1980-89

1980

Mary Gallien De Longis, Canyon Country, Calif., and her husband, actor-stunt performer Anthony De Longis, manage Rancho Indalo in southern California, a home/training facility for actors and stunt people looking for skills in fights, swords, firearms, whips and lances (on ground and on horseback).

Anita Cleaver Dinwiddie Metairie, La., was appointed to St. Mark’s United Methodist Church as a licensed local pastor. The appointment was made during the Louisiana Annual Conference in June. St. Mark’s in known for its outreach program. The congregation serves the homeless each Sunday following the 10 a.m. service. She welcomes all Centenary alumni and friends who live in or visit New Orleans to attend this service and have lunch. This is a part-time job. She continues to serve as vice president of operations for Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, which serves 12 parishes. Anita was the director of alumni relations at Centenary in the 1980s before marrying Bruce Dinwiddie ’65, an attorney in New Orleans. St. Mark’s is in the French Quarter and survived Hurricane Katrina. Bruce and Anita evacuated to Shreveport for a period. They volunteer with the InterFaith Pharmacy.

Greg Lee, Lakewood, Colo., and wife Lynne Abbye-Lee celebrated their 20th anniversary in June, 2005. They have been in Colorado for almost six years and love it.

1982

Don Hughley, Prattville, Ala., is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. His dream is to retire to Shreveport and teach management/leadership/values classes at Centenary.

Richard Liles, Shreveport, has joined Smith Barney Citigroup as a financial consultant. Email: .

Lynn Young, Bethesda, Md., is a scientist in the field of bioinformatics at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda.

1983

Barbara Brown Dubuysm Atlanta, Ga., is the executive assistant to Lawrence Ashe, the senior partner at Ashe, Rafuse, & Hill LLP law firm in Midtown. As she says, she is “a legal assistant, travel agent and scheduler—a jack-of-all trades.”

Larry McCammon, Ypsilanti, Mich., says his experiences in the Centenary College Choir were instrumental in the successes in his life. Travels with the Choir formed a level of comfort that has allowed him to travel to Turkey four times without concern of culture shock. He has had the opportunity to serve in relief efforts in Turkey and provide health services to gypsies in Bulgaria. His experiences at Centenary also formed an educational foundation that allowed him to get a B.S. in nursing from a Top 20 nursing school without much difficulty. He is thankful for the experience at Centenary and his time in Choir.

Susan Clements Orloff, Aurora, Ill., is still with Procter and Gamble, selling Bounty, Charmin and Pampers. Her husband, John, retired from the U.S. Secret Service and is now with the Department of Homeland Security. They have three children: Alexander and twins Michael and Nicole.

1984

Jeff Blakeman, Four Seasons Park, Singapore, works for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. After many years in California, he and his family moved to Singapore.

Lisa Rothell Kupcanas, Double Oak, Texas, has taken a leave of absence from her job as a manager for Reynolds Web Solutions to join husband Rick in Leeds, England, while he is working on a project for the United Kingdom National Health Care System.

Warren Morales, Houston, Texas, is teaching at a new school called Challenge Early College High School, where the students have an opportunity to graduate from high school with an associate degree and transfer about 60 credits to a four-year college or university. The school is on the campus of Houston Community College. Warren teaches for the high school and the college.

1985

Roger Burleigh, Dallas, Texas, completed an 18-day expedition to the summit of Cerro Aconcagua (22,840 feet high), the tallest mountain in South America, and second in altitude only to Mt. Everest on the list of the “Seven Summits” (tallest mountains on each of the seven continents). He has previously summited the highest peaks in Europe (Mt. Elbrus, 18,510 feet, in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian Federation) and Africa (Kilimanjaro, 19,340 feet in Tanzania), and was a member of an Alpine Ascents International expedition to the tallest mountain in North America (Denali, 20,320 feet in Alaska) in June 2005.

Betsy Camp-Hoffman, Galveston, Texas, and Lea Wade-Torres ’86, Silver Spring, Md., were selected to participate in the Amazon Heart Odyssey 2005. Elizabeth and Lea are both “Young Survivors.” They were both diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 40 (both 37, in fact). See their pictures at www.amazonheartodyssey.org.

Lee Morgan, Hightstown, N.J., performed on Broadway in Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America which opened in November at the Promenade Theater in New York. Last year he was in Brooklyn in The Musical.

1986

Angie Hendrix-Jordan, Mocksville, N.C., after working as a Local Account Executive at WXII-TV for 12 years, was promoted to national sales manager. WXII-TV is the NBC affiliate in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point television market. As national sales manager, Angie will be supervising reps in nine cities, including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles, who represent WXII with advertising agencies. A single mom, Angie continues to live in Mocksville with Sam, 6, and Rachel, 3.

1987

Becki Rice Barns, Edmond, Okla., has been named an executive national vice president with Arbonne.

Lauri Humphreys Moore, League City, Texas, is enjoying staying at home with her two boys, ages 6 and 11. She, husband Kevin and the boys moved to League City after Kevin retired from the Air Force. He is now a pilot with Southwest Airlines.

1988

Lenise Clifton, Chapel Hill, N.C., is a pediatric dentist and orthodontist. She owns her own business with her husband, Chuck, who is also a pediatric dentist. They have three busy children: Anna Claire, 9; Mary Kate, 4; and Ben, 2.

Donna Robinson Greening, Shreveport, is the business administrator for Broadmoor United Methodist Church in Shreveport. She is a CPA and has worked as an accountant and senior financial analyst for companies in Shreveport as well as served as the sole proprietor of Donna R. Greening, CPA. She and husband Reggie have two children: Amanda, 8, and Joshua, 5.

1988

Stephanie Meinel Phoenix, Columbia, S.C., gave birth to triplet boys on April 4, 2002, and had a girl Jan. 3, 2005.

1989

Steven Fath, Seguin, Texas, would ultimately like to go back and get a master’s degree in either history or philosophy and teach.