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Table of Contents

  • 1: President's Message
  • 2: Alumni Association Awards
  • 8: Stanton Farewell
  • 12: Campus Briefs
  • 18: Unique Alumni
  • 23: Timeline
  • 30: Advancement
  • 34: Homecoming
  • 37: Athletics
  • 40: Alumni Events
  • 42: Classnotes
  • 47: Obits

ETSU President

Paul E. Stanton, Jr.

Executive Editor

Richard A. Manahan

Managing Editors

Robert M. Plummer; Jennifer Barber

Contributing Writers

Anthony Aiken; Jeff Anderson; Pat Barcel; Laure Craddock; Lee Ann Davis; Ben Daugherty; Pat Elledge; Carol Fox; James Ford; Tisha Harrison; Leisa Harvey; Donald Harvill; Chris Henson; Jennifer Hill; Pat Holland; Brad Lifford; Samara Litvack; Ashley Martin; Peggy McCurry; Jo Anne Paty; Cyndi Ramsey; Shea Renfro; Jeremy Ross; Fred Sauceman; Carol Sloan; Joe E. Smith; Karen Sullivan; Anthonique Tubbs; Mike White

Photography/Art

Jim Padgett; Larry Smith; Jim Sledge; Charles Warden

Publication Date

Fall 2011

President's Message

Dear ETSU Family and Friends, On January 14, 2012, I will have been an employee of East Tennessee State University for 27 years. Each position I have occupied during that time—faculty member, department chair, dean, vice president, and president—has brought immense professional and personal satisfaction to me. Now, it is time to seek the next logical progression in my ETSU career: President Emeritus status. It is my intention to end what will be a 15-year tenure as your President on that anniversary date, January 14, 2012, and to assume the role of President Emeritus, contingent upon the approval of Chancellor John Morgan and the Tennessee Board of Regents. With the advice and support of my wife Nancy and our children, Eric, Ryan, and Shelley, I have come to this decision, but it has not been easy. Being President of ETSU, despite the pressures and the long hours, has been a wonderful blessing and a source of great joy. After almost 15 years as President, I still look forward to coming to work. Never a day passes without something good crossing my desk. ETSU faculty, staff, and students are high-achieving people, and I take great pride in celebrating and sharing your successes. I will miss that feeling, without doubt. But the length of my tenure and perhaps most importantly my growing family of vi brant grandchildren have led to my decision to retire. I look back on these 27 years with a great sense of achievement, for together we have come a long way in shaping a truly world-class university. Yet while achievements are important, what I will think about and value most during my retirement years will be the relationships I have enjoyed every day, with people at all levels of service at ETSU and all across our region. I will be leaving the second floor of Dossett Hall with the satisfaction of knowing that so many of my current co-workers will continue to hold a special place in my life as friends. I will continue to follow the progress of ETSU with great interest, and if President Emeritus status is granted, I will be on campus often, perhaps in a fund-raising role. Nancy and I have always said that no matter when retirement comes, Johnson City is our home, and we intend to remain in this community. I feel especially fortunate to have led ETSU during its 100th anniversary year. As we have relived significant moments and periods in the university’s history, my gratitude for having served as your President has deepened. ETSU has offered Partnerships, Promise, and Hope to the Stanton family, just as it has to so many thousands of people who have found a home here since 1911. For that, we will be eternally thankful. With warmest personal regards, - Paul E. Stanton, Jr., President

ETSU Today - Fall 2011

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