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Dr.
Chella David |
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W.
M. Davis |
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Navy Commander
Michael Murphey |
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Barbara
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Dr.
Richard Drake |
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Four alumni and a retired Berea College history professor will be honored
during Berea Homecoming 2004 activities Nov. 19-21.
Dr. Chella David, ’61, and W. M. Davis, ’50, will each
be awarded Berea’s Distinguished Alumni Award. David leads
the largest laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., with
30 researchers studying the genetics behind diseases that include
cancer, arthritis, diabetes and AIDS to help patients suffering from
these diseases. Davis is a retired Vice President of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Receiving the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award will be Navy Commander
Michael Murphey, ’84, with the Staff of the Commander, United
States Pacific Command, responsible for engagement and cooperation
programs with the countries of South Asia.
Recipient of this year’s Rodney C. Bussey Award of Special
Merit is Barbara Goddard, ’48, an assistant to the President
from 1982 – 1994. Dr. Richard Drake, professor emeritus of
history at Berea and a founding member of the Appalachian Studies
Association, will receive the Honorary Alumnus Award.
David, Davis and Murphey will receive their awards at the Alumni
Banquet scheduled for Friday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Boone Tavern
Dining Room. On Saturday morning, Drake and Goddard will be presented
their awards at the Alumni Coffee, which begins at 9:30 a.m. in Baird
Lounge of the Alumni Building.
Also on Friday will be the Black Student Union Homecoming Pageant
beginning 7:30 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Tickets are $5 for students
and $10 for all others.
The College's Theatre Laboratory production of ”Metamorphoses,” a
retelling of Ovid’s myths, will be performed at 8 p.m. in the
McGaw Theatre of Jelkyl Drama Center on Friday and Saturday evenings.
For reservations and tickets, call the box office at (859) 985-3300.
Saturday morning’s parade down Chestnut Street, on the theme “Catch
the Berea Spirit,” will begin at 11 a.m. (cancelled if raining).
At noon, Reunion lunches and class photos are scheduled for the classes
of '79, '84, ’89, '94, '99' and '04.
A host of activities is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. The Black
Music Ensemble fall concert in Union Church begins at 1 p.m. and
the Gordon Ross Skittles Tournament at the Log House Craft Gallery
is scheduled from 1-3 p.m. From 3 – 5 p.m., alumni are invited
to take part in an on-going oral history project by sharing their
favorite memories of Berea on videotape during an open house in the
Public Relations Department located in the new Visitor’s Center
at College Square.
Seabury Center will be the site of three basketball games on Saturday.
The Lady Mountaineers will take on Miami University-Hamilton College
at 5:30 p.m. At 7:30, the Men's Varsity team will play Miami University-Hamilton,
with the Coronation of Homecoming queen and king taking place at
halftime. Earlier in the afternoon, at 2 p.m, the Men’s Junior
Varsity team will play a team of alumni, coached by Craig Jefferson, “80.
Festivities on Saturday conclude with a Student/Alumni Reception
in Baird Lounge from 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. and the Homecoming Dance
for students and alumni in the Woods-Penniman Building from 10 p.m. – 2
a.m.
On Sunday morning, campus minister Rev. Randy Osborne will lead
an Alumni Worship Service in Union Church at 10:45, featuring a performance
by the Alumni Chapel and Concert Choir.
Tickets are required for the Alumni Banquet on Friday and for Saturday's
luncheons. A Basketball ticket is good for admission to both the
men’s and women’s games on Saturday. For a complete schedule
of events, ticket prices, and to make reservations, contact the Berea
College Alumni Association at (859) 985-3104.
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