2023 Awardees from Summer Reunion Dr. Philip W. Conn ’63 Philip W. Conn ’63 Since retiring as president of Western Oregon University in 2005, Dr. Philip W. Conn…
Tore Borhaug ’90 was the first student from Norway to attend Berea College. He graduated with a degree in business administration and earned an MBA at the University…
For Leslie Parker Borhaug ’90, mountains have figured prominently in her life. She was born in the mountains of North Carolina but was raised in mountainous Switzerland as…
Kelva Nelson ’79 Most teachers are made, but a few are born. The late Kelva Nelson ’79 seemed to have been destined to be a teacher. For three…
Dr. Jim Gaines ’56: A Picture-Perfect Career In a laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis, graduate student Jim Gaines ’56 needed a way to observe a quantum…
How It All Started Jack Roush ’64 began his career at FordMotor Company, and went on to become thewinningest team owner in NASCAR history.He will be inducted into…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNZwN9kJywA When Lightning Struck Larry Allen spent three years as a potter’s apprentice and graduated from BereaCollege in 1978 with an art degree. He has worked as a…
Jim Branscome: Fulfilling a Dream When Jim Branscome left Carroll County, Va., he came to Berea College with $300 in his pocket and a heart full of ambition.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KaOBG9uqSc Alumni entrepreneurs developed through their Berea experience give back to current Bereans Whether running unique campgrounds, a bourbon distillery or a venture capital company, six Berea alumni…
Bill Daugherty: Creating Opportunity in Appalachia Bill Daugherty ’76 has a rare kind of Berea College legacy. His great-great grandmother Martha Drew Sparks attended in 1876, and his…