Marshall Magazine Autumn 2022

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CLASS NOTES

1960s

the county level as the superinten dent of Cabell, Lincoln, Mingo and Wayne counties. He is also a former assistant superintendent, princi pal, assistant principal and biology teacher. Dianna Whitt Carrico (’79) and her husband, Robert Carrico, cel ebrated their 50th wedding anniver sary on Aug. 5, 2022 .

Hawkins has provided medical care at Pleasant Valley Hospital since 1990 .

Sara Motz Elmore (’68) and her husband, Tom Elmore, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 22, 2022.

1990s

Jennifer Day (’95) has worked for Huntington High School for 24 years, spending the first eight years as an English teacher before becoming the school’s librarian. The Huntington High and Marshall University gradu ate has lived in the city her entire life and continues to share the history of where her family was raised. Shannon Lewis (’91) has been an nounced as the women’s basketball coach at Lakeway Christian Academy. Lewis previously served at St. Joseph Central Catholic High School in Huntington for 18 years. Brian M. Morgan (’97, ’00) has been named the interim dean of the College of Science at Marshall University, effective as of July. Brian has served as the associate dean in the college for the past two years after being in the classroom in the Computer and Information Technology Department at Marshall for 20 years. Robin Ryson Chapman (’98) recently published a book titled Ordinary Walk with an Extraordinary God: Fifty-Two Devotions to Keep You In Step . Chapman co-owns Pro Writers for Hire LLC and previously worked for The Herald-Dispatch .

1970s

Tom Keith (’76), the longtime president of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina retired in July of 2022. Keith was the founding president of the founda tion, which began in May 1996, and he has served in that role for nearly 26 years. Keith previously led the Providence Hospital Foundation from 1993-96. Under Keith’s leadership, more than $81 million in grants has been disbursed to over 3,100 orga nizations across South Carolina. He also helped found the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, the South Carolina Grantmakers Network and the Collaboration for Ministry Initiative for women religious workers across the state. Keith’s career in the nonprofit sector spans more than 45 years. He began his nonprofit jour ney three months out of college in August of 1976. His community work includes serving on the boards of Columbia College, the Columbia Free Medical Clinic, Healthy Learners and the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families. David Roach (’72, ’79) has been appointed West Virginia superinten dent of schools. Roach has served at

1980s

Lisa A. Mazzei (’83) was appointed Alumni Faculty Professor of Education at the University of Oregon. Mazzei will be celebrating her 10th year as a member of the faculty in the College of Education at the University of Oregon in 2022. Dr. Amy Slifko-Hilbelink (’83) was promoted to president of South College’s Pittsburgh location. She previously served as the college’s vice chancellor of online operations, which is also located in Pittsburgh. South College, a multi-campus institution founded in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1882, offers more than 80 programs and concentra tions taught at eight physical cam puses and online. Dr. Randall Hawkins (’87) was elected to the position of medical staff president at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Hawkins earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.

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