Union College - Stespean Yearbook (Barbourville, KY)

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Dedication After 23 years, President Mahlon A Miller resigned as president of Union College. Dr Milier came to Union in 1955 as assistant to the president. In 1959, he was appointed president. Dr Miller has been a friend to the student and a leader to the campus Because of this, the 1983 Stespean staff dedicates this yearbook to Dr Mahlon A. Miller.

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On September 23, 1982, Dr. Miller resigned from the presidency and chancellorship of the college. However, he offered to continue as president emeritus and work out of Louisville part-time, raising funds for the college, until May 31, 1983. In the meantime, a Central Management Team was appointed to direct the college. The team was made up of Edward H. Black, Director of Institutional Planning and Evaluation, as Chairman, with Robert D. Carey, Executive Vice-President; Dwight C. Stewart, Dean of the faculty; H. Warren Robbins, Dean of Graduate Academic Affairs; Boyd R. Todd, Business Manager and Treasurer; and Milton H. Townsend, Vice-President for College relations and Development, as members. The Reverend Dr. Jack Carter Phillips, former president of The National United Methodist Foundation for Christian Higher Education in Nashville, Tennessee, was elected president of Union College at a called meeting of the Board of Trustees of Union College in Lexington, Kentucky, on December 9, 1982. Dr. Phillips, who is 48, began his duties on January 3 on the campus where he received an honorary Doctor of Law Degree in 1981. Dr. Phillips earned the Bachelor ' s Degree at Birmingham-Southern College and the Master of Divinity Degree at Vanderbilt University. The inevitability of change has touched Union College once again in the 1982-83 year. Mahlon Miller and his wife, Laura, had quickly gained the liking and esteem, not only of the Trustees but also of the faculty and students, when they first came to Union. Likewise, Jack Phillips and his wife, Juanita, have already won many of the hearts which lie close to Union College. And so, as history seems to repeat itself in this sense, Union can look hopefully to a new future of planning, reorganization, and growth built upon the firm foundation which has already been laid. Jack C. Phillips President 1982-

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SffK WhiiMfl II! Mike Smith (right) was a very active young man on Honors Day 1983. He received the highest senior academic award, the President ' s Award, from President Phillips (left). Mike also received another five awards after the President ' s Award. Water fights were common on campus during the last two weeks of school. The Campus Post Office is an active place during the morning hours Lori Morrison gives a delightful performance during Talent Night Amos Sykes has to crawl through a booth to get to the dance.