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LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014During Transylvania\u2019s recent Alumni Weekend celebration, long-time professors James Miller and Richard Thompson and alumnae Betty Scrivner Lollis \u201858 and Sarah Wyatt \u201858 received the University\u2019s Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to Transylvania, and four alums\u2014William Christopher Hobgood \u201858, Lee Rose \u201858, Robert P. Dillard \u201863 and Carla Roberts Whaley \u201883\u2014received the Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in their profession or community service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"JamesJames Miller<\/strong>, professor of computer science, has been a member of the Transy faculty for 42 years and was honored for his unfaltering commitment to the students and alumni and for his service to the community. Since 1992, Miller has helped coordinate Immanuel Baptist Church\u2019s annual construction of a Habitat for Humanity house. He also has served on the boards of the Living Arts and Science Center, Central Baptist Hospital and the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"RichardRichard Thompson<\/strong>, in his dual role at Transylvania as a professor of sociology and as a dean of students, has had great influence on the lives of hundreds of students. He has also has left a mark on the Lexington community, serving with the Episcopal Diocese AIDS Ministry and as a member of the Institutional Research Committee at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BettyBetty Scrivner Lollis\u2019<\/strong> service to Transylvania has taken various shapes and forms. She has served Transylvania as director of alumni and parent programs, president of the Alumni Executive Board, coordinator of the Thomas Jefferson Scholars Program, forerunner of the William T. Young Scholars Program and admissions counselor. She is a member of the Transylvania Women\u2019s Club and has served as a member of the reunion committee for her class\u2019s 45th and 50th reunions. Lollis has been a host of Disciples of Christ Houses at the Chautauqua Institution in New York and is a member of the International Association of Infant Massage. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"SarahSarah Wyatt<\/strong> credits faculty and staff at Transylvania for instilling a love for lifelong learning that has enabled her to improve the quality of life in the communities in which she has lived. She completed a master\u2019s degree in social work and worked at Eastern State Hospital prior to moving to Washington and later to Louisiana. Wyatt served on the boards of Crawley Christian Care Center, Acadia Parish Medical Auxiliary, Acadia Arts Council and Lafayette Arts Council. The Louisiana Mental Health Association presented her with the State Education Award in recognition of her work. The Crawley Business and Professional Women\u2019s Club named her \u201cWoman of the Year.\u201d Now a resident of Scott County, Ky., she volunteers for the Scott County Adult Education Council, Friends of the Library Board and the Arts Consortium. She served on the Alumni Executive Board from 1991-94 and on her class reunion committee in 2003. She has been a member and leader of the Transylvania Women\u2019s Club since 1994. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"ChristopherWilliam\u00a0Christopher Hobgood<\/strong> has served for 25 years as a pastor and 17 as a regional minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In 2003 he was elected to a two-year term as general minister and president. Hobgood is a former regional minister of Capital Area (DOC) churches and has served as a consultant for The Alban Institute for over 17 years. He earned a master of divinity degree at Lexington Theological Seminary, a master\u2019s equivalency at the George Washington University and a doctor of ministry from Lancaster Theological Seminary. A member and leader in numerous ecumenical and interfaith organizations, he is author of several books about ministry and congregational life including \u201cThe Once & Future Pastor\u201d (1998) and \u201cWelcoming Resistance\u201d (2001). He is pastor of Bethany Beach Christian Church in Delaware. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"Lee Rose\u2019s<\/strong> extraordinary coaching career dates to his college days and the influence of two mentors, Harry Stephenson and C. M. Newton. Rose served Transylvania as baseball coach and assistant and head men\u2019s basketball coach. He was named the Sporting News National Coach of the Year in 1977, after taking the University of North Carolina-Charlotte to the NCAA Division I Final Four; four years later he took Purdue to the Final Four. He coached at the University of South Florida and then was an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets and Milwaukee Bucks. He was vice president and director of player personnel at Milwaukee, then coached the Charlotte Hornets. From 2001-07, he served as NBA consultant for the coaches of the National Basketball Development League. Today he is an assistant coach with the NBA Charlotte Bobcats. Rose is a member of the NABC Final Four Coaches\u2019 Club. For five years, he was Florida state chairman of Special Olympics and Florida state chairman of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is a member of Transylvania\u2019s Athletic Hall of Fame and the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. He has been involved in the Appalachia Middle School Program through Forward in the Fifth and has spoken to more than 10,000 youth, encouraging them to stay in school. He also wrote \u201cThe Basketball Handbook.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"Robert P. Dillard<\/strong>, a pediatrician with board certification in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, has devoted his life to improving the health of children and teaching other doctors to do the same. He currently teaches pediatrics at the University of Louisville and is a former member of the faculty at the University of Kentucky, where he received his medical degree in 1967. Following a residency, a fellowship and a two-year tour of duty in the Navy, he established a private practice in Tampa and served as associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of South Florida College of Medicine prior to being appointed associate director of ambulatory pediatric medicine at the East Carolina University School of Medicine in December 1977. In 1995 he moved to Pensacola where he was director of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Children\u2019s Hospital at Sacred Heart. He later joined The Nemours Children\u2019s Clinic in Pensacola as director of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"Carla Roberts Whaley<\/strong> is an accomplished sales\/marketing executive who has committed 25 years to the health care financing field. As vice president of sales for Humana-Kentucky for the last 11 years, she has been credited with helping to position Humana, with more than 5,100 clients and 663,000 members, as the largest commercial market shareholder in Kentucky. She oversees the Commonwealth of Kentucky account, which includes 250,000 insured medical members and 35,000 spending account members, as well as the Kentucky Teachers\u2019 Retirement System. She has achieved President\u2019s Club status in 15 of 17 years at Humana and was nominated for the 2006 \u201cWoman of Achievement\u201d award, sponsored by the River City Business and Professional Women. Whaley has served on several boards and is a graduate of Leadership Louisville. She also is a Bingham Fellow, Class of 2002 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014During Transylvania\u2019s recent Alumni Weekend celebration, long-time professors James Miller and Richard Thompson and alumnae Betty Scrivner Lollis \u201858 and Sarah Wyatt \u201858 received the University\u2019s Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to Transylvania, and four alums\u2014William Christopher Hobgood \u201858, Lee Rose \u201858, Robert P. Dillard \u201863 and Carla Roberts Whaley \u201883\u2014received the Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in their profession or community service. James Miller, professor of computer science, has been a member of the Transy faculty for 42 years and was honored for his unfaltering commitment to the students and alumni and for his service to the community. Since 1992, Miller has helped coordinate Immanuel Baptist Church\u2019s annual construction of a Habitat for Humanity house. He also has served on the boards of the Living Arts and Science Center, Central Baptist Hospital and the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation. Richard Thompson, in his dual role at Transylvania as a professor of sociology and as a dean of students, has had great influence on the lives of hundreds of students. He has also has left a mark on the Lexington community, serving with the Episcopal Diocese AIDS Ministry and as a member of the Institutional Research Committee at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital. Betty Scrivner Lollis\u2019 service to Transylvania has taken various shapes and forms. She has served Transylvania as director of alumni and parent programs, president of the Alumni Executive Board, coordinator of the Thomas Jefferson Scholars Program,<\/p>\n

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