’50s
The Rev. Jim and Emmy (Shipley) Marquis ’51 ’51 have moved to Memphis, TN, to be close to family after living 27 years in Chattanooga, TN. The couple has been happily married for 60 years. Jim has been an Episcopal priest for 40 years.
’60s
The Rev. John B. Edson ’66 of Dillsburg, PA, has retired from his career as an Episcopal priest and is volunteering at his parish in an afterschool tutoring program for elementary school students. He sings bass in his parish choir. He is also adjusting to life as a widower. His wife Linton Ann passed away three years ago.
’70s
Mike Gersie ’74 of Medford, NJ, is currently the director of operations at George School in Newtown, PA. He would like to hear from his classmates. His email is mike_gersie@georgeschool.org.
’80s
J. Chris Cruise ’82 of Las Cruces, NM, has recently accepted a position as clinical psychologist with the Special Exams Unit at the El Paso Veterans Administration Health Center in El Paso, TX.
’90s
Wayne Hughes ’90 of Afton, TN, has taken a new position as an agent with Farm Bureau’s Tusculum office. He now has three children with the birth of his youngest daughter, Ava Marie on December 19, 2009. He also kicked off all-natural beef sales in 2011 at Mountain View Bulk Food with Rocky Field Farm Beef.
’00s
Amy Stevens ’03 of Erwin, TN, has been promoted to vice president of marketing and communications of the LHC Group. In her new position, she will plan and direct the company’s strategic communications initiatives. Prior to her promotion, Stevens was the LHC Group’s director of marketing and communications. Previously, she worked for Wellmont Health System.
Marco Tomat ’06 has taken a position as the president and chief executive officer of York Place, a fully accredited psychiatric residential treatment facility for children, affiliated with the Episcopal Church and located in Lake Wylie, SC. Tomat has found that helping troubled families and abused or neglected children is the most difficult field in which he has worked and the most rewarding. Tomat and his family moved there from the Durham, NC, area, where he was assistant director of North Carolina programs for Youth Villages, an in-home program that helps children with chronic behavioral issues.
’50s
Dorothea A. Huber ’50 of Maplewood, NJ, passed away January 10, 2012. Ms. Huber was a retired auditor. She was among the guests at the alumni event held at the Tusculum House in Princeton, NJ, in September 2010.
Helen Honeycutt Hartman ’59 of Mosheim, TN, passed away January 10, 2012. Mrs. Hartman was a retired school teacher who taught 39 and a half years in the Greene County School System. She taught 26 of those years at Mosheim School and taught at many smaller schools in the county. Mrs. Hartman was a member of the Greeneville-Greene County Retired Teachers Association. She enjoyed her Sunday School and worship services at Hartman’s Chapel and Mount Sinai United Methodist churches at Mosheim. She played the piano and taught the Adult Sunday School Class at Mount Sinai as long as her health permitted. Mrs. Hartman enjoyed gardening and reading. Her survivors include her daughter and Tusculum alumna Susan Hartman ’74, nephew and Tusculum alumnus, Lynn Hartman ’71 and niece and Tusculum alumna Sara Wilson ’74.
’60s
Kathryn Yates Robinson ’67 passed away on January 26, 2011. Mrs. Robinson was a retired speech pathologist for the Greene County School System. She was a long-time member of First Presbyterian Church of Greeneville and the Adelle Haynes Circle. Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Greeneville-Greene County Retired Teachers Association; the Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Andrew Johnson Post No. 1990; the Women of the Moose; Greeneville Chapter No. 1598, and Youth Builders of Greeneville Inc. She was also a volunteer for Toys for Tots and Gifts for Kids. An avid reader, she loved to play bridge and Rook. She was also an artist and wrote poetry.
’90s
Angie Bible Darnell ’97 of Chuckey, TN, passed away on January 25, 2012. Mrs. Darnell was an office manager for Sky Night Aviation.