Hasan Davis, ’92, Featured on KET’s "Kentucky Life"

Berean Hasan Davis’ performance as A.A. Burleigh, an African American Union soldier stationed at Camp Nelson and the first adult African American to attend Berea College following the Civil War, was aired Feb. 23 on Kentucky Educational Television’s (KET) “Kentucky Life” program. Davis researched and co-wrote the monologue with DreamaGentry, ’89, director of Berea College’s Office of Special Programs. He has performed it all over the state as a part of the Kentucky Humanities Council’s Chautauqua series. “Kentucky Life,” a weekly half-hour program hosted by Dave Shuffett, explores stories that capture the flavor, history and heritage of Kentucky.

Davis, who lives in Berea, is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. Through his business “Empowerment Solutions” he is a motivational speaker working with youth in schools, community agencies and juvenile facilities. He also is chair of the Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Council for Kentucky. In his spare time he is a professional storyteller, performance artist and poet. His current portrayal in the KHC Chatauqua program is "York," a slave and the only African American on Lewis and Clark's cross-country expedition.

_________1928_________
The late Clyde J. "Red" Foley was inducted into Kentucky's Music Hall of Fame and Museum, scheduled to open in May 2002. Inductees were selected by an advisory board based on criteria that they were born or lived in Kentucky and been in the music industry for at least a decade.
Olive Sturgill Walker, A'28, has moved to Green Valley, Ariz.

_________1933_________
Twins Dixie Christian Martin and Susan Christian Camp, who live in adjoining apartments in an assisted living complex, were featured in an article of The Dothan (Ala.) Eagle newspaper. The article featured information about how they have shared many things, but also led very separate lives.

_________1936_________
William Frank Davis' wife, Lucille, died on November 15. Mr. Davis resides in Wareham, Mass.
Delmas Saunders, Cx'36, had his book, History of Abbott Creek and The Village of Bonanza, published. The book contains history and stories about people and events in Floyd County, Ky. Books can be ordered by contacting Hager Shoals Publishing Co., P.O. Box 171, Auxier, Ky. 41602-0171 or calling 606.886.2101.

_________1937_________
The Class of 1937 will observe its 65th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chair-person is James "Pop" Hollandsworth. He can be reached at 1535 Ritter Blvd., Huntington, W.Va. 25701-4923.

_________1941_________

Charley and Fay Mills Hale observed their 60th wedding anni- versary on July 19, 2001. He is a retired research and development chemist and she is a retired teacher. Mr. Hale has served for many years as the Class of 1941 Class Agent.

_________1942_________
The Class of 1942 will observe its 60th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chairperson is Ruth Cornett Fierros. She can be reached at 1801 Fremont St., Laredo, Texas 78043.

Ruby Allen Bays has lived in Lexington, Ky., for 50 years.

Dr. George and Lucille Christian McKinney, '43, observed their 60th wedding anniversary on Sept. 5, hosted by their three children and spouses.

_________1944_________
There will be a Navy V-12 Reunion at Berea scheduled for May 31-June 2.

James Sherburne's, V12, two Berea-based Civil War novels, Hacey Miller and The Way to Fort Pillow, are back in print and may be ordered via the internet at Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com. He lives in Lawrenceburg, Ky.

_________1945_________
Robert Dodd, A'45, who is retired, toured Ireland and Scotland with his youngest daughter, Stacey, who is on a three-year assignment with Habitat for Humanity. He also visited friends in southern England.

_________1947_________
The Class of 1947 will observe its 55th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chairperson is Juanita Noland Coldiron. She can be reached at 25 Harmon Ave., Lake Junaluska, N.C. 28745.

_________1949_________
Romulus Jolley Duncan lives in the Nebo, N.C. area and is involved in tree farming.

_________1950_________
Mary Armstrong Hiller's, Fd'50, husband, Richard, died Feb. 18.

_________1952_________
The Class of 1952 will observe its 50th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chair-persons are Bill and Rose Moore Ramsay. They can be reached at 733 Fairway Drive, Edisto Beach, S.C. 29438.

_________1954_________
Col. Leland "Pappy" Martin, retired colonel, has been selected for inclusion in the 2002 edition of Marquis' Who's Who in America, a biographical reference directory of the highest achievers and contributors from the United States. After retiring from the Air Force, he served two years as deputy executive for the Confederate Air Force and as executive director of the American Airpower Heritage Foundation. For the past 12 years, he has taught United States History at the University of Texas - Pan American and Texas Technical College. He lives with his wife of 45 years, "Butch," in Harlingen, Texas.

_________1955_________
Dr. Kenneth Moss retired in 1999 and enjoys studying the history of medicine, photography, botany, hiking, drawing and painting, antiques, and traveling.
Billy Edd Wheeler had some of his paintings included in The Seven Sisters Gallery Fall Exhibit titled, "Appalachia: Immersed and Emerging."

_________1956_________
Judge O. Ray Corns was the guest speaker at Glasgow, Ky. Independent Schools. His humor has been shared on Paul Harvey's Noonday News and he is a featured convention speaker. He is co-author of Public School Laws, which is used as a text in more than 70 colleges and universities, and The Trial of Jesus of Nazareth, a legal analysis with a religious emphasis.

_________1957_________
The Class of 1957 will observe its 45th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chair-person is Harold Blackburn. He can be reached at Alexander Island, 146 Whitby Lane, Mooresville, N.C. 28117.
Rev. Dr. Eugene P. Wratchford has published a romance fiction novel, The Snows of Pine Ridge. The novel is unique in that it weaves some of the author's beliefs and philosophy about life, marriage and the family, death and dying, and a religious faith, including forgiveness and redemption, within an adulterous, passionate romance between a minister and a nurse. Wratchford earned three master's degrees in theology and philosophy from Bethany Theological Seminary, Boston University School of Theology, and the University of Connecticut, and his Ph.D. in scientific brain research and philosophical theology from Hartford Seminary, and served in the Christian ministry for over 40 years. He is married to the former Charlotte Mitchell of Franklin, W.Va., and has two children and two grandchildren. Copies of the novel can be ordered from Dr. Wratchford at 412 Larkspur Lane, Martinsburg, WV, 25401, or the McClain Printing Company, P.O. Box 403, Parsons, WV 26287.

_________1960_________
Dr. Lloyd Browning, a family practice physician, has practiced medicine at the Riverview Medical Clinic since 1967. He is an avid fisheman, gardener, and University of Kentucky sports fan. Marcella Chambers Browning, '61, a homemaker, participates in an interdenominational Bible study and is the assistant choir director and pianist for Louisa United Methodist Church, where she and Dr. Browning both serve as assistant Sunday School teachers.

_________1961_________
Dr. Chella David, an Alice Sheets Mariott Professor of immunology at Mayo Medical School, was named a master of the American College of Rheumatology during the ACR Annual Scientific meeting in November. This is one of the highest honors that the college can bestow on a member, given to members of the college who have set the highest professional standards in advancing the art and science of rheumatology. He was involved in the discovery of IA antigens in mice, later discovered in humans and currently correlated with rheumatic diseases. His laboratory is one of the leaders in producing transgenic animals using MHC genes.

_________1962_________
The Class of 1962 will observe its 40th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chair-person is Jack Barrier. He can be reached at 8804 Limestone Ct., Raleigh, N.C. 27615.

Dr. Don Noel Smith is the provost at the University of Houston at Victoria in Victoria, Tex.

_________1963_________

Jasper and Carol McReynolds Dunaway are both retired elementary school teachers. They attended their 27th consecutive annual reunion in July in Lexington, Ky., with the families of Paul and Ollie May Taulbee McGuire, Cx'63, and Glenn and Sally Tudor Watkins, Cx'63.

_________1965_________
Indiana University Press has contracted with digital printers to ensure that Anthony Wayne: Soldier of the Early Republic, by Paul David Nelson, will always be available. The biography, first published by Indiana University Press in 1985, will be reannounced as part of the Indiana University Press list, and will be included on the web site: iupress.indiana.edu.

_________1967_________
The Class of 1967 will observe its 35th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chairpersons are Judy Coates Fray and Rick Gunter. She can be reached at Box 263, Madison, Va. 22727. He can be reached at 107 W. Carolina Ave., Crewe, Va. 23930.

_________1968_________
Darlene Riggs Forester, Cx'68, retired in March from her position as assistant director of Home Economics Extension for the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. She had previously served UK as an extension nutrition specialist for 12 years. She moved to the Louisville, Ky., area.

_________1969_________
Roy Moore, associate dean and professor in the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky, is an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow during the 2001-2002 academic year at the University of Georgia. The ACE Fellows Program provides senior faculty and administrators the opportunity to gain the knowledge, skills, and perspectives they need to assume significant leadership roles in higher education by spending time at another campus, observing the situation and how its leaders manage change. During spring 2001, he served as acting director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications and University Media Advisor at UK. He and his wife, Pamela Vickers Moore, '71, have moved to the Greensboro, Ga. area.
Dr. Dennis Roop, a professor in the Dermatology and the Molecular and Cellular Biology Departments, received the Baylor College of Medicine's annual Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. Excellence in Research Award. Betty Hollandsworth Roop, '70 is the manager of nurse recruitment and retention for the St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital system.

_________1970_________
Joe Chowning's wife, Nancy, died Oct. 13. Mr. Chowning lives with their children in Berea, Ky.

George W. (Dick) Litton was elected Vice President of Whayne Supply Company, a dealer for Caterpillar, Reedrill, and other lines of construction, industrial, and mining equipment, located in Louisville, Ky. Litton joined Whayne Supply in 1972, and had served as Vice President and Paducah Branch Operations Manager. He has done graduate work at Eastern Kentucky University.
Ron Reed was awarded the John Brown Teaching Excellence Award, the only two time recipient in the award's history. He is a teacher and division chairperson for the Humanities Department at Hazard Community College.

_________1972_________
The Class of 1972 will observe its 30th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chairperson is Janie Adams Frazier. She can be reached at 2415 Hwy. 15, Whitesburg, Ky. 41858.

_________1974_________
Virgil Burnside was honored for his dedication and service to the Berea Community during a Leadership Madison County (Ky.) reception. LMC is a joint partnership in community involvement between the Berea and Richmond Chambers of Commerce. It provides a forum for leaders and future leaders to study the community as an integrated, complex system and to learn the skills they will need to help promote change, improve quality of life, and lead the community.

_________1975_________
James Shoopman, a claim specialist for St. Paul Insurance Company, traveled with his son, Michael, to Seattle, Washington, on Oct. 21, to receive conferment of a degree of CPCU in Insurance, the highest degree possible in insurance.

_________1977_________
The Class of 1977 will observe its 25th class reunion during Summer Reunion 2002, scheduled for June 7-9. The reunion chairperson is Jewrette Johnson. She can be reached at 4237 5th Ave., Apt. E South, Birmingham, Ala. 35222.

Liz Huffman was featured in a Lexington Herald-Leader article concerning her purchase of a four-story home in Madison County (Ky.) which she is transforming into a Bed and Breakfast. It will provide a place where individuals can seek spiritual rejuvenation, quiet and calm.

_________1979_________
Rev. Rus Cooper-Dowda continues her online ministry. She offers a posted daily non-denominational mediation and also "Star Trek Theology and Ethics," an e-mail discussion course.
Donald Ray Napier, Cx'79, has one son, Timothy Ray, and lives in Harlan, Ky.
J.R. Sherburne lives in Indiana, Penn., where he is in social work.

_________1980_________
Kerri Fielding Hensley, a teacher at Sunshine Preschool and account manager at Berea Hospital, was named Mrs. Berea during Berea's Spoonbread Festival. Her 18-year-old daughter, Kristin, was selected as Miss Berea.

_________1982_________
The Class of 1982 will observe its 20th class reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for November 22-24.

Kim Hamilton was featured in the Dec. 13, 2001 Lexington Herald Leader for her volunteer work at Johnson Elementary School's Family Resource Center. She is also active in other school organizations, as well as social service groups and the Bluegrass Area Development District.
Retta Manning Wilhite teaches biology and chemistry at Scott County H. S. in Georgetown, Ky.

_________1983_________
Rev. Bradley D. Napier is the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Brownstown, Ind.
Married: Darla Phillips to Danny Pearson on Jan. 6, 2001 in Berea, Kentucky. Karen Shepherd Robbins served as the bridesmaid. Alumni attending the wedding included: Mary Moore Snipes, Nancy Miller, Kelly Cogar, '86, Mary Ellen McLaughlin, '69, Bill Best, '59, and Eef Fontanez, '93. The couple resides in Berea, Ky.

_________1984_________
Birth: A daughter, Kamdyn Melody, born June 22, to Shelley Wilson Schlenker.

_________1985_________
Birth: A daughter, Brynne Elizabeth, born Oct. 9, 2000 to Eddie Galloway and his wife, Angie.

_________1986_________
Dr. Willie Parker is moving to Hawaii to serve as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Hawaii.

_________1987_________
The Class of 1987 will observe its 15th class reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for November 22-24.

_________1989_________
Leonidas Kassapides, shadow artist, added projections of evocative images to the 1954
chamber opera Rapunzel performed at the Cabrillo Festival in Santa Cruz, Calif. It is the longest-running continuous new-music series in the United States.
Birth: A son, Luke Alexander, born Oct. 1, to David and Amy Carter Shehee, '91.
Married: Kimberly Fugate Shepherd, Cx'89, to Tony Underwood on June 10. She is a paralegal for Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance in Lexington, Ky. and has one daughter. She serves on the board of directors for Virginia Place-One Parent Family Facility and the Greater Lexington Paralegal Association. The couple resides in Nicholasville, Ky.

_________1990_________
Connie Branham Estep is the director of the Booth Scholarship Program at Pikeville College. Steve Estep is the Learning Center coordinator at Hazard Community College and has been named chair for the Division of Developmental Studies and Educational Support Services.
Birth: A Son, Christopher Alexander, born July 13, 2001 to Karol Humphries Vinson.

_________1991_________
Birth: A son, Cameron Jackson, born July 6, 2000 to Joann Burton Templeman. Mrs. Templeman is employed by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Provider Relations Department.

_________1992_________
The Class of 1992 will observe its 10th class reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for November 22-24.

Vicki Martin is a family nurse practitioner with Christian Healthcare Services, Inc.
Beth Monroe Metzger graduated with a master of science in criminal justice from Eastern Kentucky University on Aug. 2, where she represented the graduating class at student commencement speaker. She is an advocacy specialist with the Kentucky Division of Protection and Advocacy.
Married: Kevin Wasson, '91, Greg Manuel, and Wayne Bolen, '93. The couple resides in Nicholasville, Ky.

_________1993_________
Married: Dixie Bowens to William Welch on Oct. 13. She is a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers. The couple resides in Vienna, Va.
Birth: A son, Noah, born Oct. 20, 2000 to Ralph, '96, and Linda Bayes Clark. The Clarks run a Big Brothers/Big Sisters program which they were involved with at Berea through Students for Appalachia. She is a full-time homemaker and he is an admission and activities director at Oakdale Christian High School.
Birth: A daughter, Olivia Ann, born Dec. 11, to Fred and Tanya Lawson Lowry. The Lowrys live in the Hamilton, Ohio area.
Shaun Carpenter McEntire, an attorney, joined the private practice Moore & Spenard as general counsel. She and her husband, Brent, have moved to Madisonville, Ky.

Birth: A son, Andrew Bailey, born Dec. 1, to Ian Prinssen and his wife, Barbara.
Birth: A daughter, Abigail Rebecca, born June 14, to Greg and Rebecca Suttles Schwab. He is a professor and soil fertility specialist at Washington State University. She is a homemaker.
Tasha Stiles serves as a Berea College Residential Life Collegium member with the Student Life Department.

_________1994_________
K. Foula Dimopoulos, Cx'94, is attending the University of Michigan.
Birth: A daughter, Susannah Marie, born Sept. 6, to Greg and Regina Shields Rickert, Cx'94.

_________1995_________
Correction: Larry Samuel Jones' e-mail is lsjmac5@cs.com.
Chris McDavid is associate editor for The Big Sandy News.
Jennifer Keith Wilson has received her certification in maternal-children nursing from the National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Specialties (NCCOGNS). She completed her master's in nursing at Eastern Kentucky University, and is currently participating in professional development courses at Somerset (Ky.) Technical College.

_________1996_________
Birth: A son, Seth Landon, born Aug. 24, to Jason and Ruth Kegley Gregg, '95.
Thom Price is one of only four master gondola builders in Venice, Italy.
Married: Deonna Turner, Cx'96, to Malcolm Pinson on Dec. 29. Mrs. Pinson is a paralegal with the Kirk Law Firm.

_________1997_________
The Class of 1997 will observe its 5th class reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for November 22-24.

Rachel Hawley is regional manager for the mid-western states at Duni DeSter Corp. She completed her master's degree in 2000 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in child and family studies with a minor in human resources.
Vivian Overall is human resources coordinator with Shelby County (Ky.) Public Schools.
Birth: A daughter, Kylie Rae, born Aug. 8, to Robert and Denena Golden Powell.
Birth: A son, Nathan Nicholas, born Oct. 19, to Mathew and Julie Pragar Simon, '96. He is a medical student at Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine and she is a homemaker.

_________1998_________
Mary Vitatoe, an avid book enthusiast, was one of three locally-based poets invited by the Watershed Arts Alliance to read some of their original material for the "Taste of Art" program at the Riverstone Art Gallery on Oct. 5, in Somerset, Ky.

_________1999_________
Virginia Begley Ceesay is employed with Berea College's Special Programs.
Jonathan Johnson is a member of the Berea College Residential Life Collegium in the Student Life Department.
Married: Rachel Newman to Brandon Baker, '00 on Sept. 15. She is an enforcement officer for the NCAA and he is a market manager.
Married: Joseph Tipton to Michelle Smith in December 2000. They are both graduate students at the University of Kentucky.

_________2000_________
Katrina Thacker traveled to Paris, France, for five weeks with the Kentucky Institute for International Studies program followed by a four-week study-abroad course in Ireland, studying modern Irish Short Stories.

_________2001_________
The Class of 2001 will observe its first class reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for November 22-24.

Shawn Adkins' radio show is aired every Thursday from 9-11 a.m. on country.beonair.com and he is interning at WUBE 105.1
Hettie Ross is an independent sales associate for AFLAC.