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VOLUME VII NUMBER ONE
BELMONT, N.C.
OCTOBER 1978
First Annual
Beach Weekend
A Great Success!
The First Annual Belmont
Abbey College Alumni Beach
Weekend was held Sept. 22, 23
and 24 in Virginia Beach. The
Holiday Inn on 39th Street was
headquarters for the festivities.
Several alumni and guests
enjoyed the warm sunshine on
Friday. A welcome cocktail
party was held Friday evening,
and the group dined at different
places following the party.
Cool weather curtailed the
“fun in the sun” activities
Saturday afternoon. However,
being typical Abbey alumni, the
group attended an Octoberfest
which was part of Virginia
Beach’s annual festival. The
group then proceeded to a local
pub for lunch and an afternoon
of comradery.
Saturday evening’s events
were tipped off with a cocktail
party in the Seaside Room. A
delicious banquet followed in
the convention center. Bill
Drinkwater (’67), chairman of
the beach weekend committee,
introduced alumni director Jay
Briody who updated the alumni
and reported to the group the
activities of other alumni
chapters.
Paul Kieman (’73) and his
wife Margaret won the award
for coming the furtherest. The
Kiernans traveled from Long
Island to attend the weekend.
Bob DeMuro (’73) and his wife
Chris traveled from New
Jersey. Most of the group came
from the Tidewater area, Rich
mond and Washington.
Fr. Neil Tobin received a
standing ovation from the fifty
banquet attenders prior to his
address. Also attending from
the College were Dr. Patrick
Lee, academic dean, Brother
Gregory Corcoran, O.S.B.,
assistant to the president, and
Miss Jane Shannon, admissions
counselor.
A dance followed the banquet
as the alumni and friends
continued to party well into the
night.
Sunday morning brought
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Alumni Challenged
With $40,000 Increase
For the first time in the 102-
year history of Belmont Abbey
College, alumni have been
challenged to increase or begin
anew their contribution to the
College.
Two friends of the College,
both members of the Board of
Advisors who never attended
school here, have decided to
challenge all alumni. Realizing
the need for increased alumni
support to the Annual Fund,
they have graciously agreed to
match on a dollar-for-dollar
basis, all new and increased
alumni gifts to the 1978-79
Annual Fund. This means that
alumni who did not contribute to
the College last year will have
their entire gifts to the 1978-79
Annual Fund matched, while
those who increase their gifts to
the Annual Fund this year will
have the amount of the increase
matched. The challengers will
also match new and increased
gifts from matching gift
companies.
For example, a gift of $10
from an alumnus who did not
contribute last year will be
Charlotte-Meek
Alumns Elect Officers
The Charlotte - Mecklenburg j
Alumni Association held
elections of officers at its recent
meeting on Oct. 4, 1978.
Tom Amann (’74), an ac
countant with Personal Money
Management, Inc., was elected
president. Elected to the
position of vice president was
Richard Vitolo (’70), who is with
Northwestern Advisory Corp.
Tibbs Harris (’72), who is with
Borg Warner Acceptance Corp.,
was elected secretary. Rich
Guicheteau (’72) was elected
treasurer. Rich is with First
Union National Bank. Amann
replaces Bob Healy (’68), who
served as president since the
inception of the chapter in 1976.
The association also
discussed activities for the
coming y®sr which include
participation in the Alumni
Annual Fund National Phone-A-
Thon, a reception following the
Belmont Abbey College-
Gardner-Webb basketball game
in the Charlotte Coliseum, an
alumni basketball game against
the alumni from Gaston County
and sponsoring another “Fun
Bus” to an Abbey game. The
association will also be involved
with the College’s alumni
weekend, a Career Day for
seniors, a couples’ retreat and a
golf tournament.
The association, which has
seen an increase in involvement
by alumni, discussed several
ways to encourage participation
from other alumni not yet in
volved. If you are interested in
becoming involved in the
Charlotte - Mecklenburg
Alumni Association, contact one
of the officers or Jay Briody,
alumni director at the College.
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Early arrivals at the beach include (left to right) Fr. Raymond
Geyer, O.S.B., John Keaton, Dean Patrick Lee, Br. Gregory Cor
coran, O.S.B., Fr. Neil Tobin, June Hollingshead, Jay Briody, Jane
Shannon and Greg Hollingshead.
completely matched by the
challengers and will actually
mean a gift of $20 to the College.
Furthermore, if that same
alumnus works for a matching
gift company which also con
tributes $10, the challengers will
match both the alumnus’ and
the company’s gift for a total
gift of $40.
On a higher scale, if an
alumnus who did not contribute
to the 1977-78 Annual Fund gives
$500, the gift will be matched by
the challengers for a total of
$1,000. If that person works for
a matching gift company, his
gift of $500 will actually net
$2,000 for the College.
On the other hand, if an
alumnus who gave $25 last year
increases his gift to $50 this
year, his increase of $25 will be
matched by the challengers and
the $50 gift will net $75 for the
College. If that alumnus works
for a matching gift company,
the challengers will match both
the company’s increased gift
and that of the alumnus for a
total gift of $150 to the Annual
Fund.
The generosity of these two
loyal friends is an outstanding
example of their commitment
to Belmont Abbey College.
They are giving the alumni a
marvelous opportunity to
secure for Belmont Abbey
College $80,000 in completely
new funds for use in making our
fine College even more out
standing.
The challenge has been
issued; now it is up to the
alumni to show that they can
meet it.
Attention
Former BAG
B.B. Players
Former Belmont
Abbey College basketball
players are invited to
participate in an “Old
Timers” game, Satur
day, Jan. 6, 1979. The
game will be played at
the Wheeler Center
starting at 5:30 p.m. The
Abbey will face Catawba
College at 7:30 p.m. that
evening. All players
interested in par
ticipating are asked to
notify Coach Bobby
Hussey or Alumni
Director Jay Briody at
(704) 825-3711 or Belmont
Abbey College, Belmont,
N.C. 28012
Alumnus
Donates
Services
The College wishes to express
sincere thanks to Dr. Kevin J.
Soden for again donating his
professional services to the
College.
Dr. Soden, a 1967 alumnus of
Belmont Abbey College, and Dr.
David A. Travland, a licensed
practicing psychologist from
Charlotte, conducted a stress
workshop for close friends of
the College on October 10 at the
Chi Rho House.
' The workshop was designed
for executives and other
professionals who wish to
achieve a more balanced ap
proach to living. The objectives
of the workshop were to give
high achievers new perspective
on their careers in relation to
their personal lives and to build
skills enabling high achievers to
cope more effectively with the
often conflicting demands of
career and family.
Dr. Soden received the B.A.
degree in history from Belmont
Abbey College and tbe M.S.
degree in student personnel and
guidance counseling from
Florida State University in 1%9.
He then returned to ihe Abbey
to complete science
requirements in order to enter
the University of Florida
Medical School.
He currently practices
emergency medicine in
Charlotte and is also director of
health services for the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte where he serves as
team physician for the
basketball squad. He and his
wife Hope have three children
and live in Belmont.
Always a loyal alumnus of
Belmont Abbey College, Dr.
Soden has taught courses at the
Abbey; he served as national
chairman of the 1977-78 Alumni
Annual Fund Campaign, and
represented the alumni on the
Search Committee for a new
president last year.
For these and his many other
contributions to the College, we
are extremely grateful. We are
proud to have him as an
alumnus of this College.
HR JEFF HICKS
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