Class Notes
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College of SET | School of Agriculture

College of BPA

Jerry L. Furby '76 B.S. Finance is vice president of business banking with National City in Chicago. He lives in Geneva, Ill.

Rhonda Gail Crutcher Byrd '78 B.S. Accounting and an accounting analyst with TVA in Cumberland City, Tenn. She lives in Dover, Tenn.

Keith Alan Brogan '86 B.S. Business Administration is a sales executive with Quebecor World in Boca Raton, Fla.   He lives in Lake Worth, Fla.

Amanda Morrison Fischer '92 B.S.B. Business Administration is a servicing compliance officer with U.S. Bank Home Mortgage in Owensboro, Ky.

Gregory Bennett '93 B.S. Electronic Media is workforce manager with Charter Communications in Simpsonville, S.C., where he and his wife, the former Jennifer Ragsdale '93 B.A.B. Management and Spanish, live.

Rebecca Lewis '93 B.S.B. Marketing married Bruce Conen Nov. 3, 2007. She is manager of physician billing services with Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind., and lives in Newburgh, Ind.

John Patrick Taylor '93 B.S. Electronic Media is a project scheduler in the manufacturing department with Sikorsky Aircraft.   He lives in Cohocton, N.Y.

Terri Fowler Kelly '00 B.S. Political Science is senior sales consultant with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. She lives in Germantown, Tenn.

Gregory Calhoun Taylor '00 B.S. Organizational Communication is a realtor with RE/MAX Associates. He lives in Louisville, Ky.

Kimberly Morris Gill '03 is pharmacy communications process manager with Humana in Louisville, Ky.

Lisa Marie Heine '03 B.S. Organizational Communication is marketing and communications coordinator with the United Way in Paducah, Ky.

Andrea Scott Mills '03 B.A. Public Relations is senior account executive with McNeely Pigott and Fox Public Relations in Nashville, Tenn. She lives in Hermitage, Tenn.

Melony Alicia Jones '04 M.S. Mass Communication is a communication specialist with Austin Peay State University.

Melissa Gibbs Hardin '06 B.S.B.   '06 M.P.C. is an accounting associate in the audit department with KPMG. She lives in Smyrna, Tenn.

Stephen Kerstens '06 B.S.B Management/Human Resources is a web developer in the computer center with Lipscomb University. He lives in Russellville, Ky.

Kellen Lea Allen '07 B.S.B. Business Administration is a business support specialist in the commercial loans department with BB&T in Bowling Green, Ky.

Taylor Adams Johnson '07 B.A. Advertising works in customer service with Hampton Hotels in Brentwood, Tenn. He lives in Nashville, Tenn.

College of Education

Jean McMullin Thompson '82 B.S. Elementary Education is a teacher in   Weakly County schools in Martin, Tenn. She lives in Dresden, Tenn.

Amanda Beers McFarland '01 B.S. Elementary Education '04 M.A.E. is employed with Moonlite Field Repair Inc. in Thompsonville, Ill.

Morgan C. Hicks '04 B.S. Health and Physical Education '06 M.A.E. won the gold medal in the women's 50M three-position rifle competition at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March. She is head coach of women's rifle at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb.

Casey Lee O'Daniel '04 B.S. Elementary Education married David Jonathan Tillman June 21, 2008. She is a Pre-K teacher at Lakeview Elementary School and lives in Waverly, Tenn.

College of Health Sciences and Human Services

Martha Ross Odle Erwin '69 B.S.N is vice president and chief legal officer for Georgia facilities with HCA in Old Hickory, Tenn.

Karen Miller Welch '78 B.S. Communication Disorders '80 M.S. Journalism is manager/co-pastor with New Life in Murray, Ky., where she and her husband, Mark '78 B.S. '86 M.S. Journalism, live.

Brian J. Black '92 B.S. Industrial Technology '93 M.S. Occupational Safety and Health is senior human resources manager with PPG Architectural Coatings. He and his wife, the former Jennifer Haysley '93 B.S. Elementary Education, live in Louisville, Ky.

Margaret “Meg” Sommerkamp '95 B.S.   '97 M.S. Communication Disorders is a speech/language pathologist in the special education department with Wellington-Napoleon R-IX School District in Wellington, Mo. She lives in Warrensburg, Mo.

Bryan M. Williams '01 B.S. Occupational Safety and Health and his wife, Kimberly are the parents of Destiny Nicole born April 4, 2008. He is safety supervisor in the demolition/recycling department with Kimmins Contracting Corp. in Tampa, Fla.

Ryan Cole Allen '07 B.S. Occupational Safety and Health married Kara Gaskins June 30, 2007. He is a loss control consultant with Summit Holdings. They live in Greenback, Tenn.

College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Elizabeth Eissler Ison '86 B.S. Criminal Justice is senior administrator in the registrar's office with the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Ind. She lives in Chandler, Ind.

Anne Marie Gardner '00 B.S. Theatre is fundraising manager with the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago.

John Lance Lee '06 B.A. Spanish is a teaching assistant in the romance languages department with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Garrett S. Frank '07 B.A. History married Lindsey Ann June 16, 2007.

David Lashlee '90 M.S. Geography is associate technical director with Topographic Engineering Center in Alexandria, Va. He lives in Stafford, Va.

College of Science, Engineering and Technology

Bennett Troy Patterson '92 B.S. Civil Engineering Technology is lead estimator with the Georgia Department of Transportation. He lives in Moreland, Ga.

C. Taylor Maxwell '99 B.S. Environmental Engineering Technology is an engineering manager in the Carolinas market area with Waste Management in Elgin, S.C. He lives in Lexington, S.C.

Kevin Michael Chander '03 B.S. Industrial Technology/Drafting & Design is a CAD analyst with SAIC in Huntsville, Ala.

Jason Eugene Waller '04 B.S. Biology is a wildlife biologist in the hunting and game management department with the FF Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. He lives in Ft. McCoy, Fla.

Jason Ryan Maxwell Ferris '05 B.S. Geoscience is a lab manager with Asher Inc. in Louisville, Ky.

School of Agriculture

Ronald Edward Hobbs '79 B.S. '82 M.S. Agricultural Science is an account representative with Over The Top Sales & Marketing. He lives in Tigard, Ore.