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From the Desk of Dean James '43 The Scholar and the Gentleman Commencement Weekend 2013

at Guadalcanal

John E. Ramsay ’34 painted this scene he named “Thunder Head.” The pilot, First Lieutenant Spoede with the VMF-213 Hellhawks squadron, was preparing to take off on patrol. He never returned.

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Picture ThisMcCallie student photographers captured half of the 10 first-place prizes in April at the 2013 local Youth Photography Contest. The event was hosted by the Photographic Society of Chattanooga.

Senior Kyle Logan won top prize in the print division with his architecture photo “Break but Never Bend.” Other first-place winners included senior Jacob Mannino in print scapes and sophomores Louis Lu for digital photojournalism and Beau Sahaj for photographer’s choice print and people and animals print.

The contest featured two divisions, digital and print, with five categories in each. Nine-teen schools participated and submitted a combined 706 entries.

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»FIRST PERSON

4 Presidential ImpressionsDr. Duke Richey '86 and several students visit former President Jimmy Carter

»CaMPUS LIFE

6 Commencement weekend '13The latest class of McCallie Men join the Long Blue Line of alumni

8 Faculty spotlightBill Jamieson has influenced students in the classroom and in the dorm since 1981

9 Mission: RemissionMcCallie and GPS students joined forces to raise money for the fight against cancer

10 tornado watch A cross country state championship and

three wrestling state titles highlight the 2012-13 athletics season

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12 From the Desk of . . .Read what life at McCallie was like in the 1940s from actual letters written by Albert Warren James '43

18 the scholar and the GentlemanThe generosity of Charles Lloyd '53 enables worthy boys to attend McCallie

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20 Births/weddings/newsRead the latest updates from your classmates

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Mystery at GuadalcanalA piece of art painted during World War II in 1943 finds its rightful owner nearly 70 years later.

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In March, I took five students to see former President Jimmy Carter teach Sunday School in Plains, Ga. It was one of the most unique experiences I’ve had as teacher. The President’s take on the Prodigal Son story in Luke served as an illuminating primary document for my students and me. At the end of the day, which included a trip to his boyhood farm, we better appreciated how Carter’s faith and his family story shaped his life and his legacy.

Before his Bible class began, Carter shared what he had been working on with the Carter Center the past year; mainly eradicating eye disease in Latin America and Africa. He also, of course, is still heavily involved with fair elections and said he would leave later that week to oversee an election in Nepal. Carter may be the most active 88-year-old man in America.

As he began the lesson, Carter asked the audience of about 200 in the Maranatha Baptist Church sanctuary if anyone could think of another great character from the Bible who went on a journey. He said that he wanted a redemption story. McCallie junior Jameson Barnes raised his hand and said, “How about Joseph?” Jameson and Carter then had a brief one-on-one conversation, whereby Carter asked him about Joseph, and Jameson responded with detail. Carter was noticeably impressed. Jameson’s moment on stage was remarkable considering he was in front of a room full of strangers (including a McCallie alumnus of the Class of '64), numerous cameras, and that he was

Dear Editor:I entered McCallie

in the fall of 1937, my sophomore year. Upon admission, we were provided with our uniforms and rifle, an Enfield, bolt action 306, like those used in World War I. As I recall, we had inspection each Saturday morning and everything had to be

perfect – shoes shiny black, brass belt and buckles polished – but most importantly, our rifles thoroughly clean.

Captain Dunlap, commander of the cadet battalion, would march down the line in front of us and indiscriminately grab a rifle, open the bolt, peer down the barrel to be sure it shined, slap it back if approved, or assess a demerit if not.

In the postcard photograph of 1939 (McMallie Magazine, Winter 2013, page 24), I am somewhere in Company A. As I recall, Bob Street ’40 was Company A Captain, and Art Sibold ’39 was Major of the Battalion which was made up of four companies. Many others I fondly remember are – E.Y. Chapin ’40, Hardwick Caldwell ’40, Ike ’41 and John Belk ’39, David McCallie ’40 and particularly my lifelong friend from my hometown of Bluefield, W.Va., Jim Godwin ’40.

Classes were on weekday mornings with sports in the afternoon. Everyone had to participate. Football was in the fall, followed by basketball in the winter, soccer, baseball and track in the spring until year end. We had a gunnery range, and I and others could substitute gunnery for one of the sports. I think I did this for football or basketball because all I remember doing were soccer and track. I wasn’t much of an athlete but was a good shot and qualified for a number of medals with a 306 rifle; helpful experience when I was in Midshipman’s school a few years later.

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– Robert H. Moore Jr. ’40 Richmond, Va.

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having a discussion with the 39th President of the United States.

The most interesting moment in the lesson for me came when Carter made a connection between his own family and the attitudes of the two sons and the father in the story. The older son in the story was the good son, Carter said, the younger son the profligate. I thought of how Carter’s own life reversed the order of that story in that he had been the one to leave Plains. He was the older successful son who had left to attend the Naval Academy, worked on a nuclear submarine, then returned home to run the family farm after his father’s death. At the time, Carter’s younger brother Billy was just 16, but still envious that his brother would manage the business he had expected to control. Billy became, over time, a beer-swilling, gas-station-owning, Libya-dealing thorn-in-the-side for President Carter. In his memoirs, Carter would write that Billy was the only member of his family to suffer because of his presidency.

Although Carter never mentioned Billy specifically in the lesson, he made it clear that he had struggled mightily in his own life as both a son and a brother. He felt guilt, he said, that his own ambitions had possibly contributed to Billy’s embarrassments and demise. This presented an intensely personal moment in our encounter with Jimmy Carter, and for me, it offered a proud moment as an American and as a historian. To have the chance to feel close to a President in this setting, to see him bare his soul a little bit, was a unique experience. To share this moment with my students was invaluable. g

(L-R) Jameson Barnes, Colton Petty, Jean Coupe, President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, John Wiener and Steven Wang.

Dr. Duke Richey '86 is the Howard H. Baker Jr. Chair of American History. First Person allows a teacher, administrator or student to present a unique perspective on life at McCallie.

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Eight seniors were honored in February as National Merit Finalists for their outstanding achievements on the Preliminary SAT: Bowen Brown, Ringgold, Ga.; Alex Elsea, Chattanooga; Aaron Long, Signal Mountain, Tenn.; Alex Ramey, Lookout Mountain, Ga.; Scott Shelton, Hixson, Tenn.; Joseph Tate, Flintstone, Ga.; Eric Wolf, Cleveland,

Tenn.; and boarding student Mike Ray of Cincinnati.

National Merit Finalists are eligible for – and slightly more than half will receive – National Merit scholarships.

The finalists represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors and are the highest scoring entrants in the country on the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test.

Additionally, Julian Nunally of Chattanooga was named a National Achievement Scholar and is one of about 800 who competed for over $2.5 million in scholarship money. The National Achievement Scholarship program helps provide academic recognition to promising African-American high school students.

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Three faculty members will move into new roles for the 2013-14 school year. Dr. Duke Richey ’86 will become McCallie’s second holder of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Chair of American History, and Randy Odle and David Mouron ’73 will begin their terms as department chairs for the history and science departments, respectively.

Dr. Michael Woodward, initial Baker Chair and history chair, and Cissy May, science chair, retired this spring.

Dr. Richey is a Sewanee alumnus with graduate degrees from the Universities of Montana and Colorado. Prior to returning to the Ridge, he served as a professor at the University of North Texas.

The Baker Chair was created in 1987 to celebrate Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. ’43 and his numerous contributions to our nation. The chair-holder should possess an extensive knowledge of American history and government, be a dynamic teacher who inspires the best from his students, serve as a resource for the faculty and be an engaging speaker in the community.

“I am confident that Dr. Richey will build admirably on the strong tradition of excellence that Dr. Woodward has established,” said Headmaster Kirk Walker Jr. ’69.

Mr. Odle is in his 18th year at McCallie. The Sewanee graduate currently teaches AP world history and AP European history. He also serves as dormitory head for Hutcheson Hall and coaches JV soccer.

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(L-R) Randy Odle, David Mouron '73, Dr. Duke Richey '86

(Front L-R) Alex Elsea, Julian Nunally, Bowen Brown. (Back L-R) Aaron Long, Scott Shelton, Mike Ray, Alex Ramey, Joseph Tate, Eric Wolf

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natIOnal CHaMPIOnsMcCallie’s personal finance team, consisting of seniors alex Elsea, Jackson Houston, Jonathan Lau and John Moreton, defeated a squad from Missouri’s Hannibal High School in the finals to claim the National Finance Challenge Championship in St. Louis.

The correct answer to the win-clinching question “If inflation is higher than interest rates, what happens to the value of your savings?” was “they depreciate,” which was correctly answered by McCallie before defending-champion Hannibal. The correct answer gave McCallie a two-point cushion, the national title and a $1,000 prize for each team member.

Twenty high school teams competed, each completing three rounds of written exams covering earning income and protecting and insuring, using credit and buying goods and services, saving and financial investing. McCallie and Hannibal were the top two teams from the early stages and competed one-on-one in a live question-and-answer session in quiz bowl format.

COMMunItYStudents from McCallie and Girls Preparatory School were directly responsible for Nancy Cameron-Franklin’s new home. The home, McCallie’s 16th Habitat for Humanity home built since 1996, was dedicated March 9.

Students worked on the construction of this house every Saturday for three months with other Habitat volunteers. Through involvement with the McCallie Habitat chapter, students gain experience laying floor, raising walls and a roof, mounting siding, painting, landscaping and fundraising.

“For our students to get an idea of the impact an organization like Habitat can have on a family is wonderful,” said Sumner McCallie, faculty sponsor for the McCallie Habitat chapter. “Through hard work and compassion, these boys are making an authentic difference for these folks and changing their lives.”

(L-R): John Moreton, Alex Elsea, Jeff Turner '86, Jonathan Lau, Jackson Houston

5 number of Ivy League schools students will attend

26 students attending colleges with acceptance rates under 25 percent

number of students headed to colleges no McCallie student has previously attended

61number of students who will be the only 2013 McCallie graduate attending their college

81number of different schools students are attending

3,971distance in miles from McCallie to the farthest college a student is attending (St. andrews, Scotland)

6.2 average number of college applications per student

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Jacob AmmonsVolunteer Scholarshipuniversity of tennessee

Zach AndersonPresidential Scholarshipuniversity of alabama

Brandon BoutBoomer Esiason Foundation Cystic Fibrosis ScholarshipVanderbilt university

Hunter BrockDean’s Scholarshipsamford university

Bowen BrownNational Merit ScholarshipVillanova university

Joseph BrunoCornerstone Scholarshipsouthern Methodist university

Tanner BuchananLeadership and Academic Scholarshipssamford university

Jamaal CalvinAthletic Grant-in-Aid for basketball southeast Missouri state university

Wells CampbellDean’s Scholarshipsamford university

Cullen CarterBell Tower ScholarshipFurman university

Lanham CrouchAcademic Merit Scholarshipthe university of the south

John CrumBoetsch Romance Languages Scholarshipwashington and lee university

Carter DanielACE Mentor Scholarshipuniversity of tennessee

Brier DavisAthletic grant-in-aid for Lacrosseand Dean’s ScholarshipHofstra university

Sam DevaneyAcademic and Leadership Scholarshipssamford university

Yuma DoiAcademic Merit Scholarshipnorth Carolina state university

Spencer EarlyCrystal Greene-Blood Assurance, Student of Integrity-Better Business Bureau, Trail’s End-Boy Scouts and Harold & Ellen Cash Scholarships;Giuliano Mazzetti Scholarship from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Educational FoundationCarnegie Mellon university

Alex ElseaNational Merit Scholarship, Athletic grant-in-aid, and FlyLady IncorporatedDuke university

Alex FerroAcademic ScholarshipBerry College

Chad FlauttFaculty Scholartexas Christian university

Griff FleenorPatrick Henry ScholarshipHampden-sydney College

Grant GordonHunt Leadership Scholarshipsouthern Methodist university

Austin HarnsbergerPresidential, Coram Deo and Army ROTC scholarshipsCalvin College

Jack HarrisDean’s ScholarshipMaryville College

Scott HarveyMock Trial ScholarshipFurman university

Samuel HornsbyVolunteer and Engineering Scholarshipsuniversity of tennessee

Matthew H. JonesPresidential ScholarshipRhodes College

J.C. KeithDean’s Scholarshiployola university new Orleans

Jonathan LauChattanooga MacDowell Music Club, Chattanooga Music Teachers Association and Chattanooga Music Club scholarshipsuniversity of Pennsylvania

Chris LeeGates Millennium ScholarshipBelmont university

Cam LinsleyTrustee Award, RC Scholars Semi-Finalist Scholarship and Dreher ScholarshipRoanoke College

Kyle LoganProvost and Faculty Recognition Scholarshipswittenberg university

Evan Loughlinappointmentu.s. air Force academy

Calum McCroskeyBill Hodges Awarduniversity of tennessee

Nick MillerFounder's and Centre Music ScholarshipsCentre College

Hank MooreAROTC and Merit ScholarshipsVanderbilt university

John MoretonPresident’s Gold ScholarshipBaylor university

Hank MorrisonBell Tower ScholarshipFurman university

Julian NunallyNational Achievement ScholarshipHarvard university

Jud PotterLeadership and Academic Merit Scholarshipssamford university

Mike RayRichmond Scholar with Science Designationuniversity of Richmond

Dan RuprechtBright Futures Scholarshipstanford university

David SharpeAcademic Merit AwardClemson university

Cody SmithTTV Academic Service and TVA Dependent Scholarshipstennessee tech university

Joseph TateTuition Exchange and National Merit University scholarshipsCase western Reserve university

57%Fifty-seven percent (82 of 143 members) of the Class of 2013 accepted scholarships to the college or university

they are attending as of Summer 2013. The following is a list of scholarship acceptances for the Class of 2013.

additional HOPescholarship recipientsGeorgia – Jackson Barker, Max Brown, Mikey Daniels, Hunter Ewing, Matthew E. Jones, Grant McKown, Daniel Pare, Matthew Smith, Michael Stout, Campbell Young

Tennessee – Jacob ammons, David Barnes, Jason Berghorn, Ian Bland, Brandon Bout, Morgan Boyd, Lanham Crouch, Carter Daniel, Mitchell Dolinger, will Gregg, Jack Harris, Zak Hobbs, Samuel Hornsby, Michael Howell, Ben Ingvalson, Matthew H. Jones, Daniel Kitsmiller, Erik Malm, Connor Mansell, Calum McCroskey, Ian Metcalf, C.J. Moffat, Hank Moore, Taylor Oscar, asa Peeples, Colin Rankine, Kendall Richards, Eric Rimer, Spencer Schoolfield, Cody Smith, aaron Speicher, Marek Stout, Robert wilson

Trevor WagonerPresidential ScholarshipHope College

Jon WarrenAcademic Merituniversity of Dallas

Andrew WeathersAthletic Grant-in-Aid for golfuniversity of tennessee at Chattanooga

Eric Wolfappointmentu.s. naval academy



teachers. But that is not unique in and of itself, as I experienced that same kind of phenomenon at MUS. I think any good in-dependent school will have that as one of its cornerstones. Because we are a board-ing school, I suspect it may be more pro-nounced. And one cannot discount the camaraderie that is inherent in an all-boys school. I think those two sets of relation-ships exist in a wonderful symbiotic bal-ance. And I’m not sure which feeds the other the most; whether it’s the trust and loyalty that develops among students that bleeds over into their relationships with faculty or the other way around. I just know that McCallie may be bigger now than when I first came, but the aspect of a student-teacher relationship has not changed.

Q what has been your most rewarding moment in this profession?

I was probably most honored when I re-ceived the Houston Patterson ’43 Award for my work in the dorms. It was totally unexpected, as I frankly never much con-sidered my dorm life work, and it made me appreciate all the more my role there. But my rewards at McCallie have come in much smaller doses. It’s the occasional let-ter or email or Facebook note that makes my day now, or the check-in from a student that I haven’t seen in a while in the din-ing hall. Teaching is the ultimate delayed grati-fication profession. One gets used to the fact that he never quite knows what, if anything, of value that he’s passed along to his students. In that real world that I’m always talking about with my students, it takes time for those kinds of appraisals to form and gel. I’m ok with that. In the book of Hebrews it says “now faith is the sub-stance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.” I still have faith that what I do in my roles here has some value. And I will always appreciate McCallie for tak-ing a chance on me, even if I didn’t want to teach English literature. g

Faculty SpotlightBill Jamieson has taught english at McCallie since 1981. He also influenced students for 20 years as a dorm advisor in Belk and north Hutch and served as Junior school principal from 1984-96.

Q what were the circumstances that brought you to McCallie to teach?

I had already taught three years of sev-enth-grade English at Memphis University School when I decided to go to grad school in Colorado. After grad school, I literally broadcast my resume to about 15 schools around the country. I included both Bay-lor and McCallie because I had worked in Mentone, Ala., for several summers so I knew the area pretty well.

Baylor had no openings that year, but McCallie had three. So I flew in one Friday from Denver and was picked up at the air-port by Spencer McCallie '55 who made a favorable impression on me. I spent all Sat-urday interviewing and touring the campus. About a week later, I got a letter letting me know I had a job teaching English literature to juniors if I wanted it.

The funny thing, looking back on it now, is that I ini-tially turned down McCallie. I didn’t feel confident in my ability to teach English lit-erature to anyone, much less juniors at a prestigious prep school. Thankfully Spencer was not offended, and a cou-ple of days later, a new teach-ing proposal arrived – teach-ing ninth and 10th graders – and I accepted the job. As an aside, after my first year at McCallie, I be-came the day admissions di-rector as well as continuing to teach ninth- and 10th-grade English. As my main competi-tor for students was The Bay-lor School, I unearthed my turndown letter from them and framed it as a reminder of how ironic life can be at times.

Q what drew you to the edu-cation field?

Had I been required to an-swer this question at the be-

ginning of my career, I wouldn’t have quite known what to say. Looking back on it now though, I was clearly influenced by the many great teachers I had experienced over the years. For two summers in high school, I worked as a lifeguard at the local pool and taught swim lessons. During my first two summers in college, I taught horseback rid-ing at Alpine Camp in Mentone, Ala. I feel those early teaching experiences sealed the deal. I enjoyed watching someone learn how to do something and then revel in that new-found ability. In my sophomore year at LSU, I switched my major to English and decided to formally give teaching a try.

Q what do you think makes McCallie unique?

The temptation is to say the powerful rela-tionships that exist between students and

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Mission: REMissiona big green wave overtook Chattanooga's north shore and Riverfront area March 20 for the fight against cancer.

More than 1,400 McCallie and Girls Preparatory School students and faculty took a stand together in the fight against cancer March 20 and raised nearly $15,000 through the first-ever Mission: Remission.

Student Councils from both schools organized the event and spread the collected funds to a variety of charitable and research organizations.

“almost everyone has had a loved one or an acquaintance affected by cancer,” McCallie Headmaster Kirk walker ’69 said. “The students from both schools are compassionate and community-minded, and this project was successful in both raising funds and generating awareness for cancer.”

as a sign of solidarity and to raise awareness for the cause, the entire GPS student body and McCallie’s Upper School students trekked a 2.7-mile path leading from GPS toward Coolidge Park, across the walnut Street Bridge, around the Tennessee aquarium, up the twisting walkway toward Hunter art Museum and back across the Bridge before returning to GPS.

The walkers wore army-fatigue green T-shirts with “GPS-McCallie – Mission: Remission” emblazoned on the front and back.


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BaSEBaLLUnder the direction of first-year Head Coach Greg Payne, the baseball team turned in a respectable 18-12 record despite injuries to key personnel. The season was highlighted by a three-game sweep of rival Baylor and a sweep of Father Ryan in the first round of the state playoffs. The Blue Tornado advanced to the state quarterfinals but was eliminated by Memphis University School.

BaSKETBaLLThe basketball season ended in the second round of the Division II state tournament with a two-point loss to eventual champion Ensworth. During the season, there were 13 victories, including two in the three-game series with rival Baylor. The Blue Tornado also captured the city title in December with a second straight Best of Preps Tournament championship. The squad was led by the three-point shooting of seniors

Jamaal Calvin and Jorden Williams and benefitted from tough inside play from seniors Davis Couch, Zak Hobbs, Nick Jacobs and Eric Wolf.

BOwLINGThe bowling team continued its success, rolling to a 15-2 record on the season. A 17-10 win over Webb in the sub-region tournament propelled the Blue Tornado to the state tournament. As the third seed from the East Region, the squad was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the West’s second seed and eventual runner-up Memphis University School. Representing the school in the individual state tournament were seniors Aaron Speicher and Case White and sophomore Graham Leech who led the team in scoring average at 185.90 per game.

CREwUnder the new direction of first-year head coach Sean McCourt, the varsity crew rebuilt in 2013 to capture bronze medals at both the Dogwood Regatta and the Southeast Regional Championship. Returning only one athlete from the 2012 varsity eight, the squad rowed to a 14-4 regular-season record. The novice crew's year was highlighted by a silver medal at the Dogwood and a bronze at the

Southeast Regional Championship.

CROSS COUNTRYMcCallie’s cross country runners claimed the program’s fourth State Championship by placing five runners among

the top-10 finishers. Junior Derek Barnes led the way with a second-place individual finish. Junior Ramsay Ritchie placed fifth followed by fellow juniors Matthew Jones, Will Moore and Tommy Ellis in eighth, ninth and 10th respectively. The performance earned All-State accolades for the fivesome, the second such honor for Barnes, Ritchie and Ellis. The Blue Tornado also raced to first-place team finishes at the Chattanooga Cross Country Festival, the McCallie Invitational, the FrontRunner Championship and the Hoover (Ala.) Invitational.

FOOTBaLLThe 2012 football season marked the return of Head Coach Ralph Potter '81 to the sidelines. After a five-year absence, Coach Potter returned to lead the Blue Tornado program. His first year back resulted in a 5-6 record which included a trip to the second round of the state playoffs. The squad posted victories over Tyner, Father Ryan, Battle Ground Academy, Pope John Paul II and a 62-20 first-round playoff win over St. Benedict. Senior Julian Nunally earned All-State honors for his play on the defensive line. Junior Chad Toliver proved to be one of the top running backs in the area, and junior quarterback Nelson Johnston did an admirable job directing the offense. Senior Eric Wolf proved valuable on both sides of the ball.

GOLFThe golfers went undefeated against local competition including a dominating match-play victory over Baylor. The Blue Tornado claimed its third consecutive region title and rounded out the season with a second-place finish at the state tournament. Senior Andrew Weathers paced the squad with medalist honors at the region event and

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second-place showings at the state and City Prep tournaments. The senior signed scholarship papers to continue his golf career at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

LaCROSSEThe lacrosse team forged another fabulous season but fell short of its goal of a state title. The Blue Tornado earned a 19-3 overall record; its only regular-season losses coming to nationally-ranked Calvert Hall from Baltimore, Md., and Lassiter from the Atlanta area. McCallie shut out Knoxville Catholic 16-0 in a first-round playoff match and ended Ensworth’s season 14-3 in the

quarterfinals before being knocked out 7-6 by Montgomery Bell Academy in the semifinals. Brier Davis, George Ehlers and Cam Linsley have signed scholarship papers to continue their careers at Hofstra, Cornell and Roanoke College respectively.

SOCCERThe soccer team rounded out the regular season with three wins and a tie en route to a 9-5-4 record. Highlighting the ledger

were wins over Battle Ground Academy, Brentwood Academy and Ensworth and a tie with Baylor. The playoffs began with a 4-0 victory over Briarcrest but were cut short after a 1-0 loss to Montgomery Bell Academy.

SwIMMING aND DIVINGThe swimming and diving team turned in one of the most exciting sporting events of the year with its 158-156 victory over Baylor. While the Red Raiders secured most of the event’s first-place finishes, McCallie countered with many second through sixth spots to rack up team points. At the state meet, the Blue Tornado ranked 11th out of

40 teams and set 23 personal best times in 28 races. Senior Michael Howell followed up his state diving title from 2012 with a runner-up finish.

TENNISThe tennis team qualified six players for the state tournament with strong play in the region tournament. Senior Daniel Pare earned a second-

place finish in the region, and junior Luke Orthner was fifth. Also qualifying were the doubles teams of Aaron Speicher - Cody Gubin (second) and Turner Voges - Nick Wilson (fifth). The squad's season ended in the state semifinals to Memphis University School.

TRaCK aND FIELDThe track team earned its 11th consecutive region championship and rolled to an

undefeated dual meet record. The Blue Tornado won two prestigious meets during the season, the Fort Payne Invitational and the Chattanooga Optimist Invitational. The season was capped by a second-place finish at the state meet. A near-record number of athletes qualified to compete at state, resulting in a large number of team points for the runner-up status. Two

athletes claimed a state championship – senior Julian Nunally in the shot put with a school-record toss of 58 feet and junior C.J. Fritz in the 100-meter run, sprinting to a school-record time of 10.60 seconds.

wRESTLINGThe wrestlers turned in an outstanding performance at the traditional state tournament with a third-place finish. Ten McCallie wrestlers earned spots on the medal stands with Adam Connell (132), Alex Elsea (120) and Nathan Hoodenpyle (182) winning state titles and Casey Cook (285) and James Westbrooks (113) finishing as runners-up. Also figuring in the medal count were Morgan Boyd (126), Addison Cornell (106), Griffin Davis (138), Calum McCroskey (170) and Trel Phillips (220).A controversial call in the clinching match at the state team duals tournament handed McCallie a fourth-place mention. g

Chase Brookshire ’09 was one of 10 NCaa Division I baseball players nominated for the NCaa CLaSS award this spring.

To be eligible for the CLaSS award, a student-athlete must be a senior and have notable

achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.

a senior pitcher at Belmont University in 2013, Chase was an all-atlantic Sun Conference honoree last season and made Second-Team all-Ohio Valley Conference this year. He led the Bruins to back-to-back NCaa Regional berths and earned the baseball program’s first-ever NCaa Tournament victory in 2011. He concluded his career as the school’s career strikeout leader with 339.

a well-rounded McCallie Man, Chase excelled at all areas on the Belmont campus. academically, he owns a 3.68 grade point average and has made the Dean’s List six times. He volunteered his time at the Nashville Rescue Mission, with Christmas angels and worked at a sports camp for inner city children.

Chase served as co-president of the Student-athlete advisory Committee, co-founded and was president of Belmont’s Fellowship of Christian athletes, attended the NCaa National Leadership Conference and was voted baseball team captain.

The 10 finalists for the award included outstanding student-athletes from army, Cal State-Fullerton, Charlotte, Dallas Baptist, Georgia Tech, LSU, South Carolina, South Florida and Stanford.



From the Desk of Albert Warren James '43

Oct. 6, 1941

Well, the novelty of the school has worn off, and I feel

quite at home. The first few days I was a little uncertain as

to where my classrooms were, but now I’m going around

like an old boy.

. . . I’m taking Music under Mr. Earnest. I don’t think

you met him, and it is a real interesting course. He has

organized a small band, and I think we are going to have

a lot of fun.

The Glee Club is going to sing at the Read House Tuesday

night at a banquet for McCallie alumni. We have a pretty

good group of boys and I think it’s going to sound real good.

Oct. 20, 1941

Friday night the entire student body turned out to see McCallie

win over B.G.A. by a score of twenty-five to six. It might

sound as if McCallie ran away with the game, but it really

was an interesting one. B.G.A.’s team just wouldn’t give up,

and we really had to fight for every touchdown.

. . . Saturday I went to the first movie I’d seen since I’ve

been here. A group of us boys went to see “Blossoms in the

Dust.” It was real good, and I enjoyed it a lot. I also got my

shoes fixed.

Jan. 8, 1941

The big news here is the snow! We had snow on Tuesday. It started snowing during drill period and we had our drill period cut short on account of it. It was coming down real fast. It stuck, I’m glad to say, and the ground was covered pretty quickly. It wasn’t very deep but I had some fun and I took some pictures.

Oct. 13, 1941

The “rat” rules went into effect last night. Each new boy has to carry an old boy’s laundry to and from the laundry. Also all new boys have to get at the rear of all lines for money and other things. A certain “rat” has to pull down the windows of the old boys on his floor at six in the morning, so when they awake the room will be warm... these rules are not so strict so most of the new boys don’t mind them.

albert warren James (1926-2008) is a member of the Class of 1943. He returned to McCallie in 1952 and became a beloved English teacher, a respected associate headmaster and an encouraging Dean of Day Students. He retired in 1990.

His son Mark ’73 came across a batch of letters Dean James had written to his mother and father while in school between 1941 and 1942. Included in the collection is a 1941 letter from Dr. william L. Pressly, English head, informing parents that students were required to write a letter home each Sunday night. The letter was to be submitted Monday, returned Tuesday with the teachers’ suggestions, then mailed.

“I want you to know that this is no attempt on our part to censor his mail; he may write as many other letters during the week as he likes and mail them himself,” Dr. Pressly’s letter says. “Our weekly letter does give us definite assurance that you hear from him once a week; but more than that, it gives your boy and you an opportunity to see his improvement in writing through the school year.”

Mark was kind enough to share these letters with McCallie Magazine, and the editor has selected several for these pages to provide a small glimpse of life at McCallie School in the early 1940s.



Jan. 18, 1942

One of our programs in chapel last week was a talk by a man who was connected in some way with the F.B.I. He knew Mr. Hoover very well and seemed to admire him a lot. He told us different stories of “G” men, and their different methods to catch the criminal. His talk was very interesting.

April 26, 1942

I had the best time Friday night at the dance.

Coghlan got me a “blind” date. She was right

cute, but it was her first dance and she didn’t

dance so well. The place we went to was on Look-

out Mountain. It was called Fairyland. I didn’t

get back to school until one o’clock.

. . . Today everybody had to wear white uniforms.

The officers are allowed to wear white shoes and

with their white blouses they really look well. I

guess our first spring parade will be this Friday.

Tonight we were going to have our vesper service

outdoors on the side of the hill. Everyone was out

there, and the program had just started when it

began to rain. We had to go in, and finish in

study hall. Douglas Hall had the program, and

Terrell led it.

Feb. 7, 1943

Yesterday Mary Taylor and I went to the movie to see “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” It certainly was good, and we both enjoyed it very much. Afterward we went to a drugstore. She really is nice. I went to get her at her aunt’s. Her aunt lives on the Ridge and it is no trouble to go there for her. I asked her to go with me to the formal dance that we’re having this Friday. I haven’t been to a dance in a long time.Today Andy and I went to the Read House and ate lunch. We certainly got a good meal. We both got steaks, and they were really big. It is certainly nice to get away from the school every now and then. The food here has gotten no better, and when we get away and get a good meal, we can really appreci-ate it. That’s where some of the money went that Mother sent me.



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John E. Ramsay '34 painted this scene he eventually named "Thunder Head" on July 3, 1943 on Guadalcanal. The pilot in the portrait was preparing to take off for a patrol mission. He never returned.

at Guadalcanal



First Lieutenant Spoede was a pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and a member of the VMF-213 Hellhawks squadron stationed at Guadalcanal, an island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean and part of the British Solomon Islands. On an airborne combat patrol mission that day, the squadron encountered a fierce storm. Radio communication from the flight leader gave the order to return to base. The pilot did not receive the transmission. He never returned and was reported missing in action. He was declared dead a year later.

John Ramsay ’34 was a photo interpreter for the U.S. Navy also stationed at Guadalcanal. During some downtime that same day, Lt. Ramsay was near the Allied airstrip, Henderson Field, when he decided to sketch one of the Corsairs that was awaiting a mission. The plane’s pilot later climbed into the cockpit, and his image was included in Lt. Ramsay’s painting.

The artist planned on sharing the artwork with the pilot upon the mission’s completion, but the pilot and his plane never made it back.

Those are the only details Lt. Ramsay’s extended family knew of the painting. It survived World War II and later hung on the office walls of Mr. Ramsay’s Salisbury, N.C., home with another wartime piece.

“It was one of those public secrets,” says Kerr Ramsay, Mr. Ramsay’s grandson. “My dad knew about it, my uncles knew. That generation knew some details, but no one from my generation knew what it was about.”

Following the War, Mr. Ramsay founded his architecture firm. During a 50-year career, he became a prominent and renowned architect and a proponent of modern architecture.

“He didn’t talk much about the War,” says his son John Ramsay ’66, a two-year boarding student at McCallie who also became an architect. “That is pretty typical about ‘the Greatest Generation.’ The ones that saw a lot of the horror didn’t like to talk about it. My dad was very measured and guarded.”

Upon his death in 1991, Mr. Ramsay’s wife Anne downsized from their large, modern home to an apartment. The painting of the Corsair and the pilot was

left leaning against a wall with other household items. Recognizing that it had some family history, Kerr asked if he could hold on to it.

A television blurb about a Philadelphia exhibit displaying soldiers’ artwork caught his attention, and he determined that was a perfect way to honor his grandfather, Papa John.

The submission required a summary of the artwork, and Kerr began to conduct research about the painting. He used Google image search to compare World War II aircraft and came across a website maintained by Dan McAnarney devoted to the VMF-213 Hellhawks squadron stationed in Guadalcanal.

Kerr scoured the information on the site, learning about the strategic Guadalcanal location and battles, sifting through names and reading about flight records and missions that Mr. McAnarney had collected with meticulous care and detail. But it was a journal entry for July 3, 1943 that lit a lamp for him.

“Spoede – while in division returning from combat patrol in late evening – division ran into thunderhead and all planes were separated. No contacts with Spoede. Reported as missing.”

“Thunderhead” was the title Mr. Ramsay had given the painting.

“We had assumed the painting title was the name of the plane or the nickname of the pilot,” Kerr says. “Suddenly it just clicked. This has got to be the guy.”

Kerr shared his findings with his father and uncles.

“Papa John wanted to give this painting to the pilot, and it’s not supposed to remain with our family,” Kerr explained. “I’ve got the name, and if y’all are up for it, I’d like to track him down and give it to his family.”

John is the war buff of the family, Kerr says, and he talked with Mr. McAnarney whose father-in-law was a member of the Hellhawks squadron. He filled in the blanks about the missing pilot, 1st Lt. Herman Spoede. From what he knew, says Mr. Ramsay, the Corsair radios were unreliable, and in the storm, the pilot did not receive the orders to return to base. He later radioed in for coordinates and directions, but military protocol

Lt. John E. Ramsay '34

1st Lt. Herman Spoede

The last anyone ever heard from 1st Lt. Herman Spoede was a radio call from his F4U Vought Corsair over the South Pacific Ocean on July 3, 1943.

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L-R: John E. Ramsay '66, Kerr Ramsay, Bob Spoede, David Spoede, Dan McAnarney

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“Spoede – while in division returning from combat patrol in late evening – division ran into thunderhead and all planes were

separated. No contacts with Spoede. Reported as missing.”

John Ramsay's second war-time painting, "Box Cars Over Buka." The B-24 Liberator bombers were known as Flying Boxcars.

did not allow that information to be transmitted over the radio for fear of interception.

Mr. McAnarney introduced the Ramsays to David Spoede, the nephew of the pilot, and the remarkable story of Herman Spoede and the painting was relayed to David and his family.

David’s father, Bob, was the lone survivor of the three Spoede brothers, all of whom served in World War II. He didn’t share the news with his father, choosing instead to surprise him.

It took a year’s worth of emails and telephone calls between the two families to coordinate a date when the painting could be presented to the Spoede family and to determine a proper and respectful presentation.

“We worked so long for this to happen,” Kerr says. “It felt so good to find a time to make this work for all of them.”

The lunch meeting took place July 30, 2011 at a large rectangular table in a private dining room at a resort in Irving, Texas. Bob Spoede was the guest of honor. John and Kerr Ramsay sat on either side of Bob and David Spoede, and they were joined by Mr. McAnarney. All three of Bob’s children traveled great distances with their families to be present for the reunion.

Mr. Ramsay showed Mr. Spoede wartime photographs and a photo of his father, John Ramsay Sr. He shared a picture of Herman Spoede in front of his airplane. Kerr had the honor of presenting Mr. Spoede with the original framed painting and announcing that the pilot depicted in the painting was Herman, Mr. Spoede’s brother.

Wrapped in brown paper, the painting was unveiled, and Mr. Spoede held in his hands a gift from one family to another nearly 70 years after it was intended to be delivered. “I’m in a state of shock,” Mr. Spoede said after receiving the painting. “This is a total surprise.”

“He was perfectly stoical in ‘the Greatest Generation’ style,” Kerr says. “He was confused why my uncle and I were at lunch with his family and why the local TV station had shown up and put a camera in his face. It was clear something was about to happen, but he had no idea.

“The coolest part for me was when he started telling stories about his brother. You could see him open up after we gave him the painting. His kids and grandkids hadn’t heard many of these stories about their uncle and great uncle or about himself. That generation doesn’t like to talk about what they did.”

With the mystery now solved and the circle completed, the painting is hanging in Mr. Spoede’s house in Texas. The two families still keep in touch. Kerr says they cherish the new friendship, and the Spoedes shared a recent Christmas dinner with the Ramsays in North Carolina.

“It felt good to complete my grand-father’s mission,” Kerr says. “Our goal had never been to keep the painting. It is not closure for the Spoede family because we didn’t change anything, but it felt good for them to be able to share those stories and to know that someone was kind to their brother in the last moments of his life.” g



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Duty to Country

McCallie school had a military component as part of the curriculum from 1918 to 1970 and has always been proud of its military heritage. the tradition of duty to country by McCallie alumni continues with the later generations. Below are two different examples of McCallie Men serving their country.

“I am getting settled into the rhythm here. Up at 0500 to walk or lift weights. I walk 12 minutes to the mess hall for breakfast and then back to the room to get ready for work.

I get to work about 0800 and see patients etc. until lunch at 1130. I walk or ride to the mess hall. Then I see walk-in patients till about 1630.

I walk to supper and back any time from 1730 to 1930. I get in at least an hour of walking just going from my trailer to the mess hall and or gym.

I hang out in my trailer, surf the Internet, do some reading or watch the History Channel until bed time at 2100. Sometimes in the evening, if it is not too windy, we smoke a cigar.

On Tuesdays the schedule changes a little. I get up at 0430, eat something in my room and head down to the flight line to catch a helo flight to another base to do flight physicals. We have lunch there and fly back to our base in the early afternoon. Then the af-ternoon routine starts over.

Several times a week, I fly on missions as a crew member. Most of these are in country, although several went to Iraq or out to U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf.” g

Col. steve Clift ’70 shared this email below with some of his classmates in 2011 while serving in the Middle east as an army Reserve physician. a plastic surgeon by trade, he is now living in tacoma, wash. He served three tours of duty overseas in a medical capacity.

Jay Fullam ’09 gave up the glamour of playing South-eastern Conference football to chase another dream.

Since he was little, Jay says he always wanted to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy. This summer, he will be returning to the picturesque campus in Colorado Springs, Colo., for his junior year.

Following graduation from McCallie, Jay ac-cepted a football scholar-ship to Vanderbilt Univer-sity and was a member of the football team for two seasons as well as a recruit in the ROTC program.

Despite all that, he still felt unfulfilled.

“My grandfather was a fighter pilot and that played a part,” Ca-det 2nd Class Fullam says. “I loved Vanderbilt and my teammates, but the ‘what-ifs’ kept popping up, and I didn’t want to think that I gave up on that dream too quickly. The stars aligned for me, and I jumped at the chance.”

He reported to basic training at the Academy on June 23, 2011, and after two years in school there, his desire to serve his country continues to increase.

“I want to fly,” he says. “My brother Haden ’07 is in flight school right now, and I want to follow in his footsteps as well as those of my two grandfathers, Wayne Fullam and Roger Ingvalson. I will find out my senior year what my job will be. I want to make this a full-time career, but time will tell.”

Our nation’s service academies are legendary for rigorous aca-demic expectations and an extremely regimented lifestyle. Cadet Fullam’s experiences at Vanderbilt and McCallie had him well pre-pared for the stringent military requirements at the Academy.

“It hasn’t been that bad,” he says. “Going to college first and play-ing football really helped. My life was already regimented, and I en-joy having my day planned out. I prefer that. Time management is a key, and the rigorous football and academic schedule at Vanderbilt proved to be a big plus.

“McCallie helped me out 100 percent. My friends at the Acad-emy and at Vanderbilt struggled with the work load. I am thankful to McCallie for preparing me. At McCallie, it is on you to figure out how you are going to get there. You learn to be responsible.”

Cadet Fullam is majoring in military history. When his Air Force career concludes, he says he hopes to realize another dream which is to return to McCallie to teach history.

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Col. Steve Clift ’70 at Patton Army Airfield in Kuwait.

Cadet 2nd Class Jay Fullam ’09



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Mr. Lloyd endowed the Lloyd Scholarship Fund in 1991. His monetary generosity al-lows a boarding or day student the oppor-tunity to attend McCallie School when it is otherwise not possible by family means alone. Six boys have benefitted from this scholarship. The most recent, Peter Kim, graduated May 19.

But this opportunity offers more than a top-notch education and the support of the McCallie community. The recipient also acquires a friend, a confidant, a connection, a counselor, a mentor.

“When a boy is a Lloyd Scholar, he also gets Charles Lloyd,” says Anne Pitts, McCallie’s Director of Reunion Gifts.

Mr. Lloyd’s late wife was so impressed with McCallie at his 30th class reunion that she suggested to Charles that they donate a year’s tuition to the school. Following her death in 1990, Mr. Lloyd decided to honor her wishes but take them a step further, initiating the Lloyd Scholar program.

McCallie administrators select the recipient based on need. Mr. Lloyd’s lone stipulation is that McCallie award it to a worthy student.

“I asked if I could come and meet the boy and describe the scholarship to him,” Mr. Lloyd says. “The name ‘Lloyd’ on it is

not me. It describes the people who are honored by it.

“I also went to class with him. I want to confirm that McCallie is really doing what I expect it to do with this money. In the classroom, you can see the passion that these teachers have for their subject. It doesn’t matter what the subject is.”

Peter and his family left Korea for the United States when he was two years old, his parents Hwang Nam and Doo Na hoping to create a better life for themselves and their children. A pastor at a Methodist church in North Georgia, Mr. Kim and his wife raised Peter and his three siblings in a one-room apartment.

Despite the hardships, Peter applied for McCallie, was selected as the Lloyd Scholar prior to sixth grade, and proved to be one of the top campus leaders and scholars among the Class of 2013.

“My parents came to the U.S. with a dream,” he says. “The American Dream. It’s been real. We’ve had so many struggles with the language and finances. They wanted to find the best opportunities this nation can offer and make sure we receive the best education in the world.

“This has been an incredible blessing and brings so much hope that we can succeed in this nation. All this would not have been possible without the help of Mr. Lloyd.”

Peter and Mr. Lloyd did not meet until Peter’s eighth-grade year. Since then, theirs has been a unique relationship; that of mentor and mentee. They often trade emails discussing the McCallie experience and life lessons. When asked, Mr. Lloyd has provided advice, recommended books and offered career guidance.

They both share a love of McCallie, although each walked a different path in school. Admittedly, Mr. Lloyd was an average student, but he appreciated what he calls McCallie’s “caring teachers,” particularly Chalmers McIlwaine ’21 who taught him Algebra II.

Mr. Lloyd earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and enjoyed a successful career in aeronautics. Officially retired, he still works as a pilot and a real estate investor.

Peter says he loved his ethics class with Rev. Ed Snow and AP U.S. history with Dr. Michael Woodward. He will attend Pomona College this fall because of its similarities to McCallie – small class sizes, the relationships, learning for the sake of learning. While Mr. Lloyd suggested pre-medicine for Peter, his early plans are to major in philosophy, politics and economics with a goal, he says, of understanding what it is to be human.

“I believe in the mission of building boys into men,” he says. “Mr. Lloyd’s guidance and advice allowed me to explore that thinking and what I would become. The lessons I learned here and the idea of living honorably I will never take for granted.”

Peter is the second Lloyd Scholar Mr. Lloyd has seen graduate.

“With graduation approaching, I said I would like to come and celebrate,” Mr. Lloyd says. “I have a lot of respect for the Kims. Peter is truly a unique and gifted boy and comes from a unique circumstance. It was important for me to be there.

“The family could not have been more grateful for the help. I tried to downplay it and say that Peter is such a worthy boy. He deserves this. He will represent McCallie well wherever he goes.”

Peter has the desire to pay forward the generosity he has received and to one day be in a position to help boys that might be in similar circumstances. Mr. Lloyd, whose own McCallie experiences led him to give back, says he has no doubts Peter will achieve greatness and have the means to start his own scholarship program one day.

“Giving money to worthy McCallie students is basically payback in some ways for all the people who helped me get to where I am today,” he says. g

The Scholar and the GentlemanPlease forgive Charles lloyd ’53 for going above and beyond any and all expectations McCallie school might have of him.

Peter Kim '13 (left), Charles Lloyd '53 (right)




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McCallie hosted Grandparents Day april 12 for sixth- and ninth-graders. among the more than 250 grandparents attending were nine McCallie alumni with grandsons in the sixth and ninth grades. They gathered for a legacy photo which is shown below.

Legacy Snapshot

Robert J. “Bob” walker ’58, of Nashville, was presented this year’s McCallie Distinguished alumnus award May 23 at a special ceremony at the Nashville home of Gigi and Ted Lazenby ’50.

The annual award recognizes an individual

whose service to the school sets him apart.

Mr. walker, a partner at the walker, Tipps & Malone law firm, is a two-time member of McCallie’s Board of Trustees. He also received the alumni achievement award in 2008, is a Charter Member of the school’s Board of Visitors and was the Nashville Chairman of the Second Century Campaign.

Distinguished alumnusThe Dell Dude, Ben Curtis ’99, stars in his first feature film, the independent comedy “We Are the Hartmans.”

Mr. Curtis, also listed as one of the movie’s producers, has the leading role as Jordan. An Afghanistan war veteran, Jordan returns to his small hometown and conspires to save a rock ‘n roll bar, Hartman’s, from being sold to make room for a strip mall.

The film also stars legendary actor Richard Chamberlain and Jennifer Restivo and was directed by Laura Newman.

Mr. Curtis is probably best known as Steven in the award-winning Dell computer commercials from 2000-2003 in which his boy-next-door character also served as the company’s spokesman with his catchphrase, “Dude, you’re getting a Dell.” Since then, he has attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and earned roles in television, theater and voice-over

Ben Curtis '99

Catching Up with the Dell Dude

a third book from David Sobotta ’67 is now on the book shelves. “A Taste for the Wild, Canada’s Maritimes” chronicles the sce-nic beauty and peaceful people of New Brunswick and the eastern provinces of Canada. Mr. Sobotta and his wife lived in the area in the 1970s and 1980s, and a recent return trip sparked the idea for this book. He also offers travel advice to those wishing to visit Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Gill Autrey ’64 has published a book of stories and reflec-tions called “Gone with the Tides and Other Southern Sto-ries.” A former mayor of Valdosta, Ga., Mr. Autrey is now a boat captain in Apalachicola, Fla. Photos taken by his wife Lane accompany some of the stories.

Longtime Upper School English teacher and school poet Kemmer Anderson has published “Wing Shadows Over Walden Ridge,” a volume of personal poetry. Mr. Anderson is also the author of eight chapbooks and continues work on a book “Milton at Monticello.” g

From the Bookshelf

Pictured above are Frank A. Brock '60, Banner Brock '16, Daniel M. Crates '53, Eric Matthews '19, H. Ramsey Dethero '64, Daniel Dethero '16, G. Shuford Johnston, Jr. '56, Charlie Baker '19, Howard I. Levine '56, Jake Levine '19, Olan Mills II '48, Caid Mills '19, James W. Noble '65, Gavin Noble '19, Jay G. Paty, Jr. '59, Gabe Paty '19, David A. Stonecipher '59, Duncan Moore '16

work. He earned positive reviews in the off-Broadway production of “Joy.”

“We Are the Hartmans” was released in 2011 and can be viewed on Amazon, Netflix and Hulu. g

Save the Dates!Reunion weekend – October 3-5, 2013Classes of '68, '73, '78, '83, '88, '93, '98, '03 and '08

Golden M Homecoming and Reunion – november 7-9, 2013November 8 Homecoming dinner for all alumni who graduated in 1963 or earlier. Classes celebrating their 50th through 70th reunion and all in between will enjoy a full weekend of activities, culminating with individual class parties on November 9.

David Sobotta '67

Gill Autrey '64

Babs Walker (left) and Bob Walker '58 (right)



Class NOTES

BirThS&WeDDinGSBirths90-00s To Russell “Rusty” witt ’95 and Ann, a daughter, Serena Marie, on March 13, 2013. g To lance Hutchens ’96 and Ashley, a son, Walker Linwood, on April 9, 2013. g To Barry large ’96 and Marylee, a daughter, Layla Brynn, on January 10, 2013. g To Philip steers ’98 and Jenn, a daughter, Rachel Marie, on March 20, 2013. g To Ben Mizell ’99 and Julie, a daughter, Evelyn Ann, on February 2, 2013. g To willam M. “Bo” walker ’00 and Caitlin, son, Finn Thomas Walker, on March 19, 2013. g To Cooper Bechtol ’03 and Sugie McPartlin, a son, Liam Carter Bechtol, on April 29, 2013. g To Rob ellis ’04 and Emily, a son, James Wicker, on March 19, 2013. g To Patrick lawson ’05 and Caroline, a son, Ware, on October 18, 2012. g

Weddings1990s-00s Mark Richard lisella ’90 to Julia Anna Garrison on August 18, 2012. g Charles Beach IV ’97 to Cecily Jane Collier Richard on September 29, 2012. g Kristopher M. Kavanaugh ’99 to Jessica Davis on September 22, 2012. g Kannan shanmugasundaram ’00 to Jessica Kathryn Staszak on September 15, 2012. g R. Clinton Feher ’02 to Natalie Tirapelli on September 8, 2012. g eric Peterson ’02 to Margaret Pate Mickles (GPS ‘03) on December 29, 2012. g James e. Kirby ’03 to Elizabeth Lee on February 2, 2013. g Brent M. Klespies ’03 to Victoria on September 29, 2012. g Clinton H. Brakebill ’04 to Lauren Ashley Collins on April 26, 2013. g Benjamin Piech ’04 to Angela Fields on May 11, 2011. g Hal Gruetzemacher ’04 to Lynzi Archibald on August 4, 2012. g noel B. Durant ’04 to Erin Ouzts on October 27, 2012. g thomas J. wells ’05 to Katherine Brielle Coughlin on September 8, 2012. g andrew smith ’05 to Jessica Demorest on September 22, 2012. g Justin Jackson ’05 to Caroline Stubblefield on September 29, 2012. g Dan l. lawrence III ’05 to Laurel Stewart on November 17, 2012. g Richard Cameron Carter ’07 to Jordan Eure on June 23, 2012. g

Summer 2013

Joseph "Kent" Wingfield was born to Beth and Joseph wingfield '94 on August 1, 2012. He

joins brothers, Teddy, Wilder and Hank. The boys are grandsons of Don Kent '71, and Jackson wingfield '65 and great-grandsons of norman smith '49.

These Big Blue dads were spotted at the 2012 McCallie-Baylor football game. (L-R): Dustin Manning ’02 and

daughter Gracie, Bryan Rayburn ’03 and son Weston and Ryan Paris ’03 and son Carter.

John Anthony "Jack" Harbin, Jr., was born June 7, 2012. Joining Jack in the photo are (L-R) uncle Bart Roark '06, proud

father John Harbin '02, uncle Carter Harbin '15 and grandfather wiley Roark '78.

this wide-eyed wonder is a campus baby. Patrick warren lawson II is the son of

admission officer Patch lawson ’05 and his wife Caroline and goes by the name "ware."

Ben Piech ’04 and Angela Fields on their wedding day in 2011.

andrew smith ’05 married Jessica Demorest on September 22, 2012. Chet lesourd ’72 presided over the ceremony,

and Andrew's brother, adam ’01, served as Best Man. McCallie alumni and friends in attendance were Chris saxon ’05, Jamey smith ’78, suzie Howick, Gail and Mike newman, linda and ed snodgrass ’73, Mike Patterson ’05, sumner McCallie, Ian Rountree ’05, will Gillbert ’93, Gordon Connell, Patch lawson ’05, Jim Daughdrill ’05, eddie lundien ’79, luther Killian ’68 and Bob Bires.



ClaSS UpDaTeS1940s-1950sHardwick Caldwell Jr. ’40 had a wonderful visit from Pat williams ’40 at his winter home in Ocean Reef, Fla., near Key Largo. Caldwell and Williams met each other in 1937 when they were sophomores, some 76 years ago. Caldwell reports that Williams still beats him in golf, but that he’ll “keep trying!”

sen. Douglas Henry Jr. ’43, the longest-serving member in the history of the Tennessee General Assembly, announced in May his pending retirement after nearly 43 years in office. Sen. Henry, a democrat, honorably served the 21st

district, which includes the Davidson County and Nashville areas of Tennessee.

Charlie Castner ’47 and Fletcher Bright ’49 enjoyed the Boogie Woogie & Country Music Reunion in Louisville, Ky., in November 2012, when Fletcher's "Dismembered Tennesseans" played a concert with the Louisville orchestra for its Pops series.

In January 2013, lew Brown ’49 was awarded the U.S. Marine Corps Commandant’s Award for Meritorious Service for coordinating the 2012 USMCR Toys for Tots program in seven southeast Texas counties when the Program Coordinator underwent triple by-pass surgery. More than 24,000 toys were collected and distributed to 4,000 needy children. This is only the second time the Commandant’s Award has been given during the past 20 years by the Marine Corp League, Eastex Detachment #779.

Dan Rather ’53 received The Highest Effort Award from Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. It is the most prestigious award the fraternity bestows, and it honors achievement in career and service to the community beyond SAE.

Swan ’62 a Sharp alumnusWhen louis Carter ’57 (right) and his wife Anne returned from Kenya, they were both honored with the

Educator of the Year Award by the Christian Medical and Dental Associations for their many years of teaching missionaries and nationals overseas. Louis is now working on the second edition of the book he edited, "Principles of Reconstructive Surgery in Africa" that will include some reconstructive problems seen in Asia and South America.

Philip skidmore ’59 spent two weeks in Russia last summer. He is celebrating the birth of his third grandchild.

alfred williams ’62 was named the 2013 recipient of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock President’s Award, an honor bestowed on individuals with career success and a profound dedication to the university. The senior vice president, special projects

director and risk consultant at BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Inc. has established two scholarships in addition to his many contributions to the university.

Paul Renfroe ’74 released his first book, "Christian, What Are You? Removing the Blindfolds." He and his wife, Diane (GPS '69) are enrolled as full-time students in the Christian International’s Ministry Training College in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.

John sims Baker ’81 is maintaining his position as the Chaplain for Catholic students at Vanderbilt University while also accepting the opportunity to serve as the pastor of St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows (St. Mary’s Church on Capitol Hill) in Nashville.

James Blitch ’83 has started his own law firm, Blitch Law PC, which specializes in business litigation.

Jeff turner ’86 has been named an Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. After serving as president of the Chattanooga Estate Planning Council, he has joined the board of the National Association.

Joseph Reynolds ’92 received a Prize for Fine Arts from the American Austrian Foundation to spend this August studying in Salzburg, Austria. He will spend 2014 in Cristalandia, Brazil, on a Fulbright Fellowship photographing his daily interaction with the teenagers there and leading them in photography workshops.

sgt. scott Reynertson ’96 extends a lunch invitation “at the chow hall” to alums staying or passing through Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.

Despite retiring from the printing business, Bill swan ’62 (left) remains a busy man. Bill

is now experiencing great success selling knives on eBay, keeping about 200 listings active at any given time and maintaining a seller's feedback rating of 99.8 percent positive. Additionally, he recently received the Safari Club International (SCI) President's Award at its annual convention in Reno, Nevada, for his service to the organization and the community. Bill serves SCI on the Marketing, Humanitarian, Ethics and Pathfinder Committees. Locally, the Tennessee Valley SCI hosted 25 wounded warriors from Ft. Campbell, Ky., on a two-day hunt at Enterprise South in Chattanooga.

Staying Connected in Columbia, S.C.In April, nearly 30 McCallie alumni, parents and friends gathered in Columbia, S.C., at an event hosted by trip Chalk ’01. Pictured are the evening's two most veteran alums, Rogers Harris ’47 (left) and lewis Fowler ’52 (right), with spencer Gardner ’12 (center), a freshman at the University of South Carolina. Also in attendance was retired counselor Jim Mancke, and it was no surprise that he was the man behind the camera in this photo.

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Thanks in part to the leadership of co-founder and COO allan Davis ’96 and co-founder and CFO Barry large ’96, Access America Transport was recently named No. 9 on the Forbes list of America's Most Promising Non-Tech Companies.

John Ross ’97 is a partner at the governmental and political affairs firm Swatek, Azbell, Howe, & Ross in Montgomery, Ala. He was listed among the Yellowhammer Power & Influence 40 as one of the 40 most powerful and influential players in Alabama politics.

Jonathan westfield ’96 graduated from Columbia Business School with an MBA in Finance.

Class NOTEScontinued . . .

Summer 2013

A recent McCallie reunion at the U.S. Air Force Academy included (L-R:) evan loughlin ’13, Cadet

Third Class Mac Caldwell ’12, Cadet Third Class Ryan Keller ’12, Cadet First Class Davis Gray (no

McCallie relation), Cadet Second Class Jay Fullam ’09 and Cadet Second Class tJ Mullins ’10.

Ravin Chand ’00, Zach Meyers ’00 and trey latimer ’01 live in Los Angeles and have created a puzzle-solving game app, Zapt, that recently launched in the Apple App Store. The designers say it is basically a bar trivia game for Twitter.

thomas Brooks ’03 graduated from The University of North Carolina School of Medicine with MD/MPH degrees and has moved to Houston, Texas, to start his residency program in Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine.

Colin Kelly ’03 received the Parks Scholarship and will pursue his MBA at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University beginning in the Fall of 2013.

Philip lawson ’03 is an associate attorney with the firm McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC in Lexington, Ky. His areas of practice are criminal defense and civil litigation.

Ollie Passmore ’04 is in his first year of a Classics doctorate at the University of Cambridge. His Ph.D. focuses on early Greek hexameter poetry.

Ben Piech ’04 lives in Lexington, Ky., and works for Central Bank and Trust Co.

will Pickering ’07 graduated from Princeton University in 2011 with a degree in mathematics. He lives in Philadelphia, Pa., where he attends the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

scott laFoy ’08 graduated from Georgetown University in 2012 with a degree in government, a minor in Japanese and a certificate in East Asian studies. After graduation, he spent the summer in China on the North Korean border studying North Korean dialect and Korean and Sino-Korean relations in the Tumen border region. He currently works as an analyst/con-sultant at a small think tank outside Washington that focuses in East Asian military affairs.

Mark Fullam ’79 reports that his son Jay Fullam ’09, a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy, has been named the Head Officer in charge of the Honor Council, a prestigious honor contested by 50 other cadets.

In May, aaron sloan ’09 graduated cum laude from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., with a major in economics and a minor in accounting.

Jordan Humble ’09 won first place in a University of Tennessee Business School entrepreneural competition and was awarded $1,000 and a collection of free incubator, legal and consulting services for his new company Privateer which creates unique and custom cycling apparel.

tyler Richard ’10, a junior at Harvard University, is president of the Harvard Advocate, the school's literary magazine. The philosophy and Sanskrit major is a business staff member for the Harvard Lampoon and has been inducted into the school’s Signet Society.

Brothers in arms

2000s The Lunch Bunch

Nine members of the Class of ’60 met for lunch recently at Barnsley Gardens in Adairsville, Ga. The alums, from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Virginia, meet periodically. This gathering included (L-R:) Bob Pahl, J. D. Holmes, Frank Johnston, Don Moseley, Bill acker, Merrill sexton, tom McCallie, Charlie Battle and Frank Brock.

Duck Dynasty

These classmates from ’72 do not have their own television show, but they are pretty good

duck hunters, as shown here. (L-R:) Bill Chapin, tim Robertson, Cal wells



Mark senter ’32 of Lexington, S.C., died February 6, 2013. The Navy chaplain and pastor is survived by four children, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Robert Johnson ’38 of Montgomery, Ala., died December 15, 2012. The Army veteran, accountant and community volunteer is survived by his wife Gray, two children, three grandchildren and a sister.

Richard Hartley ’41 of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., died January 22, 2013. The Navy veteran and salesman is survived by his wife Nelson, three children, six grandchildren and a brother william Hartley '48.

william ensign ’42 of Maryville, Tenn., died February 26, 2013. The Navy veteran, Tennessee Valley Authority administrator and gardener is survived by his wife Elaine, four children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Vincent strobel ’42 of Dunwoody, Ga., died February 11, 2013. The Navy veteran and avid golfer is survived by four children and six grandchildren.

Charles warwick ’43 of Palm Beach, Fla., died February 18, 2013. The Army veteran, attorney and town councilman is survived by his wife Elsie, a daughter, two grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a sister.

Charles Vernon ’43 of Wrightsville Beach, N.C., died March 12, 2013. The psychiatrist and psychotherapist is survived by his wife Laura, five children, two step-children, five grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.

Vance Fritts ’45 of Atlanta died June 7, 2012. The Navy veteran, businessman and community athletic organizer is survived by three children, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Henry “Clay” Moore ’47 of Columbia, S.C., died February 21, 2013. The Air Force veteran, business owner, artist and civic leader is survived by his wife Jean and a son.

Kenneth “sparky” Barton ’50 of Chattanooga died March 17, 2013. The Army veteran and beloved teacher is survived by his wife Louise, a daughter and three grandchildren.

Robert “Bob” allison ’51 of Akron, Ohio, died December 17, 2012. The Navy veteran, electrical engineer and business owner is survived by four children, nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a brother.

e. Del wood ’51 of Birmingham, Ala., died December 30, 2012. The salesman, business owner and avid golfer is survived by his wife Elaine, two sons, four grandchildren and sister.

Richard Dobyns ’51 of Grasonville, Md., died January 21, 2013. The Navy veteran, Jaycee and electrical engineer is survived by his wife Carolyn, four children, eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and brother Bob Dobyns '44.

Chaudoin “shad” Callaway ’51 of Vernon, Conn., died April 14, 2013. The Methodist Elder, counselor and writer is survived by his wife Margaret, two children and a grandson.

Benton Murphey ’55 of Tampa, Fla., died January 27, 2013. The Army National Guard veteran, real estate developer and governmental worker is survived by his wife Linda, four children, seven grandchildren and a brother.

Jacob Barnard ’58 of Bowling Green, Ky., died January 17, 2012. The Air Force veteran, salesman, auctioneer and business owner is survived by his wife Suzanne, two children, two grandchildren and two siblings.

arthur “Glenn” Corpening ’58 of High Point, N.C., died February 10, 2013. The salesman and business owner is survived by his wife Caroline, two daughters, five grandchildren and brother John Corpening '60.

Richard "Dick" sterling Courtney Jr. ’58 of Dunwoody, Ga., died May 31, 2013. An architect with the Atlanta Regional Planning Commission is survived by his wife Nancy, a daughter, three grandchildren and a sister.

leonard “Dan” Massey ’59 of Washington, D.C., died January 28, 2013. The LGBT rights activist, scientist and author is survived by his wife Alison and two children.

sidney selvidge ’61 of Memphis, Tenn., died May 2, 2013. The musician, record label owner and producer is survived by his wife Shirley, two sons, three step-children and a brother Dr. Roy selvidge '60.

James Kroeger ’66 of Chattanooga died February 13, 2013. The Navy veteran and psychologist is survived by his wife Janie, daughter and mother.

william Creech ’71 of Greensboro, N.C., died January 28, 2013. The dedicated safety officer and swimmer is survived by his wife Sharyn, three step-daughters and three sisters.

steven nichols ’82 of Chattanooga died February 19, 2013. The Navy veteran and manager of Koch’s Bakery is survived by his wife Cynthia, his mother and three children.

Mark Mcniff ’85 of Raleigh, N.C., died February 3, 2013. The accomplished bluegrass musician, world explorer and hiker is survived by his daughter Paden, his father Miles Mcniff III and brother Miles Mcniff IV '81. His father was an English teacher and administrator at McCallie for more than 40 years.

william Magee ’08 of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., died May 4, 2013. The track and field athlete, recent Ole Miss graduate and fraternity member is survived by his parents David and Kent, brother Hudson Magee '10, sister and his grandmothers.

Joseph “Dray” Crouch ’10 of Ooltewah, Tenn., died February 26, 2013. The University of Tennessee student, lifeguard and fraternity member is survived by his parents Sandy and Jill, a sister and his maternal grandparents.

In Memoriam

Obituaries are included in McCallie Magazine by class year in chronological order by date of death. Those not included

in this issue will appear in the next. The alumni Office sends email announcements about confirmed deaths to all classmates whose email addresses are updated in our system as soon as the school is notified of them. Stay informed of such things. Make sure the alumni Office has your updated email address.

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FacultyJoseph Henley warner ’57 of Jacksonville, Fla., died Dec. 14, 2011. Mr. Warner taught English at McCallie from 1966-70, 1972-75 and again from 1976-77. He specialized in Mark Twain and also coached Junior School soccer.

One former student remarked on the detail in which Mr. Warner analyzed “To Kill a Mockingbird.” He rounded out his teaching career at St. Johns Country Day School in Jacksonville where he taught for 25 years and chaired the English department.

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James W. Burns ’89NeW yORk CITy, NeW yORk

L. Hardwick Caldwell III ’66LOOkOuT MOuNTAIN, TeNNeSSee

Robert G. Card ’66 CLeVeLAND, TeNNeSSee

Bradley B. Cobb ’86LOOkOuT MOuNTAIN, TeNNeSSee

J. Hal Daughdrill III ’73 ATLANTA, GeORGIA

Dr. G. Turner Howard III ’65kNOXVILLe, TeNNeSSee

Houston B. Hunt ’76DALLAS, TeXAS

Barry P. Large ’96CHATTANOOGA, TeNNeSSee

Michael I. Lebovitz ’82CHATTANOOGA, TeNNeSSee

Alberto M. McGregor ’82MIAMI, FLORIDA

Jon e. Meacham ’87NASHVILLe, TeNNeSSee

Conrad R. Mehan ’77FReDeRICkSBuRG, VIRGINIA

R. kincaid Mills ’88LOOkOuT MOuNTAIN, GeORGIA

Glenn H. Morris ’82CHATTANOOGA, TeNNeSSee

N. Carter Newbold IV ’84CHATTANOOGA, TeNNeSSee

Dennis Oakley ’72WAyNeSVILLe, NORTH CAROLINA

Sanford B. Prater ’66eSSeX FeLLS, NeW JeRSey

James M. Ruffin ’80WINSTON-SALeM, NORTH CAROLINA

Joseph A. Schmissrauter III ’75CHATTANOOGA, TeNNeSSee

Timothy A. Stump ’75CHARLOTTe, NORTH CAROLINA

William F. Womble Jr. ’60WINSTON-SALeM, NORTH CAROLINA

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CHA IRM A N OF THe BOARD

we have liftoff! The photo shows the exciting culmination of physics teacher Michael Lowry’s six-week unit called Lift Off.

Students in the class explore the science, engineering and history of aeronautics and rocketry. The students design a rocket using a hefty class E9-4 engine that can propel the models to nearly 1,000 feet in the air. Each rocket contains an egg astronaut that must return to Earth safely and undamaged.

In this photo, freshman day student Corey McDonald (second from the right) mans the controls for his successful launch and recovery.

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