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June 10, 2021
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Mark Your Calendar for KingFest
We are excited to announce the date for the second annual KingFest on October 16th.
The event is in conjunction with Family Weekend and includes fall-themed activities,
NCAA sporting events, delicious food, and more. Alumni, friends, faculty. staff, students,
and the greater Bristol community are all invited to KingFest. Stay tuned for more
information to come.
King Mourns Dr. Bill Wade
On June 2nd the King
Community lost a beloved
member in Dr. Bill Wade.
President Alexander Whitaker
sent the following
communication.
"I write today with very sad
news for our community. Dr.
William J. Wade, professor
emeritus of history and honorary
alumnus, died last evening.
Mourning wreaths are being
placed on the memorial tower
near the Chapel and at the
Kingsport and Knoxville
campuses.
As a faculty member, dean,
archivist, institutional research
director, and in countless other
roles at King, Dr. Wade touched
thousands of lives since arriving
at King in 1952. He retired from King in 1998 but continued energetically to contribute to
the life of this school.
Bill was one of my most important King mentors, especially on matters of King’s history,
and his wisdom was always profound and practical. I will miss him terribly, as I know all of
you who knew him and worked with him will, also. But even if you never knew Dr. Wade or
worked with him, there are countless ways this school to which you were also called bears
his great and long positive influence, and will for years to come.
Let us join in thanksgiving for such a life well lived—for the great gift to us all that was Bill
Wade. Please remember in prayer Margaret Wade and the entire Wade family in the days
ahead."
A scholarship in Dr. Wade's name has been created, if you wish to make a gift in memory
click here. Please enter Dr. Thomas R. Peake and Dr. William J. Wade Scholarship in the
comments.
If you wish to livestream Dr. Wade's upcoming service on Saturday June 12th at 10:00
a.m. please use the links below.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPzMkqG5tOpU7JqvcK4lx6w/live
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fpcbristol
New Programs at King
King has developed three new and exciting programs. Take a look below to see if any are
of interest to you or anyone you know. You can apply for these programs or any other at
www.king.edu.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting: This program will be the only completely face-to-
face program in the Knoxville area, offered one night a week in an adult learner-friendly
format. This will take place at the West Knoxville campus from 6-10 p.m. For more
information click here.
Master of Social Work: The rumors are true! King is developing a fully-online Master of
Social Work program designed to accommodate working adults. Building on the strong
foundation of our long-standing, highly successful, and nationally-recognized (CSWE-
accredited) Bachelor of Social Work program, King is proud to share with you the current
status of this program. To learn more or apply online click here.
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program: The five-semester, master’s-level degree
program includes coursework in mental health disease and diagnosis, psychotherapy,
psychopharmacology, two semesters of intensive clinicals, and work under the guidance
of community-based preceptors. Those who already have a master’s degree in nursing
can apply to study and obtain a post-master’s certificate as a psychiatric mental health
nurse practitioner. For more information click here.
Coming to a City Near You
We love to travel to different areas to host alumni events for you and your family. We have
planned events in many places and pictured below are Charlotte, Knoxville, and
Chattanooga. If you have alumni event ideas in your area please let Alumni & Community
Engagement Director Jenna Christie know at jmchristie@king.edu and keep an eye out
for King to come to your region soon!
Alumni Awards
We are now accepting
nominations for the 2022
alumni awards. Award
categories include Young
Alumni Achievement Award,
Legacy Award, Volunteer of
the Year Award, Christian
Service Award, and
Distinguished Alumni Award.
For more information about
the awards and for a list of
past recipients click here.
Look Back Alumni Spotlight - Alexsandor Lehoczky '61
The year was 1956, a student
protest enticed thousands to a
march through the streets of
Budapest, Hungry. The city was still
healing after hundreds of thousands
were massacred and thirty-two
thousand buildings had been
destroyed in the siege of Budapest a
decade earlier. Once again conflict
seemed imminent. During the protest, State Security Police arrest a group of students that were trying to enter a radio studio to broadcast against the Hungarian People’s Republic and its communist leanings. When students learn of the detention, they descend on the police station and are fired upon. Multiple students are killed, and the Hungarian Revolution begins. Many college students fled across the borders of Hungry to escape the violence. One, in particular, was Alexsandor Lehoczky. Alex was born on January 13, 1938, in the town of Debrecen. He was only 18 years old and spoke virtually no English when he fled his homeland and made his way to the United States with two friends and was received as a refugee at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. A local Bristolian jeweler, and the President of King College, Dr. Liston, learned about the boys’ trials and tribulations and arranged to bring them to King. Alex, a large blond-haired kid with an outgoing personality, arrived on campus and made an immediate impact. In 1957, he, along with his Hungarian friends, helped to organize King’s first soccer team compiled primarily of other foreign students. They would compete against anyone that would accept the challenge including the University of Tennessee down the road in Knoxville. Alex would be a soccer fan for the rest of his life and served his community by coaching youth teams. While in Budapest, before the war, he had been pursuing a degree in medicine at a local university. After arriving at King, he decided to switch his major to physics. And it was in physics that he excelled. Upon graduating from King, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studying Low-Temperature Physics. While at UNC he met a girl named Julianne Graham who would become his wife. He earned a Ph.D., and took a job outside of St. Louis, Missouri, working for McDonnell Douglas, an aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, working in their research laboratory. While at McDonnell Douglas he was funded by NASA to investigate the electronic properties of compound semiconductors. In 1982 he relocated to Huntsville, Alabama, and accepting a position with NASA. His work focused on quantifying the effects of gravitational forces on compositional and crystal quality in complex alloys. Several of his microgravity crystallization experiments were sent on Space Shuttle missions. Over the years his work led to five U.S. patents, and he rose to the position of a Branch Chief at NASA. For his stellar work, he was honored with two Silver Snoopy awards from astronaut crew members. In 2001 he escorted his former King professor, Dr. Burke, to the Cape Kennedy to witness a launch. Dr. Burke says, “We were given the royal treatment.” On April 7, 2018, Dr. Lehoczky died leaving behind a beloved wife and three children.
Throughout his life, he was devoted to King and never forgot those in the King community
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"For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues
through all generations"
Psalm 100:5
"When you give cheerfully and
accept gratefully, everyone is
blessed." Maya Angelou
Consider making a gift to King University
and watch your blessings multiply in the
faces of our students!
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