University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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FACULTY AWARDS Wade Walcrs, professor of pharmarnlopfy, was named as die 2001 Rlisr M. Hood (3utstanding Teacher Award ReeipieiU. Ole Miss is heller because ol ' Dr. Walcrs ' preseiuc iiere, (liiaiKciloi Roherl Khayal said. He is respeeled and admiicd by siiideiUs, lacully, slall ' and die community as one ol our liiicsl reseaiclieis and iea( iiers, and this honor confirms his dediealioii to his students, peers and tiiis instilution. ( )ver the past several years, Waters ' rescarcii has liiciised on cardiovasctihir and pulmonary pharmacology and toxicology. Waters also holds a research professorship with UM ' s Research Insiiiiiie ol Pharmaceutical Sciences and has taught in the School of Pharmacy since IfMjtj. He won the university ' s Faculty Achievement Award in 1987. He is an eight- time winner of the Pharmaceudcal Science Teaching Award, whic li is prescnied annually by the pharmacy school ' s bachelor of science candidates. I am most honored and very happy to be accorded this prestigious award, Waters said. I am fortunate that the pharmacy school allows time for faculty members to develop to their greatest potential. This achievement is not something that can be accomplished alone. 2004 Elise M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award a- The annual Frist Awards usually recognize one faculty and one statf member for going beyond the call of duty in service to students; however, the committee for the 2004 awards decided to award them to two faculty members. Professor Stuart Bullion and Professor Tom Mason and one stall member, Majorie Potts. Hanh Bullion and Darlene Mason, waves of the late UM professors, accepted the awards on the behalf of their deceased husbands at the May 8, 2004, graduation ceremony. Potts was also honored and rci cived her award during the 2004 ceremony. Mason, 69, professor of law, died April 1 6, 2004, after losing his battle to cancer before receiving word that he had been chosen for the Frist Award. Darlene Mason said her family has been overwhelmed by the honors her husband received from his students, including being named the 2004 Outstanding Law Professor of the year. It makes us proud to know that he touched a lot of lives, she said. Bullion, 56, former chair of the journalism department, died April 21, 2004, shortly after receiving news of the award. Bullion also suffered from cancer. For students and faculty to believe me deserving of this honor is one of the most overwhelming compliments I can ever expect to receive, Bullion said who joined the UM journalism faculty in 1997. Potts, who is considered a subsdtute mom for the more than 100 theatre arts majors who come to her for academic consultation and personal advice, is being honored for her motherly attention, moti ation and dedication to student service. To be able to participate in Ole Miss ' graduation is a dream come true, Potts said. I just wish I was receiving a degree, too, but my turn will come soon. 2004 Frist Student Service Award There is no question or surprise factor in why Professor Benjamin Fisher, IV, has acquired the title of 2004 Outstanding Teacher for the College of Liberal Arts. His presence in and out of the classroom has given influence, sometimes unwillingly, to numerous students who have taken him for various classes, from LIBA102-Poe to ENGL498-Gothic Literature and everything else in between. Fisher was chosen, among a select group of faculty, a few years ago to pilot the university ' s liberal arts seminar program for freshmen. He is hailed for his unfailing enthusiasm and positi ve influence on graduates and undergraduates. While Dr. Fisher ' s enthusiasm for his subject is evident to everyone, it is his concern for his students that sets him apart, Dean Glenn Hopkins said. Dr. Fisher ' s teaching is renowned on campus, said Joe LIrgo, chair of the English department. He brings an extraordinary high level of commitment to student achievement. Selected from among more than 250 liberal arts faculty members, Fisher said the award came as a complete surprise. I was very pleased and humbled to be chosen to receive the award; it is a great honor to share company with the talented colleagues who have been honored in the past, Fisher, a native of Orwig.sburg, Pa., who joined the UM faculty in 1979, said. 2004 Outstanding Teacher for the College of Liberal Arts — Co Distinctions | 125

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2004 ALUMNI HALL OF FAME TOP OF THE CLASS Former alumni and university faculty chosen for top honors 2004 Alumni Award Recipients Gerald M. Abdalla Gerald M. Abdalla is fniin McComb, where he is the ehairinan. president and CEO ol Croft, LLC, a manufaeturer of aluminum and vinyl windows and doors. Abdalla helped create and develop the university ' s Croft Institute for International Studies and sened as its chairman president and trustee. He is also a member of the Ole Miss Chancellor ' s Trust, Accountancy Order and Patterson School of Accountancy Professional Advisory Council. Abdalla is an inductee into the 2004 Alumni Hall of Fame. Henry L. Laws, II- Henr ' L. Laws, II, of Clanlon, Ala., is a retired surgeon and direi lor of surgical residency at Norwood Clinic and Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. Before going to Norwood Clinic, he served as associate professor of surgery at the University of Mabama- Birmingham. Laws was president of Laparoscopic Laparoscopy Practicum where his team developed one of the first centers empowering surgeons to undertake minimally invasive surgery. Laws was inducted into the 2004 Alumni Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 1. Brian K. Roberson Brian K. Roberson ol Washington D.C. is the 2001 n-i i|)icnl of the Outstanding Young Vlumni Award. He is a Professional Accounting Felhjw in the Set uri lies and Exchange Commission ' s OHicc of the Chief Accountant, enabling him to siiuK and dc clop rule piciposals under federal securities laws, serve as liaison to accounting and auditing standards-selling bodies and consull wilh rcgisiranls on accounting and re|)orling matters. a y General Paul V Hester General Paul ' . Hester, from ] HulbiHi Field, Fla., is Commander of Pacific Air Forces and Air Component Commander for the t imm.uider of the L ' .S. Pacific CJommand. He has commanded seven dilTerent units in his 33-year career, including commander of both U.S. Forces in Japan and 5th Air Force at bkota Air Force Base, Japan. He was promoted in JuK from lieiuenant general to general and commander of ir Force Special Operations Command. He is an inductee into the 2004 Alumni Hall of Fame. Rachel McPherson — Rachel McPherson is from Brooklyn, N.V. She is founder and e ecuti e director of The Good Dog Foundation, a non-profit, animal- assisted therapy program. As an independent producer, her first film, Signal through the Flames, was nominated for an Oscar. She also produced Eudora ' elt ' s The Wide Net for American Playhouse. At Ole Miss, she helped found and also chairs the Women ' s Council for Philanthropy. McPherson is also a 2004 .Munmi Hall of Fame inductee. James Butch Rosserjr - James Butih Rosser Jr is from New York. Rosser is chief of minimally inxasive surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and directs its Adxanced Medical Technology Institute, which enables large numbers of Belli Israel surgeons to use new minimally iinasix ' c jjrocedures. He was included in New York Magazine ' s 2002 The Best Doctors in New ork Hall of lami-. He has also receixcd ihree Smithosonian Awards for technical advancements in medicine. Rosser was also inducted into the 2004 Alumni Hall of Fame. (Hiarles 1). (iaiey of Halliesburg receives the Alinnni Service Award for seni(c Ui ilie iini cisil and the assot iation over an extended |K ' riod. He also chairs the board of the (jaley Agency, Inc., now part of South (irouj) InsmaiKc SeiAic cs. (iaiey has served as director of Iruslmark National liank and |)i( ' sident of the Mississippi .Association of Life I ' ndenvriters, Mississippi Assoc i;ilii in nl lnsnian(c Agents, Ilalliesbiirg . rea Charles D. Galey Chamber of Comineree. Forrest C ' ouiUx Industrial l)e cl(ipmenl Board and Board of Hattiesburg Area Dexi ' lopment Cor])oration. Twice he has served as |)resiclenl of the lorrest-Lamar Count) ' I ' nited Way, nil llie bo.ird of the Soulli C enlral .Mississippi Cha|)ter of American National Red ( aoss, Hatliesburg Cat) ' SchcKjls and YMC:A. 124 I The Oi.k Miss 200. )

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WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Angela Lauren Acred - PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE JACKSON, TENN. Vice-President of Academic Dei elopmenl, Chaplain - Alpha Omicnm Pi sorority: Kappa Epsilon; American Pharmaceutical Association; American Managed Care Pharmacy; Campus Crusade; Small Croups Bible Study Leader, Community Day - Baptist Student Union; Ok Miss Intramurals; Habitat for Humanity; World Changers Mission Trips; Jean Jones Run ] ) alk for Cancer; Pin K ' a ipa Phi: Mortar Board -Kaumudi F. Atapattu- CIVIL ENGINEERING -Gregg Onyemachi Anazia- KADUWELA, SRI LANKA President - Chi Epsilon: Corresponding Secretary - Colden Key International Honor Society; Intercultural Affairs Chair - Associated Student Body; President - International Student Organization; Resident Assistant; Resident Assistant Association; Resident Hall Association; American Society for Civil Engineers; Habitat for Humanity; Omicron Delta Kappa; Residential Scholar; Lambda Sigma; .Student Leaders Council; Sally McDonell-Barksda k Honors College Parul Bajaj — INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS JACKSON, MISS. Jiidii lal Council. Slanding Committee - Associated Student Body; International Students Organization: Sally McDonnell-Barksdali ' Honors College: Rebel Recruiter: Model United Nations; Ole Miss Ambassadors; Reformed University Felbwship; National Society of Collegiate Scholars; I ap Frog volunteer; Habitat for Humanity; Co-Director of Lat -Mght I ' rogrannning - Student Programming Board; Cliancellor ' s Honor Roll Leigh Anne Barrow — BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION GUNTERSVILLE, ALA. Ole Miss Soccer Team; Insurance Risk Management Society; Campus Crusade; Ij ' adersliip Team - Fellowship of Christian Athletes; M Club; Financier ' s (Jlub; Alpha Lambda Delta; Colden Key International Honor Society; Mortar Board; Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; SEC Academic Honor Roll; SEC Good IVorks Team; Academic All-Amencan nominee; Student-Athlete Advisory Committee; Azalea Gardens volunteer; Gamma Beta Phi Js a Anne Beyer — MARKETING MANAGEMENT HOUSTON, TEXAS President. Secretary - S iuhul .lllibte .idrisoiy Committee; Intramural Chair, Sunshine Cimirnittee - Phi Mu sorority; Co-Captain ' Ole Miss Women ' s Got leam: Reading with the Rebels: Milional Dean ' s List; SEC Honor Roll; Links fir Literacy: American Marketing Association; Student iMidership (, ' ouncil; (JUMPS volunteer; Golf Channel ' s College (Central interviewee; Keynote speaker at the SEC New Coaches Orientatuni 126 I The Oi.E Miss 2005 BIOCHEMISTRY MCCOMB, MISS. ( ice-President. Sergeant at . Irms - Alpha Phi Omega fraternity: Elections Commissioner, Minority Affairs Committee Chair - Associated Student Body: . ational Society ' for Black Engineers; President, Director of Public Relations - Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society; Executive Vice-President, Director of Public Relations - Habitat for Humanity; Sally .McDoncll-Barksdale Honors College; Mortar Board: Omicron Delta Kappa — Mary Katherine Bailey INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONWAY, ARK. 200-1 . Iiss Ole Miss: Director of Academic Affairs. Senator, Elections Committee, Student Life Committee, Rules Committee - Associated Student Body; Social Chairman, Executive Council - Pi Beta Phi sorority; Financier ' s Club; Student Rebel Athletic Foundation; Society for the Advancement of Management; American Marketing Association; College Republicans; Dean ' s List: Financier ' s Club; Leap Frog volunteer: United Way CARE Walk Susan Margaret Bardwell MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TUPELO, MISS. llce-President - American Society of .Mechanical Engineers: President. Secretary Treasurer - Society of ]Vomen Engineers; Communications Director - Gamma Beta Phi: Alpha Dimbda Delta: College Democrats; Leap Frog volunteer: Habitat fir Humanity; . ational Organization of Women; Student Rebel Athletic Foundation; Senator - Associated Student Body: As.nstant Editor - International Journal of Pavements; I ' nited States Navy Civil Engineering Corps Martin Wade Bartlett JOURNALISM PASCAGOULA, MISS. Sally .Mclhnell-Barksdale Honors College: .{ssignment Desk Editor - S. Gale Denley Student .Media ( ' enter: Anchor, Reporter - .Xeivswatch 12: Ole Miss Ambassadors: Academic Invitational Tournament: Communications Committee - Associated Student Body; . ational Society of Collegiate Scholars; Senior Staff Writer - The Daily Mississippian; St. Jude Children ' s Research Hospital Ijical Fnndrnising volunteer Elizabeth Danielle Black SECONDARY EDUCATION WATER VALLEY, MISS. (. ' Iiiiiiiiilor ' s 11(0110 Roll: Ltip Frog vidiintrer; I ' oluuleer, Chaperone - Oxford Ixifayette Junior L ' dilership; The Christmas Store vounteer; I ' oiation Bible School, Youth Committee .Member, ](iuth Trip chaperone. Soloist, College Career Sunday School class - Anchor Baptist Church; Secondary Licky Day Scholar: .Morgan Freedmnn Scholar; Springs Industries Scholar: Student Clerical Worker at U.M Physical Plant Dcpiirlnieiit