Fall 2000
Vol. 17 No. 3
Publication Number:
USPS 244-800


Contents

Turkey Creek Vigil

It's the Excitement'

Genome Research Yields Quick Returns

OTHER STORIES
Samford Ranked Fifth in South by U.S. News & World Report

Education School Scores High in Effective Teacher Preparation

Faculty Accolades

Upcoming Samford Tours

ODK Seeking 50 Exemplary Alumni To Mark Society's Anniversary


ALUMNI
Manis Biography Wins Lillian Smith Book Award

University of Georgia Beckons Garver, Hanson with Sizable Postgraduate Packages

Alumni Office Seeks Samford Traditions


NEWS BRIEFS
Sequoyah, Cunningham Join Men's Hall of Fame

Samford Begins Offering Doctor of Education Program

Deupree Recognized for Fighting Illiteracy


SPORTS
Tillette: Men's Team One
Big Question Mark

Cochran, Moore Lead Veteran Women's Basketball Team


CLASS NOTES
BIRTHS
IN MEMORIAM

 

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Gooden '96

'96

ERIC MICHAEL AGRILLO and his wife, Heather, married in August. They live in Tallahassee, Fla., where he was named microsystems analyst/network administrator with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research.

SARA HERRON BORGESON completed an acting internship with Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Santa Maria, Calif. She and her husband, David, are relocating with the U.S. Air Force to Ohio, where he will study at the Air Force Institute of Technology and she will pursue a master of fine arts degree in acting at Ohio State University. They live in Hilliard, Ohio.

ALISON KENT CUENTAS and her husband, Jorge, work with the Hispanic ministry at First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. She is also on-site manager for Kelly Services in Georgetown, Ky. She served during 1996­98 as a Southern Baptist Convention Journeyman in Peru.

MELANIE GOODEN was named assistant projects editor of Southern Living Custom Publishing, Birmingham. She will concentrate on editorial content for Lowe's Creative Ideas and Accent on Style.

MICHAEL and HEATHER BRYANT HOGUE live in Albertville. He is project director, strategic alliances and industry relations, American Pharmaceutical Association. She is a relief pharmacist. They have a baby daughter, Olivia Claire.

JAMES ORRISON M.B.A. was named area general manager of Stonebridge Technologies for Alabama.

ROBERT PAUTIENUS graduated cum laude from Florida State University College of Law. He and his wife, the former JENNA ARRINGTON '97, live in Nashville, Tenn., where he works with the law firm of Ingraham and Associates.

STEVEN L. SIMPSON M.Div., a U.S. Army chaplain assigned to Germany 2-37 Armor Battalion, is currently in Skopje, Macedonia, suppporting NATO and Task Force Falcon.

JASON C. SPRAY earned a law degree from the University of Alabama in May. He is working on a master's in sports management at the U.S. Sports Academy in Daphne.
L'96

LEANNA CARR HUDDLESTON was appointed assistant district attorney in charge, Bessemer division, Domestic Violence Prosecution.