Record of the Hampden-Sydney Alumni Association

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AUGUST 2004
WMPDEN-
IN THIS ISSUE
Alumni in Education
WHAT
A
YEAR!
3,770 alumni, parents, and friends gave $2.25 million to the
Unrestricted Annual Fund during the 2003-2004 Fiscal year.
That's a record dollar amount. What's more, total giving to the
—
College topped $9 million another record.
Because of this generous outpouring ofsupport, more young men
than ever before will be able to get a HampdenSydney education.
That experience will enable them to become the "good men and
good citizens" HampdenSydney College is known for producing.
The College is thankful for this great year and for all who had
a part in making it happen.
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On
the Hill 2
LMPDEN-SYDNEYCOLLEGE News from around the campus
223-6000 WWW.HSC.EDU
nryH. McVeyIII '57, Chairmanofthe Hampden-SydneyAlumni in Education
BoardofTrustees, : : »o.12s
JterM. BortzIII,President
Setting Educational Policy 7
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ilS. Baker, Vice-Presidentfor Alumni whose experience on the Hill gives insight into what's best
Administration
/idA. Klein'78,DeanofStudents "A Bridge for the Children" 10
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BeelerBrush, Vice-Presidentfor Alumni bringing education to kids
InstitutionalAdvancement
Non
Forging -Traditional Learning Tools 14
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itaH. Garland,DeanofAdmissions Alumni leadng unusual programs for kids with special needs
Norman Krueger, Vice-Presidentfor
&
BusinessAffairs Treasurer
Sports 17
iW. Fleck,Provost&DeanoftheFaculty News from the courts and fields
jmas H. Shomo '69, Directorof
PublicRelations Alumni Activities 21
wardW. Stracke'75,Directorof Alumni at work with the College
AlumniRelations
Class Notes 24
\-DISCRIMIXATIONPOLICY:Hampden-
Profiles:
eyCollege,whileexemptedfromSubpartCof
deL\regulationwithrespecttoitsadmissions Ray Wallace '60, businessman turned high-school history teacher
ecniitmentactivities,doesnotdiscriminateon
asisofrace,color,sex,religion,age,national Richard Redding '84, director ofa law-and-psychology degree program
n,handicap,sexualpreference,orveteranstatus NYC
eoperationofitseducationprogramsandwith Chris Cyphers '88, provost ofthe School of Visual Arts in
cttoemployment.Forinformationonthisnon-
jminationpolicv,contacttheOfficeofHuman Mrs. Cushing Comes Home 40
urces.Box12~,Hampden-SvdnevCollege,
pden-Sydney.VA23943,[phone]. A stunning gift to the College
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News from the campus
On
the Hill
COMMENCEMENT 2004 Afifth-generation minister, he isthesonofthe
late Rev. L. Francis Griffin, Sr.,wholedtheAfrican-
OnSunday, May9, faculty, staff, family, andfriends AmericancitizensofPrinceEdward County,Virginia,
gatheredon thelawnofVenableHallforthegradu- in theirstruggle forequalschools,whicheventually
ationof189 menaspartoftheCommencement resultedin the 1954Brown vs. Boarddecisionto
exercisesmarkingtheendofthe229thacademicyear desegregatepubliceducation. TheCommencement
atHampden-SydneyCollege. ceremonybeganwith an invocation byTheVery
Thefestivities began Satutdayevening, May8, ReverendFathetGeorgeTsahakis, Chancellorofthe
PresidentBortz(atright) withareception forseniorsandtheirparentsin the GreekOrthodoxMetropolisofAtlantaandfatherof
presentedtheAlgernon gatden ofMiddlecourt, thehomeofPresidentWalter JohnTsahakis '04.
SydneySidlivaiiAwardto M. BortzIII andMrs. LorraineBortz. J.Alfred Broaddus,Jr., PresidentoftheFederal
W.RobertEason '40.
The Rev. EricB. Griffin, Sr., seniorpastorofSt. ReserveBankofRichmond, gavetheCommencement
Stephen UnitedChurchofChristinGreensboro, address. Mr. BroaddusisanativeofRichmond. He
NC,gavethe Baccalaureatesermon. BorninPrince teceivedhis B.A. fromWashington andLeeUniver-
EdwardCounty, heearnedaBachelorofArtsin sity,wherehewaselectedtoOmicron DeltaKappa
PhilosophyfromVirginiaCommonwealth University and Phi BetaKappa. Followinggraduation, hestudied
andlateraMasterofDivinitydegreefrom theSamuel in Franceundera FulbrightFellowship andreceived
DeWittProctorSchoolofTheologyofVirginiaUnion agraduatedegreefrom theCenterforAdvanced
Universityin 1991 andaMastetofTheologyin 1993 European StudiesoftheUniversityofStrasbourg.
John Tsahakisandhis fromUnionTheological Seminary,whereheisa Aftermilitaryservice, Dr. Broaddus receivedhisMA.
parents, theRev. Father candidateforaPh.D. in Historical andTheological andPh.D. inEconomicsfrom IndianaUniversity.
andMrs. George Tsahakis. Studies. UnionTheologicalSeminarywas founded in Hejoinedthe Federal ReserveBank's researchstaff
Father Tsahakisgavethe 1812 aspartofHampden-SydneyCollege. Mr. Grif- asaneconomistin 1970. HewasnamedSeniorVice
invocationattheCom- finwasanadjunctinstructorofchurchhistoryand PresidentandDirectorofResearch in 1985, andwas
mencementceremony.
Christian ethicsattheProctorSchool ofTheology. promoted to hispresentpositiononJanuary 1, 1993.
Soon-to-begraduates
sharethegenialmood
ofCommencementDay.
Toseemorephotosandread
completetextsofthespeeches,visit
www.hsc.edu/commencement/
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In addition tohis responsibilitiesattheRichmond Laws).AfterconferringMr. Griffin'sdegree, President
Bank, Dr. Broaddusserveseverythirdyearasa Bortzcalled forwardAdelaideGriffin, thewidow
memberoftheFederal Open MarketCommitteeof ofthelateRev. L. FrancisGriffin, Sr., andreada
theFederal ReserveSystem. resolution passedbytheCollege'sBoardofTrustees
Dr. Broaddus, whoseson is praisinghiswork forcivil rights
a memberoftheClassof1997, andequaleducationalopportu-
gave thegraduatesachallenge: "Ihavegreat respect nities forall children in Prince
"I knowthatmanyofyouare for the College as an Edward County; PresidentBortz
assuming thatyou havefinished alsoannounced thefundingof
with homework, atleastfora academic institution, ascholarship in memoryofThe
while, butI haveonemoreassign- Reverend L. FrancisGriffin, Sr.,
butperhaps even more
mentforvou: ... toaddress, tobeofferedto Hampden-Sydney
more forthrightlvandeffectively importantly as a special Collegestudentswhoarethesons
than mygenerationhas, the andgrandsonsofstudentswho
majorchallenges in therealm keeper ofthe traditions, suffered fromtheclosingofthe
ofpublicpolicywhich, ifnot standards, and values Prince EdwardCountyschools
attendedto, could undermineour from 1959 to 1964.
economyandstrainoursocial thathave made this Several prestigiousawardswere
fabric. State andthe Nation presentedatCommencement: AdelaideGriffinand
"Thefirstis thefederalbudget AlgernonSydneySullivanMedal- herson, theRev. EricB.
deficit. Iamnot, frankly, terribly great. For me, the truly lions:Brandon E. Randall '04; Griffin, Sr., listentothe
concerned bvthepresentlevelof Dr.AnthonyJ. Munoz (Friend resolutioninhonorofher
thedeficit. . . [but] atsomepoint extraordinary achieve- oftheCollege);W. RobertEason latehusband, theReverend
L. FrancisGriffin, Sr.
budgetdeficits reduceoverall ments ofHampden '40,Sr. (Alumnus)
investmentin theeconomyand Anna CaningtonHarrison
hence reducelonger-term poten- Sydney alumni, across Award:Charles ReidAndrews '04
tialgrowth. Gammon Cup:JeffreyR.
"TheotherissueIwantto a wide range ofactivi- Monroe, ConradM. Singh
address is thegrowingdispar- ties, provide the clearest Robert ThrustonHubardIV
ityofincomeandwealthacross Award:AnitaH. Garland, Dean
American householdsand fami- evidence oftheschools ofAdmissions
lies,whichwillsurelydiminish ThomasEdwardCrawley
greatness.
oursociety'scohesion ifthetrend Award:Paul H. Mueller,Asso-
continues. . . J.ALFREDBROADDUS,JR. ciateProfessorofChemistry
"Thosearetheassignments PresidentoftheFederalReserveBank SeniorClassAward:Paul S.
I haveforyou.You must ofRichmond Baker,Vice Presidentfor
eithercompletethem Administration (forhis ValedictorianBrandon
yourselvesthroughdire—ct workasactingDean of Randall '04urgedhis
hands-on involvement an Students) classmatesto "keepon
option I hop—e manyofvou Fuqua TeachingAwards: learning.
willchoose orensurethat Amos Lee Laine,Trinkle
yourelectednational,state, ProfessorofHistory; Leon
andlocal representativesdo M. Cohen,AdjunctAssoci-
itonpain oflosingthenext ateProfessorofMathe-
election." matics;JamesF. Pontuso,
Thevaledictoryaddress ElliottProfessorofPolitical
wasdeliveredbyBrandonE. Science; RalphS. Hattox,
Randall.John G. Braden- ElliottProfessorofHistory;
hamwascommissioneda2ndLieutenantU.S. Marine andJustin P. Isaacs,AssistantProfessorofEconomics
Corps. CabellAwardforDistinguishedTeaching:Sarah
HonorarydegreeswereconferredonMr. Griffin BoykinHardy,AssociateProfessorofEnglish.
(DoctorofDivinity) andDr. Broaddus (Doctorof
THE-RECORDOFHAMPDEN-SYDNEYCOLLEGE AUGUST2004
PATRICK HENRYAWARDS GO TO wereawardedthe DistinguishedUnitCitationfor
ALUMNI IN PUBLIC SERVICE thoseflights.
In Match 1945, Easondisplayedexceptional
Everyyear, theWilson CenterforLeadership in the braverybyrescuinghisGroup Commander200 miles
PublicInterestat Hampden-SydneyCollegerecog- behindenemylines, duringaraidnearRangoon. For
nizesalumniwho havemadesignificantcontributions this, hereceivedaSilverStar, theDistinguishedFlying
to thenation, theirhomestates, and/orlocalcom- Cross, theAirMedalwithtwooakleafclusters,and
BradIsrael '04andThorn munities,with thepresentationofthePatrickHenry the DistinguishedUnitCitation. Inall, heflew63
Robbins '04receivedthe Awards. Theawardis namedforthepatriotPatrick missionsand263 combathours, andwascredited
2004HarveyB. Morgan
Henry,whowasanearlytrusteeoftheCollege. Seven withdestroyingseven enemyplaneson theground.
Award,presentedbythe
Wilson CenterforLeader- ofHenty'ssonsattendedHampden-SydneyCollege. Afterhis fouryearsofactiveduty, hecontinuedas
shipinthePublicInterest Oneofthisyear's recipientsisW. RobertEason, anAirForceReservistfor26years, retiringin 1972
toseniordiplomatesofthe Sr. '40ofOrange,Virginia.Aftercollegehejoinedthe withtherankofColonel, andwasawardedCommand
College'sPublicService U.S.ArmyAirCorpsAviationCadetProgramand PilotWings. HewasateacherandcoachatWood-
Program, whohave demon-
wasawarded2ndLt. CommissionandSilverWingsin berryForestSchool from 1955 to 1969. Duringthis
stratedaninterestinpublic
April 1942. Hesoonbecametheoperationsofficerfor timeheearnedhisMaster's inEducationfromthe
serviceatthelocalorstate
level, andwhoseintegrity the29th FighterSquadronandspentnearlytwoyears UniversityofVirginia. HebecameAssociateHead-
andgoodcharacterreflect in Panama.Twoyearslaterhewasassignedtothe 1st masteratBlueRidgeSchool in 1969, retiringin 1983.
thosequalitiesasevinced FighterSquadron ofthe2ndAirCommando Group EasonisactiveintheOrangePresbyterianChurch
inthelifeoftheHonorable andwassentto Burmatoaid the British in fighting asaDeaconandElderandmemberofthe"Men
HarveyD. Morgan '52.
theJapanese. Eason'sAirCommandosconductedthe oftheChurch" group andservesonmanychurch
—
longestfightersweepsoftheWar two 1600-mile committees. Hehasbeensecretary-treasurer-editorof
Tofindoutmoreabout WW
theWilsonCenter,visit round trips from theirbase, deep intoThailand.The the IIAirCommanderAssociationsince 1986.
www.hsc.edu/wilsoncenter/ 2ndAirCommando Group'stwo fightersquadrons Easonwaselectedto theAitCommando Hallof
AttheSeniorClassDinneronApril29, TylerLux '04(atrigh—tbelow), classcampaign chairman,presentedPresident
Bortz(atleft) withtheSeniorClassgiftofmorethan$6,000 $1,000abovethegoal. Thedonation willunderwrite
scholarshipsin memoryofConradPrazier '04, whowaskilledinatramaccidentinhisfreshmanyear, andinhonorof
Walter "Shorty"Simms(secondfrom right, withhisbrotherScottSimms '61andScott'swifeScott).
Thegift, whichexceededinpercentageofparticipationanddollaramountanygifton recordfromagraduatingclass,
hassetthebarforfuturegraduatingclasses. Luxcommentedthatthischeck "standsasatestamenttoourstewardship
andtoourdesiretogivebacktothe i
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Recipientsofthe2004Pat-
rickHenryAward,from left:
W.RobertEason '40,
CarrollA. Cloninger '61,
andH. Stetson Tinkham '67.
Famein 1994andwas inducted into theHampden- again pressedintoserviceasanadministratorwith the
SvdnevCollegeSports HallofFamein 1996. Heisa KingandQueen CountySchoolsystem. Hisdedica-
regularparticipantin theSummerAlumni College, tion to publiceducationallowedwhatwastobeaone-
assistswith the FootballCommittee, andisVice monthappointmenttostretch intomanymonths.
ChairmanoftheEstherT.Atkinson MuseumAdvi- H. StetsonTinkham '67ofAlexandriaalsowas
soryBoard. givena2004 PatrickHenryAward.Aftergraduation,
Dr. CarrollAlexanderCloninger'61 ofAylett, heattendedOfficerCandidateSchoolandservedin
Virginia, alsoreceivedthe2004 PatrickHenryAward. theU.S.Army, firstin Germanyandthen inVietnam.
BeforeattendingHampdenSydney, heservedtwo In March 2004, Tinkham tookthelatestpostin
years in theU.S.Army.Aftergraduation, hepursued acareerthathasputhisbiologymajortogooduse,
hiseducationatthe UniversityotVirginia, obtaining asdeputydirectoroftheOfficeofMarineConserva-
his Master'sinEducationin 1963. tionattheDepartmentofState. Hehad beenSenior
Dr. Cloningerhasdevotedhislifetimetopublic AtlanticFisheriesOfficerin theOMC, responsiblefor TheHampden-Sydney
educationintheHenricoSchoolsystem. From 1961 globalandPacific Rimfisherypolicies; beforethathe VolunteerFireDepartment
to 1968 heservedasan 8th-gradeEnglishteacher, hadspent 14yearswiththeU.S. CommerceDepart- hasreceivedagrantfrom
guidancecounselor, andassistantprincipal. Following ment. TinkhamhasservedasaU.S. negotiator, head theFederalEmergency
ManagementAdministra-
asabbatical, duringwhichheobtainedhisdoctoratein ofdelegation, orseniorstaffmemberonavariety tion (FEMA)for$414,000.
education, hebecamethedirectorotsecondaryeduca- ofbilateraland multilateralfisheriesnegotiations, TheDepartmentwillmatch
tionin 1970. Thisledtoappointmentsasassistant includingonethatyieldedtheagreementwithCanada thegrantwith$46,000and
superintendentanddeputysuperintendent. In 1981 he on themanagementofYukon Riversalmonstocks. buya Quint, liketheone
becameprincipal ofHenrico HighSchool. From 1987 In recentyeatshehas tepresented theUnitedStates picturedabove. Itcarriesa
until heretiredin 1991, heservedasaresearchspecial- attheCommitteeon Fisheries (COFI) oftheUnited 75-footladder, watertank
andpump, hose, andground
istin theHenricoSuperintendent'soffice. Duringhis Nations FoodandAgricultureOrganization (FAO) ladders, andcanliftfire-
tenureinHenrico, Dr. Cloningerchairedmanyevalu- meetings. fighterstotheroofofevery
ationcommitteesforVirginiasecondaryschoolsand InadditiontohisdutieswiththeStateDepart- buildingoncampus. The
FEMA
taughtclassesatSmithdeal-MasseyBusiness College, ment, Stetsonhasbeenamemberofthevestryof grant, thelargest
UVA,VCU,andtheUniversityofRichmond. ChristChurch inAlexandria. Hehasspearheaded programgrantannouncedso
"My30yearsofeducationalemploymenthave fundraisingefforts forthechurch,andheandhiswife farthisyearandoneofthe
largestevermade.
been focused," hesays, "onhelpingstudentstolearn, Sandyhavealsofacilitatedpre-marriagecounsel-
helpingteacherstohelpstudents tolearn, andattimes ingclassesthere. Hehascontinuedhisinvolvement
to helpadministratorstohelpteacherstohelpstudents with HAmpden-SydneyCollegeasoneofthefirst
to learn." membersoftheWilsonCenterBoardofAdvisors,
After 10years in retirement. Dr. Cloningerwas from 1996to2000.
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Kevin Garst '99 Dallas Christian '03 WesLawson '04
FOUR ALUMNI JOIN HAMPDEN-SYDNEY STAFF
DeanofStudentsOffice playedguardontheTigerbasketballteam. Hewasa
Richard D. Furr'99, anativeofBoone,North Dean's Liststudent, servedasaResidentAdvisor,was
Carolina, hasjoinedtheDeanofStudentsOfficeas selectedfor Who's WhoAmongStudentsinAmerican
AssistantDean ofStudents. Richardgraduatedfrom UniversitiesandColleges, andreceivedtheJoshua
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JohnT. Hoggard High School inWilmington, WarrenWhiteSportsmanshipAward.
Whileat Hampden-Sydney, hemajored in chemistry Kevin receivedhisMaster'sin CareerandTechni-
andservedasaresidentadvisor. Heisamemberof cal Education fromVirginiaTech in 2002. Hetaught
BetaThetaPi,waspresidentoftheOutsidersClub, business fortwoyearsatHiddenValleyHighSchool
andservedon theStudentAffairsCommitteeof in RoanokeandcoachedatCaveSprings High School.
thefaculty. HeisanalumnusoftheSocietyof'91 Kevinis marriedto theformerSarahKathleen Palmer
andwasanorientation leaderforseveralyears. Since ofSalem.
graduatingfrom Hampden-Sydney, Richardhas
workedatTexasA&M andataprivatebiotechnology Admissions Office
lab inTexas, inAIDS researchandlab management Dallas B. Christian '03 hasjoined theAdmissions
andprocessing, and in public relationsandmarketing staffasAssistant Dean ofAdmissions. Dallasis from
BMW Dublin, Georgia,wherehegraduatedfrom Dublin
for AutomotiveGroup.Amongotherduties,
High School. HereceivedaB.A. in management
RichardwilldirectFreshman Orientation andwork
economicsandpoliticalsciencefrom Hampden-
with theCollegeActivitiesCommittee.
Sydney. Inhissenioryear, DallasservedasChairman
AthleticDepartment oftheStudentCourt. HeisamemberofKappaAlpha
Kevin F. Garst '99, anativeofSpartanburg, South andwasselected for Who's WhoAmongStudentsin
Carolina,has been namedassistantbasketball coach. American UniversitiesandColleges.
Hegraduated from Salem (Virginia) High School.At Hehasspentthepastyearpursuinggraduatework
Hampden-Sydney, Kevin majored in economicsand attheUniversityofLondon InstituteofUnitedStates
Studies. Dallaswill recruitinAlabama, Louisiana,
I Mississippi,Texas, andtheEastern ShoreofVirginia.
1 — '
Thekindofexpenseyou , - • - y Pi' WesleyS. Lawson '04, anativeofColumbia, South
neverthinkabout:giftsto "--- Carolina,hasjoinedtheAdmissionsstaffasAssistant
theAnnualFundhelped DeanofAdmissions.Wes isagraduateofCollegiate
rebuildthis1929Steinway School in Richmond. Hegraduatedfrom Hampden-
grandpianoin theMen's
ChorusRehearsalRoom. It []MBF JnM£JL-^ Sydneywith a B.A. inpoliticalscienceandSpanish.
wasdismantleddown tothe Hewas PresidentofKappaAlphaFraternity,
frame.Afterthesound- Vice-PresidentoftheInter-fraternityCouncil, a
ingboardwaspatched memberoftheStudentCourt, andwasselectedfor
andpainted, newtiming £ \ Who's WhoAmongStudentsinAmerican Universities
pegs,strings, andhammer hm tl andColleges. HereceivedtheJeffreyN. FriendAward.
mechanism wereinstalled.
Wes twiceparticipatedin theSocietyof'91 volunteer
serviceprojectin Belize. Hewill recruit in Florida,
i^j
lEHnn
Georgia, North Carolina, andSouth Carolina.
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