Georgia Magazine | Class Notes

June 2000: Vol. 79, No. 3

Class Notes, Grad Notes, and Obituaries

NAA CALENDAR

Send-off Party Schedule

Summer's here and it's time to mark your calendar and plan to attend the National Alumni Association's send-off parties for incoming freshmen and current UGA students, as well as their families and interested alumni. It's a great way to meet other Bulldogs in your area, and to get your favorite UGA student excited about fall semester! Attire is business casual, and each party is scheduled to last from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the following cities:

BIRMINGHAM
Summit Club, 901 6th Ave. North
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Aug. 2)
Tower Club, 201 South College St.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (July 11)
Capital City Club, 1201 Main St.
DALLAS, Texas (Aug. 3)
Amy Pace's home, 4480 Windsor Parkway
GREENVILLE, S.C. (July 10)
Commerce Club, One Liberty Square (17th Fl.)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 1)
University Club, 1301 Riverside Blvd. (Ste. 2516)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (July 10)
Club Leconte (Suite 2700/Plaza Tower)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (July 12) Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. (9th Floor)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 11)
Nashville City Club, Fourth Ave. & Church St.
NEW ORLEANS, La. (Aug. 2)
City Energy Club, 1100 Poydras St. (Ste. 3900)
RALEIGH, N.C. (July 12)
Capital City Club, 411 Center Plaza Building
RICHMOND, Va. (July 11)
Stonehenge Golf and C.C., 1000 Farnham Dr.

For driving directions to send-off parties, check this page on the Alumni Relations website.

1950-54
Time magazine honored Ramsey "Bub" Way (BBA '51) of Hawkinsville with the 2000 Quality Dealer Award. He was one of only 64 car dealers nationwide to be nominated for the award, which recognizes exceptional performance in car dealers and dealerships. Just shy of his 70th birthday, Irwin "Judge" Stolz Jr. (M '54) celebrated by finishing among the top four swimmers in four different freestyle and breastsroke events at the National Masters Long Course Swim Championships in Minneapolis. The former UGA swimmer is an Atlanta attorney, and he also served on the state appellate bench.

1955-59
Billy Copeland (BSEd '56), a retired dentist, has earned a lifetime membership in the Georgia Dental Association, an honor bestowed on dentists who practice 30 or more years. He and his wife Sue Moon Copeland (BSEd '56) live in Bowdon. After serving 16 years as a judge for the Appalachian Judicial Circuit, Bobby Milam (AB '57, LLB '59) of Blue Ridge announced his retirement. PRWeek named C. Richard Yarbrough (ABJ '59) of Atlanta as one of the 100 most influential public relations practitioners of the 20th century. Dick, whose career in public relations is nearing the 40-year mark, is best known for his work with BellSouth and, more recently, as head of communications for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. He is a columnist for Bill Shipp's Georgia, and he serves as a senior counselor for Burson-Marsteller public relations in New York City.

1960-64
Raymond Gotko (BFA '61, MFA '63) is pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fort Valley. The auctioneering chant of Wilbur Mull (BSA '63, MS '65) of Athens can be heard all around the state, but Wilbur is equally busy during office hours. He owns Classic Groundcovers, Classic Auction Co., and Classic Realty and Auction Co., which earned him the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce's title as 1999 Small Business Person of the Year. Rex Wilson Sr. (BSA '63) of Chula was elected president of the Georgia Seedsmen Association. He is also a past president of the Georgia Crop Improvement Association. James Chambless (BBA '64) of Saint Simons Island is senior vice president for Sapelo National Bank, where he is responsibile for the bank's credit function. Chip Rice (AB '64) is vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. As part of his new position, he will supervise UIC's busy hospital and clinics, which treat more than 400,000 patient visits annually.

1965-69
Charles Rinn (BSPh '65) joined the American Pharmacy Cooperative, a southeastern network of more than 570 independent pharmacies. He owns Rinn's Pharmacy in Buena Vista. The American Cancer Society presented Michael Cheek (BBA '66) of Louisville, Ky., with the Dr. Louis Berger Memorial Award, which recognizes achievers in business and philanthropy. Michael is the president of Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide North American Group. Barton Baldwin (BBA '68) of Mount Olive, N.C., is serving his third year as director-at-large for the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. Barton also owns his own accounting firm. To commemorate Raymond Lighthall's (BSA '68) service to agricultural education, a greenhouse will be named in his honor at Stockbridge (N.Y.) Valley Central School. Raymond, who lives in Munnsville, N.Y., has taught at the school for 30 years. Georgia Trend magazine named Jim Wooten (ABJ '68) of Smyrna to its list of "100 Most Influential Georgians." Jim is editorial page editor of the Atlanta Journal. His wife, Ann Jarrett Wooten (AJB '67), will be among seven storytellers featured at Colquitt's Swamp Gravy Storytelling Festival in September. Ann Ellis Kuzniak (BSHE '69, MS '72) of Dalton retired in December after 26 years with the Whitfield County Cooperative Extension Service.

1970-74
Victor Pena (BBA '71) of Decatur is the controller and vice president of financial systems for AGL Resources, the holding company of Atlanta Gas Light Company. John Michels (BBA '72 ) was named chief financial officer at Spartanburg Stainless Products. David MacLeod (BLA '74) of Kenmore, N.Y., is the associate principal of Cannon Design.

1975-79
Cindy Darden (BSHE '75, MEd '77, PhD '91) of Colbert is director of out-patient services for Northeast Georgia Center, a provider of behavioral health care services. Leadership South Carolina selected Judy Burke Bynum (ABJ '76) of Spartanburg to participate in its 2000 class. Craig Taylor (BS '76) has a dental practice in Monroe. He serves as a member of the Development Authority of Walton County and chairman of Monroe Utilities Network, which provides utilities, cable TV, and Internet services to Monroe and Walton County. In his spare time he does volunteer work in the public schools and for the Boy Scouts. Joy Dean Conn (ABJ '77), of Dothan, Ala., is public affairs manager for GTE's Alabama telephone operation. Joy graduated with a master's in professional writing from Kennesaw State, and she has won numerous awards for public relations writing, communications planning and visual design, and for her poetry and short stories. James "Bucky" Cook (BBA '77) of Roswell, was named Rotarian of the Year. He serves as president and COO of Paradise Foods, Inc., the franchiser of Heavenly Ham stores nationwide. In addition to his position as executive vice president with the Robinson-Humphrey Company, Robert King (BBA '77, MBA '78) of Buckhead is also the chairman of the Security Traders Association. Polly Stramm (ABJ '77) co-authored a book about Savannah's Charles Ellis School. Her book contains photos and memories of former students. After living in several small towns around Georgia, Charles Williams (BSA '77) of Watkinsville returned to his hometown to start North Georgia Bank. The RTM Restaurant Group, which operates Arby's and Mrs. Winner's chains, hired Dan Collins (BBA '78) as vice president of finance. Jerry Mason (AB '78) decided to make a mid-life career change after working as an Atlanta police officer and for IBM. In '92, he entered law school, and he now works as a prosecutor for the City of Atlanta. Betty Neumeister (BS '78) of Marietta is a co-founder of Pierce, Neumeister, and Associates, a telecommunications software company specializing in long distance billing. Jeff Weatherholtz (AB '78) of Clayton, N.C., is the new commanding officer of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Raleigh, N.C. John Addison (AB '79) of Clermont is co-CEO of Primerica, a financial services marketing organization.

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1980-84
After eight years as director of the Young Harris College Alumni Foundation, John Beverstein (BBA '80) decided it was time to make a change in his life. He moved to Columbia, Mo., to open a franchise of Heavenly Ham. John says the only negative aspect of his move is missing Bulldog game days! The Coca-Cola Company promoted Shawn Dooley (BA '80) to manager of CCMD and Global Solutions in the company's Information Technology Division. She's lived in Buckhead for the past eight years and has served as president of two different garden clubs. James (BS '80) and John Dorchak (BS '80) of Columbus are twin doctors practicing medicine in the same city. James is in private practice, specializing in obstetrics-gynecology; John is an orthopedic surgeon at the Hughston Clinic. Jim Durham (AB '80, JD '83) of St. Simons Island is treasurer of the State Bar of Georgia. Gary Diffley (AB '82) has moved to Houston, Texas, to be a senior vice president and manager of First Union Securities' new investment office. When he's not working as a wildlife biologist, Keel Kemper (AB '82) of Portland, Me., is canoeing, fishing, or hunting. Victor Wilson (BSW '82, MEd '87) is UGA's new associate vice president for student affairs. Layne Chastain (BSEd '83, MEd '89) of Winterville was promoted to director of residential services at the Northeast Georgia Center. Chuck Reece (ABJ '83) has left Coca-Cola in Atlanta and is now a senior vice president for a public relations consulting firm, GCI Boxenbaum Grates, in New York City. Jeffrey Beinke (BBA '84) of Dunwoody joined Employease as their vice president of product strategy. Laura Otto Hunt (ABJ '84) is a writer-editor for news services at the U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She and husband Michael Hunt, who covers pro basketball for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, have an 8-year-old son, Graham. Laura says she loves the Midwest, but really misses Georgia!

1985-89
Janece Shaffer (ABJ '85) of Atlanta started working with the Alliance Theatre as communications manager in the 1980s, but she's now a full-fledged playwright. The Alliance opened her first full-length play, "He Looks Great in a Hat," last September. Jill Herring Bowers (BBA '86) of Charlotte, N.C., can't get enough of golf. She's CFO of Graham Enterprises, a real estate-golf course development and investment company. Robert Duncan (BS '86) of Centreville, Va., was promoted to major in the Air Force Reserve and is assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. He also serves as a senior development engineer for Eastman Kodak. Belinda Thompson Orzada (BSHE '87), a professor of consumer studies at the University of Delaware, won an award for a cape she made that reflects memories of a rural Georgia landscape. Her work earned the Best of Fiber/Wearable Art award by the International Textile and Apparel Association. Dawn Bixler Richerson (ABJ '87) of Lawrenceville wrote From the Heart of a Child: Meditations for Everyday Living. Her co-author is son Luke. Brad Crawford (MSA '87, MBA '89) earned his master of divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Todd Bitzer (BBA '88) of Alpharetta is working with Turner Investment Partners as a marketing director. Another College of Education alum has received the Teacher of the Year award. Teresa Huggins (BSEd '89) of Monroe teaches at Statham Elementary. She makes her fourth grade classroom a positive learning environment, using music and art to teach lessons. Diane Hill Murray (ABJ '89) is continuing education coordinator at the Gwinnett University System Center in Lawrenceville. Kevin P. Race (ABJ '89) of Atlanta celebrated the second anniversary of his law firm, Insley & Race, LLC. The Louisiana State University Press published The Narrative Forms of Southern Community by Scott Romine (AB '89), a professor at UNC-Greensboro.

DAVIS ACCOUNT OF RAMSEY MURDER DEBUTS AT NO. 3

Congratulations to Don Davis (ABJ '62), co-author of Jon Benet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation, which debuted at No. 3 on The New York Times' Best Sellers list. Davis was featured in the Dec. '99 issue of GM ("Master of True Crime").
And holding down the No. 5 slot on that same April 30 NYT list was another alum, Thomas Stanley (PhD '73), whose second book on what makes millionaires tick, The Millionaire Mind, is picking up where his '96 NYT best seller, The Millionaire Next Door, left off. Stanley was profiled in the March '95 issue of GM ("Making book on millionaires").
Tracy Curlee (ABJ '90)
Watercolors:
TO UNWIND, VET TRADES STETHOSCOPE FOR PAINT BRUSH

Pet owners entering the Granite Hills Animal Hospital in Elberton can be excused if they think they've inadvertently stumbled into a small art gallery—because, in a way, they have. Hanging on the walls of Andy Mathis' clinic—alongside typical mail-order prints of Labrador retrievers—are original watercolors painted by the doc himself.
Mathis (DVM '90) grew up on a farm in rural south Georgia and he has been looking after animals all his life. He's only been painting since 1994—a hobby he began to help relieve stress—but he's already won some regional and national awards.
"I started out taking classes once a week," says Mathis, "and I quickly became a sponge, absorbing art books and magazine articles on the subject."
Mathis is interested in a wide range of subjects, from flower arrangements to stately buildings to people in everyday settings. Art is a release from the rigors of 60-hour weeks at the clinic, and he admits that the painting which has received the most attention and acclaim is of Leon—his cat.
"People see Leon," he says, "and they tell me it reminds them of a cat they had as a child—and they want to take the painting home with them. Flower paintings just don't bring out the memories and emotions like an animal painting."
Tracy Curlee
Stalwarts:
ABRAM (1918-00), SOHN (1918-00): BEST UGA HAD TO OFFER

When Morris Abram (AB '38) died March 16, his New York Times obituary took up most of a page. The small-town boy from Fitzgerald, Ga., was a Rhodes Scholar (UGA's 13th), a lawyer, and a former president of Brandeis. But he was known for his work in civil rights. Five U.S. presidents—JFK, LBJ, Carter, Reagan, Bush—appointed him to national and international posts. Bush made him permanent representative to the United Nations, where he headed U.N. Watch until his death. He is best remembered in Georgia for his 14-year struggle against the unit rule, which helped perpetuate segregation. It was Abram who briefed Attorney General Robert Kennedy prior to his arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which declared unit rule unconstitutional in 1963.
Seldom has an alumnus been as involved with his alma mater as was Louis S. Sohn Jr. (AB '40) of Marietta, who died Feb. 23. Sohn was president of the UGA Alumni Society from 1989-91, and the only person to serve three terms as chair of the Annual Fund, helping the University raise $2.7 million during his tenure. He was also a trustee and treasurer of the UGA Foundation. After graduating from UGA, the Minneapolis native got his law degree from Columbia and became a senior vice president of a textile firm. His obituary in the Atlanta Constitution reflected his recent service as chairman of the Marietta Housing Authority and vice chairman of the library board: "Louis Sohn wanted everyone in Marietta to have a good roof over their heads and a good book to read."

1990-94
In the "Georgia's Rising Stars" feature, Georgia Trend included Kimberly Ballard-Washington (AB '90), former assistant to the president at Valdosta State, who has just returned to UGA as a staff member in the legal affairs office. Joseph Garrett (ABJ '91) of Carrollton works with Edward Jones as an investment representative. After being board certified in internal medicine, Todd Jimmerson (BS '91) has joined the Marietta Primary Care Center. Georgia Trend also named Yuill "Duncan" Moore Jr. to its "40 under 40" category. Duncan is commissioner of the Albany Water, Gas and Light Commission and treasurer of the Albany Museum of Art. Andrew Carlson (BMus '92, MM '94) is a professor of music at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Susan Logsdon Conradsen (AB '92) of Woodstock is a psychology professor at Berry College. Nick Harty (BBA '92) of Savannah works with Long Term Preferred Care as a care specialist. Jenifer Lemmonds Phillippo (AB '92) of Winterville is director of operations for the southeastern network of Youth and Family Services. Her husband, Antonio Phillippo (BS '90), is a microbiologist with the USDA in Athens. They have a five-year-old son, Nickolas. Rubb Riba (ABJ '92) of Coconut Creek, Fla., was the Arbitron-rated No.1 night diskjockey in West Palm Beach, Fla., on KOOL 105.5 FM. And he continues to serve as a partner in Top Hat Productions. His wife, Elaine Verner Riba (BSFCS '93) works as a merchandise specialist at the corporate headquarters of Office Depot. Kimm Brazzeal Rountree (BBA '92) of Greensboro, N.C., married Mark Rountree last June. Kimm works with Prudential Carolinas Realty, and she still misses those Dawgs. Afterall, she says, everyone in North Carolina is into Atlantic Coast Conference sports. Former UGA swimming standout and '96 Olympic gold medal winner Sheila Taormina (BBA '92, MBA '94) of Livonia, Mich., won the women's Olympic triathlon trials and will compete in the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. Agricultural expert Bill Tyson (BSA '92) of Statesboro heads the Effingham County extension office. Athens First Bank and Trust Company has hired or promoted Myung Chang (AB '93) of Augusta, Erika Hoy Lane (BBA '93) of Athens, and Mike Sale (BBA '94) of Colbert. Myung was hired as a banking officer and Mike as an assistant vice president. Erika was promoted to vice president. As a third-year student at Samford University, Christina Graham (AB '93) of Birmingham, Ala., is editor of the Cumberland Law Review. While most people celebrated the winter holidays with family, captain John Luzar (BBA '93) of Cherry Point, N.C., was assigned to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One, which was deployed to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. Todd Martin (AB '93, JD '97) of Elberton is the public defender for the northern judicial circuit, which includes Elbert, Hart, Madison, Franklin, and Oglethorpe counties. Leigh Ann Morris Wicinski (BSW '93) and Thomas Wicinski (MBA '92) of Germantown, Tenn., announce the birth of their first child, Scott Michael, on March 13.

1995-99
Michael Chapman (AB '95) and John McCormick (AB '96) started law school at Penn State. Lee Evans (AB '95) of Athens was promoted to banking officer at Athens First Bank and Trust. Charles Peeler (BS '95, JD '99) joined the bio-medical/chemical technology group of Jones & Askew, LLP. Brent Stiehl (BS '95) of Palmetto graduated from the Medical College of Georgia and has a dental practice in Peachtree City. Another MCG grad, Christopher Haddock (BS '96), has begun his residency in family medicine at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. The Headline Group public relations agency hired Ashley Scott Parish (AB '96) as an account executive. Ryan Rooks (BSFR '96) of Forsyth is the third generation to work for his family's business, Patrick's Turning Point. The wood-crafting business just celebrated its 50th anniversary. Jill Stephenson Taylor (BSEd '96) of Tifton teaches at Tiftarea Academy. Maria Beggs (BSEd '97) of McDonough is Effingham County's 4-H agent. Christopher Elder (BS '97) earned his masters in neuronbiology from Georgia State and is a research specialist in Emory's department of neurology. Missy Griggs (BSEd '97, MEd '98) of Ringgold, Tenn., won the 1999 Sallie Mae First Class Teacher Award. Missy, who teaches at Lookout Mountain Elementary, will receive $1,500 and a paid vacation to Washington, D.C. Barrett Sellars (BBA '97) of Savannah is insurance manager of the Georgia Ports Authority. Heather Shuster (AB '97) of Madison, Wis., works for guild.com and is responsible for much of the artist-related content on the site. Athens First Bank and Trust promoted Leah Banks (BBA '97) of Athens to relationship manager, Kerri Hammond (AB '97) of Statham to banking officer, John Tebeau (BBA '97) of Athens to banking officer, and Alison Turner Norris (BBA '97) of Athens to banking officer/retail sales manager. Shane Hannon (ABJ '97) of Athens played Tevye, the lead role in Oconee Youth Playhouse's production of "Fiddler on the Roof," which was directed by his wife, OYP director Terra Thompson Hannon (AB '97). Everett Wilkerson (BFA '97, BS '98), who has degrees in biology and photography, worked as a janitor to travel with a research team to Antarctica. Henry Donnelly (AB '98) of Atlanta is with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. Mike Henderson (BBA '98) of Watkinsville joined Athens First Bank and Trust's management associate program. Ryan Lee (AB '98) of Potomac, Md., is one of many recent grads spending part of their summer in Europe—but he's probably the only one making money as a pugilist. It happened during a day trip across the Mediterranean to Tangiers, where the locals egged him into an impromptu town square boxing match. Ryan emerged victorious, and a slightly richer man for the experience. Jena McGregor (ABJ '98, AB '99) of New York City was promoted to staff reporter at Smart Money, the Wall Street Journal magazine of personal finance. Joshua Miller (BSFR '98) and Nicole Vogt (BSFR '98) are working on assignments for the Peace Corps in Suriname. Clayton Moon (BSEd '98) of Thomaston teaches social studies at Pike County High School. He's also an assistant football and wrestling coach. Steven Baldas (BBA '99) lives in New York City and works for the investment management firm Neuberger Berman. The '92 Junior Wimbledon doubles champ is account manager for the firm's sports group. Sarah Fay Campbell (AB '99) of Palmetto joined the Newnan Times-Herald news staff. Erica Kowalzyk (BS '99) of Lawrenceville left for Togo, Africa, to serve as a women's education/empowerment volunteer for the Peace Corps. David Stubbs (ABJ '99) of Jackson Hole, Wyo., is a "mountaineering junkie by dawn, and a feature finder by day." As a photographer-writer for the Jackson Hole Guide, he's covered a sled dog race and accumulated more mountain landscape slides than he knows what to do with.

Compiled by Stacie Sutton (ABJ '99, BS '00)

Grad Notes

ARTS & SCIENCES
East Tennessee State professor Colin Baxter (MA '63, PhD '65) of Johnson City, Tenn., wrote a biography of WWII field marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. Marc Ackerman (PhD '72) of Mequon, Wis., received an award from the Wisconsin Psychological Association. Ecologist Katherine Kirkman (MS '78, PhD '92) of Albany was promoted to associate scientist at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center. Music instructor Bruce Gbur (MA '91) of Manhattan, Kan., played the bagpipe at Kansas State's fall commencement ceremonies. Lesa Carnes Corrigan (PhD '96), a language and literature professor at the U. of West Alabama, published Poems of Pure Imagination: Robert Penn Warren and the Romantic Tradition. Benjamin Jose (MFA '98) of Mechanicville, N.Y., taught an iron casting workshop at Plattsburgh State. Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vt., named Patricia Romza (DMA '97) a professor of fine arts.

BUSINESS
Steve Cole (MA '81) is a senior analyst with Forrester Research's packaged application strategies service. As a partner for the southeast region and head of client services for Arthur Anderson, George Strobel II (MAcc '83, JD '83) of Memphis, Tenn., knows what it's like to deal with money. A lot of money. He represents clients worth $50 million dollars on a daily basis, and Worth magazine ranks him as one of the top 250 financial managers in the nation. Georgia Trend included Peter Sinden (MBA '96) of Atlanta in its "40 under 40" feature. Peter is the senior developer for Netplacement Corp., a Web service for lawyers that he founded.

EDUCATION
Gilbert Dean (MEd '67), pastor of Buckeye Baptist Church in Sandersville, celebrated 35 years of service. Patrick Norton (MEd '71) of Athens is director of community rehabilitation at the Northeast Georgia Center. Bill Frech (EdD '73) joined the Berry College faculty as director of the Center for Economic Education. Gerald Ross (EdD '73) of Port Charlotte, Fla., celebrated his 25th anniversary with Charlotte Community Mental Health Services. The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce honored former UGA faculty and staff member Louis Griffith (MEd '75, EdD '81) with the Athena Award, which recognizes devotion to civic duties and a commitment to helping women reach leadership potential. Margery Pinet (MEd '76, EdS '78) is interim vice president of campus life at Cazenovia (N.Y.) College. Former Oconee County school superintendent Debra Morse Harden (EdD '82) joined Piedmont College's Master of Arts Cohort Program. Debra Dorough Mowery (MEd '87) of Albany was named to LaGrange College's Wall of Outstanding Alumni. She is a science and social studies teacher at Lee County Middle School. Samuel Steele (MA '99) of Fairfax, Va., attends the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, which prepares students to serve as armed forces physicians.

FOREST RESOURCES
Peter Stewart (MS '92) of Charlotte, N.C., has left his former position at Canal Forest Resources to start Forest2Market.com. His new endeavor will provide Web-based technology solutions to the forest and wood products industries.

JOURNALISM
Lehigh promoted Jack Lule (PhD '87) of Bethlehem, Pa., to full professor. Neil Swanson (MMC '98) is working in Washington D.C. for National Journal, where he edits HotlineScoop.com, a news site for political junkies. Dane Claussen (PhD '99) is a professor of communication/mass media at Southwest Missouri State, and he's already had two books released: The Promise Keepers: Essays on Masculinity and Christianity and Standing on the Promises: The Promise Keepers and the Revival of Manhood.

LAW
Robert Mallis (JD '68) of Dunwoody is chief judge of the DeKalb Superior Court. Robert Berry (JD '73) of Rome is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. President Clinton nominated Beverly Baldwin Martin (JD '81) of Macon to the U.S. District Court for the northern district of Georgia. Kathleen McBride (JD '97) of Atlanta is an associate at Hunton & Williams. Christian Coomer (JD '99) of Demorest is associated with Butterworth law offices in Cornelia. In a field dominated by fathers and sons, Sherry Neal (JD '99) and her mother both practice law, and were both sworn in by the same Monroe County Superior Court judge. Sherry is an associate with Filpatrick Stockton. Her mother, Gail Travillian, is a criminal defense attorney in Forsyth. Steven Park (JD '99) of Conyers is an associate with Jones & Askew, which specializes in intellectual property.

SOCIAL WORK
Rufus Larkin (MSW '93, PhD '98) of Flowery Branch was appointed to the editorial board of Research on Social Work Practice. He's a psychology professor at North Georgia College and State University.

VETERINARY MEDICINE
Retired veterinarian Julian Veatch (DVM '53) of Louisville doesn't spend his time as a typical senior citizen. Now 76, Julian works as part-time mayor and part-time coroner for his town of 2,500 people in Jefferson County.

Compiled by Stacie Sutton

Obituaries

FACULTY AND STAFF
Herbert Henderson of Johns Island, S.C., former professor and head of the dairy science department, died Oct. 8, 1999. He held several positions in the American Dairy Science Association, and served as the organization's president in 1952. In 1969, he was presented the ADSA award of honor, the highest honor bestowed on one of its members. His accomplishments at UGA were also numerous: he organized the UGA Science Club and in 1967 chaired the University committee to develop a degree program in environmental health. Lois M. Jones of Columbus, Ohio, who melted the gender barrier to Antarctic exploration, died March 13. Until she organized her all-female expedition, which was funded by the National Science Foundation in 1969, the ice continent was closed to women scientists. She taught geology at UGA following her Antarctic work, and later endowed fellowships at her alma mater, Ohio State, in geology and cancer research. David Randolph of Athens, a UGA music professor and internationally known tuba player and chamber music performer, died Jan. 22. A former member of the U.S. Army Band, his students won national and international competitions. Barry Sherman of Athens, a telecommunications professor and director of the Peabody Awards, died May 2 while playing basketball at the Ramsey Center. (See story in the Campus News section of Up Front in this issue.) June P. Sparks of Athens, a retired program director for the University Continuing Education Media Services, died Oct. 16, 1999. She was a member of the TV Academy of Arts and Science and the Loyal Order of the Moose.

ASSOCIATES
William Dunwoody of Decatur, a retired manager at Hix Green Buick, died Oct. 7, 1999. He worked as his wife's nurse in recent years as she suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Samuel Maddox of Blakely, a retired bank executive, died Nov. 12, 1999. John Pope, a contractor and philanthropist from Americus, died Nov. 8, 1999. He was a close friend of President Jimmy Carter, supporting his political campaigns for many years and helping to found the Carter Center. He also owned a concrete construction business, and served on the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade and on the World Congress Center Commission. In 1998, he was presented with a Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award. Delora Sheuring of Athens died March 14, 1999. Robert Winthrop of Westbury, N.Y., a life trustee and board member of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, died Sept. 25, 1999.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Sara Barber Arnold of McDonough, a former singer on WSB Radio in Atlanta and WNBC in New York, died Dec. 3, 1999. After her marriage, she stopped singing professionally and became a speech and drama teacher as well as a girls basketball coach at Winder High School. She was also a family and children's services case worker for 13 years. Never losing her creative spirit, she enjoyed cooking and painting china, as well as penning hymns, some of which were published. Louise Butler Cochran of Athens, a teacher and librarian in Georgia schools and avid community volunteer, died Dec. 7, 1999.

1920s
Taylor Everett Sr. (BSA '20, MSA '35) of LaGrange died Nov. 27, 1999. For eight years, he was a teacher and president of the Agricultural and Mechanical School in Cochran. In 1931, he became superintendent of schools in Ware County, where he served until his retirement in 1963. Anne Moore Crawford (BSC '22) of Armonk, N.Y., a former University staff member, died Nov. 9, 1999. Charles Anderson (BA '24, MA '28) of Baltimore, Md., a professor of American literature at Johns Hopkins University and noted literary critic, author, and scholar, died Nov. 5, 1999. He was a trailblazer in establishing American literature as an independent subject, and the first professor hired to teach it at Johns Hopkins. In 1945, he published and edited a 10-volume centennial edition of the works of Southern poet Sidney Lanier. Ewell Carr (BSA '29) of Cave Spring died Oct. 13, 1999. Pryor Fitts (BSC '29) of Dalton died Sept. 19, 1999.

1930s
Osmah "O.E." Harrell (M '30), a physician from Jacksonville, Fla., died June 23, 1999. Andrew Pennington Jr. (BSC '30) of Matthews died in November of 1998. Frances Cheney Boggs (M '31) of Roswell died Nov. 1, 1999. Effie Hixson Drennon (BSPE '31) of Napa, Calif., died March 23, 1998. Frank Lumpkin Jr. (M '31) of Columbus, president of Wilcox-Lumpkin Insurance Co. and former president of the Trust Company of Columbus Bank, died March 22. He was the last surviving member of the UGA football team that dedicated Sanford Stadium in 1929. (See story in the Alumni Profiles section of this issue.) He also served in the army under George Patton in WWII. His ancestors include a Georgia governor and the first chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. Ben Maxwell (BSA '31) of Rydal, a salesman for the Armour AG and Chemical/US Steel Company for 40 years, died Oct. 29, 1999. Gussie Knight Kesler (AB '32) of Gainesville died Sept. 16, 1999. Joseph Chastain (BS '33) of Gainesville, a family physician and avid gardener, died Nov. 3, 1999. Morton Hodgson Jr. (AB '33, MA '34) of Atlanta, former president of Coca-Cola U.S.A., died Dec. 8, 1999. He worked for Coca-Cola in France, Mexico, Canada, and South America before assuming positions as vice president and president of Coca-Cola U.S.A. After retiring in 1972, he was recruited back to Coca-Cola in 1974 as president of the company's Japanese division, which he retired from in 1977. Milton "Red" Leathers Jr. (BSC '33) of Athens, president of Athens Terminal Company and former director of the First National Bank of Athens, died March 3. A shrewd businessman, he helped to build the family business, L.M. Leathers' Sons, into an internationally known company. At UGA, he was one of the "Flaming Sophomores" of 1929 that defeated Yale in the dedication game for the new Sanford Stadium. (See story in the Alumni Profiles section of this issue.) For his service in WWII, Leathers received the Legion of Merit and the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Margaret Shankle Dunson (BSEd '34, MEd '54) of Spartanburg, S.C., died Nov. 8, 1999. She taught for 25 years in Athens and six years in Greensboro, N.C., public schools. Henry Hopkins (BSC '34) of Danielsville, a retired employee of the Georgia Department of Labor, died Oct. 5, 1999. Julia Walden Lawrence (MA '34) of Atlanta died Nov. 10, 1999. Julius "J.P." Smith (M '34) of Daytona Beach, Fla., died Oct. 22, 1999. James Bell Jr. (BSC '35) of Atlanta, a retired independent manufacturers representative, died Oct. 12, 1999. He was also an avid sportsman, hunter, and fisherman. Dorothea Steffan Dawson (AB '36) of Augusta, a retired librarian, died Feb. 24, 1999. Dudley "Lois" Wilson Key (ABJ '36, MA '39) of Bellingham, Wash., died July 11, 1999. George "Dub" Moore Jr. (BSC '36) of Gainesville, a former Gainesville City Board of Education chairman in the 1960s, died Nov. 7, 1999. He also owned and operated George W. Moore and Sons Coal. Co. with his father and brother. Ellen Maynard Smith (BSEd '36) of Gilbert, S.C., a former teacher, died Oct. 14, 1999. Nellie Rucker Walter (BS '36) of Savannah, a retired teacher at Putnam Vocational High School in Massachusetts, died Dec. 4, 1999. Joel Wier Jr. (BSAE '36) of Athens, a registered engineer who owned and operated White and Wier Heating and Air Conditioning, died Dec. 21, 1999. He was also a member of the Athens Area Kiwanis club for 32 years, serving as club president and district lieutenant governor. William Bedgood Jr. (BSC '37) of Clarkesville died Sept. 28, 1999. He was a well-known local businessman, first with Bedgood Lumber and Coal Co., and later with the University Hotel Court. He also had an extensive public service career as a member of the Clarke County Board of Education, the Clarke County commission, and the Georgia House of Representatives. Emily "Frances" Parks (BSHE '37) of Charlotte, N.C., a teacher in Georgia for 36 years, died Nov. 11, 1999. Robert Allen Jr. (BSA '38) of Fayetteville, a gardening expert and state agriculture teacher for 30 years, died Nov. 26, 1999. He taught everything from farm mechanical maintenance to vocational agriculture during his time as an educator, and he was the supervisor of the farm veterans program after WWII. Hal Clements (BSEd '38, MSEd '41) of Atlanta, a former schoolteacher and principal, died Oct. 13, 1999. In 1958, he joined the Georgia State Department of Education as State Director of Curriculum Development. After his retirement in 1980, he became a dedicated community volunteer. In 1992, he and his wife were awarded a Volunteer Service Award by the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change. Felton Gordon (ABJ '38) of Atlanta, a public relations pioneer who started the first independent public relations firm in Georgia, died Oct. 29, 1999. He received many honors in his field, including being named to the University's Public Relations Hall of Fame. In 1951, he was one of the founders of the Georgia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, the organization's first chapter in the South. Charles McDaniel (LLB '38) of Memphis, Tenn., a former lawyer and U.S. Army major, died Nov. 13, 1999. After WWII, he also worked as a supervisor of the National Cotton Council. Leon "LeRoy" Reaves (BSAE '38) of Sunnyvale, Calif., died Mar. 24, 1999. Ralph Rice (ABJ '38) of Manchester, a newspaper journalist and business entrepreneur, died Oct. 29, 1999. He was editor and publisher of the Manchester Mercury from 1945-56, when it became one of Georgia's leading weekly newspapers. He later purchased and edited The Warm Springs Mirror and Chipley Review, and founded The Manchester Star in 1964. In 1957, he started Rice Printing Co. and later opened Rice Office Products before retiring in 1989. Louise Williams Adams (BSHE '39) of Atlanta, a registered dietitian at Emory Hospital and Grady Hospital's Diabetic Detection Clinic, died Oct. 27, 1999.

1940s
Hugh Hill Jr. (BSA '40) of Acworth, an Air Force lieutenant colonel with more than 27 years of service, died Nov. 28, 1999. Hugh "McKee" Nunnally Sr. (M '40) of Atlanta, a former employee of Courts and Co. Investment Bankers, now Morgan, Stanley, Dean Witter, died Oct. 7, 1999. He was also a member of Piedmont Hospital's board of trustees and past president of the Georgia division of the American Cancer Society. James Wallace Jr. (BSC '40, BFA '48) of Palmetto, a landscape architect and co-owner of Plantation Orchids, died Dec. 6, 1999. He was president of the Atlanta Orchid Society in 1961 and was a judge for the American Orchid Society from 1970-84. While serving in WWII, he had a brush with greatness when he met Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso in a cafe in Paris, a chance encounter which remained one of his favorite memories. Dorothy Durden (BSHE '41) of Statesboro died March 15, 1999. Richard French Jr. (BSC '41) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a roofing and building supplies salesman, died Aug. 25, 1999. Mary "Betty" McDavid Jones (ABJ '41) of Columbus, Ohio, died Oct. 16, 1999. She was a reporter for the old Washington Daily News for 10 years and a former United Press bureau manager in Richmond, Va. Leonard Golden (M '42) of Springfield, N.J., died Aug. 19, 1999. Joseph Mann (BBA '42) of Atlanta, a retired employee of BellSouth Telecommunications, died in August of 1999. Warren Waldrep (M '42) of Atlanta, a worker in the automobile industry for more than 50 years, died Oct. 18, 1999. He united with other family members in the 1940s to start Dixie Auto Auctions, and later joined Cox Enterprises Manheim Auction Group, assisting in the opening of Atlanta Auto Auctions. Ruth Hamilton Adams (BSHE '44) of Beaufort, S.C., died July 28, 1999. Lucy Burke Brantley (BSEd '44) of Tucson, Ariz., died April 21, 1999. Emma "Ruth" Knight Hester (BSHE '45), an economics teacher at Marietta High School for 10 years, died Nov. 12, 1999. After retirement, she went into real estate sales for Coldwell-Banker. Winford "Grady" Banks (BBA '47) of Carrollton, a retired salesman with Ray Lang Inc., died April 23, 1999. Muriel Killingsworth Douglas (AB '47) of Oak Brook, Ill., died Oct. 17, 1999. James Jones (BSEd '47, MEd '49) of Ambler, Pa., a retired professor and chairman of the department of education administration at Temple University, died Dec. 6, 1999. He wrote five books and numerous articles on educational administration, and did consulting for public and private school systems in the U.S., Europe, and Mexico. Prior to his position at Temple, he was a teacher, school principal and superintendent in Georgia. Arthur Parsons Jr. (ABJ '47) of Snellville, a retired advertising account executive with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, died Oct. 10, 1999. Boone "Danny" Boggs Jr. (ABJ '48) of Atlanta, founder of Over the Hill Trucking Co., a social club for those in the trucking industry, died Dec. 26, 1999. A known humorist, he was never a trucker, but supported the industry all his life. He founded and edited the industry magazine, Trux, and was past president of the Georgia Motor Trucking Associations. He also informally lobbied for trucking safety regulations. Hamilton "Pitts" Mahone (BBA '48) of Macon died June 24, 1999. Howard McDermid Jr. (B '48) of Fort Pierce, Fla., died May 30, 1999. Martha "Anne" Johnson Mills (AB '48) of Atlanta, a real estate broker most recently employed with Buckhead Builders, died Oct. 3, 1999. Cornelius "C.D." Puett (BSEd '48) of Atlanta died March 30, 1999. Howard Bowman Jr. (BBA '49) of Birmingham, Ala., a factory representative, died June 10, 1999. Clarence Flanagan (BBA '49) of Augusta, a retired auditor for the state of Georgia, died Oct. 1, 1999. Charles Lambdin Jr. (BS '49, MS '71) of Orange, Texas, died Oct. 2, 1999. James Langford (M '49, BBA '94) of Decatur, a retired district manager for Cotton State Insurance Co. and employee of the Emory University Woodruff P.E. Center, died Apr. 2, 1999. Thomas Miller (BBA '49) of Savannah died Oct. 13, 1999. Willis "Dick" Richardson Jr. (JD '49) of Savannah, an attorney, died Oct. 10, 1999. Charles Segars (BSA '49, MEd '78) of Jefferson, a lieutenant colonel and veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, died Dec. 28, 1999.

1950s
Margaret Ammons (BSEd '50) of Decatur, a former chair of the education department at Agnes Scott College, died Sept. 25, 1999. Richard Hester (M '50) of Lithia Springs, a lawyer for more than 50 years in the Atlanta area, died Nov. 2, 1999. He was also a football coach for the Peachtree Hills Recreation League and a Boy Scout scoutmaster. Lucius "Jack" Jackson Jr. (BBA '50) of Sumter, S.C., a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel with more than 25 years of service, died Nov. 9, 1999. Verrille "Ace" Thigpen (BSF '50) of Waycross, a retired supervisor with Union Camp Corp. for more than 39 years, died Dec. 6, 1999. He was also active in several forestry organizations on the local, state, and national levels. McKie "Mac" Trotter (MFA '50) of Fort Worth, Texas, an artist and teacher, died Nov. 5, 1999. A retired professor of art at Texas Christian, his work is part of the collection of the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art. He was also active in the adult leadership of the Boy Scouts of America. John "Wallace" Winn (MSEd '50, EdS '71) of Savannah died in September 1999. Harvey Abrams (M '51), a rare book dealer in Atlanta and so-called "Godfather" of rare Southern books, died Dec. 12, 1999. He was a good friend of Margaret Mitchell and counted among his treasures an autographed copy of Gone With the Wind. His ownership of a set of rare 19th century floral prints by Pierre-Joseph Redoute led him to become a witness in the high-profile prosecution of Robert M. Willingham Jr., who was accused of stealing rare documents from the UGA Library in 1988. Abrams also dealt in historical texts and supplied the Georgia Governor's Mansion with its Southern history collection. Carl Adams III (BBA '51) of Jacksonville, Fla., a retired employee of Bristol-Myers Co., died Nov. 10, 1999. Jack Bonorato (M '51) of South Milwaukee, Wis., died Nov. 10, 1999. Lillie Pittard Clements (BFA '51) of Carson, Va., a retired educator and church choir director, died Oct. 30, 1999. Bill Rousakis (BBA '51) of Augusta died June 19, 1999. Ruth Hudson Smiley (BS '51) of Lake Worth, Fla., died Aug. 20, 1999. Elwyn Fike (M '52) of Atlanta died Nov. 4, 1999. He started the Fike Company, a sales company for machine tools, and later co-founded Atlas Engineering and Manufacturing Co. with his father. He was also a pilot with more than 3,000 hours of flight time in his own planes. Fannie "Jonesy" Glover Mullally (BFA '52) of Roswell died Oct. 15, 1999. A career librarian, she was instrumental in establishing the Newnan Coweta Library. Crowned "Miss Newnan" in 1952, she was also involved with the arts, and was formerly a dancer with the Southern Ballet in Atlanta. William Rhodes (DVM '52) of West Columbia, S.C., died Sept. 7, 1999. Grady Hicks (AB '53, MEd '60, EdS '80) of Bishop, a teacher in Jackson County for more than 39 years, died Oct. 11, 1999. He also served as a principal in Barrow, Clarke, and Habersham counties, and later retired as a school social worker. William Mills III (M '53) of Decatur died Sept. 14, 1999. James Neves (BBA '53) of Fort Gaines died May 30, 1999. Joseph Scoggins Jr. (BS '53, BSPh '55), a pharmacist from Evans, died Feb. 11, 1999. Otis Woods Jr. (BS '53) of Atlanta, program director of laboratory services for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, died Oct. 5, 1999. Samuel Cecil (MSA '54) of Griffin, a professor emeritus in UGA's College of Agriculture, died Nov. 5, 1999. Paralee Kemp Patrick (MEd '54) of Gainesville died Nov. 11, 1999. She was a retired school librarian and teacher in Hall County. Mary Mann Prescott (AB '54) of Asheville, N.C., died Oct. 10, 1999. James Proctor (BBA '56) of Augusta died July 6, 1999. James Vann Jr. (BBA '57) of Littleton, Colo., president of James L. Vann and Associates Inc., died Sept. 11, 1999. Suzanne Walker Lewis (AB '58) of Alpharetta died Oct. 18, 1999. An active community volunteer, she translated children's books into Braille and sorted clothes for the needy. She also was active in the Roswell Historical Society, serving as its secretary from 1991-98. Rowe Wall (BSF '58) of Americus, a forester with the Georgia Forestry Commission, died May 27, 1999. Fred Hayes III (BBA '59) of Columbia, S.C., died May 2, 1999. Madelon Marshall Hook (BSEd '59) of Danville, Ind., a homemaker and U.S. Air Force veteran, died Sept. 27, 1999. John Minchew (BSA '59, DVM '59) of Atlanta, a veterinarian and former owner of Minchew Animal Hospital, died Nov. 23, 1999. He was a past president of the Greater Atlanta Veterinary Society and the Animal Emergency Clinic, and past director of the Georgia Veterinary Society. Ernest Reddic Jr. (BSPh '59), a pharmacist from North Augusta, S.C., died June 8, 1999.

1960s
Billy Johnson (BBA '60) of Atlanta, a retired senior marketing representative for Phillips Petroleum Co., died Sept. 14, 1999. John Forrest (ABJ '62) of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., died Jan. 20, 1999. Douglas Lindsey (AB '62, MA '66) of Woodstock died Feb. 18, 1999. Ann Jackson Martin (ABJ '63) of Florence, Ala., died March 29, 1999. Charles Hill (AB '64) of Atlanta, who worked in the investment banking industry for more than 25 years, died Oct. 17, 1999. He was most recently employed by Atlanta Financial Resources. Jerry Ayers (MEd '66, EdD '67) of Cookeville, Tenn., an associate vice president for research for Tennessee Technological University, died Sept. 23, 1999. He also served for 24 years as an administrator and faculty member in TTU's College of Education. Early in his career, he was an assistant professor of education at UGA. Garland Pugh (DVM '66) of Virginia Beach, Va., died July 27, 1998. Dorothy Hurd Rhodes (MEd '66) of Marietta, an elementary school teacher in Cobb County for 30 years, died Sept. 23, 1999. She was one of three teachers to offer the first class for students with learning disabilities in Cobb County, and possibly the first in the state of Georgia. She also taught English as a second language, loved to travel, and had a strong interest in cross-cultural relationships. Susan Barrett Burch (AB '67) of Atlanta, founder and director of the Employee Assistance Program at the Centers for Disease Control, died Sept. 27, 1999. She was also an active community volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and Project Open Hand. William "Ronnie" Cannon (BSPh '67) of Fort Gaines died Dec. 2, 1998. David Ludwig (BSA '67) of Watkinsville, an employee of Armstrong and Dobbs for more than 20 years, died Dec. 13, 1999. Daniel Ward (BSEd '67, MA '69, EdS '73, EdD '74) of Lilburn died Nov. 17, 1999. He was a teacher in the Gwinnett County Public School System for nine years and the Communicative Arts Coordinator for the State Department of Education for 12 years. He served as an instructor for the Governor's Honors Program for several years and as English department chair at Cedar Shoals High School in Athens. Kenneth Klosterman (DVM '68) of La Vale, Md., died June 6, 1999. Jimmy Morris (BFA '68, MAEd '72, EdD '75) of Athens, director of the Lyndon House Arts Center, died Sept. 27, 1999. Prior to this, he served as the fine arts director of the Clarke County School District for nearly 20 years. Vaughn Williford Burgess (MEd '69), a teacher at Toccoa Elementary School for 40 years, died Nov. 5, 1999. Isaac Chandler (M '69) of Dalton, the Northwest regional sales manager for Patcraft Mills Inc., died Oct. 28, 1999.

1970s
Victoria Chandler (AB '70, MA '71), a history professor at Georgia College in Milledgeville, died July 27, 1999. Reed Mottley (MEd '70, EdD '72) of Metal, Miss., an education professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, died Oct. 16, 1999. He also served as a middle and high school teacher and baseball coach. Beulah Bullard (EdS '71) of Decatur, an elementary school principal and supervisor for Decatur City Schools for 32 years, died Nov. 4, 1999. She was also the founder of the Head Start program in Decatur. Bobby Pemberton (EdS '71) of Birmingham, Ala., died Oct. 8, 1999. Margaret Davison (BSPh '72) of Jefferson, Maine, died March 23, 1999. Kalidas Paul (PhD '72) of Skokie, Ill., died Feb. 22, 1999. Edward Kassinger (MPA '73) of Athens, the so-called "father of police training in Georgia," died Oct. 7, 1999. He served for 29 years as an FBI special agent in Atlanta before coming to the University as director of the Public Safety Division. James Walker (MEd '73) of Augusta died March 26, 1999. Pierce Hancock Jr. (BBA '74) of Gainesville, a lifelong coin collector and dealer, died Nov. 14, 1999. He started a coin business called Straight Talk Assets after graduating from the University, and later partnered with Robert Harwell to open Hancock and Harwell, a rare coin and precious metal brokerage firm in Buckhead. He was well-recognized in his field. He served two terms as president of the Georgia Numismatic Assoc., and was considered the authority on U.S. gold coins struck at the Dahlonega mint. James "Howard" Lagerquist (BBA '74) of Marietta, a senior technical analyst with Vanderbilt Health Plan, died Oct. 25, 1999. Robbie Martin Sewell (MEd '74) of Decatur, a teacher in Clayton County for 28 years, died April 18, 1999. Janice Cook Elliott (MEd '75) of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., died Oct. 3, 1999. She worked for many years as a school psychologist, and was active in several educator organizations. Ronald Hibbs (MEd '75) of Jonesboro, an educator for 32 years, died Oct. 31, 1999. He worked as an assistant principal and vocational supervisor at Forest Park High School for 22 years, and later as a youth apprenticeship coordinator for Clayton County Schools for four years. Morrow Thompson (DVM '76) of Raleigh, N.C., died in 1999. Richard Delinsky (MBA '79) of Athens, a retired employee of the University Food Administration, died Nov. 29, 1999. He was also a U.S. Army captain.

1980s
Robert Farmer (BSA '80) of Conyers died in August 1999. Robert Cole (AB '81) of Centerville, Tenn., died Aug. 11, 1999. Mary Keen Holland (MEd '82) of Chamblee, a periodicals clerk with the Atlanta Fulton Public Library, died Feb. 28, 1999. Robert Miller (DVM '82) of Marietta, owner of the Dogwood Hospital for Animals in Atlanta, died Aug. 19, 1999. He had a special interest in exotic and avian medicine, and also helped in the rescue effort for homeless akitas. Carolyn Corry (AB '84) of Charlottesville, Va., died Sept. 29, 1999. Neal Combs (BBA '85) of Tunnel Hill died Sept. 4, 1999. Valerie Cole Maughon (BBA '85) of Marietta, a former human resources director with the Cobb Galleria Center and volunteer with Wellstar Community Hospice in Cobb County, died Mar. 9, 1999. Douglas "Warren" LaRoche (AB '86) of Crescent, a self-employed screen printer and member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and McIntosh County Chamber of Commerce, died Oct. 30, 1999. Alexander Janisz (DVM '87) of Manitoba, Canada, died Aug. 1, 1999. He practiced veterinary medicine in Canada for nearly 10 years, and also worked at the Range Animal Hospital in Ironwood, Mich. Kimberly Atkins (ABJ '89) of Conyers, 1998 teacher of the year for Memorial Middle School, died Oct. 5, 1999. The sixth-grade teacher was also named one of the top 12 teachers in the state by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

1990s
Amelia Beck (EdS '91) of Evans, a former vice principal of Grovetown Elementary School and family facilitator for the Columbia County School System, died Aug. 18, 1999. David Smith Jr. (M '92) of Fredonia, Ala., died Feb. 2, 2000. Tonesya Smith (M '94) of Savannah died in fall 1998. Joel Casteen (BLA '95) of Marina Del Rey, Calif., a regional director and administrative assistant for the California Public Interest Research Group, died Oct. 28, 1999. Tisha Abolt (AB '97, MSW '00), a UGA graduate student from Savannah, died April 8 as a result of an auto accident. She received a posthumous master's degree in social work at spring commencement. James Carswell Jr. (M '98) of Grovetown, died Nov. 25, 1999.

STUDENTS
Jacob Bern, a sophomore in computer science from Dahlonega who had withdrawn from classes, died March 23. Alpha Tau Omega pledge Benjamin Grantham III, a freshman business major from St. Simons, died March 30 as a result of an auto accident related to fraternity hazing. (See story in the Campus News section of Up Front in this issue.) Stanford "Will" Grist Jr., a freshman business major from Greenville, S.C., died March 28 after collapsing in Myers Hall. Sims Hibbert, a sophomore landscape architecture majorfrom Atlanta, died March 22. Jeffrey Lakas, a junior in management information systems from Lawrenceville, died March 16 after suffering a heart attack. Christopher Moseley, a freshman business major from Jesup, died March 11 in an auto accident. George Thompson, a sophomore landscape architecture major from Winder, died May 20 in an auto accident. Jennifer Thompson, a freshman business major from Cumming, died April 15 in an auto accident. Katie Turner, a graduate student in the college of education who planned a career helping the hearing-impaired, died April 22, just days after being diagnosed with lymphoma. Phillip Walsh, a freshman business major from Atlanta, died April 21 in an auto accident.

Compiled by Jennifer Rainey (ABJ '00)