Dr. Chella David, '61
2004 Recipient Distinguished Alumnus Award

Dr. Chella David, a native of India, graduated from Berea College with a B.S. in Biology in 1961. Dr. David also holds an M.S. in Animal Genetics from the University of Kentucky and a PhD. in Immunogenetics from Iowa State University. Dr. David currently leads the largest laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN., with 30 researchers working on the genetics behind specific diseases. Dr. David’s work in immunogenetics was encouraged when he was a young post-doctoral researcher in the early 1970’s at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor under George Snell, the Nobel Prize winner widely credited with being a founder of the field of immunogenetics. It was there that he helped 1996 Nobel Prize winners Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel in their studies of how the immune system recognizes and attacks viruses. Dr. Chella David, ’61, has contributed to several Nobel Prize winning studies and his research in immunogenetics currently takes up two full floors at the Mayo Clinic. His results affect laboratories worldwide, from France to Japan and all over America. Dr. David is also the Alice Sheets Marriott Professor at the Mayo Medical School.

W. M. Davis, '50
2004 Recipient Distinguished Alumnus Award

W.M. (Mac) Davis a native of Miller County, GA, graduated from Berea College in 1950 with a B.A. in Business Administration. Mr. Davis also holds an M.A. in Economics from Duke University and has completed Advanced Management Program Updates at Harvard Business School. Mr. Davis began his career as a financial economist in the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He was elected Vice President of the Bank in 1969 during which he oversaw the Discount and Credit, Currency and Coin Service, Protection, and Engineering departments. He also served on special assignment at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC. Mr. Davis has served as faculties of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University and of Georgia State University.

Commander Michael Murphy, '84
2004 Recipient Outstanding Young Alumnus Award

Commander Michael G. Murphy was born in Ft. Knox, KY, the son of a career Army officer. He attended the University of Paris, France and graduated in 1984 from Berea College with a B.A. in French. He attended the Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida and the Armed Forces Air Intelligence Training Center at Lowry AFB in Denver, CO. He holds an M.A. in Strategic Studies and National Security Affairs from Naval War College in Newport, RI. Among many tours of duty, Commander Murphy toured the Western Pacific as a squadron intelligence officer and was assigned to Fleet Ocean Surveillance Intelligence in Kamiseya, Japan. He also served as Intelligence Officer in Bahrain, and Roswell, New Mexico and as U.S. Assistant Defense Attache in Madrid, Spain. Most recently, Commander Murphy reported to the Iceland Defense Force as the Director of Intelligence and he currently serves as Chief of the Korea Analysis Division in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Commander Murphy has received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal.

Truman, '61, and Joyce Fields, '61
2004 Recipients, Alumni Loyalty Award

Truman and Joyce Fields both graduated from Berea in 1961 - Truman with a degree in Industrial technology management and Joyce with a degree in Home Economics. Both served as educators in Ohio, and upon returning to retire in Berea, they have remained very active in supporting the college’s mission. They were very involved with Berea College alumni chapters both in Cleveland and in Madison County. They have volunteered with the President’s Club, the Founder’s Club and with the Second Century Club phonathon. They have regularly provided support for numerous alumni activities and events. Truman has also lectured in the Industrial Technology department.

Barbara Goddard, '48
2004 Recipient, Rod C. Bussey Award of Special Merit

Barbara Goddard served as Assistant to the President from 1982 to 1988 and was the first Berea graduate to work full-time in the Development office. After her retirement in 1988 she continued to work part-time connecting with Berea alumni and friends in the western part of the country. In her work with Berea, Ms. Goddard traveled through Arizona, Colorado, California, Washington, and Oregon reinforcing relationships with “old” Berea friends and making numerous new ones. She is known to give out red carnations at Valentine’s Day, deliver homemade bread during the holidays, and take elderly Berea friends to the doctor. Former Vice President of Alumni Relations and Development, Rod Bussey once said, “In winning friends for her alma mater, Barbara has been a special friend to many”. Ms. Goddard graduated from Berea in 1948 with a B.A. in Sociology and holds an M.A. in Social Work from Tulane University. Since full retirement, Ms. Goddard has been deeply involved with Habitat for Humanity and remains active in the Arizona Berea Alumni Chapter.

Glennis Walker
2004 Recipient, Honorary Alumnus Award

Glennis Walker began working for the college in 1974 in the Student Labor Office. She also held a position at the Physical Plant before taking a year off in 1977. She returned to Berea as administrative assistant in Campus Ministry as the request of Henry Parker. Before working for Berea she had been involved in the Community Action Agency and various other service organizations. As part of her work in Campus Ministry she worked closely with the student group "People Who Care". She worked in campus ministry for 8 years. In 1986 she was licensed to the ministry in the Flat Creek Church of the Brethern in Clay County. She and her husband left Berea to become co-pastors of the Worthington, Minnesota Church of the Brethern in 1988.

Dr. Richard Drake
2004 Recipient, Honorary Alumnus Award

Dr. Richard Drake taught History and Political Science at Berea for 36 years until his retirement in 1992. Before he came to Berea, Dr. Drake taught at Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia where he was forced to leave because he supported racial integration. Dr. Drake, an avid supporter of integration and civil rights, was one of the faculty members who lead Berea College students to participate in the March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Dr. Drake was also a crusader for Appalachian Studies. He introduced the Appalachia/America course in 1959, the first modern history of Appalachia course in the region. He was also instrumental in creating the Appalachian Center at Berea College in 1970, the first academic Appalachian Center in the United States. In 2001 Dr. Drake published, “A History of Appalachia”. Dr. Drake holds an A.B. from Doane College, an M.A. in Far Eastern History from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in American History from Emory University.