A reception will begin at 5:45 p.m., with the dinner and program following at 6:30.
Morse (BS ’90, MS ’93) is manager of Environmental Health and Safety and Process Support/Quality Control at the Ciba Corp. plant in West Memphis, where he has worked since 1992. Prior to that, he was a research chemist, production superintendent and project leader for construction of a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility. Morse initiated a donation from the Ciba Foundation Inc. that established the Ciba Foundation Scholars Fund in Chemistry at the U of M. The funds are awarded as annual stipends to attract, education and retain top undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry. The foundation also made a one-time donation toward the purchase of equipment for undergraduate chemistry research.
Prewitt (BA ’81) was appointed deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service in 2008. He oversees the agency’s daily operations, including more than 6,600 personnel and a $1.4 billion budget. Prewitt also develops and implements policy in relation to its investigative and protective mission. Prior to his appointment, the 26-year veteran of the Secret Service served as assistant director of the Office of Protective Operations. From 2003-06, Prewitt was assistant director of the Office of Human Resources and Training. He has received numerous honors during his career, including the 2006 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive in the Senior Executive Service and the 2005 Department of Homeland Security’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diversity Management. Prewitt began is Secret Service career in the Memphis field office. Assignments followed in the Washington and Chicago field offices and Vice Presidential Protective Division. He also is a former Memphis police officer.
Appleton (BA ’71) is professor of history and associate director of the Center for Kentucky History and Politics at Eastern Kentucky University. From 1979-2000 he served as editor in chief of historical publications for the Kentucky Historical Society. He supervised the writing and placement of historical markers across the state, as well as publication of more than 300 scholarly articles on Kentucky history. Appleton is the author or editor of five books, including A Mythic Land Apart: Reassessing Southerners and Their History and Searching for Their Places: Women in the South Across Four Centuries.
King, who earned a 2002 B.A. degree in English and a 2005 master of arts in teaching, is an English teacher at East High School. In 2008 she was named Educator of the Year by the Memphis Alliance of Black School Educators. For the past several years, King’s 10th-grade students have averaged a 97 percent passage rate for the state-required language exam. In 2008, 99 percent of her students passed the exam. Administrators praise the way King works with students, motivating them and helping them achieve success. She is faculty sponsor for East’s Peer Power program and teaches GED diploma classes and ACT preparation classes for high school students.
Elliott is CEO emeritus of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. He served as CEO of the healthcare system from 1990-2002. During his tenure, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare included 14 hospitals and more than 11,000 employees. From 1963-87, Elliott was on the administrative staff of Baptist Memorial Hospital, serving and its administrator from 1979-86. Since 2003 he has been executive-in-residence for the U of M’s master’s program in health administration. He teaches classes, serves as a faculty and student adviser, helps with strategic planning and serves on the community advisory board. He also participates in the Maurice Elliott Leadership Institute, a partnership between the U of M and Methodist Le Bonheur to provide advanced management training to managers at Methodist Le Bonheur.
Reservations must be made by Sept. 25. Tickets are $55 per person, $440 for a table of eight.
For reservations or more information, call alumni coordinator Fariss Adams Ivey at 901-678-4373.
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