Class Notes

'40s

Clarksville attorney and civic leader F. EVANS HARVILL ('47) was featured in a special supplement to the Oct. 10 "Fort Campbell Courier." The supplement, devoted to the Association of the United States Army, was titled "Army XXI-Decisive Force AUSA 1996 - The Annual Year in Review of the Tennessee Kentucky Chapter AUSA." Local delegates attended the AUSA National Convention Oct. 10-16 in Washington to discuss the Army's top priorities with members of Congress. Harvill serves as a civilian aide to the secretary of the Army at large.

'50s

BEN S. KIMBROUGH ('51), a former president of the Austin Peay Alumni Association, also was featured in the special supplement to the Oct. 10 "Fort Campbell Courier." The supplement, devoted to the Association of the United States Army, was titled "Army XXI-Decisive Force AUSA 1996 - The Annual Year in Review of the Tennessee Kentucky Chapter AUSA." Kimbrough has served as civilian aide to the secretary of the Army since 1990.

BILL HEATON ('56) wrote to say he was disappointed he could not join his class at the 40-year reunion held during Homecoming 1996. He had made plans to participate on a Work and Witness trip in Mexico with his church. Heaton will retire this year after 40 years with Ford Motor Company, and he and his family will remain in Livonia, Mich.

BILL HEYDEL ('57) and his wife, June, were honored Sept. 28 at the Gala Opening Reception of the June and Bill Heydel Fine Arts Center, Cumberland University, Lebanon. Celebration events took place from Sept. 22-Sept. 29 and included performances by the 129th Army National Guard Band, the Nashville Ballet and the Tennessee Repertory Theatre.

A Sept. 9 article in "The Evansville Courier" featured a story on longtime educator, JIM SHARP ('58). Sharp is the principal of North High School in Evansville, Ind., where he began teaching math 16 years ago. He and his wife, Katherine, a first-grade teacher in Owensville, Ind., have three children and live in Fort Branch.

'60s

DR. GAINES HUNT ('66), APSU professor and chair of agriculture, currently is serving as interim administrator for professional programs in the College of Graduate and Professional Programs.

DR. CAMILLE HOLT ('67,'71), professor of education, is serving as interim administrator for graduate programs in the College of Graduate and Professional Programs.

WAYNE H. PACE ('68) was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial and administrative officer for Turner Broadcasting System Inc., Atlanta, Ga.

TOMMY MORRISON ('69) recently was appointed president of Georgia Boot/Northlake in Franklin. He will oversee sales and marketing of Georgia Boot work and safety footwear and the Northlake Outdoor Footwear collection of casual outdoor, hiking and hunting footwear.

'70s

JOHNNY DANIEL ('70) was featured in a full-page December 1996 article in "Tennessee Cooperator." Daniel, the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative director from District 3, discussed the urbanization of farming and what the future holds for Tennessee farmers. Daniel's son, BENJI, currently is an APSU student.

DR. RICHARD JENSEN ('70,'72), husband of FAYE ROBERTSON JENSEN ('72) and professor of biology at Saint Mary's College, recently received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists. A member of the Society since 1976, he has served as treasurer, and as a member of the bylaws committee, chair of the research committee and co-chair of the Committee on Quantitative and Evolutionary Morphology for the Systematics Agenda 2000 Project.

DR. MARGARET D. SMITH ('70,'71) was selected to attend the Executive Leadership Institute, held Aug. 4-9 in Washington, D.C., and which was sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College in cooperation with the University of Texas at Austin. Smith is the vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty at Bainbridge College. A panel selected 35 participants from a pool of more than 100 applicants holding senior-level positions of leadership in community colleges. Formerly of Hopkinsville, Ky., Smith and her husband, Dan, have one daughter.

COL. VIRGIL T. (TOM) DEAL ('71), Medical Corps, U.S. Army, is attending the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Deal has completed a two-year command of the 28th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bragg, N.C., which deployed in support of Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti and Hurricane Marilyn relief in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Deal and his wife, Ida, have a daughter, AMY, who is a senior at APSU.

JERALDINE B. EVANS ('71) recently was named assistant principal at Sango Elementary School in Clarksville. Evans and her husband, John, reside in Adams and have two children.

TIM SNOOK ('71), along with the rest of the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Fife and Drum Corps, was invited to perform on the main stage of Carnegie Hall on Feb. 8, for the National Association of Performing Arts Educators National Conference. As a member of the Maryland Guard, 21st Virginia Volunteer Infantry musket and carbine teams of the North-South Skirmish Association, Snook also competes for medals in team and individual competitions using reproduction and original Civil War weapons.

CHARLES E. BUSH ('72,'76) was re-elected as judge of Montgomery County General Sessions Court Division III. Bush, a Clarksville native, received his law degree from Indiana University and has served as an attorney for 13 years.

DEBORAH VIKKI FRASCA OPP ('72) is living in Tampa, Fla., where she is a teacher at Lake Magdalene United Methodist Kindergarten. Her husband, Clifford, is an attorney at Peavyhouse & Opp, P.A. The couple has two children.

CHARLES A. "CHUCK" HENDERSON ('73) has been named vice president/general manager of the Kentucky New Era Corp. Henderson formerly was vice president for finance for the "Kentucky New Era." He also has served as Second Region AUSA executive vice president for the past nine years. Henderson and his wife, Cathy, a teacher, reside in Hopkinsville, and have three children.

Clarksville native BILL BENNETT, president of Geffen and DGC Records, was a member of the class of '73. Bennett, a 22-year veteran of the music business, attended APSU and graduated from Memphis State University. He now lives in California. Bennett worked for CBS at both the Columbia and Epic labels in promotion, marketing and sales before moving to MCA (today the owner of Geffen/DGC) in 1986. The Geffen/DGC roster includes Counting Crows, Lisa Loeb, Elastica, Guns N' Roses and Peter Gabriel. Bennett and his wife, Robin Kravitz, have two children.

MICHAEL SHOULDERS ('74,'80), a Clarksville-Montgomery County school teacher, was named Title I reading and math coordinator. Shoulders and his wife, Debbie, have two sons and one daughter.

State Commissioner SARA KYLE ('75) has been appointed as one of three directors of the new Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA). The new agency, whose members are appointed, replaces the Tennessee Public Service Commission (PSC), whose members were elected.

Artist RANDY JAMES TOY ('75) was featured in the 1995 book "Passing in the Outsider Lane." Additionally, Toy's piece "Sunday in the Park" was placed on exhibit at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, and his work was shown in a gallery in Myrtle Beach, S.C., last summer. Toy is employed at Horizon Medical Center, where he is the warehouse supervisor. He and his wife, LuAnn, live in Lyles and have two children.

JEFF BIBB ('76) and JOEL FRYER ('78) and Frank Lott of Bibb Lott & Fryer Marketing-Advertising, Clarksville, along with other investors, brought minor league baseball to Clarksville. The three are owners of the Clarksville Coyotes, which began playing this year at APSU's Raymond Hand Park.

DEBORAH JANE WILSON RUPE ('77) e-mailed us to say that she is living in Tampa, Fla., with her husband, Robert L. Rupe Jr., and their two sons. After graduating from the Burge School of Nursing and receiving her master's degree in nursing from the University of South Florida, she is employed at Hospice of Hillsborough as a patient-care manager.

BEVERLY TAYLOR ('79) has been promoted to director of marketing and public relations for Premier Medical Group, Clarksville. She joined the group in February 1995 as its human resources and physician recruiting director.

'80s

DEBORAH A. NICHOLS ('81), a Clarksville-Montgomery County school teacher, was appointed as elementary school supervisor of six schools in the community. Nichols lives in Sango with her husband, Jim.

LISA CARTER ('81) has joined DeltaCom in Cookeville as an account executive providing sales and service throughout middle Tennessee. Her community affiliations include the Mother of Twins Club, the Bryan Symphony Guild, the Cookeville Junior Women's Club and the board of directors of the YMCA.

TONY MARABLE ('81) has been recognized, for the third time in four years, as the top faculty adviser for the international fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. Marable, who is president-elect of the executive board of APSU's National Alumni Association, directs Tennessee Tech's Minority Engineering Program and has served as a faculty adviser to Tennessee Tech's Theta Tau chapter of the social fraternity since 1988.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class MICHAEL H. HILL ('82) left the United States early last fall aboard the USS Arkansas, a guided missile cruiser, for a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian oceans. Hill is a 1968 graduate of Christian County High School, Hopkinsville, Ky.

DENNIS C. BRANTLY ('83) is a technical specialist and program manager of research and development of Xerox Corp. He e-mailed us to say that he was promoted to a staff position as a member of the Office Document Products Software Engineering Process Group, working with the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, to improve software process capability in Xerox research and development. He has traveled on Xerox business to England, Japan and Holland. Brantly is living in Webster, N.Y., with his wife, Joy. The couple has two sons and one daughter.

PAM RAGAN BRIGGS ('83,'86) is teaching at Fort Campbell High School, Ky. She visited with KRIS PHILLIPS ('91), APSU admissions manager, during Phillips' recent visit to Fort Campbell. Briggs says she is an enthusiastic advocate for APSU with her students. She and her husband, Carter, have two children.

U.S. Army Maj. JAIME BONANO ('84) has received his master's of education degree from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Bonano is stationed at Fort Knox.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. THOMAS V. HALLEY ('84) was deployed for six months aboard the USS Enterprise, which was operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, a NATO-peace effort in the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas. Halley was the operations officer in Strike Fighter Squadron 81, flying the F/A-18 Hornet. Stationed in Cecil Field, Fla., he is a 1977 graduate of Northwest High School.

WILLIAM MCDOWELL (MAC) NORFLEET JR. ('85) has written several nationally published feature articles, text and photographs, which revolve around creative achievers leading by example. His work has been featured in "Rangefinder Magazine," "Today's Photographer International Magazine," "The API Journal" and "APIdea." Norfleet has worked with such performers as Minnie Pearl, Randy Owen (Alabama), Clayton Moore (who played The Lone Ranger on television), Joan Jett and Gene Simmons (Kiss). Norfleet, a contributing editor to the Los Angeles-based API publications, is living in Pembroke, Ky.

GREG SMITH ('85) has been appointed administrator of Clarksville's newest health care facility, Alpha Family Care Centers. He is a member of the Medical Group Management Association, the Institute of Management Accountants and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Smith is the recipient of the Hermes Award for Main Street Clarksville for exemplary service and dedication to the revitalization of downtown Clarksville.

JODY CATES ('86) is a new art director at Gish, Sherwood & Friends, an advertising agency in Nashville. Cates earned a bachelor's degree from APSU in graphic design, with a minor in history.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class CHARLES A. NELSON ('88) has returned to his homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after completing a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean aboard the USS John S. McCain. Nelson, a 1982 graduate of Northeast High School, visited Hong Kong, Singapore, Bahrain, India, Australia, Fiji and the United Arab Emirates during his deployment.

JAMES (JAY) L. ALBERTIA JR. ('89,'91) is the new executive director of Progressive Directions Inc. (PDI) of Clarksville. Albertia is the former administrator of the Harriett Cohn Center. PDI provides services such as day services and community residential programs for those with mental retardation.

LARRY SAFKO ('89) and his wife, Monica ('92), recently ranked in the top 7 percent of the entries in the Photographers Forum/Canon 16th Annual Spring Photo Contest. Their photography will appear in the Best of Photography Annual: 1996. The Safkos also placed second and third in the Austin Peay State University School for the Arts contest/show held at Smith-Trahern Mansion during Main Street Clarksville's Spring Jubilee.

SANDRA ROSE WOOTEN ('89) has been named the marketing/campaign manager for the United Way of Clarksville-Montgomery County. She previously served as promotions director for TV-43 in Hopkinsville, and received two National Community Broadcasters Association awards. Wooten has been involved in the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Hopkinsville Chamber of Commerce Publicity Committee.

'90s

SAMANTHA WILLS GREENE ('90) is an elementary physical education teacher for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System. She and her husband, Todd, live in Clarksville.

LEE PETERSON ('90), Nashville Humane Association executive director, was featured in an article in Nashville's "The Tennessean" July 2, 1996. The article, titled "Pet's Best Friend," talked of Peterson's dedication to the animals under his care. Peterson missed the opportunity to carry the 1996 Summer Olympic torch through Edgehill, instead rushing to the animal shelter to save the animals from an early morning fire.

VIC FELTS ('91) was selected for inclusion in the Significance &emdash; Favor & Distinction section of the Fall 1996 issue of "The MAGAZINE of SIGMA CHI." Felts recently spoke at the Alpha Omicron Pi Leadership Institute in Nashville about the importance of values in life. As director of Greek Life at Middle Tennessee State University and member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, he also has spoken at the Southeastern Interfraternity Conference Leadership Academy, the Southeastern Panhellenic Conference, the National Association of Campus Activities and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Greek Leadership Conference.

KRIS PHILLIPS ('91) was reclassified in the fall of 1996 to APSU admissions manager.

DANA L. VERNON ('91) is living in Franklin and working as a commercial officer/ personal banker at First American National Bank.

DR. DUNCAN EDWARD "EDDY" DARNELL ('92) graduated with the doctor of medicine degree from the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University May 4. Darnell is a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Society, the Psychiatry Interest Group and the Family Practice Student Interest Group at ETSU. He has been involved in research on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and plans to enter a residency in psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is the son of Tennessee Secretary of State RILEY DARNELL ('62) and his wife, Penny.

LADON OLIVER ('92) is working in Nashville where she heads two Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) programs: the State of Tennessee Rental Assistance Program (STRAP) and the State of Tennessee Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program. THDA is an administrator of Section 8 rental assistance in Tennessee. The FSS program assists people in working their way off the Section 8 program.

Free-lance photographer LINDA K. DEROSSETT ('93), Clarksville, won fourth place in the Photographer's Forum Magazines's 16th annual Spring Photography Contest. The photo will be published in the magazine's November issue as well as in 1996 Best of Photography Annual. Her hand-colored photo-collage of Clarksville's First Presbyterian Church was selected from more than 19,000 entries worldwide. Derossett also was invited to participate in a solo exhibit at the Parthenon's West Gallery Jan. 25-March 8, 1997. Derossett is secretary of the Mid-Cumberland Arts League, chair of the Visual Arts Committee and a member of the International Photography Hall of Fame.

MISSY CARROLL ('94) moved to Charleston, S.C., in September to work for AmeriCorps, a federal student mentors program.

KEITH GARBINSKI ('94) was appointed to the board of directors for Safko Enterprises Inc. Garbinski is working on a master's degree in mass communication/public relations. He is the director of the television show "Foto-1 Presents" and also supplies video news to WTVF-TV in Nashville and TV-43 in Hopkinsville, Ky.

Featured in a special supplement to the Oct. 10 "Fort Campbell Courier" was Clarksville business owner, KEN GOBLE JR. ('94), who is serving on the Association of the United States Army National Advisory Board as chair of the chapter development committee. The supplement, devoted to the AUSA, was titled "Army XXI-Decisive Force AUSA 1996 - The Annual Year in Review of the Tennessee Kentucky Chapter AUSA." As owner and operator of the D&D Shirt Printers Co., Goble works during the day and attends the Nashville School of Law at night. He and his wife, KIMBERLY ('87), a special education teacher, have one son.

WENDY ANN WALTER MUNNELL ('94) and her husband, STEVE ('94), recently moved to Memphis following his promotion. Wendy Munnell is an account executive at BellSouth Business Systems, and Steve Munnell is a territory manager for Edgcomb Metals. The Munnells were married in April 1995.

DAVID R. ROSZAK ('94) recently made a special trip to APSU to speak to the campus chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) on the importance of networking. Roszak is employed at Arthur Andersen&emdash;CPA Auditor in Nashville and is academic relations director for the Nashville chapter of IMA.

WENDY MUNNELL ('94) also updated us on TINA HENNESSEE SMITH ('94), who is teaching the fourth grade in Olive Branch. Munnell and Smith were roommates all four years of college, grew up together in McMinnville and were cheerleaders together at APSU. Smith married her high-school sweetheart, Jamie Smith, a product engineer with Parker Hannifin Corp., on June 17, 1995. The Smiths live in Memphis.

Correspondence from WILLIAM B. EVERETT ('55), a retired special agent for the United States Department of Justice, let us know how happy he is to see that JEFF GOOCH ('96) is playing National League Football for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Gooch, a Governors All-Time Letterman, filled various roles for the Govs from 1992-1995.

MELISSA K. LIVERETT ('96) has joined the staff of Carter, Young, Lankford & Roach, P.C. in Nashville as a staff accountant. In her new position, she will prepare tax returns and financial statements primarily for the health-care clients of the firm. Liverett, who lives with her husband, Nick, in Goodlettsville, is the daughter-in-law of DONNA LIVERETT ('89), a secretary 2 in APSU's department of chemistry.

RONALD M. WHISENANT ('96) has joined the staff of First Federal Savings Bank, Clarksville, as a management trainee.

CHERYL C. RICHARDSON ('96) was named assistant principal at Cheatham County Central High School, Ashland City. She was honored as Cheatham County's Distinguished Classroom Teacher and the Cheatham County High School Teacher of the Year for 1995-96. She and her husband, Jack, and their son, Jerome, live in Clarksville.

On Nov. 4, 1996, GABRIEL J. SEGOVIA ('96) became the youngest ever to be elected as a member of Clarksville's city council. Segovia, 26, who graduated as a history major, took over Ward 3 this month.

Births

KENNETH A. HAWKINS ('84) and his wife, Barbara, are the proud parents of Catherine Nichole Hawkins born May 20, 1996. The family is living in Brentwood.

Spencer Hock O'Shoney, born on July 4, 1996, is the son of CRAIG ('85) and LORI HUCKABEY O'SHONEY ('87). The proud parents live in Hermitage.

Congratulations to PAMELA PETTY DILLON ('86) on the birth of her daughter, Abigale Dillon, on Oct. 2, 1996.

Weddings

Past president of the APSU National Alumni Association DR. DAVID PHILIP ROE ('67) married Pamela Alford Larkin Roe in Johnson City on Nov. 2. The couple lives in Johnson City, where Roe is a partner in a large obstetrics/gynecology practice.

NELL NORTHINGTON WARREN ('74,'90) married Dr. Vernon Warren, APSU professor of political science, in a small, private wedding in Clarksville on Nov. 10. She is the director of the APSU Office of Extended Education. The couple resides in Montgomery County with their five dogs.

SHANNON S. WILLIAMS WEAVER ('94) and D. Scott Weaver were married on Nov. 16 in Clarksville. Shannon Weaver is the accounting coordinator at Willis Corroon/PENCo in Nashville, and Scott Weaver works for Goad & Hall Home Builders. The couple is living in Clarksville.

On July 27, 1996, STEPHANIE JO KARNS STEINSULTZ ('95) exchanged wedding vows with SCOTT ASHLEY STEINSULTZ. Stephanie Steinsultz is pursuing her master's degree in public health at APSU and is employed in the University's Accounts Payable Office. A music major at APSU, Scott Steinsultz works for All Seasons Pest Control. The couple lives in Cunningham.

HEATHER JE-NEAL PAYNE LOGAN ('96) married CHAD LOGAN ('96) Aug. 12. The couple met while students at Austin Peay. Heather Logan is the office supervisor at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, and Chad Logan is employed by Primus Financial Automotive Group in Franklin. The couple lives in Clarksville.

Deaths

FREDERICK E. CLARK ('53) recently passed away. He was living in Alva, Fla., where he had retired. He had been a librarian and had served as principal and teacher at LeHigh Elementary School.

We recently received notice of the death of LURLINE S. SMITH ADKINS ('56). Adkins taught school and was a principal for 25 years in the Montgomery County School System. She died in 1992, the day before her 91st birthday.

This past September, KATHERYN (KATHY) C. WOODALL ('66), a Nashville Metro Schools educator and guidance counselor for 28 years, died of cancer in her home in Nashville. At the time of her death, she was president of the Tennessee Education Association.