1957
In January, Dr. B.G. Stephens, Jim Hipp ’73, Woody Willard Jr. ’74 and David Britt ’77 were presented with the Spartanburg County Historical Association’s annual Peggy Thompson Gignilliat Preservation Award for their efforts to restore the Glendale Shoals bridge. The award was presented by Charlie Gray ’72, Spartanburg County Historical Association vice president.
1959
Former high school football coach Gary Roper was inducted into the Cambridge Academy Athletics Hall of Fame in Greenwood, S.C.
1968
Henry Giles Jr. recently celebrated 50 years with Spartanburg Community College. He has served the past six years as the college’s president.
1969
In January, Perseus Holdings USA, an immune-oncology company focused on the development of immunemediated technologies for the treatment of cancer, appointed Billy Pearson to its board of directors.
1970
Emerson Bell was elected to the board of trustees of the University of the South (Sewanee), representing the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Bell is retired and living in Charlotte.
1972
Dr. David Martin Keith recently celebrated his 40th anniversary of practicing medicine in Union, S.C. Keith and his wife, Sue, are parents to a son and a daughter and have seven grandchildren. They are members of Grace United Methodist Church in Union.
1973
Wesley Hammond spoke at Happy Hollow Park in Spartanburg about the legacy of Newt Hardie, founder of the Trees Coalition. Hammond is a member of the Converse Heights Neighborhood Association and a volunteer for both the Trees Coalition and the Kudzu Coalition of the Upstate of South Carolina.
1974
Dr. John Anthony White Jr. and his wife, Bonnie, moved into a new, highly efficient home in the Green Grove Cohousing Community in their longtime hometown of Forest Grove, Ore. White is in his 25th year of teaching occupational therapy at Pacific University.
1976
William James Bannen is the senior supervisor for regulatory affairs at Nutra Manufacturing Inc., in Greenville, S.C. Bannen also plays bass guitar for the band Solidifide.
1977
In June, Jim Hackney began his new position as executive vice president for advancement for Kanuga, a conference, retreat and camp center in Hendersonville, N.C.
1978
After 27 years at Murray-Calloway County Hospital in Murray, Ky., Dr. Dewey Dean Jr. retired as pathologist and laboratory medical director. Dean and his wife plan to move to Lexington, Ky., to be close to their daughter and grandson.
Century Glass in Columbia, S.C., has welcomed Phil Cardone as the newest sales representative in the company’s northeast Columbia branch.
1981
Ronnie Andrews Jr. is the new CEO at OncoCyte Corp., a developer of noninvasive tests for the early detection of lung cancer, in Alameda, Calif. He serves on the Wofford Board of Trustees.
1983
The Rev. Dr. Buddy Phillips is the new senior pastor at St. Paul’s Waccamaw United Methodist Church in Pawley’s Island, S.C.
1984
Meg Hunt, special projects director and media relations coordinator for the Upcountry History Museum in Greenville, S.C., was awarded the 2019 National Federation of Press Women’s President’s Award.
1985
In June, Rick Morales, owner of Morales Construction Co. Inc., was named a Florida certified master builder.
1986
After 15 years of service as the superintendent of Spartanburg School District Five, Scott Turner joined Greenville County Schools as the deputy superintendent.
1987
David Shelly Mullis Jr., formerly with Turner/ Warner Media, is relocating from Atlanta, Ga., to Upstate South Carolina. Mullins says that Wofford always has felt like home to him, and he is excited to be back.
The Index-Journal of Greenwood, S.C., recently published an article about James Anderson Timmerman, president and CEO of Abbeville First Bank and cochairman of the Abbeville Promise, a scholarship program for local students.
1989
Will Kellett is an account executive with KeyMark, an enterprise content management solutions provider in Liberty, S.C.
1990
After leading the company’s most recent expansion into St. George, S.C., Tripp Lee has been promoted to vice president of sales and operations for Frasier Tire Service Inc.
1991
In May, Lillian Gonzalez was promoted to professor of accounting, business and finance at Wofford.
On May 22, Wendy White Tiegreen was the keynote speaker at a workshop, “Employing Peer Support & Family Peer Support,” in Des Moines, Iowa. Tiegreen is the director of Medicaid and health system innovation for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
1993
In addition to being promoted to the position of safety, health and environmental director for manufacturing at Nestle in Aurora, Ohio, Ray Ashley McGuire has become a certified safety professional.
Dr. David Douglas Grier accepted a new position as a hematopathologist with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Division of Pathology.
1994
Mike Alan Greer joined the Marsh & McLennan Agency as manager for the employee health and benefits division for its Virginia locations.
1996
On Feb. 6, Kirk Griffin was elected to the position of circuit court judge, at-large, seat 2 by the South Carolina General Assembly. Griffin lives in Sumter, S.C., with his wife, Suzanne, and their two children, Mary Margaret and Ryan.
1997
Craig Parks was named director of public affairs and advocacy for the University of South Carolina. In this new role, Parks will help shape and implement the university system’s advocacy and policy positions and programs throughout the state.
1998
On July 14, the Rev. Will Malambri became the new senior pastor at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church in Murrells Inlet, S.C. Malambri is a member of the Wofford Board of Trustees.
Dr. Gregory Michael Mikota and his wife, Camila, welcomed son Henry Michael Mikota on June 21, 2018. They live in Sumter, S.C., with their other children, Cecilia and Penelope.
Robert Alexander Stacy has been promoted to chief operating officer with Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate. The new position required that he and his family relocate from Winston-Salem, N.C., to Pensacola, Fla.
1999
In February, Bentley Douglas Price was elected circuit court judge, resident seat 2, in Charleston, S.C.
2001
Kev’s Best, a blog that rates businesses, named Dr. Lindsey Bigbie Finklea as one of the top dermatologists in the San Antonio, Texas, area.
Katy Anne Ritter married Matthew William Weiser on June 1, in Nampa, Idaho. The couple lives in Eagle, Idaho, and Ritter is director of the Office of Technology Transfer at Boise State University.
2003
In May, East Cooper Community Outreach named eight new board members, including Andrew Victor Davis. Davis is the CFO and owner of Stavis Enterprises Inc., in Mount Pleasant, S.C.
2004
Erin Michelle Bradley has joined the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington on its regional advocacy team. In this role, Bradley will represent commercial and residential multifamily member interests before the Prince George County government and the state of Maryland.
Leland Grant Close has joined the Nexsen Pruet law firm in Greenville, S.C., where he practices employment and labor law.
Jean Cecil Frick wrote and published an article for midlandsbiz.com, an online business magazine focusing on the Columbia, S.C., area. In the article, Frick explains the benefits of a comprehensive stakeholder engagement plan for businesses. She is a senior strategic advisor at NP Strategy in Columbia.
John Pendleton Moore married Martha Fairey Albergotti ’08 on June 8, at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Anderson, S.C. The couple lives in Spartanburg, where John is the president and chief compliance officer for MTM Investment Management.
Joe Walker was the 2019 recipient of Multi-Unit Franchisee’s MVP Veteran Entrepreneurship Award. Walker’s business portfolio includes Marco’s Pizza and Carolina Mattress and Furniture as well as other marketing, construction and real estate companies. The award is given annually for outstanding performance, leadership and innovation by a military veteran.
After serving as executive director of Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust for six years, Joseph Raleigh West accepted a new position as director of the South Carolina Conservation Bank in Columbia.
2007
Dr. Heidi Bostic, assistant professor of chemistry, received tenure at Wofford in May.
Jennifer Dillenger, vice president for institutional advancement at Spartanburg Methodist College, has been named chief of staff. In her new role, she will support and coordinate the execution of collegewide projects undertaken by the president.
Justin Wayne Richards spent three weeks this summer in a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean exploring the deep-water features of Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll and Jarvis Island.
The Bellamy Law Firm announced that Brucie Hendricks Smith has joined the firm as an associate in its Pawley’s Island, S.C., office.
2009
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd attorney John Kenneth Langford graduated from Leadership Columbia, an annual 10-month program that provides the Columbia, S.C., community with an enduring source of diverse leaders.
Ad Boyle and his wife, Lindsay, welcomed daughter Eloise Lowndes Boyle on March 22. Boyle recently was named director of South Risk Management’s employee benefits division in Columbia, S.C.
On July 31, Catherine Paige Hanson and her husband, Alan, welcomed their first child, James Chaney Hanson. They live in McLean, Va.
2010
Michael Quinn Gault has joined Harrison White as a member of the law firm’s civil litigation team in its Spartanburg office.
Morgan Neuhoff has joined the National Association of Convenience Stores as its state association advocacy manager in Alexandria, Va.
Howard Lee Salters Jr. has accepted a new position as senior account manager at Milliken and Co., in Spartanburg.
2011
Claudia Albergotti married Stuart Ruffin on May 18, at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Anderson, S.C. Claudia is the executive vice president at Johnson Management in Spartanburg.
After completing his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Florida in May, John Darby Smith accepted a postdoctoral position at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M.
2012
Bates Adair and Emily Poeppelman were married in Asheville, N.C., on April 27. The couple lives in Charlotte, N.C., where Bates is a tax consultant with Deloitte.
Reagan Styles Breitenstein earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Arizona State University and is conducting postdoctoral research at Indiana University. Her husband, Eric Breitenstein ’13, is a teacher and coach at Jackson Creek Middle School in Bloomington, Ind.
Cash Collins and Natalie Ann Viator were married on May 17, in Atlanta, Ga. They live in Atlanta, where Cash is a senior consultant at CFO Solutions.
Bowdre Fortson is the director of admission at St. Margaret’s School in Tappahannock, Va. She had been serving as the associate director of admission.
2013
In June, the Rev. Katherine Haselden Crimm was introduced to Kingstree United Methodist Church as the congregation’s new minister.
2015
James Anthony Daly and Olivia Anne Warner were married on May 18, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Greenwood, S.C. The couple lives in Greenville, S.C., where James co-owns a recycling business, Daly Organics, and Olivia is a lawyer with Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein.
Lauren Kirby Bove has taken a position as the director of learning support services with the Department of Athletics at Baylor University.
2017
Andrew Lathan Novak had five top-25 finishes during the 2018-19 season of the Korn Ferry Tour. He finished tied for fifth at the Country Club de Bogota Championship.
2018
Lauren Elizabeth Reid married Emery Ford on June 8, in Columbia, S.C. Lauren is in medical school at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston.
2019
Molly Elizabeth Humphries and Mikey Ray Owens Jr. were married on June 1, in Spartanburg. The couple resides in Kansas City, Mo.
Former men’s basketball forward Cam Jackson has signed with the Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club in Germany. Fletcher Magee also signed a professional contract with Monbus Obradoiro in Spain. Before moving to Spain, Magee played with the Milwaukee Bucks in the team’s summer league.