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SUMMER 2008 * VoL.31 * No.3
B o A R d o F V i S i T o R S 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8
Joseph DamiCo (’76, ’77M), Rector
mereDiTh sTrohm GunTer, Vice Rector
marK T. Bowles (’86)
J. sCoTT BriDGeforTh (’86)
ronalD C. Devine (’78)
lois J. forBes (’64)
Charles h. fosTer Jr.
Jim harTman (’70)
sTephen r. leeolou (’78)
e. ray murphy
wharTon B. rivers Jr. (’02P)
larry m. roGers (’79, ’81M)
JuDiTh s. sTriCKler (’60)
freD D. Thompson Jr.
linDa ZeCher
sTaCy fuller (’08), Student Member
Donna harper (’77, ’81M, ’86 Ed.S.), Secretary
PRESidENT
linwooD h. rose
diViSioN HEAdS
DouGlas T. Brown
Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs
Joanne Carr
Senior Vice President, University Advancement
Charles KinG
Senior Vice President, Administration and Finance
marK warner (’79, ’81M, ’85Ed.S.)
Senior Vice President, Student Affairs and
University Planning
ViCE PRoVoSTS FoR ACAdEMiC AFFAiRS
a. Jerry Benson
Teresa a. GonZaleZ
John B. nofTsinGer Jr. (’85)
dEANS
ralph alBeriCo
Libraries/Educational Technology
sharon lovell (interim)
Integrated Science and Technology
DaviD f. BraKKe
Science and Mathematics
linDa halpern
University Studies
DaviD K. Jeffrey
Arts and Letters
marilou Johnson (’80) (interim)
Visual and Performing Arts
reiD linn
Graduate School
roBerT D. reiD
Business
phillip m. wishon
Education
ALUMNi ASSoCiATioN oFFiCERS
Jon offley (’89), President
a-J fisCher (’92), President-Elect
PARENTS CoUNCiL oFFiCERS
sTeve anD lori fuChs (’09P)
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great teachers, centennial adventure
TRiLLiUM
TRUTHS
Thank you for the
recent article that featured
dr. Norlyn Bodkin
in the Spring 2008
Madison Magazine
“Professors You Love”
department. i was privileged
to work as a student
herbarium curator
and student assistant
for dr. Bodkin from
1979 to 1981. This was
indeed the highlight of
my years at JMU. dr.
Bodkin also helped
me several years after graduation when
i reached out to him regarding a way to
honor the memory of my husband, who was
also a student of dr. Bodkin’s. The William
Andrew Wood (’80) Wildflower garden in
the Edith Carrier Arboretum and Botanical
gardens grew out of those discussions. i was
surprised to see the photograph (Page 47)
of a member of genus Narcissus (daffodil)
identified as the Shenandoah Wake-Robin
(trillium pussilum Michx. var. monticulum
Bodkin & Reveal var. nov.). i hope that
you will consider publishing a photograph
of the lovely trilliums that can be found at
the JMU arboretum. Thank you.
Marie L. Kovalchick Scott (’81)
Richmond, Va.
KEEn EYES
i enjoyed reading the spring issue of Madison.
i particularly enjoyed reading about
President Emeritus Ron Carrier and dr.
Norlyn Bodkin, (Professors You Love),
from whom i took botany, while earning a
degree in music. Professor Bodkin was an
outstanding teacher who made all of the
details come alive for his students. Because
During Centennial Week, Tony Madsen
found the 1928 Madison bus in West Virginia
and showed up for the Quad 100 photo.
Two former students of Norlyn Bodkin,
professor emeritus of biology, noticed the
daffodils in the last issue that were misidentified
as trilliums. The trillium above
is from the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum,
which Bodkin helped establish.
he taught me so well, i don’t believe the
flower shown on Page 47 is the Shenandoah
Wake-Robin Trillium that he discovered,
but rather the more common daffodil.
Susan Hollans Maher (’82)
Spring field, Va.
CEnTEnniAL SiDE TRiP
A note of appreciation to Alda Simmons
Berlin (’50) for her letter to the editor in
the Spring 2008 issue of Madison. Her
photo of the old 1928 Madison bus was
all i needed to decide to add a field trip
to compliment my March visit to campus
for the centennial activities. i enjoyed participating
in the “100” photo on the Quad
on March 12 and the governor’s keynote
at the Convo. After the “Big Jim” statue
dedication on Friday, i punched in Franklin,
W.Va., on my car’s navigation system.
in about an hour and 15 minutes, i was
Trillium phoToGraph by chriSTine leTSKy-anderSon