Tennessee Wesleyan College - Nocatula Yearbook (Athens, TN)

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DOUBLE DEDICATION: DORIS BURRUS Dr. Doris Burrus, a native of Tennessee, received her doctoral degree from the University of Tennessee. She attended previous- ly the University of Texas and the University of Kentucky. She decided to return to East Tennessee and wrote her dissertation on Child Development and Attachment. Right now she is putting this dissertation into a short book form. Dr. Burrus has her husband and three dogs, two cats, and one horse, Charlie Dancer, Living with her. She has four children — Scott, Steven, Laura, and Nell. She and her husband, Ross also have one grandson, named Steven. Her hobbies are sailing, horses, needlepoint, and ballet. An important part of her life is her church, the Episcopal Church in Knoxville. She is a lay-reader and a Chalice Bearer. Very few women are allowed to give the communion; but she is one of them and she considers this a high honor. She is a member of the Order of St. Luke which is a study of healing in the church, based on the use of scriptures. At Tennessee Wesleyan she is teaching her sixth year. She teaches Introductory, Abnormal, Child, and Personality Psychology. She began the counseling center the school now has. She and Ross began a small computer corporation called Tennessee Computer Specialties. It is a woman-owned corporation; Dr. Burrus owns more than half of the percentage of the stock. The company provides computers and software for large East Ten- nessee corporations; e.g. Eastman Kodak, Alcoa, and Martin Marietta. It is three years old and doing very well. She calls it Ross ' brain child. She claims to have only intended to stay one year at Tennessee Wesleyan. She now is in her sixth; fortunately for students and staff, her one year has lasted quite a while. OCT 2 . 8? 7-

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BOTH WOMEN ARE OUTSTANDING! LOUISE HARMS Mrs. Harms was born in Birmingham, Alabama on June 25, 1924. She has earned a B.S. in Library Science from George Peabody College for Teachers. Mrs. Harms first came to Tennessee Wesleyan in September of 1964, as the assistant to the Librarian. July of 1965, she became the director of the Mernier Pfeiffer Library. From the very start, Mrs. Harms has always dreamed of expanding the library. Mrs. Harms stated, We can always use more room, because the school is growing in number, so therefore we are growing and we need all of the extra space that we can muster up. Tennessee Wesleyan is an excellent college. I ' m proud of the education that we give our students. It is staffed with a dedicated faculty and staff, and I am also proud of the success rate our graduates have out in the job market. Mrs. Harms feels that she is leaving at the right time. We are sure that she will miss Wesleyan, but her dream of seeing the remodeling of the Library has become reality now. Mrs. Harms is known for establishing the first audio-visual program at Wesleyan. Future plans for Mrs. Harms will include many changes. I feel good about the new changes, and it is time for me to step down and I wish the new Librarian even greater success in her career than that which I have seen. In my heart, I will miss the students the most of all. Thank you. Mrs. Haims for your dedication and hard worki WE WISH YOU BOTH THE BEST!