mccallie magazine, fall 2008

Reflections ofExcellence

fall 2008

Ed Michaels: Board Chairman Retires ❘ Developing the Delta ❘ Fourth Generation McCallie Men

H o n o r | T r u t h | D u t y

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The McCallie School MissionThe McCallie School's mission is to prepare its students for college and for life. The school is dedicated to the academic, physical, spiritual, and emotional growth of boys. It seeks to inspire and motivate them:

to pursue excellence and take pride in one's »work and achievements;to lead lives of personal honor; »to be responsible in family and personal »relationships; and to manifest concern for the welfare of others. »

what ’s new

The Strang Tennis CenterGets a faceliftThis past summer, the Strang Tennis Center received a facelift. All 12 courts were resurfaced and painted with a new blue color scheme.

Varsity tennis coach Eric Voges is pleased with the improvements.

Members of McCallie’s tennis teams, as well as opponents and fans alike, will appreciate the surface upgrade and the new appearance to the entire facility.

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»fIRST PERSON

4 summer trips: Life ChangingKen Henry opens eyes with Chapel Talk on Habitat for Humanity trip to Tanzania

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5 Bingham an Olympic RunnerMichael Bingham ’04 runs in Beijing Olympics and places fourth

5 Baker earns Lifetime awardFormer U.S. Senator Howard Baker ’43 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from “American Lawyer” magazine

6 Man with a PlanBoard Chairman and longtime McCallie contributor Ed Michaels ’60 retires

8 Developing the DeltaTravis Starkey ’03 teaches second grade in Clarksdale, Miss., for Teach for America

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15 Investment Club Pays DividendsThe McCallie Investment Society is learning about business, investments and microfinance

16 a Gift from ChinaChinese program helped bridge a communi-cations gap between father and daughter

19 Leaving a McCallie LegacyFor several third- and fourth-generation students, McCallie is a family tradition

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20 Births/weddings/newsRead the latest updates from your classmates

»ROll Call

23 Reunion RecapView a photo gallery of the many activities and events from this year’s Reunion Weekend

Reflections of excellenceMcCallie announces the initial class of the Faculty Fellows Program

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Summer Trips: Life ChangingLet teRs F IRst PeRsOn

The McCallie magazine welcomes your feedback and memories. Send your thoughts to [email protected]

In 2008, four men died who had taught at McCallie. They had a combined total of 102 years in the classroom, countless hours on athletic fields, and an immeasurable im-pact on the boys they helped.

Savoy Adamson worked at McCallie for 14 years teaching geometry, algebra and pre-calculus and coached golf. Harold Echart taught Latin I, economics and modern history for 33 years. He led summer school and the band. Al Garth spent 26 years teaching ancient history, Bible and algebra and assisting with golf. Pierre Wagner taught French and German for 29 years and coached soccer and cross-country.

I was privileged to be taught by each one. And over 40 years later, I can recall each one distinctly.

Mr. Adamson challenged us to learn the material each evening and present it the next day without being spoon-fed. I recognized later that he had prepared me for math at the college level. I recall that Mr. Echart taught me enough Latin to survive Mr. Humphrey’s Latin II class. He broke the ice for my first foreign language.

Mr. Garth instilled a curiosity about an-cient history that has not faded. He was the first I heard emphasize the importance of the ancient Greek culture. Mr. Wagner kept his students on their toes. He stretched my con-centration muscles to the breaking point and taught me enough to speak with Germans.

How do you thank someone who is no longer living? How can you show appreciation for their help? You can’t. The opportunity has passed. But, as so often happens, a new opportunity arises. The tradition continues at McCallie of excellent instruction by teachers who are deeply engaged with their students. ■

– Charlie Marlin ’68

“we have lepers. Do you want to see them?” I was in Tanzania with Dean of Boarding Life Sumner McCallie and seven McCallie students traveling with Habitat for Humanity’s International Program, Global Village. These words came at the end of our tour of an orphanage. This orphanage was strange by U.S. standards. Fifty cribs for 50 motherless infants who had until their third birthday to get ready to live without a mother. At that time, they would leave and go home to grow up in the yards, streets and homes of whoever would care for them. However, this orphanage also had old people. Sixty old women and 60 old men; orphans who were too sick or feeble to care for themselves and had been left to die. No one to feed them, care for them, and especially no one to love them. They were now receiving a healthy diet and a dose of love each day, measuring their lives by the number of good days inside these walls. Our guide, Sister Mary, was a nun from India. Her words were distinct, her voice calm, but almost at a whisper. Near the end of the tour, she turned to me and said, “We have lepers. Do you want to see them?” Her eyes cut quickly to the rest of the group then back to me, then whispered, “It will be difficult.” We saw about 15 men and women who had been ravaged by this awful disease. The word leprosy comes from a Greek word meaning “scales on a fish,” and that is what their skin looked like. These men and women were missing all or part of their limbs and fingers, and their faces were disfigured. I cannot describe what I saw or felt as they

hobbled toward us, appreciative that those from the outside cared enough to visit. I felt a strange sense of guilt, as an intruder from a world that had left them to die. As our group returned to the hostel, we

discussed what we had seen at the orphanage. I knew what I had seen; a small nun who was so much more loving and courageous than I, a woman who had taken my Christian faith and was making it real each day in a way that I did not. I let the boys speak first, expecting them to also comment on Sister Mary’s courage.

But they didn’t. As we went around, I was surprised that each one had seen something very different. The suffering, naturally, shocked us all, but each of us had seen more than disease, poverty and orphans. Each one offered his vision, and many had seen such grace, mercy and sacrificial love and described what they saw as “an oasis.” We saw the orphanage again, this time through each other’s eyes. The visit was a “life changing experience.” A McCallie summer trip can change your life. The change I am talking about is the same change Jesus talked about when he told the parable of the mustard seed. These trips are similar to religious faith. Both are very small seeds, planted securely in hearts and minds, and they grow right alongside everything else, perhaps changing us a little at first, redefining our world or changing our focus. But Jesus was telling a great truth; real change may be slow, but the end result will be enormous. If you want to see how powerful something is, don’t look at the size of the seed or the immediate impact. Wait and see what happens. I stand before you today as a witness, and here is what I can report – a summer trip with McCallie will be like a mustard seed in your life. You won’t believe how much it will change you. ■

Ken Henry’s September 10th Chapel Talk, excerpted here, serves as this issue’s First Person installment. Henry, (above, front) a freshman English teacher, accompanied a Habitat for Humanity group on a McCallie Summer Trip last summer to Tanzania. You can listen to the talk in its entirety by going to the News & Events page on McCallie’s website, www.mccallie.org.

■ Charlie Marlin is a consultant with Graphic Technologies, Inc. in Huntsville, Ala. Since this writing, two other faculty members passed away, Charles Goldfinch and Dean Warren James. See page 23 to submit memories of Dean James for the next issue.

Not Forgotten



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Bingham ’04: Olympianmichael Bingham ’04 represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, competing in the 4x400-meter relay.

Bingham and his British teammates, Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin and Martyn Rooney, made the finals and finished in fourth place with a time of 2:58.81.

The American team set an Olympic record with a first-place time of 2:55.39. The Bahaman quartet was second at 2:58.03, while the Russian team placed third at 2:58.06.

former Tennessee Senator Howard H. Baker Jr. ’43

received “American Lawyer”

magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 29 in New York City.

Baker earned his Law Degree in 1949 from the University of Tennessee Law College. After working for over 15 years for a Huntsville, Tenn., law firm, Baker entered into a career in public

Varsity Tennis Coach Eric Voges ’81 was inducted into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of fame for his successful tennis career. The Hall of fame honors athletic accomplishments of citizens associated with the Chattanooga area.

Voges led the Blue Tornado in 2008 to the State Championship and an undefeated season.

Voges was captain of the university of Tennessee tennis team his junior and senior years. He won a Southeastern Conference singles title playing at the No. 6 position.

Voges has been named the Chattanooga Times Free Press Coach of the Year and National High School Coaches association Coach of the Year for Tennessee. He was selected by the united States Professional Tennis association as the Southern High School Coach of the Year and the Tennessee Pro of the Year. He has won both the uSTa Southern Educational merit award and the uSTa Tennessee Educational merit award.

senator Baker ’43 earnsLifetime achievement award

Howard H. Baker Jr. ’43

service in 1966, becoming the first Republican from Tennessee popularly elected to the U.S. Senate.

Baker served 20 years in the Senate, including terms as Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader. He worked as President Ronald Reagan’s Chief of Staff and was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Japan in 2001 by President George W. Bush.

In 2005, Mr. Baker returned to the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC.

The “American Lawyer’s” Lifetime Achievement Award, according to its website, is presented to senior lawyers who have made important contributions to public life while building outstanding private- or public-interest practices. They are also exemplars – lawyers who breathed life into the legal profession’s abstract values of client service and public service.

Baker, also this year’s recipient of Destination ImagiNation’s Risorgimento Award for his long career in public service, last visited McCallie in November 2006 and spoke to the Upper School student body. ■

Bingham, who ran the third leg for his team, led the Brits to the fastest qualifying time in the event.

Bingham is a graduate student with one more year of eligibility at Wake Forest where he is a two-time All-America and a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Champion in the 400-meter dash.

His father is a British citizen, therefore, making him eligible for the British Olympic team. ■

Josh wheeler ’06 won the 18 to 24 age division of the ford Ironman 70.3 florida Triathlon in may. wheeler completed the competition, which includes long distances of swimming, cycling and running, in 4:30.44.

Currently an appalachian State university student, wheeler plans on competing in the foster Grant Ironman world Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, fla., in November.

Josh Wheeler ’06

photo courtesy of British Olympic Association

Eric Voges ’81



Manwith aPlan

“I’ve always been impressed with

Ed’s devotion to McCallie . . . It

was only fitting that the best way to honor him was

to recognize his sense of drive and

determination to McCallie by naming one of

the campus roads Michaels Drive.”

Headmaster Kirk Walker ’69

at its meeting in may, mcCallie’s Board of Trustees honored retiring board chairman Ed Michaels ’60 by naming a campus street for him. Naming a permanent campus landmark for this enthusiastic board chairman is only a small token of apprecia-tion for the enormous and visible impact he has had upon the school.

Michaels Drive travels along the Ridge above Pressly Dormitory, from an in-tersection above McCallie’s dining hall to Anderson Avenue on the south end of campus. The landmarks it passes along the way are testaments to Mr. Michaels’ vision and effort on behalf of McCallie. During his involvement with the school over the past 20 years, Mr. Michaels has spearheaded and overseen some of the most influential changes and programs in McCallie’s history.

“I’ve always been impressed with Ed’s devotion to McCallie,” Headmaster Kirk Walker ’69 says. “I’ve been impressed with his intelligence, his insight and his vi-sion for the school. Any project that he has undertaken, he has given 100 percent and has made the school stronger. It was only fitting that the best way to honor him was to recognize his sense of drive and determination to McCallie by naming one of the campus roads Michaels Drive.”

Mr. Michaels’ involvement with McCallie began almost 20 years after his grad-uation, when he helped raise $500,000 to endow the Alumni Chair of Mathemat-ics to honor three teachers, John Pataky ’49, Chalmers McIlwaine ’21 and Hous-ton Patterson ’43, each of whom had a profound impact on his education and ca-reer. That idea led to an even bigger one – launching McCallie’s Honors Scholar-ship Program, the first program of its kind at the high school level and one that has transformed the academic landscape of the school, thanks to $13 million that Mr. Michaels helped raise to initiate the program.

by Rebecca Nelson Edwards

a new campus street honors a visionary trustee who has transformed McCallie’s landscape with his contributions and leadership.

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In 2002-03, Mr. Michaels, the Director of McKinsey & Company in Atlanta, led the strategic planning committee in envi-sioning how to strengthen McCallie over the next decade. Again, he followed up these big ideas with an enthusiastic fund-raising effort for increased estate commit-ments, capital support for buildings and endowments, and the Annual Sustaining Fund. The Second Century Campaign ulti-mately clocked in at $170 million for char-acter and academic development and at-tracting top-notch students and faculty.

“Most people dread asking for money,” Mr. Michaels says. “I’ve actually enjoyed it, because when you believe in something, it’s easy to talk about it and try to get other people excited about it.”

Mr. Michaels’ most recent project at McCallie has been launching and funding the Faculty Fellows program, which will reward outstanding teachers annually with stipends and feedback (see this issue’s cover story).

In looking back over these many years of brainstorming, fundraising and imple-menting so many influential initiatives, Mr. Michaels can name many highlights. The southward expansion of campus mirrors the goal of the strategic plan to attract the nation’s finest boarding students, an initia-tive that the Honors Scholarship Program has undoubtedly aided.

“One of the highlights of every year for me is to come back at Honors Weekend and see all of the boys and their families,” he says.

He’s also seen an amazing return on his original investment in McCallie, the Alum-ni Math Chair, whose endowment has grown over the past two decades to twice its original value.

“I was quite interested to see that there were 10 boys this year taking sophomore-level college courses, none of which were available 10 years ago,” he says. “So the math curriculum at the school has defi-nitely been deepened, and in a country that needs more math and science expertise, I think it’s wonderful that McCallie’s been able to do that.”

Director of Development Curtis Baggett ’65 has been on staff at McCallie in various capacities since 1972 and has witnessed firsthand the golden touches and transformations Michaels has initiated. Honoring Mr. Michaels was not an easy task, Mr. Baggett says, but one the school certainly felt was necessary.

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“Ed has never asked for recognition for himself,” Mr. Baggett says. “In fact, we have tried on several occasions to honor him among our peer schools at national conferences. His focus has always been on serving McCallie School, never on elevating himself or being in the limelight. He has always been willing to praise others, and he has always been willing to make the tough calls. He has given McCallie School so much of his dedicated time and talent that if he were on the payroll, we would have to mount another capital campaign just to pay him what he is worth to the school. Ed Michaels is the pinnacle of a volunteer, a leader, and a hero for McCallie School.”

While Mr. Michaels admits that it will be somewhat strange to step away from Mc-Callie work after so many years of dedicat-ed involvement, he believes strongly in the rotation of board members, and in passing the torch to a new dedicated group of trust-ees. “I’m sure I’ll always have a great deal of fondness in my heart for McCallie and find

Dr. Kirk Walker ’69 (left) and Trustee Tim Stump ’75 (right) present Ed Michaels (center) with one of several special gifts at his retirement sendoff in May.

Initiated the alumni Chair of mathematics »Initiated the Honors Scholarship Program »leader in developing mcCallie’s Strategic Plan »funded the new faculty fellows Program »Spearheaded the Second Century Capital Campaign »Served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees »

ed Michaels ’ Con t r ibu t ions

The campus Dining Hall was constructed during Michaels’ tenure as Chairman of the Board.

ways to be involved,” he says. “But right now it’s not in any formal, official way.”

In the meantime, the road named for him appropriately continues to lead the way to McCallie’s next big endeavor. By May 2010, Michaels Drive will be the main thoroughfare to the school’s new dormito-ry, Burns Dormitory. ■



Teach for america:

travis starkey ’03 heard the call of the teaching profession, signed up with teach for america and chose to teach in an impoverished area in the Mississippi Delta. his work has been rewarding, not just to his students, but to himself as well.

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Travis Starkey ’03 may be one of the wealth-iest teachers in the Southeast. But his riches are not measured in dollars, stock market shares or a 401k.

Mr. Starkey teaches second grade in Clarksdale, Miss., as part of the Teach For America program. His fortune is gauged in his own human compassion and in the dai-ly impact he makes in the lives of the low-income community children he instructs.

“My personal satisfaction is not de-rived from the attainment of certain data

points,” Mr. Starkey says. “But from those moments of learning during which I am able to bring my students to understand a certain concept while, more importantly, they take another step towards greater self-confidence and understanding.”

Teach for America recruits working pro-fessionals and recent college graduates from all areas of study and career interests to commit to teaching two years in rural and urban public schools in some of the na-tion’s highest-poverty communities.

TFA Founder and Chief Executive Officer Wendy Kopp had the inspiration for this program while an undergraduate at Princeton University, and her idea was in classrooms by 1990. Since then, Teach for America has set up operations in 29 regions, recruited over 14,000 corps members and educated nearly 3 million students.

Mr. Starkey was influenced by several professors during his time at the University of North Carolina, and his social awareness of world injustices was heightened; his con-science sharpened.

Armed with a degree in International Studies with minors in French and Social and Economic Justice, Mr. Starkey entered the teaching field. A summer of required training from Teach for America in 2007 led him to Clarksdale, a city of just over 20,000 and the second-most populated city in the Mississippi Delta region.

The Delta is the flat flood plain region of West and Northwest Mississippi which, because of its location between the Mis-sissippi and Yazoo Rivers, boasts some of the world’s most fertile soil. Famous for its production of cotton, the Delta is also known as the birthplace to blues music, which eventually spawned rock ‘n’ roll.

Unfortunately, the Delta is also considered one of the most economically-depressed areas in the nation, where one-third of the population lives below the poverty line.

While TFA corps members can accept assignments in metropolitan areas like Los Angeles, Houston and Philadelphia, Mr. Starkey felt a calling to the Delta area.

“I wanted to put to work my under-standing of and experience with underlying racial tensions that exist in the South,” he says. “The pull of a number of urban place-ments was strong, but I decided it would be best for me to teach in a place where I would only have to deal with the cul-ture shock that first-year teaching entails, rather than also forcing myself to learn the ropes in a radically different environment such as Chicago or San Francisco.”

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According to Teach for America, the or-ganization’s aim is to end educational in-equity. TFA defines this as the reality that, in our country, where a child is born deter-mines his or her educational outcomes and, in turn, life prospects. The corps mem-bers are able to witness this inequity while at the same time gain an understanding of how to solve it.

Mr. Starkey is one of over 6,000 corps members already entrenched in an increas-ingly-competitive educational organization. According to a recent article in the “U.S. News & World Report”, nearly 25,000 top graduates applied for only 3,700 teaching spots with TFA. The average grade point average for the corps in 2008 was 3.6.

The corps members, TFA says, work to bring strong leadership to every level of the school system, minimize the extra chal-lenges facing children growing up in low-income communities, build the capacity of schools and school systems and change the prevailing ideology through their examples and advocacy.

The challenges in the Delta are many. But Mr. Starkey understands how he can make a difference and is doing just that at Myrtle Hall IV Elementary.

“I teach everyday because I love being with my students,” he says. “Now that I un-derstand that my students really do come to school with the hope that they will, as we say, have stronger brains at 2:45, I am able to put forth much more energy into my teaching than I might otherwise. To see

a student’s face light up after having read a sentence fluently, solved a previously im-possible math problem, or assembled a co-herent piece of writing is a priceless expe-rience, and one I have the good fortune of seeing daily.”

Mr. Starkey’s decision to begin his career with Teach for America follows the path that McCallie’s Core Beliefs set forth for each McCallie student. Specifically, Mc-Callie believes that excellent teachers are those who model a lifelong love of learn-ing and intellectual growth and who inspire and support their students, and McCallie strives to develop leadership skills, civic re-sponsibility and community involvement.

But Mr. Starkey singled out one McCal-lie lesson, one nugget of knowledge that has served him best as he continues in the teaching profession. McCallie, he says, taught him how to prioritize tasks to make sure his time is spent wisely.

“As a teacher, prioritizing various tasks and learning goals for my students is cru-cial,” Mr. Starkey says. “If I don’t have a clear idea of what my students must know and how we should be spending our class time, they will not leave my classroom ready for third grade. This becomes more urgent when you consider that many of them arrived in my classroom below grade level in reading, meaning that my plans must be that much more focused and well-executed.”

Now in his second year in Clarksdale, Mr. Starkey has a message of his own to share.

Kincaid mills ’88 worked 15 years to help keep alive the culture, the language and the spirit of the Gullah people of Coastal South Carolina.

In a recently-published book, “Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from wPa Oral Histories,” mills and a team of two others compiled and edited hundreds of pages of interviews conducted by Genevieve w. Chandler.

from 1936 to 1938, Chandler interviewed over 100 former slaves and their descendants who populated and settled in the Coastal and Sea Island areas of the Palmetto State. Her subjects offered detailed descriptions on everything from the slave

lifestyle and living conditions to the culture and music of the Gullah people.

mills gained an interest in this subject as an american Studies student at Sewanee and used Chandler’s interviews as source materials for his thesis.

Together, with Chandler’s daughter, Genevieve C. Peterkin, and aaron mcCollough, he has published the expansive interview library in “Coming Through” and included a biography of each interview subject.

mills says two more volumes are in the works.

The book is available in the mcCallie Bookstore or on-line at the university of South Carolina Press (www.sc.edu/uscpress/) or amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

mills Publishes Book on Slave History

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photos courtesy of Teach for America

“I teach everyday because I love being with my students.”Travis Starkey ’03

“I will never discount the importance of teaching a child to learn and employ vari-ous skills,” he says. “But the most enduring lesson I can leave them with is that they ultimately control how smart they are. If they enter later grades with an unfailing determination to excel, they will be able to do more for themselves than I could ever do, long after they’ve left my classroom.” ■


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The mcCallie faculty fellows Program will annuallyreward outstanding educators who make a positive impact on both the academic and character development of their students. The first fellows class was announced this fall.



her responsibility as a mentor and model. We wanted faculty who were good at both.”

This year’s initial class of McCal-lie’s Faculty Fellows is certainly a distinguished quintet: Tom Boyd, Science Department Chair; Re-becca Burnette, sixth grade English teacher and team co-coordinator; John Lambert, English Department Chair; Lance Nickel, holder of Alumni Chair of Mathematics and Director of Professional Growth; and Ed Snodgrass, holder of Joseph Glenn Sherrill Chair of Bible. Each one meets or goes beyond match-ing the selection criteria.

The honorees certainly see the value of this award and the en-couragement it lends to faculty members for years to come.

“I was pretty happy about it,” says Mr. Nickel, a faculty member since 1974. “If you have been doing something for 35 years, you start wondering if you are los-ing your effectiveness or not, and you need little shots, little jolts to make you under-stand and realize that yeah, there are some folks out there who appreciate what you’ve been doing for all these years.”

As an added benefit, each reviewed fac-ulty member will receive thorough respons-es from his or her evaluation.

“Teachers don’t get much feedback,” Mr. Michaels says. “We really wanted this pro-gram to be something that would not only recognize the best of the best, but would also provide developmental, constructive, even loving feedback to everyone. It was not patterned after any other program. I’m hopeful that this will be very helpful in rewarding our best faculty members and helpful in the development of all our faculty members. I hope it will help in attract-ing new teachers and re-taining our best teachers.”

Headmaster Kirk Walk-er ’69 worked closely with Mr. Michaels to lay the blueprint for the Fellow-ship. They gathered facul-ty award information from a wide selection of oth-er nationally-prestigious schools, but wanted to be sure McCallie’s Faculty Fellows program had clear

criteria, was accessible to all, was renew-able and was certainly unique.

“McCallie is deeply appreciative of Ed Michaels’ vision, generosity and desire to help the school recognize and reward its greatest asset – its faculty,” Dr. Walker says. “It is our hope that in the years ahead, this program will not only reward those teach-ers who have achieved a high level of excel-lence, but will also inspire and encourage those faculty who are continually develop-ing their craft.”

The 2008 class of the Faculty Fellows has a combined 125 years of experience teaching at McCallie. Each member was honored and humbled upon receiving word from Dr. Walker that he or she was being recognized with this award. Each of them

a small sign above the entrance to Tom Boyd’s chemistry lab room declares to students who enter, ‘Chemistry just got a whole lot better.’ Many believe that with the recent establishment of the McCallie Faculty Fellows Program, McCallie just got a whole lot better.

Former Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Michaels ’60 has spent much of the last 20 years working to improve McCallie. He knows the value of a McCallie education is enhanced by the quality of its teachers, a group he says greatly influenced his life and molded and shaped countless other McCal-lie men for more than 100 years.

Always an idea man, Mr. Michaels pro-posed the development of a Faculty Fel-lows program, and after several years of research, discussion and tweaking, his plan was enthusiastically adopted by the McCal-lie administration.

The program is designed to recognize outstanding faculty members during their Professional Review Year. The honorees will be defined as outstanding educators who have a profoundly positive impact on both the academic and character develop-ment of their students. The committee will select approximately five Fellows annually from the pool of about 25 teachers who are undergoing their review and award each a $2,500 supplement per year for four years, funded through an endowment established by Mr. Michaels.

McCallie’s faculty is evaluated every four years, so the Fellowship selection process was built into the existing review process. All teachers will be eligible for the Fellows honor in conjunction with their review year. As part of the evaluation process, fac-ulty were considered based on classroom observations, class surveys, a professional improvement plan, department input, re-sponse to strategic questions, a personal teaching portfolio and nominations from alumni and parents.

“We have done a lot for the faculty over the last 20 to 30 years,” Mr. Michaels says. “But it occurred to me that there must be something else that could be helpful in rec-ognizing some of our best faculty and could be somewhat transformational in the fac-ulty. Character development and academ-ic development in the mission of McCal-lie are of equal importance. We didn’t just want the brilliant classroom teacher who really didn’t have a great deal of interest in the boys and their character and his or

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FaCuLtY FeLLOws seLeCtIOn CRIteRIaPassion for teaching and their subject »Knowledgeable about the subject and effective at helping »students understand the material

Enthusiastic and energetic »Effective communicator »Genuinely interested in the student as a person and his well-being »approachable, accessible, patient and understanding »Challenges boys to be more than they think they can be »Stresses character and values in and out of the classroom. »Offers thoughtful and helpful ways to improve »

Lance Nickel (bottom left), Tom Boyd (bottom right) and Ed Snodgrass (top right) at the 2008 Commencement.



felt indebted to Mr. Michaels for initiat-ing the program and applauded the selec-tion process.

“The thing I like most is they did a thor-ough canvassing of alumni and parents,” Mr. Nickel says. “To me, to get a vote of confidence from them is the high point. The fact that there are some alums out there who are still thinking about when they were in my class 30 years ago, or a par-ent who appreciates what I’ve been doing in class over the last year gives you a conti-nuity to what you have been doing over the last few years.”

Rev. Snodgrass ’73, a member of the fac-ulty since 1985, supports the idea of re-warding faculty who are working hard to be the best teachers they can be.

“I feel a real sense of gratitude for Ed Mi-chaels and his vision,” Snodgrass says. “He’s trying to find ways to make McCallie better, and I think this is an incentive and an ap-preciation piece. I know it’s greatly appre-ciated, and it wouldn’t happen if it weren’t

for a means beyond our operating budget, a designated gift that says, ‘this is where I want to have an impact on a school.’”

Mr. Michaels recently retired from his position as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at McCallie (see pages 6 and 7). Other Michaels’ legacies include the founding of the McCallie Honors Schol-arship Program, chair of the school’s last strategic plan and chair of the Second Century Campaign which raised almost $170 million through estate commitments and Capital and Sustaining Fund gifts and pledges. Established in 1998, the Honors Program awards exceptional upper school students scholarships based solely on mer-it. Mr. Michaels helped raise $13 million to get the Honors Program off the ground.

“I went up to Ed recently and thanked him for all he has done for the school,” Mr. Boyd says. “When he started the Hon-ors Program, I think that was one of the biggest things to happen to McCallie in terms of getting students. I remember we

used to take our day students who were very, very smart and put them in Honors Chemistry in the ninth grade. We never had boarders. The boarders had to wait until the 10th grade before they came in. When we started the Honors Program, all of a sudden we had some boarding students coming in and found out they were good. I would say that we now have as many very good boarding students taking the three sciences – biology, chemistry, physics – as day students.”

The character-building aspect of this venerable institution’s mission is not lost on the Faculty Fellows honor. Faculty members are expected to foster character among the students with the goal that the young men will leave McCallie with this trait ingrained. Teachers who pass along strong character traits, whether it be in the classroom, by example or through dorm life, made an im-pact on the authors of the Fellows program.

“It’s really easy with English,” says Mr. Lambert, a faculty member since 1986. “In English, you are always confronting ques-tions of ethics and character and morality. It’s almost impossible to have an English class and not be confronting issues of char-acter. You read Thoreau and Emerson and you realize how difficult it is to act with in-tegrity when the world is pulling you to act out of expedience. You read ‘Moby Dick’ and you enter into conversations about the dangers of becoming so singly focused on something, even something that may be noble, that you lose your own humanity in the process. That’s the beauty of teaching literature. You are always engaging in con-versations of what it means to be human.”

Pointing the students toward integrity begins as early as the middle school years at McCallie.

“In the middle school and in sixth grade, we spend quite a bit of time directly teach-ing the boys about character through ori-entation-type activities that we do with them, from role playing to talking to them about what honor is and why that is a sig-nificant characteristic,” says Mrs. Burnette, in her 11th year on the Ridge. “They are very accepting in the sixth grade.”

A school is nothing without its teachers. The heart and soul of McCallie is its facul-ty. The implementation of the Faculty Fel-lows Program will reward McCallie’s best teachers each year and help to make an ex-ceptional institution even better. ■

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Character development and academic development in the mission of mcCallie are of equal importance. – ED mICHaElS PaST CHaIRmaN Of THE BOaRD

John Lambert (standing) engages students in one of his classes.



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tom BoydScience ChairFACulT y MeMbeR SiNCe 1974

On His Teaching Style – “I am part of the old-school teaching. I do a lot of lectures, but I’m fairly detailed. I let the students do a lot of problem solving in the classroom. Mine is a lot of hands-on type work. We don’t do a lot of papers. Most of my class is lab work. They get a really good hands-on experience with lab work, and then they take the labwork material and apply it to the classroom.”On A Unique Classroom Experience – “I had a very interesting experience once. We were demonstrating how sodium metal, when you put it in water, is very fast-reacting. It gives off a lot of energy and it pops. Two things happened. First, I had one boy standing on my right shoulder, and that thing popped. The sodium made a real loud pop sound. The next thing I knew, he was down flat on the floor. He had been around explosives before. I could tell. He knew exactly what to do. He covered his head and he was down. All the other guys were just laughing. The second thing, I could not find the sodium. When that thing popped out of the beaker, I could not find it. I was getting ready to take my shower at home, and back then I had hair, and it was stuck in my hair. That would have been something if it would have gotten in the shower.”

Rebecca BurnetteSixth Grade English/Team Co-CoordinatorFACulT y MeMbeR SiNCe 1998

On Her Teaching Style – “It is a combination of strict expectations but a lot of fun. I feel very strongly that people should be able to enjoy what they are doing. I love my job; I enjoy do-ing it. I don’t see why the boys can’t enjoy what they are doing too. There is a balance. We have certain things that we have to learn, certain things we have to do, certain ways we have to do them and lots of struc-ture in that sense, but at the same time, we bring in as much humor and as much fun and as much appeal to their different learning styles as we possibly can.”On Shooting Straight – “I’ve always believed that kids can understand really just about anything you want them to understand if you are straight with them. So if I have a little sixth grader and he is just not showing good character at all, I will pull him aside. I will be very direct with him and tell him exactly what I have seen, exactly how I have per-ceived it, how I’ve seen the other boys perceive it and what direction I think the boy should go from there.”

John LambertEnglish ChairFACulT y MeMbeR SiNCe 1986

On His Teaching Style – “Collaborative. The way I approach the classroom, I am one of 14 or 15 readers in a class, so I am one of 14 or 15 voices weighing in. A good class is one where I am doing 20 percent of the talking. I think what you do as a teacher is to equip people to have a voice in their writing and in their de-liberations about literature. You allow them to bounce ideas off of you, but I rarely tell kids what something means. In literature, there is not a meaning. There are meanings. There is a great quotation out of the American Press, “Literature is the question minus the answer.”On Developing Character – “It’s really easy with English where you are always con-fronting questions of ethics and character and morality. It’s almost impossible to have an English class and not be confronting issues of character. You read Tho-reau and Emerson and you realize how difficult it is to act with integrity when the world is pulling you to act out of expedience. You read “Moby Dick” and you enter into conversations about the dangers of becoming so singly-focused on some-thing, even something that may be noble that you lose your own humanity in the process. That’s the beauty of teaching literature. You are there to always be engaging in conversations about what it means to be human.”

Lance nickelAlumni Chair of MathematicsDirector of Professional GrowthFACulT y MeMbeR SiNCe 1974

On His Teaching Style – “It has certainly evolved over the years. When I inter-viewed here 35 years ago, I told the headmaster that, for me, math was an art form. And I still teach it that way. I tell my students, ‘Let’s pause a minute and see the beauty of this.’ Just this morning I did a proof on the board of a theorem of which technology has long since taken away its value. That’s just the com-puter. You hit three buttons on the calculator and you have the solution. And yet it is just such a clever sort of proof that at the end you smile and say, ‘Aha, that’s kind of cool.’”On Developing Character – “I have lived in the dorm for 35 years. And you get to know these guys really well. I’ve always said you can’t give a final exam on character. We find out in 20, 30 years what kind of fathers they are, what kind of husbands they are, what kind of community leaders they are. That’s the final exam on character.”

ed snodgrassJoseph Glenn Sherill Chair of BibleFACulT y MeMbeR SiNCe 1985

On His Teaching Style – “I teach primarily seniors, and my style is somewhat Socratic. I challenge them to think and to respond. Everybody in my classes is ready to be on task. Nobody is off the hook. I’ll have wait time where if they don’t give an immedi-ate response then we’ll wait for a minute. If there is still no response we’ll break the question down and try to understand a beginning point where they can start working through the question.”On Developing Character – “With the new brain power they have developed, they have to decide ‘what am I go-ing to do with that?’ Who am I as an individual? That is where McCallie steps in. That is why you hear so many graduates say, ‘I went to college, I’ve done my job, I have my wife, but the most formative experi-ence that I’ve had was those three or four years in the dorm at McCallie. That is when I decided who I was going to be for the rest of my life.’ That’s what happened to me, and that is why I am back here at McCallie. The experience was powerful, and I wanted to come back and be a part of this very positive thing. So I think we are fortunate to be right there at their crossroads in figuring out who they are going to be as an individual, and a piece of that is charac-ter. Am I going to be selfish and cheat and take the easiest route, or am I going to try to figure out how I can really be happy, how I can be a good boyfriend, love and honor my parents, love and honor God?”



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mcCallie continues to stand out as an institution which produces outstanding students.

This fall, 21 seniors were recognized as either National merit Semifinalists or National merit Commended Students. National merit Semifinalists represent the top two percent of more than 1.5 million juniors nationwide who took the Preliminary SaT last year. about half of the 16,000 Semifinalists will go on to be designated merit Scholars and receive a merit-based award for use in college.

The College Board also names about 34,000 Commended Students, recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Their score on the Preliminary SaT places them among the top five percent of the 1.5 million juniors who entered the competition.

mcCallie, which has averaged eight semifinalists since 2000, boasts seven National merit Semifinalists for 2008-09 and 14 Commended Students.

mcCallie’s National merit Semifinalists for the Class of 2009 include arun augustine of Cleveland, Tenn.; Thomas Dugger of Ringgold, Ga.; Boyd Jackson of athens, ala.; andrew larkin of Richardson, Texas; David Prichard of Concord, N.C.; Drew Taylor of Danville, Ky.; and alex Vey of Hixson, Tenn.

The 14 Commended Seniors are: Tate Ball of Chattanooga; Ross Bell of Statesville, N.C.; will Bishop of Signal mountain; Ethan Engel of Englewood, fla.; Travis Grody of Chattanooga; Dylan Hays of Rock Hill, S.C.; alex Hostetler of Durham, N.C.; uzo Jon-ubabuco of arlington, Texas; Drew lange of Surrey, England; Daniel lapihuska of Hixson; Peter mcCall of Signal mountain; Chris Schlabach of Chattanooga; Clay Shepherd of Bradenton, fla.; and Jimmy Tobin of myrtle Beach, S.C.

Nineteen new faculty and staff members joined mcCallie over the past year, and another four moved to a new position this fall.

The newest members of the faculty and staff are:

uPPER SCHOOl: Correna andrews (Biology/learning Center assistant); Chris Carpenter ’96 (History); Chris Cushenbery (math); Tim foote (History); andy funk (Spanish); David Sewell (Spanish/assistant athletic Trainer); Ryan wadley (Registrar); Krue Brock ’86 (adjunct math); Rachel Rogers (adjunct math).

mIDDlE SCHOOl: Bob ateca (Social Studies).

STaff: Elizabeth Clossin (administrative assistant to Day admission); Jersey Demarco (Head athletic Trainer); marcy Doyle

(administrative assistant to athletic Director); Beth Gaffney (GPS/mcCallie Coordinator); Peterson Hostetler ’02 (assistant Director of Boarding admission); Bonnie mclellan (administrative assistant to Boarding admission); Jeff Romero (assistant Director of Communications); Bubba Simmons (athletic Director); Graham Thompson ’04 (assistant Director of Boarding admission).

additionally, four members of the faculty and staff switched roles this fall. longtime athletic director Bill Cherry is now a math teacher in the middle School. former registrar Josh Deitrick has become the upper School chaplain. Prentice Stabler ’02 moves from the admission Office to teach history in the upper School, and Devin Delaughter has switched from the middle School to teach math in the upper School.

Second-year English teacher Erin Tocknell had two works published this past year.

One, entitled “Our most Segregated Hour,” won the awP Intro Journals award and was published in the latest issue of the Tampa Review. The creative nonfiction piece mixes memoir and historical research to examine issues of history, race and space in Nashville,

according to Tocknell. The piece centers around the church where she grew up and the struggles it faced in the 1960s as the congregation wrestled with its responsibilities in the Civil Rights movement.

another creative nonfiction essay, “Rowing Through the Ruins,” was selected for inclusion in “Pittsburgh In words,” a special online and print piece celebrating the Pennsylvania city’s 250th anniversary. In the essay, she explores the change in the city by way of her morning rows while a student at Carnegie mellon university. Tocknell was invited to read her essay at a special event in Pittsburgh in October. The publication also included works from such authors as annie Dillard, John Edgar wideman and Gerald Stern.

art Department Chair Jack Denton was one of 15 high school art teachers selected nationally to attend

the High School art Teacher forum in November at washington university in St. louis, mo.

The forum was hosted by the Sam fox School of Design & Visual arts at washington university, which says it recognizes that high school art teachers play a key role in preparing young artists and designers

for success at the university level and beyond.

Part of the forum included a sharing session where the teachers showed some of their students’ work to the others in attendance.

Denton, a faculty member since 2002, said washington university likely became familiar with the mcCallie art program through its annual catalog which features over 50 of the school’s best works of art in the various mediums. last year’s edition was curated by the High museum of art in atlanta, Ga. He said the 2008 catalog is 95 percent completed and should be available in late November.

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The art Club is sponsoring a campaign called m-1. It’s purpose is to remind each student and faculty member to pick up at least one piece of litter on campus each day.

If the numbers add up, the campus community will throw away over 750 pieces of trash each day.

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National Merit Semifinalists: (L-R) Michael Parham (National Achievement Semifinalist), Boyd Jackson, Andrew Larkin, Drew Taylor, Alex Vey, Thomas Dugger, Arun Augustine, David Prichard and Uzo Jon-Ubabuco (National Achievement Semifinalist)

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when a handful of upper school students began meeting to discuss the stock market last year, they weren’t expecting their hobby to have a global impact – but it did.

Russ Purdy ’08 and David Bailey ’09 founded the McCallie Investment Society (MIS) as an outlet for students who want-ed to learn more about business and investing. Purdy enjoyed discussing the stock market and decided to start a more formal gathering. The newly-formed MIS elected officers and estab-lished a “model” portfolio of $100,000.

After a successful year of research and investing, MIS asked Headmaster Kirk Walker ’69 to consider allowing students to manage a portfolio using endowment money. Dr. Walker asked of their plans with any market gains. They said they wanted to reinvest 75 percent and use the other 25 percent to support charitable projects. Dr. Walker then offered a compromise, sug-gesting that, under the supervision of their faculty sponsor Ed-ward Snodgrass ’73, they maintain a virtual portfolio.

Although the club doesn’t own any actual stock, they buy and sell based on the market’s current value. The school then sup-ports their endeavor by donating 25 percent of their profits back to the MIS to distribute to worthwhile causes.

The MIS ended its first school year on a high note, outper-forming the major stock indexes by eight percent. With its earnings, the group purchased business and finance books for the school library, donated computers to a school in Africa, con-tributed to a local diabetes walk and helped fund the McCallie Habitat for Humanity chapter’s trip to Tanzania.

Students who participate in MIS learn how to value individu-al companies and analyze investment strategies.

“The officers are learning how to set agendas, lead meetings, use ethical trading practices, host guest speakers and prepare for a future career,” Rev. Snodgrass said. “I am very impressed as they research stocks and justify their picks with enthusiasm.”

MIS’s most significant accomplishment thus far came as a complete surprise. At the start of the spring 2008 semester, guest speaker Robert Pattillo, a former McCallie parent and founder of the Grey Ghost Microfinance Fund, spoke to the students about microfinance, a type of investing where people in impoverished countries are given very small loans to start a business, further their education or invest in their communi-ties. At the end of his presentation, Mr. Pattillo astonished the group by announcing he was giving them $25,000 to start their own microfinance portfolio. In addition, Mr. Pattillo prom-ised to add to the portfolio by matching any student donation 5:1 up to $25,000, and any alumni or parent donation 1:1 up to $10,000.

As the students work to raise the matching funds, Mr. Pattillo has been helping the group choose microfinance funds in which to in-vest. Bailey, now MIS President, sees the microfinance fund as an opportunity not only to learn but also to make a difference.

“When you look at whether you want to be successful or you want to help people,

microfinance is a bridge between both worlds,” he said. Bailey explained that loan recipients can often double or triple

their incomes in as little as a year, helping to bring their families out of poverty. The loan is then paid back, the interest gained as profit, and the cycle begun again.

“They build businesses, those businesses in turn can employ oth-ers, and the economy benefits as a whole,” Bailey said.

Rev. Snodgrass said that extending those small loans is especial-ly important in today’s volatile economy. “The market downturn is not just a United States event,” he said. “The tightening of credit and cash assets available makes it even harder for entrepreneurs seek-ing small loans in impoverished areas to find capital. Small loans can make a tremendous difference in the lives of individuals and whole villages. The microfinance opportunity is going to be an important outreach to a whole world that is very distant from the McCallie life.”

Awareness raised by the fund’s establishment has generated a sharp increase in students’ interest in the MIS, and this year the group has already received more than 60 applications.

Throughout the coming year, the students hope to raise enough funds to complete Pattillo’s matching challenge, finance more Hab-itat trips and student service initiatives and begin raising student awareness of financial issues through a column in “The Tornado,” the school’s newspaper. Fifty percent of profits from the McCallie Microfinance Fund will be used to reimburse the portfolio princi-pal, and fifty percent will be given to school and community service projects. In addition, MIS will continue its model stock portfolio.

“We want to again outperform the indexes, get other students in-volved and create a stimulating environment for students interested in business,” Bailey said. ■

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“The microfinance opportunity is going to be an important outreach to a whole world that is very distant from the McCallie life.”

Ed Snodgrass ’73, MIS Faculty Advisor

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when Tim Stowell enrolled in the middle School’s Chinese I class last fall, he was not the typical McCallie student. Stowell is no stranger to McCallie – he’s worked as a technology support operator here for 13 years – but studying Mandarin Chinese with a dozen Middle School boys was cer-tainly a new adventure.

Stowell signed up for the class when he and his wife, Ellen, began the process of adopting their 8-year-old daughter, Tian, from China. Since Tian’s English was lim-ited – before she left China, she knew only “Coca-Cola,” “chocolate,” and “no”– Stow-ell wanted to be able to communicate with her on a basic level.

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As the semester began, Stowell soon found that adjusting to an academic sched-ule on top of his normal workday wasn’t exactly easy.

“I found it very hard to work and take a class, mainly because the class met at dif-ferent times every day,” Stowell said. “Plus, I hadn’t been to school in a long time,” he added, smiling.

Stowell soon learned that taking Chinese was completely different than the Span-ish he had studied in high school. Not only was there a new set of words and meanings, but also a vast and complex set of Chinese characters.

And even more difficult, Stowell said, was distinguishing between important

tonal inflections – some Chinese sounds can mean many different things depending on usage, each important to the word’s inter-pretation. When it came to hear-ing and pronouncing the Chinese tones, Stowell said that his young-er classmates had the advantage.

“Taking Chinese at my age, I could not hear the tonal inflec-tions like the younger students could,” he said. “They could hear those slight variances that I couldn’t.”

Stowell said that when it was hard for him to hear the Chinese tones, he would concentrate on the context of what was being discussed in order to understand. Though it can take years to become fluent in Mandarin, Stowell was satisfied with the knowledge he gained at McCallie.

“There are 400,000 symbols in Chi-nese,” he said. “I figured that by the time I finished the class I knew about 300 words, and I felt pretty good about that.”

In March, the time came for the Stowells to travel to China to meet and bring home their new daughter. Though not complete-ly finished with Chinese I, Stowell was ea-ger to try communicating with his limited Chinese. “I didn’t want to go to China and have to say everything through an inter-preter, even if it was just the common cour-tesy of saying thank you,” Stowell said.

Although Tian’s English vocabulary in-creased quickly once she arrived in Chatta-nooga and began school, Stowell has relied on his language skills to help her adjust. “I’ve been able to use the Chinese that I’ve learned as a bridge between Tian’s knowl-edge of English and my limited Chinese,” he said. “Also, I still insert Chinese into my regular vocabulary, because I want her to keep her Chinese as much as possible.”

Stowell plans to continue his studies by going back through his textbook, while teaching Ellen and helping Tian learn to read and write more Chinese characters. Although he doesn’t plan to take another Chinese class in the near future, he’d like to continue learning on his own – some-thing he and Tian will continue doing to-gether, every day. ■

CHINATechnical support operator Tim Stowell studied the Chinese language at McCallie prior to adopting his daughter, Tian, from China.



Class of ’53 – $156,622Jim BealleJim CampbellJohn ChristianDan Crates, Co-ChairLarry DantzlerDon HartmanBob HuffakerTad JohnstonCharles LloydDavid MooreWalter MorrisDan Rather Don Williams, Co-Chair

Class of ’58 – $92,311Ronnie BrownBill CarrigerNeal CulverJoe DavisBarton DickTiger Jones, Co-Chair Jay LawrenceFranklin McCallieJohnny McConnellPhil O’SteenJohn ParhamBob Walker Don Welch, Co-Chair

Class of ’63 – $40,021Steve BullardDavid CockeBobby GlasgowEd GoodPaul KillebrewGeorge McCallMarshall McCallie

Barry ParkerJack PeayTim PetersKersey SmithMitch TaylorHerbert Thornbury, Chairman

Class of ’68 – $47,079Ches AlperBill AsburyRafe BanksB.B. BrantonSkip BrockJohn FreezeSteve KentCharlie Marlin, Co-ChairCarrington MontagueDavid MuhlendorfKen O’HerronDavid ParisBob RushChris Tull, Co-Chair

Class of ’73 – $53,152David AndersonPeter AndersonHill CarrowDek DriscollJohn Fogarty, Co-Chair Pat GrahamDixon LewisAllen McCallie, Co-ChairDavid NicholsBritt SchaffeldDoug StoneJohn StraussbergerJohnny White

Class of ’78 – $74,159Mike AndersonJoel BautistaDavid BinderJay BrooksElliott Davenport, Co-Chair Robert Divine, Co-Chair Bob FranklinKemp Harr, Co-Chair Jack HeadRob Huffaker, Co-Chair Webster HughesSteve JacowayJoel KleinBrian LanderMark OldhamWiley RoarkBryan RudisillJamey SmithTim SwainJacques Wiener

Class of ’83 – $26,756Donny ArmstrongJim BlitchCharlie BrockMitch CobbDavid CrommelinMott FordEdwin FortFox JohnstonTory Johnston, Co-Chair Charlie Knox, Co-Chair Mike LailJames MarshallRicky ParkDom Wyant

Class of ’88 – $40,983Hunter ByrnesMatt CaineGordon CashionBilly Eiselstein

Thomas Hayes, Co-ChairMichael IrbyCharles Lambert, Co-Chair Alex LawrenceJoe LeviJimmy LevineKincaid MillsParke MorrisColin ProvineDavid RuffJim ScotchieJohn Spivey

Class of ’93 – $11,404Parker Baggett, Co-ChairBradley BiddleDaniel BradleyChapman BrownRob ButtsAndrew Grinstead, Co-ChairBryan HossStefan SchermerhornHarrison Willis

Class of ’98 – $8,073Tony Ankar, Co-Chair Trip BrooksCalvin CalhounAl ChapmanBrown DudleyTim Grein, Co-Chair Ben JacksonSean JohnsonSanjay KripalaniPatrick LaRochellePatrick LoweryTom PeaglerMatt RabilRyan SparksLouis SterchiGraham SwaffordClaiborne TaylorBryan Wyker

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Don williams ’53 spent the last 50 years being with McCallie only in spirit. Mr. Wil-liams had not been able to attend any of his previous class reunions or serve the school in other volunteer capacities. His career as a seminarian and now as owner and opera-tor of Mid-America Properties in Chicago held heavy demands on his time and travel.

But his 55th Reunion was one event he had circled on his calendar.

“Curtis and Anne invited me to be Co-Chair of the Reunion Board,” Williams says, referring to Director of Development Curtis Baggett and Anne Pitts, Director of Reunion Gifts. “This was an opportunity to manifest in some tangible way my love and appreciation for the school. McCallie supplied the foundation that launched me into my young adult and adult life.”

Williams had a vision for the Class of ’53 gift, a testament to the school, his class-mates and those who have already passed. His proposal was a memorial gift honoring their deceased classmates, a sentiment that was widely accepted.

“I had seen the 2007 Annual Report and went through it page by page,” he says. “I noticed one section in there gave an oppor-tunity to make gifts in honor of or in mem-ory of someone whom they held in high regard. I thought one of the things that all of us would like to do is to leave footprints which are not washed away by waves when we are gone.”

His fellow board members supported him completely. “Perhaps this could be-come a tradition.”

Buoyed by the idea, the ’53 reunion board proposed a fund-raising goal of $55,000, $1,000 for each year they’ve lived as McCallie alumni. Under the direction of Mr. Williams and his co-chair, Dan Crates, the distinguished collection of 70-some-things sailed well beyond all expectations and presented McCallie with a $156,622 gift – nearly three times the target amount – toward the Annual Sustaining Fund.

If the memorial gift does become a tra-dition, then the Class of ’53 has laid a solid foundation for future classes to build upon. All 21 deceased class members were memo-rialized this year by one or more of their 1953 classmates. Several board members honored more than one classmate. One, Cody Laird of Atlanta, gave a generous gift

in memory of a longtime friend, Al Hall, who named his son Cody.

“McCallie’s legacy to me is the quality of the education,” Mr. Williams says. “The moral values it taught kept me in good stead. It taught me to aim high, to aspire to do good things, and equipped me with the confidence that I was capable of that. It taught me that I could be successful in doing good things, live a life of service for others, and it cer-tainly gave me confidence in matters aca-demic and intellectual.”

The four-year-old Reunion Gift Program has not merely affected the lives of those from the class of ’53. The program encour-ages reunion classes to raise and donate special class gifts to the Annual Sustain-ing Fund in honor of their reunion celebra-tions. The combined Reunion Class Gift

for 2008 totaled $537,000, an excellent example of the sense of loyalty, generosity and spirit shared by McCallie graduates.

“In the first four years of the Reunion Gift Program, 26 classes have contribut-ed an aggregate $2.1 million to the Annual Sustaining Fund, nearly tripling their pre-reunion giving levels,” Pitts says. “Reunion Weekend attendance has been higher than ever, too, and specialized reunion activi-ties continue to improve. What a tribute to class pride and the giving spirit of McCal-lie men.” ■

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Leaving footprintsFind out more about the Reunion Gift Program by con-tacting Anne Pitts, the program’s director, at [email protected].

Reunion Class of ’53; Don Williams (fifth from left, front row)


In MemoriamDr. Thomas S. Royster, Jr. ’36 of Vero Beach, Fla., died Aug. 4, 2008. He was a two-year boarding student who later earned degrees from the University of North Carolina and the University of Pennsylvania. While at

McCallie, he was a member of the golf team, the rifle team, the Student Council and the Pennant. The retired vascular surgeon is survived by his wife Caroline, four children, five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one sister.

Henry Elmer Dyke Jr. ’37 of Manasquan, N.J., died December 6, 2007. The one-year boarding student later graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology and served in the U.S. Navy during

World War II. While at McCallie, he was a member of the football and baseball teams. The former sales representative for Texaco Oil is survived by three daughters, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

arthur Raleigh mcCammon Jr. ’37 of Maryville, Tenn., died August 16, 2008. The four-year boarding student later attended Maryville College. While at McCallie, he received the Don C. Peglar Memorial

Award and was a member of the Student Council, the band, the orchestra and the basketball team. The lifetime farmer and community leader is survived by his wife Marjorie, one son, two daughters, and six grandchildren.

George Noble Ennett ’41 of Asheville, N.C., died August 23, 2008. The four-year boarding student later attended Davidson College. While at McCallie, he was a prefect and a member of the Tornado

and the track and cheerleading teams. The founder of Corporate Benefit Services is survived by his wife Betty and three children.

Kearney arthur mahler ’42 of Houma, La., died August 7, 2008. The two-year boarding student later attended Tulane College. While at McCallie, he was a member of the State Club and the tennis team. The

retired furrier for Mahler Inc. is survived by his wife Mary, one son, two daughters, six grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Charles Thomas Perry Jr. ’42 of Garland, Texas, died August 5, 2008. The six-year day student later attended the University of Tennessee, Richland College, and the University of Alabama at

Huntsville and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. While at McCallie, he was a member of the Astronomy Club, the State Club and the tennis team. The retired designer and draft maker is survived by one son, one daughter and three grandchildren.

Dr. william l. Eubanks ’45 of Norcross, Ga., died on September 14, 2008. The two-year boarding student later attended Emory Medical School. While at McCallie, he was a member of the State

Club, the Glee Club and the Tornado. The retired ophthalmologist is survived by two sons, one daughter and one brother George ’49.

Terry Sullivan ’48 of Chattanooga, died July 26, 2008. The two-year day student later attended Princeton University. While at McCallie, he received the Holton Harris Oratorical Award and was a member of the golf,

volleyball and boxing teams and the French Club, debate team and the Tornado.

Gordon mcBride Sisk Jr. ’51 of Knoxville, Tenn., died September 2, 2008. The five-year day student later attended the University of Tennessee. While at McCallie, he was a member of the Monogram

Club and the baseball and gymnastics teams. The retired transportation executive is survived by his wife Carolyn, two children, and two granddaughters.

Dr. John alexander Galloway II ’54 of Litchfield, Connecticut, died August 21, 2008. The two-year boarding student later attended Vanderbilt University. While at McCallie, he received the Jack Kinser Music

Award and was a member of the band, the Rifle Team, the Astronomy Club, the State Club and the soccer team. The retired surgeon and naval officer is survived by his wife Laurel, six children and eight grandchildren.

arthur Copeland Blake Jr. ’55 of Louisville, Ky., died May 8, 2008. The two-year boarding student later attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. While at McCallie, he was a member of the Astronomy

Club, the State Club and the tennis, track, golf and wrestling teams. The former stock broker, banker and management consultant is survived by his wife Suzanne, one son and one daughter.

Charles fleming Sexton Jr. ’57 of Knoxville, Tenn., died August 3, 2008. The four-year boarding student later attended the University of Tennessee. While at McCallie, he was a member of the baseball

and tennis teams, the Missionary Committee, the Smoking Club, the Astronomy Club and the State Club. He is survived by his wife Frances, two daughters, four grandchildren, one brother, three nieces and one nephew.

Ronald Bernard Brown ’64 of Grapevine, Texas, died July 18, 2008. The seven-year day student later attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. While at McCallie, he was a member of Keo-

Kio, the Missionary Committee, the Monogram Club and the basketball, baseball and football teams. The former sales development manager for Wells Fargo is survived by his wife Catherine and two children.

Jere Ellis meacham ’64 of Los Angeles, Calif., died September 29, 2008. The four-year day student later attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and served in the U.S. Army during the

Vietnam War. The former assistant manager of the Southern California Contractors’ Association is survived by his wife Pamela, son Jon ’87, brother G.B. Kirby ’61 and three grandchildren.

mark alan Kingsley ’83 of Flintstone, Ga., died August 31, 2008. The four-year day student later received degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of Texas at Austin. While

at McCallie, he was a member of the Missionary Committee, the Glee Club, the Tornado, the French Club and the basketball and track teams. The former nurse is survived by his mother, one brother, one sister and three nephews.

Brandon Blackwell ’11 of Dallas, Texas, died September 16, 2008. The one-year boarding student had returned home to complete high school. He is survived by his parents, his sister Peyton, his grandparents,

and many aunts, uncles and cousins.


Charles Goldfinch of Cambridge, Ontario, died August 31, 2008. He taught history and English at McCallie from 1952 to 1954. He also coached wrestling. He is survived by his wife Christina, one daughter, two granddaughters and one brother.

Dean Warren James passed away in October. The next issue will include his obituary. Please see page 23 for instructions to submit memories of Dean James.



the fourth generation: Many families have stayed with McCallie for three or

four generations. Pictured are some current fourth generation

McCallie students and recent graduates: (Front row) wells

Campbell ’13, Douglas Chapin ’08, hudson Brock ’10, Builder

Brock ’11, sam Campbell V ’13, spencer McCallie Gardner ’12, Robert Maclellan ’12, Fletcher

sims ’12; (back row) hunter Brock ’13, hamilton heald ’14,

Charlie Davenport ’14, Gordy Davenport ’14, Richard Park ’14,

Morgan Boyd ’13 and Matthes Boyd ’13. not pictured: Brad

Davenport ’09, Baker Brock ’08 and J. whitaker Brown Jr. ’09.

McCallieleaving a

Legacy For many students, McCallie is more than the place they’ve chosen to attend middle school or high school — it’s a family tradition. Some students are following in the footsteps of their fathers, grandfathers and even great-grandfathers and becoming third and fourth generation McCallie Men.

Spanish teacher John McCall ’61, a devoted McCallie historian, said it’s more than academic programs or athletics that keeps bringing families back.

“I think we continue to come for a lot of reasons, but mainly for the values of the school,” McCall said. “The Christian values, honor, scholarship, developing the body as well as the mind — those are values that make McCallie great.”

The school has certainly had a big impact on McCall’s family — his father, uncle, brothers Peter ’60 and Jeff ’69, two nephews, and his wife’s grandfather have also attended. ■



Class NOTES

Joshua London Sanders ’94 and his wife Kristina welcomed their first daughter Sophia London Lenore on December 28th, 2007. The Sanders live in Ridgefield, Conn.

Greg ’95 and Rebecca Scotchie welcomed Jackson Gregory on February 18, 2008.

Fall 2008

BiRThS&WEDDiNGSBirths80sTo michael Boggus ’83 and Monica a daughter, MaKyla Cari, on December 17, 2007. ■ To Doug Hightshue ’86 and Honor a son, Jackson Wheeler, on December 12, 2007. ■ To w.J. Kennedy IV ’88 and Patty, a daughter, Piper Elizabeth on January 22, 2008.

Births90sTo Jack Barger ’90 and Rachel a son, Hugh ‘Jackson’ IV, on October 28, 2007. ■ To matthew levine ’90 and Heather a son, Eli Benjamin, on May 9, 2008. ■ To malloy Evans ’91 and Molly a son, Samuel Malloy, on February 22, 2008. ■ To Vann Bischoff ’92 and Amanda a daughter, Charlotte Faye ‘Charlie,’ on September 1, 2007. ■ To Douglas Kelly ’92 and Rachel a daughter, Katherine Hayes, on April 8, 2008. ■ To Brent Seelmeyer ’93 and Abigail a daughter, Charlotte, on June 3, 2008. ■ To Joshua Sanders ’94 and Kristina a daughter, Sophia, on December 28, 2007. ■ To T.w. francescon Jr. ’95 and Laurel a son, Noah Silas, on May 7, 2008. ■ To Greg Scotchie ’95 and Rebecca a son, Jackson Gregory, on February 18, 2008. ■ To J.w. Ekiss ’96 and Gretchen a daughter, Sara Elizabeth, on March 26, 2008. ■ To Henry Glascock Jr. ’96 and Lauren a son, Henry Bryan III, on June 3, 2008. ■ To Tony lizarraga ’96 and Katie, a daughter, Abigail Claire, on June 10, 2008. ■ To David Decosimo ’97 and Harmony a son, Myles David, on June 11, 2008. ■ To michael Ross Delaney ’97 and Janet, a son, Michael Ross Jr., on July 17, 2007. ■ To Henry Burroughs ’98 and Julie a son, Henry Buck ‘Hank’ IV, on April 13, 2008.

Births00sTo Brent Bowman ’01 and Amanda a daughter, Layla Lea, on May 24, 2008. ■ To Russ may ’01 and Caitlin a daughter, Natalie Grace.

Weddings40swilliam marshall Goree ’41 to Julia Ann Dillinger on February 14, 2008.

Weddings70s John Crowell ’73 to Pam Perrien on June 16, 2006. ■ Clarence Geiger ’75 to Lauriann Cash on December 15, 2007. ■ Greg Ray ’78 to Christy Erin Ramirez on July 7, 2007.

Weddings80sTom Cook ’84 to Dr. Betty J. Husband on August 2, 2008.

Weddings90sJ. andrew luedecke ’94 to Eleanor Walker Rogers on December 1, 2007. ■ John K. Nix Jr. ’94 to Ramsey Ann Harris on March 8, 2008. ■ frank Johnson ’96 to Laura O’Kelley on May 17, 2008. ■ David Kendall ’96 to JanaRae Martin on July 12, 2008. ■ Robert Bush ’97 to Emma Hollon on April 19, 2008. ■ matthew Killebrew ’98 to Katherine McCann on August 23, 2008. ■

David Talbird ’99 to Darlene Kristina Jean-Pierre on June 21, 2008. ■ Rob weil ’99 to Alicia Andrade on June 14, 2008.

Weddings00sEthan love ’00 to Kynda Lynn Larson on July 12, 2008. ■ michael lynch ’00 to Anna Cooley on June 30, 2007. ■ R. Clayton Sanders ’01 to Amanda Arrants on May 17, 2008. ■ alan faulkner ’02 to Kathryn James on December 29, 2007. ■ Timothy Passmore ’02 to Kimberly Hall on July 25, 2008. ■ Eric Peterson ’02 to Beth Kirby in November 2007. ■ frank m. “Beau” Chambliss ’03 to Russell Wood on June 25, 2008.

Chapman ’93 and Emily Brown are the proud parents of Kennedy, Bennett and Frierson.

William E. Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper A. Reynolds III ’89, celebrated his first birthday on February 9, 2007, wearing the same McCallie T-shirt worn by his dad at about the same age years ago.

John Dowlen ’03 married Allison Geyer on June 28, 2008, in Memphis. McCallie attendees are from left to right: Bob Franklin ’78, Bo Franklin ’04, Sam Dowlen ’09, Mark Nagle ’03, Hugh Huffaker III ’73, the bride, Hugh Dowlen ’07, the groom, Bob Dann ’72, David Ray ’03, Stephen Rich ’03, Whit Dowlen ’05, and William Dann ’03.



Marshall Goree ’41 married Julia Ann Dillinger on February 14, 2008, with his four daughters in attendance. The couple resides in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Joseph David Hoyle ’01 married Hannah Elizabeth “Betsy” Peele on March 9, 2008. McCallie friends attending the wedding were Alex Dahlman ’01 (left), Alex Joujan ’01 (third from right) and Jonathan Hoyle ’01 (second from right, with his wife Laura ).

1930sfred Hollis ’32 is still volunteering daily as a reading buddy for Elder Care Services in the Leon County School System, giving Brain Gym exercises and conducting a daily reading program. He is also writing poetry in his free time.

1940sChester Stephens ’40 was named Autauga County 2007 Farmer of the Year. He has operated a Christmas-tree farm in the Alabama county for over 40 years.

Krieger Henderson ’41 and his wife Joan observed their 65th wedding anniversary in May. They are the proud “parents” of two loving, rescued beagles. Krieger retired from commercial & air show flying at age 80 and now keeps the wind in his face on a Yamaha motorcycle while Joan does her best to support the area’s farmers’ market.

Jimmy Vann ’42 lives in Vero Beach, Fla., where he is retired from the medical practice that he ran for over 50 years.

Howard Baker Jr. ’43, a former Tennessee Senator and Ambassador, has been honored with “American Lawyer” magazine’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Bill frankum ’45 writes: “You know you’re getting old when your children are close to retirement!”

Bill Burns ’46 and his wife Dottie celebrated their 50th anniversary last April, returning with their three sons, their wives and eight grandchildren to The Cloister at Sea Island, Ga., where they spent their honeymoon. “It was just a perfect time for us; wonderful weather, marvelous view, great facilities at the Cloister and a feeling from all of the members of our family that they were involved in something special,” Mr. Burns writes. “When the week was finally over, I think that the children would have loved to have stayed on, but they were told in no uncertain terms that the party was over.”

Several members of the class of ’49 gathered for a special lunch last November at art Paty’s home in Atlanta. Attending were Bill Caulkins, Bill Dietzen, Jim abel, Jimmy lyle, Herb Cohn, John Bennett, mac Holland, Bill Bledsoe, Vaughn Dyer, Gail Hersh, Don Jackson, Joe Hamilton and albert Pennybaker.

1950sDr. Jeff Helms ’54 retired from NOVANT – Forsyth Internal Medicine two summers ago after 38 years.

Daniel Gilchrist ’59, retired after 23 years as senior minister of First Presbyterian Church in Carthage, Miss., is now a vice president of ENVISION, LLC. He is still involved in farming and management of timber lands in Alabama and Mississippi. He and his wife Carolyn live in Carthage.

1960slawrence Gold ’61 was selected by his peers as one of the 2008 Georgia Super Lawyers for the second time. He works for Carlton Fields in Atlanta.

James l. Greenwalt, Jr. ’63 was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with “V” Device for heroism in ground combat on January 30, 1970, at Ap Rach Ban, Song Ong Doc District, An Xuyen Province, Vietnam.

michael finney ’65 and his wife Glenda purchased a home near Sarasota, Fla., so they could split time between Minnesota and Florida. Their home provides a warm spot in the winter and easier access to their MG Force customers in Florida.

1970sDavid lewis ’72 recently joined the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP in Chattanooga as a partner in the firm’s health care practice group.

Hank watt ’73 is working as a rehabilitation counselor at Culpepper Juvenile Correction Center.

Scott Smith ’76 joined the development department of the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School in October 2006.

Rob Hines ’77 is a managing attorney for T-Mobile USA in Bellevue, Wash.

mark Oldham ’78 continues as owner and CEO of U.S. Hospitality Publishers. After 21 years, Mark says he’s looking for a new challenge while watching his son Houston (17) consider colleges and Rachel (13) enter eighth grade.

Greg Ray ’78 and his wife Christy have started their own business, CAREER Coaches, which helps graduates find IT jobs. They moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., last year.

matt Robinson ’79 retired from his job of 15 years as manager of Chattanooga’s Outback Steakhouse. He plans to spend more time with his family and seek out new business opportunities.

Dr. Jeffrey Sartin ’79 is an infectious disease physician who writes medical history articles and studies jazz guitar in his spare time.

1980sallen abbott ’82 recently relocated to the Atlanta area from New England. He serves as a financial planner to 12 denominational groups through the Ministers & Missionaries Benefits Board.

ClASS UPDATES

Ethan Love ’00 married Kynda Larson on July 12, 2008. McCallie friends pictured at the wedding include (from left) Christopher Love ’04, Aaron Love ’96, Michael Love ’99, the bride and groom, Mac Barry ’00 and Chris Catanese ’04.

After reading about Morris Thuku ’93 in the winter 2008 issue of “McCallie” magazine, Thayer Montague ’92 contacted him when he flew into Nairobi, Kenya, for a mission trip. The two were able to eat dinner together and spend time talking about McCallie and Morris’ work. “It was a wonderful visit, and I am amazed at what he and Andrew (Morris’ brother) have accomplished. Morris and Andrew are grateful for all the support they have received from McCallie as well as all the people he has communicated with since the article was published.”



After earning his degree in veterinary medicine from the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine this year, Dr. John Crawford ’84 is beginning a second career as a veterinarian for the U.S. Army. He is stationed in Frederick, Md.

Capt. Savas T. Kyriakidis ’84 is Command Judge Advocate for the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), an Alabama National Guard Unit, and is back to working as owner and manager of The Acropolis restaurant in Chattanooga.

Thom Hughes ’86 recently relocated to Los Angeles, where he works for MGM Studios. “From video taping wrestling matches for Coach Connell to Hollywood…” he writes.

Dr. Jay wellons ’87 was named 2008 Sponsoring Physician of the Year by the National ThinkFirst Injury Prevention Foundation. ThinkFirst is a national brain and spinal cord injury prevention program. Dr. Wellons has served as a pediatric neurosurgery fellow at Children’s Hospital of Alabama and is an associate professor with the University of Alabama Birmingham.

Brian Case ’88 is the athletic director and head football coach at the Randolph School in Huntsville, Ala.

1990swes michaels ’90 received an Award for Excellence for Analysis and Planning from the National Association of Landscape Architects. The award recognizes the work of his firm, Mossot+Michaels, on the Viet Village Urban Farm project in East New Orleans and is the highest award given in the area of analysis and planning. You can read more about the Viet Village Urban Farm project at http://asla.org/awards/2008/08winners/411.html

william Smith ’90 is working as an artist in New Orleans. His online gallery is www.wmsjr.com

John ashe ’91 is a program manager with CLEAResult Consulting, an energy and environmental consulting firm in Austin, Texas. He also races road bikes regionally.

Cade mcDonald ’92 is the founder and CEO of achoo!Allergy & Air Products, a line of allergy relief and air purification products.

George Stowers ’93 is working aboard the Emerald Princess as an internet manager.

Daniel liu ’94 was ordained to the priesthood in May in Cedar Park, Texas.

Daniel Hagaman ’95 is living in Flinstone, Ga., and working with his brother Michael ’97 at Hagaman Carpet Industries.

Ryan Coulter ’96 works as the internet and e-commerce manager for Rock/Creek Outfitters in Chattanooga.

wright lauten ’96 is a fourth-year ophthalmology resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

warner may ’96 received his master’s in business administration from Georgia State University and has been named a vice president for Fleishman-Hillard International Communications.

william Priestley ’96 is a commercial banker living in Little Rock, Ark.

David Stowers ’96 graduated from Loyola Law School this spring.

Bryan Strain ’96 is now a Satellite Communications Specialist with the U.S. Army and is stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.

Jeff Caughran ’98 is in his second year of medical school. He and his wife, Casey, live in Memphis, Tenn.

louis Sterchi ’98 works with the Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C.

weston Raines ’99 is a captain in the Alabama National Guard and graduated from Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida in June.

Steve Sibley ’99 is currently in Bangladesh as an intern with the Grameen Bank, the financial institution founded by Nobel Peace Prize-winner and former MTSU professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

Robert weil ’99 received his master’s in business administration from George Washington University in May.

2000sHunter Thomas mcCord ’00 graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in May 2008 and accepted a one-year internship at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.

1st lieutenant Penn Garvich ’01 recently graduated from Ranger School at Ft Benning, Ga., and is assigned to Camp Salerno, Khost, Afghanistan, with the 101st Airborne Division.

E. Richardson laBruce ’02 was named to the Law Review at The University of Mississippi School of Law. He is in his second year of law school at the University in Oxford.

Stephen Rich ’03 is a second-year medical student at Georgetown University. He was a summer research fellow last summer at the National Institute of Health.

Ensign william Dann ’03 recently began advanced jet training in Meridian, Miss.

mark Nagle ’03 now lives in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife, Beth, and works for Presbyterian Day School.

Robin Gerlach ’03 has received his bachelor’s in accounting from Exeter University and is working in mergers & acquisitions for Deutsche Banc of London.

Samuel ulin ’03 graduated with honors from Brown University in 2007 and is pursuing his first year of Ph.D. studies in Molecular Biology at the University of California San Diego.

Kyle white ’03 graduated Magna Cum Laude from Auburn University in August with a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction. He is working with Brinkmann Constructors in Chesterfield, Mo.

Justin Blair ’04 is currently managing a business in estate sales and personal property appraisals. He will begin working on his MBA at the University of Chattanooga in the spring.

will Robinson ’04 was recently named Greek Senior of the Year at the University of Tennessee, where he is president of the Greek honor society and a cadet in Army ROTC. He will be commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in May 2009.

alex Cook ’05 is in his senior year at Dartmouth and has been offered a full-time job with Merrill-Lynch in Manhattan after graduation.

adam Gadberry ’06 is president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at Samford University. He was one of 16 undergraduate leaders selected to attend the Ruck Leadership Institute in Richmond, Va., in July.

Derek waffel ’06 is a theater major at the University of Tennessee and just completed an internship at Brevard Music Center in Brevard, N.C., where he worked on three operas and 50 concerts.

william Graeber ’06 worked at MERI in Memphis this summer as the only student given the opportunity to learn about anatomy, surgery and new medical procedures. He also spent his spring break at the Medical College of Virginia observing neurosurgery next to Dr. Harold Young before returning to Furman University where he is studying neuroscience and computer science.

Class NOTEScontinued . . .

Fall 2008

Daniel Jing Liu ’94 was ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Austin at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cedar Park, Texas, on May 31. He has been assigned as parochial vicar of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin. College Counselor Steve Bartlett traveled to Austin for the ceremony.



Reunion Recap

It’s autumn on the Ridge, and we

know what that means – alumni

returning to campus, a little

football rivalry, and discovering

that 11 is our new favorite number.

More Reunion Weekend photos can be found on-line at www.photos.mccallie.com.

(above): a true Reunion weekend for the McCallie family. From left, spencer III, Franklin, Marshall, allen and alex; (Left): Reunion Co-Chairs present the school with a $537,560 giant check; (Far Left): students paint signs to cheer on the football team during Rivalry week.

Clockwise, from top left: Distinguished alumnus award winner Dan Rather ’53 and his wife Ginny, join the alumni pre-game tailgate dinner; the Blue tornado used a stingy defense to defeat Baylor, 24-3; “we’ve got spirit!” and gallons of blue paint; the Blue Crew gets the party started at the pep rally.

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haddon Allen ’66PONTe VeDRA beACh, FlORiDA

James D. blitch iV ’83ATlANTA, GeORGiA

James W. burns ’89NeW yORk CiTy, NeW yORk

l. hardwick Caldwell iii ’66lOOkOuT MOuNTAiN, TeNNeSSee

bradley b. Cobb ’86lOOkOuT MOuNTAiN, TeNNeSSee

e. Robert Cotter iii ’69NeW CANAAN, CONNeCTiCuT

W. kirk Crawford ’77 ChARlOTTe, NORTh CAROliNA

Joseph M. haskins ’76lOOkOuT MOuNTAiN, TeNNeSSee

C. Wayne holley ’77AlbANy, GeORGiA

Robert F. huffaker, Jr. ’78lOOkOuT MOuNTAiN, TeNNeSSee

Graeme M. keith ’74ChARlOTTe, NORTh CAROliNA

Michael i. lebovitz ’82ChATTANOOGA, TeNNeSSee

James P. McCallie ’56ROMe, GeORGiA

Conrad R. Mehan ’77AShbuRN, ViRGiNiA

R. kincaid Mills ’88lOOkOuT MOuNTAiN, GeORGiA

Joseph edward Petty ’80lOOkOuT MOuNTAiN, TeNNeSSee

Colin M. Provine ’88TAMPA, FlORiDA

Marcus h. Rafiee ’80ChARlOTTe, NORTh CAROliNA

Daniel b. Rather ’53ATlANTA, GeORGiA

Timothy A. Stump ’75ChARlOTTe, NORTh CAROliNA

Robert J. Walker ’58NAShVille, TeNNeSSee

he ADM ASTeRDr. R. kirk Walker, Jr. ’69

DiReCTOR OF COMMuNiCAT iONSbilly T. Faires ’90

MCCAll ie M AG A ziNe eDiTORJeff Romero

b O A R D O F T Ru S T e e S

The Newly RenovatedCline Strength & fitness Center

Over 7,000 square feet of lifting space gives »mcCallie one of the top weight rooms in the country

Over 25,000 pounds of weight »

mcCallie was one of the first schools in the »country to install rubber flooring with 25 mondo platform inserts to insure proper footing while lifting. also, the level floor allows athletes space to warm up inside the weight room.

Each of the 28 lifting stations features a Hammer »Strength multi-purpose lifting rack for Olympic lifting bench press, squat and incline press. Hammer Strength is top-of-the-line strength equipment and used throughout the world.

13-piece Hammer Strength lifting circuit is used »for supplemental and rehabilitation work

life fitness treadmill and Elliptical machine »

Power lift full body squat is considered one of the »top leg presses made. This makes it easier for our athletes rehabilitating leg and knee injuries to do single leg work.

3,375 pounds of dumbbells »

Bioclimatic air Purification module that kills »mRSa and helps with odor and mold control

21 Eleiko Olympic lifting bars considered the best »lifting bars in the world

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