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 Motley
Joins White House Team
Eric Motley '96 has been named
associate deputy director for presidential personnel in the executive
office of the White House in Washington, D.C. The department
is responsible for all major appointments made by President George
W. Bush.
Staff members interview and recommend personnel for high-level
posts, such as ambassadorial appointments, and members of boards
and commissions (National Endowment for the Humanities, New York
Stock Exchange, Smithsonian Institution, etc.).
Motley is completing his doctoral dissertation (on the effect
of Reinhold Niebuhr's work on political, Christian, and social
ethics today) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, where
he is the John Steven Watson University Scholar. From Montgomery,
Motley was student body president at Samford in 199596.
Samford Grads Open Stylish
Chattanooga Restaurant
The next time you're in Chattanooga,
you might want to check out St. John's Restaurant. It's run by
a pair of Samford grads, Danny Lasseter '92 and Nathan Lindley
'96.
The stylish restaurant opened last fall in the historic St. John's
Hotel on Market Street. The hoopla of a new place to eat in a
once-abandoned hotel attracted the crowd early. "But the
food keeps them coming back," said the Chattanooga Times.
Lasseter is executive chef, and his background is impressive.
He attended the Culinary Institute of America and worked at the
Plum Bush Inn in New York after finishing Samford. Then he worked
as a chef at Commander's Palace in New Orleans and Canoe in Atlanta.
Lindley serves as general manager of St. John's. A Chattanooga
native, he developed the idea of opening the restaurant and sought
out Lasseter as executive chef.
"We've actually reached a break-even point in the first
six months," Lindley said in February. "The crowds
have gotten larger, and it's almost all because of word of mouth."
Lasseter describes the restaurant as a French bistro. The menu
changes weekly and emphasizes fresh, seasonal products. A sampling
of specialties: braised veal cheeks with potatoes and onion pepper
chutney, roasted rabbit with agnolotti pasta, braised striped
bass with red beet risotto. The most popular dessert: a chocolate
molten souffle.
'90
KATHY MONTGOMERY CATE is assistant administrator of human resources
at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope. She and her husband, Brent, have
two daughters, Madison, two, and Laura Katherine, born in November.
GEORGE MCNINCH, a math professor at the University of Notre Dame,
South Bend, Ind., is on sabbatical in Arhus, Denmark.
DANIEL WOOD is an attorney with Kullman law firm in Birmingham.
He and his wife, KELLY MASON WOOD '90 have a daughter, Sarah,
born in April.
'91
MICHELLE STANLEY COBB works part-time as a registered nurse at
South County Hospital, Wakefield, R.I. She earned an associate
of science in nursing degree at Greenville Technical College
in South Carolina.
MATTHEW and CYNTHIA EDWARDS FIELDS '93 live in Barbourville,
Ky., where he is minister of music and education at First Baptist
Church. He received a master of church music degree from Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in 1998. She operates a sewing business,
Sew What! They have two daughters, Renee Elizabeth, five, and
Reilly Kaelin, two.
STEPHEN SCOTT is an attorney with the Kullman law firm in New
Orleans.
JAMES M. SMITH L'98 married Tas Shore in September. They live
in Birmingham, where he is an associate at Stockham & Stockham,
P.C. law firm.
'92
MARLA HEARN BOREN and her husband, Jim, married
in September. She is a special education teacher who was named
Teacher of the Year. She is pursuing an education specialist
degree at Georgia State University. They live in the Atlanta
area.
DAN BIRCHFIELD was recently ordained as a Minister of the Word
and Sacrament at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lubbock, Texas,
where he is associate pastor of evangelism and discipleship.
He and his wife, Jessica, recently celebrated their fifth wedding
anniversary.
LYNN MARIE HENDERSON married Robert Carrington Moorer in April.
MICHELLE PEARSON KIRKMAN M.B.A. is accounting manager for Bristol-Myers
Squibb in Greensboro, N.C. She and her husband, Paul, have a
son, Raleigh, three, and daughter, Rachel, nine months. They
live in Pleasant Garden, N.C.
GREGORY ALLEN RADER is senior software engineering specialist
with Rational Software Corporation, Oklahoma City, Okla. He and
his wife, Tracy, have three sons, Camden, five, Cole, two, and
Cade, born in April.
BRAD TWIGG is regional manager of payor relations at HealthSouth
Corporation, Birmingham.
'93
CAROL GUTHRIE is press secretary and speechwriter for U.S. Sen.
Ron Wyden of Oregon. She resides in Washington, D.C.
LYNN HENDERSON married Carrington Moorer in April. She manages
the Homewood Smoothie King, one of three Smoothie Kings run by
her family, including her parents ROBERT '61 and JEANIE
WILSON HENDERSON '62.
PATTI OWEN HUTCHINSON is a part-time
pharmacist at Healthsouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital in
Birmingham. She and her husband, Tracy, have two children, Lauren,
four, and Logan, two.
RYAN KEITH is marketing coordinator for Kancharla Corporation,
a telecommunications provider with headquarters in Huntsville.
He recently earned a master of arts degree in professional communications
at Clemson University.
STEVE LEVAN flies for Aviation Services Group, a non-scheduled
air taxi and aircraft charter/management company in Birmingham.
He is captain on the Beech Baron and first officer on the Beech
King Air 90/200/350 and Beechjet 400.
MICHAEL O'NEAL and SUMMER SISK '99, M.S. Ed. '00, married in
December. He is a State Farm Insurance agent in Birmingham, and
she teaches second grade at Mountain Brook Elementary School.
JEFFREY MARK STOUGH is branch manager for the main office of
SouthTrust Bank in Montgomery.
JORDAN SULLIVAN is a loan processor with America's First Federal
Credit Union in Birmingham.
'94
LEE ANN WOOSLEY DUGGAR and her husband, Chris, live in Orlando,
Fla. She teaches first grade at Orangewood Christian School.
BETH FLOYD is president of Intermark Gillis Public Relations,
Birmingham. Her responsibilities include administrative, account
service and new business activities. Her husband, Mike, is a
law professor and acting dean of Cumberland School of Law.
CHRISTIE BLANTON HELTON is marketing manager of PATHTECH Software
Solutions, a Strategic Technologies, Inc., company. She and her
husband, JOHN HELTON '96, live in Jacksonville, Fla., where he
is human resources administrator for First Baptist Church.
SCOTT KOONCE is liver/GI coordinator at University of Miami/Jackson
Memorial Medical Center, Miami, Fla. He is involved in multiple
research studies, and will soon enroll in a master of science
in nursing/master of business administration degree program.
DOUGLAS E. WOOD married Miranda Gibson in August. They live in
Atmore.
'95
JOHN BRENT BENTON received a doctor of medicine degree from the
University of Louisville School of Medicine in May, and he is
a resident physician with St. Anthony's Hospitals in Denver,
Colo. He and his wife, Amy, live in Lakewood, Colo.
JOYCE KIRKPATRICK DUNCAN of Tucson, Ariz., is among writers featured
in a book, In the Company of Women, published by Old Lieutenant
Press. She writes poetry, essays and fiction based upon her Southern
heritage.
RAND and DENISE SPACKEY JENKINS live in Mansfield, Texas. He
is director of public relations at Dallas Baptist University.
She is a program psychotherapist at the Mungadzee Association.
JASON '96 and CHAMLEE MCGUIRE LOSCUITO live in Atlanta, Ga.,
after graduating from Boston University in May. She earned a
master of social work degree, and is the healthy families associate-Metro
Atlanta, for the Georgia Council on Child Abuse. He earned a
master of theological studies degree and is associate director
of admissions at McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University.
MONTI MICHELLE MARSH is experiencing multicultural nursing as
a staff nurse at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research
Center in Saudi Arabia.
'96
DANIEL C. CRAWFORD is investigator for the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs, St. Petersburg, Fla. He lives in Odessa, Fla.
CHRISTY COPENHAVER GROGAN teaches in Charlotte, N.C. She and
her husband, Alan, have a son, Hunter Cole, one.
DANIEL RICHWINE lives in Waynesville, N.C. with his wife, LAURIE
'97, and daughter, Brigid Colleen, two.
AMY CLARK SNOW recently completed a master's degree in nurse
anesthesia at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A former
resident director at Samford, she is a certified registered nurse
anesthetist at Carraway Hospital in Birmingham.
DAVID MITCHELL WATSON is minister to single adults at First Baptist
Church, Smyrna, Ga. His wife, HOLLY LEO WATSON '97 is a pediatric
intensive care nurse at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in
Atlanta.
'97
JAY and CHRISTINE CHILTON CARR married in May and live in Birmingham.
He is camp director for Student Life, Inc., which hosts summer
camps for students in grades 712. She is a registered nurse
in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at University Hospital
and continues to teach dance and mentor students.
ROB CROWE married Kimberly Pruitt in September. He is a financial
consultant with A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., in Birmingham.
CHARLES FORD is drafting program chair at ITT Technical College,
Birmingham. He received a master's degree in education from Regent
University in May.
AMY KOGLER LANGELER and her husband, Matt, live in Grand Rapids,
Mich. An art director at Zondervan Publishing House, she is pursuing
a master's degree in communications.
GREG MAUSZ is assistant vice president, business development,
for Well Real Estate Funds, Atlanta, Ga. He is one of the youngest
students to be accepted into the Executive M.B.A. program at
Kennesaw State University.
JENNIFER LEIGH PLEDGER is a physical education teacher at Harpeth
Hall High School, Nashville, Tenn.
JENNIFER SCRUGGS married Michael Delozier in January. They live
in Anniston.
L'97
CHARLOTTE CHRISTINE ECKER married Frank Michael Davis, Jr., in
October. They live in Chevy
Chase, Md.
'98
JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER ACUFF is a marketing specialist for Neteos,
Inc., Waltham, Mass. He married JENNIFER ANNE CALBERT '99 in
April 2000. She earned a master's degree in construction management
from Georgia Institute of Technology in December. They live in
Arlington, Mass., where she is assistant project manager for
Adam Construction Corp., Needham, Mass.
JAMIE BARNHART is production assistant at Southern Living magazine,
Birmingham.
SARAH BLACK FARR received a master's degree in broadcast meteorology
from Mississippi State University in December and is the morning/
noon meteorologist anchoring weather for WJRD 7 News, Tuscaloosa.
LIZABETH PIPER LEATHERS is a fitness analyst in the rehabilitation
unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham. She and her husband,
Stephen, live in Helena.
CHRIS and ERIN CHEEK ROBBINS are both middle school teachers
in Hoover.
SHEENA VIRJI works at Adecco Employment Services, Atlanta, Ga.
She is on-site supervisor at one of the company's largest Atlanta
clients, Herman Miller, Inc.
'99
KELANA CULVER married Mike Maney in September. They work for
Campus Crusade for Christ in Tampa, Fla.
JENNIFER R. DOUGLASS is assistant advertising production manager
for Cooking Light magazine, published by Southern Progress Corporation,
Birmingham.
Sgt. KEN DRAKE was an accelerated graduate of the Armed Forces
School of Music in December. He is tuba section leader at the
I Corps U.S. Army Band at Fort Lewis, Wash.
ZACHARY KING and ASHLEY DAYE WELLS '00 married in September.
They live in Omaha, Neb.
GRETCHEN HULSE MCWHORTER and her husband, Justin, live in Huntington
Beach, Calif. She is a media relations coordinator for IBM.
JOSHUA A. MURPHY is employed by Comforce Corporation as an information
technolgy consultant with Accenture Consulting at BellSouth in
Birmingham.
KRISTIN MICHELE PAGE is a hospital social worker in the neonatal
intensive care, transplant and oncology units of All Children's
Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. She is pursuing a master's degree
in social work at the University of South Florida, Tampa.
ADAM PLANT and ABBEY ANDERSON '00 married in December. They live
in Tuscaloosa.
CHRIS PRICE is pursuing a master of divinity degree at New College,
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, on a Rotary International
Fellowship.
AMANDA TREADWAY and BRETT CHAPMAN '00 married in March. They
live in Orlando, Fla., where he teaches and coaches, and she
is a nurse.
DAVID HARNEY WALKER, a sales representative for Eli Lilly &
Company in central Alabama, lives in Montgomery. He was a ski
instructor in Colorado during the winter of 19992000.
PAUL and ANNA R. WAMSTEAD '00 live in Montgomery. He is a project
specialist for the Auburn University Center for Business and
Economic Development. She teaches fifth and sixth grade at Churchill
Academy, a school for children with special learning needs.
JEFF WINDHAM completed the master of accountancy degree program
at the University of Alabama in August and is enrolled in law
school.
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