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40s—70s L. Bevel Jones III 46C 49T was given the Day1 Pioneer Award in Christian Communication in honor of his masterful, humble, and winsome proclamation of the Word of God in the pulpit, in print, on the radio, and on television. Day1 is the national weekly ecumenical radio program produced by the Alliance for Christian Media. Eugene F. Black 53T received the 2013 Peter Cartwright Lifetime Evangelism Award from the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of The United Methodist Church. Jack Travelstead 53T has served as a pastor and District Superintendent in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of The United Methodist Church. During his years of service, he has helped to establish both the Wesley Village Retirement Community in Macomb, Illinois, and the Midwest Mission Distribution Center in Chatham, Illinois, a worldwide center for responding to national and international crises. Thomas Summers 59T received the Howard G. McClain Award for Public Policy Advocacy from the South Carolina Christian Action Council at its annual conference in May. Recognized were his activities in such areas as racial healing, immigration reform, moral state budgets, and Medicaid expansion. Becky Williams Buckman 66T has released a new collection of poetry, Down the Line, published independently. Ronald Grimes 67T has been awarded an honorary doctorate from The University of Lund in Sweden for his major international contributions to the interdisciplinary field of ritual studies. Elwood Spackman, Jr. 67T retired from Emory and the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church after serving 28 years as executive director of the Emory Center for Pastoral Services. Mary Akin 75T is chaplain at St. Martin’s Retirement Center. David C. Seyle 75T 76T has retired from his position as president of Andrew College. Susan T. Henry-Crowe 76T accepted the position of general secretary of the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. 80s Timothy Bias80T was elected general secretary of the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church in October 2013. Kenneth L. Samuel 81T was installed to the Board of Trustees of Lancaster Theological Seminary. Samuel is an author, professor, and minister. He is founder and Senior Pastor of Victory for the World Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and an adjunct professor at Clark Atlanta University in the religion and philosophy department. Thomas M. McRhee II 82T is the Interfaith Chaplain for Village on the Green, a continuous care retirement community in Longwood, Florida. Ronald Brannen 82T is a 2014 Harry Denman Evangelism Award Winner. The Denman Awards honor United Methodist clergy, lay, and youth in each annual conference who exhibit unusual and outstanding efforts for their work in Christian evangelism. Jody Alderman 77OX 80C 83T is now senior pastor at Norcross First United Methodist Church. Max A. Wilkins 87T was elected president and CEO of The Mission Society. Sam Halverson 87T is now associate director of Connectional Ministries for Youth & Young Adult Ministries with the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church. Chris E. Eckert 88T has been appointed the district superintendent of the Demopolis District of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church, effective July 1, 2014. 90s Arthur B. Keys, Jr. 92T retired from his role as president and CEO of International Relief and Development, an organization he founded in 1998. Randy Kanipe 93T 96T will complete a DMin in Spiritual Formation from Asbury Seminary in May 2015. Anne Robertson 94T [01] was the only female clergy member to assist at an ecumenical worship service in Sudbury, Massachusetts, when Boston’s Cardinal Sean O'Malley asked her to anoint his forehead with consecrated water in an ecumenical baptism reaffirmation ritual. In an article by The Huffington Post, Robertson said she is grateful for those times “when people can see across the divide and see our common humanity – and in this case our common faith.” Derek Porter Koolman 95T is the pastor at Christ United Methodist Church. J. Christopher McKee 97L 97T is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Law School and the director of the Schaden Experiential Learning and Public Service Programs. Paul S. Higgins 97B 97T was elected budget review officer for the American Baptist Churches/USA for 2014-2015. Stacia Brown 98T 07G was a finalist for the 2014 Townsend Prize for fiction for her book, Accidents of Providence. David Porter 98T is the global missions coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, effective September 1, 2014. James A. Cloar 99T is now the senior minister at First Christian Church of Bedford in Bedford, Indiana. Felicia Deas 99T is a contributor to two chapters in Streams Run Uphill: Conversations with Young Clergywomen of Color. Marti Keller 99T is the co-editor and a contributor to Jewish Voices in Unitarian Universalism, published by Skinner House Press, released January 6, 2014. J. Fletcher Law 99T wrote his first book, Receiving Grace In The Grove. It is about God answering prayer in crisis, and is set on his life experience at Ole Miss. He currently teaches social studies in Habersham County, and is the pastor of Good News at Noon, a homeless shelter and community ministry in Gainesville, Georgia. | Charles D. Reeb 99T, senior pastor of the historic Pasadena Community Church (United Methodist) in St. Petersburg, Florida, was the featured preacher for Pentecost and Trinity Sundays on Day1, the nationally broadcast ecumenical radio program also accessible online at Day1.org.
Jeffrey S. Davis 99T is pastor of New Oregon United Methodist Church in Fort Payne, Alabama. Acacia Bamberg Salatti 99T [02] received the Open Door Award from The April 4th Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee, this April. The award recognizes the work of those “opening doors” for others and paving the way for the realization of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream. She is pictured with the Reverend Dr. Johnson E. Saulsberry, Jr., chairman of The April 4th Foundation. 00s Matt E. Hinton 00T and Erica Hinton welcomed a baby girl, Charlotte Grace, in February. Cindy L. Maddox 02T [03] was installed in February as senior pastor at First Congregational Church (UCC) of South Portland, Maine. Michelle Roberts 02T has just published Tastes of the Divine: Hindu and Christian Theologies of Emotion (Fordham University Press). Jeanine Spangenberg Clontz 02T married Victor Clontz in May 2011. Sara L. Shaver 02T is district superintendent in the Dothan District of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church. Michael Stone 03T was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in November 2013. Melissa Traver Griffis 97OX 03T is now pastor at Rincon United Methodist Church. Beth Knowlton 04T has been named rector of historic St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas. She is the first woman to hold this position. Myka Kennedy Stephens 04T has been appointed seminary librarian at Lancaster Theological Seminary. She is a deacon in The United Methodist Church, and a member of the American Theological Library Association, Church and Synagogue Library Association, and American Library Association. Ben Brazil 05T 15G [04] is an assistant professor and director of the ministry of writing program at Earlham School of Religion. Rebecca J. Andrews 06T and Michael Stone 03T welcomed a baby girl, Emory Elizabeth, on July 7, 2012. Shelvis Smith-Mather 06T and Nancy Smith-Mather 06T welcomed a daughter, Adalyn Ann Smith-Mather, on June 1, 2014. James R. Aycock 07T is now director of student support at Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School in Tennessee. Kyle Schenkewitz 08T earned his PhD in historical theology at Saint Louis University, focusing on Early and Medieval Christianity. He currently teaches courses in theology, philosophy, and ethics at Saint Louis University. He and his wife, Jean, welcomed their first child, Abigail, in May. Avis Williams 78OX 98C 08T is a member of the board of the St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Foundation. The board is responsible for the philanthropic campaign to raise $8 million for the new hospital under construction in Greene County, Georgia. Daniel B. Gulden 08T was elected to the General Board of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for a three-year term. Paul E. Appleby 08T 09T is now the senior minister at Central Christian Church in Columbus, Georgia. C. Lynn Hopkins 08T was ordained into Unitarian Universalist ministry by First Unitarian Society of Denver. 10s Catherine Zappa 10T 20T was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood by Bishop Rob Wright on December 21 at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Elizabeth Wilson Harris 10T and Brent Hains Harris 10T welcomed a son, Christian Wagner Harris, born on February 25, 2014. J. Joshua Case 11T [05] was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood on June 21 at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. He is the assistant to the rector for formation at Holy Innocents' Church, Atlanta. James Brandon Duke 11T [05] was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood on June 21 at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, and is now priest in charge at St. Julian’s in Douglasville. Stacey J. Doremus 12T is now the program coordinator for leadership education and development at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Christopher Mark Batten 13T is the assistant director of admissions operations and assistant director of communications at the divinity school at Wake Forest University. Lee Curtis 13T was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood by Bishop Rob Wright on December 21 at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Marshall Benjamin Day 13T was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood by Bishop Rob Wright on December 21 at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Christopher J. Szarke 13T was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood by Bishop Rob Wright on December 21 at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Woods B. Lisenby 14T has been appointed chaplain at Huntingdon College. Jane Mitchell Weston 14T [05] was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood on June 21 at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, and now serves as priest in charge at St. Simon’s in Conyers, Georgia. Peter M. Wallace 20T [05] was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood by Bishop Rob Wright on June 21 at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. |
| In Memoriam | |
W. H. Ruff 47T Hugh B. Duling 47C 50T E. Allen Bailey, Jr. 50T Gilbert L. Ramsey 46OX 48C 51T Herbert Floyd 51T Ernest M. Heape 52T Charles Whitworth 52T 60G John A. White 52T James B. Gayler 46OX 50C 53T Robert S. Powers 53T Pledger W. Parker 50C 53T Robert L. Archibald Jr. 54T Reece G. Turrentine 51C 54T J. Lloyd Knox 54T Frank L. McRae 54T Roy A. Fiske 55T Robert A. Kerr 55T James H. Hankins 56T Robert Hendricks 56T J. Dennis Shaffer 57T J.D. Corbitt, Jr. 58T William A. Jester 58T Gerald T. McCray, Sr. 58T Robert C. Morgan 58T Lee Roy Collins 59T Hugh M. Grubb 51OX 59T William High 60T John Rufty 60T Ruth C. DeLoach 62T | J. Larry Amos 62T David J. Love 63T David H. Shaver 64T L. Carman King 64T John W. Clotfelter 64T Derrell L. Paris 65T Samuel D. Lewis 65T William F. Fuller 67T James L. Allison 69T Bobby S. Holladay 71T W. Roberts McIvor 71T Thurman Rivers, Jr. 71T David C. Cook 74T J. William Mathews 74T A. Wayne Middleton 74T Coleman W. Howlett 75T Paul W. Owen 78T Gary A. Karoly 79T Benny B. Lewis 80T Jaynie N. Hickman 81T William Edward Baker 82T Betty C. Castellani 83T Ralph Rivers 85T Glen L. Pugh 89T J. Sherman Pelt 92T May L. Gustafson 97T Peter Eugene Barlow 98T David C. Arledge 09T |