Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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CHARTIN G THE COURSE Advice from Alumni lt's Spring - Auburn is blooming, stu- dents are sunning, studies are neglected, and perspective graduates are panicking. Spring Quarter is the traditional timefor students to finish their studies and go out in the real world to make a living. However, jobs are scarce, and, in every field, qualified appli- cants are abundant. Therefore, it's becoming more realistic to graduate in an off quarter. Summer, Fall, and Winter Quarter are now busy times at the Placement Office. ln fact, the first camp outs for job interview re- servations took place during Winter Quarter this year. All this for a job that, repeated studies say, will change within seven years. Then an employee's career will change four more times after thatfirst change. A student graduating in Agricultural Economics could, through career changes, end up as Vice Chairman of the Greyhound Corporation. A star football player could wind up being a gynecologist. Sound crazy? Well, Auburn students, it's been done before. The Alumni of Auburn University are well known all over the United States as successful people. Their stories are unusual, inspirational, and quite applicable to any college student- especially panicking graduates! The following are five profiles of Auburn Alumni that have progressed successfully as they charted their course. THE IOCK David H. Middleton, M.D., P.C. A football scholarship brought David Middleton to Auburn in 1951 from Ens- ley High School in Birmingham. The young athlete was beginning his football career at Auburn the same year Shug jordan began his career at Auburn. For both, Auburn was the start of a fulfilling life. In 1955, Middleton graduated from Auburn with a B.S. and was the Detroit Lions first draft choice. Playing wide re- ceiver for the Lions was a switch for the Auburn half-back, but he made the tran- sition like a pro - such a pro that he led the Lions in receiving three out of the first four years. Then, two years after signing with the Lions, Middleton helped them to the World Cham- pionship lSugar Bowlj in 1957 against the Cleveland Browns 52-14. 1 But Auburn graduates are diverse people. Each summer, after graduating from A.U., David studied at the Uni- versity of Tennessee Medical School. And in 1959, after marrying his Auburn sweetheart, Middleton graduated from U.T. He was then Michigan-bound. 1965 brought another degree to Middle- ton, this one from the University of Michi- gan in Gbstetrics and Gynecology. However, the Doctor decided to teach for seven years rather than practice. ln 1971, the coveted Senior Award was given to Dr. David Middleton for his outstanding teaching abilities. Presently, Middleton has a private practice of obstetrics and gynecology along with his academic prac- tice. He has turned back to athletics in that he is an authority of gynecological prob- lems of the female athlete. From lock to Doc, Middleton has proved to be a most valuable player! THE FARMER Clifton B. Cox To list this farmer's educational history: Auburn - B.S., M.S., Dr. of Science- Honoraryg Harvard - Visiting Residence Professorg Purdue - PhD., Dr. of Agricul- ture-Honoraryp Troy State - Dr. of Laws- Honorary. Sounds like an Auburn farmer, d0esn't it? Dr. Cox started his exciting career in 1960 by joining Armour and Company as their director of economic research. He was elected a vice president in 1963, then he became assistant to the president in '66. After being appointed executive vice presi- dent in '70, he decided to change areas. So, Dr. Cox soon was elected group vice presi- dent of Greyhound Corporation-Armour Food. That same year Armour Food Com- pany was organized as a separate operat- ing division of Armour and Companyg Cox traveled with it as president and chief ex- ecutive officer. But, Greyhound won him back in 1975 as Dr. Clifton B. Cox was appointed to the Greyhound executive office. In May, 1977, he was named vice chairman of The Greyhound Corporation. Dr. Cox stays quite busy in the area of public addressesp a thought-provoking writer and speaker, Dr. Cox has words of advice to any student, graduating now, or just one day soon. ' '... Very few things in today's complex environment are done alone. Therefore, we do need associates to work as a team. I encourage you to de- WWW velop the characteristic of working together, because we do need friends and associates as we go through life if we are to enjoy it to the fullest. THE VOICE Cathryn tToniJ Tennille Dragon It all started in Montgomery. Four sis- ters singing, four voices harmonizing, one voice dreaming of something more. That voice traveled to Auburn University, for a start toward the dream. It was here at Au- burn that Cathryn sang for Auburn. But the southern lady was destined for more than the loviest village. It was on to Los Angeles for Toni Tennille. In Los Angeles, Toni was producing a rock-ecology musical. She found that she needed a new keyboard player, and Daryl Dragon needed a job. Daryl was on tour with the Beach Boys as their keyboard player, and the Beach Boys were on a break. So, the famous couple met, and soon, they were working well together. In 1971, Daryl convinced Toni to join the group, and she became the first and only Beach Girl . They began to enjoy each other's musical style and recognized the fine quality of their work. Soon after-

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wards, on Valentine's Day, Daryl and Toni were married. But the life of a musician is a hard one. The Captain and Tennille had to use their own money to record The Way I Want to Touch You. It just so happened that the single was well received in the California area. A 8: M records signed them to a ma- jor recording contract. Their next single, Love Will Keep Us Together, sold ZV2 million copies and went on to capture a Grammy in 1975. They then re-released The Way I Want to Touch You which became their second gold single. Today, Daryl and Toni enjoy television appearances and talk shows along with their singing careers. Toni's life has cer- tainly taken many different turns since singing for the university - positive turns toward positive dreams. THE ARTIST jean Woodham After graduating from Auburn, I went directly to New York to earn a living while studying sculpture. I was twenty years old, had never been more than 350 miles from my birthplace and had seen very little sculpture. That's how Iean Woodham describes her first venture into her new life after leaving Auburn with a Bachelor's degree. Yet within ten months of arriving in New York, she had exhibited professionally and recieved her first favorable mention in the papers. Studying under such famous sculptors as Hans Hoffman, and Louise Nevelson, lean learned a great deal at the Clay Club Sculpture Center in Greenwich Village. Shows and commissions are the talented artist's main concern. She has ex- hibited in England, Belgium, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. The exhibitor of eleven one-man shows, of three sculp- tures at New York's World's Fair, Woodham has placed sculptures in four- teen areas, including Auburn's own Good- win Music Building in 1978. jean Woodham is listed in Who's Who in American art, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who Among American Women, World's Who's Who of Women, and the Dictionary of International Biography. Being exhibited at 39 museums and galler- ies, at 22 schools and universities, Woodham has certainly earned the 40 positions she holds in art related associa- tions. Presently, jean is working on a commis- sion for a public library in Norwalk, Ct., and serving on the Executive Board of the Sculptors Guild in New York City. A woman of many interests, she likes read- ing, herb gardening, photography, and fishing. Plus lean is picking up the trom- lean Woodham Rivers Siddons Anne bone and studying Italian. It is obvious that this Auburn graduate knew what she wanted to do in her life. - Isn't it nice to see that there can be so many opportuni- ties in one field? THE WRITER Anne Rivers Siddons ., ..... I ' i'I' ' . .. 4 .... my 5 I - 2 LJ . What better way to present a writer, than to let her write her own story. So . . . After graduation CBachelor of Applied Arts, Major in Illustration, Auburnj in March, 1958, I came to Atlanta and went to work for the advertising department of Equifax. I soon moved to the Citizens 8: Southern National Bank, and from there, in 1964, to Atlanta Magazine, where I was Senior Editor until 1967. I then went in 1969 to Burton-Campbell Advertising, also as a Copywriter. From there, I went back to Atlanta Magazine, from the magazine back to Burton-Campbell Advertising, and in 1975, I published my first book, Iohn Chan- cellor Makes Me Cry. In 1976, I left the agen- cy to write full time, and in that year my first novel, Heartbreak Hotel, was pub- lished. The book was a selection of the Literary Guild, the Doubleday Book Club, was condensed in Redbook Magazine, and was optioned by Universal Studios. It was also published in paperback. In 1978, I finished The House Next Door, also a selection of the Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Clubs. Foreign Rights were sold in England, Australia, and New Zealandg the paperback edi- tion, sold over a million copies and was on the New York Best Sellers list. I have just finished a new novel, Fox's Earth, to be published in the spring. I've also written for Atlanta and Georgia Magazines, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, House Beautiful, Gentlen1an's Quarterly, and Redbook, but books are my main interest, and I expect I'll be doing them until I can no longer pound a type- writer. I think that a writer is something you are, not something you do, and most of us are therefore pretty well stuck with it, much as we'd like to be tupper- ware ladies or wide receivers or what- ever. As you probably know, I majored in art, not English, while I was at Auburn, and while I loved the Biggin Hall years, I know now that I would never have been more than an adequate artist. Why writ- ers don't often actually study their craft while at school I don't know, but few of my friends who are working writers did. But I was feature editor of the Plainsman for a couple of years, and that un- doubtedly pointed me toward this path. I am beginning to plan a new novel with Dean Katherine Carter as a point of departure, Auburn and the people with whom I shared my years there are obviously going to influence my work for many years to come. This article wasn't written to show off our Alumni, although they are quite worthy ofit. Neither was it written to serve as models for all students to follow once they graduate. Rather, this portrait of Auburn's Alumni was printed to show the many opportunities offered to a college graduate. Every person presented here changed their job description as their interests changed, and their employ- ment changed. They were open to new ideas, challenges, and risks. Each of the five alumni said they were grateful to Auburn. By this, do they mean they appreciated the faculty at Auburn, the atmosphere, the contacts established, the ex- periences gained, or the opportunities offered? Probably the answer could be sum- med up in one word - spirit. Each one of these people has a unbelieveable spirit for life. Possibly this spirit originated during their stay at Auburn, possibly Auburn served to maintain their spirit, or rejuvenate their spir- it. In any case, the spirit lingers on at Au- burn, and successful, determined, happy people continue to graduate from Auburn as they chart their course in the real world Dianne Ross