alumni-profiles

Teddy Dozier ’12: Startup launches at TechCrunch competition

[caption id="attachment_18375" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image via Teddy Dozier[/caption] For those not in the technology industry, Teddy Dozier's accomplishments this May might not quite resonate. But when it comes to his involvement with TechCrunch, an online publisher...

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Tracy James ’02 is a featured Charlotte Woman in Business

The Charlotte Business Journal recently featured Tracy Thompson James '02 as a "Charlotte Woman in Business." James is a Partner at Hamilton, Stephens, Steele & Martin specializing in construction law, with an emphasis on representing...

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James J. (Jay) Burks ’89 promoted to Brigadier General

On June 1, 2015, James J. (Jay) Burks was promoted to Brigadier General in a ceremony conducted in Falls Church, VA. Burks graduated from Furman with a bachelor of arts in business administration. He is...

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A talent for bringing out the best

Just a few days after graduating with her elementary education degree from Furman, Madison Smith ’15 has happily taken the plunge into the world of adulthood. She’s rented her first house near downtown Greenville and...

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The comeback kid

Kadarron “KD” Anderson ’12 wasn’t your typical Furman football player. For one thing, he was really, really good—first-team All-America good. For another, he grew up in the Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Greenwood, S.C., alongside...

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Julie Stackhouse wins Naples Ironman; Qualifies for Kona World Championships

[caption id="attachment_18105" align="alignright" width="225"] Image courtesy of Hits Triathlon Series[/caption] In January of 2015, Julie Stackhouse '01 was the overall winner of her first full distance Ironman (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile...

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Wilson named Executive Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement

Mike Wilson, a 1988 Furman University graduate who earned six varsity letters as a member of the football and track teams, has been named Executive Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement at the university. A native...

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Dorismond among finalists for NCAA Woman of the Year award

Former Furman volleyball player Christina Dorismond has been named one of the top 30 honorees for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The 2014 graduate finished her Furman career with a 3.98 GPA in...

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Johnnie Mac Walters ’42 dies at age 94

Johnnie Mac Walters, a 1942 Furman graduate who served as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service under President Richard M. Nixon, died June 24 at his home in Greenville at age 94. Walters left his...

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In the heat of battle against COVID-19

[caption id="attachment_45499" align="alignright" width="400"] Sue Shugart '88 with colleagues on the night shift at KershawHealth. The hospital had one of South Carolina's first two COVID-19 patients, and the town of Camden became the first area...

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