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      Alumni Reunion Weekend 2009 Recap

The Golden Anniversary Class of 1959 poses for a group photo at the Emeritus Club Luncheon.

Top row, from left: Leo Hill, A.D. Pollock, Jerry Roberts, John Randolph, Rodney Finley, E.L. Partenheimer, Bob Garner, Jim Eakle, Charles Burns, Martha Starbuck Harding, Harriet Smith Reed, Terry Darnall;

Third row, from left: Hal Seaton, Larry Mahurin, Sue Grable Nash, Lindsay Freeman Smith, Liz Webb Weinhardt, Carolyn Roberts Edwards, Marie Grubbs Maines, Jim Vaden, Cleat Cagle, Jim Hahn, Pete Waldrop, Marshall Gordon;

Second row, from left: David Bowell, Clara Atkins Pollock, Georgia McCutcheon Cowger, Budde Egner, Pat Perdew Miller, Millie King Emerson, Barbara Walker Hauser, Nancy Westerfield Crass, Mary Lou Tuggle Roark, Garth Petrie;

Bottom row, from left: Jenny Evans Rogers, Martha Stinson Crafton, Joan Love Bowker, Judy Lewis McBride, Fidelia Austin Risk, Harry Furches, Jeanette Paschall Furches, Jean LaNeve Sauve, Sue Carnal Smith, Earl Harris, Ed Lacy

 

The class of 1960 was also recognized during Alumni Reunion Weekend for the first ever cluster reunion.

Front row, from left: Vern Billinger, Carolyn Holmes Billinger, Lillian Harrington Taggart, Wanda Barnes Peterson, Beverly Broutin Lacy, Twila Altig Dowell, Sue Bowell Smith, Bill Wells;

Back row, from left: Richard Emerson, Martha Cunningham Lewis, Jane Freeman Wells, Alma Atwood Ashby Owen, Ron Atwood, J.D. Pique, J. Marshall Gage, Bob Arington

 

The reunion kicked-off with a meet-and-greet at the Big Apple Cafe, a popular hangout for MSU students today.

 

Classmates at the Big Apple Cafe.

 

Clara Atkins Pollock '59, A.D. Pollock '59 and Bud McGaw '58 at the Big Apple Cafe.

 

Jenny Evans Rogers '59 and Martha Stinson Crafton '59 at the Mornin' Minglin' breakfast.

 

Jane Seaton, Pete Waldrop '59 and Hal Seaton '59.

 

Charles Burns '59 and Terry Darnall '59 at the Easley Alumni Center.

 

Classmates Jim Eakle, John Randolph and Bob Garner of the '59 class.

 

Reunion group at the Easley Alumni Center.

 

Sue Bowell Smith '60, David Bowell '59, Skip McBride and Roger Philip Smith '62 tour Wrather Museum.

 

Millie King Emerson '59, second from left, asked members of the '59 class to join her as she lead the Murray State Alma Mater. The MSU alma mater was written by A.B. Austin, father of '59 classmate Fidelia Austin Risk.

 

Ladies of the '59 class. Back row, from left, Carolyn Roberts Edwards, Liz Webb Weinhardt and Harriet Smith Reed. Front row from left, Jenny Evans Rogers and Martha Stinson Crafton.

 

Seated left to right is Joan Love Bowker, Fidelia Austin Risk, Sue Grable Nash and Martha Starbuck Harding of the '59 class wait in the Murray Room of the Regional Special Events Center prior to being recognized at the 2009 Spring Commencement ceremony.

 

From left: Jim Eakle, Sue Carnal Smith, Harriet Smith Reed, Jean LaNeve Sauve and Cleat Cagle of the '59 class.

 

Front row, from left, Liz Webb Weinhardt, Marie Grubbs Maines and Barbara Walker Hauser. Back row, from left, Jenny Evans Rogers, Carolyn Roberts Edwards and Martha Stinson Crafton.

 

Class of '59 gentlemen in the Murray Room.

 

The class of '59 walking to their front rows seats at the Commencement ceremony.

 

The Golden Anniversary Class of 1959 is recognized by MSU President Dr. Randy Dunn, the 2009 graduates and their family and friends.

 
 
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