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Phone-A-Thon Brings
$21,387 In Pledges
The Alumni Annual Fund
Drive got off to a blistering start
during the second and third
weekends in November as the
\!umni National Phone-A-Thon
was conducted. Thirty-four
members of Belmont Abbey
College alumni, faculty, staff
ai >1 student body combined
.i.-ents 10 partake in a very
■uccessiul project. Thanks to
Mi Foward F. Gallnghrr, II,
Chairnu'i!; of the Foard a- Good
Will Furnishers, Inc the callers
were able to use ten W ATS lines
in reaching the alumni.
.lay Briody, alumni director
and associate director of
development, directed this
year's phone-a-thon. Warren L.
Clark, vice president for in
stitutional advancement and
director of the centennial
phone-a-thon and last year’s
alumni phone-a-thon, aided
Briody in the project.
“Chic Clark was our
specialist on the $40,000
Challenge” joked Briody. “This
year there was an added twist in
the phone-a-thon. Two Board of
Advisor members agreed to
match dollar for dollar any new
or increased gifts as an in
centive for the alumni to sup
port the Annual Fund Drive.
“Explaining the Alumni
Challenge on the phone was a
little difficult,” said Briody,
"but everyone caught on after
while. I had to chuckle when I
would hear the callers ex
plaining if you gave $50 last
year and give $75 this year...”
Briody feels the $40,000
Alumni Challenge will help to
involve more alumni. “People
want to join together and ac
complish something and our
alumni are no exception.”
Three hundred and fifty-eight
alumni pledged to this year’s
Annual Fund Drive during the
phone-a-thon. Their pledges
totaled $21,387. Of this $21,387,
$17,039 were new or increased
gifts. Because of the Alumni
Challenge this ‘$17,039 is to be
matched. Thus our total was
$38,426. Adding the matching
company gifts of $2,112 (of
which $1,834 are also matched),
the grand total for the two
weekend phone-a-thon was
$42,372! The College is ex
tremely grateful to all those
who made phone-a-thon pledges
and also those who mail^ their
contributions to this year’s
Annual Fund Drive.
Our sincere thanks to all the
members of the faculty, staff,
alumni and student body who
gave their time, over the two
weekends.
Joseph Michael Graham
FACULTY FOCUS
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Fathers Raphael and Martin check the thermometer and discuss
the results of the second weekend of the phone-a-thon.
by SANDY SCALES
Joseph Michael Graham,
Pairman of the accounting
apartment, has been a faculty
lember since 1972. He has also
erved as assistant business
lanager and chairman of the
K'ial science division during
s tenure at the College.
An Abbey graduate in 1971,
le was certified as a public
icountant in 1972, and in 1974
was awarded a Master’s
■gree in business ad-
inistration from Winthrop
(liege.
Born and reared in Lin-
(Inton, .North Carolina, Joe
nd his three brothers played
dseball and football with the
eighborhood boys. His high
■hool pastimes included
rious sports and drama. He
as a good student, attested to
his membership in the
ilional Honor Society, with
e concentration of his courses
!he mathematics area.
.“o.r three summers Joe
ached Little League Baseball,
lother summer spent working
I ours a week in a te> tile rnijl
winced him of tf.c i n-
; a.net' ^1' ii ghcr education as
I cans i(t cl an ng the career
dt'sired.
oeatlendf'd the University of
•'h Carolin.i at Chapel Hill,
r, Belmont Abbey College. A
n's list student, he was a
■Tiber of a national social
nee honor fraternity. Pi
■ mma Mu. and a social
aternity. Sigma Phi Epsilon.
\ member of the American
litute of Certified Public
ountants and the North
"olina Association of Cer-
ed Public Accountants, his
ounting experience includes
position as staff accountant
a CPA firm in Charlotte,
V i
Do you remember him as
student, alumnus, faculty
member, assistant business
manager, chairman of the
social science division, or
chairman of the accounting
department?
Conrad, Huey, East and
Company, and one as a senior
accountant for G.A. Miller, also
of Charlotte. These years in the
business world were not totally
sa'isfying, and Joe came to the
decision that he would prefer to
dc' ii’e his energy and talents to
leai hmg. A position at the
Abtey became available and he
decided to take it. Generally, he
has been “very happy here.”
The Abbey has benefitted
tremendously from Joe’s hard
work and dedication. The first
two years he taught here, he
also served as assistant
business manager. In 1975 he
was appointed chairman of the
department of accounting, in
1977 he was elected chairman of
the social science division, and
in 1978 he was granted tenure.
He is a dedicated educator who
always puts forth a lot of time
and effort for the benefit of his
students.
Here at the Abbey, the words
“accounting” and “Graham”
are synonomous, and for good
reason. Passing a course with
him requires a lot of hard work.
A consistent, concise and fair
teacher who is always willing to
help, he is well liked by the
students. He finds teaching at
the Abbey to be extremely
rewarding, especially the
association with students. He
feels the ability of the Abbey “to
provide the excellent com
bination of an accounting
degree within a liberal arts
background which offers the
student a wide range of career
opportunities” to be one of the
school’s finest points.
At home he enjoys music and
photography. Preferring the
creative sounds of the 1960’s
era, Joe himself even plays a bit
of keyboard now and then for
his own personal enjoyment. He
has two boys, Charlie, three
years old, and Kevin, eighteen
moTths. Anne, his wife, is an
Abbey graduate with a political
science degree. The Grahams
live in Gastonia.
Professor Jack Hanahan shows signs of fatigue during the final
day of the phone-a-thon.
Are You
Involved iu
Church Ministry?
Belmont Abbey College has
much to be proud of when it
comes to our alumni. Many of
them are doing very well in
their chosen fields, and many
are also involved in their
community.
It has been mentioned that
there is a large number of
alumni involved in their church
activities. The alumni office
would like to have information
concerning all alumni who are
involved with their church. We
would like to know if you are
teaching CCD, serving on the
church council, serving as an
usher or serving in any other
capacity. Please complete the
form and mail it immediately to
the Alumni Office, Belmont
Abbey College, Belmont, N.C.
28012.
EDITOR’S BOX
CROSSROADS
VOLUME VII
NUMBER TWO
DECEMBER 1978
Editor: Cindy H. Heavner
>Uontributions: Fr. John P.
Bradley, John P. Briody,
.Mary Cook, Roger Dills.
Jane Freeman, Sandy
Scales, Fr. Neil W. Tobin
Registered as second class
postage paid in Belmont.
N.C. 28012. This paper is
published bi-monthly
through the Office of In
stitutional Relations.
Alumni Church Ministry
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