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OGLETHORPEUNIVERSITY r ..S^*' iv^^ ..-' -'v.-S£? i%-- *^1 -\m >v% ^^ Harids^iirl > ^ ^ Lawrence M. Schall lihaugurated "^ as 16th Bfesident. i/^^' TheCarillon BOARDOFTRUSTEES1005-06 TRUSTEEEMERITI ContactOglethorpeUniversity {V0L.4,No.2) Mrs.BelleTurnerLynch'61, Chair Mr.FranklinL.Burke'66 wwvv.ogiethorpe.edu, Mr.JackGuynn, ViceChair Mr.GeorgeE.Goodwin 1-800-428-4484or404-261-1441 Editors Mr.HaraldR.Hansen, Treasurer Mr.C.EdwardHansell Admissions404-364-8307 MarkDeLong'03 Ms.SusanM.Soper'69,Secretary Mr.ArthurHowell AlumniRelations404-364-8893 KellyRobinson Mr.J.SmithLanier AthleticDepartment404-364-8415 Mr.G.DouglassAlexander'68 Mr.JamesPMcLaJn Bookstore404-364-8361 ClassNotesEditor Mrs.YetcyL.Arp'68 BusinessOffice404-364-8302 AlisonStroud Mr.RobertE.Bowden'66 TheCarillonispublishedsemiannuallytor CareerServices404-364-8533 Mr.KennethS.Chestnut alumniandfriendsofOglethorpeUniversity. CertifiedFinancialPlannerProgram EditorialBoard Mr.MiltonC.Clipper Oglethorpe,foundedin 1835,isaprivateliberal 404-364-8373 BarbHenry'85 Mr.WilliamA.Emerson artscollegelocatedonPeachtreeRoadinthe Development404-364-8439 DavidRoss'93 Mr.NormanP.Findley,III heartofAtlanta. Financlu,Aid404-364-8354 SusanSoper'69 Mr.KevinD.Fitzpatrick,Jr.'78 GeorgiaShakespeare404-264-0020 Ms.JeanieEFlohr'99 OglethorpeUniversitypromisesaclassic MasterofArtsinTeaching Design Mr.J.LewisGlenn'71 educationinacontemporarycity.Ourstudents 404-364-8383 WaltGroover, Dr.JoelGoldberg'00(H) learntomakealife,makealivingandmakea Library404-364-8511 LightCommunications Mr.JamesJ.Hagelow'69 difference.Ourgraduatesbecomecommunity OglethorpeMuseumofArt Mr.JamesV.Hartlage,Jr.'65 leaderswhoaredistinctiveintheirabilityto 404-364-8555 Photographers Mr.WilliamJ.Hogan.Jr.'72 think,communicateandcontribute. President404-364-8319 MarkDeLong'03 Dr.KennethK.Hutchinson'78 Provost404-364-8317 AmieLane'09 Mr.WarrenYJobe OglethorpeUniversit)'makesnodistinctioninits PublicRelations404-364-8447 BisellMcWilliams"06 Dr.CharlesB.Knapp admissionpoliciesorproceduresongroundsof StudentAffairs404-364-8335 EricRichards Mr.RogerA.Littell"68 age,race,gender,religiousbelief,color,sexual UniversityCollege404-364-8383 IreneTurner'08 Mr.StephenE.Malone'73 orientation,nationaloriginordisability. JonWeininger'07 Mr.E.R.Mitchell,Jr. WRITETOUS! Mr.BobT.Nance'63 Onthecover: Haveacommentaboutthisorpastissues? ContributingWriters Mr.R.D.Odom Dr.Schallleadsstudents,faculty,staff,alumni HaveastoryideaforafutureissueofThe JanetMaddox Mr.JohnJ.Scalley andtrusteesinaDayofSer\'iceatGardenHills Carillon?'Wcwouldlovetohearfromyou. ElizabethPittman Mrs.LauraTurnerSeydel'86 Elementary. [email protected] JerryPortwood'99 Mr.O.K.Sheffield,Jr.'53 orTheCarillon,OglethorpeUniversity,4484 VickyRuth'09 Mr.JosephP.Shelcon'91 PeachtreeRoadNE.Atlanta,GA30319. HoytYoung Mr.ArnoldB.Sidman Mr.TimothyP.Tassopoulos'81 Unsolicitedarticlesandphotographs(5x7or Ms.TrishandaHintonTreadwell'96 larger)arewelcomedforpossibleinclusionin futureeditions.Pleasenotethatsubmitted materialswillnotbereturned.Submission doesnotguaranteepublicationaseditors retaineditorialrights. rnn tents 2 Inauguration Quotables 4 News and Events 7 Athletics 8 The Inauguration of Lawrence M. Schall 12 Engaging Students with Atlanta 14 Students Give Holidays New Meaning OU 16 Ten Years of Art at 19 Faculty Profile 20 Reading Room 22 Donor Profile 23 Alumni Association President's Letter 24 Class Notes • Future Freshmen •Weddings •AlumniUpdates • In Memoriam JnangTiration uotahlps q z InsteadoftheusualPresident'sMessage, herewepresentexcerpts o J fromspeechesmadeduringtheinaugurationofDn LawrenceM. SchaU. Chargeswerealsopresentedonbehalfofstudents,faculty, I alumniandhighereducation.Asummarycan hefound beginningonpage8. LawrenceM. Schall 2 D President u p. O XH "Oneofthejoysofworkingatasmallplaceisthateveryone a O•J mattersandcanhaveasignificantimpact. Everyonecanlay o theirhandsontheinstitution.Aspresident, Icertainlyknow thatall thatI doandsaymatters; myhandsaffectmanylives. I arrived inAtlantalastsummerafter 52 years in the Northeast.Julyisnotthebestmonthtomovesouth,but nevertheless I came full ofenergy, commitment and optimism. Icametobepartofanewcommunity, toleadan extraordinaryinstitution, almosttwocenturiesold,andto "Ifotmdafacultythatwasengaged, intellectualandcre- reaffirmourcommitmenttoaliberalartseducation, onethat ative. I foundstudentswhowereamazingyoungmenand isbroadlyconceivedanddesignedtopreparecitizenswhowill women, herebecausetheyhavealoveoflearningandwant guide theircommunitieswiselyandethically. 1 came to to makeadifferencewiththeirlives. Ifoundastafffully providesupporttoafacultythatissecondtononeintheir commitmenttosmdentsandtoteaching.AndIcametohelp preparedtokickitupanothernotchortwoandmake thingshappen. I foundaboardoftrusteesfiillyengaged instillasenseofbusinessandadministrativedisciplineto andcommittedtothisinsritudon.Andfinally, I founda ensurethatOglethorpehasalongandhealthyfuture." citythatisopentonewpeopleandnewideas,optimistic aboutthefiitureandfiillofopportunity." "OglethorpeUniversity, Ibelieve, doeshaveaunique obligationinAmericanhighereducation, derivedfromthe intersectionofthreeconditions: thevisionaryidealsand call to actionofournamesake, ourtraditionofeducation in theliberalartsandourplaceinthecityofAdanta." "Today, Iammakingacommitment. Oglethorpe Universitywilllayitshandsonthiscity.Wearesmalland notrichinfinancialresources, butourcommunityisrich inspirit, andtheindividuals thatmakeupourcommunity willcometogethertomakeadifferencetothiscity. Yesterdaymarkedanewerainourhistory.WeareAtlanta's liberalartscollege.Webelongto thisgreatcity.Weare committedto itsfiiture." muchaNortheastfamilycenteredaroundNewYork z o and Philadelphia. Itwouldalsobefairtosaywewere aSwarthmorefamily.Afewpointsfollowfromthis. u< X H One:This familyis usedto movingin abloc. IfI had toguess,weareabouttoseesomebigshiftinthefamily demographictowardtheSouthandtowardOglethorpe. z 3 Two: Larryisapath-setterandalsoapersonwho makes thingshappen—andgetshiswaymostofthedme. o Three:Youcanseeandwecertainlyfeltthepowerof aconsistentmessageinourfamily. 3 Ifyoulookbeliindthe niunbers,youcanseenotonlythat weallwenttothesamecollege, samesummercamp, but also thatweallhavehadcareersin publicservice. Ourdad is alawyer, momateacher.Theclearmessagewegotwasabout AlfredBloom publicservice,aboutthevalueoflifeliveddoingworkyou President, SwanhmoreCollege lovein theserviceofothers. "With apresident who gives meaning to the term That'sverymuchthemessageofOglethorpe: makealife, extraordinaryleadership; with aboard, afaculty, astaff, makealiving,makeadifference. Seemslikeaperfectmatch students and alumni exceptional in their institutional betweenthepersonandtheplace. Oglethorpeisalreadya dedication; with a distinguished tradition ofexcellence, veryspecialplace, an urban liberal artscollegewithaclear and with the remarkable opportunities the Cityof mission, astrongpresenceinAdantaandboldambidons." Adantaoffers for defining meaningful social priorities and forshapingpersonal paths ofcontribution towards them, Oglethorpe is sure to move undetgraduate education towardsitsftillerpurpose. I thankPresident Schall inadvanceforsettingthevision,negotiatingthe realitiesandenergizingthemomentumofatrajectory soessentialtoAmericaneducation; andI congratulate OglethorpeonchoosingLarryandLarryonchoosing Oglethorpe." EUenSchall Dean, NewYork University'sRobertF.WagnerGraduate SchoolofPublicService "It's nosmallthingtohavegatheredsomanyof[theSchall family] hereinAtlanta,buthereweare. UntilLarrymoved herealmostayearago,wecouldfairlybesaidtobepretty ^ news events z Best Face Forward 2006:A Basketball Odyssey o 2i~-l) Howlong hasitbeensinceyou lastvisitedthe Oglethorpe home- Oglethorpecelebrated90YearsofBasketballoncampusasstudents < u page?Doyou knowaboutourcity, ourcommunityandour participated in HomecomingWeekend February 10-12.TheAthletic M IH challenge?Ifnot,checl<outwww.oglethorpe.edu.Anewhome- DepartmentandtheAlumniOfficehostedaweekendofactivities, >< page was launched in early February, aimed at prospective bringingtogetherover200formerteammates,cheerleaders,coaches students,to highlightOglethorpe's l<ey messagesandtellthestory andathleticsfansofall agestocelebratethe longtradition of > ofthepeoplethat mal<e Oglethorpeunique.The restofthesite is OglethorpeathleticsandtocheeroncurrentStormyPetrel athletes. z D alsobeing updated, socheckbackoftenand seewhatyoucan learn Theweekend includedactivitiesforchildren,analumni basketball aboutOglethorpe. game, dinner,champagnebrunch andover53 basketballalumni O H were honoredwith acommemorativebasketball pin during half-time w ofthe men'sgameversustheSouthwestern PiratesonSunday, O February 12. In addition,the#33jerseyofRuss Churchwell '05was retired. Churchwell playedontheOglethorpe's men's basketballteam forfouryears(2000-2005), and hefinished hiscareerastheall-time leading scorerandall-time leading rebounderinthe historyofthe Southern CollegiateAthleticConference.Basketball hasbeenan integral partofthe OglethorpecommunitysinceDecember 15, 1916. OnthatdaytheStormyPetrelssuited uptoplaythe DecaturAthletic Club intheuniversity'sfirstbasketballgame.Sincethen, Oglethorpe's men's andwomen's basketballteamshavewon countless conference, regional and nationaltitles. JayLutz, withKarenHead '98, celebratinghislienorbythe Frenchgovernment FitTo aTea Oglethorpestudentsareoftenencouragedtogobeyondtextbooksfor Chevalier Lutz manycourses-reading an extra bookfora project,visiting an art Dr.JayLutzreceivedtheOrdredes PalmesAcademiquesfromthe museumforacultural experienceormeetingwithAtlanta's leaders French governmenton Monday, February27, intheOglethorpe foradded insight. ButforhisComparativePoliticsofChinaand UniversityMuseum ofArt. Lutz, FrancesI. Eeeraerts76Professorof Japancourse,Stephen Herschlerenhanced readingswithasampling Foreign Languageandchairoftheforeign languagedepartment, has ofinternationalteas. beenwiththeuniversitysince 1988. Herschler,assistantprofessorofpolitics, introducedadifferentteato ThePalmesAcademiqueswascreated byNapoleon in 1808to hisstudentseachweek: basicblack, green,gun powder, pu-erh, reward devotion andaccomplishment inteaching. DianneJosse, lapsang soochong, sencha, bancha, longjing, bi luochunand oolong. CulturalAttacheeforthe French Consulate, presentedtheawardto "Myidea istoopen upthespace intheclassroom,totakethe Lutz"forservice renderedtothe French culture"through his academicedgeoffandto helpopenthestudents' mindsaboutthe teaching. Dr Lutzreceived theaward inthe rankofChevalierand differences in ChinaandJapan.Tousethevariationsofteasdoesa wascongratulated bythe UnitedStatesAmbassadorto France. similarthing in an immediateway,"Herschlersaid. "Oglethorpe ishonoredto haveDr Lutzreceivethisdistinction,"said Amajorityofhisstudents had noexperiencewithteaotherthan OglethorpePresidentLarrySchall."He istheanchorofourforeign sweettea,and inthis lesson therewasnosugarallowed.After languageprogramand hashelpedfacilitatestudyabroadopportunities tasting theteaoftheweek,studentsdiscussedtheirreactions using forcountlessOglethorpestudentsandtheirinternational counter- languagetoeffectivelycommunicatehoweachteawasdifferent. He parts.Asateacherandscholar,hehasinspiredseveral generations promptedthestudents byaskingthemtothinkaboutteawith ofstudentstoimmersethemselvesin French languageandculture." languagecommonlyreservedforfinewine; personality, mood, studentsinStephenHerschler'sComparative Politicscoursesippedtlieirwaythrougtithecultures <U ofChinaandJapan. landscapeorenvironment,whatitremindsyou of, seasons, iiow it Campusevents, studentsandfacultyhavealsogained alotmore mal<esyou feel.Studentswerealsorequiredto l<eepateajournal, attentionfromthe mediasincethefall.TwoDeltaSigmaPhicharity tobetyped upand submittedatthe endofthesemesteras part fundraisers (10/21/05,4/6/06)andthe PetrelsofFiretradition oftheirclass participation grade. (2/13/06)werephotographedfor TheAtlantaJournal-Constitution. TheAlternativeSpring Breaktriptaken by26Oglethorpestudents "Iwantto reachthestudentsthroughtheirmind butoftenweare andstaffgained local mediacoverageonthefrontpageof The mostimpactedthroughoursenses.Thisexercisewill havean AtlantaJournal-Constitution(3/18/06) andwaspicked up bytheU.S. impactinawaythatwordsand ideasdonot. Perhapstheywill Newswire(3/9/06).The Core Curriculum (9/6/05)andouradmission usethisprocesstohelptheotherideasstick,"Herschlersaid. materials(4/2/06)werebothfeatured inseparatearticles in The WashingtonPostAn Oglethorpestudentis includedon aprintand billboardadforthe BrandAtlantaCampaign. OU in the News Sincethefallof2005Oglethorpehasappeared in the press BothexhibitionsintheOglethorpeUniversity Museum ofArthave quiteabit. First,the Hurhcane Katrinareliefworl<done bythe beenfeatured in local newspapers, magazinesandwebsites.Astory OglethorpeUniversitycommunitythroughoutSeptemberand aboutthe currentexhibition PortalstoShangh-La:Masterpieces Octoberdrewa lotofattention. TheAtlantaJournal-Constitution fromBuddhistMongoliaairedonWashington PostRadio(1/27/06), coveredourefforts(9/5/05, 9/17/05, 9/23/05)andthe university andthe museumwasnamedthe"BestKeptMuseum Secret"by wasfeaturedonallthreelocaltelevisionstations.The Oglethorpe AtlantaMagazineinthe Decemberissue. volunteerswerealsohighlighted inthe Mansfield, Louisiana, newspaper(9/15/05)andonthecoverof TheSouthernAviator ifyou are interested inobtaining acopyofanyofthese pressclips, magazine(10/05). Local media,AtlantaINtown(11/05)and pleasecontactElizabeth Pittman at404.364.8868or NeighborNewspapers(9/23/05)alsoran photosandarticles [email protected]. aboutthereliefefforts. news 8^ events @ Seen Oglethorpe FromthepoetlaureatetoamemberofCongress,theOglethorpe campushasseen manyfamiliarfacesthissemester.Ann Cramer, IBM'sdirectorofcorporatecommunityrelations, gavea Rikard Lecture intheOglethorpeUniversityIVIuseumofArton February7, hoursafterOglethorpestudentsvisitedAtlanta's Federal Reserve Banktomeetwith presidentJackGuynn intheFed'sboardroom as partofthe OUrAtlantaprogram. Thefollowing day Georgia LaborCommissionerMichael ThurmondwastheguestspeakerforOglethorpeDay held February8.Thurmondtookin the PetrelsofFire race,spoketo students,facultyandstaffin Conantandthen enjoyeda Georgian-themed lunch inthe EmersonStudentCenter OnApril 11, CongressmanJohn Lewisvisitedcampusforatown hallstyleeventdiscussing currentissuesin civil rights.Speakingto acrowdof250in LuptonAuditorium, Lewis recounted hisjourney through the civil rights movement, including time spent with Dr Martin LutherKing,Jr Hisappearancewassponsored bySafe Zone,theRich Foundation Urban LeadershipProgram andthe Women'sStudies Program. U.S. PoetLaureate TedKooserspoketoapackedcrowdin February. On February9,U.S.PoetLaureateTed Kooserread hisworksand spoketoanaudienceof500 packed intheConantPerformingArts Center Kooser,on hisfirsttriptoAtlanta,visitedwithDr Linda Taylor'sModernAmericanPoetryclass, madeanappearanceon F0X5's"GoodDayAtlanta"andsignedbooksfollowingthereading. CongressmanJohnLewisdiscussedhisjourneythroughthecivil rightsmovementduringarecentvisittoOgiethorpe. athletics ByHoytYoung z o Inwhatisbecomingaspring sportstradition,theOglethorpe men's <u golfteam wontheirseventh SCACchampionship inthe lastnine 1- years.Led byOglethorpe MaleAthleteoftheYear,seniorJoe Green, the Petrelsdominatedattheconferencetournamentin Monteagle, Tennessee,solidifyingtheir#3 national ranking.LookforOglethorpe > Z to make even more noise at the NCAA Division III National a Championshipsin May.Visitwww.oglethorpe.edu (keyword: athletics) 5 forchampionshipnews. The men'sandwomen'stennisteamfoughtconsistencyall season OX with the exception of one playerwho proved to be outright -1 unflappable.JuniorEckhardtvan derLinde ledthePetrelsat#1 o singlesall seasonwithanear-perfectrecordandsawhisnational ranking riseto#7. HeanddoublespartnerDrue Malonecombine 7 to makethe#8 rankeddoublescombination intheSouth region, andbothawaitword on an invitationtotheNCAANationals.While thewomen'steam struggledwiththeiryouth, headcoach Peter Howellawaitstheirnextseason on newlyrenovatedtenniscourts. Notfarbehindthe men isthewomen'sgolfteam, ranked#17 nationally.AttheSCACtournament,thePetrelsstalked#3 DePauw Universityfortwodays before narrowlyfinishingsecond. Extremely young andtalented,thewomenaresuretocontinuetheirsteadyrise nextseason. TheOglethorpe men'sbaseballteam struggledtoan 11-29 record thisseason,thoughtheteam'sconstanthardworkanddetermination did notgo unnoticedbytheAnderson Fieldfaithful.Theteamwill be Facility Improvements buoyedbythereturnoffreshman pitchingsensationSeanTuttle, whodespitethe Petrels' struggles, manageda6-2 recordand a Theaddition ofamoderntenniscenterthatwill elevatetheathlete spotless4-0 record informidableSCACplay. andfan experience is nottheonlyexciting athletic improvement. The DepartmentofSports Medicine, in partnershipwith Infinite Though lacking indepthtotheirconferencerivals,the men'sand Sports Inc., renovatedand installedstate-of-the-artequipment women'strackteams managedtofightforasixth placefinish in a throughouttheathletes'trainingarea.Amongthe highlightsfor stoutSCACChampionship. Individualstandoutsshinedthroughout theseasontoprovidethestrengthtomakearun upthestandings. the 1,000-square-foottraining room areseven newtrainingtables, fourelectrical stimulation machineswith UltraSound combination SeniorJon Gabrielfinished hisfour-yearcareeratOglethorpe unitsandthree newwhirlpools inthe newly minted400-square- unbeaten inthe400 metersathomeand recordedasecond-place foothydro-therapyroom.Thenewtraining room alsoboaststhe SCACchampionshipfinish.Sophomore long-jumpersAndreaVinson capacityfortherapeuticlasertreatment. andJustinWillardsetschool recordsintheireventsandawaitword onan invitationtotheDivision III Nationals. the inauguration of lawrence m. schall I > Z 8 ByMarkDeLong '03 "I hopethisweekendandall itsactivitiesservedasasignal to thoseinsidetheOglethorpecommunityaswellasto TheOglethorpecommunitygot"HandsOn" fortheinauguration ourfiriendsingreaterAdantathatourinstitutioniscom- ofLawrenceM. SchallasOglethorpe's I6th president.Theweekend mitted toplayinganimportantrole in the futureofthis celebrationbeganonThursday,April20,withAnEveningwiththe city," commentedSchall inhis inaugurationaddress. MayorsfeaturingAdantaMayorShirleyFranklinandAmbassador AndrewYoungandpresentedbytheOglethorpeWomen'sNetwork. Thursday On Friday,April21, students, faculty, staff, alumni andtrustees "OnThursdayevening,welistenedtoan inspirational descendedon Garden HillsElementarySchoolforaDayofService conversationbetweenMayorFranklinandAmbassador andthencelebratedtheiraccomplishmentsbackoncampuswitha YoungattheWoodruffArtsCenter,"saidSchall. "Itwas barbecuedinnerTheformalinauguration ceremonywas held the oneofthemostspecial eventsI haveeverwitnessed." morning ofSaturday, April 22, in the Conant PerformingArts Centerwithareception followingon theveranda. Over350peoplesharedintheconversationonarainy ThursdayeveninginAdanta,welcomedtotheeventby NeilWilliams, ChairoftheWoodruffArtsCenterBoard.