NCSSM

WINTER SPRING 2008

M A G A Z I N E

Has it really
been 25 years?
A look back at what’s changed
since the Class of ‘82

+ AND
Class of 1994 alumnus Bryant Griffin’s
true Hollywood story
NCSSM teacher pays it forward
Mini-Term: Learning without limits

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FROM THE CHANCELLOR

This past fall, the inaugural Class of 1982 returned to the campus of the North
Carolina School of Science and Mathematics for its 25th Reunion. Much had
changed for them in the quarter-century since they last roamed the halls of
NCSSM. They were teenagers then – wide-eyed and optimistic – but with a
motivation and pioneering spirit beyond their years. They were, after all, the
first class in what was an incredibly unique experiment in public secondary
education. In many ways, NCSSM and its inaugural class were much alike.

Now, those creative and motivated young students have become creative
and motivated adults, still characterized by a pursuit of purpose and a love for
learning. Everyday, they contribute to the well-being of their communities in
tangible and significant ways. NCSSM has grown with them, undergoing many
exciting changes of its own.

Back in 1980, the first NCSSM class totaled 150 students. Today, nearly 650 students roam the same halls – an
all-time high for the school – and plans are in place for a campus expansion to accommodate an additional 250
on-campus students. And now that NCSSM is officially a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina,
many more exciting things are on the horizon. Truly the pioneering spirit that defined the School back in 1980
remains strong today.

As chancellor of NCSSM for the last eight years, I have been extremely fortunate to bear witness to the remarkable
happenings on this campus everyday. I can see more clearly than ever the courage and foresight North Carolina’s
leaders had when they created such a ground-breaking institution more than 27 years ago – an institution that
has inspired 18 others like it around the world. More than 27 years later and with 26 graduating classes out in the
world, NCSSM continues to maintain its reputation for excellence as it crafts North Carolina’s exceptional learners
into the world’s exceptional leaders.

Gerald L. Boarman, Ed.D.

Chancellor
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

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History
instructor
Jamie Lathan
gets a
presidential
pat on the
back.
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Features
5 Archaeologist’s Dream
Sights Drought leads Joe Liles and NCSSM students to uncover remnants of
of the lost 200-year-old village in the bed of Falls Lake.
Galapagos:
Mini-Term 6 There’s Nothing Mini About It
takes
Mini-Term, a cornerstone of NCSSM academics, is
learning
an experience unlike any other. Read more about the genesis
to the next
level. of Mini-Term and how it is shaping the lives of students today.
Page 6
32 Keeping the Faith
NCSSM history instructor Jamie Lathan wins President’s Volunteer
Service Award for his work with at-risk youth in Durham’s Cornwallis
community.

35 Alumni Weekend
Bryant Highlights from Alumni Weekend 2007, which honored the Classes
Griffin ‘94 of ‘02, ‘97, ‘92, ‘87 and ‘82 with the School’s first-ever 25th Reunion.
takes on
Hollywood 38 Bryant Griffin’s True Hollywood Story
cinema.
Page 38 You won’t see Class of ‘94 alumnus Bryant Griffin’s face on the silver
screen, but chances are you will see his special effects. Find out how
he went from North Carolina to San Francisco to work for George
Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic.

42 Commencement 2007
The Class of 2007 was inducted into the ranks of the School’s alumni
last June, marking NCSSM’s 26th Commencement.

Cover The Regulars Annual Report

36 NCSSM: BACK IN THE DAY 10 NCSSM Annual Fund 14 2006-2007

Take a trip down memory lane and NCSSM Foundation
see how NCSSM and the world have 31 Touchdown Club Annual Report
changed through the years of the
Alumni Weekend 2007 reunion classes.
45 Class Notes

48 NCSSM Calendar
 In Focus
Brittany Montgomery ’09 is all
smiles as she and 344 other
4 incoming juniors from across North
Carolina move into their new home
at NCSSM in late August.
The Class of ’09 is the largest in the
School’s 28-year history.
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Archaeologist’s dream
Drought uncovers ruins at Falls Lake giving students rare glimpse into North Carolina’s history
Students, under the direction of archaeologist Ramie Gougeon, sift through dirt and sediment in hopes
of finding artifacts at the site of 200-year-old Colonial ruins at Falls Lake.
By BRIANNE DOPART
When a week of rain brought an end to the
2005 drought, art teacher Joe Liles thought
he’d lost an amazing opportunity.
It was in that year that Liles, an outdoorsman
and teacher at the N.C. School of Science
and Mathematics, had discovered an
archeologist’s dream in the bed of Falls Lake:
the remnants of a lost 200-year-old village.
Liles said he’d always sought out projects
that would get him and his students out of
the classroom and into nature. When, in 2003,
the Eno River Association asked him if he was
interested in a project plotting the course of
Fish Dam Road, an old colonial corridor that
began at the onetime capital of Hillsborough,
Liles said he wasn’t that interested.
But as Liles and his students began
discovering that parts of the road still lay
hidden in the forests and even some urban
areas of Orange, Durham and Wake counties,
the class and Liles’ collective interest rose.
“The students felt they were explorers,”
he said.“They felt they were discovering
something everyone else had forgotten.”
The class tracked the road from west of the
Eno across two county lines to Falls Lake,
Feature: Falls Lake Ruins
“I never expected it would happen so soon,”
Liles said.
Fast forward to the drought of 2007, when
water levels at Falls Lake are so low that large
portions of the bed are dried and cracked.
Finally able to begin their dig, state
archaeologists and the Army Corps of
Engineers, led by archaeologist Ramie
Gougeon, enlisted Liles and his students
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to assist with the painstaking work of
sifting through piles of dirt in the hope of
unearthing clues.
Twenty-nine students, all currently juniors
and seniors at NCSSM, spent afternoons this
past Monday through Thursday digging,
sifting and uncovering what they discovered
to be the foundations of nine buildings and
an array of artifacts, including a doorhandle,
a hand iron, an axe head and a piece of glass
where the road apparently dropped off into
bottle bearing the letter “C.”
the lake basin. A long period without rain
in 2005 left the basin dry and gave Liles an
“I’ve always loved history, but didn’t know
idea. The art instructor went out and saw
much about archaeology,” said Carey
what he determined to be the foundations
Averbook, 16, a junior from Pinehurst.
of old buildings he now believes to be the
Averbook said she wasn’t sure if archaeology
village of Fish Dam, a settlement named for
would be a career path for her, but the
a nearby stone weir American Indians used
opportunity to assist in the dig definitely
for catching fish in the Neuse River, since
got her interested in exploring the subject
dammed to create Falls Lake.
further.
Liles called the state archaeology
Senior Natalia Chodelski, 17, of Charlotte was
department in Raleigh, which would later
struck by the significance of the work. The
come out to examine the site and date it to
effort, she said, would ensure this forgotten
sometime in the early 1800s or before.
history would not just “disappear into
blackness.”
“They were impressed, even amazed,” Liles
said.
Averbook too seemed in awe of the history
of it all, and said she was impressed at the
The state archaeologists enlisted the help
thought of standing where someone had
of the Army Corps of Engineers, who visited
stood 200 years ago.“And you don’t know
Liles’ discovery in December 2005.
who stood there, who stood in that same
place.”
An official from the Corps “saw these ruins
and he immediately authorized the funding
“For me, this is the ultimate teaching
for a dig,” Liles said.“Almost as soon as he
experience,” said Liles,“Where you take
did that, we had rain for a week.”
something that was a mystery and make
it understandable, and you give students
Since then, Liles has been hoping that,
the chance to be on the front lines of that
during his teaching career, there would be 5
understanding.”
another drought, another opportunity to
give his students the chance to learn by
For more on the Fish Dam Road project, see
doing.
“There’s Nothing Mini About It” on Page 6.
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 there’s

mini
nothing From studying plant
and animal species in
Ecuador to mapping a
lost Colonial road
in the Piedmont,
about it Mini-Term gives
students an opportunity
unlike any other

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 Feature: Mini-Term
By BRIAN FAIRCLOTH

W
hen NCSSM’s founding faculty and
administrators first came together to plan
the life of the School, they knew they wanted
to create an academic environment that was
as unique as the School itself. High on their to-do list was
creating significant learning opportunities for students
outside of the traditional classroom and curriculum. For
years, colleges and universities had been offering these
kinds of specialized, focused learning opportunities between
semesters, often called Mini-Semesters. The School’s
planners decided to implement a similar program and, with
that, Special Projects Week (SPW) became part of the NCSSM
academic curriculum. Today, SPW is known as Mini-Term
and is one of the most popular and recognized academic
opportunities at NCSSM.

Mini-Term works like this: for one week each academic year,
traditionally in the spring, regular classes are suspended.
During this time, students are actively involved in specialized
projects in subject areas that are of particular interest to
them. Quite often, students spend the preceding months
laying the groundwork for their project. Though the work
is detailed and intense, it is carried out at a slower, more
relaxed pace. Students are learning for the sake of learning
without the pressure of an end-of-course exam or the
necessity of covering a set amount of curriculum.

“Something like this would be very difficult to implement in

a regular high school because they have to follow a standard
curriculum and they have curriculum guides that dictate
when things need to take place,” says Tom Clayton, NCSSM’s
director of academic programs. “There’s just not a lot of time,
particularly when [Mini Term] takes seven academic days.
There’s just almost no way to implement that at a traditional
high school.”

In Mini-Term’s early days, all projects were student-designed

and approved by faculty members. In an effort to tighten the
program’s structure and increase its educational value in the
ensuing years, faculty became more and more involved in
creating special study options.

“A number of faculty members look at this time as an

incubator for their own course ideas,” Clayton says. “A
number of them want time to work on a particular academic
idea or project . . . that they felt was important and maybe
interesting to students, but also potentially something that
we would add to the curriculum.”

Examples of courses in the current NCSSM curriculum that

began as Mini-Term activities include Creative Writing,
Environmental Chemistry, Esperanto, Film Criticism,
Forensics, Fractals & Chaos, High-Speed Imaging, Recording The Galapagos
Technology, Robotics, Southern Literature, Women’s Studies, During Mini-Term 2007, students had the chance to study abroad, including
and World Music. traveling to Galapagos National Park to study Ecuador’s native plant and
animal species. Left: NCSSM students, alongside Dr. Myra Halpin and
Today, all faculty members are required to participate in Dr. Amy Scheck , investigate the biology of this rich and diverse region. 7
Mini-Term. Approximately two-thirds of the student body
participate in teacher-led projects, while the other third carry

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 Feature: Mini-Term
Physics
Under the direction of physics instructor Dr. Chuck Britton, students
during Mini-Term 2006 construct a trebuchet, a medieval military device
similar to a catapult.
out approved independently designed or team-designed
projects under the guidance of an adult member of the
NCSSM community.
The teacher-designed Mini-Term study options available
to students are numerous, and cover the entire academic
spectrum. The most recent Mini-Term Proposed Courses
catalog includes more than 30 teacher-designed research
possibilities ranging from the study of alternative energy
sources to the math and physics of aviation to the creation,
administration, and management of a computer grid system.
Almost all of the projects take place in non-traditional
settings, i.e. outside of the usual classroom, exactly as the
School’s planners envisioned. Students often work around
campus, or even off-campus in the community.
A number of Mini-Term courses each year are built around
trips abroad where students study natural, cultural, historic
and scientific issues. The most recent Mini-Term saw students
traveling to places such as Belize, the Galapagos Islands,
8 and Spain. Edward Poyo ’08 participated in a trip to Central
Europe.
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“Since coming back from Europe, I have used examples of the
history we learned, culture we saw, and random trivia that
our tour guides shared with us on everything from the SAT to
college applications,” Edward says. “Being able to incorporate
European history into normal aspects of NCSSM life has even
given me huge boosts on papers for classes. ... That mindset,
although not even close to that of an authentic European, has
made me think much more of our impact [on] and interaction
with the rest of the world.”
Students need not travel far beyond the NCSSM community
to engage in meaningful research. During one recent
Mini-Term, a group of students immersed themselves in a
documentary film-making project, led by History Instructor
Katy Fenn, called “Vanishing Durham”. While engaged in this
project, students delved deep into the history of Durham, all
the while acquiring film-making, research, and interview skills.
Over the course of two Mini-Terms (2003 and 2004), art
instructor Joe Liles led his students on another local project.
Together they documented a colonial road that ran from
a crossing on the Neuse River between Wake and Durham
“The students told me, as they were
discovering these old remnants of the
road in the woods, that they felt like
they were discovering something that
everybody else had forgotten. They
told me that this was an exhilarating,
addictive kind of feeling. The enthusiasm
that generated was incredible to behold.”
- Joe Liles
counties to the colonial capital of Hillsborough in Orange
County. The documentation of this road led to the discovery
of a long-forgotten village circa 1800 and a federally-funded,
post-Mini-Term archaeological dig in which a number of
NCSSM students were invited to participate.
“The students told me, as they were discovering these
old remnants of the road in the woods, that they felt like
they were discovering something that everybody else
had forgotten,” Liles says. “They told me that this was an
exhilarating, addictive kind of feeling. The enthusiasm that
generated was incredible to behold.” (For more on the
archaeological dig, see “Archaeologist’s Dream” on Page 5.)

Robotics
One of the greatest benefits afforded to students at NCSSM is the myriad of academic opportunities they have at their disposal. One such opportunity
is to study robotics, which effectively combines several disciplines such as mathematics, physics and engineering. Here, a student works on a robotics
project during Mini-Term 2005.
Like many of the academic programs that make NCSSM such
a unique institution, the success of Mini-Term relies in part on
philanthropic support from the community. In 2000, Wachovia
Bank signed on as Mini-Term’s sponsor and has, along with
the Wachovia Foundation, remained the program’s sole
corporate and foundation sponsor. Their support has allowed
Academic Programs to authorize each academic department
to spend up to $2,500 on textbooks and equipment, provided
that everything purchased will be reused during succeeding
Mini-Terms or incorporated into the regular curriculum. Also,
each student is authorized to request up to $10 through
their Instructor/Sponsor for any type of supplies or materials
utilized in Mini-Term courses or projects.
The program has matured along with the School and will
almost certainly remain in its present tried-and-true format
Feature: Mini-Term
for years to come. The only challenge in the foreseeable future
is one that most externally-funded programs at NCSSM share
– the identification and acquisition of future funding. Given
the program’s history and success, however, Mini-Term will
surely continue to be an attractive academic investment to
corporations and foundations seeking to positively impact
math and science education.
Mini-Term’s future as a unique and rare educational program
among high schools is promising. In a school noted for its
advanced curriculum and numerous extracurricular academic
opportunities, it still stands out. Leslie Brinson, long-time NCSSM
biology instructor and veteran of many Mini-Term research trips,
summed up Mini-Term’s value in just a few words.
“It is,” she says, “even better than our classes.” 9
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 Refreshments for Colloquium Events
Table linens at 2007 senior award ceremony
Linens for Ethics and Leadership
Senior Awards Ceremony
Drama Board rehearsal scripts
Tunings for 6 pianos
Weekend art sessions/workshop supplies
Keystone Science School
it’s about relationships.
– Youth Policy Summit on Obesity
Faculty Colloquium dinner
it’s about scholarship.
Year-End Slideshow
Paint for theatrical sets
Refreshments for student aids during book
it’s about sportsmanship.
collection
Halloween treats for students
Duke Marine Lab trip
it’s about leadership.
Trip to Echo Foundation Summit to hear Eli
Wiesel speak
Employee flu vaccinations
2007 French Contest
Electrocardiogram (ECG) Testers
EAG and Honor Council T-Shirts
The NCSSM Annual Fund.
Deans retreat
EAG retreat
Do you know what it’s about?
Refreshments for EAG meetings
Honor Council dinner
Fees for Student Academic Competitions
Furman Math Competition Fees
National Young Physicists Tournament Fees
2007 US Physics Contest Fees
National Scholastic Chess Tournament Fees
it’s about students.
World Quest Competition Fees
Model United Nations Competition Fees
Supplies and equipment for NC Science
it’s about an experience.
Olympiad
Science Olympiad building expenses
MATE Underwater ROV Competition Fees
Refreshments for Envirothon
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Competition Fees
N.C. Science Olympiad Regional
Competition Fees
Charleston Math Contest Fees
2006 Tarheel Cup Fees
USA Biology Olympiad Fees
Alumni Weekend Supplies
Graduation supplies
become
Grandparents’ Day supplies
Family Weekend supplies
a part
Alumni Weekend Awards
Alumni Events
Young Alumni Dessert
10 of it @ www.ncssmalumni.com/whatitsabout
Alumni Banners
Attaché Orientation
Alumni Weekend Flowers
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Admission Banner Signs
Spring Soccer Booking fee 2007
Fall Soccer Booking Fee 2006
Wrestling mat tape & basketball goals
Nose Guard protector
Swim caps
Engraving State Soccer Trophy
Volleyball Varsity Sport Official for Game
Registration Fee for NCHSAA Cheerleading
Competition
Wrestling Booking Fee 2006-2007
NCHSAA State Swim Championship Travel
Expenses
NCHSAA Golf State Championship Travel
Expenses
Green fees for NCSSM Golf Team
Softball Booking Agent fee
Travel Expenses for NCHSAA Track & Field
Regionals
VB Antennas
Booking Fee for Volleyball
Laundry Supplies
Wrestling Certification Fee
2006-2007 Conference Dues
Cross Country Entry Fee at Tanglewood
Invitational
Travel Expenses for Women’s Tennis Team
PEC Supervisors
Intramural Supervisors
Entry fee for wrestling match
Booking Fee for Baseball 2006-2007
Booking fee for Basketball
Supplies and Entry Fee for Cheerleaing
Squad
Senior Night Flowers and Supplies
State Trophies Engraving
Dodgeballs, Medical Kits, Tennis Balls
Scorebooks
College Eve Reception
Advisee/Advisor Meals
Breakfast for PSAT Proctors
T-Shirts for Peer College Counselors
Counseling Planning Lunch
Counselor Appreciation Week
NACAG Membership
Gift for Guest Speaker
Refreshments for Peer College Counselor
Meeting
New Faculty Luncheon
Reception for Chorale Concert
Pedometers for Unicorn Trot
Gift Certificates for Health Initiative and
Jingle Bell Trot
Treats for the last Supervised Study
Meals for Jordanian visitor
Athlete Celebration
Refreshments for “Getting to Know You”
Supplies for community holiday celebration
Speaker for Student Life Retreat
Label Printer
Refreshments for Faculty Development
Refreshments for Students in Music Rehearsal
End-of-Year Activities
Snacks for Volunteers on Welcome Day
Student Life Retreat
Dinner for Orientation Committee
Exam Study Break Snacks
Going Away Party for Clinic Nurse
Microwave for Hall
Housekeeping Supplies
Flowers for Graduation
T-Shirts for Unicorn Trot and Wellness Initiative
Trophies for awards ceremonies
Dry Cleaning for Choir Robes
Lunch for AP Proctors
Meals for Japanese Exchange Students
Japanese Exchange Students Farewell Dinner
Flowers for Senior Awards Ceremony
Year-End Slideshow
Slideshow Software
Supplies for Operations Division Professional
Development Information Session
Lunch for Benefits Fair Vendors
Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Registration to attend NCASBD Conference
Study Break Refreshments
Art Supplies for Hall Activities
Chancellor’s Office Operations
Benefits Fair Supplies
Gift Cards for Student Competition
Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Welcome Baskets for new Student Life
Instructors
Refreshments for Staff Development
Refreshments for KoffeHaus
Refreshments for SLI Training
Ice Cream for Ice Cream Social
T-Shirts for RLAs and Student Government
Mailing Envelopes for Yearbooks
Yearbook Staff T-Shirts
Color Index Book for Yearbook
T-Shirts for MPCs
Yearbook Advisor
Newspaper Advisor
RLA Training Supplies
Windbreakers for Residential Staff
Refreshments for Blue Mirror Staff
Gifts for Parent Council
Student Life Cup T-Shirts
Gift Cards for Blue Mirror Contest
Academics
• The Class of 2007 boasted a mean SAT score of 1356
• Among its ranks, the Class of 2007 had three Park Scholars
and two Morehead-Cain Scholars – North Carolina State’s
and the University of North Carolina’s most prestigious
scholarships, respectively.
• Last year, NCSSM sent nearly 80 percent of its students to
UNC system universities.
• On July 1, 2007, NCSSM officially became the 17th
constituent institution of the University of North Carolina
• The Class of 2009 enrolled 345 students – 186 boys and
159 girls – for the 2007-08 school year, which made the total
enrollment for the School 650 students. But for the second
straight year, the total number of female students in the student
body outnumbered the total number of male students
Alumni highlights
Brad Ives ’82 establishes student activities endowment
With a gift commitment of $50,000, Brad and Debra Ives
established an endowment for student activities at NCSSM.
Brad, a 1982 alumnus of NCSSM, is the managing director of
Babson Capital Europe Limited based in London. Brad has
also served as a member of the NCSSM Board of Trustees. The
Ives Endowment for Student Activities will directly support
the programs and activities that make the NCSSM experience
possible for current and future students. Brad and Debra
are the parents of twins, Lawton and Emily. To support the
endowment, visit www.ncssmalumni.com/onlinegiving
Staci E. Barfield ’83 awarded Gold Award for Best Fiction
A book by Staci E. Barfield ’83, a member of the NCSSM
Foundation Board, was awarded the distinction of the Gold
Award for Best Fiction in the Southeast by the Independent
Publisher. Staci’s book, “Sorrows Multiplied,” is the story of
love, friendship and family set against the backdrop of the
Vietnam War, Roe vs. Wade and civil unrest.
Glamour magazine names Alia Whitney-Johnson ’04
among Top 10 College Women of 2007
Alia Whitney-Johnson ’04 was named one of Glamour’s Top
10 College Women of 2007. Alia, a student at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, launched a non-profit called
“Emerge” that teaches jewelry-making to girls in Sri Lanka
and sells their work in the United States.
Brock Winslow ‘86 named vice chancellor at NCSSM
NCSSM named Brock Winslow ‘86 vice chancellor for
development in June 2007. Brock has served the School in
many capacities over the years, including as a member of
the Alumni Association Board, as a founding member of
the Board of Trustees’ Development Committee and as the
first alumnus chair of the Board of Trustees.
Helen Moore ‘84 addresses students at 28th Convocation
NCSSM’s 28th school year, and its first year as a University
of North Carolina constituent institution, got off to a great
start as Class of 1984 alumna Helen Moore, Ph.D., addressed
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Helen, who holds degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill and the
State University of New York at Stony Brook, shared words of
wisdom with the Classes of 2008 and 2009, telling them to
never give up, to never be afraid of trying new things, and,
in typical NCSSM fashion, to stay quirky.
Nicholas Rojeski ‘94 creates award-winning NanoTaxi
Nicholas Rojeski ‘94, along with three others from the
University of Texas-Austin, won the Nano Nexus 2007
entrepreneurship competition with their NanoTaxi device. The
NanoTaxi is patent-pending and consists of a nano-container
with a lid that dissolves only in response to a cancer-specific
signal within a cancer cell, allowing for more effective delivery
of the drug to cancerous sites. Nicholas and his group won
$25,000, which they will use to finish their prototype.
Eric Deren ’93 sets world record in skydiving
Eric Deren ’93 was a member of the 68-person international
team of skydivers that set a vertical skydiving world record
in August 2007. This was the eighth consecutive free-flying
world record that Eric participated in, dating back to spring
2000 when a world-record 15-way vertical skydive was
set. Eric runs Dzignlight Studios, a visual special effects
and computer animation company based in Atlanta. His
company does medical animation work for A&E, History
Channel and Discovery Channel, and recently made
significant advances in HD stereoscopic 3D production.
Billy Pizer ’86 shares Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore
Billy Pizer ’86 shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded
to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC). As a Senior Fellow with Resources for the
Future, Billy has drafted reports for the IPCC.
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For more information on these and other alumni news stories,
visit Alumni Connections at www.ncssmalumni.com
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In Focus
NCSSM is known for having students
who excel in the classroom. But for
student athletes on campus, excellence
doesn’t end there. It carries over onto the
fields, courses, courts and tracks where
they practice and play. This past year,
NCSSM athletic teams had much success.
Below are some of the outstanding
accomplishments of the NCSSM Unicorns:

•2006 Men’s Cross Country State 1-A

Champions, NCSSM’s first N.C. High
School Athletic Association (NCHSAA)
team title since 1989

•2006 and 2007 NCHSAA 1-A Women’s

Tennis Doubles State Champions

•2007 NCHSAA 1-A Women’s Tennis Team

State Champions

•2007 NCHSAA 1-A Men’s Soccer Team

State Champions, the team’s first
championship in school history

•2007 NCHSAA 1-A Men’s Track Team State

Track and Field Champions

We congratulate NCSSM’s championship

teams and all student athletes for their
hard work and dedication.

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 North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundation

2006-2007
Annual Report

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NCSSM Foundation 2006-2007 Annual Report

Dear Friend,
Inside the Annual Report
It is such a pleasure to be back on campus after graduating more than 20 years ago.
16 Income
Of course, as vice chancellor for development, my days are very different from what they Expenses
were as a student. My time is spent on fundraising and public relations rather than on Alumni Giving
formulas and petri dishes. More telling, my mindset is much more that of a protective
by Class
parent than of an adventurous adolescent, though I must confess that I’m working harder
than expected at substituting disapproving looks for understanding chuckles. And no
doubt due to the academic setting, the old nightmares have 17-29 Giving:
returned. My subconscious once again fears sleeping through 17 Alumni
exams.
19 Founders Society
I’m most fortunate to work amongst students who are every bit
as bright and motivated, albeit occasionally distracted, as my own Watts Society
classmates a generation ago. Indeed, they are worthy heirs to our Cupola Society
pioneering legacy.
20 Unicorn Society
I’m equally fortunate to work alongside members of an esteemed
faculty and staff, some of whom preceded my arrival as a junior
22 years ago, and are thankfully still too numerous to name in 21 Pavilion Society
this small space. According to my sources, Don Houpe, John Kolena, Joe Liles, Jim Litle,
Jon Miller, Dan Teague and Ginger Wilson remain terrific teachers. I can personally attest 22 Chancellor’s
that Terry Gray has perfected her pies and Chris Taylor ensures the little things that aren’t Society
given a second thought, such as heat and electricity, remain uncontemplated. It’s always
reassuring to see John Williams making his rounds for security. Belinda Cagle, Sandra
Jackson and Shelia Butts administer much of what must happen to keep the doors open 23 Loyalty Society
for business. And Marlene Blakney’s apartment isn’t too far from my office. One day, I’m Blue & Silver
sure we’ll learn that Marlene actually owns this property and leases it to the rest of us. Memorial Gifts
Gifts-in-Kind
Among my new colleagues, I’m especially pleased to join the growing ranks of alumni
Business/
who now work for their alma mater, including Steve Jones ’83, Floyd Bullard ’87, Jon Davis ’88,
Christine Muth ’92, Kimberly Logan ’97, Jeff Milbourne ’99, Henry Hebert ’02 and Will Mack ’03. Corporation/
Foundation
Also, alumni are growing in numbers on the Board of Trustees and on the Foundation
Board. I commend them, as well as the board members of our Alumni Association, for their 24 2007 Parents
continuing commitment and contribution to NCSSM.

In fact, if you gave at all of your valuable time, talent or treasure to NCSSM this past year, 25 2008 Parents
you may find yourself recognized in this publication. Whether an alumnus, parent, board
leader or friend, please know that your support is very much needed and appreciated. 27 Alumni Parents
However, if you are a graduate of the school as I am, know your support will be needed
28 Friends
increasingly in the future. It’s simply our turn.

I look forward to working with you in the years to come to advance the mission and 29 Foundation Board
impact of NCSSM. Board of Trustees
Staff/Faculty
Sincerely,
30 Odyssey
Campaign
Highlights
T. Brock Winslow ’86
Vice Chancellor for Development
06-07 Foundation
Board Members 15

Alumni/
Development Staff
Winter Spring 2008
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Income Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total

Restricted Restricted

Contributions and Other Support $372,003.00 $487,954.00 $112,272.00 $972,229.00

Endowment investment return $133,039.00 $57,315.00 $190,354.00
designated for current operations
Other Investment Income (loss) $57,919.00 $19,836.00 $77,755.00
Total operating revenues gains, (losses)
and other support $562,961.00 $565,105.00 $112,272.00 $1,240,338.00

2006-2007 Alumni Giving Program Expenses

Class year Class total Track and Soccer Field $22,830.00
1982 $47,000.00 Student Services $83,316.00
1983 $10,390.00 Science Now $84,608.00
1984 $17,860.00 Labs for Learning $28,273.00
1985 $11,536.85 Class of 1985 $274.00
1986 $23,828.33 Teacher Excellence $20,000.00
1987 $6,515.00 Alumni and Parent Programs $19,943.00
1988 $5,126.67 Robotics $14,603.00
1989 $170,686.86 Communications $19,204.00
1990 $8,515.06 N.C. Student Academy of Science $9,574.00
1991 $2,680.00 Wachovia Mini-Term $3,737.00
Distance Learning $1,071.00
1992 $2,675.00
Operations $7,557.00
1993 $51,820.00
Student Research $18,014.00
1994 $1,100.00
Professional Development $8,036.00
1995 $1,910.00
Class of 1984 $4,170.00
1996 $450.00
Leadership Program $10,712.00
1997 $5,810.00
Humanities $2,195.00
1998 $405.00 Student Summer Research $1,446.00
1999 $2,350.00 RECAP $22,770.00
2000 $725.00 Other $53,262.00
2001 $220.02
2002 $956.02
2003 $70.00 Total Program Expenses $435,595.00
2004 $85.00
2005 $205.00 Operating Expenses
2006 $197.47
2007 $517.00 Development Office $133,992.00
Chancellor’s Reserve Fund $57,840.00
Total $373,634.28
Vice Chancellor
for Administration’s Fund $5,123.00
Foundation Office $133,588.00
Staff Development $2,993.00
Professional Fees $20,500.00

Total Expenses $789,631.00

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Alumni
1982
Lt. Col. Karen D. Angell
Dr. Nicole F. Brown
Dr. Shauna T. Farmer
Mr. Walter E. Gordon
Mr. Darryll E. Hendricks
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bradley Ives
Mrs. Sarah B. Krigman
Mr. Roger W. Kromer
Mr. Henry D. Kuo
& Mrs. Irene R. Kuo
Mr. Robert H. Lee
Mr. James R. Lisk
& Mrs. Elizabeth K. Lisk
Mr. Eugene Murray
& Mrs. Beverly R. Murray
Ms. Elizabeth G. Page
Ms. Jamie C. Pate
Ms. Ami J. Shah
Mr. Gary A. Steele
Dr. Otis “Chip” E. Tillman, Jr.
Mr. Ward C. Travis
Mr. Percil Watkins
Dr. Saralyn Reid Williams
1983
Ms. Staci E. Barfield
Mr. John D. Capps
& Dr. Susan G. Capps
Mr. Robin J. Cunningham
Mrs. Laura A. Davidson
Mr. Darren L. DeLoach
Ms. Dana R. Drum
Dr. William R. Fox
Dr. Camilla S. Graham
Mr. Doug K. Graham
Dr. Madeleine Blaurock Gutow
Ms. Gaye Holmes
Mr. R. David Kemper
& Mrs. Angela Chiles Kemper
Ms. Hih Song Kim
Dr. Kimberly M. Kotov
Mrs. Karen B. McLaughlin
Dr. Janice E. Miller
Dr. Jacqueline Heder Mims
Mr. Nathanael R. Miranda
Mr. William M. Schwartz
Mr. Jeffrey R. Sykes
Mr. David W. Thomas
& Mr. Mark E. Beasley
Mrs. Lucia Trevino-Lane
Mr. Martin C. Trively
Mrs. Rebecca L. Vereen
Mr. Simon Verghese
Ms. Lynne-Corinne L. Volkwijn
1984
Ms. Monica V. Bhattacharyya
Mrs. Kathryn G. Bridges
Mr. Wayne F. Carriker
Mr. Mark T. Chandler
Mr. Stephen P. Dettman
Dr. Lisa A. Gillespie
Mr. Thomas N. Ginter
Mr. David G. Gray
Mr. Christopher Y. Han
Mr. Frederick R. Indermaur
Mrs. Laura Keohane
Dr. Kevin A. Lutz
Ms. Melanie A. Mann
Mr. Allen D. Nuttle
Dr. Lillian H. Rinker
Ms. Julnar B. Rizk
Mrs. Elizabeth Flowers Scott
Mr. William M. Sneden
Mrs. Cheryl G. Steed
Dr. Craig H. Steffee
Ms. Jeanne E. Stockert-Deloach
Mr. Frank D. Todd
& Dr. Karen G. Todd
1985
Ms. Maya K. Ajmera
Ms. Sandy D. Baggett
Mr. George A. Burton
Mr. Stephen N. Cole
Dr. Geoffrey M. Davis
Mr. Joseph D. Galarneau, Jr.
Mr. David M. Hunkins
Dr. William W. Lawrence, Jr.
Mr. Douglas S. May
Mrs. Sharon B. Metzger
Dr. Brian G. Morin
Mrs. Nancy E. Mukundan
Mr. Mohammad Niazi-Sai
Dr. Nicklas B. E. Oldenburg
& Mr. Paul D. Carter
Mr. Robert O. Winters
Dr. Jill C. Wright
Mr. Jeffrey C. Yu
1986
Mr. Scott A. Baggett
Ms. Melissa E. Banno
Ms. DeAhn H. Baucom
Mr. David D. Beatty
Mr. Alan G. Bishop
Dr. Barbra Bluestone Rothschild
Mr. John W. Brotherton
Dr. Rodney A. Bryant
Mr. Kai I. Chung
Mrs. Amy C. Cooter
Mr. Derrick M. Craig
Major Wendy P. Daknis
Ms. Marcia D. Edwards
Mrs. Patti T. Erickson
Mr. Jeffry R. Foeller
& Dr. Elaine S. Cabinum-Foeller
Dr. Amy B. Fowler
Ms. Amy L. Francis
Mr. Michael C. Grant
& Mrs. Callie Grant
Mrs. Linda E. Green
Mr. John M. Grimes, Jr.
Mr. Kenneth M. Grimes
& Ms. Angela C. Chadwick
Mr. Joseph T. Grunkemeyer
& Mrs. Tamara L. Grunkemeyer
Dr. Chandra Y. Hollier
Lynn M. Hooker
Dr. Patti C. Huang
& Mr. George Liu
Mr. Anthony P. Jones
Mrs. Ginger M. Jones
Mr. Timothy D. King
Dr. C. Ryan Kinlaw
Ms. Kelly G. Kleine
Mr. John E. Konanc
Mr. Colin C. Law
2006-2007 Annual Report
Mrs. Mary J. Leonardi
Mr. Paul W. Levering
Mrs. Melissa M. Maloney
Mr. Michael M. Marshall
Mr. Thomas E. Meigs, PhD
Ms. Jeanine K. Murphy
Ms. Gina P. Norman
Mrs. Nancy L. Parks
Mr. William A. Pizer
Dr. Julie A. Reynolds
Ms. Gentry Rose
Dr. Nicholas B. Sliz, Jr.
Mr. David C. Smith
Mrs. Michelle B. Specht
Mr. Douglas R. Steen
Dr. Gina M. Stewart
Dr. Joshua B. Tew
Dr. Robert W. Thacker
Mr. J. Andrew Ward
Mr. C. Keith Wheeler
Mr. T. Brock Winslow
Mrs. Jerrilyn Woodard-Entrekin
Ms. Julie S. Woosley
Mr. Richard C. Wu
1987
Ms. Angela M. Blair
Mrs. Mystie B. Brotherton
Mr. William K. Carpenter
& Mrs. Kathy G. Carpenter
Ms. Elizabeth K. Copple
Mr. Joseph H. Davis
Dr. Herbert N. Hackney
Mrs. Anita J. Hilliard
Mr. Marcus A. Hodges
Dr. Li Kuo Kong
Mr. Michael J. Martine
Mr. B. Scott May
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Mrs. Susan Q. Pepper
Mrs. Christy G. Reinhard
Mrs. Amy F. Schmitzer
Mr. Mark E. Snesrud
Mr. Robert J. Stevens
Dr. David S. Thompson
Ms. Catherine E. Troelstra
Mr. D. Matt Wachowiak
Ms. Dixie T. Wells
Mrs. Denise J. Williams
1988
Ms. Sharon C. Amaya
Ms. Ienaas H. Baagil
Mrs. Tina S. Bishop
Dr. Eugen C. Buehler
Mr. Georg F. Buehler
Mr. Zerrick A. Bynum
Dr. Christopher H. Chay
Mr. David T. Cherry
Mr. C. Quentin Davis
& Mrs. Nicole Davis
Mrs. Betsy G. Dodson
Dr. Katherine L. Dunleavy
Ms. Julie I. Gatton
Mr. Trevor M. Grady
Mrs. Dawn M. Hemminger
Dr. Lawrence Liao
Mrs. Emily F. Martine
Mr. Mark D. Ollis
Mr. Moreland T. Smith
Mr. Bryan D. Stensvad
Mr. R. Neil Stikeleather
Mrs. Anja C. Thomas
1989
Mr. Edwin B. Anderson, Jr.
Dr. Janine E. Bullard
Ms. Marlene E. Clay
Mr. Marty P. Combs
Mr. Daniel P. Cory
Mr. Sean P. Fahey
Ms. Danene A. Groenke
Ms. Samara I. Hamze
Mr. Kirkland L. Hicks
Mrs. Melissa P. Lawler
Dr. Bruce M. Lee
Dr. Terra G. McKinnish-Harllee
Ms. Julia K. Roos
Mr. Carl A. Ryden
Mrs. Kathryn E. Stevens
Dr. Tina Burleson Stewart
Mr. Justin W. Thomas
Major Charlene L. Warren-Davis
Dr. Howard R. Weeks
Mr. Torraine A. Williams
1990
Mr. Christopher J. Allen
Mr. Alan C. Cline
Mr. Charles L. Dozier
& Mrs. Aleta M. Dozier
Ms. Nora A. Gardner
Dr. Joshua L. Hardison
Mrs. Eunjoo C. Hopkins
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Dr. Laura E. Jackson
Mr. Gautam Jagannathan
Mr. Gene Y. Ko
Ms. Lydia C. Kwee
Ms. Dana Borden Lacy
Mr. Brian S. Mahoney
Mrs. Haila R. Maze
Mr. Eric J. Stevens
Ms. Shannon Oliver Sullivan
Dr. Susannah B. F. Paletz
Mr. Gene C. Rivera
Dr. Jeffrey M. Vanderkam
& Mrs. Susan K. Vanderkam
Mr. D. Mark Williford
1991
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Mr. Jan M. Borgersen
Mrs. Katharine M. Briggs
Mr. Tyler A. Buckner
Mr. Charles E. Coble
Mrs. Kristina D. Coffield
Ms. Dedra Eatmon
Dr. Claudia E. Gonzalez
Dr. Kirkwood A. Johnston
Ms. Erin F. Kuniholm
Mr. John A. Mathew
Ms. Cheryl L. McKay
Ms. Stephanie McLellan Bass
Ms. Jo L. Peterson Gibbs
Dr. Leshawndra N. Price
Mrs. Megan Jackson Sukys
Mr. Erik W. Troan
Dr. Grantham D. Warren
Ms. Kristina M. Wilson
1992
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Mr. George M. Bridgers
Dr. Nakia C. Brown
Mr. Michael S. Browning
Mr. Owen D. Bugge
Mr. Tejan R. Hichkad
Mr. Michael R. Marcelais
Dr. Kimberley R. Nichols
Mr. Jeffrey C. Peters
Ms. Christina E. Shi-Lee
Dr. Amy E. Wilson
1993
Mr. Mark D. Cunningham
Dr. Jason W. Edsall
Ms. Rebecca J. Filbey
Ms. Amy C. Lentz
Ms. Alison E. Monahan
Mr. Alexander Morcos
Ms. Rachel L. Nemecek
& Mr. Jeff Nemecek
Ms. Catherine Etheridge Otto
Mr. Nicholas B. Remmes
& Mrs. Kate Remmes
Mr. Linwood L. Robbins
Ms. Darcie P. Smith
Mr. Stephen J. Williard
1994
Mrs. Kristy W. Alford
Ms. Selena M. Dewitya
Ms. Maia Carter Hallward
Dr. Glenn G. McCall
& Mrs. Emilia C. McCall
Ms. Kerry G. Welsh
1995
Dr. Amarinthia E. Curtis
Ms. Elizabeth A. DeStephens
Ms. Caroline T. Herbert
Mr. Joseph I. Sewell
& Ms. Misty D. Landrum
Mr. James I. Shew
& Mrs. Katherine D. Shew
Ms. Marci J. Studley
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Tricomi
Ms. Allison C. van den Berg
1996
Ms. S. Gabriela Allen
Mr. Gregory E. Frey
Ms. Kelley L. Mills
Mrs. Christina E. Ndoh
Mr. Andrew D. Steen
Mrs. Kelly M. Townsend
Ms. Ana E. Voss
Ms. Lisa N. Worthington
1997
Mr. M. Ryan Avett &
Mrs. Stephanie M. Coggins Avett
Mrs. Marcia E. Baker
Ms. E. Christine Clore
Mr. Bryan Deaton
Ms. Keren K. Jones
Mr. David Kim
Mr. Theodore P. Luebke
Ms. Sabrina Pendergrass
Mr. Siddharth Prabhu
Mr. Matthew Roesle
Mr. Charlie V. Shaw, Jr.
1998
Ms. Amy E. Belflower
Mr. John D. Bowman
Ms. Hazel G. Garrish
Ms. Kendra L. Stead

1999 2005
Mr. Roshan Baliga Mr. Brent Q. Chen
Mr. Judson Bowman Ms. Amanda R. Mason
Mr. N. Taylor Brockman Ms. Heather D. Mohorn
Mr. M. Alan English II Mr. Andrew O. Myers
Ms. Melanie S. Frazer Mr. Charles A. Queen
Ms. Hollins Gause Ms. Cierrea R. Roach
Ms. Emily E. Herbert
Ms. Maritza Hobson 2006
Ms. Natasha Khouri Mr. Matthew J. Alfaro
Mr. Richard A. Simpkins Mr. Luke C. R. Lin
Mr. Matthew Wagers Mr. Douglas R. Massengill
Mr. Michael E. Tipton
2000 Mr. Toan M. Tran-Phu
Ms. Melanie Faircloth
Ms. Claire Logsdon 2007
Mr. Peter Menachem Mr. Matthew L. Abraham
Mr. Matthew J. Moore Mr. Samie I. Ahmed
& Ms. Candace R. Moore Mr. James C. Alderman
Mr. Paul Raff Mr. William W. Allen
Ms. Kelly E. Anderson
2001 Ms. Nicole B. Anthony
Ms. Anna M. Grant Mr. Julian E. Arrington III
Mr. Christopher J. Paul Mr. Adam M. Askren
& Ms. Anna E. Bauer Ms. Rebekah F. Ayscue
Ms. Emily J. Kachergis Ms. Saumya L. Ayyagari
Mr. Peter B. Stranges Ms. Jessica R. Barnes
Mr. Jonathan F. Wells Mr. Dorian H. R. Britt
Mr. Emanuel E. Bryant
2002 Mr. Micky Bullard, Jr.
Mr. Alex A. Baranpuria Ms. Kiira M. Campbell
Ms. Kelly J. Barber-Lester Mr. Timothy M. Canty
Ms. Melissa N. Brady Ms. Daryl A. Clausen
Mr. Eric B. Brown Ms. Kenan A. Crawford
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Ms. Laura C. Fieselman Mr. Giffin W. Daughtridge
Mr. Steven W. Gentile Ms. Valyce M. Davis
Mr. Igor Gorodezky Ms. Katherine N. Dektar
Ms. Kimberley L. Heard Ms. Katherine E. Demby
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Ms. Erin M. McCusker Mr. James R. Finley
Mr. Kevin C. Schaefer Ms. Brittany M. Fotsch
Lt. Richard A. Varner Mr. Michael A. French IV
Ms. Kelly Williams Ms. Caitlin M. Frese
Ms. Caroline C. Wong Ms. Abby D. Furr
Mr. Jason A. Wong Ms. Ishita Y. Gandhi
Mr. Eric D. Gerard
2003 Mr. Charles N. Gilbert
Ms. Kathryn P. Lattimore Mr. Matthew L. Gildner
Ms. Lindsay A. Morris
Mr. Brian C. Phelps
Ms. Elizabeth K. Goodman
Mr. Jacob R. Haskins
Mr. Evan M. Ritter Mr. Jason E. Hawkins
Ms. Kathleen A. Hebert
2004 Mr. Tyrik T. Hicks
Mr. Nathan L. Bartlett Mr. James F. Ho
Ms. Sara G. Goff Mr. James C. Howard II
Ms. Bethany L. Harrison Ms. Jingwen Hua
Ms. Jaime G. MacFall Ms. Lauren G. Iannotte
Mr. Kevin C. Sapp Ms. Megan L. Johnson
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Mr. Yoonsuk Corey Kim
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Mr. John Lee
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Mr. Andrew C. Marks
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Mr. Michael A. Mian
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Mr. Brian B. Nobles
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Mr. John P. Outten
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Mr. Max L. Rose
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Mr. Tyler R. Seward
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Mr. Noah L. Weissman
Ms. Blair L. Wright
Mr. Robert W. Yarbrough
Mr. Luis P. Zapata
Leadership
Giving
Societies
Founders Society
($10,000+)
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Ahearn
Mr. Steven P. Aldrich ’87
Mr. Geoffrey P. Burgess ’86
& Mrs. Kristin L. Breuss
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Mr. John D. Capps ’83
& Dr. Susan G. Capps ’83
2006-2007 Annual Report
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Cary
Mr. Alan C. Cline ’90
Mr. Daniel P. Cory ’89
Mr. & Mrs. Giff F. Daughtridge
The Daniel & Nancy Dektar Fund
Duke Energy Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Epstein
GlaxoSmithKline
Mr. David G. Gray ’84
Dr. & Mrs. Carroll F. Haines, Jr.
Mr. Christopher Y. Han ’84
Ms. Kristina Haughton
Dr. Jacqueline Heder Mims ’83
Dr. & Mrs. David D. Hurd
Mr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Ives ’82
Lake City Enterprise Inc.
Lincoln Financial Group
Lowe’s Charitable
& Educational Foundation
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Mr. John D. Messick II
Drs. Jeff & Melinda Michelson
Mr. Alexander Morcos ’93
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Myer
Mr. Daniel R. Page
& Ms. Elizabeth G. Page ’82
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Rhoden
RTA-NC Fund
Mr. Carl A. Ryden ’89
Siemens Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Charles F. Stone III
Ms. Carr Thompson
Ms. Catherine E. Troelstra ’87
& Mr. Trevor M. Grady ’88
Mr. Erik W. Troan ’91
Troan Foundation
The Wachovia Foundation, Inc.
Watts Society
($5,000 - $9,999)
Mr. Scott A. Baggett ’86
& Ms. Sandy D. Baggett ’85
Mr. Stephen N. Cole ’85
Mr. Sean P. Fahey ’89
Dr. Shauna T. Farmer ’82
Food Lion Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Fotsch
Ms. Janice Ku
Mr. Michael R. Marcelais ’92
Mr. William A. Pizer ’86
Mr. Siddharth Prabhu ’97
SAS Institute, Inc.
Mr. David J. Spitz
Cupola Society
($2,500 - $4,999)
Ms. Maya K. Ajmera ’85
The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
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Mr. Kai I. Chung ’86
Dr. & Mrs. James L. Crowgey, Jr.
Mr. Joseph H. Davis ’87
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Mr. D. Bruce Guild
& Ms. Linda Convissor
Dr. & Mrs. Mark R. Hill
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Kimmel
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& Ms. Wanda M. Hinshaw
Mrs. Lucia Trevino-Lane ’83
Walltown Children’s Theatre
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Mr. Robert O. Winters ’85
Unicorn Society
($1,000 - $2,499)
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Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. John K. Avolis
Mr. Austin U. Ayscue
& Rev. Elizabeth M. Ayscue
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Baker
Dr. Joan Barber
Bayer CropScience
Bayer Foundation
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& Ms. Sandra L. Cooper
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& Mr. Richard C. Curtis
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& Mrs. Callie Grant
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& Ms. Angela C. Chadwick ’86
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Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Hinkle
Col. & Mrs. James M. Holmes
Dr. Patti C. Huang ’86
& Mr. George Liu
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& Dr. Martha P. Johnson
Dr. Peggy A. Johnston
Mr. C. Tandy Jones & Ms. Alison Hill
Drs. David & Pamela Jones
Mrs. Sarah B. Krigman ’82
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& Mrs. Irene R. Kuo ’82
Dr. Bruce M. Lee ’89
Dr. Helen R. LeGette
Mr. Robert H. Liles
Drs. Robert & Holly Lownes
Mr. Michael M. Marshall ’86
Ms. Mary Carol W. Mason
Mr. B. Scott May ’87
Mr. Thomas M. McCann
& Mrs. Denise G. Caballero-McCann
Dr. Terra G. McKinnish-Harllee, ’89
Mrs. Karen B. McLaughlin ’83
Dr. Jerry R. Miller
& Mrs. Suzanne M. Orbock-Miller
Drs. G. Radford & Wendy Moeller
Dr. & Mrs. Larry K. Monteith
Dr. Brian G. Morin ’85
Mr. Erik Nicolaysen
Mr. Kenneth B. Nobles
Dr. Nicklas B. E. Oldenburg ’85
& Mr. Paul D. Carter
Ms. Jamie C. Pate ’82
Dr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Patrone
Mr. & Mrs. Anil B. Peres-da-Silva
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Pickett
Dr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Proctor
Dr. & Mrs. Shiva K. Rao
Mr. & Mrs. Ray D. Raymer
Dr. & Mrs. J. Michael Reidy
RENCI
Reno Chiropractic Center, PA
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Mr. Charles L. Revelle III
& Dr. Bonnie C. Revelle
Mr. & Mrs. Garvin A. Rivera
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Rogers
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Mr. & Mrs. George J. Ross IV
Dr. Barbra Bluestone Rothschild ’86
& Dr. Andy Rothschild
Mr. & Mrs. Guy D. Rouse, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Roux
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn C. Sawyer
Ms. Melinda S. Schwartz
Science Service, Inc.
Sean C. Robey General Contractors
Ms. Ami J. Shah ’82
Mr. & Mrs. F. Mark Small
Mr. J. Harold Smith
Mr. William M. Sneden ’84
Statesville Area Bus Fund
Mr. Gary A. Steele ’82
Dr. Craig H. Steffee ’84
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Stegall
Mr. Bryan D. Stensvad ’88
David & Inhi Suh
SunTrust
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Tex Williams Foundation Inc.
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& Mr. Mark E. Beasley ’83
Dr. David S. Thompson ’87
Mr. Ward C. Travis ’82
Mr. Martin C. Trively ’83
Ms. Alexis Vaughn
Mr. Simon Verghese ’83
Mr. & Mrs. Hunter W. Wagstaff
Mr. J. Andrew Ward ’86
Mr. Michael L. Wetherington

Dr. Virginia S. Wilson
Mr. T. Brock Winslow ’86
& Dr. Bristol Winslow
Mr. & Mrs. Steven G. Woodard
Mr. Richard C. Wu ’86
Pavilion Society
($500 - $999)
Ms. Rosie Adams
Ms. Sharon C. Amaya ’88
Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Ram V. Angara
Lt. Col. Karen D. Angell ’82
Dr. & Mrs. Mark L. Appler
Ms. Rebekah F. Ayscue ’07
Mr. & Mrs. Venu G. Ayyagari
Ms. Ienaas H. Baagil ’88
Dr. & Mrs. Rajaram B. Baliga
Mr. Roshan Baliga ’99
Ms. Melissa E. Banno ’86
Ms. Staci E. Barfield ’83
Mr. David D. Beatty ’86
Mr. & Mrs. Register L. Bost
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Brady
Mr. Larry D. Brock
Mr. N. Taylor Brockman ’99
Mr. John W. Brotherton ’86
& Mrs. Mystie B. Brotherton ’87
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Brown, Sr.
Mr. Eric B. Brown ’02
Dr. Nakia C. Brown ’92
Dr. Dale C. Buchanan
& Ms. Catherine L. Buchanan
Mr. Owen D. Bugge ’92
Mr. Zerrick A. Bynum ’88
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Campbell
Mr. Wayne F. Carriker ’84
Mr. & Mrs. James Y. S. Choi
Mr. Barry W. Clark
Ms. Marlene E. Clay ’89
Dr. Debra W. Cole
Dr. & Mrs. Roger D. Cole
Mr. Marty P. Combs ’89
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Cook, Jr.
Ms. Betty J. Cooper
Mr. Brooks Crabtree
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron C. Croom
Dr. & Mrs. Frank D. Crowl
Mr. Robin J. Cunningham ’83
& Mrs. Linda E. Green ’86
Mr. & Mrs. Phil J. Curley
David Curtis Smith & Associates, PLLC
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon W. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Treadwell Davison
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Deerhake
Mr. Darren L. DeLoach ’83
& Ms. Jeanne E. Stockert-DeLoach ’84
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Demilio
Desai Investments, Quality Suites
Mr. & Mrs. Ulkesh S. Desai
Mr. & Mrs. Sanjeev P. Deshmukh
Mr. & Mrs. Terry B. Dowless
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Dwyer
Dr. Jason W. Edsall ’93
Mr. W. J. Farrell & Dr. Margaret K. Farrell
Ms. Rebecca J. Filbey ’93
Mr. Andrew J. Filipowski
Filipowski Foundation
Financial Symmetry, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Jamie M. Fish
Mr. Jeffry R. Foeller ’86
& Dr. Elaine S. Cabinum-Foeller ’86
Dr. Amy B. Fowler ’86
Dr. William R. Fox ’83
Fragrance Outlet
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Mr. & Mrs. Courtney M. Gee
Dr. Gary Greenberg
& Dr. Marcia Gottfried
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& Mrs. Tamara L. Grunkemeyer ’86
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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Haus
Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hebert
Dr. & Mrs. Steven C. Hill
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Ms. Karen S. Hoyt
Mr. Al W. Huffman III
Mr. William C. Hulette
& Dr. Christine M. Hulette
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Mr. & Mrs. John T. Iannotte
Ideal Cleaners
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Mr. & Mrs. Gopal Indurkhya
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
Durham & Vicinity
Mr. Gautam Jagannathan ’90
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2006-2007 Annual Report
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& Mrs. Angela Chiles Kemper ’83
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& Mrs. Kathleen J. Day-Ketel
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Dr. Helen R. LeGette
Mrs. Mary J. Leonardi ’86
Mr. Xiangqing Liu & Mrs. Ting Huang
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Dr. Kevin A. Lutz, ’84
Mr. Thomas D. MacIntosh
Mrs. Melissa M. Maloney ’86
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Mr. Michael J. Martine ’87
& Mrs. Emily F. Martine ’88
Dr. Glenn G. McCall ’94
& Mrs. Emilia C. McCall ’94
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Dr. & Mrs. Khalid A. Mian
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Morgan Dodge Jeep
Mrs. Kay Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. A. Fredrick Morton, Jr.
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Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. Morton Mr. & Mrs. Dushyant N. Bhatt Mr. Bryan Deaton ’97
Drs. Joseph & Petra Nutz Mr. & Mrs. Woodberry Bowen Mr. & Mrs. William S. Dorsett
Ms. Catherine Etheridge Otto ’93 Mr. Larry D. Brock Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Dreyer
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& Mr. Terry L. Romine Mr. David C. Clapp Ms. Rebecca J. Filbey ’93
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& Mrs. Cheryl G. Steed ’84
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& Dr. Karen G. Todd ’84
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Dr. Howard R. Weeks ’89
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Mr. & Mrs. Patrick S. Wingo
Mrs. Jerrilyn Woodard-Entrekin ’86
Dr. Ping Zhang & Mrs. Ning Ding

Chancellor’s Society
(Five consecutive
years of giving)
Dr. Sally Adkin
Ms. Karen D. Angell ’82
Ms. Ienaas H. Baagil ’88
Dr. & Mrs. Rajaram B. Baliga
Dr. Joan Barber
Mr. Mark E. Beasley ’83
& Mr. David W. Thomas ’83
Drs. Danilo & Imelda Bernardo, Sr.
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Mr. Thomas H. Clayton
Mr. Stephen N. Cole ’85
Mrs. Amy C. Cooter ’86
Ms. Elizabeth K. Copple ’87
Mr. Daniel P. Cory ’89
Mr. Derrick M. Craig ’86
Mr. C. Kevin Cromwell
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cummings
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Mr. Joseph H. Davis ’87
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Frey
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Mr. Thomas N. Ginter ’84
Mr. David G. Gray ’84
Dr. Gary Greenberg
& Dr. Marcia Gottfried
Dr. Joshua L. Hardison ’90
Ms. Darlene Haught
Mrs. Dawn M. Hemminger ’88
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon B. Herbert

Mr. & Mrs. Ethan Hertz
Mrs. Anita J. Hilliard ’87
Mr. Al W. Huffman III
Mr. & Mrs. Eric R. Indermaur
Mr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Ives ’82
Dr. & Mrs. Colin D. Jones
Dr. & Mrs. Ulf Karlsson
Ms. Hih Song Kim ’83
Mr. John E. Konanc ’86
Mr. Henry D. Kuo ’82
& Mrs. Irene R. Kuo ’82
Ms. Lydia C. Kwee ’90
Ms. Dana Borden Lacy ’90
Dr. William W. Lawrence, Jr. ’85
Mr. & Mrs. J. Joel Lea
Dr. & Mrs. John G. Leach
Dr. Helen R. LeGette
Dr. Lawrence Liao ’88
Mr. Michael R. Marcelais ’92
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Mrs. Haila R. Maze ’90
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Mrs. Anita A. McCoy
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Mrs. Karen B. McLaughlin ’83
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Dr. Jacqueline Heder Mims ’83
Drs. G. Radford & Wendy Moeller
Ms. Alison E. Monahan ’93
Mr. Alexander Morcos ’93
Mrs. Nancy E. Mukundan ’85
Ms. Jeanine K. Murphy ’86
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Dr. Nicklas B. E. Oldenburg ’85
& Mr. Paul D. Carter
Mr. Mark D. Ollis ’88
Mr. Daniel R. Page
& Ms. Elizabeth G. Page ’82
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& Ms. Kathleen A. McGraw
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Mrs. JoAnn K. Pizer-Fox
Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey A. Planer
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& Mrs. Kate Remmes
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Mrs. Christy G. Reinhard ’87
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& Dr. Bonnie C. Revelle
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Mrs. Karen S. Rittenhouse
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Mr. Matthew Roesle ’97
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Mrs. Jennifer E. Ross
Dr. Andy Rothschild
& Dr. Barbra P. Bluestone ’86
Ms. Beverly Rubin
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Ruddock
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Ms. Darcie P. Smith ’93
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Mr. W. James Stackhouse
& Ms. Joyce A. Keller
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& Mr. Trevor M. Grady ’88
Mr. Robert W. Upchurch
Mr. Simon Verghese ’83
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Dr. Stephen J. Warshaw
Mr. & Mrs. H. Raymond Weeks, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Reich L. Welborn
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Werner
Dr. Virginia S. Wilson
Dr. Saralyn Reid Williams ’82
Mr. D. Mark Williford ’90
Drs. Kenneth & Joanne Wilson
Mr. T. Brock Winslow ’86
& Dr. Bristol Winslow
Ms. Eileen Witt
Ms. Caroline C. Wong ’02
Loyalty Society
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Noel P. Cozon
Drs. Jeff and Melinda Michelson
Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Mitchell II
Mr. and Mrs. R. Reynolds Neely, Jr.
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Mr. Louis M. Schlesinger
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(Estate Gifts)
Mr. Scott A. Bales ’84
Ms. Mary Pat Campbell ’92
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Ms. Debra L. Pawl
Mr. Ken Steen
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Mr. Harold Tucker
Dr. Stephen J. Warshaw
Mr. Robert O. Winters ’85
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In memory of Mr. Anthony M. Bray ’97
Mr. Lowell W. Richard & Family
Transway Veneers, Inc.
In memory of Mr. John W. Brown
Dr. Nakia C. Brown ’92
2006-2007 Annual Report
In memory of Mrs. Ida Mae Bouchelle Combs
Mr. Marty P. Combs ’89
In memory of Mr. Peter T. Haughton ’89
Mr. & Mrs. Elwood Beach
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Ms. Jeanne M. Game
Ms. Kristina Haughton
The Mario Family Foundation
Mr. Shawn F. McCabe
Mr. Thomas Morano
Ms. Meredith Muncy
Mr. Chris J. Riffer & Ms. Samina A. Aziz
Mr. Carl A. Ryden ’89
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Sauter
Ms. Ellen B. Shields
Dr. Tina Burleson Stewart ’89
Mr. David Suh & Mrs. Inhi Suh
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Steinberg
Ms. Vivian B. Young
In memory of Mr. Walter L. Moreadith ’91
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Moreadith
In memory of Mr. Mark A. Wagoner ’89
Ms. Marlene E. Clay ’89
Dr. Howard R. Weeks ’89
In memory of Ms. Hazel W. Wallace
Mr. Thomas E. Meigs, Ph.D. ’86
Gifts-in-Kind
Dr. Richard Alston
Ms. Debra L. Pawl
Business/Corporation/
Foundation
Antioch Baptist Church
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Durham & Vicinity
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The McGraw-Hill Companies
Morehead Avenue Baptist Church
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RENCI
RTA-NC Fund
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SAS Institute, Inc.
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Walltown Children’s Theatre
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Mr. & Mrs. Steve Alderman
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& Rev. Elizabeth M. Ayscue
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& Ms. Sandra L. Cooper
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Mrs. Mildred P. Dixon
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Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Edwards
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Eldridge
Mr. William J. Everest
& Ms. Donna E. Tomkinson
Mr. & Mrs. Randall R. Facemyer
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& Ms. Robin B. Huffman
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& Mrs. Kathleen J. Day-Ketel
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& Mrs. Denise G. Caballero-McCann
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& Ms. Lori M. Bernstein
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& Mrs. Suzanne M. Orbock-Miller
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& Ms. Sallie E. Redding
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& Dr. Shelley H. Rinker
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& Ms. Jane C. Guidry
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& Mrs. Dyan A. Derkacs-Wasylyk
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& Mrs. Hui Chang Zhang
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& Ms. Laura K. Watson
Alumni Parents
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& Dr. Linda Pololi
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2006-2007 Annual Report
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& Dr. Maxine L. Murray
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Mr. Michael R. Merrell
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Mr. William G. Mitchell
& Ms. Dilys M. Bowman
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& Ms. Catherine Reddick
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& Ms. Kathleen A. McGraw
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Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Rhoden
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Mrs. Jennifer E. Ross
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Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Scott, Jr.
Ms. Jane F. Seeger
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Drs. Gerald & Mary Sibrack
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Mr. & Mrs. F. Mark Small
Mr. & Mrs. Carl O. Smith, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Smith III
Mr. W. James Stackhouse
& Ms. Joyce A. Keller
Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Stafford
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Dr. & Mrs. John S. Stewart
Dr. & Mrs. Charles F. Stone III
Dr. & Mrs. Woodhall Stopford
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Sullivan
Mr. Robert H. Sweetser
& Mrs. Jenny E. Mercer
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Taranto
Mr. & Mrs. Harold V. Tarleton
Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Thompson, Jr.
Mrs. Janis Kercher Tingle
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Mr. & Mrs. Samuel B. Travis
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Troan
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Tyson, Sr.
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Tytell
Mr. Robert W. Upchurch
Mrs. Janice H. Varner
Mr. & Mrs. Jackie B. Vick
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Vilas
Mr. & Mrs. Alvear Voces
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Hunter W. Wagstaff
Mr. & Mrs. George C. Waldrep, Jr.
Dr. Elliott B. Walsh & Ms. Ann M. Beardsley
Mr. & Mrs. Garland Waters
Mr. & Mrs. Winston O. Watson
Mr. & Mrs. H. Raymond Weeks, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Wells
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Werner
Mrs. Mary P. Williams
Drs. Kenneth & Joanne Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick S. Wingo
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Wojciak
Dr. & Mrs. Royce S. Woosley
Dr. & Mrs. Nagarjuna Yerra
Friends
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Adams
Ms. Rosie Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Carroll G. Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Allen
Ms. Nell Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Elwood Beach
Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Beaudry
Mr. Larry Bizga
Mr. James G. Booker
Mrs. Jean Bowen
Dr. Dale C. Buchanan
& Ms. Catherine L. Buchanan
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Bunzel
Mrs. Sara D. Burke
Mr. & Mrs. Herman E. Burt
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Caddell
Ms. Claudia Caster
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Caulkins
Dr. & Mrs. Albert Clark
Mrs. Ella J. Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Keylon Clarke
Dr. & Mrs. Donald F. Clemens
Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Cloninger
Ms. Betty F. Cooper
Ms. Betty J. Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Cotter
Mr. Brooks Crabtree
Ms. Erma Craft
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Craver
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cummings
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Dektar
Mr. & Mrs. George Derkacs
Ms. Marion Desormeaux
Mr. & Mrs. Krishna V. Dhullipalla
Mr. & Mrs. Don Duncan
Mr. Marc Edwards
Mr. John M. Ehle & Ms. Rosemary Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Eilber
Mrs. Virginia W. Ellenfield
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Epstein
Ms. Brenda S. Evans
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Evans
Mr. & Mrs. David Flanagan
Mrs. Marie P. Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory B. Franson
Ms. Nellie Freeman
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Freiberg
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen V. Frye
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Furr
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Furr
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Gallinger
Ms. Jeanne M. Game
Mr. Leon Goldston
Mr. James D. Gray
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Grizzle
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest R. Gromlich
Dr. Hope M. Gruber
& Mr. Richard T. Shannin
Mr. & Mrs. Don Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Stan Harper
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Hart
Mr. Ken Heckart
Ms. Millicent L. Hester
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Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Holmes

Ms. Kathryn Horne
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Huffman
Mr. Ron Hult
Mr. & Mrs. T. R. Humphrey, Jr.
Mr. Werter H. Hurt, Jr.
Ms. Helen D. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Herschel B. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Preston L. Kight
Mr. & Mrs. Fred King
Mr. & Mrs. David Koontz
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Kramish
Ms. Janice Ku
Mr. & Mrs. Nic Labas
Ms. Kimberly D. Leach
Dr. Helen R. LeGette
Mr. Joseph V. Libera
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Marshall
Mr. Shawn F. McCabe
Mrs. John F. McNair III
Mr. & Mrs. Adolphe Molin
Dr. & Mrs. Larry K. Monteith
Mr. Thomas Morano Rev. & Mrs. James S. Whitaker Ms. Hih Song Kim ‘83
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Morgan Mr. Jim Wood Dr. Larry K. Monteith
Ms. Meredith Muncy Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Woodall Mrs. Kay Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Myers Ms. Vivian B. Young Mr. A. Fredrick Morton, Jr.
Mr. Udauk S. Ndoh Mr. Larry A. Nielsen
Ms. Jean Newell Mr. Michael P. Pickett
Mr. Erik A. Nicholaysen Foundation Board Members Mr. David C. Smith ‘86
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Page Ms. Staci E. Barfield ’83 Ms. D. Carr Thompson
Mr. Sunil Patel Dr. Barbra Bluestone Rothschild ’86 Mr. Spencer Thompson
Mr. Salvatore Patrone Dr. Gerald Boarman Mr. Reich L. Welborn
Mr. & Mrs. Willie Patterson Mr. Judson Bowman ’99 Mr. John D. Wink III
Mr. & Mrs. Erwin H. Plumer Mr. William P. Cary
Mr. John R. Poe Mr. Manoj George
Mr. & Mrs. David S. Reid III Ms. Nancy Kalow Staff/Faculty
Mr. Rawn H. Reinhard Mr. Henry D. Kuo ’82 Dr. Sally Adkin
Ms. Brenda Riddle Mr. Michael J. Martine ’87 Dr. Richard Alston
Mr. Chris J. Riffer & Ms. Samina A. Aziz Mrs. Alisa McDonald Ms. Leslie N. Arrington
Mrs. Margaret Rodecker Mr. Randy Myer Dr. Joan Barber
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan M. Rohm Mr. Greg Owen Dr. Gerald Boarman
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Rose Ms. Elizabeth G. Page ’82 Ms. Germaine N. Brewington, CPA
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sanchez Dr. J. Michael Reidy Ms. Leslie Brinson
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Sandlin Mr. George J. Ross IV Ms. Willyetta Brown-Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Sauter Ms. Melinda S. Schwartz Mr. Thomas H. Clayton
Ms. Elizabeth Savich Mr. J. Harold Smith Mr. C. Kevin Cromwell
Mr. & Mrs. John Schmidt Mr. David J. Spitz Ms. Lauren E. Everhart
Ms. Ellen B. Shields Mr. Bryan D. Stensvad ’88 Mrs. Diane Futrelle
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Skiver Dr. Charles F. Stone III Ms. Darlene Haught
Mr. Emmad Soltan Ms. D. Carr Thompson Mr. Scott D. Laird
Mrs. Pauline V. Steele Ms. Alexis Vaughn Mr. Jamie L. Lathan
Mr. Ken Steen Mrs. Katie Wagstaff Mr. Edward E. McBride
Mrs. Hope Steinman Mr. Richard J. Williams Mrs. Anita A. McCoy
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Strompf Mr. T. Brock Winslow ’86 Dr. J. Michael Reidy
Mr. David Suh & Mrs. Inhi Suh Mr. Craig Rowe
Dr. Braughn Taylor Board of Trustees Mrs. Therese Taxis
Mr. Chrys D. Vildibill Mr. Larry D. Brock Dr. Cecile T. Tougas
Dr. & Mrs. J. W. Vildibill Mr. William P. Cary Mr. Harold Tucker
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Vizdos Ms. Margaret Ellis Ms. Allison C. van den Berg ’95
Mr. Henry Vogel Mr. Andrew J. Filipowski Mrs. Katie Wagstaff
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin T. Wagner Ms. Shirley T. Frye Dr. Stephen J. Warshaw
Ms. Margaret C. Wampler Mr. Alan S. Hicks Dr. Virginia S. Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Cary Ware Mr. Al W. Huffman III Mr. T. Brock Winslow ’86
Mr. Patrick Waters Mr. A. Bradley Ives ‘82 Ms. Eileen Witt
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Steinberg Mr. William M. Ives Mr. John Woodmansee

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 NCSSM Foundation

Odyssey Campaign Highlights

Private gifts have created 16 new endowments, Private dollars paid for the construction of
including eight named endowments established NCSSM’s new soccer field, which was completed
from alumni gifts in fall 2007

All alumni gifts during the 2006-2007 campaign Since 2002, programmatic support has exceeded
totaled $1,487,015 as of July 1, 2007 $3.36 million for professional development
programs, student enrichment programs, and
statewide science and math initiatives

2006-2007 Foundation Board Members

Ms. Staci Barfield ’83
Dr. Barbra Bluestone Rothschild ’86
Mr. Judson Bowman ’99
Mr. William P.H. Cary
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Cross Bridges ’88
Mr. Manoj George
Mr. Kenneth D. Gibbs
Ms. Nancy Kalow
Mr. Henry Kuo ’82
Mr. Howard Lee
Mr. Michael Martine ’87 Mr. David J. Spitz
Mrs. Alisa McDonald Mr. Ken Steen
Mr. John D. Messick II Mr. Bryan D. Stensvad ’88
Mr. Randy Myer Dr. Charles F. Stone III
Mr. Gregory W. Owen Ms. Carr Thompson
Mr. Michael Ritter Ms. Alexis Vaughn
Mr. Todd A. Rodeniser Ms. Katie T. Wagstaff
Ms. Beverly L. Rubin Mr. T. Brock Winslow ’86
Ms. Melinda S. Schwartz
Mr. J. Harold Smith

Alumni/Development Staff
T. Brock Winslow ’86 Therese Taxis Brian Faircloth
Vice Chancellor Director of Annual Giving Grant Writer/
for Development and Alumni Programs Research

Katie Wagstaff Aaron Plourde Leslie Arrington

Executive Director, Assistant Director Database Manager
Foundation of Communications
Roseyone Shepherd
Lauren Everhart Cindy Crabtree Accounting
Director of Executive Assistant Technician
Communications and Young Alumni Coordinator

Specific questions regarding giving opportunities to the NCSSM Foundation can be directed to 919.416.2865.

Thank you for your continuing support of and belief in the North Carolina School of Science
and Mathematics Foundation.

Online giving: www.ncssmalumni.com/onlinegiving

Your gift makes a difference.

*Note: All contributions to the NCSSM Foundation are of cash for fiscal year 2006-2007.
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Winter Spring 2008

 Keeping

Jamie Lathan, a history instructor

at NCSSM, receives a pat on the
32 back from President Bush at RDU
last March. Lathan received the
President’s Volunteer Service
Award for his work mentoring
at-risk youth in Durham.
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the faith
NCSSM instructor receives volunteer award for work with at-risk kids
By AARON PLOURDE
J
amie Lathan, a history instructor at
NCSSM, is the kind of guy who would
help an elderly woman carry her
groceries to her car without the slightest
hesitation. He’s the kind of guy who, when
he sees an opportunity to help others,
seizes it. For that reason, and many more,
Lathan’s church pastor nominated him last
year for the President’s Volunteer Service
Award. And if you’ve ever met Lathan, it’s
no surprise that he won.
Lathan mentors at-risk young men at the
Teen Leadership Club (TLC) in Durham’s
Cornwallis community, a program he
helped establish through his church,
King’s Park International. For his efforts
and dedication, his pastor nominated him
for the prestigious service award when he
learned President Bush was coming to the
area.
So, at the behest of his pastor, Lathan
wrote up a brief summary of what he does
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at TLC, sent it off and practically forgot all
about it. That is, until in between classes in
late February last year when he received
a call from the White House saying that
he had won the volunteer award and was
going to meet President Bush.
“I was speechless for awhile,” Lathan
recalled. Although he shared the good
news with his mom and dad, he thought
it best if he kept it to himself for a little
while. When he walked into class after
receiving the phone call, he apologized
for being late and started his lesson.
After getting the good news that
morning, Lathan’s schedule was full of
media interviews and conversations with
Jamie Lathan takes some time to
family and friends. He was still shocked
by all the attention and, as is his character, play during his time at the Teen
he didn’t give himself praise for his work. Leadership Club in Durham’s
Rather, he thanked God and his parents. Cornwallis neighborhood, where he
has been mentoring young men for
“There are so many people who deserve the past five years.
this award as much, if not more, than me,”
he said. “I wouldn’t have won this award
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Alumni
if it weren’t for the people who have given me so much
throughout my life, especially my parents.”

He’s the first to admit that mentoring isn’t easy — that

he could do a million other things with his free time. But
after growing up with parents who dedicated their lives to
helping others, he feels he too needs to give back.
Association
Board 2006-2007
Lathan can remember as a young boy watching his father
teach a grown man to read. He can remember his mother
helping an elderly couple when she saw them pushing a cart Michael Martine ’87, President
full of laundry. She picked them up and took them home and
continues to be friends with the couple to this day. Brian Mahoney ’90, Vice-President

“I’m just privileged to be their son,” he said. Douglas Massengill ’06, Secretary

When he finally got to meet the president on the tarmac at Darcie Smith ’93, Treasurer
Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the two shook hands
and paused for some photos. Gabriella Allen ’96

After President Bush gave Lathan the volunteer award, he Colin Law ’86
leaned over to Lathan and said, “We are the country we are
because of people like you.” Emily Martine ’88

Lathan in turn thanked him and said that there are many Kelley Mills ’96
other people who deserve this award, namely people like his
parents. Eugene Murray ’82

Reflecting on his award and having the chance to meet the Peter Weld ’96
president, he said it was probably the greatest honor of his
life. And then he was quick to point out that he hasn’t lived
his life for honors. “If you work hard, sometimes they just
come along.”

Lathan continues to mentor young men at TLC about the

importance of education and leadership; he leads them

save the date

in Bible studies and takes them to cultural events in
the Triangle.

Some days, he admits, are difficult. Some days it

doesn’t seem to him that he’s making any difference.
But his faith motivates him to keep trying.

“The biggest effect I have is just being there

for the kids. I think that means something to
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them. When I have a hard day I think, ‘love wears
people down and I’ll be back again next week.’” october 10-12, 2008
Lathan is a graduate of the South Carolina

honoring
Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics
and a two-time graduate of the University of
Virginia, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts
and Master of Education. He was also awarded the
Marshall Memorial Fellowship in December 2007, the Classes of ’83, ’88,
an honor given to the next generation of American
and European leaders. As part of the fellowship, Lathan ’93, ’98 and ’03
will travel to Europe for 23 days to discuss domestic and
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2007
Weekend
“Seeing my fourth Bryan hall mates
was, without a doubt, the highlight
of my reunion experience! It was
absolutely amazing how we could
pick up right where we left off, as
if we had just seen each other five
minutes before. Even my roommate
could still finish my sentences ten
years later. … Only a place as
special as NCSSM could ever bring
about these kinds of connections.”
Kimberly Logan ’97

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Top Single

1982 Olivia Newton-John, “Physical”

History
by the year 1987 Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian”

1982 1992 Boyz II Men, “End of the Road”

The Vietnam War
Memorial in Washington, D.C., 1997 Elton John, “Candle in the Wind”
opens for the public
2002 Nickelback, “How You Remind Me”
Magnetic Resonance Imaging is used
for the first time in Great Britain Top Grossing Movie
A rally against the nuclear arms race brings 1982 “E.T.”
800,000 demonstrators into New York’s
Central Park on June 12 demanding a nuclear 1987 “Three Men and a Baby”
freeze that would bring a moratorium on
atomic weapons development 1992 “Aladdin”

1987 1997 “Titanic”

Soviet Party Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev
announces plans for a new direction in 2002 “Spider-Man”
economic policy
Favorite Spot on Ninth Street
Oliver North testifies before a
congressional committee in July that his 1982 Grinderswitch
secret operations of selling arms to Iran
and using the proceeds to arm Contra 1987 Rossin’s Ice Cream
forces had approval from higher-ups
1992 Ninth Street Bakery
Alan Greenspan is confirmed as chairman
of the Federal Reserve Board 1997 Bruegger’s Bagels
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2002 Cosmic Cantina

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1982 $1.38
History
1987 $1.04 by the year

1992 $1.17 1992

Ruby Ridge, Idaho,
1997 $1.46 makes headlines after
a federal marshal shoots
2002 $1.43 the pet Labrador retriever of
local resident Samuel Weaver
Technology by the year
Serbian forces in Bosnia open
1982 Commercial e-mail begins concentration camps and impose “ethnic
cleansing” to rid the country of Muslims
1987 Prozac introduced and other opponents

1992 First audio multi-cast on the Internet Mall of America opens with more than 400
stores in Bloomington, Minn., after seven
1997 Toyota Prius introduced in Japan years and $500 million of construction,
becoming the largest mall in the world
2002 Roomba robotic vacuum hits markets
1997
Hong Kong reverts to China after 156 years
Super Bowl champs of British rule
1982 San Francisco 49ers
Timothy J. McVeigh is found guilty, sentenced
1987 New York Giants to death for Oklahoma City bombing

1992 Washington Redskins Microsoft’s Bill Gates announces that

his company will make a $150 million
1997 Green Bay Packers investment to help insure the survival
of Apple Computer, which has been
2002 New England Patriots struggling

2002
Top Selling Car The Homeland Security Act is signed into
law, combining several federal agencies
1982 Ford Escort
under one umbrella
1987 Ford Taurus
Euro currency begins circulating in most
European countries
1992 Honda Accord
Enron collapses, triggering congressional
1997 Toyota Camry 37
investigations and legislation to protect
employees’ 401(K) plans
2002 Honda Accord

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By LAUREN EVERHART
“B
ryant Griffin has made floodwaters seethe and
recede, toying with humans who are nothing to him
but specks on the landscape. He’s not God, but he’s
worked with gods – in Hollywood parlance, movie
directors. When they want less seething and more receding,
he’s their go-to guy.”
So began a July 1, 2007 article in the Charlotte Observer about
NCSSM alumnus Bryant Griffin ’94. Fifteen years before, Bryant
was getting ready to leave his home in Charlotte to spend two
years on the Durham campus of the North Carolina School of
Science and Mathematics. Little did he know that the next two
years would dramatically change the trajectory of his life.
I met Bryant in September, 13 years after he graduated from
NCSSM, at the San Francisco campus of Industrial Light &
Magic (ILM), a division of Lucasfilm Ltd. that provides post-
production visual effects to the entertainment industry,
boasting work on such films as “Star Wars,”“The Chronicles
of Narnia,”“Indiana Jones” and “E.T.” There, Bryant uses his
background in industrial design and art to create digital
environments for some of the top-grossing films in Hollywood.
The path for Bryant from the historic Watts Hospital campus in
Durham to the ILM studios in the Presidio of San Francisco was
a long one, with many unexpected bumps along the way. But
ask him if he would change anything about where he’s been
and you get a definitive “No” – the same answer he’ll give you
to the question of whether or not he’s gotten used to seeing
film-greats like George Lucas roam the halls of ILM.
Bryant’s journey to NCSSM began in the late 1980’s when
his family moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Charlotte, N.C., what
Bryant says was one of the best things that ever happened to
him. Soon after arriving in the Tar Heel State, Bryant’s mother
learned about NCSSM and insisted Bryant apply. Bryant was
accepted to NCSSM and arrived on campus in 1992.
According to Bryant, whose nickname at NCSSM was “smiley,”
his experience at the School was “life-changing.”
“It was the first time that I came to the realization that I could
make money as an artist,” he says.
Bryant had always doodled and sketched, especially comics,
but came to a real turning point at NCSSM during Special
Projects Week, or what is now called “Mini-Term.” (For more on
Mini-Term, see “There’s Nothing Mini About It” on Page 6.)
“It was 1993,” he says. “There were a few comic book creators
that were really profitable.”
So Bryant and his friend Chad Harness decided to create a full,
30-page comic book.
“We didn’t get the 30 pages done,” Bryant says, “but we came
up with a story and characters. … That was the first time I
thought to myself, ‘People get paid to do this.’ And so that’s
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when I decided to seriously pursue it.”
Bryant credits NCSSM with helping him find a path and
purpose for his passion as an artist.
“At NCSSM, you feel comfortable being who you are; it’s a time
when you discover who you are,” Bryant says. “Sometimes
people hide their ‘nerdiness,’ they hide their love of certain
things to fit in. NCSSM is a place where you feel comfortable in
being who you are.”
Joe Liles, art instructor and one of Bryant’s mentors at NCSSM,
agrees and finds NCSSM a particularly interesting place for
students interested in both art and science and math.
“One thing that people uniformly fail to realize,” Liles says, “is
that art can be integrated into science and math, that it’s not
an either/or situation. And many of our students have been
attracted to the fields of architecture, industrial design and
graphic design as a way of bridging that chasm of art and
science and math.”
“Sometimes people hide their ‘nerdiness,’
they hide their love of certain things to
fit in. NCSSM is a place where you feel
comfortable in being who you are.”
After Special Projects Week, Bryant’s next milestone at NCSSM
came with a school-wide competition to design an NCSSM
sculpture. Bryant’s winning globe sculpture design confirmed
his decision to pursue life as an artist and introduced him to
the world of industrial design. It was during the creation phase
of the globe sculpture that Bryant was also introduced to
Charles Joyner, a professor at North Carolina State University.
Joyner became Bryant’s guide throughout the design process
and encouraged Bryant to attend N.C. State’s College of
Design, a decision that would ultimately lead Bryant to the
Pumpkin King scholarship offered by NCSU graduate Jonathan
Harb and, eventually, to ILM.
But in between Bryant’s early years at NCSU and the
scholarship that led him to Lucas’ San Francisco special-effects
house, Bryant took his career off-road for a bit.
“I didn’t really understand why I was at school,” he said. “I
thought I could make it on my own.”
So Bryant left NCSU and returned to Charlotte, working a
number of temp jobs, primarily in banking, until he began to
want more.
“You start to see nice things,” Bryant says, “and you say, ‘I would 39
like to be able to afford those things.’”
He began pursuing a career in comics, flying out to San Diego
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 for a convention where his portfolio got him a job
with a small, independent publishing company in Cary,
N.C. Soon Bryant hooked up with comic book artist
Andrew Pepoy, who self-published “Simone and Ajax,”
and did some assistant work with Pepoy, illustrating
such comic books as “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
and “Sonic the Hedgehog.”
“I continuously pursued illustration while working my
day job [in Charlotte],” Bryant says. That is, until, after
four years, he decided it was time to return to N.C.
State.
Bryant, “a little bit older, little bit wiser,” he says, built
a portfolio, won a few competitions and, finally, the
Jonathan Harb Pumpkin King scholarship to attend
N.C. State. Bryant graduated from N.C. State in 2003
with a bachelor’s degree in industrial design.
Two weeks after graduation from N.C. State, Bryant
went to San Francisco to work as an apprentice at ILM,
a connection made through Jonathan Harb, where his
first work was on the Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale
flick “Van Helsing,” followed by “Star Wars: Episode III” and
Steven Spielberg’s “War of the Worlds.”
Through his experiences over the years, Bryant says
that the primary lesson he’s learned is the importance
of relationships.
“The most important asset anywhere is always the
people,” Bryant says. “At Science and Math, it was the
people. At N.C. State, it was the people. And here [at
ILM], it’s the people. It’s not the facilities. It’s the people
and the experiences.”
Now, Bryant spends his days creating environments
as a digital matte artist for ILM and working with his
father and brother for their family business, Avanguard
Solutions, a mobile technology company that offers
customized solutions in mobile communications and
software development.
His recent work at ILM includes “Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire,”“The Chronicles of Narnia,”“Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” and the 2007 Steve
Carrell blockbuster “Evan Almighty,” for which Bryant
helped digitally create the ark.
Liles calls Bryant’s work a “profound merger of art and
science and math.
“Bryant has found that point of synthesis,” he says.
Nearly 15 years after leaving NCSSM, Bryant hopes to
leave current students with one piece of advice:
“Take the time and become passionate about the
things that you’re being taught. Take real interest
40 in [them]. Absolutely take advantage of the
opportunities and do not take things for granted.
Understand that [NCSSM] is a fantastic opportunity
that a lot of people don’t have access to.”
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Sign design by lauren everhart
Back in1993 at the Broad Street entrance to the North Carolina School of
Science and Mathematics sat an old hospital sign – one that used to read
“Watts Hospital Emergency Entrance”and now read“The North Carolina
School of Science and Mathematics,” written on pieces of plywood.
“It was a hideous looking sign,”says Joe Liles, an NCSSM“Abider,”founding
faculty member and art instructor.“It was kind of typical of everything in
the‘50s that everybody thought looked beautiful, but now, in retrospect,
we realized was pretty doggon ugly.”
So the School decided it was time for a change. And, like many things at
NCSSM, the project was put in the hands of students by way of a sign
competition with a cash prize.
BryantGriffin,asenioratthetime,sawaflyeraboutthecompetitionthatsaid
“What would you do for $200?” and was immediately intrigued.
“Two-hundred dollars was huge for a kid that was not allowed to drive,
who lived on campus,” Bryant says. “Do you know how many CD’s you
could buy with $200?”
Bryant says he had the idea for his sign in his
head for a long time but hadn’t put it down
on paper. That is until about 30 minutes
before the submission deadline when
Bryant scrambled to put his idea
downonpaper,sketchingafrontand
a side view of a globe-like sculpture.
Then in November, the entire student
body was called into an assembly in the
PhysicalEducationCenterwhere,much
to Bryant’s surprise, he was named
the winner of the competition.
“Bryant’s was clearly the most sophisticated from a design point-of-view,”
Liles says.“And we just took it on its face value. It was beautiful. It was kind of
abstract. Nobody really knew what it meant, but we liked it.”
The next year and a half were spent in production of the globe sculpture,
most of the work being done after Bryant graduated from NCSSM in 1994
and was a freshman at North Carolina State University.
The sculpture was completed and installed in the spring of 1995 beneath
thetreesonWattslawn,withtheentirestudentbody,Bryantandhisfamily
in attendance.
“It was just a really nice moment,” Liles says.
But the most commonly asked question about what has come to be
known as the“Globe Sculpture”is: What does it mean? Well, Joe Liles had
the same question back in 1995.
“I asked Bryant, ‘Is there any meaning behind the sign?,’” Liles recalls. “And
Bryant said,‘Oh yes, there’s lots of meaning behind it. First of all, I wanted to
use a sphere to represent the world and how NCSSM is a globally aware
place. … And then I did the cutouts in the sphere to represent two hands
coming together with their fingers interlaced. And what that means to me is
that NCSSM teaches students to nurture the world, to care for the world. And
those caring hands are embracing the world.’”
With some minor repairs here and there, the sculpture has proved it’s not
going anywhere – a fact that still surprises its designer.
“Is it even still on campus?” he asked.
Yes, Bryant Griffin, it is.
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 Commencement 2007
O
n a warm Saturday morning in June, NCSSM graduated
its 26th class when NCSSM Board of Trustees Chairman
William P.H. Cary accepted 309 members of the Class of
2007. Dr. Samuel Houston, president and CEO of North Carolina
Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center
(NCSMT), gave the keynote address to a crowd of nearly 3,000
parents, alumni and friends gathered on Watt’s Hall lawn.
Dr. Houston has been at the helm of NCSMT since March
2003 and has been a longtime educator and administrator
for schools throughout North Carolina. During his speech,
Dr. Houston encouraged the graduates to work hard, be
respectful and to strive to become leaders. He outlined
problems our world faces today, challenging the graduates to
tackle them with the same vigor and determination they have
shown at NCSSM.
Nearly 80 percent of the Class of 2007 planned to attend a
42 University of North Carolina system school for undergraduate
study. Other noteworthy institutions NCSSM graduates are now
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attending include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Duke
University, Yale University and Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Class of 2007 is one of the most decorated NCSSM classes
in recent memory, including in its ranks three North Carolina
State University Park Scholars, two University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholars, a Robertson Scholar
through UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, 11 semifinalists
in the Siemens Competition for Math, Science and Technology,
four Intel Science Talent Search Competition semifinalists, 24
National Merit Scholarship Program winners, three National
Achievement Scholarship winners, and one of the state’s two
2007 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement winners.
The School and the NCSSM Alumni Association congratulate
the Class of 2007 and wish all of the graduates the best as they
pursue future endeavors in education and beyond.
For a full list of the Class of 2007, see page 44.
Looking to the future
Commencement is a day filled with bittersweet emotions. This past year’s
exercise was no different, with smiles, tears, handshakes and hugs shared among the
members of the Class of 2007. But no matter where these new alumni find themselves 43
across the world, they know they can always call NCSSM home. On behalf of the
School and the Alumni Association, we wish the members of the Class of 2007 all the
best in their endeavors.
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Parv Aggarwal Valyce Madonna Davis Cody Daniel Hughes Jacob Austin Martin Sarah Amelia Schoenfeldt
Samie Ifran Ahmed Joseph Patrick Davy Brian Howard Hulette Linsey Mae Martin Katherine Margaret Schulz
Arti Ajmani Katherine Nelle Dektar Lauren Gabrielle Iannotte Victoria Michelle Massie Stephanie Ellen Schumaker
James Charles Alderman Katherine Elizabeth Demby Kaitlin Jo Icard Austin Ryan Matthews Lessie Ann Scott
Lindsay Marie Alexander Shivani Ulkesh Desai Melissa Ann Ilardo Brittney S. McCallum Mario Alonzo Scott
William Wyatt Allen Radhika S. Deshmukh Sagar Indurkhya Jaime Marijke McCandless Jessica Alexandria Scroggins
Andrew A. Amolegbe Jaren Grant Dickerson Zi Yi Ji Tiffany Michelle McCrary Benjamin Oscar Sealy
Kelly Elizabeth Anderson Cameron Blake Dowless Liwei Jiang Alison Lee McGraw Tyler Robinson Seward
Courtney Elizabeth Angers Matthew Pope Drews Amanda Michelle Johnson Alison Ivy Mead Colton Maurice Sexton
Nicole Beaumont Anthony Clayton Raymond Dunwell Katherine Blair Johnson Alexey Alexeyevich Melnichenko Noah McKimmey Seymore
Julian Edward Arrington Elizabeth Ashley DuVall Megan Lee Johnson Michael Altaf Mian Riti Rajendra Shah
Adam Michael Askren Meghan Elizabeth Dwyer Salem Elizabeth Johnston Amanda Tai Michelson Aniqa Zahin Shahrier
Rebekah Fairley Ayscue William Holt Edwards Anna Elaine Jones Jonathan Ray Mitchell Trevor James Shannon
Saumya Laxmi Ayyagari Len Takahashi Evans Matesha Ronel Jones Tanvisha Sunilkumar Mody Gary Craig Shaver
Daniel Scott Bacigalupo Melissa Leigh Fender Michael Brandon Jones Cameron Keatings Moeller James Patrick Shedlick
Keon Bae James Robert Finley Michael David Jones Elizabeth Alaine Moody Mohammad Asad Siddiqui
Margaret Anne Baker Alexandra Elizabeth Fish Christina Rosa Jusino Clayton Britt Nance Keith Alexander Simpson
Whitney Ellen Baker Charles Robert Fort Amanda Louise Karam Leonard James Nelson Natalie Chane’ Singleton
Jessica Rene’ Barnes Brittany Marie Fotsch Krishna Kishore Karra Christine Ngoc An Nguyen James Edward Slade
Max Pascal Beckman-Harned Nathaniel Wesley Fowler Morgan Chaney Alexandria Kearse Brittany Jo Nicolaysen Tyler Edward Smith
Tavia Shava Benjamin Michael Aaron French Andrew William Keener Cayla Noelle Noble Chelsea Lyn Sokolow
Amanda Leigh Berry Caitlin Mae Frese Caroline Elizabeth Kennedy Brian Blake Nobles Torri Allyce Staton
Samera Beshir Matthew Palmer Furmanek Mahen Mohammad Khan Ogechi Peace Nzewi Eleanor Abbott Steel
Suneet Anand Bhansali Abby Danielle Furr Ryan Paul Kilby Sabrina Rohanie Officer Thomas A. Stegall
Xavier Nathaniel Blount Rebecca Ann Gade Grace Kim John Preston Outten Jeremy Ross Steinman
Lyndsay Elizabeth Booth Ishita Yogesh Gandhi HongSun S Kim Scott Roberts Ouzts Caitlin Leann Stone
Justin Michael Boucher Eric Douglas Gerard Yoonsuk Corey Kim Mark Oluwatoj Owolabi Amanda Carolina Sullivan
Timothy-Allen Edwin Brewington Charles Nicholas Gilbert Wayne Myron Kimball Nicole Antoinette Parker John Paul Sypniewski
Justin Jamil Brinegar Matthew Lee Gildner Ashley Lashelle King Laura Elizabeth Parks Nicholas Chen Tang
Dorian Henry Rayshawn Britt Stephanie Marie Glass Santana Bianca King Jaimin Jayesh Patel Jessica Nicole Taylor
Eldon Timothy Brockman Laura Andrea Gomez-Nichols Angela Marie Knowles Jennifer Katherine Peeler Morgan Leigh Taylor
Christopher Tyler Brogdon Elizabeth Kara Goodman Suk Moon Ko Lisa Ann Pepin Andrew Michael Telesca
Joshua Madison Brown Daniel Benton Goodson Mary Paige Kohlmann Justin David Perry Nelson Leon Terry
Emanuel El’Mircle Bryant Yevgeniy Yurievich Grechka Lalitha Kunduru Thomas Gilbert Perry Diana Susan Tingen
Amy Rose Bryson Jodie Frances Greene Mary K. La Amanda Kaye Peters Magen Pauline Tomasino
Casey Alia Buchanan Keith Michael Grose Stephanie Marie Laboy Michael Van Pham Ashley Ariel Faith Trudeau
Kyle David Bucher Rose Guo Nirav Vanraj Lakhani Raymond Keast Piatt Jacob Christopher Ulirsch
Justin David Buie Erik William Gutekunst Aubrey Daniel Land John Stephens Powell Brenton Roy Vasconcellos
Micky Bullard Aynul Habib Alexandra Marcela Landry Jenna Rae Puckett Rebekah Jean Vestal
Megan Danielle Cain Zachary Carl Hackney Noah Broad Lavine Rachel Brooke Puckett Megan Jessica-Louise Vick
Kiira Michelle Campbell Nicholas Connor Hamden Caleb Edward Lee Zachary Harris Pugh Kiara Shanice Vincent
Rebecca Paige Campbell James Ray Harrell Jeffrey Davis Lee Casey Sheree Putnam Jessica Ann Voytik
Courtney Shay Canipe Daniel Dillender Hart John Lee Steven Thanh Quach Jennifer Austin Wadsworth
Timothy Matthew Canty Ryan Konrad Hasian Katherine Nicole Lee Jefferson Ross Ramsey Beck Eric Waldbauer
Austin Cole Capobianco Jacob Robert Haskins Rebecca Yejin Lee Catherine Adams Raymer Aaron Jameel Wallace
Michael Vincent Carpenter Jason Edward Hawkins Young Min Lee David Settle Reid Luhan Wang
Hae Rhee Chung Kathleen Alyce Hebert David Dalton Lennon Jonathan Daniel Reiner Nancy Nicole Warren
Daryl Anne Clausen Jennifer Shannon Henkel Jessica Ann Leslie Amanda Jean Reno James Nathaniel Wasson
Jennifer Bly Cook Andrew Scott Hewitt Zachary Ricardo Lewis Rachel Margaret Revelle Joshua Derek Watkins
Katherine Elizabeth Cooper Megan Elizabeth Heysham Robert Leonard Liles Laura Emiline Reynolds Linda Wei
Paul Christopher Corbett Tyrik Todd Hicks Steven Yang Lin Jasmine Michelle Richardson Noah Lawrence Weissman
Andrew Michael Courtright Adam Greschek Hill Paul Leiluo Little Kaylah Monique Roberson Thomas Bailey White
Kenan Amanda Crawford Alexander Douglas Hill Ann Liu Briant Logan Robey Ian Stewart Whitlock
Nathan Riley Creger Alexandra Maydee Hill Michelle Bo Liu Tate Weston Rogers Benjamin Craig Williams
Bryan Patrick Creviston James Fu-chang Ho Pam Liu Jenna Lynn Roney Jamie Lynn Winslow
Kellie Michelle Crook Rebecca Morgan Holmes Abigail Brynn Long Max Lonnie Rose Blair L. Wright
Brittany Charlotte Croom Joseph Hampton Horrocks Joseph Jennings Lozier Brittany Alyse Ross Robert William Yarbrough
44 Philip George Curley Cameron Kelly Houser Lindsay Elise Luff Tyler Babineaux Ross Luis Patrick Zapata
Shelby Lynn Currier James Conrad Howard Erik Thomas MacIntosh Gregory Jacob Rubinstein Zhe Zhang
Elizabeth Kate Cutrone Kimberly Kristine Howell Nicole Antoinette Mack Ethan Michael Russ Margaret Barbara Zhou
Giffin Weber Daughtridge Noura Lena Howell Andrew Cobb Marks Angela Marie Sarnie Benjamin Brummitt Ziccardi
Adam Richard Davis Jingwen Hua Hannah Elizabeth Martin Steven Francis Schlaefer
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Christen (Chamberlain) Greenfield ’99
and husband Cullen Greenfield ’99 .
Marriages and Engagements
1990s
Glenn Simmonds ’92 married Tracey
Lynn Quinn of Cochranville, Pa., on
December 30, 2006.
Mary “Beth” Lassiter ’94 became
engaged to Dustin Decker in Atlanta,
Ga., on February 17, 2007.
Christopher “Ryan” Vinroot ’94
married Rebecca Paris ’94 on May 19,
2007 in Oak Island, N.C.
Sharice (Rice) Wood ‘94 and Thomas
Wood ‘96 were married on June 3,
2007 in Greensboro, N.C. Sharice is
in her first year of residency at the
University of Cincinnati, and Thomas
works as a production associate
at a pharmaceutical company in
Cincinnati.
Kevin Chamness ’95 married Sarah
Hileman on February 3, 2007 in Austin,
Texas.
Carla (Locklear) Rincones ’95 married
Daniel Rincones in 2001. They met
while serving on active duty in the
United States Air Force.
Marica (Eaddy) Baker ’97 married
Scott Baker on August 21, 2004 at
Fearrington Village near Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sara (Eslinger) Aycock ’97 married
Bruce Howard Aycock on March 24,
2007 in Burgaw, N.C.
Christen (Chamberlain) Greenfield ’99
married Cullen Greenfield ’99 on
September 3, 2006 in Angier, N.C.
Alison (Goss) Eng ’99 married Carl
Eng May 26, 2007 in Starkville, Miss.
Amanda (Howell) Smith ’99 married
Daniel Smith on January 27, 2007.
2000s
Meredith (Talton) Murphy ’02
married Patrick Murphy on Saturday,
June 2, 2007 in her hometown of
Farmville, N.C.
Nicholette (Schnell) Hayes ’02
married Christopher Hayes on
June 10, 2006 in Chandler, N.C.
Births and Adoptions
1980s
David “Dave” Beatty ’86 and Kelly
Beatty warmly welcomed Reid Gavin
Beatty on April 14, 2007 in Raleigh, N.C.
Jonathon Carson ’89 and wife Dena
Carson welcomed Molly Ruth Carson
on June 26, 2006 at South Shore
Hospital in Weymouth, Mass.
Marcia D. Edwards ‘86 gave birth to
Jameson Karst Edwards on Dec. 1, 2006,
in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Mark Ingle ’89 welcomed the birth of
his son, Cooper Madden, on July 3, 2007.
Jeff Tolle ’87 and Sharon Letchworth ’88
welcomed their second child, Katherine
Rachel, on July 25, 2006.
1990s
Julie (Ashe) Ball ’95 gave birth to
Donovan Hayes Ball on July 5, 2007. He
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joins his brother Riley, 3.
Patricia “Patty” (Berry) Allen ’92 and
husband Mike Allen welcomed their fifth
child, Laura Lea Ellis, on September 8, 2006.
Jenny Cox ’91 and Nathan Gaddis ’91
welcomed their second baby, Sacha
Miles, on Sept. 10, 2006.
Malathi “Malu” (Viswanathan) Ellis ’93
and Stephen Ellis gave birth to Danika
Radhai Ellis on January 19, 2007. Danika
weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was
19.5 inches at birth. She joins two older
brothers, Johnathan, 6, and Blake, 3.
Ms. Jo L. Peterson Gibbs ’91 and her
husband, Chris, welcomed their third
son, William Edward, on April 18, 2007.
Angela (Lea) Nemecek ’97 and
Nathan Nemecek warmly welcomed
their daughter, Stella Kathleen Nemecek,
into their home in Charlottesville, Va., on
May 6, 2007. Stella weighed 7 pounds,
10 ounces, and was 21 inches long.
Stacey (Hornaday) Pazzula ’97
and husband Dominic Pazzula ’97
welcomed William Joseph Pazzula on
April 21, 2007, at 2:52 p.m. Will weighed
in at 6 pounds, 4 ounces and has blonde
hair with dark blue eyes.
Daniel Stinehelfer ’97 and Rachel
Stinehelfer are belatedly announcing
the arrival of their two children: Henry
Michael Stinehelfer born on February
12, 2005 and Claudia Jane Stinehelfer
born on February 1, 2007.
Ryan Suydam ’97, and Rachel (Sturm)
Suydam ’97, welcomed their third
child, Benjamin Mitchell, into the world
on January 19, 2007. His sisters, Rebekah
and Leah, were overjoyed to meet him
and have been thrilled to help mommy
take care of their little brother. If anyone
wants to see more pictures, visit
www.suydams.com
Jesse Stowell ‘95 welcomed his
daughter Fiona Higgins Stowell on
February 23, 2006. Jesse is a Product
Manager for Distributed Energy Systems
in Barre, Vt., working on commercial 45
product development of wind turbines.
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Mrs. Elizabeth D. Tricomi ’95, husband,
Will and son, Carter, are proud to
announce the birth of Anna Elizabeth on
January 4, 2007.
Kristina Williams ’91 and Chris Wilson
welcomed their second daughter, Sarah
Jane, on April, 21, 2007. Chris, Kristi and
big sis Kasi are doing well in Mt. Pleasant,
N.C.
Careers and Education
1980s
Staci Barfield ’83 has written a novel
titled “Sorrows Multiplied.” It was given
the 2007 IPPY Gold Award for Best
Regional Fiction - Southeast by the
Independent Publisher Book Awards.
These regional “IPPYs” were designed to
spotlight the best regional titles from
around North America and had 688
entries from across the U.S. and Canada.
Books were judged alongside books for
and about their regions only, based on
their quality and regional significance.
Lisa Wagner ’88 has been chosen to
play for the U.S. Women’s Ball Hockey
team. The team, the first-ever chosen by
the U.S., finished fourth in the World Cup
in Germany this past June.
Marshall Moore ’87 had his short
story “The Infinite Monkey Theorem”
land in the Top Ten in a major writing
competition, the Million Writers Award.
It’s sponsored by the literary journal
StorySouth. The first two stages of the
competition were judged by a panel
of authors and editors. The winner is
chosen out of the top 10 by an online
vote. To vote, go to www.storysouth.
com/millionwriters.html
Virginia “Nichole” Rowland ’89
completed her MBA at UNC Charlotte
in May 2007 with a concentration
in International Business. She works
from her home office in Mt. Holly, N.C.,
doing IT project management in the
pharmaceutical industry. She plans to
pursue a Ph.D. in nanoscale science.
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Julie (Ashe) Ball’s, ’95, baby boy, Donovan
Hayes, and his older brother, Riley.
1990s
Maurine Shields Fanguy ’93 accepted
a job as the director of a biometric
smart card program, the Transportation
Worker Identification Credential, at
the Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration.
Maurine is excited to apply her ten
years of management consulting
and technology experience from her
previous job at Accenture LLP to her new
job in government.
Thomas Reilly ’95 recently had a piece
of software he had been working on
for the past few years donated to the
Mozilla Project.
John Bowman ’98 graduated in May
from the University of Wisconsin with a
Ph.D. in math. He is moving to Chicago to
work with a small technology consulting
firm, OpenBI.
2000s
Natasha “Tash” Brown ’00 earned
her Master of Public Health degree
in Behavioral & Community Health
Sciences, and a Graduate Certificate in
Public Health Program Evaluation from
the University of Pittsburgh Graduate
School of Public Health in April 2007. She
was also inducted into the Delta Omega
National Honor Society in Public Health.
This fall, Natasha began her pursuit of
a Ph.D. in Health, Behavior & Society at
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health.
Thomas Robbins ’00 recently
completed his Specialization in
International Relations and Negotiation
from the Universidad de los Andes
in Bogota, Colombia, where he was a
Fulbright Scholar. He has worked on
several independent research projects
as well as some sponsored by the World
Bank and United Nations Development
Program (UNDP).
Michael Jerch ’02 is breaking into the
auction world and says if anyone is
interested in the arts in New York City to
drop him a line.
James Benjamin “Ben” Wise ’03
graduated this past spring from the
College of William and Mary with a B.A. in
Economics and Philosophy and is joining
Booz Allen Hamilton as an economic
consultant in McLean, Va.
Retirements
Dr. Charles “Chuck” Britton, was one of
the founding faculty members at NCSSM.
He taught physics at the School for more
than 25 years before retiring after the
2006-2007 school year. On behalf of
the School, alumni, faculty and staff, we
thank Chuck for his dedicated service.
Hey alumni, let your
friends and former
classmates know what
you’re up to by posting to
Class Notes. Please visit
Alumni Connections at
www.ncssmalumni.com
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In Memoriam and people, and strove to make the planet a better place for both.

Christopher Reuther ’91 He is survived by his mother, Harriet Barrow (Happy) Rogers, and his
Christopher Reuther, 34, father, Dr. Larry Arch Cree Rogers, both of Charlotte; sisters, Dr. Louise
died tragically this past Cree Rogers, of Charlotte, and Frances Carroll Rogers, of Atlanta;
spring in Hawaii after brothers, Dr. Arthur Larry Rogers II, of Macon, Ga., and Jonathan Duke
suffering a sudden brain Rogers of Raleigh; a step-mother, Betty Ammons Rogers and a step-
hemorrhage. Chris grew sister, Ashley Spurlock Stiles, both of Charlotte; and Cricket, his best
up near Asheville, where friend, whom he loved very much.
he grew to appreciate the
beauty of the outdoors. Anthony Bray ’97
He attended NCSSM and Anthony Michael Bray, 27, formerly of Mayodan, died Tuesday,
the University of North June 26, 2007, at his home in Raleigh.
Carolina at Chapel Hill
where he received his Anthony was born August 3, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a 1997
degrees in environmental graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
science and journalism. in Durham. He was employed at Intrex Computers as an Internet
Services technician. He enjoyed time with his family, trips to Las
After attending UNC, Vegas and Europe, reading, gaming, watching Carolina Hurricanes
Chris began writing and Panther games. Anthony was a member of the All Saints Chapel,
for Environmental Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, S.C., and had attended First
Health Perspectives Baptist Church of Mayodan. He was preceded in death by his
journal. During the 11 grandparents, Carlyle and Marjorie Rumley and Albert and Sarah Bray.
years he was on staff,
he discovered a love Survivors include his parents, Mike and Marlene Bray of Mayodan; his
for environmental beloved sister, Nicole Bray (Josh) Biretz of Columbus, Ga.; uncles, Duke
reporting and a passion Rumley, Phil Bray, Albert (Shelia) Brown, Martin (Nell) Brown; aunt,
for the work of EHP and Jill Bray; cousin, Philip Bray; and his “other mother”, Jane Amos; and
its mission. It became special friends, Keith, Rhonda, and Megan Skeen.
both a personal and
professional mission for The family requests contributions be made to the NCSSM
him to improve the lives Foundation, P.O. Box 2733, Durham, NC 27715-2733
of people, both in his own community and in the larger global (www.ncssmalumni.com) or to First Baptist Church of Mayodan,
community, by enlightening the world to their situations, and by 101 S. 1st Ave, Mayodan, N.C. (www.mayodanfbc.org.)
empowering them to improve and sustain their own environment
and health. Frank Chen ’04
Frank Chen, 21, passed away on February 11, 2007. Born on January
Chris was about to study law at Tulane University, where he was 20, 1986 in New York City to Scott and Cindy Chen, Frank moved to
offered the Dean’s Scholarship. His plan was to study environmental North Carolina when he was 9-years-old.
and international law so that he could dedicate his life to
empowering those around the world who are powerless to avoid He attended Smithfield Elementary, Marie G. Davis Middle School,
environmental injury. During his life he had a great effect on many and Myers Park High School in Charlotte. He was a graduate of
people, including the 12 people who received the gift of life from NCSSM and a junior in biomedical engineering at North Carolina
Chris being an organ donor. State University. He was well-known and loved for his sharp wit,
honesty and generosity.
Chris will be terribly missed by many.
A bright young man, he had multiple interests outside of his field
Wade Barrow Rogers ’87 of study. An uncanny ability with the camera produced spectacular
Wade Barrow Rogers, 37, of Asheville, died June 22, 2007 after an photos, elevating the mundane to the status of art. He was a ballroom
illness he had battled most of his life. He was a kind, gentle soul dancer and competed with his school team, performing in several
whose intense love of nature will be his lasting legacy. He attended exhibitions. Frank made innumerable friends online, giving everyone
Charlotte Country Day School and graduated from the North a turn with his wild and innovative ideas. He touched more lives in his
Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and Brown University. short time than most would be able to in 100 years. He will be sorely
He was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. One of his missed by his family and his friends around the world.
more memorable accomplishments as a teenager was hiking the
Appalachian Trail, alone, covering the rugged 2,160 mile distance in Frank Chen is survived by his parents, Scott and Cindy Chen, and
less than five months. He was founder and president of Translucent- his sisters, Amy and Amanda Chen. 47
Fleetman, a software and computer consulting firm. He loved animals

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MARCH 2008 Saturday, April 19 MAY 2008 Thursday, May 21

Welcome Day Colloquium Series
Wednesday, March 19 Wednesday, May 7 Bland Simpson, author, director of
Colloquium Series Faculty Appreciation Luncheon UNC-CH creative writing program
Dr. J. Samuel Walker, historian for
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunday, May 11 JUNE 2008
Spring Concert
Friday, March 21 - Chorale and Private Voice Students Saturday, June 7
Sunday, March 30 ETC Auditorium 27th NCSSM Commencement
School Closed / Spring Break Watts Hall Lawn
Saturday, May 17 -
Monday, March 31 Sunday, May 18
Mini-Term Begins Fine Arts Weekend For more event details
Sunday, May 18 and to see the latest
APRIL 2008
Music Department Spring Concert NCSSM news, visit
Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, www.ncssm.edu
Tuesday, April 1 - Tuesday April 8
Jazz Ensemble
Mini-Term
ETC Auditorium
Saturday, April 12 For more NCSSM
Monday, May 19
Prom
Grandparents’ Day &
alumni news and
Monday, April 14
22nd Annual Research Symposium events, visit
Wednesday, April 23 www.ncssmalumni.com
Colloquium Series
Alumni Forum
Dr. J. Samuel Walker, historian for
Featuring Brian Morin ’85
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