Class Notes

1989
Chris and Deana Shewmaker became the parents of Zachary Mason on November 2, 2000. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, was 19½ inches long, and arrived four weeks early — just in time for the start of the UK basketball season.

1993
Eric L. Baker is in his second year as County Extension Agent for Agriculture in Estill County, and says he is “enjoying every minute of it.” Baker and his wife are proud parents of a three-year-old son, Allen, and a one-year-old daughter, Gentry.

1996
Regina Browning became Shelby County’s Extension Agent for 4-H/Youth Development in November 2000. Previously at Swift and Company, she is excited to be working under the College of Agriculture umbrella.

1997
David W. Swenk is now the senior environmental planner for Santa Barbara, California, after having served as the urban forester for Lexington, Kentucky. He is responsible for all environmental assessments and mitigations for development in the county. In addition, Swenk was appointed to the California Urban Forests Council and selected by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council to the President.

In Memoriam

Ronnie S. Adkins, ’67
London, KY, March 25, 1994

Larry J. Bark, ’91
Minneapolis, MN, May 31, 2000

Garland M. Bastin, ’45,
retired Animal Sciences
Extension Specialist
Lexington, KY, November 18, 2000

Lucy Gaines Baugh,
retired Seed Laboratory employee
Lexington, KY, October 6, 2000

Reynolds T. Bell, ’23
Paris, KY, August 6, 2000

William R. Bridges,
retired Specialist
Lexington, KY, October 20, 2000

Ernest L. Clifford, ’57
Cynthiana, KY, December 28, 2000

Kelcy Driskill, ’49
Bowling Green, KY,
September 24, 2000

Walter B. Early, Jr., ’49
Williamsburg, KY, date unknown

John Dennis Goodman,
retired 4-H Extension Specialist
Lexington, KY, October 6, 2000

Henry C. Hartman, ’53
Campbellsburg, KY,
November 28, 1998

Zona (Sears) Jones, ’39
Nashville, TN, December 9, 1994

William Buckner Kenney, ’32
Paris, KY, April 6, 2000

Mary F. (Kells) Lanter, ’40
Williamstown, KY, April 11, 1991

James Paxton Marshall, ’47
Prospect, KY, June 16, 2000

Calvin Martin, Jr., ’48
Cynthiana, KY, October 1, 1999

Charlie Mason, ’49
Grayson, KY, December 17, 2000

Ronald E. Phillips, ’54,
retired Agronomy faculty
Lexington, KY, December 1, 2000

JoAnn Pierce,
retired Hopkinsville County
FCS Extension Agent
Hopkinsville, KY, January 3, 2001

Dr. Harry E. Raplus, ’54
Hampshire, IL, August 9, 1995

Glen L. Reynolds, ’49
Irvine, KY, November 19, 1998

Kathyrn G. Sebree, ’41
Lexington, KY, August 28, 2000

Edward W. Stroube, ’51
Columbus, OH, November 25, 2000

Amos Tackett, ’52
Wilmington, NC, October 12, 2000

Charles L. Wathen, ’76
Bardstown, KY, date unknown

Stewart M. Watson, ’64,
Paris, KY, December 21, 1998