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has taken on the role of Takasago’s global coordinator for the Campbell Soup Company. Adair will draw on his 27 years of flavor sales experience. He started his career with Ottens Flavors, where he spent six years as Mid Atlantic regional sales manager calling on Kellogg’s, Post, Hershey and other key regional accounts. He was then hired by Givaudan in 1992 and spent 21 years there, starting as an account executive and then moving into the role of global coordinator, calling primarily on Campbell’s Soup Company and White Rock Distilleries. Adair studied Business Administration at Maryville College and also attended programs in Global Key Account Management at University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and University of Michigan Ross School of Business Negotiation Training. At Takasago, Mr. Adair reports directly to Brian Buck.

Susan Hoskins Allen, age 74, of Clinton, TN passed away on July 13, 2015. She was an active member of St. Mark United Methodist Church in Clinton and was a long time employee of both Maryville College and the University of Tennessee. She was a graduate of Clinton High School and Maryville College. Susan was a loving, caring mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who cherished life and time with her family, friends, and pets. She was an avid UT and Washington Redskins fan and had a passion for working crossword and jigsaw puzzles and reading. In addition, she was an accomplished musician, playing both the piano and organ at several different churches. Susan was preceded in death by her parents, Gomer D. and Katherine B. Hoskins; husbands, Carl F. Allen, Jr. and Stephen Whitehead; a very special companion, John Sadler; and brother, Gomer D. Hoskins, Jr. Survivors include daughter, Margret M. (Peggy) Gore and husband, Paul; sons, Carl F. (Chuck) Allen, III and Joseph G. Allen; grandson, Daniel J. Gore; great-grandson, Rayden Gore; sister, Martha H. Frye and husband, Wilbur; brother, Clyde B. Hoskins and wife, Jeanette; nephews and nieces, Davis D. Hoskins, Cynthia L. Hoskins, Thomas W. Frye, John D. Frye, Katherine M. Hoskins, Eileena B. Hoskins, and Marielle V. Hoskins. Also dear friends, Martha Hess ’67 and Diane and Bryant Ellis.

Please join us as we celebrate the life of Sandra Marchant Brennan, Saturday, July 10th at 1:00 at First Christian Church – Disciples of Christ, Tuscaloosa. Sandra was born October 6, 1957 and died January 8, 2021 of COVID. Sandra was preceded in death by her mother, Billie Brennan, father, David K Brennan and a nephew, Daniel Barger. She is survived by her Stepmother, Exir Brennan, Sisters, Susan Brennan Barger and Sharon Brennan, nephews and nieces, David & Lauren Barger, Alan Barger & Haley Faulkner, Allison & Jimbo Turk and Garrett Carmichael. She is also survived by a very special great nephew, William Charles Barger. Sandra was very active at First Christian Church and served as the leader of Christian Children’s Fellowship for many years. She was very active in the choir and was blessed with a beautiful singing voice. Sandra had a huge personality, a dry sense of humor and loved life. She loved being surrounded by her family and friends. She was loved and will be missed.

was named Station Manager for WYLA 97.5 FM in Charleston SC. WYLA is a non-commercial FM service of the Charleston County Public Library, where Kevin serves as Media Coordinator.

Writes in to share a cover story from the Charleston City Paper that some may find interesting.

Chris Porter ’85 attended the 100th Pulitzer Prize ceremonies Oct.13 in the Low Library at Columbia University in New York City. As executive editor of Sun Newspapers in Fla., Chris nominated his editorial team for the award. They won the 2016 Pulitzer for a series of editorials on the alarming number of unexplained inmate deaths at the Charlotte Correctional Institution. Chris and Glennis Riedl Porter ’84 live in Englewood Florida. They have two children, Laurel and Sean. He said, “For background, I am just hitting 30 years in journalism, mostly as an editor. I started as a writer for the Highland Echo in 1981 and was sports editor my junior and senior years. My first job was at the Loudon County News-Herald, then I came to work for the Charlotte Sun near where I grew up in Florida. I just finished eight years as executive editor of the daily Sun newspapers, covering Sarasota, Charlotte and DeSoto counties. I’m the editor of the Englewood Sun.”

is President of Puget Sound Pipe Organs in Stanwood, Washington. There, they refurbish the organs and give them renewed life and reliability for much longer than any digital or electronic imitation. They also specialize in organ, chest, regulator, bellows releathering and renewing any portion of the organ to return it to good service. Their special expertise is in older organs particularly of the 19th and early 20th century.

passed away on August 10, 2015.

continues to revel in teaching hesitory at Converse College. Her latest book, co-edited with Timothy Grady, “Recovering the Piedmont Past” is just out from the University of South Carolina Press.

writes in to say that she is retiring from her position as the Johnson Professor of History at Converse College after 21 years. She and her husband plan to travel more and she will continue her work on mentoring and empowering women through her personal and career coaching practice, Check it out at heydaycoaching.org.

Melissa Walker ’85 continues to build Heyday Coaching, LLC, her coaching and consulting practice. In addition to work with individual clients, she recently developed a staff development workshop series called “Building a Vital Life” for the Via College of Osteopathic Medicine–Carolinas Campus and facilitated a short-range interpretive planning process for the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution Group of the National Park Service. She keeps her hand in the world of the historian presenting talks including recent ones for the Greenville Chautauqua and Cowpens National Battlefield. Learn more about her work or subscribe to her newsletter at www.heydaycoaching.com.