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CLASSNOTES
’61
JonathanMay
of Sawyerville,
Ala., edited and publishedhis late
friendTomCanford’sworkBaker’s
Daughter,Miller’s Son: AMemoir
of the Family ofTomMiller and
NormaMiller inAugust 2013. On
Aug. 26,May’s essay“Burying
Tom”was published in the online
edition ofTheNewYorkTimes.
May has awebsite,
,
which features his publishedworks
andCanford’s. Included on the
site arebooks,movies, and“all the
rest.”
’66
At a Synod held recently in
Newport Beach, Calif.,
Dr. Jack
LloydJr.
of PanamaCity, Fla., was
re-elected to serve as Speaker
of theAssembly of Laity of the
AnglicanCatholicChurch for the
next two-year term. He is the
father of
Jack Lloyd III ’09
of
PanamaCity.
’67
Alabama
Gov. Robert
Bentley
tapped
longtime
lawyer
Joe
Basenberg
last summer
to be the
newMobileCountyDistrict
Judge. Basenberghas practiced
law since 1976 andhasworked at
HandArendall LLC since 1981. He
practicedmaritime law throughout
his career, and inmore recent
years,mass tort defense litigation.
’75
Terrell
Finney
was
recently
elevated to
president for
theNational
Association
of Schools
ofTheatre
inMarch,
after serving a three-year term
as vice-president. Finney also is
associate dean for academic affairs
and director of graduate studies
at theUniversity of Cincinnati’s
Conservatory ofMusic, a post
he has held since2010. Prior to
that, he served for nearly 25 years
as headof theDivision of Opera,
MusicalTheatre, Drama, andArts
Administration andTheatreDesign
andProduction at UC. Finney has
taught at BSC and at theSchool for
theCreative andPerformingArts in
Cincinnati. Heearned anMFA in
directing fromBostonUniversity.
’81
Carol HerrmannSteckel
is the
new senior director for public
policy atWellCareHealthPlans in
Tampa, Fla. According toSteckel,
she and her husband, Arthur, “are
enjoying thewarmweather!”
’82
AdeanaCurryGoforthKracke
retired from theMobileCounty
Public School System in June 2013.
She taught first grade at Hollinger’s
IslandElementary School for 30
years.
’84
After some 25 years in higher
education as a physics professor
and then chief academic
officer at GettysburgCollege
andWashington& Jefferson
College,
JayWhite
is now head
of school at LindenHall, the
country’s oldest boarding and
college preparatory school for
girls, located in Lititz, Penn. White
travels a lot domestically and
internationally for the international
boarding school, but is still able
to teach an occasional physics or
astronomy course. “I look back
tomy experiences at ’Southern
as critical ones that helpedme
lay a foundation forwhat has
come aftermy four years there,”
he said. White receivedBSC’s
OutstandingYoungAlumni Award
in 2004. He and hiswife, Lisa, are
the parents of two boys: Sebastian
andAlistair.
A 60th anniversary affair
—
Dr. LarryBrasher
,
DensonN. FranklinProfessor of Religion at BSC, returned to
YaleUniversity for the 60th anniversary concert of the alumni
of theYaleRussianChorus. He joined the historicYale chorus in
1971 as a baritone soloistwhilehewasworking onhisMaster
of Divinity degree. At the60th reuniononNov. 10, 140 alumni
gathered to perform inWoolseyHall, thepremier concert venue
atYale. Brasher’s son, Daniel, who sang in several university
choral groups, was invited to join them. Before the concert,
Brashermet upwith three former students for dinner—now all
graduate students atYale:
SaraDoughton ’04
, former BSC staff
member and student in theM.Div. program atYaleDivinity School;
Sara’s husband,
WebbLyons ’06
, formerTrumanScholar and
Yale LawSchool student; and
EmilyRoebuck ’12,
aBSC religion
graduate and student in theMAR program inWomen, Gender,
andSexuality atYaleDivinity School. “Itwas a very special event,”
saidBrasher. “Itwas great to singwithmy son next tome and to
seemy students fromBSC.”
Brasher and his son, Daniel
TheYaleChorus
