Joseph Y. Bassett (Chemistry): Dr. Bassett has stayed very busy golfing, travelling, helping the university when needed. He has also been doing chemistry consulting and church work.

John Bell (History): Professionally and personally, the years of Dr. Bell's reitrement since December 1995 have been very rewarding. On the professional side, he has completed, with co-author Jeff Crow, the revisions for the second edition of North Carolina: History of an American State which appeared this summer and is being used extensively in the public schools of NC. Ten articles that he wrote for the Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War will appear in publication this fall. In August 1998, he completed five articles for An Encyclopedia of the Korean War. In 1996, articles on "Raleigh" and "North Carolina" appeared in the Dictionary of American History, Supplement. This coming year, Scribner's American Biography will publish his article on General James Gavin, Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. The spring issue of Carolina Comments printed his article on Lawrence Augustus Oxley, a member of the "Black Cabinet" who was greatly helpful to NC during the New Deal. The North Carolina Historical Review continues to let Dr. Bell review books, and the Journal of Military History sends him occasional manuscripts to referee. He has also submitted 20 articles for the forthcoming North Carolina Handbook that may be published under the title of Encyclopedia of North Carolina. Dr. Bell has also participated in workshops, one sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council on writing personal history, and another sponsored by the NC Museum of History, on North Carolina during the Great Depression. Other professional service has included a term as President of the Historical Society of North Carolina, and continuing membership on the NC Highway Historical Marker Committee. Currently, he has two projects underway. One is a history of the 8th Florida Regiment during the Civil War and the other is a longer term project of the history of the development of US Army airmobility which entails the use of helicopters to carry troops into battle and provide them with supporting aerial fire. Two papers which he has written on this topic have been used by the Army in policy discussions. Although he has had little time for golf or deep sea fishing, Dr. Bell has enjoyed travel to Nova Scotia and France.

Anthony E. Brown, Sr. (English): Following the publication of his Boswellian Studies, 3rd. Edition, by Edinburgh University Press, in 1991, Dr. Brown attended several conferences of the American Society for 18th Century Studies in Philadelphia, Santa Barbara, New Orleans, and Chicago. He is always pleased to indicate his association with WCU on such occasions. Dr. Brown also financially supports the Helen Ramsey Brown Scholarship at WCU.

John Judson Chapman (Geosciences): Dr. Chapman is involved in oil exploration in Arkansas each winter (January, February, and March). He has been pursuing his interest in genealogy all year as opportunity affords, tracing the history of the Zipperer, Davis, and Chapman lines. He does do children and dog sitting on request, but only for his kids.

Linda DelForge (Biology): Mrs. DelForge and her husband Clancy relish their active life near Tampa, Florida where they enjoy their friends and the time to be with them. They dance, swim, scuba dive, and keep healthy. Mrs. DelForge has taken up belly dancing great exercise. She makes her own costumes and dances with "Troupe Shifting Sands." She (including Clancy) travels throughout the Southeast for dance workshops and performances. Retirement is fantastic, she says. CDelforge@aol.com

James Gerald Eller (Biology): Dr. Eller is living a quiet life in a Retirement Community with Juanita.

Betsy C. Farlow (Music): is the Senior Organist at the First United Methodist Church in Waynesville, NC. Dr. Farlow also serves on the Board of Directors for the Asheville Community Concert Association and the North Carolina Genealogical Society. She is the past President of the Haywood County Genealogical Society, and her publications include 1800 Haywood County Federal Census, 1820 Haywood County Federal Census, and 1850 Haywood County Federal Census.

Frederick W. Harrison (Biology) Dr. Harrison serves as the Editor of The Journal of Morphology; he is the Treatise Editor for Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, for which he is completing the final volume (publication expected late 1998). In 1998, he traveled for pleasure Utah; Madrid, Spain; Florence and Siena, Italy; he attended professional meetings and made laboratory visits in Denver, CO. In 1999, Dr. Harrison will again travel for both professional and pleasure purposes to Northern Ontario; Lake Buikal, Russia; Kenya; and Mexico.

Andrew W. Horstman (Geosciences) Dr. Horstman has traveled in the United States, in Australia and the vicinity, and he has done volunteer work with the Presbyterian church around here.

Jim Horton (Biology) Until 1996, Dr. Horton umpired a lot of tennis matches at levels from Junior through Collegiate and Professional. In 1996, he retired from tennis officiating in order to travel abroad and in this country with his wife, and to work on his golf game.

Ted Huguelet (English) Dr. Huguelet spends his time gardening, cooking, and reading. His hobby, which he takes very seriously, is restoring old watches and clocks. He has collected a large library of horological literature. He is working on an edition of a 1904 Bradley Polytechnic textbook on watchmaking.

Elizabeth C. James (Chemistry/Physics) Each summer Ms. James and her husband Al travel by recreation vehicle to several states in the Northeast, representing Wheeler Campground Guide. They participate regularly in an exercise program in Franklin, as well as travel extensively regularly to Myrtle Beach, St. Petersburg, FL, as well as Hawaii.

Marilyn Jody (English): Dr. Jody's retirement has given her time to write a book, Computer Conversations: Readers and Books Online, published in 1996. The revised, second editions will be out in 1998. Dr. Jody is teaching courses online for the New School for Social Research through their Distance Education Program, located at www.dialnsa.edu. Dr. Jody has also been travelling to Nepal, Thailand, France, Italy, Alaska, California, Montana, Maine, New York, and Bryson City. In her spare time, she has been learning woodworking skills at Campbell Folk School, hiking and camping, and reading all those books on her long list of life must reads. And, yes, she does miss the classroom.

Nancy Joyner (English): After Dr. Joyner retired from the Department of English in December 1997, she lived for six months in Carrboro, NC, and hopes to establish a pattern of spending half of her time there and half in Cullowhee. This summer she did a bit of traveling: a four-day cruise to the Bahamas and a short trip to Beckley, where she introduced the novelist Mary Lee Settle to a group of teachers at an Appalachian seminar at West Virginia College. Her most exciting travel experience, however, was spending a half day rafting the New River. This fall, 1998, she is in Cullowhee sprucing up the house she moved into last October, and teaching one English course.

Perry Kelley (Art): Dr. Kelley has been travelling internationally and has been a sponsor/guardian for a Russian student at WCU. He also serves as President of the Jackson County Arts Council and works with NCCAT and Continuing Education. Dr. Kelly can be contacted at iperry@gte.net and http://www.home1.gte.net/iperry/.

Raymond Ledford (Social Work): visited his daughter and family for 80 days in Turkey and traveled through much of Turkey. Mr. Ledford is enjoying spending more time with his wife, children and grandchildren.

Donald Loeffler (Communication and Theatre Arts): Dr. Loeffler is a Volunteer Instructor for AARP 55 Alive Mature Diving classes, a consultant for theatre tours in New York City and London, as well as on the Advisory Board of Directors for Stageworks Inc., in Tampa, Florida where he resides. For the Senior Adult Theatre, he is a Convention Panelist/Participant. He has the following projects in progress: Speech & Theatre Arts WCU The Donald. Loeffler Years (1969-1992); reminiscenses of life experiences; his 50th high school reunion in August at St. Wendelin High School in Fostoria, Ohio; the CTA Newsletter.

James R. Marshall (Mathematics & Computer Science): Mr. Marshall has been reading, gardening, and vacationing. Retirement has become a full-time job.

Gene F. Morris (Chemistry & Physics): From 1994-96, Dr. Morris was a teacher in Africa, under the sponsorship of the International Foundation for Education and Self Help, in Kenya at the US. International University-Africa and the University of Mairobi). If all goes well, he will be in Ethiopia (1998-?).

Larry Morton (Mathematics and Computer Science): His primary activities include volunteer work for various organizations in Jackson County, including Project Care, United Christian Ministries, and SABA (Southern Appalachian Building Aid). Dr. Morton also spends his time gardening, pursuing family history, managing church finances, and travelling.

Duane Oliver (Art): Since retiring, Mr. Oliver has been researching and writing local history and genealogy, and writing cookbooks. His books include Hazel Creek From Then Till Now, Remembered Lives, The Cemeteries of Swain County, Along the River: People and Places (with Dr. Betsy Falrow, retired from the WCU Music Department). His cookbooks are: Cooking on Hazel Creek, Won't You Stay For Supper? Our Daily Bread, and Just Desserts. He is the Co-Editor of the Fontana North Shore Newsletter, and was an editor of Haywood County Heritage. He was a consultant for UNC-TV's documentary film The Road to Nowhere, and he has lectured in the Great Smokies Park's Symposium Series, and has been a consultant for several Great Smoky Mountain Natural History Association books, as well as for Smokies history books written by other historians. He has provided information/research material on Smokies history to history students at WCU, UNC-CH, and Berea College. Currently Mr. Oliver is completing a history of Pioneer cooking/food in the Smokies: Cooking Along the River, or Throw The Bones to the Dogs.

Rueben J. Swanson (Religion): Dr. Swanson has had a very busy life in retirement. From 1982-98 Dr. Swanson served as Senior mentor and Adjunct Professor in California Lutheran University and St. John's Seminary, both in California. From 1982-92, he served in various parish ministries in California. In 1995 he completed New Testament Greek Manuscripts (Sheffield Academic Press & William Carey International University Press). From 1995/98, he has completed 550 pages of Volume V, The Acts of the Apostles, which will be published in September 1998. He holds memberships in the Society of biblical Literature, National Science Fraternity, National Geographic Society, American Scandinavian Society, Scandanavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation (Board member and Chief Financial Office 1985/97), The Scripps Research Council, and various natural/preservation societies. In 1996 he was the recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Citation in the field of Theology from the Gustavus Alumni Association, Gustavus Adolphus College, in St. Peter Minnesota. He has plans to continue his research and writing on the series New Testement Greek Manuscripts to complete the remaining books of the New Testament.

John Pelham Thomas (Mathematics): Dr. Thomas have been farming, raising strawberries, blueberries, and honey. He and his wife have travelled quite a bit and have been in every state in the United States, as well as in Canada, Mexico, Honduras, England, Wales, Spain, Portugal. They have been very active in their church, Lion's Club, Barbershop Quartet, and other organizations.

Richard Trevarthen (Music): Continuing his composing and arranging of music, Mr. Trevarthen has also had occasional musical performance, both on the piano and conducting. He has traveled as well as lectured for Elderhostel and others. He continues his research and writing on music theory.

Max R. Williams (History): Dr. Williams has been dividing his times between Cullowhee and Caswell beach. He continues his research and will be teaching one course in the Fall of 1998. Dr. Williams is serving on the North Carolina Historical Commission and the North Carolina National Register Advisory Committee.