92 Teacher of the Year for Oakland 

Elementary School (Gilmer County). He 

has taught in Gilmer County for 10 years 

and has been an adjunct professor in Reinhardt’s 

Price School of Education, PSOE, 

for almost two years. He is married to Michelle 

DeBord Pankey ‘93 ‘00, also a 

teacher and PSOE adjunct. They have two 

children, EmmaGrace and Keifer. He is 

also the son-in-law of Bonnie DeBord, 

executive assistant to the president. 

’93 

Heather Holbrook is working 

on a doctorate in instructional 

design & technology at Virginia 

Tech. In her second year, she is studying 

games and simulations in instruction. 

Kristen Morse Keenum ‘00 and her 

husband, James, welcomed their son, 

Andrew James, born Dec. 8, 2008. He also 

has a 14-year-old sister, Lexi, who began 

her freshman year at Sprayberry High this 

year. The Keenums celebrated their third 

wedding anniversary on June 16, 2010. 

’94 

AWARDS DINNER THIS SPRING TO HIGHLIGHT 

EXCEPTIONAL FRIENDS & ALUMNI 

Plans are underway for a fund raising dinner, tentatively 

scheduled for March 2011, to highlight special friends 

of Reinhardt University. 

The Alumnus of the Year, Alumni Loyalty Award, Ministerial Honorees, 

John Wesley Clergy and Laity Awards and President’s Special Award 

recipients will be recognized, along with others who have made 

significant contributions to the University. 

“It has been a tradition to recognize alumni award recipients during 

Alumni Day. We hope this year to make these awards even more 

distinctive by highlighting individuals from a larger, more diverse 

perspective,” indicates JoEllen Wilson ‘61 , vice president for 

institutional advancement and external affairs. 

Alumni Director Jennifer Wiggins Matthew ‘90 adds, “It will be a great 

setting to recognize outstanding alumni with our annual awards. We 

deeply appreciate all that our Alumni do to support the University, 

and this event gives us the opportunity to recognize them 

and brag on all their accomplishments.” 

Robert Martin Burnett 

works for IBM. 

Richard Wright (see p. 30). 

’95 

Ryan Satterfield was named 

the 2010 Teacher of the Year for 

Cass High School. He majored in business 

and now teaches business education 

and advises the FBLA group. Ryan is also 

a member of Reinhardt’s Alumni Board of 

Governors, and he and his family live in 

Cartersville, Ga. 

’96 

Stacy Sommer Bradshaw 

and her husband, Hud, welcomed 

Sophia Simone on March 26, 2010. 

Sophia is the baby sister of Max Von & 

Taylor Renee. 

Zachary White (see p. 30). 

’97 

Clifford L. Owen and his wife 

announce the birth of their first 

child, Clayton Daniel, on Feb. 26, 2009. 

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’98 

The Higgins 

Alison McDougal Higgins 

and her husband, Christian 

Higgins ’10, announce the birth of their 

son, Jackson, in November 2009. He was 

7 lbs. and 12 oz. and was 21¼ inches. 

’99 

Matt Gibson and his wife welcomed 

daughter, Reese Jenna, 

on March 31, 2010. The Gibsons live in 

Rydal, Ga. 

Julie Mooneyhan Goodwin and her 

husband, Michael, announce the birth 

of their son, Jason William, on Nov. 21, 

2009. Jason joins big sister, Jessica, and big 

brother, Charlie. The proud grandparents 

are James and Jo Poore Mooneyhan 

‘66 ‘66. 

Lamar Pendley is celebrating 50 years 

with his company, Pendley Heating and 

Air in 2010. 

’99 

Tina Hulsey Wilson ‘87 

MBA ‘09 (please see ’87 note). 

The Blankenships 

’00 

Kristen Morse Keenum ‘93 

(please see ’93 note). 

Karrie Rector McGannon and her 

husband welcomed daughter, Alexis, on 

Dec. 25, 2009. They live in Orangeburg, 

S.C. 

’01 

Amy R. Maples and Clint A. 

Blankenship (below left) were 

married on Nov. 1, 2009, at Trevitt Hall 

in Dalton, Ga. They live in Dalton where 

she works in the marketing department 

at North Georgia Electric Membership 

Corporation and is an adjunct business 

instructor at Dalton State College. 

T.J. Rosene, men’s basketball coach at 

Emmanuel College (Franklin Springs, 

Ga.) was named Coach of the Year by 

the National Christian College Athletic 

Association after leading his squad to the 

2009 National Championship. He is also a 

former head coach of the Reinhardt’s men’s 

and women’s basketball programs. 

’02 

Thomas A. “Lonnie’ Lacy II 

and Jessica “Jay” Whitmire 

‘03, his wife, announced the birth of their 

second daughter, Kendall Lacy, on Sept. 

24, 2009. 

Jennifer Leigh McFarland married 

Mitchell K. Clack on May 16, 2009. The 

couple resides in Gillsville, Ga. 

Justin A Mitchell graduated on Dec. 12, 

2009, from Shorter College with an MBA. 

Jacob and Kristin Rogers Travis welcomed 

daughter “Kate” on June 14, 2010. 

They also have a 4-year-old, Noah. 

Josh Travis is the men’s basketball assistant 

coach at North Georgia College and 

State University in Dahlonega, Ga. 

Marie Zhong Shu Fang Zhong married 

Andy Sze on June 5, 2010. They live 

in Los Angeles, Calif. 

’03 

The Rev. Erik A. Mays of 

Murrells Inlet, S.C., was commissioned 

as a provisional deacon at the 

North Georgia Annual Conference of the 

United Methodist Church in June of 2010. 

Attention: 

new parents, 

grandparents, 

aunts, uncles... 

Have a new 

bundle of joy? 

Please let us know if you have a new 

bundle (or bundles) of joy in your life 

so we can send you a complimentary 

Reinhardt University baby hat. We will 

also add your little one to our Baby 

Eagle Club. Call, e-mail or contact us 

via www.reinhardt.edu/alumni. 

Alumni Office 

Jennifer Wiggins Matthews ’90 

Alumni@reinhardt.edu 

770-720-5509 

fax 770-720-5910 

He was appointed minister to youth at 

Belin Memorial UMC in Murrells Inlet, 

S.C. He received his call to ministry 

through Reinhardt campus ministry. 

Joe Mullins, who earned a master’s 

degree in sport management from the University 

of Tennessee after graduating from 

Reinhardt, is a physical education teacher, 

head wrestling coach, and assistant football 

coach at Pickens High in Jasper, Ga.

Alumnotes 

Jonathan E. Rivers (see p.7) 

Melanie Scopa is now a development 

associate at Catholic Charities Atlanta. Previously, 

she worked as a Reinhardt development 

officer. 

Brian Stock and his wife, Mandy, welcomed 

their daughter, Lydia Anne on Jan. 

16, 2010. She weighed 6 lb., 4 oz and was 

18 inches long. “She is so cute and a blessing 

from our heavenly Father,” the proud 

dad said. 

’04 

Chrysti Millsapps Goltz 

and her husband announced the 

birth of their son, Malachi Isaiah, on March 

12, 2010. They live in Taylorsville, Ga. 

Lindsay E. Powell of Atlanta, Ga., married 

Ben Boyd on July 10, 2010. She has 

taught social studies at Roswell High School 

and served as the Varsity Girls Soccer Coach 

for the last five years. 

Angela Harlow ‘08 became 

’05 Reinhardt’s director of financial 

aid on March 1, 2010. She has worked at 

Reinhardt in admissions or financial aid for 

almost 10 years. 

Blake Pass and Suzianne Green Pass 

’97 of Blue Ridge, Ga., welcomed daughter, 

Taber Blakeleigh, on March 11, 2010. 

Kristen Gent Poole and her husband 

welcomed son, Carter, on July 9, 2010. 

They live in Kennesaw, Ga. 

’06 

Alison H. Holmes Adams 

of Alpharetta, Ga., is now 

patron services coordinator for the Falany 

Performing Arts Center and an adjunct 

professor of voice at Reinhardt University. 

Randi Winn McSwain and her husband, 

Chris, welcomed their first child, 

Lilly Kate, on Aug. 18, 2010. She weighed 

6 lbs., 2 oz. and was 19 inches long. 

Rae Lynda Adams Merry and her husband 

welcomed their son, Jacob Merry, on 

Aug. 18, 2009. They live in Dahlonega, Ga. 

’07 

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Mary Hill Jost became Reinhardt’s 

alumni development ad- 

Nyla Paige and Carolyn Jean Turner. 

ministrative coordinator in January 2010. 

She had worked in Reinhardt’s admissions 

office since 2007. 

Brad and Leigh Baker Prather of 

Powder Springs, Ga., welcomed sons, Nathan 

Bradley and Caleb Thomas, on April 

5, 2010. 

Emilie Heard Steele and her husband, 

Garrett, announce the birth of their son, 

Gavin, on Feb. 19, 2009. 

’08 

Adia Williams of Lithonia, 

Ga, welcomed twin daughters 

Nyla Paige and Carolyn Jean Turner. born 

April 6, 2010. (see photo above). 

Angela Harlow (see ’05 note.) 

Selena J. Tucker Thompson and her 

husband, Cody, announce the birth of 

their daughter, Aubrey Elise, on July 3, 

2010. 

’09 

Briana Moody and Justin 

West are engaged to be married 

in February 2011. After teaching history 

and coaching football and track at South 

West and Moody 

Paulding High School, Justin accepted 

the head girl’s basketball coach position at 

Metter High School in July 2010. He is 

also assisting the football team and coaching 

the cross country team. Briana is the 

out of state recruitment coordinator for the 

Georgia Southern University Admissions 

Office. 

Mitchell Roberts and Shea Barker 

’10 were married in May 2010, at Dallas 

First UMC in Dallas, Ga. 

Tina Hulsey Wilson ‘87 ‘99 MBA 

(please see ‘87 note). 

’10 

‘98. 

Christian Higgins see note for 

Alison McDougal Higgins 

Michael Lichucki and Sarah Marple 

were married on Oct. 9, 2010. They met as 

freshmen at Reinhardt. 

Robert Scott Wahnschaff is engaged 

to Ashley Raimondi ’09. — JAM, MEJ 

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We have added a new Facebook page to go along with our 

new name: Reinhardt University Alumni. 

Please be sure to join our new page before we take down our 

old pages at the end of this calendar year, 2010! — JAM 

’39 

Alumnotes 

In Memoriam 

Nettie Lee Lovelace of Free 

Home, Ga., passed away on 

April 18, 2010. 

’41 

’42 

Charlie Frank Gregory 

passed away on Feb. 12, 2010. 

Ms. Virginia Parker of 

Waleska, Ga., passed away on 

Jan. 9, 2010. 

’46 

’56 

Lucille McKnight passed 

away in November of 2009. 

The Rev. Edward “Ed” Emmett 

Deen, age 80, of Baxley, 

Ga., passed away on May 19, 2009. 

’80 

Randall Brooke of Cave 

Springs, Ga. (formerly of Canton, 

Ga.) passed away May 3, 2010 

’06 

Mark Geiger tragically lost 

his life in a motorcycle accident 

on Oct. 3, 2009. Family and friends 

hosted a soccer game in September 2010 

to raise scholarship funds in his memory. 

– JAM, MEJ 

Faculty & Staff 

Dr. Kevin Crawford, assistant professor 

of English and theatre, received the Faculty 

Research and Scholarship Award. His review 

of The Third Part of Henry the Sixth, with 

the Death of the Duke of York, presented 

by the Atlanta Shakespeare Company at 

the New American Shakespeare Tavern in 

Atlanta in November 2008, was published 

in September 2009 in Shakespeare Bulletin 

27.3 (2009). 

James “Jym” B. Davis’s illustration 

of Johnny Cash was featured on the front 

page of the Toledo Free Press Star (Ohio) 

on April 27, 2010. Davis is an assistant 

professor of art. 

Dr. Robert “Bobby” Epling received 

the United Methodist Exemplary Teacher 

Oh, BABY! The Office of Marketing and Communications recently hosted its first Baby Brunch & Photoshoot 

to feature all the babies born to our employees since the last edition of the magazine was published. 

(Top row, from left) Amanda Brown, graphic designer, and Peyton; Lauren Thomas, media relations 

coordinator, and Reagan; Nicole Weston, director of residence life, and Julie; The Rev. Leigh Martin, 

University chaplain, and Thomas; (Bottom row, from left) Dr. Anne Good, assistant professor of history, 

and Judith; Jym Davis, assistant professor of Art, and Adrian; and Brian Stock, helpdesk support/PC 

technician, and Lydia. (Not in attendance) Martie Richards, admissions coordinator, and Reece. 

Award, which recognizes excellence in 

teaching, commitment to value-centered 

education and service to students. He is an 

associate professor of physical education 

and sport studies. 

Jonathan and Anne Good welcomed 

their second daughter, Judith Leonie, on 

April 26, 2010. He is an associate professor 

of history, and she is an assistant professor 

of history. (photo above.) 

Dr. Katherine Hyatt, an assistant 

professor of business, received the Jane 

England Faculty Award for Excellence. 

The award is named for a longtime faculty 

member who exemplified leadership and 

dedication to students. 

Leigh Martin, University chaplain, gave 

birth on Feb. 22, 2010, to Thomas Frost 

Martin. (photo above.) 

Athletic Director Bill Popp recorded 

his 300th career win as a head baseball 

coach when Reinhardt beat Virginia Intermont 

on March 20, 2010. He earned 167 

wins as the Oglethorpe University head 

baseball coach. Now in his seventh season 

at Reinhardt, he finished the 2010 season 

with 317 career wins. 

Martie Richards and her husband, 

Chris, welcomed their first child, daughter 

Reece Marissa, on July 12, 2010. Richards 

is an admissions coordinator. 

Dr. Eddie Robertson received the 

2009-10 Captain Reinhardt Award from 

the Student Government Association. 

Janet Rodning received the 2010 Reinhardt 

Bridge Award. The annual award 

is given by faculty to a staff member in 

recognition and appreciation of his or her 

outstanding service and commitment to 

faculty and students. She is Reinhardt’s 

Registrar. 

Dr. S. Beth Russell, an associate professor 

of psychology, received the 2009-10 

Vulcan Teaching Excellence Award. This 

award recognizes outstanding contributions 

to undergraduate education, student learning 

and campus life. 

Nicole Weston, Reinhardt’s director of 

residence life, gave birth to Julie Elizabeth 

Tye Weston on Feb. 22, 2010. (photo above.) 

Dr. Kenneth Wheeler (see p. 30). 

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Tracing Back 

History 

Richard Wright ‘94 (above) and 

Dr. Kenneth Wheeler, associate 

professor of history, developed a proposal 

to restore the Sutallee Trace, a 

roadbed created in the beginning of 

Cherokee County’s existence. 

On March 10, 2010, County and 

Reinhardt officials, including Cherokee 

County Commissioner Harry 

Johnston and Reinhardt President Dr. 

J. Thomas Isherwood, and community 

members attended a presentation 

by Wright and Wheeler on “Cherokee 

Indians and White Settlers in Early 

Cherokee County.” 

The pair discussed their research 

and knowledge of the history of the 

Etowah Valley during the Southern 

gold rush when white settlers were 

moving into the area, prior to Cherokee 

Removal. They coauthored New 

Men in the Old South: Joseph E. Brown 

and his Associates in Georgia’s Etowah 

Valley, published in the Georgia Historical 

Quarterly. 

Due to the persuasiveness of 

Wright and Wheeler’s proposal and 

lobbying from local Boy Scout leader 

Dan Owen of Canton, Ga., the Cherokee 

County government recently 

purchased 260 acres of land to link a 

system of trails with the Sutallee Trace. 

The next step will be to cut multipurpose 

trails, as well as provide kayak 

and canoe access to the Etowah River. 

– LHT. 

Growing 

History & Spirit 

Most would say that 

Zach White ’96 has 

a green thumb; he, 

however, calls it a 

navy and gold thumb. 

White, the University’s 

horticulturist for more 

than seven years, has a 

passion for Reinhardt, and 

it shows inside and outside in 

all he does for the University. 

“Reinhardt was a special place when I 

attended as a student and that same spirit 

is still here today. It’s an honor to work at 

the place I love with so many great faculty, 

staff and students, and I am really lucky to 

be able to work doing my passion in life— 

horticulture.” 

In the last two years, White has dedicated 

himself to restoring the integrity 

of Reinhardt’s historical Burgess Arboretum—established 

in 1951 by Dr. J. Rowland 

Burgess, Jr., Reinhardt president from 

1944-73. More than 600 trees and shrubs 

have been identified, mapped and re-labeled 

by White, County Extension Agent 

Paul Pugliese and the Cherokee County 

Master Gardener volunteers. 

“We have trees and shrubs that Dr. Burgess 

brought to our campus from all over 

the country, from our paperback Maple 

tree from the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard 

University, to our Scarlet Oak Tree grown 

from seedling on the capital grounds in Atlanta 

to our rare American elm tree,” White 

said. “The information we have discovered 

indexing these trees has been like discovering 

a treasure chest in our own back yard!” 

A new addition to the Arboretum has 

been the 127 (and growing) Most Noble 

Trees & Shrubs Plant Walk; a new tree or 

shrub is added each year in celebration of 

the University’s 

establishment 

in 1883. 

W h i t e ’ s 

passion for Reinhardt 

has also 

grown to include 

the surrounding 

city of Waleska. He 

wanted to create a better 

sense of community between 

the City and the University, 

and that’s when the idea of the Waleska 

Farmers Market at Reinhardt University 

came into fruition. 

“I am involved with other local farmers 

markets, and I have experienced what great 

benefit they are to these communities,” said 

White. “I wanted to bring that benefit to 

Waleska and Reinhardt. 

“We’ve had so much support from 

the Reinhardt family to our community 

neighbors to people from as far away as Atlanta. 

Having such positive support even 

helped us to be voted 4th Best Market in 

Georgia in the America’s Favorite Farmers 

Market contest!” 

White’s hopes for Reinhardt’s “growing” 

future are to expand the Arboretum by 

planting more distinct trees and shrubs and 

to host more farmers markets for the summer 

and fall 2011 seasons. He also would 

like to one day bring back Reinhardt’s tradition 

of farming. 

“What makes Reinhardt’s campus so 

beautiful is not just the flowers and plants; 

it’s the people,” White said. “There is a 

spirit and friendliness here that I have not 

found at any other college or institution I 

have ever been. That’s what makes me love 

what I do and have such a passion for Reinhardt.” 

– LHT. 

A journey that began on a dirt road in a buggy 

Fond Reinhardt memories from 

our oldest living alumna 

When alumni reflect back to their first arrival 

on campus, many remember riding on 

highways or interstates; maybe they were 

with their parents or even in their own cars. 

Their belongings included matching bedspreads, 

desk accessories, mini fridges and 

these days, laptops and Ipods... but Frances 

Linn ’29 remembers a very different arrival. 

She traveled by buggy from Pine Log, 

Ga., down a dirt road that is now Highway 

140. She and her whole family came to 

Waleska, then spelled Walesca, in 1920 so 

she and her sister could attend Reinhardt 

Academy. At age 10, Frances was eager to 

start the fourth grade. Her father, Robert 

Lee Linn Sr., became the College’s farm 

manager, maintenance manager and later a 

chauffeur for the college president who did 

not own a car. 

Ms. Linn celebrated her 100th birthday 

on October 9th of this year, and she is now 

our oldest living alumna. It’s really no surprise 

that she has lived this long; both her 

mother and her sister lived to 102! 

The Linns have played a big part in 

the Reinhardt Family. Twenty-five family 

members have attended Reinhardt, dating 

all the way back to Ms. Linn’s uncle who 

graduated in 1893. 

Typical college life included studying 

by Aladdin oil lamp, pumping your own 

water from a well inside the girls dorm, being 

warmed by coal heat in the residence 

hall and being one of the lucky few who 

got to sit by the steam radiator. 

In those days, they enjoyed practical 

jokes. Ms. Linn recalls a time when someone 

snuck a College dairy cow into Winthrop 

Hall. Maybe it’s a good thing we no 

longer have dairy cows on campus! 

Fun activities included very successful 

debate teams, the Haygoods and the 

Pierces. A championship debate was held 

each year, and there wasn’t ever an empty 

seat. Students also enjoyed three act plays, 

along with tennis matches and basketball 

and baseball games played on a dirt court 

during the day since Reinhardt didn’t have 

electricity yet. 

(Top) Ms. Linn was valedictorian of her 

Reinhardt graduating class. 

(Bottom) Frances Linn ’29 owns the grand 

piano that once belonged to Captain 

Reinhardt, one of Reinhardt’s founders. Her 

father bought it from Captain Reinhardt’s 

niece, Fredonia Blanton. 

Ms. Linn kept a very busy schedule as 

a student. She worked on Hiltonian staff 

and was editor her senior year. Her classes 

included English, French, Latin, Bible, history 

and chemistry. She worked in the library 

keeping a high school study hall and 

tutored in Spanish. She was also on the 

debate council for girls and taught Sunday 

School at Waleska UMC. When asked 

what a favorite Reinhardt memory was, she 

said, “I would love to relive all of my days 

at Reinhardt except for two classes — trigonometry 

and chemistry.” 

Being busy did not keep her from succeeding. 

She was 1st Honor Salutatorian 

of the high school and Valedictorian of her 

college class. She continued her education 

at LaGrange College for one year and later 

completed her education at the University 

of Georgia. 

As a lifelong educator, she began her 

teaching career at age 19 in Pine Log, Ga. 

She taught at several schools including Taylorsville 

and Adairsville high schools and 

eventually retired from Fairmount High 

School after 44 years in the classroom. 

Reinhardt continues to be a vital 

part of Ms. Linn’s life. The grand piano 

in her front parlor once belonged to 

Captain Reinhardt, one of Reinhardt’s 

founders. Ms. Linn’s father purchased the 

piano from Captain Reinhardt’s niece, 

Fredonia Blanton. 

Ms. Linn embodies the ideal of a lifelong 

learner. She still reads two newspapers, 

The Daily Tribune and The Atlanta Journal 

and Constitution, along with five magazine 

subscriptions. She is true evidence that we 

are never too old to keep learning. How 

lucky we are to claim her not just as one 

of our alums but as our oldest living alum! 

Happy 100th Birthday Ms. Linn! 

— JWM 

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A “Golden” Opportunity 

The Class of 1960 Celebrates its Golden Anniversary 

at Reinhardt’s 2010 Commencement Ceremony 

The Golden Anniversary 

attendees (bottom) enjoy 

recreating a memorable 

photograph from their 

yearbook. 

Below, they pause for a 

group shot with their 

robes and medallions. 

A select group of Reinhardt alumni had a 

“golden” opportunity at the College’s 2010 

commencement ceremony. More than 40 

members of the Class of 1960 returned to 

their alma mater to celebrate their Golden 

Anniversary. Each was honored and recognized 

during the ceremony, and the group 

celebrated the occasion before and after 

the main event. 

“Returning to Reinhardt after having 

graduated 50 years ago gave me the chance 

to reconnect with friends with whom I 

have kept in touch and renew friendships 

with those whom I have lost touch,” said 

Carolyn Hays, a member of the Golden 

group. “I have visited the campus several 

times since graduating and have seen some 

of the physical changes, but I was amazed 

at how different, yet still the same, it looks 

today. Reinhardt will always have a place in 

our hearts!” 

The Reinhardt Office of Alumni honored 

the Golden alumni with a celebration 

the night before commencement that 

included dinner, a video presentation 

and a golden medallion 

ceremony. The event was the first 

time many in the group had seen 

each other since graduation 50 

years before. 

“They were a hoot,” said Jennifer 

Wiggins Matthews ‘90, director 

of alumni. “They were just full of 

laughter and excitement the whole 

night. They just had so much to say 

and so much to catch up on since 

many hadn’t seen each other in so 

many years. It was a great time!” 

During commencement, the 

Golden group wore black robes 

along with the medallions they received 

the night before. They were the first group 

in the commencement processional, and 

each was recognized during the ceremony. 

“It was such an incredible experience,” 

said Bobby Craven during the brunch held 

for the group after commencement. “We 

felt so honored to be a part of this special 

occasion and to be recognized for our accomplishments 

was such a privilege. The 

whole experience of our reunion at Reinhardt 

was first-class all the way.” 

After 50 years of much success, the 

Golden group offered a bit of advice to the 

Class of 2010. “Cherish your friendships, 

and make the most of the opportunity 

that has been given to you at Reinhardt.” 

– LHT 

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1. 

You are invited to... 

FALL FAMILY 

& ALUMNI 

Friday, October 8 

Miss Reinhardt Competition 

7–9 p.m. at the Falany Performing Arts Center 

For more information, please 

contact the Offices of: 

Student Activities 

770-720-9238 

ALD@reinhardt.edu 

Alumni Relations 

770-720-5509 

JAM@reinhardt.edu 

www.reinhardt.edu/familyweekend 

8&9 

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4. 5. 6. 

Almost 300 students, alumni, faculty and staff 

enjoyed Reinhardt’s Fall Family and Alumni 

Weekend. 

1) Adia Williams ’08 poses in 

front of the green screen with 

her twin daughters, Carolyn and 

Nyla Thomas, and her mother, 

Sherryl Skinner. 

2) Alexa Huston, a senior business 

major from Talking Rock, Ga., was 

crowned Miss Reinhardt 2010-11. 

3) Reinhardt’s Finest - Emile Ennis, 

Michael Cass, Nahum Vigo- 

Fas, Owen Bagley and Darwin 

Kellogg -received the Talent Show 

grand prize. 

4) Nahum Vigo-Fas and Kelsey 

Syers are all smiles during the 

Miss Reinhardt dance number. 

Saturday, October 5) Director 9of 

Residence Life Nicole Weston 

Free Varsity and Lunch her little one, Julie, enjoyed the face painting 

Fall booth Festivalon 

Fall Family Day. 

6) Cotton candy was one of the goodies being 

Men’s Soccer vs. Faulkner 

University handed out on Fall Family Day. Cheerleaders 

3:30–5:30 p.m. at the Jim & Syble Boring 

Sports Andrew Complex Bradshaw, Courtney Marks, (left), and 

Dinner Amanda (Cost: $6.50) Seyden share a cone. — MSW 

11 a.m.–2 p.m. at the Hasty Student Life Center Plaza 

11 a.m.–3 p.m. at the Hasty & Gordy Center Plaza 

5–6:30 p.m. at the W. Frank & Evelyn J. Gordy Center 

Student Talent Show 

7–9 p.m. at the Falany Performing Arts Center

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“Goodall” 

Around 

In June 2010, Reinhardt student-athlete 

Olivia Goodall represented the University 

and the Appalachian Athletic Conference 

at the Red Cross/National Association of 

Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Collegiate 

Leadership Program in Washington, D.C. 

Goodall, a member of the Reinhardt cross 

country team and a former cheerleader, was 

one of just 15 NAIA student-athletes from 

across the country selected to participate 

for two weeks of leadership training at the 

Red Cross National Headquarters. 

“It was so much fun and an amazing experience,” 

said Goodall, a sophomore business 

major with a minor in art. “We learned 

a lot about the Red Cross and what it does. 

Representatives from the NAIA also came 

and talked to us about character and having 

a good attitude whether you’re on or off the 

field, and that was really informative.” 

Drew Tyson ‘11 Begins Professional Baseball Career 

After Being Selected by Oakland Athletics 

Former Reinhardt baseball player Drew 

Tyson began his professional career in June 

after being selected by the Oakland Athletics 

in the 17th round of the 2010 Major 

League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Tyson, 

a 6-foot-5, 195-pound right-handed 

pitcher, completed his junior season with 

the Eagles this past spring and became the 

first player drafted out of the Reinhardt 

program, which began in 2005. 

“Professional ball this summer has been 

one of the greatest opportunities I’ve had in 

my life,” Tyson said. “It is a lot of fun, but 

at the same time this is our job now, and it’s 

very competitive. When I’m at the field, I 

just try to have fun and enjoy it for what it 

is, and compete at my highest level and see 

where it takes me.” 

Tyson started his quest for Major 

League Baseball with the Vancouver Canadians 

of the Class A short-season Northwest 

League. After spending some time with the 

Canadians, he played for and had great 

Olivia Goodall Represents Reinhardt, AAC at Red Cross/ 

NAIA Collegiate Leadership Program in Nation’s Capital 

success with the Athletics of the Arizona 

League, a rookie-ball affiliate of Oakland. 

At the conclusion of the Arizona League 

schedule, Tyson was recalled to Vancouver, 

where his club advanced to Northwest 

League playoffs. 

Combining his numbers with the Canadians 

and the Athletics, Tyson finished 

his first professional season with 19 appearances 

(all in relief), a 1-0 record and a 1.25 

ERA, striking out 49 batters and walking 

just seven in 36 innings pitched. 

Tyson was a member of the Eagles’ 

pitching staff the last three years, making 

46 appearances with 18 starts. He compiled 

a 12-6 career record with five saves and 

102 strikeouts. 

After working out with the Oakland 

organization for about a month starting in 

mid-September, Tyson returned home to 

Woodstock, Ga., in preparation for next 

season. – SPR 

“We got to go to the White House and 

Capitol Hill. We saw a lot of important 

people like (Vice President) Joe Biden and 

Senator (John) Kerry.” 

Now in its fourth year, the Red Cross/ 

NAIA Collegiate Leadership Program 

continues to inspire, motivate and create a 

new and diverse generation of Red Cross 

volunteers and leaders through exemplifying 

the five core values of the NAIA Champions 

of Character program. These core 

values are integrity, respect, responsibility, 

sportsmanship and servant leadership. As 

part of its support of Red Cross diversity 

initiatives, State Farm Insurance sponsors 

this partnership. 

Goodall is originally from Boston, 

Mass., but now resides in Marietta, Ga. – 

SPR. 

We’re #1! 

Softball & Men’s Golf Teams Capture 

Conference Championships in Spring 2010 

In its first academic year as a member of 

the Appalachian Athletic Conference, Reinhardt 

captured a pair of championships 

and had one team advance to an NAIA National 

Championship event. 

Athletic Director Bill Popp said Reinhardt 

was are extremely proud of the two 

conference championships teams. “We feel 

like all of our teams work exceptionally 

hard – and it paid off during our first year 

in the Appalachian Athletic Conference 

(AAC),” he said. “To also receive the commendations 

from the Board of Trustees was 

icing on the cake. We hope to continue to 

compete well, not only on our fields and 

courts, but also to maintain the strong aca- 

(Top) AAC Regular Season Champion Softball 

Team; (Bottom) AAC Champion Men’s Golf Team 

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demic tradition we have created among our 

student-athletes.” 

Under the direction of 2010 AAC 

Coach of the Year Ken Dixon, the men’s 

golf squad won the AAC Championship 

tournament in April, earning the conference’s 

automatic bid to the national event 

at the TPC Deere Run course in Silvis, Ill. 

The Eagles were led by junior Chris Cartwright, 

and freshmen Zach Lindsey and 

Dan Merriman, who each received all-conference 

recognition. 

In softball, Reinhardt claimed the AAC 

regular season title by four games with a 

14-2 record, and went on to finish 40-11 

overall. Glen Crawford was chosen as the 

AAC Coach of the Year after leading his 

Lady Eagles to single-season school records 

for wins, shutouts (23), longest winning 

streak (11 games) and most victories to 

start a season (seven). 

Freshman Maddie Monroe was named 

the AAC Pitcher of the Year and received 

all-conference accolades along with senior 

Sarah Brown, junior Cali Lovett, sophomores 

Kelsey Floyd, Ashley Kennedy and 

Andrea Thibaudeau, and freshman Lindsey 

Booker. Senior Alex Riccardi, who graduated 

from Reinhardt in May, was an NAIA 

Scholar-Athlete. – SPR 

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NAIA Scholar Teams 

Women’s Soccer, Volleyball Teams Again 

Among Top Academic Performers in Nation 

(Top) 2009 Lady Eagles soccer team. (Bottom) 2009 Lady Eagles volleyball team. 

2009-10 

Athletic Eagle Award Winners 

The 2009-10 Golden Eagle and Thelma 

Rogers Silver Eagle award winners were 

announced in September 2010 by Athletic 

Director Bill Popp. 

Earning Golden Eagle Awards were 

Matt Dalton (baseball) and Maddie Monroe 

(softball). The Silver Eagle Award, 

named after a former Reinhardt athletic 

administrator and coach, went to Kordel 

Alexander (men’s basketball) and Alex Riccardi 

(softball). 

Golden Eagle awards are given annually 

to Reinhardt’s top male and female 

student-athletes while the Silver Eagle 

awards are presented to a male and female 

student-athlete with the most team spirit 

and loyalty to the University. 

The awards will be presented at Homecoming 

on Feb. 12, 2011, during halftime 

of the women’s basketball game. Their 

names will also be added to plaques displayed 

in the James & Sis Brown Athletic 

Center. — SPR 

Two Reinhardt teams received national 

recognition when the National Association 

of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 

announced its scholar teams for 2009-10. 

Reinhardt’s women’s soccer and volleyball 

programs earned the distinction, and to be 

honored as an NAIA scholar team, a squad 

must have at least a 3.0 combined gradepoint 

average on a 4.0 scale. 

“These two teams have had a lot of 

success academically and deserve the recognition 

they receive from the NAIA,” 

Reinhardt athletic director Bill Popp said. 

“All of our teams are striving to meet 

academic goals, but women’s soccer and 

volleyball have really been our leaders in 

the classroom.” 

The women’s soccer squad, under head 

coach Andy Kaplan, was honored as an 

NAIA scholar team for the fourth straight 

year after putting together a 3.24 GPA. 

The Lady Eagles ranked 46th of the 70 

programs that earned the recognition with 

219 NAIA schools offering women’s soccer 

as an intercollegiate sport last season. 

In volleyball, former head coach Angela 

Monds’ squad garnered NAIA scholar-team 

status for the third consecutive year. Reinhardt 

posted a 3.14 GPA, finishing 76th in 

the nation among 90 schools that qualified 

for scholar-team accolades. A total of 242 

NAIA institutions offered volleyball. 

The 10-member Appalachian Athletic 

Conference totalled just eight NAIA scholar 

teams. Only the University of Virginia’s 

College at Wise, with three, had more than 

Reinhardt. – SPR. 

Maddie Monroe 

Matt Dalton 

Alex Riccardi Kordel Alexander 

Volleyball Program Under 

Direction of New Head Coach 

The Reinhardt women’s volleyball program 

is under the direction of a new head 

coach – Jenny Hayes. 

Under Hayes, the Lady Eagles got off 

to a successful start this fall by winning 

four straight matches in a tournament at 

Cumberland University. When the Lady 

Eagles defeated Wesleyan College in their 

home opener, they matched the best start 

in school history at 5-0. 

“The season got off to a great start 

with strong heart and determination 

from the girls,” Hayes said. “They saw 

how good they can be when they play 

together as a team.” 

Hayes came to Reinhardt from 

Southern Union State Community College 

where she served as the head volleyball 

coach the last three years. Last season, 

she was named the Alabama Community 

College Conference (ACCC) Coach of 

the Year. – SPR 

As Reinhardt’s newest sport, the 

women’s lacrosse team will begin 

spring play on Feb. 19, 2011. 

Head coach Alyson Whitley said 

she is using her administrative, 

coaching and athletic skills to 

meld “a core group of experienced 

players and several really good 

walk-ons” into a successful team. 

“I’m really excited about starting 

the first-ever women’s lacrosse 

team at Reinhardt,” she said. Already 

the team is coming together. 

In a big tournament this fall, 

they played Clemson hard. “We 

only lost by one, and for a brand 

Golf Tournament Benefited Athletics 

On Oct. 25, 2010, Reinhardt held its first golf tournament 

to benefit Intercollegiate Athletics 

“Our first event was 

a success, and we 

look forward to the 

tournament growing 

every year. It’s a great 

way for those who 

love athletics to get 

involved and make a 

real difference.” 

Dr. J. Thomas Isherwood 

With more than 200 scholarship studentathletes, 

15 intercollegiate teams and 

cheerleading, and a new athletic conference, 

Reinhardt intercollegiate athletics has more 

offerings and demands than ever. For that 

reason, University planners decided to add 

a fall golf tournament to support athletics. 

“Intercollegiate athletics play a vital 

role in life at Reinhardt," said President 

Dr. J. Thomas Isherwood. “Our first event 

was a success, and we look forward to the 

tournament growing every year. It’s a great 

way for those who love athletics to get 

Head coach Alyson 

Whitley (right) welcomes 

the first women’s 

lacrosse signee Emily 

Collins of Snellville, 

Ga. 

new team, that’s really impressive,” 

she said. 

Reinhardt Athletic Director 

Bill Popp is encouraging community 

members to support the new 

lacrosse teams. “It’s exciting and 

fast-paced,” he said. “We hope 

the Reinhardt Family will cheer 

on our new teams. They’re starting 

a tradition, and we want you 

to be a part.” 

Schedules will be on ReinhardtEagles.com 

later this fall. 

—SPR 

involved and make a real difference.” 

The first athletic tournament was held 

Oct. 25, 2010, at Callahan Golf Links 

in Waleska, Ga. Reinhardt staff person 

Barbara Manous commended tournament 

chair C. Kenneth White ’61 for his 

leadership. “Ken was so kind to lead this 

effort. His enthusiasm for his alma mater is 

evident in all he does.” 

For final tournament results and plans 

for next year, please see reinhardt.edu. 

—BLM 

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Waleska, Georgia 30183-2981 

Address Service Requested 

Thanks to everyone who answered 

the phone, talked with students 

and made a gift. The money 

we raise goes for scholarships, 

equipment for the science 

laboratories, books for the 

library and other assistance 

as we ‘Shape the Lives 

and Build the Futures’ of 

Reinhardt students. 

Another phonathon will be 

held in Spring 2011. We hope 

you will continue this wonderful 

tradition of supporting Reinhardt.” 

REINHARDT UNIVERSITY 

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CANTON, GA. 

WILL EXPLORE EXPANDING 

ITS ATHLETIC OFFERINGS BY 

adding... 

INTERCOLLEGIATE 

FOOTBALL 

A committee of students, faculty, 

staff and community members will 

examine the related issues and costs 

and make a recommendation to the 

Board of Trustees. The Board will 

make a decision during their May 

2011 meeting. 

more Info: 

www.reinhardt.edu/football

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