OGLETHORPEUNIVERSITY THECARILLON SPRING2005 V0L3 N0.1 | I I Building a Legac V Resident Larry D. Large ^ids Farewell to Oglethorpe ^m] i n fl II y ^ "Asfaras one can disceniy thesolepurpose ofhuman existence is to kindle a light in the darkness ofmere being. " CarlJung, ''Memories, Dreams, Reflections" President ContributingWriters E.R.MitchellJr. whoaredistinctiveintiieirabilitytothink, Dr.LarryD.Large StacyColosa-Lucas BobTNance'63 communicateandcontribute. MarkDeLong'03 R.D.Odom VecePresidentfor EmilyGantert"07 JohnJ.Scalley OglethorpeUniversitymakesnodistinction Developmentand BarbHenry"85 LauraTurnerSeydel'86 initsadmissionpoliciesorprocedureson Alumni Relations JanetMaddox O.K.Sheffield'53 groundsofage.race,gender,religiousbelief, PeterA. Roonc)- EricaRountree ArnoldB.Sidman color,sexualorientation,nationalotiginor JoanneYendle TimothyRTassopoulos"81 disability. 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MarkDeLong"03 Clare("Tia")Magbee'56 ence.Ourgraduatesbecomecommunityleaders BillDeLoach StephenE.Malone'73 1 W^ ^Jk^\ :nr.s 2 Notes from the Provost 4 News & Events 8 Building Oglethorpe • Geta Room •The Petrel Challenge OU lo Have to MeetThem • Communication is KeytoStrongAlumni Relations II Make a Life • CelebratingOglethorpe'sFifteenthPresident •AIVlessagefromDrLarge • Dr. LawrenceSchall Named 16th President ,^^^J^'^ ofOglethorpe / ^55^ i6 Make a Difference t' > J • GeorgiaShakespeare Celebrates 20thAnniversarySeason atOglethorpe i8 Reading Room 19 Make a Lfving • NotingTheirSuccess 20 Class Notes • Building a LegacyatOglethorpe • FutureFreshman •WeddedBliss •AlumniUpdates • In fVlemoriam 32 Alumni Alert 33 Archives • Building Blocl<s:TheSilentFacultyTeaches History — notes from the provost zo l\lo Substitute the for-profit university franchised into a rented office buildingwith no library and fewfijU-time faculty <u By ChristopherAmes might serve some adult learners well, but it isn't what a X ProvostatidSenior Vice President the typical college-bound 18-year-old is looking for. H_ >- "I'm afraid I need to be going," the business execu- "Well, I'm sorry I have to leave so soon," the busi- tive said to the college administrator, bringing their nessman said. "I made the mistake ofbuying my Z lively conversation to a close. They had been dis- symphony tickets on the same night as my tennis w&< cussing the high cost ofa college education. lesson, so I have to change for tennis and then run aOI! home and change again for the concert." H u The executive had pressed the administrator to -J O explain why college tuition has been rising faster "That's interesting," the college administrator than inflation. More specifically, he wondered why remarked. "Tell me about your tennis lesson. How higher education had benefited so little from tech- does it work?" nology. "Technological innovation has been the driving force behind increasing productivity and "What do you mean? It's like any tennis lesson: I lowering costs throughout modern economics spend an hour on the court hitting with the pro from the agricultural innovations that transformed and working on fundamentals." chicken from a luxury to a staple to the semi-con- ductor advances that made a DVD player as "Hmmm. Wouldn't it be more efficient to buy a inexpensive as a DVD. Why haven't universities video and hit with a ball machine? You know, use found ways to use technology to lower their costs technology to keep your costs down." and increase productivity?" "Well, I do have some tennis videos. And I do hit The administrator had marshaled the familiar but against the machine from time to time. But there's just not wholly convincing arguments. He had noted no substitute forworkingone-on-onewith a master." that education done right is more "high touch" than "high tech," and that the biggest expense Exactly our philosophy," the administrator said. in universities was faculty, who, after all, "We believe that ifyou want to learn something, worked for very modest salaries. Further, he ^»<**^ \'ou need to work in close proximitywith someone noted that colleges are charged with who has the knowledge and skills you seek. educating students in the use of Like you said, there's no substitute for close technology and that actually makes a personal contact with a master." lot oftechnological innovations cost generators rather than cost savers. "But I'm even more interested in the Students need to practice on not symphony," the administrator con- only the latest computers, but also tinued. "When you sit down at the the latest in laboratory equipment, concert, do you ever browse the list of research databases and libraries. names ofdonors in the back ofthe program?" And universities are expected to educate the whole person. That means "Certainly. I'm in there, and I know a lot of athletic facilities, residence halls, people on the list." theatres .md meeting rooms in addition to classrooms and offices. The model of Why do you donate money to the symphony?" ' Dr. PhilipP.Zinsmeister "Because a great symphony is an important asset for tennis lesson and symphony concert remind us that this city. And I love the music. It's as simple as that." the values ofhigher education are not so arcane. There is no substitute for close personal interaction "Well, yes," the administrator mused. "But that list with the people you want to learn from, and as ofdonors is a measure ofthe gap between the tick- wonderful as instructional videos, CDs and movies et price you pay and the real cost ofputting on the are, they don't wholly duplicate the experience of concert. Like colleges, the cost is greater than the live performance and engagement. Higher educa- price, and donations have to make up the differ- tion provides experiences and preserves cultural val- ence. I know you love movies, too. Why don't you ues that only widespread support from governments also donate money to your favorite movie studios?" and philanthropists can sustain. I think we need more conversations like this, and we in education "Because they make enough money as it is-and the need to do a better job ofexplaining the complex movie stars make an obscene amount." value ot the experience college offers. Good luck working on your serve." "Exactly. The $9 you pay for a movie ticket is enough to support movie star and movie executive salaries and provide profits for the theater opera- Longtime Biology Professor tors, the distributors and the shareholders with stu- dio stock. But the $40 you pay to see the sympho- Retires from Oglethorpe ny only goes part ofthe way to making that non- profit entity break even." Dr. Philip P Zinsmeister, Oglethorpe University professorofbiol- ogy, announced his retirementthis year. He has been a mem- "Ofcourse, that's because a movie is seen by berofthe Oglethorpefaculty since 1973, where hetaughta millions around the globe and mass produced and re-produced. variety ofcourses in the areasofgeneticsand cell biology. "That's just my point. The media that can be mass Zinsmeisterwas a majorcontributor in the developmentofthe — produced a movie, a magazine, a mass-market biological science portion ofthe currentcore curhculum at — book, even a CD ofyour beloved symphony can Oglethorpe. He is authoror co-author of a numberofresearch take advantage oftechnology and an economy ot articles on insectdevelopmentand in thefield ofneuroscience, scale and be marketed inexpensively and turn a and he was chairofthe Science Division forseven years. In profit. But other kinds ofexperiences that depend 1993-94 he was a Fulbnght Scholar in Belize. In 1995 he — on live performance in a small venue the theatre, received the LuThomasson GarrettAwardfor Meritorious the symphony, the ballet, the—art museum, and I Teaching. He is also a recipientofthe 2005 School BellAward, daresay, the college classroom cannot be mass and he was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa in 1997. marketed without changing what makes them valu- able in the first place." Zinsmeister says his years at Oglethorpe have repeatedly shown the benefits ofworking in the small college environ- "Well, yes. I certainly understand that private dona- ment. "I am deeply grateful forthe productive and personally tions and foundations support cultural missions that fulfilling relations I have established and maintained with a can't thrive in the free market. But that doesn't mean great many students and with facultyfrom all academic that they don't need to manage costs efficiently." disciplines," he says. "Point taken. Non-profits have learned a lot from We at Oglethorpe wish Dr. Zinsmeisterall the best as he the business world and continue to do so. It's just that the cost structures and values underlyingyour entersthe next chapter of his very accomplished life. ^ news events zo Save the Date Fora complete calendarofevents, please visit o<: u www.oglethorpe.edu (keyword: news). I H_ >H' April > April 18: Playreaders: SpinningintoButterby Rebecca ZD Gilman, Emerson Student Center, 7 p.m. O I April 23-24: AfterEros. Maureen Fleming, Conant Performing H u Arts Center, 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. Contains nudity. _U) O OgietliorpegolfcoachJim Owen, evaluates8-year-olddaughter May Michaela'sshot May 2: Conversations with Playwrights: Exploding the Limits of Form with AmyWheeler, Emerson Student Center, 7 p.m. Jim Owen hasbeen coaching atOglethorpefor23years, long before Michaelawasborn.Shegrewuparound histeams,eventu- May 7: Oglethorpe University Commencement,Academic allydeveloping an interest in golf, saying it"looked easy" Owen Quadrangle, 9 a.m. boughthisdaughterherfirstclub, butlittledid he knowshewould developa love,andtalent,forthesport. May 9-12: 2005 Men's Division III NCAA National Golf Tournament, hosted by Oglethorpe.The Mission Inn Resort in Like any good caddy, Owen offers his daughtertips on the Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. Alumni reception on May 10 at 7 p.m. course. "He tells me to workon my chipping, pitching and putting, but like to hit my driver," Michaela says. Owen is I May 22: Last day of exhibit. Masterpieces from European grateful for his daughter's interest in golf, as it givesthem ArtistColonies(1830-1930) from Public and Private European plenty of father-daughter time. Art Collections, OUMA. What's the bestthing about being a girl who plays golf? May 23: Stormy Petrel Golf Classic, St. Mario Country Club, Michaela says she likes picking out golf shoes.According to 10:30 a.m. shotgun start. Coach Owen, Michaela hit "the hght sport atthe righttime." Not only is women's golf growing at Oglethorpe, but nationally as well. MichelleWie, Michaela's favorite player, is a 15-year- News old playing on LPGA tours. Caddy Daddy Coaches Daughter Though Michaela has only been playing for about a year on in the Love of the Game the US Kids gids tour, she's already qualified forthe tour championship and played in the regional championship in By Emily Gantert '07 February. Her hope is to qualifyfor the US Kids wodd champi- onship, and she's also set some serious long-term goals: "I Jim Owen, Oglethorpe's men and women's golfcoach, is not want to play a tournament in Hawaii when I get older," only a golfer, a coach, a husband and father, butto 8-year-old Keep an eye out for Michaela and US Kids Golfon ESPN, daughter Michaela, he's "Caddy Daddy." which covers their regional, national and wodd champi- onships. Find out more by visiting: www.uskidsgolf.com. W98NobelPeacePrize winner JohnHumemeetswithOglethorpe studentsinFebruary. OUMA Displays European Artist Nobel Prize Winner Visits Oglethorpe Colony Paintings 1998 Nobel Peace Prize winnerJohn Hume visited the Oglethorpe campus in February. He began hisAtlantatourat TheOglethorpeUniversityMuseumofArtishostingaone-time- Oglethorpe with members of the Social Democratic and onlyexhibitthrough May22,2005,displaying masterpieces Labour Party of Ireland, speaking to a large audience in the fromthefamousEuropeanartistcoloniesofthemid-19thand Earl DoliveTheaterof the PhilipWeltner Library. Hume early20thcenturies.The70artistcolonypaintingsfrom seven received the Nobel Peace Prize forhis efforts in securing Europeancountrieshave neverbeforebeenexhibited inthe the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland. UnitedStates. Following the example of his hero Martin Luther King, Jr., Hume organized a civil rights movementfor Catholics in his Artistcoloniesarecreditedwithchangingthetradition ofwestern hometown of Derry in Northern Ireland. He went on to found painting bymovingartistsoutofthestudioand intonature,as and lead the Social Democratic and Labour Partyand recently theyworl<ed intheopenair.Thisshiftledtothedevelopmentof 5 retired from both the European and British Parliaments. He othersignificantartmovementssuchasimpressionism, realism, was also awarded the 1999 Martin Luther King Award for symbolism,surrealismandexpressionism. Non-Violence and the 2001 Gandhi Peace Prize. The 70 artist colony paintings are gathered from 23 private and public collections in seven European countries. OUMA Power Brokers visitors will see significant works of art from 18 artist colonies in seven European counthes, including works by Beginning in January 2005, the painting A Meetingin Time Camille Corot,AnneAnchor, Camille Pisarro, Paul Klee, Paul was displayed In partnership with the Oglethorpe University Serusier, MarianneWerefkin, Herman Hesse, Alexej von Museum ofArt. A Meeting in Timedepicts 20th century Jawlensky, Chades-Frangois Daubigny, Emile Bernard and Presidents ofthe United States gathered in the cross halls of Otto Modersohn. theWhite House.The 13 x 20 footcanvas is a masterpiece by the Bulgarian artist, Rossin.The worktook nearlyfouryearsto complete. Living in his native Bulgariawhen inspired to take on this massive project, Rossin's goal wastocreate a piecethatwas historicallysignificant. "Every gesture, every pose, sayssome- thing about each president," Rossin says. "So you see them gathered togetherfor a brief moment in theWhite House, but they are individuals, a mixture ofcharacters and political par- ties. It is a portrait of a century and of 18 men sharing the same spirit, despite theirdifferences. Never in art history has something been done like this before." For more information about the artist, visitwww.portraitpartners.com. " . fe •m>M'.| ^^^K.^^H« H^^' liii' & •. HJi- E»r^ o * Til" news events K!! z o Fromleft:PresidentLarryLarge. HarryFrazer '89andLyndyn FrazervisitwithBudSalamoneattliesecondannualJohn < u Salamonesoccertournament whichhonorsBud'sson. an w s Oglethorpealumnuswhodiedintlie WorldTrade Centerterrorist attacks. Morethan80alumniandcurrentstudentsparticipated >H• in thisyear'stournament DUS > Z D oOi I H u O Hello Mudciah, Hello Faddah ParentsWeekend 2004 drew more than 200 parents of cur- rent students to the Oglethorpe campus, one of the largest turnouts to date. Parents were treated to a fall concert by the University Singers, men's and women's soccerteam victories over Millsaps College and a basketball jamboree, which featured a free throw contest for a chance to win a year's free tuition. Parents metwith President Larry Large to DrewFIndling '81 renewsacquaintanceswithEllenHecklerO'Herlihy discuss campus issues such as the new residence halls and '82andMaureenRobinson '83. Oglethorpe athletics.They also attended faculty lectures and were special guests atthe Oglethorpe Museum ofArt and Night oftheArts student exhibition. For information about the next ParentsWeekend, visitwww.oglethorpe.edu oremail crobinson@oglethorpe edu . ' A Ne' TheAlumni Office, Stuart Herman '50 and ElsieAdier hosted a reception forour NewYork City-area alumni in March. More than 40 people came outforan evening with fellov/ Petrels and received the latest on campus happenings from Oglethorpe President Larry Large. OglethorpealumEugeneAgoshkovdeliversthenewstoRussian audiences. 7 Just the Facts, Ma'am: Oglethorpe Alum Delivers the News in Russia Oglethorpe alumnus EugeneAgoshkov says being recognized on the street isjust one perk of his television career at Russian Channel One, Moscow.The "Russian IVlatt Lauer" also experiencesthe excitementof reporting breaking news on the air, traveling to far-flung locations and covering impor- tant stories, such as anti-terrorist operations in Chechnya. Fromleft:MonicaFlares '99, Patricia CurtisBonieKoe 98.Aimee Thrasher-Hanson '98andLanceOzier '01 enjoyanOglethorpe Agoshkovbegan hiscareersevenyearsago,when hewas receptionforNewYorkClt]'-areaalumni. offeredajobwith the Russian newsagencywhilecompleting an internship atCNNAtlanta. In 1996 and 1997 heattended OglethorpeasaGeorgiaRotaryscholar Moving upfrom an editor toacon-espondentto hiscurrentjobas a newsanchor,Agoshkov hascovered manyexciting stories.Theanti-terroriststory in Chechnyasubjected him and hiscrewto militaryfighting, asthey triedto reportthestory inthe midstofautomaticgunfire and grenadeexplosions.Also memorable,forperhaps more sublime reasons,wasadocumentaryhe made in Switzerland. Hiscam- eraman doubled asa mountain skiing instructor Agoshkov says hisfavorite class at Oglethorpe was Public Speaking with professors Dempsey and Swan. "Itwas inter- OglethorpePresidentLarryLargechatswithNew)c esting and challenging," he says. "Itwas precise information receptionco-hostStuartHerman '50. and precise skills, and I use the knowledge and experience I got there almostevery day." building Oglethorpe z o J 3 < u a X H H>- oi > Z D OOS H U U O 8 Get a Room! will have our traditional granite fagade with a con- temporary, 21st century interior." By Erica Rountree Suites include four private bedrooms, two bath- Finally, a dorm room where you can get away rooms, a living room and kitchen area. Each floor from it all, including your roommates! Oglethorpe includes common spaces with levels designated for University is in the midst ofconstructing brand- meeting, study or recreation purposes, with student new residence halls featuring private bedrooms resident assistants living on each floor. The building and apartment-like amenities, which school offi- was available for walk-through tours duringAlumni cials hope new students will be excited to call Weekend, April 1-3, and is scheduled to open in home during their college experience. lateJuly. The introduction ofindividual bedrooms follows This year, Oglethorpe freshmen were required for a national trend toward increased privacv on the first time to live on campus unless they live at college campuses. The four-story building, which home with parents. Next year, this same require- is being constructed in Oglethorpe's collegiate ment will extend to sophomores. "Internal research Gothic style, will be home to 160 students. and outside 'best practices' indicate that students "Students strongly requested buildings that look who live on campus, particularly as underclassmen, like Oglethorpe's Academic Quad," says Timothy are more successful overall," says Doyle. The new Doyle, Oglethorpe's dean ofstudents and vice residence hall, with the live-on requirement, is president for student affairs. "The new building intended to improve campus life as students live, work and play together.