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President’s Report
on
Philanthropy
2016-17
FALL 2017 Volume 88 Number 2
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
5 | President’s Message
8 | Vice President’s Message
A PROMISE FULFILLED
12 | Sharing His Gifts: Dr. Daniel Lee
13 | Bit by Bit: The Berea Patrons
18 | All in This Together: Esfandiar Lohrasbpour
19 | Make the World a Bit Better: Dr. Steele and Betty D. Mattingly
20 | Honoring Ambition: Karin Larson
21 | A School Like That Has to Go On: Albert and Marian Thomas
30 | Rebuilding Diversity at Berea: Reverend J. Oscar McCloud
31 | Changing the Trajectory of Lives: Brian and Laura Reed
32 | A Special Connection: Walter Gross III
33 | Opportunity is the Bottom Line: Meisel Family Foundation
38 | To Understand All: Richard Wiener
39 | Giving as Service to Berea: Janice Blythe
40 | One of the Family: Alice Baker
41 | Connected to the Great Commitments: John and Sandy Bolin
“I was set up for success at Berea. There is tons of support
around everything that I do. The labor, academics and the
community, just being at the Carter G. Woodson Center—a GIVING DAY
lot of people want the best for me. You can’t fail with that.” 52 | Teamwork in Action
- Aldrin Vinton ‘18 BEREA COLLEGE HONOR ROLL OF GIVING
14 | John G. Fee Society
14 | Founders’ Club
22 | President’s Club
Berea College is rooted in interracial education. Help 24 | Great Commitments Society
us maintain our commitment to diversity. Support the 34 | Alumni by Class Year
African American Opportunity Fund. 42 | Alumni Class Rankings
42 | Student Contributors
AAOF – Recruit. Retain. Support.
47 | Berea College Faculty and Staff Contributors
49 | Friends of Berea
54 | Memorial Gifts
60 | Bequests
60 | In Honor Of
62 | Corporate Matching
62 | Gifts from Foundations, Corporations, and Organizations
REPORT ON FINANCIAL POSITION
66 | Designation of Funds
67 | Source of Support
68 | Statements of Financial Position
69 | Statements of Activities
Cover photo by Chris Radcliffe
www.berea.edu/give/aaof/ @BereaCollegeAAOF
PRESIDENT’S REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2016-17 3
COLLEGE MAGAZINE
Abbie Darst, Editor
Kim Brown, Associate Vice President for Marketing
and Communications
Bernadine Douglas, Vice President, Alumni and
College Relations
Jackie Collier, Associate Vice President for Alumni
Relations
Charlie C Campbell, Graphic Designer
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:
Candis Arthur, Courtney Bidwell, Kim Brown,
Victoria Calvert, Abbie Darst ‘03, Jason Lee Miller,
Jasmine Towne ‘16, Melinda Townsend
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Jay Buckner, Anna Joines ‘17, Chris Radcliffe, Lyle D. Roelofs, President
Sarah-Anne Soares ’18, Crystal Wylie ‘05
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION Harold L. Moses ‘58 David H. Chow Betty H. Olinger ‘69
Lyle D. Roelofs, President Chair of the Board Charles D. Crowe ‘70 Douglas M. Orr
Jeffrey S. Amburgey, Vice President for Finance
Sylvia Asante, Dean of Labor
Robert T. Yahng ‘63 M. Elizabeth Culbreth ‘64 Thomas W. Phillips ‘65
Chad Berry, Academic Vice President and Vice Chair of the Board John E. Fleming ‘66 William B. Richardson
Dean of the Faculty Vicki E. Allums ‘79 Michael D. Flowers Dennis R. Roop ‘69
Virgil Burnside, Vice President for Student Life Celeste P. Armstrong ‘90 Donna S. Hall Charles Ward Seabury, II
Huapei Chen, Chief Information Officer
Bernadine Douglas, Vice President for
Charlotte F. Beason ‘70 Bob Hawks ‘77 David E. Shelton ‘69
Alumni and College Relations Vance Blade ‘82 Scott M. Jenkins David B. Sloan ‘72
Derrick Singleton, Vice President for Nancy E. Blair Glenn R. Jennings ‘72 Tyler S. Thompson ‘83
Operations and Sustainability Anne Berry Bonnyman Shawn C. D. Johnson Rocky S. Tuan ‘72
Linda Strong-Leek, Vice President for Joseph John Bridy Nancy Lampton Stephanie B. Zeigler A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Diversity and Inclusion
Teri E. Thompson, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Scott Caldwell Eugene Y. Lowe, Jr.
Dear Berea
Judge B. Wilson II, General Counsel and Secretary
HONORARY TRUSTEES
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPRINTS John Alden Auxier ‘51 Thomas H. Oliver
If you have comments, questions, or suggestions James T. Bartlett David S. Swanson
Martin A. Coyle R. Elton White ‘65
Alumni and Friends,
for the Berea College Magazine or would like infor-
mation about reprinting any article appearing in the
magazine, please contact: Elissa May-Plattner Dawneda F. Williams
Editor, Berea College Magazine
Berea College ALUMNI EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2017-18
CPO 2142 Jennifer Hale Stafford ’92 Jackie Collier ’80
Berea, KY 40404 Associate Vice President for Alumni
President, KY
Patricia Campbell Estepp ’77 Relations, KY I am pleased to present the 2016-17 President’s Report on
AT YOUR SERVICE Bernadine Douglas
Web: www.berea.edu
Past-President, VA Philanthropy and commend it for your review. This report
Mail: CPO 2203, Berea, KY 40404 Deborah Byrd Thomas ’80 Vice President for Alumni and College
Phone: 859.985.3104 President-Elect, AL Relations, KY details our strong financial position and conveys information
Toll free: 1.866.804.0591
Lyle D. Roelofs Frank Polion ‘90
Magazine: www.berea.edu/magazine
President of Berea College, KY Member of Executive Committee, KY
pertaining to our sources of fiscal support.
Berea College Magazine (ISSN 1539-7394) is published
quarterly for Berea College alumni and friends by the Our financial position remains strong thanks to sound
Berea College Marketing & Communications Depart- MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
ment. Periodicals postage pending at Berea, KY, and V. Eldon Ball ’70, DC Katherine Silver Kelly ’91, OH Elizabeth Mullins management of our endowment and the continued support
additional mailing offices. Tedd Masiongale ’88, MS Robinette ’80, IN
Betty Jean Hall ’68, VA
Sherry McCulley-Hall ’81, NC Evan Robinson ’08, NC
of friends, alumni, and even current students through various
Postmaster: Send address corrections to the Berea Adam Hardin ’97, OH
College Office of Alumni Relations, CPO 2203, Berea, Amy Burkhardt Harmon ’99, CA Robert Phillips ’90, TX Ashley Long Seals ’08, VA giving programs. My heart is gladdened by the breadth and
KY 40404. Frank Polion ’90, KY Tamika Weaver ’97, GA
Destiny Harper-Lane ’06, TX depth of the generosity of all the people who believe—along
Berea College is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization Don Hodges ’00, OH
under federal guidelines. with us—that “God has made of one blood all peoples of the
Printed on 30 percent post-consumer waste paper. ALUMNI TRUSTEES YOUNG ALUMNI ADVISORY COUNCIL 2017-18 Earth” (Acts 17:26). That generosity is crucial to the success
Celeste Patton Armstrong ’90, AL Joe Saleem, II, ‘08, President, KY
Charles D. Crowe ’70, TN Missy Naseman Rivera ‘05, Past President, OH
of our mission to educate bright students of limited financial
Bob Hawks ’77, GA Martina Jackson ‘11, President-Elect, KY means throughout Appalachia and beyond.
Betty Hyatt Olinger ’69, KY David Kretzmann ‘14, Executive Vice President, VA
Lisa M. Colletti-Jones, Coordinator of Student, In these uncertain times, as we face both renewed opposition to
Photo by Crystal Wylie ‘05
Young Alumni and Volunteer Engagement Programs, KY
our inclusive philosophy and policy discussions at the federal
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE level that affect us directly, your strong support means even
Ehis Akhetuamhen ‘01, IL Wayne Jones ‘15, WV Katy Jones Sulfridge ‘03, OH
FSC LOGO Jacob Burdette ‘15, KY Emily LaDouceur ‘04, KY Djuan Trent ‘10, NY more. It is thanks to your selflessness and that of thousands of
William E. Cook, III, ‘06, OH Tran K. Nguyen ‘17, IN Lara Zavalza-Neeson ‘13, KY other generous folks that we are able to continue our mission.
Trinity Goodman ‘17, KY Cory Payton ‘15, KY
This issue summarizes literally Students stepped up in philanthropy Berea College garnered national A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
thousands of stories of the people as well. In fall 2016, the student-led attention in other ways as well.
who make up our network of Motley Fool Investment Club began U.S. Congressman and Civil Rights
support. For most, only their name management of a $100,000 stock icon John Lewis delivered the
appears on our annual Honor Roll, portfolio with the goal of building commencement address in June.
but that in itself tells a story. The it to $500,000. Once the target Last December, CBS broadcast our
story says, “here are the people is reached, the fund will begin to annual LISTEN! Christmas concert
who believe in the importance of a contribute to the College just as the to a national audience on Christmas
Truly, we are so blessed
good education and the doors that College endowment does. Eve.
education can open for students who
otherwise would not have access to Another Berea College emphasis Among all these successes, I am
a better life.” The story says, “these is continuous improvement. We happy to report the construction
people give of themselves time and already graduate students of lesser of the Margaret A. Cargill Natural
by the generosity of
again in pursuit of that idea.” financial means—many of them Sciences and Health Building
first-generation students—at a rate continues to be on schedule. Over
Time and space prevent us from several times the national average. the past fiscal year, we have held a
telling more of these stories in this We know that we can do even “topping out” ceremony, where we
issue, but we are able to flesh out better. In pursuit of that goal, we commemorated the placement of the
Bereans the world over.
a few of the stories of why people have launched initiatives to support last beam on the top of the structure.
give to Berea College. We hope you first-year students, who are most at We also celebrated the placing of the
will enjoy and be inspired by them. risk of dropping out, and we have cupola, a small dome that will grace
That same limited space means augmented that with programming the campus skyline. Move-in will
that some of the listings that have specifically tailored to the needs of commence on schedule this summer,
appeared in the President’s Report the cohorts of students who are more and the building will be open for
in the past have been moved online. at risk than others. business at the start of the fall 2018
The full Honor Roll can be found at semester. We hope you will be able
www.berea.edu/magazine. The past year was filled with great to come and see it for yourself!
news. Berea College is truly an
The Berea Fund, our annual fund, institution like no other. This In all of these endeavors, we thank
enjoyed a banner year. With a goal year the Washington Monthly and you for your steadfast support.
of $4,350,000, we reached a total The Princeton Review both named
of $4,490,000—a new record. Last Berea as one of the best liberal arts Lyle D. Roelofs
year, nearly 10,000 people made a colleges in the nation; Forbes, Money, President
gift in support of that goal, and we Kiplinger’s and Washington Monthly
are so very grateful. all recognized Berea for affordability.
Photo by Anna Joines ‘17
6 BEREA COLLEGE MAGAZINE PRESIDENT’S REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2016-17 7
A MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT
Giving is at the Our Berea Patrons giving circle is an
important alumni relations initiative
to the tune of more than $208,000.
More commitments came in during
conclude the campaign a year ahead
of schedule, with gifts exceeding $12
heart of Berea that demonstrates students’ embrace
of the culture of giving here at Berea.
the weeks following Giving Day,
pushing the final total to $231,575.
million.
College’s legacy. For the first time in our history,
nearly 60 percent of the College’s
Nearly 120 students joined the Berea
Patrons on Giving Day. All told, the
What inspires a person to give to
Berea College? The values upon
students gave back to the school gifts we received will allow us to pay which Berea was founded resonate
through payroll deductions during four years of tuition for 92 students. with those who believe in the dignity
the 2016-17 school year. Such a high of work, the promise of interracial
Our founders were unwavering participation rate bodes well for the It was truly gratifying to see such education, the pride in simple living,
in their efforts to provide future of giving. support of Berea and its mission from the value of educating men and
an education for whites and the campus community and from women together, and the unique
blacks of limited means in the Our annual Giving Day also around the world on Giving Day 2017. qualities that make Berea such a
mid-1800s. With each passing points to a bright future for our special place. For others, it is the
development efforts. Created in And, of course, we cannot overlook College’s steadfast commitment
year since then, we are amazed the incredible impact the Campaign to the Appalachian region—the
2016, the initiative aims to raise a
by the generosity of our target amount in just one day. Our for the Margaret A. Cargill Natural people, culture, and heritage. The
alumni, friends, faculty, staff, goal the first year was $25,000. To Sciences and Health Building had same things that attract alumni and
and students. That generosity our surprise, our supporters helped on our work this year. Challenged by friends to give to Berea inspire them
is on display in myriad ways, us shatter that goal, giving more our lead donor to raise $10 million to continue their generosity year
from the “surprise” check for than $196,000 in a 24-hour period by December 2018, we began the after year. In the pages that follow,
$1.3 million that comes in the via our digital platforms and through campaign in earnest around April you will learn what motivates 14
a phone bank. We increased our goal 2015 with what we thought was a of our donors to support Berea
mail to the $5 that a freshman lofty aspiration to raise at least half of College. Their stories are just a few
to $200k in a Day for the 2017
contributes to the Berea Fund Giving Day on August 31. Gifts the funds by April 2016. Our alumni of the thousands of stories we hear
with each Labor Program
Photo by Chris Radcliffe
poured in by text message, through and friends amazed us. With their every day from supporters all over
paycheck. Both gifts help us our website, in person at giving help, we actually raised more than the world.
ensure we can continue to stations on campus, and by phone $10 million by April 2016. We will
pay tuition for every student
enrolled at Berea College and
fund other important projects We are proud to share their stories with you, and hope you
and initiatives.
are inspired to join our growing family of supporters.
Bernadine Douglas, CFRE
Vice President for Alumni and College Relations
8 BEREA COLLEGE MAGAZINE PRESIDENT’S REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2016-17 9
A PROMISE
A PROMISE
Bringing together profiles of various donors and Berea College supporters,
this issue reveals the interest and motivation that lead so many generous
persons to invest in the College’s mission. For some, it is gratitude and
giving back; for others, commitment to education as the engine of social
mobility; and for still others, it is service to those less fortunate.
In this way, the donors of today mirror those of earlier generations
FULFILLED
and echo the compelling story of our founding by men and women of
principle, determination, and courage. You can think of these individual
profiles as new chapters in the Berea story. As they come to life for you,
please be reminded that it is only through the combined philanthropic
efforts of thousands of devoted supporters that Berea College is able to
continue and advance its mission of investing in lives of great promise.
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IELLE GRA
REA DOWLEN
Danielle Graves ’19
Andrea Dowlen ’18
Sharing His Gifts Bit by Bit
DR. DANIEL LEE by Melinda Townsend
THE BEREA PATRONS by Jasmine Towne ’16
Dr. Daniel Lee ’84 will be forever That motivation led Daniel to work school acceptance committee at Andrea Dowlen ’18, political sci- Council (SAC), where they involve said. “How can I deny somebody
grateful for his Berea experience—and for a year in a rubber band factory. the University of Kentucky, he also ence major, and Danielle Graves ’19, their peers in the joy of giving. else who needs the opportunity just
he’s showing it in a multitude of ways. That hard work allowed him to coaches Bereans on how they can communications major, might have as much as I did?”
save enough money for a one-way best qualify for medical school. He different stories, but two common “I go to Berea because someone gave
“Every step of the way somebody ticket to the United States and Berea served as a speaker at the Opening threads tie them together—their to me, but that person didn’t stop During the 2016-17 school year,
has been helping me,” he said of the College. Adjusting to American life Convocation in 2015, and he has passion for making a difference and there; they continued to give,” An- more than 900 of Berea’s 1,600
incredible friends and relationships he was tough for him, but he found the helped numerous Bereans through their gratitude for the opportunities drea said. “You donate time, you do- students donated portions of their
developed at Berea. “I certainly want campus welcoming, and everyone his willingness to teach. they’ve received at Berea College. nate money, you donate effort; you checks to make this valuable oppor-
to do my part to help Berea students.” was willing to help him make the donate because somebody donated tunity more widely available, truly
adjustment. One special memory is a “We certainly enjoy having all of “At Berea, you realize it may be dif- for you. It does not stop; it’s ongo- making Berea the gift that keeps on
Daniel came to Berea from Hong teacher who pushed him to take part those students,” Daniel said. “I want ficult, but you can get even further,” ing. That’s with everything at Berea. giving.
Kong after his older brother in a public speaking competition— to be able to share with them what Danielle said. “With Berea, you don’t Nothing stops.”
and sister, also Berea graduates, which he won—even though English Berea has given me.” lose who you are. You just transform “The most rewarding part of SAC
encouraged him to study at Berea is his second language. Daniel says and become a better person.” Bit by bit, both students are showing is getting to make connections with
College. Even then, he had a specific he appreciates that, while kind, his Daniel also gives back financially by that giving what you can, no matter students and alumni while still be-
goal for his education—to become a professors challenged him. helping to fund a classroom in the Andrea and Danielle chose to participate how little it may seem to be, does ing a student myself,” Danielle ex-
neurologist. He settled on this goal Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences as Berea Patrons, giving back a por- make a difference. plained. “Also, being able to see
after his mother became ill with “The professors were very patient and Health Building. He attended tion of their modest labor earnings someone else be as passionate as I
brain cancer. with me,” he said. “Ms. Barbara an early planning session for the to support the college that has en- “Someone paid maybe $3 out of am about Berea Patrons gives me the
Wade was my teacher in Issues and building and immediately knew he riched their futures. They also are their paycheck every month for me feel-goods.”
“I was determined to become a Values. She was a tough teacher, but wanted to “put his money where his members of the Student Alumni to have this opportunity,” Danielle
neurologist to take care of my that helped me to learn.” mouth is.”
mother,” he said. Although Daniel’s
mother passed away, he remained Daniel expresses his appreciation for “I want to give back to Berea,” Daniel
motivated to become a doctor. “I was Berea by taking Berea students and said. “This is only just a portion of what
even more determined to be able to graduates into his practice for work Berea has given me for all these years.”
have higher education.” experience. A member of the medical
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Founders’ Club Berea College Honor Roll of Giving
Berea College Honor Roll of Giving Mrs. Susan Brown Eyster Mr. and Mrs. C. Douglas Hindman Mrs. Marthella S. Lehtinen June Morton Perry '44
Names listed reflect donors who have given a minimum gift of $1,000. View a full list of contributors online at www.berea.edu/magazine.
Mr. Christopher Fargnoli Hirtle Callaghan and Co. Ms. Irene Lejman Mary McWilliams Perry '53
Elizabeth Meade Feng Mrs. Katherine E. Hocking Dr. George Ronald Lester '54 Eugene H. Peterson
John G. Fee Society July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017
Mr. Robert W. Fessler
Joyce Barnes Fields '61
Eula Turner Holliday '45
J. Charles Honeycutt '51
Patricia P. Lester
Hunter Lewis
Margaret Bowman Peterson '45
Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Peterson
The Fee Society recognizes those individuals and organizations that have given $1 million or more to Berea College during their lifetime. Truman Ray Fields '61 Reba Honeycutt Dr. Esfandiar Lohrasbpour '74 Mrs. Kathryn W. Pettengill
Mr. Eugene V. Fife Mrs. Norma M. Horvitz Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Lombard Ellen Herron Phillips
Mrs. Helen H. Ford Mr. J. Woodford Howard, Jr. William M Lowder '62 Ms. Kathleen Picken
1525 Foundation Frances Rosi Fife Kay Moore C. Ronald Fouts '72 Mrs. Martha G. Huheey Dr. John Y. Lu '55 Mrs. Dona Lou Pierce
George and Frances Ball Foundation Heather Sturt and Paul G. Haaga, Jr. E. O. Robinson Mountain Fund Mrs. Shirley B. Fowler Mrs. Dolores W. Humphrey Ruth Ferrill Luthringer '46 Dr. J. Dan Pittillo '61
Mrs. Edith Bingham Hallett Charitable Trust Seabury Foundation A. Wade Francis '79 Carol Fletcher Hunter '67 Mrs. Constable MacCracken Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Polk
Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation Humana Foundation, Inc. Starr Foundation Dr. John P. Freeman Dr. David Lee Hunter '67 Dr. Steven C. Macdonald and Mrs. Margaret C. Price
Mrs. James C. Bowling Mr. and Mrs. David A. Jones Christopher W. Stubbs Dr. Billy W. Friar '53 Patricia Finn Hunter '48 Ms. Rita A. Altamore Mrs. Jill Gruver Puleo
Compton Foundation, Inc. George R. Kendall Foundation Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Miss Ethel D. Fritts Betty Partin Hurst '50 Mrs. Deborah MacLellan Charles C. Rayburn '45
Jessie Ball duPont Fund Lilly Endowment, Inc. Gordie Ann McConkey White '66 Mr. Glenn R. Fuhrman Jane Miller Hutchens '71 Mr. and Mrs. Scott MacLellan Ruben D. Recio, Sr. '51
Horatio B. Ebert Charitable Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation R. Elton White '65 Muriel Fuhrmann Thomas Walter Hutchens '67 Mrs. Lillian M. Mairs Larrey W. Riddle '80
Mrs. Harriet E. Gamper Mr. Mark D. Hylton Dr. Alice R. Manicur '54 Mr. Charles A. Riggs
Founders’ Club July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017
Mrs. Marjorie D. Getsch
Lucille Holmes Gibson '45
Mr. J. L. Jackson, Jr.
Mrs. Patricia Eells Jackson
John S. Marsh '54
Sue Martin
James E. Ripley '66
Padi McKain Ripley '66
Lifetime memberships to the Founders’ Club are conferred to those who have already contributed $50,000 (including past donations). Dr. Smith H. Gibson '45 Dr. and Mrs. David Japikse Dr. Geneva Metzler Matlock '48 Dr. Linda Stewart Rivers '62
Those who became members prior to July 1, 2003 retain their membership under the previous criteria. Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason Debbie Jarvis-Yates '83 Betty Dimmick Mattingly '51 Ruth Barnes Robbins '49
A. Barbara Goddard '48 Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Jenkins Dr. Steele F. Mattingly '50 Helen Swanson Robinson '49
Shirley Reed Goossen '59 Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Jepson, Jr. Mrs. Ann B. McCleary Lyle and Laurie Roelofs
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Abele Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Billera Robert Edward Cabe '59 Elizabeth Culbreth '64 Ivey W. Gosser Dr. Flora Hsu Johnson '67 Mr. William R. McFarland Rubye L. Rose
Mrs. Mary S. Abele Mr. and Mrs. Tim Biltz Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Caldwell Mrs. Gayle T. Culp William R. Gosser '50 Mr. Shawn C. D. Johnson Charles S. McNeer '50 Doris Rosenbaum
Mrs. Kay E. Adair Jackie Gunkler Bingham '68 Richard Darrel Campbell '58 Ms. Margo W. Curl Mr. Jim Gray Brenda Starnes Johnstone '75 Mrs. Lillian McNeily Frederick M. and Joyce Y. Rosevear
Dr. Harold R. Adams '48 Big Bug and Mr. Feesh Mrs. W. F. Campbell Mrs. Carolyn G. Danforth Dr. Fred H. Greenberg '55 Dr. William H. Johnstone '74 Mrs. Anne W. McNulty Dr. Justine Jones Rozier '43
Mrs. John M. Allen Nancy E. Blair, Esq. Mr. Richard L. Carl Mr. and Mrs. George I. Danly Mr. and Mrs. William C. Griswold Leigh A. Jones, Hon. '93 Mr. and Mrs. Orval G. Mead Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Russell
Roberta Larew Allison '42 Isaac F. Bledsoe '63 Mrs. Tyna D. Carter Bill Daugherty, III '76 Mrs. Mimi Gross Pat Jones Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Rutledge
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Altman Margaret B. Bledsoe Ms. Matilda Cartledge Dr. Chella David '61 Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Gross, III Mr. and Mrs. Eric C. Jonsson Mr. and Mrs. George Wall Merck Lou Haigler Salter '47
Mr. and Mrs. K. Tucker Andersen Carolynne Fincher Bobbitt '56 Mr. Robert P. Castrignano Judith K. David William R. and Joan Gruver Mrs. Joanna Fowler Jonsson Mr. Robert E. Merkle Willie Sanders '69
Mrs. Deborah Anderson Dr. Jesse Leroy Bobbitt '55 Dr. Donald W. Caudill '80 Mr. Robert W. Davis Mr. Lawrence A. Gurnett Mr. George J. Kalanzis Carol Ledbetter Miller '55 Mr. L. Manlius Sargent, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Anne Anderson George Bock Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Chambers Dr. James Dean '66 Hazel Reynolds Hale '48 Drs. Gregory Louis Kay and Susan Dr. Robert Warren Miller '53 Mr. Muneer A. Satter
Stephen M. and Jane Anderson Mr. Howard Boroughs Mr. Harvey Chaplin S. Eugene Dekich '52 Jerry B. Hale '73 Barcus Kay Helena Jacobs Mink '51 Barbara Weaver Sawyer '57
James Thomas Arnold '75 Bou Family Foundation Carl E. Clark '62 Mr. Joseph T. Derry Nancy Walker Hale '73 Dr. Susan Barcus Kay Mr. Wilburn L. Morris Dr. Hershel G. Sawyer '57
Dr. Emel L. Atkins '57 Kathy Bow Mr. John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. Paul C. Doehring Betty Lou Hollifield Hall '58 Ms. Georgia F. Kearney Mr. and Mrs. William G. Morrison, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Scaramucci
Margaret Boyd Atkins '58 Mr. and Mrs. Doin R. Bowers, Jr. Alice Hook Colley '49 Mrs. Nancy D. Dorer Brian E. Hall '70 Ms. Susan Kellogg Dr. Harold L. Moses '58 Mrs. Judith McCartin Scheide
Dr. John Alden Auxier '51 Mrs. Nancy Bowling Jackie Collier '80 Mr. Richard K. Dowse J. Clyde Hall '55 Ms. Margaret L. Keon Linda H. Moses Ms. Ruth M. Scherbarth
Lois Speer Baird '48 Linda W. Bowman Elisabeth Covey Collins Marjorie Wood Drackett Mr. John Richard Hall Mrs. Charles F. Kettering, II Mr. Michael A. Mouron Victor E. Scherrer '43
Miss Elizabeth Baker Wayne and Ida Bowman Martha Lampkin Colvard '34 Allen D. DuRand Lowell A. Hamilton '61 Pauline Schellberg Kifer '40 Mr. I. E. Murray, Jr. Ms. Nancy J. Schmidt
Dr. and Mrs. C. Robert Barnard Foundation Glenn Conn Linda V. DuRand, Hon. '10 Sara Standifer Hamilton '62 Mrs. Debbie Q. Kiser Mr. C. G. Nessler Mrs. Lucy S. Schneider
James T. and Hanna Bartlett William H. Bowman, Hon. '08 Ruth Brantley Conn '53 Ms. Kaye Dyar Mrs. Gloria H. Hamman Mr. Emil Allen Kraus and Ms. Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Nickolaus, Jr. Jean M. and Walter C. Schubert
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Barton, Jr. Claranelle Blackburn Bradbury '52 Mr. Thomas W. Constant Ms. Catherine G. Ebert W. A. Hammond Drierite Company F. Parkerson Guy Lawrence Olinger '69 David G. Schultz '41
Mrs. Katharine M. Bassett Raymond A. Bradbury '46 Eileen Barnawell Hartley Cooper '47 Mrs. Johanna K. Egan Paulette Alexander Harder '65 Janet C. Kreider, Hon. '91 Joyce Ross Olinger '63 Kathleen Jett Schwarzschild '46
Mrs. Mary B. Basta Scharlene Oney Branum '47 Mr. William E. Cornelius Margarette Eisenhour Mrs. Shirley B. Harding Dr. and Mrs. David A. Kumpe Mr. Thomas H. Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Scott
Mrs. Dora M. Battram Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Bredt C. Dean Cornett '55 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Elliott Mrs. D. Foster Harland Mrs. Rosemarie Wipfelder Kumpe Dr. Edward T. Ordman Ms. Catherine Seabury
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Beaman, Jr. Mr. Joseph J. Bridy Estill Cornett '52 Fred T. Elswick '60 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Harley Dr. Donald H. Lakin Rev. J. Randolph Osborne, Hon. '95 Dr. Charles Ward Seabury, II
June Mullins Begley '64 Mrs. Gertrude Lange Brooks Nina Crabtree Cornett '61 Jonnell Webb Elswick '63 Ms. Sue B. Hart Mrs. Mary Langenberg Melissa S. Osborne, Hon. '14 Mr. John Shafer, Jr.
Leo Begley '64 Mr. James Keeley Brown Reba Blevins Cornett '54 Dr. Ann Evans Helen Fillmore Harvey '54 Brenda Todd Larsen and Charles Larry George Owen '61 Dr. David Eugene Shelton '69
Florence and Minnie Behl Trust John Carter Browning '71 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Couch, Jr. Mrs. Anne H. Evans Pamela Hatfield-Wells Larsen, III Miss Jean Phyllis Owens Don Shinault, Jr. '84
Beim Foundation Linda Holbrook Browning '71 Martin A. and Sandy Coyle Carl C. Evans '62 Dr. John D Haun '48 Mr. and Mrs. Jay B. Larsen Betty June Parker '50 Larry D. Shinn, Hon. '08
Dr. Donald Forbes Belknap Verna Hall Bulman '49 Mr. Jim Cramer Nancy Evans Dr. Charles F. Haywood '49 Mrs. Dee Macleod Lawrence and Dr. Franklin Parker '49 Nancy Shinn, Hon. '08
Mr. William Bell Dr. Warren E. Bulman '48 Dr. Darrell Crase '56 Mrs. Patricia F. Evans Mr. Charles T. Hendrix Mr. Richard H. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. John Williams Parker Farra Mai Shipp
Mr. Steven Berzin Mr. Richard M. Burridge Dr. Dixie R. Crase William B. Evans '50 Mr. Paul W. Hillier, Jr. Dr. William M. Leach '56 Dr. Eugene Q. Parr '49 Dr. Robert H. Shipp, V-12 '45
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Berea College Honor Roll of Giving Founders‘ Club
Mrs. Frances G. Shoolroy
Mr. William B. Short, Sr.
Mrs. Cecil Stickle
Dr. Douglas F. Stickle
Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Van Sloun
John Vanderstar
Joyce Loy Welch '54
Mrs. Jean L. West Put our students on the path to success with the
GIFT OF EDUCATION
Mrs. Myrtle I. Sillen Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stitzer Mrs. William D. VanDusen Helen Kiser Wheeler '53
Marjorie Singleton Catherine French Stookey '49 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Vanlandingham Dr. Max Wheeler
Dr. Mary Slusser Mr. Michael Stranahan Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vaslow Mrs. Mary Alice Whiting
Ernest H. Smith Mr. William J. Strawbridge and Mr. and Mrs. Emmet P. Vaughn, Jr. Shelby Alderman Whitson '59
Florence Pittman Smith '53 Ms. Margaret Wallhagen Nick Vaughn '98 Mr. Richard Wiener
Frances Sturgell Smith '47 Effie Taylor Strong '50 Christine Chadwell Vensel '50 Frieda Meade Wierda '54
Henry H. Smith Dr. W. R. Strong Ms. Kathleen Venter Judge Bradley Wilson, II '78
Mrs. Kathleen M. Smith Eleanore Burchell Sturgill '55 Ms. Hedda Windisch von Goeben Mr. Peter A. Winograd
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sturtevant David L. Wallace '82 Mr. James D. Woodfin
Dr. Robert S. Smith Mrs. Elizabeth L. Styer Diane Artist Wallace '80 Mr. Philip P. Woodward
Ron Smith '56 Dr. Faye Collett Sutton '65 Mrs. Jeanne Stephenson Ward Mr. and Mrs. Keith Woolverton
Mr. Vincent M. Smith David and Ann Swanson Iverson Louis Warinner '66 Dr. Ballard D. Wright '59
Rev. Harry C. Snider Mrs. Anne G. Symchych Ms. Audrey Weaver Elizabeth Peterson Wright '60
Sylvene Osteen Spickerman '56 Mr. and Mrs. Noyan Tanberk Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Weber Mr. Glen Wright, Sr.
Mr. Daniel W. Stanton Barbara T. Taylor '84 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Weber Ms. Page M. Wright
Mr. Robert K. Steel Harry W. Tennant '43 Dr. Rosemary Maxie Robert T. Yahng '63
Mrs. Dorothy Stein Tyler Smyth Thompson '83 Weddington '53 Tina Ing Yahng
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Steiner, Jr. Mrs. Sue M. Tice Mr. and Mrs. Henri L. Wedell Dr. Steven W. Yates '83
Mr. Ellis M. Stephens Mrs. Mary Anne Tigges Mrs. Theresa Walker-Wedell and Jessie Reasor Zander '54
Jane Stephenson, Hon. '93 Annette H. Tinnin, Hon. '01 Mr. Thomas J. Wedell Mrs. Stephanie Bowling Zeigler and
Mrs. Margueritte C Charles W. Tinnin, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Weimann Mr. Eric Zeigler
Pendergast Stevens Mr. Richard Tredwell Mr. John P. Weitzel Mrs. Evelyn Zolondek
Mrs. Glenna Stewart Kay Tseng David O. Welch '55
INVESTING IN LIVES OF GREAT PROMISE
CPO 2216 • Berea, KY 40404 • 800-457-9846 • www.berea.edu/give
R. STEELE AN
RS.
HRASBPOUR
ESFANDIAR L
CK MATTINGL
All in This Together Make the World a Bit Better
ESFANDIAR LOHRASBPOUR by Abbie Darst ’03
DR. STEELE AND BETTY D. MATTINGLY by Victoria Calvert
During his first year at a small, ful—from the administration to the graduation. As he settled into his ca- Steele ’50 and Betty Mattingly ’51 started kindergarten. Betty’s brother Berea Fund, planned gifts, and funds
North Carolina college, Esfandiar professors to fellow students. We were reer, Esfandiar began giving to Berea. have remained closely connected to attended Berea before her. The U.S. for special projects like the Dr. Steele
Lohrasbpour ’74 found himself in treated like we were all in this togeth- Then in 2017, he celebrated his spe- Berea since they graduated in the ear- Navy’s V-12 program brought him to F. Mattingly and Betty D. Matting-
the school’s library leafing through a er.” cial connection to the Boyces, and ly 1950s. Even when Steele’s career as campus for preliminary officer training ly Animal Holding Facility to be
thick college information guide. He their work at the College, with a gift a veterinarian took them to different during World War II, and he returned housed in the Margaret A. Cargill
was seeking a college to transfer to, Some of Esfandiar’s best memories to the new Margaret A. Cargill Nat- areas of the country, they stayed in to Berea after his service to complete Natural Sciences and Health Build-
with one criteria steering his search: revolve around the relationship he ural Sciences and Health Building. A touch by volunteering for the Berea his degree. ing.
minimal tuition expenses. formed with Steve Boyce, a math pro- classroom has been named in their College Alumni Association. Steele
fessor, and his wife, Patty. As an ener- honor, thanks to Esfandiar. served as president when the couple “He fell in love with Berea, and that’s The Mattinglys explained their giv-
“I had no money, so when I found a getic professor, Boyce threw himself lived in Indianapolis, and they both how I became interested in Berea in ing is paying back some of the things
school with zero tuition, how could into his lectures and was eager to of- “I owe a ton to Berea because there served while living in Cincinnati. the beginning,” Betty recalled. Berea has done for them.
I ignore it?” he recalled. “I read more fer help and feedback to his students, were people long before me who
BETT
about Berea and discovered it also Esfandiar recalled. Boyce introduced gave to Berea—I enjoyed the bene- Additionally, they have hosted stu- In addition to the opportunity to earn “We were both blessed with being
had solid academic programs, in- Esfandiar to an entirely new flavor of fits, and it made me who I am to- dents and presidents of the College their college degrees—Steele in ani- able to go to school there, and we
cluding a math major, which is what applied math (operations research) day,” Esfandiar said. at their home, and visit campus for mal husbandry and Betty in history— feel that the right thing to do is to
I really wanted to be.” after one of his sabbaticals. Not even reunions and other events when they the two are grateful their journeys at make it possible for other people,”
part of the curriculum at the time, Esfandiar has a deep sense of com- can. Berea College brought them togeth- Betty added.
After transferring to Berea College, the subject resonated with Esfandiar mitment to today’s Bereans. He gives er. “We celebrated our 68th wedding
Esfandiar, who is from Tehran, Iran, and eventually became the focus of of his time to support students by “We’ve enjoyed being able to have anniversary in September,” Betty an- They also give to Berea because they
noted the integration of all students his post-graduate studies. serving on panels and participating these individual, personal contacts nounced, “and we still remember the feel that education is an important
as another of Berea’s commitments in round-table discussions. Esfandi- with people,” Betty said. “It makes it tree across from James Hall where he way to improve the world. Betty
that amazed him. In addition, the Boyces’ home was ar encourages students to keep their very meaningful. We have cherished gave me the engagement ring.” sums up her feelings with a quote
always open to students, who came minds open and to consider careers our Berea friends.” from Edward Bok, “‘Make the world
“International students were about by to devour Patty’s delicious food within and beyond their majors. Steele says these experiences are part a bit better or more beautiful because
five to six percent of the population, and play softball. He believes Berea College graduates Betty and Steele each had family ties to of what inspires them to contribute you have lived in it.’ I think Berea
but we did not feel one bit different,” are equipped to do whatever brings Berea before they enrolled as students. financially to Berea. Through the tries to instill that in people—to
he said. “What was so amazing was These experiences fueled Esfandiar’s them satisfaction. Steele’s mother attended Berea, so he years, they have made a wide range make a contribution to society.”
the people were so warm and help- desire to support Berea College after knew about the College even before he of gifts—like steady support for the
18 BEREA COLLEGE MAGAZINE PRESIDENT’S REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2016-17 19THOMAS
ALBERT
Honoring Ambition
KARIN LARSON
KAREN
Karin Larson’s mother did not finish
the eighth grade and her father did
not graduate high school. As the first
by Jasmine Towne ’16
fortunate, and organizations in which
I am involved personally,” she said.
Although Karin’s parents did not
receive their degrees, education re-
mained a Larson family value. Karin
ALBERT AND MARIAN THOMAS
Albert Thomas loves to tell how his
family discovered Boone Tavern in
the late 1950s. He and his wife, Mar-
they received a warm welcome and a
dinner jacket if he needed one.
A School Like That Has to Go On
by Jason Lee Miller
“The students seemed so thankful for
the opportunity to be at Berea,” Al-
bert said. “We understood. All these
college graduate in her family, she has Berea’s no-tuition model captured is especially proud to have supported ian, were traveling south from Mich- “There was the feeling that you students were there tuition-free and
honored her parents by maximizing Karin’s interest, and met three of her 19 nieces and nephews through col- igan along Highway 25 en route to had some worth,” Albert said. “You based on need.”
her own opportunities and extending four criteria. She has been a commit- lege and graduate school. visit family in South Carolina and weren’t just somebody traveling who
opportunities to others. ted friend for more than 15 years. Georgia. They pulled to a stop out- stopped there, and they rented you a The Thomases have included Berea
Drawing on her parents’ examples side the Tavern, peered at the moun- room. It seemed to come out in all College in their philanthropy for
Karin, who spent her career with the Most recently, she directed her sup- of faithfulness and hard work, Karin tains that stood before them, and of the students and the faculty. We more than 50 consecutive years.
financial services company Capital port toward the Adult Simulation remains committed to investing in thought it best to settle in for the remember that warmth and accep-
Group, rose through the ranks from Laboratory in Berea’s new Marga- lives of great promise—in her own night. tance each time we send a contribu- “I like the motto—God has made of
secretary, to the first female research ret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and family and at Berea College. tion to Berea.” one blood all peoples of the Earth.
analyst, to chair of Capital Interna- Health Building. This new nursing “In those days,” Albert said, “peo- Berea does what God intended all of
tional Research, Inc. Along the way, lab will provide Berea nursing stu- “I was really so blessed in my ca- ple of color did not have places The Thomases returned each year us to do. It shouldn’t matter where
she made empowering and develop- dents with the future her mother de- reer and had been given so many they could spend the night and while traveling, getting to know you are in life; you’re one of God’s
ing young talent a priority. sired, but never achieved. opportunities,” she said. “My par- have a meal. A person came by, and Richard Hougen, who wrote the children, and you should be treated as
ents didn’t even graduate from high we asked if there was some place cookbooks used for the meals pre- such. A school like that has to go on.”
Karin’s professional success has en- “She wanted to be a nurse, but was school and were blue-collar workers. around where we could spend the pared at Boone Tavern; chatting up
abled her to also honor her mother never able to do that,” Karin ex- [I have] the ability to support people night. The person pointed to Boone the students working in the dining
and father through philanthropy. plained. “In those days, you were who otherwise wouldn’t be able to go Tavern.” room; and learning how all the stu-
lucky if you graduated from high to college—that’s important.” dents worked in positions across
“In my charitable giving, I have four school. [This gift] was my way of There, in a segregated southern town, campus.
criteria I use: faith-based organiza- honoring her ambitions.”
tions, education, helping those less
20 BEREA COLLEGE MAGAZINE PRESIDENT’S REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2016-17 21President’s Club Berea College Honor Roll of Giving
President’s Club July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017
Lifetime memberships to the President’s Club are conferred to those who have already contributed $20,000 or more to Berea College.
Carol Schroedel Gillilan ‘60 Dr. Kyoko Ando Iitaka ‘59 Burma Davis Lotts ‘68 Joseph Ornelas
Those who became members prior to July 1, 2003 retain their membership under the previous criteria.
Mrs. Barbara F. Ginn Mrs. Doris L. Irmiter Mr. James D. Lundy Joseph and Kathleen Wiggins
Mrs. Alice G. Girvin Mr. Michael D. Ison Mr. H. William Lurton Ornelas ‘68
Ms. R. Renee Gladstone Dr. J. Ray Israel ‘59 Drs. Mary Parke and Lucille B. Osteen
Ann Abshier and Jerome R. Mr. and Mrs. Hadley Bland Yvonne McDowell Christiansen ‘91 Mr. and Mrs. J. Dean Eckersley Ms. Leslie Glew Mr. and Mrs. William L. Jackson James A. Manning Mitchell M. Osteen ‘58
Blackstone Dr. Jack C Blanton ‘57 Ms. Carnzu A. Clark Ms. Jo Ann G. Eder Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Goodman, Jr. Dr. Brian O. James ‘60 Dr. James Edsel Marion ‘57 Delbert Ousley ‘66
Dr. Fuad Said Abu-Zayyad ‘57 Sandra Blanton Ms. Mary Lu Clark Mr. Dennis Edge Mrs. Carolyn T. Gossett Ingrid Haug James ‘60 Rev. and Mrs. Anthony R. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Larry V. Park
Guy William Adams ‘81 Sept of Blue, Clan Macmillan Mrs. Helen Louise Claxton Dorothy Baldwin Edwards ‘47 Ms. Donna L. Graham Mr. George Jamieson Dinah Carden Martin ‘02 Dr. Herman Patterson ‘49
Violet Gregory Adams ‘41 Dr. John S. Bolin Dr. Charles Glyndon Click ‘67 James Roy Edwards ‘48 Mr. and Mrs. W. Bruce Graham Mr. John O. Jay Gaylord L. Martin Dr. Maxine Bonner Patterson ‘50
Dorothy J. Alexander ‘52 Sandra A. Bolin ‘75 Karon McGuire Click ‘67 Mr. Jonathan W. Edwards Mrs. Helen B. Green Glenn R. Jennings ‘72 Dr. Harry James Martin ‘69 Katherine Leatherwood
Sue Harlan Alley ‘70 Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Bonnie Mr. and Mrs. James W. Cochran June Settle Edwards ‘47 David Gresham Linda Owens Jennings ‘80 Dr. Elissa May-Plattner and Pennington ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Anderson Mr. Robert R. Bowie Juanita Noland Coldiron ‘47 Dr. Robert L. Edwards ‘46 Gay Looney Grider ‘56 Roslea Johnston Johnson ‘65 Mr. Kenneth Plattner Dr. Kenneth W. Perkins ‘48
Vanessa Lynn Armstrong ‘88 Billie Jo Bowling Dr. Ann F. Collard and Mr. David Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Eisenbarth Dr. Sam L. Grider ‘56 Dr. Victor Johnson ‘68 Olga McAllister Margaret Southard Perkins ‘48
Patricia Rae Arnett ‘49 Milton G. Bracht Joseph Collard Virginia McDonough Ellis ‘40 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Griesser Mary Ann Moser Johnstone ‘68 Dr. Beechard C. McConnell, Jr. ‘59 Dorothy M. Phillips
Dr. Willard Eugene Arnett ‘47 Mr. Hugh Brady Ms. L. Maxine Collier Mr. Walter Carl Emshoff, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Griffith Loyal Jones ‘54 Patricia Howard McConnell ‘62 Judge Thomas W. Phillips ‘65
Mrs. Barbara Boothby Arnold Mr. Felix Braendel Dr. James Edward Colvard ‘58 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Estes Eduardo A. J. Guevara ‘47 Janet H. Judd Mrs. Kenneth D. McGinnis Father Ezra Alden Pickup, Jr.
Diana Shepherd Arnold ‘74 Lt. Col. Orville Branham, Joy Alexander Colvard ‘58 Mrs. Mary E. Faber Mr. Samuel P. Guyton Robert Peyton Judd ‘58 Lucille Christian McKinney ‘43 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Piette
Mr. Jefferson W. Asher, Jr. USAF Ret. ‘62 Doris Davies Comer ‘47 Mrs. Carol S. Fang Barbara L. Hall Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jungas Dr. Judith Frances McLaughlin ‘66 Dr. Charles E. Platz
Robert Burns Asher ‘44 Dr. Frances Joan Brannon ‘56 Laura Ramsay Compton ‘76 Miss Joan E. Farrell Mrs. Barbara W. Hall Dr. Douglas Kelley ‘51 Anna Planck McNeill ‘52 Mr. Paul D. Pomfret
Cynthia J. Ball and David E. Aspnes Kenneth Ray Bray ‘61 Milinda Byrd Compton ‘62 Mrs. Ruth W. Fawley Lt. Col. Don H. Hall ‘51 Diane Rowe Kerby ‘75 Dr. Shirley Baker Meece ‘50 Judy A. Porter
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton M. Austin Mrs. Wanda F. Brinkley Dr. Ralph E. Compton ‘76 Mr. Frank B. Fehsenfeld Dorothy S. Hall Dr. Kak-Choong Kim ‘56 Mr. and Mrs. Kent H. Merideth Mrs. Anne Powell
Ledford L. Austin ‘55 Mrs. Ann Saunders Brown Dr. Robert N. Compton ‘60 Dillard Bruce Feltner ‘52 Judy Wolford Halstead Beryl Wilson King ‘41 Mrs. Helen Merrill D. Wesley Poythress ‘89
Mrs. Meredith B. Babbott Ms. Carolyn Brown Helen Barnes Connelly ‘48 Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Finch Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Handel Sally Armstrong Kiteck ‘74 Bernice H. Meyer Velma Watson Pressly ‘50
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Baird Ms. Elizabeth K. Brown Phyllis Scrivner Conner ‘52 Jennie Westlake Findley ‘45 Dorothy Smith Hardiman Dr. Stephen S. Kiteck ‘71 Mr. Warren J. Meyer Frances Dillingham Price ‘53
Ms. Carol J. Baker Mrs. La Verne Blaser Brown Emma Maynard Cooper ‘55 Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Fisher Mr. Leo O. Harris Dr. Robert E. Kleiger Dr. Jacqueline Michel Mrs. Rose Pu
Channell Barbour ‘91 Dr. Lloyd Browning ‘60 Mrs. Marcia M. Costello Dr. Barbara Durr Fleming ‘68 Vivian H. Hart Mr. Thomas C. Klekamp Mr. Bob Miller Dr. E. Gary Raines ‘68
Jessie Fay Barbour Marcella Chambers Browning ‘61 Jerry J. Cox ‘65 Dr. John E. Fleming ‘66 Betty Jean Gasaway Hartsell ‘57 Mrs. Kenneth M. Knopf Mr. and Mrs. John R. Milne R. Marina Raines
William L. Barbour ‘49 Joyce Grogan Bryan ‘56 Vicki Carter Cox ‘72 Marie Lay Formichella ‘46 Gene L. Hartsell Eleanor L. Knotts ‘47 Mrs. Elzabeth K. Miner Dr. John M. Ramsay ‘52
Kathryn Barnes Robert E. Bryan ‘56 Cuba Franks Craig ‘68 Ralph G. Fort ‘56 Katherine Beckman Hawks ‘77 Mr. and Mrs. David Jon Kraus Mr. Tom T. Miyahara Rose Moore Ramsay ‘52
Christine A. Bartlett Evelyn Hammons Buchanan ‘51 Alice R. Crain Mr. Philip A. Foster Robert F. Hawks ‘77 Mr. William G. Kring Mr. W. A. Moody William R. Ramsay ‘52
Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Batchelder Dr. Betty M. Burchett ‘55 Dr. Brad Crain ‘65 Roger Franklin Dr. Miles O. Hayes ‘57 Mr. and Mrs. Joel S. Labovitz Mrs. Mary Emily Morgan Mr. Brett W. F. Randolph
Jean Vincent Bates ‘66 Mr. Randall S. Burkert Eldred Pennington Craine ‘44 Mr. and Mrs. David Frantz Rev. and Mrs. C. Theodore Hegg Donald E. Lainhart, A’46 Cx’50 Betty A. Simpkins Moss ‘57 Dr. Leo S. Rayl
Dr. Rodney Kent Bates ‘67 Marie Burkhart Mary Back Croucher ‘65 Ms. Laurie Fraser Mr. and Mrs. James Heinrich Virginia L. Lainhart Dr. Kelly Gene Moss ‘58 Mrs. Charlotte E. Reinicker
Dr. Dan Baugh, Jr. ‘50 Dr. Stephen B. Burkhart ‘51 Samuel L. Croucher ‘62 Dr. Arnold R. Frazier ‘65 Joyce Ritchie Henderson Jean Lamb Dr. Kenneth W Moss ‘55 Mrs. Helen Renner
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Beard Dr. James S. Burton ‘58 Mr. James D. Cunningham Dyanne Morrell Frazier ‘66 Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hensley Ms. Caren Sue Lambert Dr. Jill Ann Neff ‘79 Cecilia Stalnaker Repair ‘48
Dr. Charlotte Faye Beason ‘70 Ophelia Weaver Burton ‘59 Mr. and Mrs. Lyle M. Cutchin Mr. Jess V. Frost Larry R. Henson ‘64 Riley M. Lambert ‘42 Dr. P. David Nelson ‘65 Mrs. Louise Rhoads
Pauline Sloane Becraft ‘46 Helen Adams Bussey ‘66 Senator and Mrs. John C. Danforth William T. Fryxell Alice LeMaster Hicks ‘66 Alice and Leslie Lancy Foundation Rebecca Plaster Nelson ‘65 Glenna Sawyer Rice ‘51
Joy Begley Rodney C. Bussey ‘63 Mr. and Mrs. David Dansky Mr. Brian T. Fuhrmann Louise Hilton Christopher Jason Langley ‘95 Margaret Williams Nevels ‘59 Joan B. Richardson
Mrs. Barbara J. Belknap Mr. Robert M. Butler Mrs. Lillian Butler Davey Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Fuhrmann Dr. and Mrs. C. Richard Hinckley Monica Satkowski Laramee ‘77 Nancy Nevels Joseph W. Richen ‘60
Beverly Barclay Bell ‘73 Gleta H. Byrd Mrs. Shirley De Martis David and Marilyn Fuhrmann Amy Hincks Dr. William A. Laramee, Hon. ’09 Ralph W. Nevels ‘59 Sheridan L. Risley ‘49
John L. Bell Dr. Robert R. Canida Dr. Donna Joyce Dean ‘69 Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher Gabbard David Hincks ‘82 Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Lawson Dr. Barbara Newborg Mrs. Jean K. Rivlin
Lila Davis Bellando ‘62 Mary Anna Shupe Cassady ‘45 Bonnie DenDooven Mr. Frank R. Gailor Don Richard Hirschman ‘66 Prof. Robert Gene Lawson ‘60 Sara Rudd Nickell ‘44 Georgia B. Robair-West ‘50
Richard Ray Bellando ‘62 Mrs. Catherine Wei Chao Mr. John P. DeNeufville Dr. Dorothy J. Ganick Clyde R. Hopkins ‘59 Rosemary DeHart Lawson ‘62 Dr. Ronnie Nolan ‘95 Dr. Robert E. Robbins
Mrs. Milton L. Benjamin Dr. Cleophus Charles, Hon. ’95 Frank Dickerson ‘56 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Garver Earlene Hibbard Hopkins ‘62 Dr. Carl Clinton Layne ‘63 Mrs. Albert F. Norris Mr. and Mrs. Will Robbins
Ms. Victoria R. Bennett Mr. Glen Charles Mrs. Lou Dunn Diekemper Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Gates, Jr. Lois Stephens Hoskins ‘53 Lois E. Layne Mr. and Mrs. George D. Norton Mr. William G. Robbins
Ms. Ellen A. Berghamer Dr. and Mrs. Abraham P. Cheij Dr. Wanda L. Dodson ‘63 Lisa Ann Gibson Mary Skidmore Hoskins ‘51 Leever Foundation Inc. Mr. Charles D. Nottingham, III Gerald Dean Roberts ‘62
Ms. Beverly T. Bernstrom Mrs. Anne M. Chivetta Dr. James M. Dowdy ‘49 Margaret Morris Gibson ‘58 Dr. Bobby A. Howell ‘64 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Leming Margaret Mary O’Brien ‘88 Barbara Grubb Robinette ‘65
Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bingham Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Chivetta Mrs. Kathy Dozier Paul A Gibson ‘59 Mary Early Howell ‘65 Rebecca Hollen Lewis ‘70 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Obrzut Robert E. Robinette ‘64
Mr. David A. Bjorklund Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Chivetta Vae Shutt Duff ‘45 Kenneth Carl Gilbert ‘69 Mrs. Ruby J. Huff Mr. Charles Liebman Dr. Cheyenne Jean Oldham Olson Mrs. Richard Robinson
Dorothy Davis Blackburn ‘48 Ms. Mabel Lee and Mr. David H. Ann Peterson Duncan ‘65 Peggy Sisson Gilbert ‘69 Mrs. Alice M. Hughes Ms. Gillian Lindt Ms. Donna N. Guthrie and Mrs. Lois E. Robison
Harold Gene Blackburn ‘57 Chow Mr. Irénée du Pont, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gilliam Mrs. Caroline Lewis Hunt Dr. Orrin Lippoff Mr. Lawrence W. Oliverson Dr. Milton W. Roggenkamp
Pansy Waycaster Blackburn ‘58 Mrs. Helen S. Choy Mr. Warren H. Durling Penman R Gilliam ‘58 Mr. James G. Huntting, Jr. Dr. Ruth Lofgren Michael D. Oney ‘89 Mrs. Ruth I. Roggenkamp
Vera McKinney Hyman ‘57 Mr. Jacob H. Long, Jr. Michelle Prather Oney ‘89 Philip Daren Roof ‘88
C. Glenn Ihrig ‘63 Bobby L. Lotts ‘66 Mr. Gilman Ordway Dorothy Gay Rouse ‘55
22 BEREA COLLEGE MAGAZINE PRESIDENT’S REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY 2016-17 23Great Commitments Society Berea College Honor Roll of Giving
Berea College Honor Roll of Giving President’s Club
John James Rouse, Jr. ‘53 Ms. Betty M. Sheets Mr. J. Scott Thompson Mr. Robert E. Weidenbach Kay Coleman Beveridge Carol A. Bryant ‘77 Glenn Howard Conn Christine D. DeGraffenriedt
Jackie Ernest Roush ‘64 Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Sheldon Paula Thompson Charles Maurice Wesley ‘51 Robert and Helen Black Susie Hillard Bullock ‘81 Ruth Brantley Conn ‘53 Dr. James Dean ‘66
Pauline Correll Roush ‘63 Ms. Jean A. Shipman Tracy Eugene Thompson ‘80 Billy Edd Wheeler ‘55 Dorothy Davis Blackburn ‘48 Dr. Betty M. Burchett ‘55 Bettie Keske Cooke Dr. Donna Joyce Dean ‘69
Dr. William H. Roush ‘49 Miss Kathleene Ann Sims Cheryl L. Thoms Mary B. Wheeler Harold Gene Blackburn ‘57 Jack Underwood and Ina Diane Cooper Bobby G. DeArmond
Ms. Jean Rowe Donnie R. Singleton ‘70 Dr. Peter S. Thoms ‘55 Martha Noss Whitis ‘57 Vance Edward Blade ‘82 Mary Lou Burger James K. Cooper, M.D. Jean Dedman ‘53
Mr. Timothy R. Rowland Mary Ann Daniel Singleton ‘71 Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Threet Dr. Peter R. Whitis ‘56 Vivian Hairston Blade ‘85 Stella and Vernie Burleson Emma Maynard Cooper ‘55 Enid Dembo
Agnes Ratcliff Rudberg ‘45 Pamela Corley Slowkowski ‘71 Patricia Timberlake Jacquelyn G. Widner Walter Blair Virginia I. Burr Ms. Elizabeth G. Cooper Dr. Richard Dembo
Dr. Peter C. Ruenitz Dr. Kenneth A. Smiles Mr. Donald A. Timm Dr. Larry Allen Widner ‘69 Nancy E. Blair Richard M. Burridge Eileen Barnawell-Hartley Carolyn M. Derr
Mr. Charles E. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Charles Townsend Mr. Vernon I. E. Wiegand, Jr. Carol S. Blayney Jeanne C. Burton Cooper ‘47 Leah L. Dey
Mrs. Jane C. Saltonstall Mr. and Mrs. Scott Smith Ronald V. Trense Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Willard Harold L. Blayney ‘70 Charles C. Butler William E. Cornelius Ursula Boehm Dickinson ‘52
Arthur Sanders Thomas L. Smith ‘79 Donna Posey Trent ‘64 Mrs. Elisabeth Williams Eve Jeanette Blohm Robert Edward Cabe ‘59 Doris Lou Cornell Mr. and Mrs. Vincent T. DiFranco
Lois Williams Sanders SN ’55 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Smyth, Jr. Jeanne Triplett-Adams Dale Dedman Wilson ‘49 Richard W. and Mary Jane Bloom Richard Darrel Campbell ‘58 C. Dean Cornett ‘55 Dr. Delmar D. Dingus ‘66
Dr. Donald L. Sandlin Mr. Howard Snure, Jr. Mr. Robert S. Troth Josef B. Wilson ‘49 Carolynne Fincher Bobbitt ‘56 Jim Campbell Estill Cornett ‘52 Wanda L. Dodson ‘63
Mr. Gregg Sando and Mr. Michael Solar Dr. Andy Tsoi Thelma Foley Wilson ‘57 Dr. Jesse Leroy Bobbitt ‘55 Dr. Theresa J. Canada Nina Crabtree Cornett ‘61 Betty L. Donahue
Ms. Sarah B. Havens Franklin Delano Souther ‘58 James Tuan ‘78 Mrs. Margaret M. Winslow Elizabeth B. Bockstahler James J. Capobianco Reba Blevins Cornett ‘54 John Dorrer
Mr. Donald E. Savage Larcenia Singleton Souther ‘57 Mr. P. D. Tuttle Ms. Christine Winterkamp Mark F. Boes ‘76 Sally Blakey Capobianco, 1959 Ms. Ann M. Corrigan Laura Johnson Dorrer, ‘68
Mr. Stanley Schmerken Bettie Smith Spangler ‘54 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Upham Ms. Joan H. Wister Dr. Lawrence Boesel Daniel W. Capps ‘51 Kathryn M. Coughlin ‘95 Ms. Bernadine M. Douglas
Mr. and Mrs. Marion W. Scholes John Stephen Sparkman ‘74 Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Upton Deborah Wolfe Marjorie Boetter Frances Barr Cargill ‘42 John P. Cowden Laura Dugo
Ms. Carole D. Wagner and Betty Sutton Spiggle ‘63 Ms. Elsie P. VanBuren Dr. James W. Wolfe ‘70 Stephen T. and JoAn W. Boggs Richard L. Carl Jerry J. Cox ‘65 Maxine Alice Dull
Mr. Alfred H. Schwendtner Dr. Wayne C. Spiggle, Jr. ‘56 Dr. Thomas Van’t Hof Gail W. Wolford, Hon. ’14 John H. Bonitz, Jr. Ms. Marie Carluccio Vicki Carter Cox ‘72 Ann Peterson Duncan ‘65
Christa R. Schwintzer, Ph.D. ‘62 Mrs. Linda M. Stafford Burrows Mr. Ronald C. Wade Dr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Wolter The Rev. Anne Berry Bonnyman Mr. Lennis W. Carpentier and Ms. Marty and Sandy Lund Coyle Richard Franklin Duncan ‘54
Mr. Arnold Seesholts Miss Marilyn L. Steinbright Dr. John David Walker ‘62 Mrs. Elizabeth A. Woods Basil Borders ‘58 Linda J. Arlien Beverly Clay Crabtree ‘81 William E. Duncan
Mr. and Mrs. Davis H. Selander Dr. Herbert D. Stern Ruth Gregory Walker Mrs. Jane C. Woods Eleanor S. Borders Tyna D. Carter William Crabtree Ruth I. Dunlap
Fairy Powers Sells ‘54 Lynda Brodersen Stern ‘67 Janath Casto Walters ‘53 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Woodzell Howard L. Boroughs Rev. Dr. Mark King and Patricia T. Alice R. Crain Gretchen Dykstra
Gloria Janelle Sells ‘61 Mrs. Lisa Kittler Stevens Roy N. Walters, Jr.’58 Ms. Rosemary Wright Dr. Marta R. Bowen Carter Dr. Brad Crain, 1965 Lewis Alvin Eakins
Ms. Aida J. Seltzer Mr. and Mrs. John D. Stewart Mrs. Carol Healy Warne Conrad Yanis Sue Baker Bowers, 1968 Ms. Matilda Cartledge Dr. Darrell Crase ‘56 Margaret N. Eaton
Mrs. Inez Senger Mrs. Jane K. Stiverson Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Warne Mr. Anthony A. Yoseloff Mrs. James C. Bowling Mary Anna Shupe Cassady ‘45 Dr. Dixie R. Crase Jonathan W. Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Kirtley Settles Mrs. Alberta Stout Ms. Charlotte L. Watson Robert N. Young ‘63 Patricia J. Boyce Ms. Judith H. Cassetty Dr. William D. and Lynda H. Craver Brian and Gena Edwards
Mr. Harry Gus Shaffer, Jr. Mr. W. Lynn Swinger Kenneth Gregory Way ‘73 Marjorie Perry Zeigler Dr. Stephen S. Boyce Elizabeth K. Cassidy David and Marilyn Crawford Johanna Kerer Egan
Mrs. Kathryn W. Shahani Anne Taylor Mrs. Leslie Weaver-Weinberg and Dr. Robert P. Boyce ‘66 and Ellen Ann Cassidy M. Elizabeth Culbreth ‘64 Jeffrey G. and Sudie Lyn Eisenbarth
Evelyn Lamb Shaheen ‘42 Mrs. George W. Taylor Hilton Weinberg Jean Hornbeck Boyce ‘66 Catherine Castle ‘66 Margo W. Curl Margarette A. Eisenhour
Claranelle Blackburn Bradbury ‘52 Dr. Donald W. Caudill ‘80 Richard Dale Gerald R. and Rochelle F. Elliott
Great Commitments Society July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017 Raymond A. Bradbury, A’46 Gilbert M. Chard Kristin Baker Dalessio ‘06 Kennett R. Ellis ‘76
The Great Commitments Society recognizes those who have included Berea College in their will or trust and/or have established life Dr. John D. Bradley ‘62 June Cleek Chard ‘65 Michael Anthony Dalessio ‘06 Fred T. Elswick ‘60
Mary L. Bradley Cleophus Charles, Hon. ‘95 Hunter Dalton Jonnell Webb Elswick ‘63
income agreements with the College.
Mr. Felix Braendel Dorothy Simpson Chidester ‘50 Mary Mills Stanford Dalton ‘69 Marion S. Erwin
Dr. Frances Joan Brannon ‘56 Anthony J. and Dolores K. Chivetta Patricia Collier Daner ‘60 Ms. Linda C. Essary
Scharlene Oney Branum ‘47 Elizabeth “Betsy” Anne George and Dorothy Danly Dr. J. Mark Estepp ‘77
Rev. James L. and Deborah Melton Anderson Meredith B. Babbott Mrs. Mary B. Basta Chris E. and JoAnn G. Brekke Churchill ‘48 John and Nancy J. Daugherty Patricia Campbell Estepp ‘77
Dr. Louise C. Abbott Vanessa Lynn Armstrong ‘88 Mrs. Elizabeth Baer Richard and Marilyn Batchelder Wayne F. and Ann E. B’Rells Annabel Brake Clark ‘44 Steven Lamson Davenport ‘89 Dr. Paul C. Estes ‘55
Alice Umans Abramson ‘50 James T. Arnold ‘75 Christine M. Baermann Dr. Rodney Kent Bates ‘67 Silas Brewer Carole Tuckwiller Clemo ‘64 Cherry Cook Kelly ‘51 Patricia F. Evans
Ruby Roten Absher ‘60 Richard E. Arnold Rev. David R. Baker Dora M. Battram Ernest Joel Brinegar ‘69 Raymond M. Clemo Dr. Chella David ‘61 William B. Evans ‘50
Ann Abshier and David A. and Kathi B. Arnold Rev. Donna B. Baker Helen J. and Dan Baugh, Jr. ‘50 Sherry L. Brinegar Dr. Charles Glyndon Click ‘67 Judith K. David Rose Mary Evans ‘62
Jerome R. Blackstone Mr. Ray Arnold Fred Baker, Hon. ’16 Dr. Charlotte Faye Beason ‘70 Wanda F. Brinkley Karon McGuire Click ‘67 Louise Archer Davidson ‘51 Mary E. Faber
Connie Spencer Ackerman ‘68 Candis R. Arthur ‘11 Alterio A-G Banks William E. and Judith Beckman Louise Brinkmeyer Joseph E. Cochran Helen B. Davis George T. Fain ‘70
Guy William Adams ‘81 Eric R. Arthur ‘11 Wilma Adkins Barck ‘52 Joan Bedell Gertrude Lange Brooks Jason V. Cody ‘94 Elizabeth Tester Davis, BSN ‘60 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Farquhar
Judy B. Airhart Caroline Nicole Arthur ‘16 Dr. C. Robert and Diane G. Barnard Joy Begley Lloyd Darin Brooks ‘95 Michelle R. Cole Rev. Vance P. Davis PhD ‘61 Joan E. Farrell
Robert E. Airhart, II Robert Burns Asher, A’40, ’44 Ms. Nancy E. Barnwell Dr. and Mrs. Walker K. Belasko Douglas L. Brown Tammy Collier ‘84 Patricia Jean Davis A. L. “Joe” and
Dorothy J. Alexander ‘52 Dr. Emel L. Atkins ‘57 Frances Farley Barrier ‘53 William Bell Dr. Charles A. Brown ‘56 Jackie Collier ‘80 Roxy Davis Jean Holbrook Faubert
Mary Helen Allburt Margaret Boyd Atkins ‘58 Dr. George E. Barrier ‘51 Charles B. Bensenhaver, Jr. ‘53 David G. Browning Mrs. Frances J. Collier Teresa Kash-Davis ‘84 Albert and Eunice Hering Feininger
Roberta Larew Allison ‘42 James DeHaven Atwood, M.D. Ms. Brenda J. Barrier Doretha Bensenhaver Ms. Phyllis Brownlee Elisabeth Covey Collins Harold “Hal” A. and Robert W. Fessler
Vicki E. Allums ‘79 Dr. Robert Auerbach, 1949 James T. and Hanna Bartlett Ellen A. Berghamer Richard W. Brubaker ‘69 Arthur C. Collins, Jr. Yvonne S. Davis Wilma C. Fidoe
Mary Anne Anderson Dr. John Alden Auxier ‘51 Geoffrey Bartlett ‘93 Dr. Chad and Mrs. Lisa Berry Willa Brunkhorst Martha Lampkin Colvard ‘34 Mr. Mel Davis Erma Jo (Reedy) Fielden ‘56
Donald P. and Susan K. Anderson Mary Lou Auxier Hatha Gable Bartlett ‘96 Samuel Bertron and Rebecca Lowe Karen Bruskin Doris Davies Comer ‘47 Shomo De ‘95 Marvel Fielden
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