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Annual Report Of Thf. President wo 1996-97 * Centenary College Of Louisiana N U A L E P O R T Letter From place that nurtures and sustains high- quality teaching and learning, as well The President D From The as the development of character. The College will continue to develop activi¬ uring the past year, we ties that are both educational in nature refined Centenary College’s and those that are simply fun. Already Institutional Plan and imple¬ known for the beauty of its setting, the mented a new vision and purpose. I institution will continue to develop will share with you parts of our new and enhance the physical plant and President Vision Statement and then suggest a campus grounds, both in support of few areas in which I believe the the high quality of life to which we are College will progress during the com¬ committed and as a visual statement ing three to five years. — one that reflects the excellence of Our Vision Statement notes that what takes place every day at since our founding in 1825, Centenary Centenary College. 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 7 has been committed to the preserva¬ To realize this vision, Centenary tion of academic rigor, high standards will focus its efforts in four areas: - of personal conduct, and the integrat¬ ed development of the mind, body, and spirit of its students. It reempha¬ sizes that we continue to encourage a lifelong dedication to learning and to serving others. As we approach the 21st Century, the institution will continue to enhance its reputation as one of the premier student-centered liberal arts colleges in the nation — one that leaves a positive and permanent mark on the life of every graduate. The W * -i-nu-iu: i I Ailkp: «f ItHtisutut College remains committed to the development of cultured, well-rounded Gi i Wljfs A (S/IOOV individuals who will be responsible citizens, skilled in the workplace, and capable of exercising leadership. Our student body will be diverse, comprised of persons from different cultures, geographic areas, and age groups. Guided and mentored by gifted faculty and staff, students will excel in high-quality programs. They will develop on a campus characterized by rich ■ increase academic quality, ► $10 Million Anonymous Contribution, Largest Ever opportunities for interaction with out¬ ■ enhance student life, standing scholars, artists, and leaders. ■ support technology, $10 million fund to be used to match future gifs to the College was announced by Although our primary focus will be ■ develop superior financial (lefi to right) Kenneth L. Schwab, president; Roy S. Hurley, chairman of the Centenary Board on undergraduate education in the management, development, and of Trustees, and William G. Anderson, vice chairman. The check, fom an anonymous source, liberal arts and sciences, the College external relations resources. was unveiled during the dedication ceremony for the College’s new apartment-style residence will continue to offer a limited number In this report I will share a few hall, Rotary Hall Suites. The $10 million will allow the College to pursue a number of possi¬ of graduate programs that reflect the examples of the progress that we made special needs of the region’s population during this past year and list some of bilities that have been identified through its planning process. Among them are academic and and economy. the challenges ahead of us. faculty support, endowment growth, a Wellness Center, a new Science Building, a remodeled The College will continue to be a —Kenneth L. Schwab Student Center and Library, and a Performance Hall and Arts complex. n n u a l Tfe port ¥ r o m ¥ h e ‘President CO 1996-1997 Centenary College Of Louisiana 2003 with which to support equip¬ ATcademic Quality ment purchases, ■ obtain funding for additional class¬ he esteem in which colleges room space, a performance hall, a and universities are held is wellness facility, a science building, a determined by numerous renovated Moore Student Center, as factors, but no considerations are more well as satisfy other needs in the aca¬ central than two: the excellence and demic and co-curricular programs. variety of the programs delivered by the faculty, and the quality and respon¬ ► We need to increase student involve¬ siveness of staff who support the insti¬ ment in research and creative activities. tution in achieving its primary mission Extensive research on both student of academic excellence. learning and retention indicates that As a selective college approaching its hands-on activities as a central focus of third century of service, Centenary will instruction, together with collaborative advance the tradition of this institution learning, motivate those we teach and as one of the nation’s finest small can result in significant increases in colleges. It will maintain its high stan¬ both subject interest and overall reten¬ dards, continue to refine the curriculum the site of their combustion research at the NASA-Lewis Research Center in tion. Involving science students in consistent with a changing society and Cleveland, Ohio are Dr. Tom Ticich (left), assistant professor of chemistry, and Brock research is now a major emphasis at the needs of its students and, as always, Stephens, junior chemistry major. Some of their research was presented at the prestigious leading institutions. Centenary recruit and nurture the finest faculty Gordon Research Conference on Combustion held in New Hampshire during the summer. responded by substantially reforming and staff to support the education and its curriculum and teaching method¬ development of its students. ologies, a fact recognized by the com¬ ► We need to provide a science sustain modern science. petitive award from the Howard facility equipped to support research During the past two years. Mickle ► We need to obtain equipment, Hughes Medical Institute ($600,000). and teaching in the reformed, Hall of Science has been revitalized facilities and information resources We worked to enhance the annual laboratory- intensive mode. with new lighting, paint, carpet and necessary to support academic Student Research Forum and to provide The tradition of excellence in the furniture. programs and research. special incentives for greater participa¬ sciences at Centenary College is a To support the new mode of Several elements in our current tion by students in summer research by venerable one, documented by the fact teaching and to release space in Mickle strategic plan concerning academic increasing summer stipends. that a member of its inaugural faculty Hall required for other programs, we quality are well under way while others By the end of 1998, all our mathe¬ was a founder of Louisiana’s first medical will secure funds needed to construct have been completed. These include matics and science faculty will have school and later recognized by election and equip a new science building. ■ the linking of PC clusters to the attended Project Kaleidoscope work¬ to the predecessor of the National Upon its completion, we will renovate campus computer nerv^k, shops and we will have completed the Academy of Sciences. This firm foun¬ Mickle Hall. ■ the renovation and equipping of deve^pient^fcourses that allow stu¬ dation in science was reinforced in our a new" biophysics laboratory in dents to earn academic credit for century with the Mary Warters-John ► We need to achieve compensation Mickle Hall, research. The Natural Sciences Entrikin tradition that shaped contem¬ parity for our faculty. ■ networked access to the library Division developed a highly successful porary Centenary science — recently Higher education is beginning to catalogue and other services. colloquium series focused on research ranked as one of the top 200 mathe¬ feel the effects of the restructuring that During the past summer we repaired which brought such notable speakers matics/science programs in the U.S. is taking place in industry, govern¬ and treated windows and brickwork at and researchers as Dr. Mark Ghiorso of This excellence has been recognized by ment, and the health professions. The the Meadows Museum of Art. We the University of Washington and Dr. acceptance of Centenary students at force of various cost-cutting measures submitted proposals for equipment Steven Chu (who was named winner prestigious graduate and professional undertaken in the name of “downsiz¬ grants and were successful in several of the Nobel Prize for Physics in schools and the increasing number of ing” and “re-engineering” has been felt areas. We enhanced print and electronic October 1997), a member of the grants made to faculty in recent years most strongly in public institutions of information resources for Magale Library National Academy of Sciences. from government agencies and founda¬ higher education: those subject to the and installed three electronic class¬ To further enhance our students’ tions such as the Systemic Initiative of political agendas of office holders. rooms to support innovative teaching. involvement in research and creative the National Science Foundation. The Private institutions must now examine We received the largest science grant activities, we will provide funds to present science building was erected their own budgets with even greater in the College’s history. The Howard send students to regional and national during a period when the lecture for¬ stringency as a result of the effects of Hughes Medical Institute awarded conferences to report on their research, mat prevailed, undergraduate research rising costs and increasing competi¬ $600,000 for biological and biomedical and we will continue to send faculty to was negligible, and safety and HVAC tion. One consequence is that the cost laboratories, new equipment, a multi¬ summer workshops on reformed teach¬ requirements were significantly lower of any decision — however small — is year research program for undergradu¬ ing methods. than today. It is now inadequate to relevant. Adequate compensation, ates, faculty development, summer including benefits, for those responsi¬ research and support for a new faculty ble for the education, development, position in neurobiology. and support of our students is highly Those who write about our era relevant as we attempt to attract and describe it as the “Age of Technology,” retain the best available talents. The or, alternatively, the “Age of Information,” institution will pursue measures to in which knowledge is said to double bring salaries in line with institutions every four years. Both terms reflect similar in size and character to profound changes we have experienced Centenary College. in recent decades as a result of advance¬ ments in science and technology. ► We need to achieve compensation The challenge for high-quality parity for staff. academic institutions is to provide The College must recruit the best equipment and information resources available talent, and salary and benefits adequate to preparing their students are principal incentives in choosing not only for competence in our knowl¬ Centenary over other opportunities. edge-intensive world but leadership as well. Toward that end, we will ► We need to improve facilities for ■ submit proposals for equipment the social sciences. grants to a wide range of sources, ^CJhe $600,000 award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute allowed summer research The Social Sciences Division is scat¬ ■ secure a $1 million endowment by projects by these teams of students andfaculty members during the summer of1997. tered among three buildings on cam- 2 n n u a l Tfe port r o m The ‘President 1996-1997 Centenary College Of Louisiana pus. Most faculty of the social sciences groups can gather to better address bonding with the institution. We will entering students are computer owners, — history, political science, psycholo¬ their recreational and social needs. continue staff discussions of enhanced and a substantial percentage have gy, and sociology — are housed in the In response to these urgent needs, customer service so as to increase stu¬ already achieved a level of computer basement of Magale Library, a space we will dent satisfaction. sophistication. As a competitive insti¬ that will be needed for eventual expan¬ ■ obtain funds for the construction of tution, we must sion of the book/serials collection and a Wellness Center, ► We need to develop a wide variety ■ provide for the rapidly increasing other uses in a projected campus infor¬ ■ renovate and enlarge Moore Student of activities to enrich student life. and changing hardware and software mation center. Until the faculty locat¬ Center, Centenary recognizes that the best needs of teaching and research, ed in the library basement can move to ■ renovate Hardin Field, Hardin college experience combines a high ■ assist our faculty in developing new a facility that will accommodate its Tennis Courts and Haynes quality academic program with oppor¬ computer skills and integrating what needs, we completed the carpeting of Gymnasium, tunities for students to develop as indi¬ they have learned into stimulating the basement of Magale Library and ■ add seating for spectators at soccer, viduals, citizens, contributors to the activities in the classroom and labo¬ we will improve sound barriers in the softball and baseball fields, workplace, and leaders. ratory, and classrooms. ■ improve lighting at the baseball field To support this multifaceted mis¬ ■ assure that Centenary College can and install lights at the soccer and sion, we hired new administrative staff legitimately present itself as an ► We need to provide additional sup¬ softball facilities, in the areas of enrollment manage¬ institution attuned to the daily port for faculty and staff development. ■ replace lower-level seating and ment, student life and admissions. The challenges confronting academic The College obtained funds through improve the sound system in the largest attendances ever were recorded institutions in the information age. the Associated Colleges of the South Gold Dome. at the annual Parents and Family to send faculty members to advanced Weekend and the Fall and Spring ► We need to complete the campus¬ computer workshops. Other avenues ► We need to upgrade student Admissions Open Houses during wide information system using for training faculty will be pursued. living quarters. 1996-97. The number of applications advanced technologies. We also began a series of programs In concert with the rest of American increased substantially and the results The investment by Centenary through our computer services depart¬ society, higher education experienced were outstanding for Fall enrollment. College of $ 1 million over the past 3 ment that allows our faculty and staff significant social changes as the cam¬ We also plan to years in computer technology reflects to learn new competencies, including pus community became a microcosm ■ increase funding for student activities, our recognition that we are in the the use of the Internet and the devel¬ of an increasingly less-structured, ■ add women’s golf and basketball as midst of an information explosion that opment of materials for the College’s informal American society. varsity sports, is profoundly changing the way faculty worldwide web site. To provide for much-needed repair, ■ develop a $ 1 million endowment to teach and students learn. Since 1993- replacement, and modernization of support student travel to academic 94, the college has installed a fiber¬ ► We need to develop a model general facilities so that the College will provide programs abroad, optic backbone capable of transmitting education program. a contemporary living style to students, ■ increase efforts to coordinate co- data, voice, and video. We networked A faculty task force is developing we renovated and equipped Rotary curricular events, the campus and connected the local components of the program. The first Hall, now Rotary Hall Suites, in the ■ assure at least two lectures a area network to the Internet, providing phase of the program, the common Fall of 1997 as a coed facility offering semester by incumbents of our the campus community with direct freshman experience, has been in place apartment-style living to our students. endowed eminent scholars chairs. access to the entire world. for the past two years. We also placed new furnishings in all Students now have three PC labs student residence halls and will soon Support available to them for general use and Enhance provide computer network access for Technology three additional ones in academic every room on the campus. Student Life departments. A seventh (multimedia) he profound effects of powerful lab, foreseen as a technology-based he Centenary College catalogue ► We must assure a safe campus and affordable computers over learning center, is planned. Online states the institution’s purpose environment. the last two decades are not lim¬ access to the Magale Library catalogue as: “Academic and co-curricular Visitors to Centenary College ited to business and industry. The is now available through the worldwide programs... support students in their comment on the exceptionally beauti¬ giddy pace of the revolution taking web. Administrative information re¬ development and encourage them to ful setting of our campus which is place in what many call the Age of sources, while still supporting basic needs become leaders in the workplace, the enhanced by its openness. To maintain Information is revealed in the fact that with a software package more than a community, the nation, and the world a safe campus, the lessons of other the complex computer programming decade old, require modernization if at large.” This confirms a long-held institutions suggest that we must be required to land human beings on the the college is to increase its efficiency. notion at Centenary that the responsi¬ constantly vigilant so that students, moon and return them to earth can We have combined the function of bility of the college is not only to edu¬ faculty, and staff will continue to teach now be accommodated in a relatively the director of the library, director of cate students but to develop them as and learn in the comfort and safety of modest, hand-held instrument. computer services and overseer of the citizens and contributors to the world our historically secure environment. More than half of Centenary’s telecommunications function into one of work. The institution recognizes, as To assist us, we are developing a well, that the lives of students must campus watch network and a restricted achieve a healthy balance between access system for all campus facilities. study and recreation, hard work and Lighting has been upgraded but more leisure, and the mind and the body. will be needed in parking areas. A bar¬ rier has been erected to prevent campus ► We need to improve and expand drive-through, and we are working facilities to meet wellness, recreation, with the City of Shreveport to close and social needs of students. Woodlawn Avenue to non-college traffic. Recent decades recorded a quantum increase in health consciousness, ► We need to develop a model fresh¬ particularly among young, educated man year program. Americans. During the same period, Extensive research and experience higher education experienced a growing focused on the freshman year has con¬ competitiveness, most notably in the firmed that an integrated program cre¬ private sector, which led institutions to atively addressing all aspects of the first increase their focus on quality of life. year of college, from academics to pro¬ Several studies at Centenary concluded viding adequate laundry facilities, is that the wider campus community essential to student well-being and, perceives development of a wellness thus, a higher rate of retention. As student editors and writers for the innovative French-language publication Le facility as its highest priority. In addi¬ We will continue to develop and Tintamarre, which is student-written and produced at Centenary, they were featured along tion, students agree that the college enhance the freshman orientation pro¬ with Dr. Dana Kress, President Kenneth Schwab and Alan Yokem in a Toyota ad honoring needs facilities where individuals and gram to better develop early student Yokem Toyota’s civic commitment. n n u a l Tfe port T r o m The President SSS If) 9 6 1 9 9 7 3 - Centenary College Of Louisiana position under a chief information Colleges of the South. officer, Dr. Roger Becker. An addition¬ Even the most cost-effective institu¬ al technical services person has also tions need additional funds to meet College’s joined the Computer Services staff. the rising cost of delivering quality newest To seize opportunities, address education. Dealing with deferred recruiting needs, and solve problems, the college maintenance, increasing the overall materials— has completed the hardwiring of addi¬ quality of the college, and responding using the tional academic buildings and PC clus¬ to the diverse challenges cited elsewhere theme ters in residence halls, giving general in this document will require signifi¬ Centenary: access to the local area network. Phase cant new investments in programs, the Jewel of IV, now under way, will include the faculty and staff, and infrastructure. the South— hardwiring of the Center for Extended The development of an invigorated captured Learning, the Turner Art Center and college poised to play a major role in “Best of the Gold Dome. the new millennium can be achieved Show” hon¬ In Magale Library, we will by our continued commitment to pru¬ ors from the ■ obtain funding for and install a dence in financial affairs and the Shreveport technology-based learning center, attraction of additional revenues. Advertising including 30 multimedia work¬ The unfavorable demographics Federation. «TArc «?*, mmm stations and a satellite downlink, among college-age cohorts over the MiD-SOUTHSSPSS.Mff.R ■ increase the number of serials past decade resulted in a decreasing projects including a wellness facili¬ counselors by creating a private- available, and number of students seeking admission ty, expanded Moore Student school counselor program and ■ transform the library into a tech¬ to college. This, in addition to rising Center, an arts complex, a new encouraging local counselors to visit nology-based information center costs and intense competition among science facility, and a 21st Century campus, with the library as a nucleus by the institutions for new students, grants, information center; and ■ designed a local college night on year 2000. private donations, and other resources, • gifts for current operations that are campus, requires the institution to manage its used to balance the annual budgets. ■ expanded admissions publications fiscal affairs carefully. Develop Superior and developed a new mailings In addition to economies instituted Financial ► We need to increase enrollment to system, over the past two years and the com¬ Management, mitment that Centenary has made to 1,000 undergraduates by the year 2000. ■ developed and distributed a new In a period of steadily rising costs Centenary College video, and Development and maintain and enhance its endowment, and intense competition in the private ■ enhanced the level and efficiency of the College has developed financial External Relations sector of higher education, Centenary faculty involvement in the admissions models to assure a balanced budget Resources College has its financial house in good process through training, faculty that use enrollment history, tuition, order and is steadily improving its phonathons, and targeted travel. room and board charges, operating entenary College is proud of its reputation and national visibility. It budget increases and salary increases. remarkable success over the has done so, however, with periodic ► We need to improve retention. years in achieving excellence at a withdrawals from its quasi-endowment, Although Centenary is supported by ► We need to develop optimal bud¬ the reserve which the college might call a $80 million endowment and receives very reasonable cost to students. We getary processes and financial systems. upon to maintain the physical plant, significant annual contributions to the are cited in national publications as Over the past two years the institu¬ support programs, and provide for Annual Fund, it still depends on one of the country’s “best buys,” set¬ tion has reviewed its food services and innovation. A significant increase in tuition and fees to sustain the enter¬ ting tuition and fees at a level half that physical facilities functions, together the size of the student body will gener¬ prise. Strong competition among all charged at many institutions of com¬ with auxiliary enterprises, as part of a ate the revenues to meet the financial institutions in the private sector of parable quality, including a number in concerted effort to increase efficiency needs of the College. To make this higher education (and growing compe¬ our own consortium, the Associated and maximize the impact of resources possible, we have tition with the public sector) requires a available to the college. ■ increased enrollment in the entering substantial investment by the College To further enhance our efficiency freshman class in 1997 to 235 while to enroll each student. we have: improving its quality, and increasing ■ upgraded administrative software, with initial equipment installed in the net tuition, ► We need to achieve more flexibility the Fall of 1997 and other upgrades ■ communicated clear recruitment in management of endowed funds scheduled through January 1999. objectives to the Athletic Depart¬ consistent with sound management ment and enhanced coordination principles. with the Office of Enrollment Centenary College enjoys an endow¬ ► We need to focus development on long¬ Management, ment significantly larger than many term funding sources for college needs. The efficient operation of the insti¬ ■ sought new ways to attract gifted other institutions of its size, and it has tution and its enhancement is ham¬ students to enroll at Centenary, used its income well to create a nation¬ pered by the difficulty of addressing ■ targeted areas which show the great¬ al reputation. To accomplish more and expensive, unforeseen problems that est potential for recruiting students, develop a competitive college for the arise or to seize opportunities that ■ worked to involve parents and new millennium, we must optimize require expenditures of resources. Centenary alumni in recruiting the return on our endowment, thereby, Efficiency is also hampered when students, making new resources available for rising costs affect our capacity to pro¬ ■ increased the extent of geographical needed improvements and promising vide for basic needs. To attract funds coverage and diversity of the off- initiatives. to meet both current and unanticipat¬ campus recruitment program, The Endowment and Investment ed needs, the College has ■ expanded into national markets, Committee of the Board of Trustees is ■ developed a Comprehensive ■ included faculty, staff, and students examining endowment allocation and Campaign designed to raise at least in recruiting efforts, spending policies to optimize growth $50 million by December 2003 for ■ enhanced campus visits through the and income and to minimize risk. CJfhe Patrick W. Peavy, Jr. Memorial the following purposes: use of tour guides and student They also adopted the use of “total Climbing Tower, a project of students in • endowments for faculty and stu¬ ambassadors during open houses return” in calculating rates of spending Dr. Barrie Richardson’s business leadership dent research, student financial aid, coinciding with Parents’ Weekend and growth. class, now graces the campus between faculty chairs and professorships, and other events, Mickle Hall and Haynes Gymnasium. student intercultural travel, and ■ enhanced letters sent to prospective ► We need to increase efforts to Here, it is reflected in the pool in the academic equipment; students, publicize the quality of the college. middle of the Arboretum. • renovation and new construction ■ strengthened relations with college It is frequently said by distinguished 4 n n u a l Tfe port “From H h e ^President 1996-1997 Centenary College Of Louisiana visitors that Centenary College is “one Statement of Activities of the best-kept secrets” in higher edu¬ cation. To a certain extent this is true. FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31, 1997 The College has not historically made the accomplishments of its faculty, stu¬ dents, and staff known to the world at Temporarily Permanently large, and it needs to find ways to Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total make the name of Centenary familiar Revenues, Gains and Other Support: in all parts of the country and other Student tuition and fees parts of the world. The College has net of discount of $2,831,544 5,048,403 0 0 5,048,403 ■ developed a Centenary home page on the worldwide web Federal and state grants and contracts 135,293 759,258 0 894,551 (www.centenary.edu), Private gifts 2,047,244 1,222,299 2,529,039 5,798,582 ■ increased the number of radio and Return on investments 3,686,293 2,972,002 120,092 6,778,387 television public service announce¬ Change in the value of split interest agreements 0 250,534 4,126,813 4,377,347 ments, and developed a plan for commercial television advertising Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises 2,058,833 0 0 2,058,833 and news opportunities, Miscellaneous revenues 667,385 0 0 667,385 ■ compiled a campus expertise 13,643,451 5,204,093 6,775,944 25,623,488 database that is listed in the Global Experts Database on the Internet, ■ expanded news media placements Net assets released from restrictions 6,383,262 (6,383,262) 0 0 via the ProfNet media service, ■ hosted an annual media luncheon, and Total revenues, gains and other support 20,026,713 (1,179,169) 6,773,944 25,623,488 ■ expanded efforts to increase aware¬ ness of Centenary in other countries. Expenses: ► We need to increase contact with Educational and general: alumni and other friends of the college. Many alumni have returned to the Instruction 5,554,254 0 5,554,254 Centenary campus in recent years, Academic support 1,344,730 0 0 1,344,730 with many returning for the first time Student services 1,788,146 0 0 1,788,146 since graduation. They testify about the significance of their education in Public service 642,431 0 0 642,431 their success in the workplace and as Institutional support 2,397,119 0 0 2,397,119 members of society. The College will Scholarships and grants 1,189,579 0 0 1,189,579 increase recent efforts to stimulate interest of alumni in the College and Payments to beneficiaries 46,843 0 0 46,843 particularly to showcase with current Total educational and general 12,963,102 12,963,102 0 students the successes of graduates. Auxiliary enterprises 2,847,461 0 0 2,847,461 The College will Total expenses 15,810,563 0 0 15,810,563 ■ survey alumni on a regular basis, ■ involve alumni in on- and off-campus activities, Change in net assets 4,216,150 (1,179,169) 6,775,944 9,812,925 ■ team the Career Center and Develop¬ ment Office in an alumni-focused effort to secure internships and Net assets at the beginning of year 25,569,922 6,511,544 50,218,017 82,299,483 employment for Centenary students, ■ develop and recruit a geographically Net assets at end of year $ 29,786,072 5,332,375 56,993,961 92,112,408 broad-based national Alumni Board of Directors, ■ seek admission to the Southland Athletic Conference to increase the 1996-97 Income* 1996-97 Expenses* level of student and alumni interest in athletic events, and ■ increase and coordinate efforts to $18,597,010 $15,810,563 identify alumni by academic major and maintain contact with their Other Other former departments. 0 4% % Auxiliary Auxiliary Enterprises ► We need to acquire land on the enterprises Student tuition 1 11% and fees Instruct campus periphery to support future 27% 35% growth, increase security, and enhance the attractiveness of the neighborhood. It has been a long-standing goal of Scholarships and grants Centenary College to grow, but its 8 % growth is limited by the small size of its campus which lessens opportunities for future construction. Aesthetic and Grants security considerations are also reasons contracts Institutional to develop a buffer around the campus support so that its beauty will not be compro¬ Investment 15% income mised by incompatible developments Academic 35% within eye view of the institution, and support that access to the campus is controlled Private gifts Public service Student services 9% 18% 4% 11 by the institution. T 996-97 Operating Budget % lT n n u a l Tfe port ‘F r o m The President CO 1996-1997 5 C E N T E ary College Of L ouisiana Arthur Vining Davis Foundations President’s Atkins Foundation Club Bank One, Louisiana, NA i The Beau Bogan Foundation I The Booth-Bricker Fund () ur grateful thanks to members of the Estate of Laura Hayd Bruchhaus President’s Club, who contributed $5,000 Estate of Nan Christian or more to Centenary College in 1996-1997. Citizen's Scholarship Foundation Individuals Columbia Highland Hospital Commercial National Bank Dr. & Mrs. W. Eugene Alford Cynthia D. Feazel Trust Mr. Joseph S. Anderson Design Associates, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William G. Anderson Duke Energy Mrs. Douglas F. Attaway Edward Schlieder Educatonal Foundation Mrs. Gladys Tooke Barnett Exxon Education Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles T. Beaird First United Methodist Church of Dr. & Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Natchitoches Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bradford Fitness Expo Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Brown The Frost Foundation Dr. Alberta Broyles Georgia Pacific Corporation r / '1, resident Kenneth Schwab presents a baseball bat and plaque to Edwin Harbuck Mrs. Vera Mae Buchanan Grayson Company, Inc. during the annual tapping ceremony for Omicron Delta Kappa. Harbuck ‘56, a Centenary Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Q. Carlile Hazel & Claude Fendlason Fund trustee, delivered the annual ODK Convocation lecture. Dr. Nancy M. Carruth William Randolph Hearst Foundation Dr. Roscoe Owen Carter Hibernia Bank in Shreveport Mr. J. Stafford Comegys Estate of Mildred Elinor Hogan Mr. & Mrs. Dewey W. Corley Howard Hughes Medical Institute Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III Estate of Gordon Aaron Hoyer Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Davis Hurley Endowment Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James F. Dean Louisiana Independent College Fund Mr. & Mrs. Marlin W. Drake Jr. Louisiana Annual Conference Mrs. Edna Hardin Earnest Louisiana State Treasury Department Mr. & Mrs. N. Bond Fleming Lowrey Investment Company Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Goodwin Magale Foundation, Inc. Mr. Sam B. Grayson Bruce R. McMillan, jr Foundation Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Mark A. Greve Nelson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Hamm Pediatric Anesthesia Associates Mr. & Mrs. Edwin C. Harbuck The Phillips Foundation Gen. & Mrs. John S. Hardy Poindexter Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Marilee Harter Powers Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Horace M. Holder Estate of Georgie M. Robinson Rev. Bonnie Ruth Holley Sawyer Drilling & Service,Inc. ► J rustee Virginia Shehee visits with Rep. Beverly Bruce of Mansfield. The two were at Dr. & Mrs. B. J. Hollingsworth Scurlock Foundation Centenary for the Louisiana Board of Regents ceremony celebrating the completion of the Mr. & Mrs. Percy V. Hubbard Shreveport Art Guild - Friends of the Mrs. LaVaga James funding for the $1 million Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Eminent Scholars Chair and the Meadows Museum Mr. & Mrs. H. Blume Johnson $100,000Joanna G. Magale Endowed Professorship. Shreveport Regional Arts Council Mr. & Mrs. John H. Johnson Jr. Shreveport-Bossier Community Mr. & Mrs. Mat Kawasaki Foundation Mr. Robert D. Magers Smith International Dr. A. A. Bullock Jr. Dr. & Mrs. J. Steven Heard Dr. & Mrs. P. Michael Mann Southwestern Electric Power Company Dr. & Mrs. William S. Bundrick Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. John T. McBride Tartt Scholarship Fund Mrs. Mary Burkhalter Mrs. John A. Hendrick Mr. & Mrs. James A. McCalmont III United Methodist Conference Board of Mrs. R. A. Camus Ms. Bobbie Cates Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. McCarthy Higher Education Dr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Carey Dr. & Mrs. David Hoaas Ms. Barbara C. McCutcheon Union Pacific Foundation Mrs. Constance Carroll Mr. & Mrs. A. Gerald Howard Mrs. Betty Vogel McDonald Wheless Foundation Mrs. Katharine Rollins Caruthers Mr. & Mrs. Roy S. Hurley Dr. & Mrs. Henry K. Miller Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Mrs. Walter B. Chandler Mr. & Mrs. G. W. James Jr. Mrs. Edwin A. Moore Woolf Foundation Dr. Harold R. Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Ben Johnson III Mr. & Mrs. Taylor F. Moore Yokem Toyota, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clark Mrs. Margaret F. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Myatt Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George L. Crain Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Melvin F. Johnson Mr. Edwin R. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Croker Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Jones Founders’ Dr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson Sr. Ms. Gretchen S. Crow Ms. Marilyn Johnson King Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson Jr. Club Dr. W. Peyton Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey Mr. & Mrs. John T. Palmer Mrs. Nancy Steele David Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Kirby Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sam P. Peters Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Davis Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Ernest L. Kistler Dr. Charles J. Rice <W‘ express our appreciation to members of Mr. & Mrs. C. Walter Dobie Dr. & Mrs. Earle Labor Dr. & Mrs. Leonard M. Riggs Jr. the Founders’ Club, who contributed gifts Dr. & Mrs. James L. Dobie Mrs. Francois G. Lambert Mrs. Forrest E. Roberts of $1,000 - 4,999 to Centenary College in Mrs. E. P. Doremus Dr. Richard B. Langford Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Sawyer Sr. 1996-1997. Mr. George N. Drake Mrs. A. M. Leary Mr. Andrew M. Shehee Mrs. Molly Duggan Ms. Susybelle W. Lyons Individuals Mr. & Mrs. W. Peyton Shehee Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William C. Dunlap Mr. & Mrs. James Madden Mr. & Mrs. Vincent M. Shepherd Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Allen Mr. C. Edward Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mann Mr. & Mrs. Howard Sklar Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Annison Jr. Mrs. Martha Ann Moore Evans Mr. & Mrs. John A. Manno Jr. Mrs. Miriam Sklar Mr. & Mrs. William J. Atkins Dr. Perry B. Everett Dr. & Mrs. Jerard R. Martin Mr. Millard P. Snyder Dr. & Mrs. Leon J. Bain Jr. Mr. Carroll W. Feist Dr. Tom H. Matheny Mr. & Mrs. Jack J. Stein Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus E. Barcus Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Gaines Mr. & Mrs. Bradford H. Mayo Mrs. Anita Mary Steinau Mrs. Ray A. Barlow Mrs. Joseph D. Garner Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. McCord Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Hal Sutton Mrs. Howard C. Belcher Mr. & Mrs. E. Lawrence Gibson Dr. & Mrs. Douglas L. McGuire Mrs. Dorothy C. Tatum Dr. & Mrs. Harold R. Bicknell Dr. Thomas A. Glass Mr. & Mrs. Byron L. McLaughlin Ms. Lallage Feazel Wall Mr. Lloyd C. Blackburn Jr. Ms. Patsy Godchaux Mr. & Mrs. Henry I. Meyer Dr. & Mrs. W. Juan Watkins Mrs. W. D. Boddie Dr. Ray W. Goens Dr. & Mrs. Daryl W. Mitchell Mr. Edwin F. Whited Dr. H. Whitney Boggs Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James M. Goins Mr. Baker Montgomery Mrs. Penelope J. Wilcox Dr. & Mrs. John F. Bookout Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John E. Goode Jr. Mr. William A. Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. C. Ford Williams Mrs. John L. Bradley Dr. Eugene R. Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Loy B. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Hoyt L. Yokem Mr. & Mrs. L. R. Brammer Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hallam Mrs. Marjorie M. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ellis Brown Sr. Miss Evelyn Ann Hamilton Mr. Robert E. Murphy Jr. Organizations Dr. Francis E. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Lester H. Hammond III Mr. John Bachman Nabors Jr. Albert & Miriam Sklar Foundation Mr. & Mrs. W. Cavett Brown Dr. Dayne Hassell Mr. & Mrs. John S. Odom Jr. American Chemical Society Mrs. Emory C. Browne Mr. & Mrs. R. Kenneth Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. W. Buckner Ogilvie Estate of Gertie F. Anderson Mrs. Margaret Bryan Mr. J. Verne Hawn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Pate 6 lT n n u a l Lfe port T r o m ‘The Tresident 1996-1997 Centenary College Of Louisiana Rev. & Mrs. Fred Patten Organizations National Scholarship Trust Scholarship Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Potter Noel Memorial United Methodist Church Scurlock Foundation Acadiana District United Methodist Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Pritchett Nolan Foundation Church Walter B. Lowrey Memorial Scholarship Mrs. Morton Q= Petersen Occidental Oil & Gas Charitable Air Force Aid Society Lowrey Investment Company Mr. & Mrs. Cecil E. Ramey Jr. Foundation Arkansas State Auditor Helen & Mark C. Magers Memorial Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Ray Oryx Energy Company Asbury United Methodist Church/ Scholarship Dr. & Mrs. Edwin E. Rice Pennzoil Matching Gifts Program Lafayette Mrs. Dorothy Richardson Peter Pan Players Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Magers Ashland Oil Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Austin G. Robertson Sr. Procter & Gamble Fund Eastern Texas McBride Scholarship Barksdale Officers Wives Club Mr. George Rock Prudential Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John T. McBride Baylor College of Medicine Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Ruffin Quaker State Corporation BellSouth Corporation Paul McDonald Endowed Scholarship Mr. Sidney F. Sale Red River Media Productions Boeing North America, Inc. Betty McDonald Dr. & Mrs. C. Vernon Sanders Regions Financial Corporation Mr. George R. Schurman Brotherhood's Relief & Comp. Charles M. Ross Trust Bruce McMillan, jr. Foundation Endowed Drs. Kenneth & Patricia Schwab F. E. Brown & Associates Southern Literary Club Scholarship Center Independent School District Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schwendimann Steadman's Sports Center Bruce McMillan, jr. Foundation, Inc. Chevron Oil Company Foundation Mrs. C. H. Shaffer Stephenson's Floor Covering Leon J. & Artie L. Phillips Scholarship Credit Bureau of Shreveport Mrs. W. L. Sibley Texarkana National Bank The Phillips Foundation Deposit Guaranty National Bank Dr. & Mrs. Charles B. Simmons The CIRI Foundation Dillards Deptartment Stores Nelson Scholarship Fund Mrs. Doris K. Sims The John & Ann Ballard Foundation Dresser Industries Dr. and Mrs. George Nelson, Sr. Mr. Dale F. Springer Theta Chi Fraternity English Speaking Union Mr. & Mrs. W. L. Stephenson Tucker Jeter Jackson & Hickman Claudia R. Nelson Scholarship Ernst & Young Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Stewart Texas-Comptroller of Public Accounts Mr. Edwin R. Nelson First United Methodist Church/Co-Wed Mrs. Olga T. Stewart U. L. Coleman Company Mary M. & Jacques Steinau Memorial Sunday School Class Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Storer United Methodist Foundation of Scholarship First United Methodist Church of Louisiana Ms. Laura G. Sullivan Anita Mary Steinau Lafayette United Methodist Women of First United Mr. Jeffrey O. Swope First United Methodist Church of Lake Hope Pierce Tartt Scholarship Methodist Church Shreveport Mr. & Mrs. Sam J. Talbot Charles Tartt Scholarship Fund UOP Shreveport Plant Mr. Rick Thompson First United Methodist Church of Pineville USPA & IRA Educational Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Thorne-Thomsen First United Methodist Church of Shreveport Wal-Mart Foundation Mrs. Katherine S. Tyrrell First United Methodist Church of West The A. J. Weller Corp. Women’s Dr. Robert Udick Monroe Mr. A. A. Voss Follett College Stores Endowment Mrs. Maida Mickle Walker Frymaster Corporation New Mr. & Mrs. Dana Walters Green Country Soccer Association Quorum Mr. R. Mike Ward Houston Endowment Inc. Scholarships Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Weir Sr. Independent Order of Foresters Mr. & Mrs. Donald P. Weiss J-O'B Operating Company r grateful thanks to those who contribute Ms. Elise Wheless Kiwanis Club of Shreveport Wes Alford Memorial Scholarship Fund $1,000 through the Quorum. Mr. N. H. Wheless Jr. KPMG Peat Marwick Will K. Andress Endowed Scholarship Mr. & Mrs. Loren J. White Louisiana Conference Board of Laity Fund Mrs. Charles W. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Williams Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Bishop's Society Scholarship Fund Mrs. William J. Atkins Mr. George D. Williams Marshall Independent School District Joyce & Horace English Endowed Mrs. Harold Bicknell Dr. Harvey G. Williamson Marshall Rotary Club Scholarship Fund Mrs. William J. Box Mr. David L. Winkler Maud independent School District Mrs. A. Harvey Broyles First United Methodist Church of Mrs. Helen Shaw Woods MBNA America Bank, N.A. Mrs. Margart Bryan Natchitoches Fund Mr. & Mrs. Bob F. Wright McDermott International, Inc. Dr. Nancy Carruth Gordon & Freda Hoyer Memorial Mrs. Irene K. Wright Monsanto Fund Mrs. Gretchen Crow Endowed Scholarship Fund Mrs. Paul R. Davis Poppy K. Moon-Mentesana Scholarship Mrs. Don Duggan Fund Mrs. Martha Ann Evans Mrs. Joseph D. Garner Private Gifts 1990-97 Scholarship Mrs. Patsy Godchaux Mrs. Robert L. Goodwin Additions Mrs. Edwin C. Harbuck surge in gifts for 1996-97 reflects the accounting as a gift to Centenary College Mrs. Robert K. Hawkins of a $20.3 million asset held in trust by a third party. Mrs. Joseph S. Heard (___y/£dditions of $5,000 or more to Mrs. Edward N. Henderson $30,000,000 Endowed Scholarships Mrs. John A. Hendrick Jr. Mrs. Roy S. Hurley Wes Alford Memorial Endowed Mrs. John H. Johnson Jr. Scholarship Mrs. Marilyn J. King Dr. and Mrs. W Eugene Alford $25,000,000 Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey Will Andress Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Willis Meadows Dr. and Mrs. W. Eugene Alford Mrs. William McColgan Mrs. Charles T. McCord Nancy M. Christian Endowed $20,000,000 Scholarship Mrs. Paul McDonald Mrs. Edwin A. Moore Estate of Nancy M. Christian Mrs. Loy B. Moore Commercial National Bank Endowed Mrs. Taylor F. Moore Scholarship Mrs. Dennis Myatt Jr. $15,000,000 Commercial National Bank Mrs. George D. Nelson Sr. Mrs. J. Frederick Patten James F. & Georgia T. Dean Endowed Mrs. Samuel P. Peters Jr. Scholarship Mrs. Austin G. Robertson $10,000,000 James F. and Georgia T. Dean Mrs. Kenneth L. Schwab Exxon Education Foundation Mrs. Robert N. Schwendimann Joyce & Horace English Endowed Mrs. Wilbur L. Sibley Scholarship Mrs. Curtis Sims $5,000,000 Dr. and Mrs. W. Eugene Alford Mrs. Albert Sklar Mrs. Sam Talbot William Randolph Hearst Endowed Mrs. Maurice R. Tatum Scholarship Mrs. David Tyrrell William Randolph Hearst Foundation Mrs. Juan Watkins $0 Gordon & Freda Hoyer Memorial Mrs. Donald A. Webb 90-91 91-92 93-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Don Weir Jr. Restricted Gifts ■ Temporarily Restricted Gifts ■ Unrestricted Gifts Estate of Gordon Aaron Hoyer Mrs. Helen Wray Lon Morris/Centenary Blanton Scholars Mrs. Hoyt L. Yokem oY n n u a l Tfe port T r o m The Tresident cxs 1996-1997 7 C E ten ary College Of Louisiana Columns Career Opportunities through Dr. & Mrs. Bradley E. Hoge Education Dr. John B. Holcomb Club CIGNA Foundation Matchinq Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Holtsclaw Jr. Gifts Mr. & Mrs. Bennie D. Hughes De Queen Rotary Club Ms. Gene Hullinghorst Gifis Desk And Derrick Club between $500 - $999 Mr. Charles C. Hunter Duncanville I.S.D. Ms. Jane M. Hutterly Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Trust Individuals Mr. Robert P. Inguaggiato Erlinda Mr. & Mrs. Robert McLean Jeter Jr. Dr. William P. Alston First Presbyterian Church Mrs. Linda West Johnston Ms. Meryal E. Annison First United Methodist Church of Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Jones Mr. & Mrs. David Arcemont Longview Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Jones Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Clyde L. Bane Franks Petroleum, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Leslie D. Jones Captain & Mrs. Donald J. Barnes Frontier Country Soccer Assoc. Ms. Virginia D. Joyner Mr. & Mrs. T. A. Berry Jr. Harrison County Agri-Business Ms. Elsa Kapitan-White Mr. & Mrs. Floyd C. Boswell Association Dr. Collier A. Kinnebrew Mr. Frank Bright Drs. Hart & Carter, A.P.M.C. Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm C. Krentel Mr. & Mrs. Jack P. Brook Home Federal Savings & Loan Dr. Joseph M. Lattier Mr. William D. Brown Inez H. Hughes Scholarship Fund Mr. Guy B. Legendre Mr. Philip N. Budd Huntington High School PTSA Mr. Robert B. Levy Dr. & Mrs. David M. Carlton Sr. Jefferson Dollars for Scholars Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Lisantti Mr. Ted Case Jostens Dr. & Mrs. John B. Luke Jr. Ms. Traci L. Clark Kilpatrick Life Insurance Co. Dr. Beverly T. Lynds Mrs. Jane R. Clawson Kinsey Interests, Inc. Dr. Philip G. Maguire Mr. J. Greg Cofer Linden Lions Club Mr. & Mrs. Gordon A. Marsalis Mr. Ronald E. Dean Matinee Music Club Ms. Deborah Mashburn Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Destiche Maida Mickle Sunday School Ms. Janelle Lay McCammon Mr. & Mrs. Ronald D. Doreck Class Mrs. Mary Jo McCurley Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Durham Mississippi Methodist Foundation Mr. James H. McGregor Mr. Phelan W. Eatman NELLCOR, Inc. Mrs. Maggi McKenzie Mr. Richard R. Eger Nusantara Jaya Foundation Ms. Barbara Jean Meades Mr. R.R. Engstrom R&J Family Limited Partnership Ms. Mary F. Missbach Ms. Janie Flournoy Roosevelt Middle School Mr. & Mrs. Jack C. Mulkey Mr. & Mrs. John Franks SEG Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John D. Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Cordell L. Garner Shell Companies Foundation Inc. Ms. Becky Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Billy T. Giles United Services Auto Association Mr. James Muslow Sr. Mr. & Mrs. William T. Green Weems, Wright, Schimpf & Dr. & Mrs. George A. Newtown Mr. Richard B. Grisham Associates right) Dr. Joseph Savoie, Louisiana commissioner of higher education; Sen. Ron Bean, mem¬ Ms. Gail Marie Nolte Dr. & Mrs. Alton O. Hancock Woman's Department Club ber of the Louisiana Senate; Sam Peters, member of the Centenary Board of Trustees; and Mrs. Edwin P. Ogier Mr. & Mrs. J. Brady Harris Jr. The Women's Health Group Mrs. Susan E. Orloff Dr. & Mrs. L. M. Harrison Jr. Zonta Club of Shreveport, Inc. Barbara Thorne-Thomsen, a Shreveport representative on the Louisiana Board of Regents. Mr. & Mrs. William L. Overstreet Dr. Timothy Hart Rev. Robert S. Park Mrs. Melanie Martin Heacock Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Parsons Mrs. Julia N. Hearne 1825 Club Mr. & Mrs. G. Allen Penniman Jr. 1825 Club Dr. Kathleen Ann Heffron Dr. M. Wayne Hanson Mrs. Jennifer Piner Simon Mr. & Mrs. Dosite John Perkins Mr. & Mrs. D. R. James Jr. Gold Mr. & Mrs. J. Joseph Hardt Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Simpson Jr. Mrs. Mitzi L. Perry Silver Miss Connie J. Johnson Mr. James B. Harkrider Jr. Dr. John E. Stafford Jr. Miss Frances Peyton Dr. Dianna Johnson Mr. & Mrs. James B. Harris Sr. Col. & Mrs. William E. Steger (Ret.) Dr. Jack W. Pou Mr. Christopher M. Kinsey Mr. John S. Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Carl M. Stephens Jr. Dr. Larry D. Powell Mr. Glenn V. Kinsey G*fis between $250 - $499 Mr. & Mrs. John Patrick Hart Ms. Ann W. Stratton Mrs. Flo W. Price Cj ifts between $173 - $249 Mr. Richard N. Kinsey Mr. & Mrs. Steven S. Harter Mrs. Memory Lee Streun Mrs. Beverly Purinton Mr. Clarence E. Kirby Individuals Mrs. Kay Hedges Hathaway Mr. R. Marshall Taylor Individuals Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Railsback Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Knight Sr. Mr. Arthur Hemmings Ms. Jo Ann Toland Mr. Ronald E. Raney Col. Gene H. La Caze (Ret.) Dr. G. Havard Albright Mr. David T. Henington Mr. & Mrs. S. Judd Tooke Mr. & Mrs. Randall J. Aiken Mrs. William M. Redditt Dr. & Mrs. James R. Lang Jr. Mr. Gary E. Albright Mr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Hilliard Jr. Mr. E. Preston Twyman Mr. Bruce W. Allen Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Reilly Miss Flavia M. Leary Mr. Richard A. Anders Ms. Patricia A. Hinnebusch Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Vardeman Dr. Daphne Wiegand Anderson Mrs. Lois H. Richardson Miss Isabella A. Leary Mr. Clary Anthony Mrs. Edith Shepherd Holloway Mr. & Mrs. David W. Vroonland Dr. Joseph C. Andrews Mrs. Thomas W. Richardson Ms. Cynthia A. Lewis Ms. W. Jewel Arrington Drs. Steve & Jamie Holt Mrs. Hessie Watson Mr. Paul G. Annan Dr. N. Brannon Riddle Mr. & Mrs. C. V. Lisman Jr. Mr. Francis M. G. Bailey Ms. Thelma James Mr. Tucker Watts Mr. J. Ronald Atchley Mr. S. Lawrence Robertson Jr. Dr. & Mrs. J. Bruce Lowe Mr. Edwin A. Baker Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Weir Jr. Mr. Joe M. Badt Mr. & Mrs. E. B. Robinson Mrs. Anne Morter Lowry Mrs. Sarah Worrell Baker Mr. Allan R. Jones Dr. & Mrs. Edwin E. Westmoreland Mr. James W. Barnes Mr. Grover C. Royston Mr. & Mrs. Charlton Lyons Jr. Drs. Robert & Grace Bareikis Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Jones Mr. Roy B. White Ms. Carla R. Bauer Mr. E. Byron Rutledge Mr. George M. Mclnnis Dr. Joe D. Beard Mrs. Kate I. Kahan Mr. Floyd J. Wilcox Dr. & Mrs. Fuller W. Bazer Dr. & Mrs. Roland T. Scales Mr. Robert A. McKee Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Beaty Dr. & Mrs. G. Michael Kent Dr. & Mrs. John M. Winn Jr. Dr. & Mrs. James R. Bergeron Mr. & Mrs. Van H. Schmutz Dr. A. Bradley McPherson Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bitterwolf Mrs. Sarah P. Kinard Mr. James W. Wood Dr. & Mrs. Johannes Berkel Mr. & Mrs. James J. Serra Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Mears Rev. & Mrs. J. Henry Bowdon Jr. Ms. Bonnie L. Langley Captain & Mrs. F. Brown Word Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Bernard Mrs. Donald P. Shedd Dr. & Mrs. J. Ralph Meier Mr. & Mrs. Carl G. Brooking Dr. & Mrs. James. A. Lee Dr. & Mrs. Kaylan F. Worley Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Berry III Dr. & Mrs. James H. Shipp Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Menking Mr. Paul D. Brubaker Dr. Victoria A. LeFevers Dr. & Mrs. Albert L. Bicknell Mr. Richard Warrick Sparke Mr. & Mrs. E. Paul Young III Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Mentesana Mr. Ferrell L. Burgess Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Little Mr. & Mrs. William G. Bohnenblust Dr. & Mrs. Richard K. Speairs Dr. & Mrs. Gary R. Young Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Steve Buseick Dr. Joy L. Lowe Mrs. Mary Bynum Booker Mrs. Eunice Reese Spence Mr. & Mrs. Sherman L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Noland Jr. Mrs. Nancy Alexander Bynum Dr. & Mrs. Carl F. Lueg Mr. & Mrs. Marvin E. Brossette Judge & Mrs. Carl E. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. M. Donald Oliver III Dr. James J. Caraway Mr. Paul H. Madden Jr. Mr. Donald Brotherton Dr. John D. Stowe Dr. George F. Pearce Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jack K. Carlton Mr. & Mrs. J. George Mamoulides Organizations Mr. & Mrs. Algie D. Brown Dr. J. Paul Swearingen Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Peyton Jr. Dr. David O. Childers Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Martin Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Burgess Dr. Claude A. Tait Mrs. Lucille Walsh Burke Mr. & Mrs. Tom Phizacklea Dr. Paul M. Clark Dr. Cherral W. Mason Leola B. Bryant Scholarship Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Taylor Dr. William A. Byrd Mr. & Mrs. John A. Richardson Ms. Janet W. Colbert Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. McCarthy Central & Southwest Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ed Taylor Mr. Leo Cage Mr. Vernon D. Rigdon Mrs. Leah Ades Cooper Miss Dorry McDonald Charlotte Outdoor Adventure Mrs. Deborah W. Thomas Dr. jack E. Carlisle Mr. Armand L. Roos Mr. Thomas O. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Vernon C. McFarland Chevy Land Mr. & Mrs. Jack V. Thompson Mrs. Jean T. Carrington Mr. S.S. Schiff Mr. & Mrs. Willard G. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. McGowan Jr. Citgo Petroleum Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Rupert G. Thompson Dr. & Mrs. W. H. Carroll Dr. & Mrs. Don G. Scroggin Mrs. John J. Dailey Mr. John W. McKee Collier Investments, Inc. Mrs. Anita J. Clark Mr. Thurman C. Smith Miss Margaret S. Shehee Mrs. Elnora Eddy Davenport Rev. R. Lee McKinzie DeQueen High School Mr. R. L. Clark Mr. Patrick D. Traynor Col. & Mrs. D. Cragin Shelton Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Clayton A. Davis Dr. Thomas E. McNeely Mrs. Karen S. Van Auken The Equitable Foundation Mrs. Julianne Frey Cole Mr. Milton E. Simmons Mr. Terry R. Demaret Dr. Pamela Kay McPherson Hon. & Mrs. Joe D. Waggonner Jr. The Fluor Foundation Dr. Clyde Connell Mrs. Linda Smith Judge & Mrs. John A. Dixon Jr. Mr. Willoughby F. Meek Mrs. Olga M. Wagner Halliburton Foundation, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Spiro Gus Cosse Mr. & Mrs. Shelby Lee Smith Ms. Sarah Doss Mr. & Mrs. John H. Meldrum Jr. Mr. William R. Watson Harrison Company, Inc. Mrs. Deborah Sutton Covington Mrs. James E. Smitherman Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Drummond Mr. Boyce C. Monk Dr. Mary Ann Welborn Harvest Festival & Livestock Dr. Toni F. Craig Mr. & Mrs. Milton R. Snow Mr. Scott J. Duncan Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Montgomery Dr. Joseph R. West Mr. Kenneth P. Curry Mr. & Mrs. William H. Snow Mr. C. Stuart Eason Mr. & Mrs. Calvin A. Moon Hibernia National Bank Benefits Mrs. Jacquetta Whisner Mr. & Mrs. George A. Dean Bishop & Mrs. Dan E. Solomon Dr. Carol Norwood Eason Mrs. Dorothy Tomme Morgan Highland Park Sports Club Mr. John Wesley White Mr. & Mrs. Pete DeBuys Mrs. E. Catherine Speer Dr. Ronald J. Edmiston Dr. Daniel C. Murphy Hope Medical Group for Women Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm A. Wills Dr. & Mrs. Jerry W. Drummond Dr. Albert L. Stephens Jr. Dr. & Mrs. E. R. Eichner Dr. Kevin W. Murphy Huggs, Inc. Mr. Hoyt N. Duggan Mrs. Addison O. Wood Dr. & Mrs. Stanton A. Taylor Mr. John A. Fakess Ms. Carolyn Nelson James River Corporation Mrs. F. A. Earle Mr. & Mrs. George D. Wray Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Trahan Mr. Noble L. Feldman Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Ogletree Jr. JM Little & Associates Dr. Laura Earnest Rev. Dr. W. Spencer Wren Mr. Clay B. Tramel Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Fisher Mrs. Thomas J. Ostendorff Junior League of Shreveport Mr. & Mrs. D. Paul Ellis Mr. Martin B. Yarbrough Mr. Michael S. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Camp R. Flournoy Dr. & Mrs. Mark A. Palmer Marshall Literary Club Mrs. Margaret P. Fontaine Mr. H. Alan Yokem Mrs. Charlotte H. Turnley Ms. Joyce T. Fogle Dr. Carol A. Poole Marshall Music Club Mr. & Mrs. Ned Allen Ford Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Young Jr. Mr. Lawrence A. Waschka Mrs. Ginger D. Folmer Mr. John T. Porter Meldrum Business Systems, Inc. Mr. James R. Fouts Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Hugh Watson Dr. William B. Fowler Mr. Joe B. Pyle Northwood P.T.A. Mr. Douglas R. Frazier Organizations Mrs. Margaret Fischer Wendorf Mr. Christopher D. Franks Mr. Charles A. Ravenna Jr. Patterson Insurance Group, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Freeman III Ms. Sandra L. White Dr. & Mrs. J. Anderson Freeman Ms. Mary Sue Rix Sports Care, USA Miss Lillian Gibson Alco Standard Foundation Mr. J. Michael Whitler Mrs. Myrtle C. Fuller Dr. Gary L. Roberts Mr. George M. Gilmer Jr. American International, Inc. Storer Equipment Sales & Service Ms. Beth Yoder Mrs. James F. Gavin Mr. & Mrs. W. Dale Robertson Mr. & Mrs. John A. Goodson American Standard Foundation Summit Hospital of Northwest Dr. Robert M. Young Mrs. Ellen Cole Gerdes Dr. James L. Robins Mr. Joseph A. Gowan Chase Manhattan Foundation Louisiana Mr. Bobby S. Gilliam Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mrs. Jacqueline Griffith Four Square Bible Class Organizations Dr. V. Hugh Gilmore Dr. Manash K. Sarcar Texas Instruments Mr. James E. Haas Greater Shreveport Music Mr. & Mrs. Larry Godfrey Mr. & Mrs. P. M. Schenkkan Time Warner, Inc. Dr. Donald J. Hall Teacher's Association. Asthma & Allergy CareAmerica Mr. John P. Goodson Sr. Dr. Rosemary Seidler Twin City Motel of Morgan City Mr. & Mrs. Marvin J. Hamm Jr. International Paper Co., Foundation Broadmoor United Methodist Mr. R. Warren Goss Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Seuser Union Pacific Resources Dr. & Mrs. Erie W. Harris Jr. Jones Oil, Inc. Church Fellowship Class Mr. & Mrs. Tommy G. Green Mr. C. Brooks Shafer VFW Post 4372 General Fund Miss Penelope Ruth Hawkins K T B S TV-Channel 3 Broadmoor United Methodist Dr. Dorothy Bird Gwin Dr. & Mrs. Henry M. Shuey Jr. White Rock United Methodist Mr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Hewitt PepsiCo Foundation, Inc. Church Men's Class Dr. William Hamner Mr. T. Morris Simms Church Mr. Robert C. Hickman Jr. Riverside Art Partnership 8 n n u a l Lfe port ‘T r o m The ^President C/3 1996-1997