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Transylvania
Summer 2011 UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
R. Owen Williams
inaugurated as
25th president
Commencement sees
record 263 graduates
Henry Clay event
draws luminaries
Left, enjoying a chat at the celebration
luncheon are, from left, Ellen Bebb,
Finbarr Saunders ’66, President R.
Owen Williams, Glen Bagby ’66, and
Terri Bagby.
Below left, Suzanne Romano Keen ’71,
left, and Jan Schick Roby ’71 attend
the celebration luncheon.
SweetHome
Transylvania
Approximately 600 alumni and guests were in Lexington April 28-May 1
for Alumni Weekend 2011. For a wrap-up of President R. Owen
Williams’s first address to the alumni, plus more stories and photos,
see coverage beginning on page 25. Photos by Joseph Rey Au.
Near right, shown at the class
of 1961 reunion at the home
of Bill ’61 and Anne Arvin are,
from left, Volindah Johnson
Costabell ’61, Bill Stroker ’60,
Tom Marshall ’61, Stan Rullman
’61, and Jim Stephens ’60.
Far right, Michael and Barbara
Oney Garvey ’71 enjoy the
celebration luncheon.
Below, pictured at their class
of 1991 reunion reception are
Chris Watkins, left, and James
Brown.
Enjoying the
reunion reception
are, from left,
Annette Souder
Rizzo ’91, Melissa
Young ’91, and Lisa
Meek Mallory ’88.
Transylvania UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
SUMMER/2011
Features
14 A PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION / R. Owen Williams installed
as 25th president of Transylvania in ceremony on Old Morrison steps
22 RECORD-BREAKING GRADUATION / Commencement 2011
showcases 263 seniors in Transylvania’s largest graduation in history
25 SWEET HOME TRANSYLVANIA / Alumni return to their alma
mater for four days of remembering and celebrating their Transylvania
years
Around Campus
2 Henry Clay tribute draws political luminaries
4 McEuen authors Making War, Making Women
5 John Marshall Harlan Lecture Series created
6 Canadian Brass to perform at Smith Concert
Sports
9 Transylvania will add lacrosse in 2012
9 Pioneers win HCAC Commissioner’s Cup
12 Men’s basketball will play the
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear presents
President R. Owen Williams with a certificate University of Kentucky in Rupp Arena
making him a member of the Honorable Order
of Kentucky Colonels. Beshear was among the
seven official greeters who brought good wishes
Alumni News and Notes
on behalf of their constituencies to Williams 28 Class Notes
upon his inauguration as Transylvania’s 25th 29 Alumna in Japan writes of earthquake
president. See story on page 14.
Photo by Joseph Rey Au 32 Marriages, Births, Obituaries
34 Distinguished Service Awards
35 Distinguished Achievement Awards
Associate Vice President of Communications
and Public Relations: Sarah A. Emmons
Director of Publications: Martha S. Baker
Publications Writer/Editor: William A. Bowden On the cover:
Editorial Assistant: Tyler Young R. Owen Williams was installed as the
Publications Designer: Barbara Grinnell 25th president of Transylvania University
in an impressive and colorful ceremony
Transylvania is published three times a year. Volume from the steps of Old Morrison on April 29.
28, No. 3, Summer 2011. Produced by the Office of See story on page 14.
Publications, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
40508-1797. Send address changes and alumni news Photos by Joseph Rey Au
to Alumni Office, Transylvania University, 300 North
Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508-1797, fax to (859)
233-8797, or e-mail to alumni@transy.edu.
Present and former House Speakers honor Henry Clay You have to keep this in mind.”
At the conclusion of the pre-
with discussion on history, role of Speaker of the House sentations, Richard Decamp,
chairman of the Henry Clay
Current Speaker of the university’s seminal law depart- the political life of the country Memorial Foundation, awarded
United States House of Repre- ment as a professor in 1805 and and under different presidents. Boehner, Pelosi, and Hastert the
sentatives John Boehner, was elected a trustee in 1807. Pointing to Clay’s enormous Henry Clay Medallion in recog-
R-Ohio, joined with Although Clay left influence on the national politi- nition of their life’s work that
former Speaker and Kentucky to become cal scene from the 1820s to the reflects Henry Clay’s ideals.
current House Demo- “Henry Clay nationally prominent late 1840s when forces were at The event was sponsored by
cratic Leader Nancy was committed as a statesman, he work that eventually led to civil the Henry Clay Memorial Foun-
Pelosi, D-Calif., and maintained a home in war, Boehner said, “No one per- dation and the Henry Clay Cen-
to education. son in the United States was
former Speaker, Lexington at beautiful ter for Statesmanship. Among
Republican Dennis Just think how Ashland and always more responsible for holding the audience members were
Hastert from Illinois, proud he would kept Transylvania in his the Union together during that 51 college students from all
in a moderated dis- thoughts, remaining a time than Henry Clay. He has 50 states and the District of
cussion on the history
be to see trustee and friend of been a role model for me.” Columbia who were in Lexing-
and nature of the Transylvania the university until his Pelosi noted that Clay was ton to attend the Henry Clay
Speaker position that University as it death in 1852. a bridge from the nation’s Center for Statesmanship’s
drew a capacity audi- “Henry Clay was founders, such as James fourth annual Student Congress
ence to Transylvania is today.” committed to educa- Madison, to Abraham Lincoln at Transylvania and the
University’s Haggin tion,” Pelosi noted. in his early political career. He University of Kentucky.
Auditorium Friday, June 24. “Just think how proud he also benefitted from the peo-
The forum, titled “The Role would be to see Transylvania ple’s aversion to too much
KET special airdates
of the Speaker of the House: A University as it is today.” presidential power.
Tribute to Henry Clay,” was the “This evening’s forum was a “Clay was able to build up Kentucky Educational
culminating event in Lexington’s penetrating and enlightening not only the Speaker’s role, but Television will air a special on
first Henry Clay Week and was look at the importance of the a strong legislative establish- “The Role of the Speaker of
an observance of the 200th Speaker’s role in the House of ment overall because Americans the House: A Tribute to Henry
anniversary of Clay becoming Representatives and how much at that time feared a strong Clay,” produced by Michael
Speaker of the House in 1811. we owe to Henry Clay for being executive,” she said. “They did Breeding Media, on these dates
Historians have said it was Clay, the first to realize how influen- not want a king.” (all times EDT):
Kentucky’s leading politician in tial this key position could All of the panelists touched Tuesday, August 16, 9 p.m.
the early 1800s, who made the become,” said Transylvania on the delicate balancing act (KET)
Speakership the powerful posi- President R. Owen Williams. that a House Speaker must cre- Wednesday, August 17, 11 a.m.
tion it is today. In a discussion that was ate between the interests of his (KETKY)
Thursday, August 18, 11 p.m.
In his introductory remarks moderated by CNBC Chief or her own party and the overall
(KETKY)
to the evening, Robert Clay, co- Washington Correspondent interests of the House.
Friday, August 19, 4 a.m. (KET),
chair of the Henry Clay Center John Harwood, each of the “As Speaker, you represent 8 p.m. (KETKY)
for Statesmanship, pointed out panelists paid tribute to the and lead your party, but you Saturday, August 20, 9 a.m.
the close relationship that Tran- legacy of Clay and discussed his are also Speaker for the entire (KETKY)
sylvania enjoyed with Clay in its or her experiences as Speaker House,” Hastert said. “The issue Sunday, August 21, 7 p.m.
formative years. Clay joined the during sharply differing eras of of fairness is an overriding one. (KETKY), 9 p.m. (KET2)
Helena Hau
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner (second from left) makes a point during the Henry Clay tribute while,
from left, CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood, who moderated the discussion; former Speaker and current House
Leader Nancy Pelosi; and former Speaker Dennis Hastert look on.
2 TRANSYLVANIA
Shakespeare troupe will bring exciting change to fall Kenan Lecture
The Kenan Lecture Series will “I’ve seen their work, and it is
offer something different this fall. For high caliber, exciting, and outra-
the first time in its 26-year history, geously fun,” said theater professor
the series will feature a theater per- Sully White. “While the troupe has
formance. traveled to Kentucky, they have
The American Shakespeare Center never been to Lexington.”
on Tour will present ’Tis Pity She’s a ASC on Tour has honed its art
Whore on Monday, November 7, and since 1988, performing in 47 states
A Midsummer Night’s Dream on and five foreign countries. The
Tuesday, November 8. Both perform- Washington Post called its offerings
ances will be in Carrick Theater at “shamelessly entertaining,” and Bob
7:30 p.m. and are free and open to Mondello of National Public Radio
the public. commented that the company is
“This is an opportunity to broaden “blowing the cobwebs out of
the scope of the Kenan series to “High caliber, exciting, Elizabethan drama.”
include non-lecture events that are Transylvania’s Kenan Lecture series
intellectually stimulating and have a
and outrageously fun” is funded by a grant from the William
high likelihood of drawing communi- Sully White R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. Past
ty interest,” said psychology profes- lecturers have included former presi-
sor Meg Upchurch, who coordinates dent of Ireland and U.N. commission-
the program. er for human rights Mary Robinson,
ASC on Tour is the touring arm of presidential historian Richard Norton
the American Shakespeare Center. Smith, vocalist and Paralympic athlete
Their home stage in Staunton, Vir- Ronan Tynan, Civil War historian
ginia, is a replica of Shakespeare’s Shelby Foote, and historian and
original indoor theater, the Blackfriars author Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Playhouse, and they bring that
atmosphere alive on other stages.
American Shakespeare Center actors,
They perform with the house lights
shown in scenes from As You Like It,
on, and the actors speak directly to will bring ’Tis Pity She’s A Whore
the audience and include audience and A Midsummer Night’s Dream to
members in the world of the play. Transylvania in November.
Three Transylvania students had their musical compositions Transylvania has been named one of the Top 100 Social
Applause
selected for compilations by Vox Novus, a contemporary music Media Colleges in the country, a list that includes more than
organization. Sophomore Joey Perkins and senior Nadia 6,000 colleges and universities, by StudentAdvisor.com, a Wash-
Smith had their pieces chosen for the Vox Novus 2011 Interna- ington Post company. Schools are judged on how effectively they
tional Mix, which is comprised of 60 electronic compositions, use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, and other social media
each 60 seconds long, by 60 composers. Sophomore Molly tools. “Transylvania has tactfully mastered the art of the retweet
Crain’s piece was accepted for the international Vox Novus by sharing stories about student life, academics and athletics
60x60 Athena Mix, which is comprised of 60 electronic composi- under the school’s main Twitter account,” the report said.
tions, 60 seconds long, by 60 women. •••
Transylvania was named a Gold level Fit-Friendly Company
by the American Heart Association. Fit-Friendly companies are
recognized as employers who go above and beyond when it
comes to their employees’ health. The wellness program at Tran-
sylvania encourages healthy living decisions by faculty and staff.
•••
Music professor Timothy Polashek’s “Micro-Coastings,”
electro-acoustic music and video, was performed in New York
City by the New York University New Music Ensemble, led by
artistic director and clarinetist Esther Lamneck.
Music technology students, shown in the Fine Arts Technology
Joseph Rey Au
Lab, from left, Nadia Smith, Molly Crain, and Joey Perkins. Inset,
music technology professor Tim Polashek.
SUMMER 2011 3
Experience Transylvania events online What’s that weird box?
The spring saw many great events on Transylvania’s campus, including the inauguration of Launching further into the
President R. Owen Williams, commencement, and a tribute to Henry Clay. If you missed seeing them age of social media, Transylva-
in person, here are online links for each event. nia is beginning to use the QR
Inauguration code in publications to direct
people to our Facebook page,
Go to www.transy.edu/inauguration/video.htm to see a huge collection of photos and videos
Twitter, and main website (top
from inauguration events ranging from the inauguration ceremony to the symposium on the Civil
to bottom at right).
War in the Border States. There you can hear President Williams’s inauguration speech that outlines
Short for Quick
his vision for Transylvania’s future.
Response, the QR code
Commencement is easily read by smart
This year marked the largest commencement in the history of Transylvania and the first under phone cameras and can
President Williams. Watch highlights from the ceremony and hear comments from Williams, speaker store data such as web-
Aris Candris ’73, and student speaker Virginia Hamilton ’11 by visiting www.transy.edu/com- site URLs.
mencement/video.asp. To use the QR code,
download a QR code or
Tribute to Henry Clay barcode reader to your
Transylvania attracted attention from all over the country when it hosted “The Role of the Speak- smartphone. Launch the
er of the House: A Tribute to Henry Clay,” which featured three of the six living Speakers of the U.S. application, and point
House of Representatives in a forum discussing the Speaker position, which Transylvania trustee and the camera to the code.
former law professor Henry Clay first held in 1811. See a roundup of photos, videos—including an Your phone’s web
interview with President Williams by CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood—and browser will be automat-
articles from news organizations like The New York Times, Lexington Herald-Leader, and The Couri- ically directed to the link.
er-Journal (Louisville) by going to www.transy.edu/news/events/henry_clay/coverage.htm.
McEuen authors Making War, Making Women
In the opening lines of the nation’s, morale in a time of national morale.”
her latest book, Making War, great stress. McEuen also shows
Making Women: Femininity and Making War, Making Women that the wartime rhetoric
Tim Meko
Duty on the American Home examines how women’s bodies of freedom, democracy,
Front, 1941-1945, history pro- and minds became “battle- and postwar opportunity
fessor Melissa McEuen relates a grounds” in America’s fight for coexisted uneasily with
newspaper account about the victory in the war. Drawing on the realities of a racially strati-
positive effects of free cosmetics war propaganda, popular adver- fied society. She explores how
on a particular group of women tising, government records, and African Americans grappled
who had been drawn into the personal accounts written by with the idea of whiteness
work force during World War II. women in the 1940s, McEuen representing the true American
She writes, “It recounted a explains how women were told identity.
Vogue magazine feature about that their faces, clothes, and McEuen spent considerable
a New York factory that had comportment indicated how time doing research at the
recently installed large mirrors seriously they took their respon- National Archives and the That May term
in its women’s restrooms and sibilities as citizens. Library of Congress in Washing- course also gave McEuen an
offered employees free cosmet- “For women, it meant not ton, D.C., and at Duke Universi- unexpected satisfaction when
ics—changes linked to favorable letting themselves go physical- ty, which has an extensive she found that her students
results on the factory floor.” ly,” McEuen said. “It was their collection of materials relating used her book as a jumping off
That passage sets the tone patriotic duty to remain fashion- to business marketing and sales. point for further research.
for the primary theme of her able, to buy the right lipstick, to She was able to bring some of “Based on questions the stu-
book, which is how a notion of adorn themselves in ways that this material into her classroom dents asked and on the research
ideal womanhood was promot- would be acceptable to the this past May term when she projects they did—which were
ed to American women as a men who would come home to taught a course entitled Ameri- not assignments, but things
vital force in achieving victory in them, and to the community at can Women in World War II. they just did on their own—I
the war effort. It also introduces large. In this way, they could be “My research feeds my teach- found that the book stimulated
the idea of the visual images a stabilizing force to keep Amer- ing, and vice-versa,” she said. a lot of follow-up investiga-
that are referred to and depict- ica the way it always was. The “They are inextricably linked. I tions.”
ed throughout the book, many message was that the home brought copies of documents McEuen is also the author of
of which stressed to women front will not change, even and images to this class that Seeing America: Women Pho-
their duty to maintain their though the world around them are not readily available to our tographers between the Wars.
physical appearance and there- was changing. This was seen as students otherwise, since they The book is available at
by help sustain their own, and a key factor in keeping up have not been digitized.” www.amazon.com.
4 TRANSYLVANIA
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
John Marshall Harlan Lecture Series created John Marshall Harlan
graduated from Transylvania’s
law department in 1852.
The newly created John highly regarded as an early because of
Marshall Harlan Lecture Series champion of civil rights. Harlan his Yale Uni-
at Transylvania University, honor- was the lone dissenter in two versity disser- School. His B.A. is from
ing one of the most distin- important cases that were set- tation entitled Yale and his J.D. from Yale
guished graduates of backs for the cause of civil “Unequal Jus- Law School, where he was
Transylvania’s nineteenth-centu- rights: the Civil Rights Cases tice Under an editor of The Yale Law
ry law department, will bring to (1883), which struck down as Law: The Supreme Court and Journal. After clerking for Judge
campus prominent figures in unconstitutional federal anti-dis- the First Civil Rights Movement, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Court of
law for free public lectures in crimination legislation, and 1857-1883.” Appeals, 1st Circuit, Amar
the fall and spring. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which “John Marshall Harlan is my joined the Yale faculty in 1985.
The series will launch Sep- upheld Southern segregation hero and the central figure in He is the co-editor of a leading
tember 26 with William Wiecek, statutes. my dissertation,” Williams said. constitutional law casebook,
legal and constitutional histori- Harlan’s ringing dissent in “So I felt as if there were a spiri- Processes of Constitutional Deci-
an and professor of public law Plessy v. Ferguson is his most tual connection between Tran- sionmaking, and the author of
at Syracuse University. The famous and is often sourced for sylvania and me even before several books, including The
spring lecture will be delivered quotes, as in: “Our Constitution coming here.” Constitution and Criminal Proce-
by Akhil Reed Amar, professor is color-blind....In respect of civil Wiecek, the first speaker, is dure: First Principles, The Bill of
of law and political science at rights, all citizens are equal currently the Lassiter Distin- Rights: Creation and Recon-
Yale University. before the law.” This coura- guished Visiting Professor at struction, and, most recently,
“We created this lecture geous dissent was referenced a the University of Kentucky Law America’s Constitution: A
series to showcase highly half-century later by Thurgood School and is the author of Biography.
esteemed legal figures of Marshall, an attorney arguing numerous books. His most “We are very grateful to our
national or international promi- for the plaintiffs before the recent, The Birth of the Modern friends at McBrayer, McGinnis,
nence who have distinguished Supreme Court in the 1954 Constitution: The United States Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC, for
themselves in constitutional law Brown v. Board of Education of Supreme Court, 1941-1953 (vol- making the John Marshall Har-
or history,” said President R. Topeka case, which overturned ume 12 of the Holmes Devise lan Lecture Series at Transylvania
Owen Williams. “We are Plessy v. Ferguson and struck History of the Supreme Court of possible,” Williams said. “Their
delighted to have William down the separate-but-equal the United States), won the generosity reaches beyond the
Wiecek and Akhil Amar as our principle in the case of public John Phillip Reid Prize awarded Transylvania campus. We know
first two speakers.” education. Marshall went on to by the American Society for that many people in the Lexing-
John Marshall Harlan earned become a Supreme Court jus- Legal History for the best book ton community and surrounding
his law degree from Transylvania tice, serving from 1967-91. in legal history published in areas will be interested in hear-
in 1852 and served as an associ- Williams was familiar with 2006. ing some of the country’s
ate justice on the U.S. Supreme Harlan before becoming presi- Amar teaches constitutional brightest constitutional law his-
Court from 1877-1911. He is dent of Transylvania in 2010 law at both Yale and Yale Law torians, authors, and scholars.”
Portrait of beloved professor given to university
Ben Lewis ’43, the late professor of philosophy and religion, memory by giving Transylvania an oil portrait of Ben to hang in the
loved Transylvania and was very proud of teaching there for 29 university library. The portrait depicts Lewis in his black and crimson
years. So his wife, Glenva Starcher Lewis, decided to honor his academic regalia and was formally installed in May.
Lewis was a popular professor, and hanging the portrait seems a
fitting tribute to a man who gave so many years to the university.
He retired in 1983 and was honored with Transylvania’s Morrison
Medallion in 1985.
“He was clearly one of the most talented teachers I ever had, and
I think he caused thousands of students to think in new ways, to be
more reflective, and to enjoy the exciting history of ideas so central
to the liberal arts curriculum,” psychology professor Mike Nichols
’68, a former student of Lewis’s, said. “I still feel the influence today
of classes I took with him.”
Lewis graduated from Transylvania with a degree in philosophy
and religion. He earned a bachelor of divinity degree from the
Mike Nichols
College of the Bible, now Lexington Theological Seminary, in 1946,
a master’s degree in theological sciences from Harvard University in
1950, and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cincin-
The portrait of Ben Lewis hangs in the library. Pictured from left, nati in 1961.
president emeritus Charles L. Shearer, friend John Campbell,
In addition to his Transylvania work, Lewis was a pastor in West
religion professor emeritus Phillip Points, Glenva Starcher Lewis,
psychology professor Mike Nichols, and history professor Virginia and Kentucky. He was minister of New Union Christian
emeritus Joseph Binford. Church in Woodford County, Ky., for 28 years until his death.
SUMMER 2011 5
Canadian Brass will perform Smith Concert Senior Challenge
The internationally acclaimed Canadi- with their unbeatable blend of virtuosity, award goes to
an Brass will perform a concert in Haggin
Auditorium on Wednesday, September 21,
spontaneity and humor, they brighten the
rosters of concert halls, international festivals
Lexington student
at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy J. and Fred K. and orchestra series throughout the world,” Briana McIntosh has been chosen
Smith Concert Series at Transylvania. wrote a reviewer in The Washington Post. by the class of
With a discography of over 90 albums Canadian Brass was the first brass group 2011 to receive
and an extensive worldwide touring sched- from the West to play in China and the first this year’s Senior
ule, Canadian Brass is a pioneer in bringing to take the stage in Carnegie Hall. They have Challenge scholar-
brass music to audiences everywhere. The also performed in Australia, the Middle East, ship. The incom-
five members of the group, who first came the former Soviet Union, and South America. ing first-year
together in 1970, helped to transform a Millions of television viewers have seen student is a gradu-
previously undervalued group of instruments the group on The Tonight Show, Today, ate of Bryan Sta-
with a limited repertoire into a versatile Entertainment Tonight, and Sesame Street. tion High School
ensemble proficient in everything from They have appeared as guest artists with the in Lexington and
Gabrieli to Gershwin. They have sold well Boston Pops, Beverly Sills’ Music Around the has been active in the National Honor
over two million albums worldwide. World, and numerous PBS specials. Society, the Spanish Honor Society, and
The group’s repertoire includes renaissance Members of Canadian Brass are Chuck theater productions. She plans to follow
and baroque masters, classical works, march- Daellenbach (tuba), Christopher Coletti a pre-med curriculum at Transylvania.
es, holiday favorites, ragtime, Dixieland, and Brandon Ridenour (trumpets), Achilles The 2011 Senior Challenge committee
Latin, jazz, big band, Broadway, and Chris- Liarmakopoulos (trombone), and Eric Reed co-chairs were Julia Blankenship, Rebec-
tian music, as well as popular songs and (horn). They are known for their engaging ca Pasco, and Sarah Zembrodt. Through
standards. They are especially known for stage presence punctuated by lively dialogue promotions that included a kick-off
their holiday concerts at Christmastime and and theatrical effects. event, Facebook and e-mail campaigns,
for helping reestablish Scott Joplin with In addition to their concert, the group’s an iPad give-away, and a Senior Week
modern audiences through their research, members will present a workshop for Tran- barbecue, they helped raise $10,100 in
arrangements, and recordings of his rags sylvania students. They are committed to pledges from 78 classmates.
and other works. educating the next generation of players “This year we added GEM (Giving
“These are the men who and often offer master classes on their trav- Electronically Monthly) to our giving
put brass music on the map; els around the world. options,” said Rikki Starich, assistant
director of annual giving and Senior
Challenge coordinator. “We were
pleased that several of the students who
chose that option started giving last fall.
It’s a great way to get into the habit of
giving back to your alma mater.”
Senior Challenge was established by
the class of 1990 as an expression of
gratitude for their Transylvania educa-
tion. The scholarship is awarded annual-
ly to a student with high potential and
financial need. It is renewable for four
years.
Cook retires after 11 years; Muravchick named public safety director
During his first week as Transylvania’s director of busiest time is 8 p.m.–1 a.m.
public safety in June 2000, Richard Cook took a call “Transylvania is my last hoorah after more than 25
from someone who needed access to a room in Poole years in law enforcement,” said Cook, who retired in
Hall. June after 11 years at Transylvania. “It’s a great place to
“I hadn’t made it over to the Poole Residence Hall work and I’ll miss it tremendously—especially the peo-
yet, but I knew there was a pool table in the Campus ple—but I’m looking forward to having some time off
Center Canteen,” Cook recalls. “I was puzzled about and taking a few motorcycle trips.”
what the caller was asking. Did they call the room with Succeeding Cook is Gregg Muravchick, who brings
the pool table the ‘pool hall’? It took a few minutes to experience with the Kentucky State Police, the Kentucky
figure it out.” Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the Franklin County
Cook soon became familiar with all the nooks and (Ky.) Sheriff’s Office, and Franklin County Schools.
Tyler Young
crannies of campus. He and his staff of 12 officers, “I’m very familiar with student life, and I’m anxious
three dispatchers, and two security guards work around to gain the trust and confidence of the Transylvania DPS
the clock, 365 days a year, to keep the area safe. Their staff members as well as the students, faculty, and
Richard Cook most common calls are noise complaints, and their staff,” said Muravchick.
6 TRANSYLVANIA
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks chosen as First Engagements text
Rebecca Skloot’s riveting sions that take place during the breakthroughs, beginning with In a related event, Harriet A.
book about cancer, racism, and first week of classes in Septem- the polio vaccine and leading to Washington, author of Medical
science ethics, The Immortal Life ber. gene mapping and cloning. Her Apartheid: The Dark History of
of Henrietta Lacks, has been The Immortal Life of Henriet- cells eventually lived on in thou- Medical Experimentation on
selected as this year’s text for ta Lacks, a New York Times sands of labs and in giant facto- Black Americans from Colonial
First Engagements: A Communi- bestseller, tells the story of a ries churning out polio vaccines Times to the Present, was cho-
ty Book Project at Transylvania. poor African American woman and have become essential to sen as this year’s speaker for
First Engagements is designed who died from cervical cancer modern medicine. convocation, set for Sunday,
to give first-year students an at age 30 in 1951. A sample of Skloot, a science journalist, September 11, at 5 p.m. in
introduction to the lib- her cancerous tissue, creates a moving work of non- Haggin Auditorium. She is a
eral arts and taken without her fiction narrative that looks at journalist and bioethicist who
the high knowledge or con- the story from various perspec- has worked at Harvard Medical
academic sent, spawned the tives, including the fundamental School and Tuskegee University.
standards at first viable human questions of ethics, racism, and Washington’s groundbreaking
Transylvania cell line, known as intellectual property in the study shows that the infamous
through small- HeLa, that could world of scientific research. She Tuskegee experiment of the
group discussion grow and survive also writes of the effects on 1930s, in which black syphilitic
and analysis of a indefinitely in a Lacks’s family, especially her men were studied but not treat-
text. Many upper- laboratory. daughter, Deborah. ed, was only the most publi-
class students, HeLa gave sci- Alumni, parents, and friends cized in a long and continuing
faculty, and staff entists a build- are encouraged to read the history of the American medical
also read the book ing block for book and watch Transylvania’s community using African Ameri-
and join the discus- countless Facebook page for discussion. cans as human guinea pigs.
Transylvania, Carnegie Center agree to explore partnership
Transylvania and the Carnegie Center together to better enhance our dedication to life-
for Literacy and Learning have signed an time learning.”
agreement to explore the possibility of a signifi- Transylvania has a long history of its students
cant partnership that could lead to new programs volunteering in various capacities at the center,
and more Transylvania student participation in including as tutors. “We believe we can do more
volunteer activities at the center. than what we’ve been doing and are excited
The year-long commitment began July 1. It calls about the possibility of making the Carnegie
for the Carnegie Center and Transylvania to share Center even stronger,” Williams added. “This is
space for programs, concerts, lectures, receptions, a wonderful agreement.”
and similar events; to expand or modify current The Carnegie Center is housed in a three-story,
programs at the center; and to formalize and 1905 neoclassical building at the south end of
expand service learning and volunteer support Gratz Park, which is just across Third Street from
opportunities. the Transylvania campus. The facility was original- The Carnegie Center building dates
from 1905 and is home to literacy
“We are excited to have this collaborative ly funded by industrialist and philanthropist and learning opportunities for all
effort with Transylvania formally acknowledged,” Andrew Carnegie as the Lexington Public Library. citizens, young and old.
said Eileen M. O’Brien, president of the board of When the library moved to a new location in
directors of the Carnegie Center. “Both organiza- 1989, the building was extensively renovated and
tions have demonstrated a tremendous commit- reopened in 1992 as the Carnegie Center.
ment to lifetime learning and the literary arts, Because of its proximity to the Transylvania
which bodes well for our future.” campus, Gratz Park has long been a favorite des-
President R. Owen Williams stated, “Our goal is tination for students, faculty, and staff. The park
for Transylvania and the Carnegie Center to work is home to the oldest surviving former Transylva-
nia structure, the 1819 East Dependency. This
low brick building supported the university’s first
administration building, which burned to the
ground in 1829, to be replaced by Old Morrison
in 1833. The land now known as Gratz Park was
Transylvania’s original Lexington campus.
Eileen M. O’Brien, president of the Carnegie
Center board of directors, joins President
R. Owen Williams in signing an agreement
to explore partnership opportunities.
SUMMER 2011 7
Four professors honored with Bingham Awards Kirk Purdom is new
Four Transylvania professors have tation theory and number theory. He has been vice president for
been recognized for their outstanding work
in the classroom with Bingham Awards for
working for two years in p-adic numbers, the
Collatz conjecture, continued fractions, and
advancement
Excellence in Teaching. The award comes transcendental numbers. Kirk Purdom, 41, joined Transylva-
with annual salary supplements for five years. “My ultimate goal is to have students nia April 18 as
A committee of outside educators selects the working with the course material in a hands- vice president for
award winners based on classroom visits, on fashion and arriving at their own under- advancement. He
essays from the candidates, and student standing of the concepts rather than rote comes to Transyl-
evaluations. memorization,” he said. “To achieve this, I vania from Ken-
Assistant professor of biology Sarah believe that an environment in which discus- tucky Wesleyan
Bray has been at Transylvania since 2007. She sion and curiosity are valued is a necessity.” College in
came to Transylvania Assistant professor of education Tiffany Owensboro, Ky.,
from Midland Lutheran Wheeler ’90 joined the faculty in 2002. She where he served
College, now Midland earned her Ed.D. in in that same position for three years. He
University, in Fremont, curriculum and instruc- has worked in higher education since
Neb. She earned a tion with a focus on 1993, including 16 years in alumni and
Ph.D. in botany from literacy from the Uni- development at the University of Missis-
the University of Florida versity of Kentucky in sippi, the University of Tennessee, and
in 2005. Her research 2007. Her research Middle Tennessee State University, in
interests include native interests include literacy addition to KWC. He holds a bachelor
ecosystems, and most recently she has been and language learning, of science in history from the University
working at the University of Kentucky to multicultural education, of Mississippi.
examine how bush honeysuckle is impacting and culturally responsive instruction. Purdom comes to Transylvania at an
microbial communities and ecosystem “I try to create a classroom atmosphere exciting time with a new president who
processes. where a variety of perspectives are encour- has a new vision of the university.
“I challenge students to devise ways to aged and valued and where students feel “It’s been a whirlwind,” Purdom said.
examine and test real hypotheses and analyze comfortable challenging each other and me in “We’ve had inauguration, alumni week-
data both in the classroom and laboratory,” respectful ways,” she said. “I collaborate with end, graduation, a lot of events going
she said. the students to set ground rules for discussion on, and it’s been fun. There’s been a lot
Assistant professor of English Elizabeth in my courses, especially ones that address of excitement around the university. I
Corsun came to Transylvania in 2007 from contentious issues such as race, ethnicity, and think (President) Owen (Williams) is
the University of Iowa, social inequalities. I have found that when the bringing a unique perspective to the
where she was a visiting students help to create the tone of the class- institution from his background. It’s
assistant professor. She room environment, they feel a great deal of something we want to continue to
earned her Ph.D. in ownership and connection to their classmates, grow on and enhance.”
English from the Univer- which promotes thoughtful, engaging, and Purdom said he has been impressed
sity of Iowa in 2005. respectful discussion during the course.” with the fund-raising efforts he saw
Corsun’s research inter- when he arrived at Transylvania, and in
ests include nineteenth-
and twentieth-century Promotions his first year he is focusing on enhanc-
ing major gifts to help fund some of the
British literature, popular fiction, Victorian Computer science professor Kenny big plans that are in the works for the
theater, and the British novel tradition. Moorman ’91 was promoted to full profes- university.
“To make reading literature a lifelong habit sor. He came to Transylvania in 1997 from the “We have a great annual fund staff
is an invaluable accomplishment, and the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was and a great alumni association, and
most gratifying reading experiences are often a computer science instructor. He holds a they’ve done a really good job with
the most exacting,” Corsun said. “Therefore, Ph.D. in computer science with a focus on getting the word out there and having
as a teacher, I help students who are already artificial intelligence from the Georgia Institute pretty high participation levels,” he said.
readers to hone their analytical skills and to of Technology. “But now we have to really go out and
deepen their understanding of historical English professor Kremena Todorova target some major gifts for changes that
context and literary tradition.” was granted tenure and promoted to associ- President Williams wants to implement
Assistant professor of mathematics ate professor. Todorova joined the Transylvania at Transylvania. We’re going to have
Ryan Stuffelbeam came to Transylvania in faculty in 2005 after spending time at the more people out on the road. It’s that
2007 from The Ohio University of Notre Dame as a visiting scholar. personal contact, that face-to-face culti-
State University, where She earned a Ph.D. in English from Notre vation, solicitation, and stewardship that
he was a postdoctoral Dame. we want to build with our alumni and
fellow. He earned a Chemistry professor Robert Rosenberg friends.”
Ph.D. in mathematics was granted tenure. He came to Transylvania Associate Vice President for Develop-
from the University of in 2007 as an associate professor from Salem ment Mark Blankenship ’81 had been
Iowa in 2004. Stuffel- State College, where he was an assistant pro- serving as interim vice president for
beam’s research inter- fessor for six years. He holds a Ph.D. in chem- alumni and development.
ests are in represen- istry from Yale University.
8 TRANSYLVANIASports
Baseball makes run at HCAC regular season title
The baseball team made a run at the
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference regu-
College on the road and rallied for two runs in
the top of the ninth inning to defeat the Saints Pioneers win first
lar season crown, leading the league late in the
season, but fell on hard times in the final five
8-6. The Pioneers were on a six-game winning
streak and had an 8-3 record. Five of those
Commissioner’s Cup
wins came during a spring break trip to
For the first time since becom-
games and finished just out of the running for
ing eligible to compete for tourna-
the conference tournament. Auburndale, Fla., to play in the Russ Matt
ment championships in the Heartland
After sweeping a doubleheader from Earl- Invitational.
Collegiate Athletic Conference in
ham College, the Pioneers stood atop the Senior outfielder/designated hitter Ben Kueb-
2004, Transylvania won the Commis-
HCAC with a 12-4 record. But the next five bing and senior catcher Drew Zuckerman were
sioner’s Cup by leading the league in
games, all on the road, eluded Transylvania. named to the All-HCAC first team. Kuebbing
combined points for both men’s and
The final league record of 12-9 caused the led the team with a .453 batting average and
women’s teams.
Pioneers to just miss the four-team tournament added six home runs and 33 runs batted in to
Transylvania’s point total of 107.66
field as Anderson University took the last spot go with a .670 slugging percentage. Zucker-
outdistanced Rose-Hulman Institute
with a 14-8 mark. Under head coach Chris man was second in batting with a .387 average
of Technology (103.33), Franklin Col-
Campbell ’00, Transylvania’s overall season and had a team-best eight homers and 38 RBI.
lege (99.66), and Hanover College
record was 21-12.
(93.83). The Pioneers’ total is the
An early season highlight occurred when Senior catcher Drew Zuckerman was an
highest for any school since the
Transylvania took on No. 18 Thomas More All-HCAC first team selection.
award was created in 2005.
The Pioneers also won the All-
Sports trophy for women’s athletics
for the second year in a row, garner-
ing 63.33 points and winning cham-
pionships in soccer, volleyball, and
softball. The men were fifth in All-
Sports competition, amassing 44.33
points with championships in soccer,
golf, and tennis.
It marks the first time a team out-
side of Indiana has won the Com-
missioner’s Cup. The HCAC has six
member schools in Indiana, three in
Ohio, and one in Kentucky.
“This is a great accomplishment
for our student-athletes and coach-
ing staff,” said Transylvania athletics
director Jack Ebel ’77. “It shows we
are very competitive in all our pro-
Helena Hau
grams and that we are achieving at a
very high level.”
Transylvania will add lacrosse to intercollegiate sports in 2012
Men’s and women’s lacrosse will bers of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Terry Justice, head boys’ lacrosse coach
become the latest additions to Transylvania’s Conference with Transylvania. at Lexington Catholic High School, has been
lineup of intercollegiate sports teams begin- “Lacrosse, a spring sport, has become one named Transylvania’s men’s lacrosse head
ning with the 2012-13 season. of the most popular sports at every school coach.
“Lacrosse is growing in popularity in that has added it,” said athletics director Justice has been head coach at Catholic
Kentucky and around the country,” said Jack Ebel ’77. “I believe prospective players since 2004 and was Kentucky High School
President R. Owen Williams in making the will find Transylvania to be an attractive Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2005. He led
announcement. “We want to give student- option and that our students will enjoy the Knights to second place in the KHSAA
athletes who play lacrosse and who are also watching the games. Lacrosse could easily State Tournament in 2006 and 2008.
seeking a top-level liberal arts education the become another HCAC-sponsored sport in Justice helped form the first lacrosse
opportunity to consider Transylvania.” the near future.” team at the University of Kentucky as a
A number of colleges and universities in The 2011-12 season will be used for player from 1979-83 and coached at UK
the region play lacrosse, including Hanover recruiting and club play. Various venues in from 1984-93.
College, Defiance College, and the College the Lexington area are being considered as The women’s coach had not been named
of Mount St. Joseph, all of whom are mem- playing fields. at press time.
SUMMER 2011 9Men’s basketball wins first Don Lane Classic
The championship of the inaugural Transylvania was inconsistent during
Don Lane Classic was a highlight of men’s league play, sporting a 6-1 streak at one
basketball as the Pioneers finished with an point before losing to Manchester College
18-9 record after ending their season in the 79-62 in the HCAC regular-season finale.
semi-final game of the Heartland Collegiate That left the Pioneers with an 11-7 league
Athletic Conference tournament. record, good for fourth place.
Named for Transylvania’s all-time win- “Injuries made this year one of the most
ningest men’s basketball coach, the Don unusual since I’ve been coaching,” said
Lane Classic honors the father of head Lane. “Only four players appeared in all 27
coach Brian Lane ‘90. When he retired from games. Our starting point guard, first-year
coaching in 2001, Hall of Fame coach Don student Tate Cox, missed half the season
Lane had compiled 509 victories during his with a broken hand.”
26 seasons at Transylvania. Transylvania got by Rose-Hulman Institute
At the end of the 2010-11 season, Brian of Technology 54-49 in the opener of the
Lane’s win total of 168 moved him ahead of conference tournament, held at Manchester,
Lee Rose ’58 (160 wins) and into third place then fell again to the host team in the
among Transylvania coaches, behind his semi-finals by 68-65. The Pioneers held an
father and C. M. Newton, in second place 11-point lead in the first half against the
with 176 victories. Spartans, but lost in the final moments as
The Pioneers dispatched Millikin University Manchester hit key free throws. Finally
82-37 in the opening game of the Classic, rounding into form after his injury, Cox had
then defeated Westminster College 70-57 a brilliant night with 24 points, including
for the title. Sophomore guard Brandon seven of nine from three-point range, and
Rash was tournament Most Valuable Player was named to the All-HCAC tournament
after a nine-for-13 shooting night and 21 team.
points in the final. Rash finished the season as Transylvania’s
Transylvania sported a 9-2 record in early leading scorer with an 11.9 average, was
Helena Hau
January after knocking off then-No. 24 second in rebounding with 4.7 a game, and
Carthage University 75-66 in the final non- shot 52 percent from the field, including
conference game of the season. Earlier, the 42 percent from the three-point line. His
Sophomore guard Brandon Rash was Pioneers got a good road win over Centre exploits earned him a place on the All-HCAC
named to the All-HCAC first team. College 56-51. first team.
Student-athletes receive honors
Baseball standout Ben George H. Stopp Award as the DeArk, a senior from Jeffer- category.
Keubbing, softball record-setter student-athlete with the highest sonville, Ind., is a right-handed Zembrodt, a senior from
Kendra DeArk, and soccer star grade-point average for a four- pitcher who led the Pioneer Edgewood, Ky., helped the
Sarah Zembrodt were named year career. A business adminis- softball team to a 20-win sea- women’s soccer team to its sec-
male and co-female Pioneer tration and economics double son and a third straight HCAC ond straight HCAC title this
Athletes of the Year during the major, he was named to the championship. She is a two- past season and into the NCAA
annual awards ceremony in Dean’s List seven times, gradu- time HCAC Pitcher of the Year Division III championships for
May. An academic and a leader- ated magna cum laude with and a four-time All-HCAC first the second year in a row. This
ship award were also presented. honors in both his majors, and team member. She ranks second past season she was the HCAC
Keubbing, a senior designat- won the Rara-Avis Award for on the Transylvania career wins Defensive Player of the Year and
ed hitter, outfielder, and pitcher outstanding scholar- list with 50 and is in the top five was named to the All-Great
from Burlington, Ky., helped ship in economics. of every major pitching Lakes Region team and a sec-
lead the baseball team to a ond-team All-American by the
20-win season. He is a two-time National Soccer Coaches Associ-
All-Heartland Collegiate Ath- ation of America. She is a two-
letic Conference performer, time All-HCAC performer.
and his career-high .453 bat- Rebecca Pasco won the Stu-
ting average this past year dent Athlete Advisory Commit-
was the second best sea- tee Leadership Award.
son ever for a Transylvania
player.
Keubbing was also From left, Ben Kuebbing, Kendra
named the winner of the DeArk, Rebecca Pasco, and
Sarah Zembrodt.
10 TRANSYLVANIASwimming, diving
teams win seven meets
The women’s swimming and
diving team won five meets during the
regular season while the men’s team won
twice. In the season-ending Bluegrass
Mountain Conference championship, the
women took sixth place and the men fin-
ished in 12th position. The Pioneers were
led by new head coach Kyle Dunaway.
The women won home meets against
Union College and Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology and went on the road to
defeat Baldwin-Wallace College and
Franklin College. They outswam Wilming-
ton College at a neutral site. On the men’s
side, the Pioneers won against Wilming-
ton at a neutral site and at Franklin.
The Bluegrass Mountain meet was held
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at the Mecklenburg County Aquatics Cen-
ter in Charlotte, N.C., and included both
NCAA Division III and II schools. For the
men, junior Brent Vorst turned in a 100-
yard freestyle time of 48.18 while junior
Yunan Yang had a time of 2:11.55 in the Softball has its best
200-yard breaststroke. The women were
led by first-year swimmer Chelsea Dia-
Heartland record ever
mond’s seventh-place performance in the The softball team compiled its best
200-yard backstroke in 2:11, first-year record ever in regular season Heartland Col-
swimmer Carly Hubbard’s eighth-place fin- legiate Athletic Conference play with a 15-1
ish in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:11.87, mark, good enough for the Pioneers’ third
and junior Allison Cahill’s sixth-place finish straight regular season league crown and the
in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:56.26. opportunity to host the HCAC tournament
For the season, the teams broke eight on Hall Field. Under head coach Michelle
school records (12 record-breaking per- Manning, Transylvania was 23-13-1 overall.
formances) and dropped a combined 596 Transylvania’s only HCAC regular season
seconds. loss came at the hands of Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology by 7-6. The Pioneers
then reeled off 14 straight wins to head
into the conference tournament with great
momentum.
The Pioneers lost to Defiance College 3-2
Helena Hau
in the opener of the double-elimination
event, then easily handled Bluffton Universi-
ty 10-2 in the second round. Anderson Senior Kendra DeArk was Pitcher of
University brought Transylvania’s season the Year in the HCAC.
to an end with a 2-0 win that ended the
Pioneers’ tourney hopes.
Earlier, the Pioneers spent spring break
in Clermont, Fla., taking part in the NTC opponents with a 0.78 earned run average.
Spring Games. A 4-6 record for the week Overall, she was 8-7 with a 2.13 ERA and
included wins over Wesleyan University 110 strikeouts in 95 innings.
(Conn.) by 15-7 and the University of Mitchell had 17 home runs, tying her
Wisconsin-Superior by 6-5. own school single-season record. She set
Transylvania players won two of the most HCAC marks with a .629 batting average,
valuable player awards in the HCAC when 27 runs scored, and 11 homers. She led the
David Coyle
senior Kendra DeArk was named Pitcher of league in runs-batted-in with 28, slugging
the Year and sophomore infielder Megan percentage at 1.629, on-base percentage at
Mitchell was selected as Hitter of the Year. .722, and walks with 21. She was also the
Sophomore Amanda Skinner broke school Both were also named to the All-HCAC first National Fastpitch Coaches Association
records for the 100-yard breaststroke and team. NCAA Division III National Player of the
the 400-yard individual medley. DeArk posted a 7-1 record against league Week for the April 25-May 1 period.
SPRING 2011 11Track and field shows
well at St. Joseph meet
In their second year of modern-era
competition, the men’s and women’s
track and field teams made a good
showing at the College of Mount St.
Joseph Invitational and gained more
valuable experience while taking part in
both the indoor and outdoor meets of
the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Confer-
1911 Crimson
ence. Both teams are led by head coach
Jason Moncer.
At the Mount St. Joseph meet, the
The 1910-11 Transylvania men’s basketball team was the last Pioneer men’s team women’s team finished third behind the
to play the University of Kentucky.
host school and Georgetown College,
and ahead of Northern Kentucky Univer-
Pioneers will play UK in Rupp Arena in November sity, Indiana East University, Thomas
More College, and St. Catharine Col-
For the first time in a century, the Transylvania Pioneers and the University of lege. Among the top individual perform-
Kentucky Wildcats will meet in a men’s basketball game when the two teams take the ers for the Pioneers were junior Lucy
floor in Rupp Arena on November 2 in a pre-season exhibition game. Wright, who won the shot put and ham-
“We are realistic about our chances to be competitive,” said Transylvania head mer throw and was third in the discus,
coach Brian Lane ’90. “We want to use the game to get ready for our season and and sophomore Ria Keegan, who took
give UK a disciplined opponent to contend with. It’s a great opportunity for our pro- second in the 800-meter run.
gram. Not many NCAA Division III teams get to play in Rupp Arena, especially against On the men’s side, junior Aaron Car-
what will probably be the nation’s No. 1 or No. 2 ranked team.” rithers won the javelin, and sophomore
Transylvania last played the Wildcats in 1911 in a game won by UK 30-24. The two Ryan Stockdill was sixth in the 800-
teams helped inaugurate intercollegiate basketball in Kentucky eight years earlier in a meter run.
1903 game won by Transylvania 42-2. During those years the schools played 14 times, Transylvania took part in the first
with each winning seven games. Transylvania has outscored the Wildcats 303-182 in HCAC indoor meet, held at Anderson
the series. University, where both men’s and
Lane said he expects his players to be sky-high for the UK game. women’s teams finished ninth. Wright
“I’m sure they’ll be excited,” he said. “It’s something they’ll remember for a very captured second place in the women’s
long time. I think they will want to come back to campus this fall in the best shape of shot put. The outdoor meet was held at
their lives.” Hanover College, and both teams came
in 10th.
Men’s golf wins HCAC, goes to NCAA tourney
For the fifth straight year, the men’s golf Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C., Transylvania
team captured the Heartland Collegiate Athletic just missed qualifying for the final two rounds of
Conference tournament and competed in the the four-day meet after finishing the first two days
NCAA Division III championship. in a three-way tie with La Verne College and Red-
The Pioneers cruised to a 28-shot victory in the lands College for the 15th and final spot. Leading
HCAC meet, which was played for the first two the way for the Pioneers were Tereshko with a 145
rounds at the University of Kentucky Club in Lexing- (71-74) and Latham (76-73) and Dawson (75-74),
ton and at the Anderson Country Club in Anderson, both at 149.
Ind., for the final two rounds. Transylvania’s four-day Highlights from fall and spring regular season play
total of 1,255 bested the College of Mount St. include a second-place finish in the Anderson Invita-
Joseph (1,283) and Franklin College (1,291). tional, hosted by Anderson University, and a victory
Junior Justin Tereshko led the way for Transylva- in the Hanover Invitational, hosted by Hanover
nia with a total of 308, just three shots back of College. At Hanover, Transylvania’s 604 total outdis-
medalist Eric Whitaker of Franklin. Other Pioneers tanced runner-up Mount St. Joseph (614), Defiance
were first-year golfers Clay Hinton at 310 and College (634), Thomas More College (652),
Jantzen Latham at 317, sophomore Hunter Frazier Manchester College (652), and Anderson (653).
with a 322, and junior James Dawson at 337. Transylvania’s Hinton was medalist (148: 79-69).
In the NCAA championship, played at the Hinton and Tereshko won All-HCAC honors, and
Hinton was also named HCAC Freshman of the
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Year. Transylvania head coach Brian Lane ’90 was
Head coach Brian Lane ’90 looks at a putt
with junior Justin Tereshko during the first named HCAC Coach of the Year for the fifth
round of the HCAC tournament. straight season.
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