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Listed below are select opportunities for you to get involved. E-mail the Alumni Office if you would like information about how you can be a volunteer for Anderson University.

Alumni Association Board Of Directors
Anderson University Class Agent Program
Alumni/Parent Admissions Recruiting Team - In Planning Stages
AU Board Of Visitors
President's Board Of Emerging Leaders
Foundation Council
Women's Council
Parents Council
Reunion Agents - In Planning Stages
Young Alumni Council

Alumni Association Board Of Directors (Back To Top)

Serve as liaisons between the Alumni Association and Anderson University, promoting the interests and purpose of both.

Alumni Association Board 2007-2008

Officers:
Bryan Keith Lewis, President
Jennifer Cox Walker, President-Elect
Jessica Jackson, Secretary
Ruth Meredith Lawrence, Past President

Mary Nell Tysinger Anthony 1996
K. Dale Cochran 1977
Lori Jo Cooper 1999
Jane R. Creswell 1955
Katie Howard Crispin 2003
Rebecca D. Dickerson 2004
Jessica C. Jackson 2004
Amy Brooks Kelley 1999
Cindy Kay Langley 1993
Ruth Meredith Lawrence 1960
Bryan Keith Lewis 1995
John J. McAulay Jr. 1982
Michelle Lewis Pickens 1997
T. Martin Pruett 2000
Sherry B. Rathod 1977
Juanita Frederick Tallevast 1947
Jennifer Cox Walker 1995
Scott E. Whitaker 2001

Staff Contact:

Chad Nelms
Alumni Director
864-231-2025

Anderson University Alumni Class Agents (Back To Top)

We are in need of class agents! Help your class stay in the loop. Volunteer today with Anderson University alumni’s largest volunteer group. Have a great time catching up with old classmates and making new friends. Minimal time requirement; maximum fun! For more information, call 864-231-2025.

Class Agents 2006-2007

Louise Able Murdock 1946, Anderson, SC
Glenda Cobb Hunter 1954, Honea Path, SC
Doris Willingham Hoover 1955, Anderson, SC
Gail Teasley McGregor 1958, Anderson, SC
Jerry D. Cheek 1961, Anderson, SC
Delores Connelly McAlister 1962, Summerville, SC
Annette Holmes Hyatt 1963, Greer, SC
Eric M. Stafford 1964, Bluffton, SC
Carole Ann Dye Wasnesky 1964, Scottsdale, AZ
Joan Harbin 1965, Pelzer, SC
Albert Rice Maynard 1965, Belton, SC
Barbara Spearman Bishop 1966, Anderson, SC
George V. Haltiwanger 1967, Moncks Corner, SC
Gary R. Ward 1967, Easley, SC
Linda Gilbert Hylton 1967, Kingstree, SC
Martha Smith Burkhart 1969, Williamston, SC
David J. Ogburn 1970, Charlotte, NC
Lee S. Keese 1970, Westminster, SC
Gerald H. Hart 1970, Palm Harbor, FL
Olin Gambrell 1971, Leesville, SC
Patra Collins Sullivan 1972, Blythewood, SC
Charles R. White 1972, Knoxville, TN
Bradley B. Steele 1975, Greenville, SC
Jeanne C. Mandrell 1977, Matthews, NC
Margaret Leigh Gladden 1978, Columbia, SC
Barbara Scott Hendley 1979, Greer, SC
Michael L. Mitchell 1980, Camden, SC
Carla Beasley Shaw 1981, Anderson, SC
Joy Tribble 1982, Anderson, SC
Mark N. Willis 1983, Fountain Inn, SC
T. Clay Rainey 1985, Greenville, SC
A. Watts Huckabee Sr. 1986, Rock Hill, SC
Tim Leland Williamson 1987, Belton, SC
Tracy Stephen Ricard 1990, Simpsonville, SC
Stanley E. DuBose 1991, Walhalla, SC
Kenneth Clifford Raycroft 1992, The Woodlands, TX
David William Herndon 1993, Lugoff, SC
Stacey Gray Feaster 1993, Blair, SC
Karie Brown Calhoun 1995, Charleston, SC
Bryan Keith Lewis 1995, Simpsonville, SC
Beth Luker Thomas 1996, Ware Shoals, SC
Jennifer O'Brien Adams 1998, Columbia, SC
Nathan Wayne Neighbors 1998, Lancaster, SC
Ashley Ellis Neighbors 1999, Lancaster, SC
Meleah Bell Thomas 1999, Rock Hill, SC
Deborah L. West 2000, Piedmont, SC
Rhonda Carol McMahan 2001, Belton, SC
Amanda Knight Sturkie 2001, Honea Path, SC
Adam Pitts 2001, Fort Worth, TX
Becki James Owens 2001, Easley, SC
T. Alden Ellis 2003, Anderson, SC
Brian L. Gurley 2003, Anderson, SC
Celia M. Boyd 2003, Fairplay, SC
Erica Berry Coates 2004, LaFayette, NY
Sarah Ellen Scott Edwards 2004, Williamston, SC

Staff Contact:
Alumni Director
864-231-2025

AU Board Of Visitors (Back To Top)

Joe Argo, Greene & Company
Carl C. Beard, President - ccbeard & associates
Timothy A. Brett (Tim), President - Brett Public Relations
Carol Burdette, Mayor - Town of Pendleton, Executive Director of United Way
Michael B. Burrell (Mike), Long, Smith, & Burrell
J. Glenn Cantrell, Senior Vice President & Area President - SunTrust Bank
Dave Chesson, Vice Chairman, CFO the bounce agency
James A. Chisman (Jim)
J. Bruce and Susan Creamer, Wickliffe Ins. Services, Inc.
Charles W. Fant, Jr. (Charlie), Retired - Fant & Fant Architects
Fred L. Foster, President and Publisher - Anderson Independent-Mail
James O. Harris, Jr. (Jim), Piedmont Natural Gas
Carol H. Harter
Ann Dunaway Herbert, Oren O. Jones - Jones, Spitz, Moorhead & Baird, PA
W. Stephen Jones (Steve), Steve Jones Investments
George C. Langston, Retired - Chrm. & CEO, Forstmann & Co., Inc.
William T. Manson, III (Bill), AnMed Health Systems
Alice S. McCallum, Vice President - Bank of America
Jack F. McIntosh, McIntosh - Sherard & Sullivan
Pam S. Melbourne, President/CEO - Hospice of the Upstate
Roger W. Mudd, Executive Director - Anderson County Development Partnership
Doug Newton, Techtronic Industries - North America
Alan Oxendine, Grainger Industry and Supply
Marshall I. Pickens, Jr., President, Ramseur Oil Company, Inc.
Robert M. Rainey, Foothills Community Foundation
Richard D. Ruhle, Attorney
Richard A. Shirley, President - National Bank of SC
Greg L. Shore, CEO, Medshore Ambulance Service
Tommy Stephens, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Gary Strickland, Pastor - Mauldin First Baptist Church
D. Gray Suggs, SuggsJohnson, LLC
Forest D. Suggs, Jr., SuggsJohnson, LLC.
Helen K. Turner
David Walker, The Walker Agency/Palmetto Insurance Assoc.
W. Brown West, Financial Advisor - The Elmore-West Group
Douglas T. Yeates (Doug), President &CEO - Regions Bank
F. Becky Campbell, District Health Director - SCDHEC
Sammy Dickson, III, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Steven C. Kirven (Steve), Partner/Shareholder
Douglas C. McDougald, Jr. (Doug), President - McDougald Funeral Home
J. Peter Perdomo
Ken M. Rada, Regional Manager - Customer Service - Duke Power Co.
John B. Wright, McCoy-Wright Realty, Inc.
G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Federal Judge - U.S. District Court
Irvin Cauthen, President - Plez-U Stores
V. Laniel Chapman, Attorney - Chapman, Byrholdt & Yon
James P. Clamp (Jim) , Retired – Sr. Vice-President - BB&T Leasing Corp.
Marie M. Collins
Francis M. Crowder, Sr.
Lamar Gaillard, Gaillard Inc.
Robert M. Gallant
Dan L. Gissendanner, Retired - BASF Plant Manager
Michael L. Little (Mike), Retired - President - Electric City Printing
Neal Long
James W. McCallum ,Sr.
Beechard C. McConnell, Jr. (BC), Anderson Orthodontic Associates, P.A.
Jesse R. McGee, The Peoples Bank
Bitsy Pickens
Cordes G. Seabrook, Jr., Retired - Mfg. & Distribution
Leland C. Stoddard, Retired – Banker
Paul A. Talmadge, Retired - College Administrator
B. J. Taylor, Retired - College Administrator
Mickey A. Walker, Retired - Palmetto Insurance
R. Leland Williamson, Investment Counselor
Robert G. Austin, DMD (Bob), Family Dentistry
John B. Buice (Jack), City Executive - First Citizens Bank
Bruce A. Byrholdt, Attorney - Chapman, Byrholdt & Yon
Dennis Burt, President - Brandmark, Inc.
Thomas W. Dunaway, III (Tom), Attorney - Dunaway & Associates
William R. Edmonds (Bill), Vice Pres/Resident Manager - Merrill Lynch
David M. Gray, Market President - Bank of America
Thomas C. Hall (Tom), Retired, Sr. Vice President South Bank
Roy B Jeffcoat, Agricultural Timberlands, Inc.
David C. King, President - Sullivan-King Mortuary
Jim Lovinggood, General Manager - Blue Ridge Security Systems
Lee R. Luff, President - Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce
Thomas L. Martin (Tom), Attorney - McNair Law Firm
Donald G. McLeese (Ike), President - Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Julie Miller
James C. Mills (Jim), Blue Ridge Orthopaedics
Michael F. Mullinax (Mike), Mullinax Law Firm
D. Kirk Oglesby, Jr., Retired, AnMed Medical Center
Robert W. Pledger (Bob), Senior Vice President - Regions Bank
Joey R. Preston, Administrator - Anderson County
Patrick Rice, Vice President - Textile Industries, Inc.
Robert Ruark (Rob), - Executive Director of Development, AnMed Health Foundation
James H. Stovall (Jim), Environmental Consultant
Russell K. Street (Russ), Orthodontist
Henri’ Thompson, Managing Partner - Henri’ Thompson, LLC
D. Scott Webber, President, Anderson Community Banking - Wachovia Bank
Michael M. Wooles (Mike), Senior Vice President - Carolina First Bank
Neal Workman, President - Trehel Corporation
Mr. Robert F. Berry (Bob), Berry & Boan Wealth Management Group
Leonard Brown, President - Advanced Media Systems
John C. Creech, Ogletree - Deakins Attorneys at Law
Hamid Mohsseni, Owner - Tuckers Restaurant

Staff Contact:
Cathy Beard
Director of Special Gifts
864-231-5614

President's Board Of Emerging Leaders (Back To Top)

2006-7 President's Board of Emerging Leaders

Bryan Boggs, Boggs and Boggs, LLC
Diana Bolding, Gerald Terry Realty Investments
Kathleen Bradley, Hospice of the Upstate
Brent Bull, Regions Bank
Brian Cheek, IndCom Services
Jason Craddock, BB & T
James Curtis, Jr., Fontaine Construction Corporation
Todd Davidson, McNair Law Firm
Bill Dunlap, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of Anderson
Scott Dunn, First Citizens
David Fant, Lawrence & Brownlee Ins. Agency
Robert Hayes, Ralph Hayes Toyota
Chip Howard, Dunaway & Associates
Lee Hogan, Ron Haskell Insurance Agency
Ria Hydrick, C.Dan Joyner Real Estate
Coleman Kirven, Palmetto Bank
Heather Kline-Schaffer, Hospice of the Upstate
Carter Knobel, Scott-Stringfellow
Beechard McConnell, Anderson Orthodontic Associates
Jess McDougald, McDougald Funeral Home
Douglas McDougald, III, McDougald Funeral Home
Lawton McIntosh, McIntosh, Sherard & Sullivan - Law Firm
Bradley Orr, Spencer Pest Control
Marshall Pickens,III, Fairway Outdoor Advertising
Ashley Pruitt, Hospice of the Upstate
Sheryl Ross, Bank of Anderson
Mary Skeen, United Way of Anderson County
Bradford Tarbert, SunTrust Bank
Ryan Tiwari, Carolina First Bank
Brett Turner, Jackson-Dawson Marketing Solutions
Sean Turner, Turner and Turner Construction Company
DeeDee Waters, Sullivan-King Mortuary
Dan Wagner, Carolina First
Martin West, Industrial Distribution Group
Blake Williamson, Bank of America

Staff Contact:
Cathy Beard
Director of Special Gifts
864-231-5614

Foundation Council (Back To Top)

G. Ross Anderson, Jr.
V. Laniel Chapman
Dennis D. Claramunt
Ron C. Cross (1962)
William A. Gantt, Jr.
Frances L. Gaston (1947)
William W. Gaston, III
Louise C. Kellett (1943)
Robert M. Rainey
Samuel F. Thrift
Thomas E. Thrift
David C. Wakefield, III

Staff Contact:
Dean Woods
864-231-2068

Anderson University Women's Council (Back To Top)

Officers 2006-7

Betty Moore, President
Melanie Bookout , Vice President
Ann Self, Secretary
Caroline Tolbert, Treasurer

Statement of Purpose
The task of the Women’s Council will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Serve as ambassadors for Anderson University;
Provide a strong support group for the University ’s female students;
Encourage support of the University from their professional constituents;
Sponsor the Women’s Council Scholarship;
Refer prospective women students to the University;
Serve as an advisory group on critical issues facing women students and alumni; and
Provide learning opportunities from women students through seminars, workshops, or guest speakers.

Women's Council 2006-2007

Betty Bagley, Superintendent, Anderson School District Five, Anderson
Melanie Bookout, Professor, Greenville Technical College, Greenville
Becky F. Campbell, District Health Director, Appalachia I (DHEC), Anderson
Peggy G. Deane, Senior Vice President, AnMed Health Services, Anderson
Linda Buchanan Gambrell 1962, Director/School of Education, Clemson University, Clemson
Dee Dee Hanks 2005, Commercial Representative, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Anderson
Cindy B. Hopkins, Vice President, Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce, Anderson
Susan S. Howell 1983, Human Resources Manager, BILO Corporate Headquarters, Greenville
Sheila T. King, Owner, Kid’s Stuff Academy, Anderson
Betty N. Moore 1948, Realtor, Coldwell-Banker Durham-Meehan, Anderson
Marcy Mynatt, Minister of Education/Administration, Boulevard Baptist Church, Anderson
Mary G. Scott 2002, Business Manager, Appalachia I (DHEC), Anderson
Ann D. Self 1974, Principal, Calhoun Street Elementary School, Anderson
Caroline R. Tolbert, Anderson
Jo Shirley Vickery 1961, Minister of Music, Trinity Baptist Church, Seneca

* year donates Anderson alumnae

For more information, call:
864-231-2102

Anderson University Parents Council (Back To Top)

The Anderson University Parents Council is composed of parents of current Anderson University students. The council works together with the administration and students as ambassadors and advocates for the university and promotes the university’s vision to be a premier place of learning – serving students, church, and community while upholding the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Parents Council 2007-8

Bruce and Kitty Cash, Spartanburg, SC
George and Cindi Irwin, Piedmont, SC
Conrad and Jaye Leo, Greenwood, SC
David Lunsford, Greenville, SC
Will and Teresa Springer, Fletcher, NC
Scott and Tammy West, North Augusta, SC
Charlie and Sharon Wilborn, Moore, SC

For more information, contact:
Beth Friend
864-231-2102

Young Alumni Council (Back To Top)

The Young Alumni Council has been re-merged with the Alumni Board of Directors effective June 2004. They will continue to function as a committee under the Board.

Mission: To serve and support recent graduates (within the last 10 years) with programs and activities that are uniquely tailored to their needs. Establish a shared sense of community among individuals whose ties to one another and Anderson University do not end with graduation.