’60s
Condolences to Frank Wolpert ’61 of Holmdel, NJ, whose wife, Lynn, passed away on December 30, 2011, after a long illness. Frank and Lynn had been married for 50 years.
’80s
Vera Ann Myers ’87 of Bulls Gap, TN, and her Myers Pumpkin Patch and Family Farm won two major awards from the Tennessee Motor Coach Association at its convention in January 2012. She has also been chosen to fill a coveted seat on the organization’s board of directors. Vera Ann was named Associate of the Year, an award based on the overall contribution to the motor coach industry and the association, as well as the professional manner in dealing with the public and association colleagues. She also received the “Go-Getter” Award, a special award given to the associate who makes the greatest impression on operators during the week-long convention. A visit to Myers Pumpkin Patch has been among the events of Homecoming for the past few years. Vera Ann also serves on the Alumni Executive Board.
Julia Reedy ’88 of Madisonville, TN, became executive director of the McMinn County Education Foundation in January. The foundation works to ignite partnerships between the community and schools to develop quality citizens. Its programs include administration of the county’s Imagination Library and providing grants to teachers in the county’s three school systems. She worked three decades as a teacher on the elementary school level in McMinn County. She retired from teaching in 2007, but quickly returned to education as a math interventionist in the school system and most recently taught third grade while a teacher was on maternity leave.
Dr. Linda Belcher Stroud ’89 of Greeneville, TN, has been named director of Greeneville City Schools. Stroud, who is currently principal of Greeneville High School, will start in her new position on July 1.
’90s
John Kosmak ’98 of Gray, TN, is beginning a doctoral program later this year, which will be his sixth degree. John has taught for the past 13 years in Tusculum’s Graduate and Professional Studies program. He also runs a small business and has worked for the U.S. government for the past 37 years.
’00s
Jason Seaton ’11, a former Tusculum College athletic training student and cross country runner was recognized in a recent edition of the “NATA News,” the official publication of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Seaton, a 2011 Tusculum graduate, is currently serving as the certified athletic trainer at Beauregard High School in Opelika, AL. During an Alabama high school football game this past October, Seaton witnessed a player from the opposing team go down. Once at the scene, Seaton realized the player could not move his ankle or toes. EMS helped Seaton carefully spine board the injured athlete and Life Flight was called to the scene. The athlete remained in the intensive care unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center and began to get feeling back into his lower extremities on the fourth day of hospitalization. Seaton, a native of Greeneville, TN, was a four-year letterman on the Tusculum cross country team from 2007-2010. He was a four-time member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Tusculum Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. The West Greene High School graduate was also a member of the Dean’s List, President’s List, Iota Tau Alpha and Alpha Chi and was the recipient of the Pinnacle Award.