University of Tennessee at Chattanooga alumni Steve and Dolores Harvey were honored Feb. 21 as the recipients of the Gordon Davenport Award. The award honors outstanding commitment to UTC Athletics.

Recognized as two of the Mocs’ biggest fans, the Harveys are mainstays at nearly every UTC athletic event, said Jayne Holder, UTC director of alumni affairs. The couple supports Mocs teams financially and with dedicated service.

Mr. Harvey graduated from UC in 1952 with a degree in economics, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Now retired, he was a former partner and branch manager of J.C. Bradford and Co. He serves on the Alumni Past Presidents Council.

Mr. Harvey currently serves or has served as a board member on a number of civic and faith organizations including The Salvation Army, Scenic Land School, Chattanooga Rotary Club, Mountain City Club, the advisory board for the UTC Graduate School of Business and the Bachman Memorial Home in Cleveland, Tenn. He is an elder of Rivermont Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Harvey graduated from UC in 1952 with a degree in music education. She is a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and a past ADPi Alumni Association president. The retired music educator remains an active music patron through the Chattanooga Music Club and is a volunteer for several local nonprofits, including the Ronald McDonald House and YMCA.

She has served on the UTC Alumni Council and in the Blue & Gold Club.

Gass attends D.C.

youth conference

Elizabeth Jane Gass, 15, a junior at Faith Christian Academy Satellite School, attended the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference in Washington, D.C.

The daughter of Larry and Pamela Gass is a volunteer at the Tennessee Aquarium and the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. She is a piano student at Cadek Conservatory.

During the five-day program, Elizabeth attended talks by Gen. Colin Powell, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lisa Ling, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Al Gore; and performances by the Reduced Shakespeare Company and Capitol Steps. Participants attended the swearing-in of the president and an inaugural ball.

Trails & Trilliums

honoring Prichard

St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School announces that Mack Prichard, retired Tennessee naturalist, will receive the Yeatman Award for Environmental Education during the Trails & Trilliums on April 18-19.

Trail & Trilliums is a celebration of native plants on the SAS campus, which includes guided hikes, speakers, a garden tour and children’s activities. Also honored will be The Land Trust for Tennessee in appreciation for its efforts in preserving the South Cumberland, especially the recent gift of 3,000 acres in Lost Cove to the University of the South.

Jeanie Nelson, president and executive director of The Land Trust for Tennessee, will serve as this year’s keynote speaker for Trails & Trilliums.

Cox joins Memorial Health Partners

Dr. Tonia R. Cox, specializing in pediatrics, has joined Pediatric Diagnostic Associates, an affiliate of Memorial Health Partners.

After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Dr. Cox received her medical degree from the UT College of Medicine in Memphis. She completed her residency in pediatrics through Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Eastern Virginia Medical Center in Norfolk.

Dr. Cox is board-certified in pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Cox is also fluent in German.

For more information or appointments call 698-2229.

Battle awarded

Sylvan grant

Battle Academy has been awarded the Sylvan Dell Publishing Resource Grant, a oneyear site license that provides unlimited access to all Sylvan Dell eBooks, featuring flipviewer technology with selectable English and Spanish text and audio.

Teachers throughout the school are able to project the books in the classroom for easy reading to supplement or to introduce science and math through literature in the classroom.

For more information about the books or the grant, log onto www.SylvanDellPublishing. com.

Hospice Fellowship accredited

Hospice of Chattanooga Inc. and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga announce the jointly developed Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program has been accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

The year-old program is among the first hospice fellowships to receive accreditation in the nation and one of two to be accredited in Tennessee.

Dr. Valencia Clay serves as Fellowship Program Director, and Dr. Terry Melvin is associate program director for the fellowship.

Dr. Musharraf Navaid from Laurinburg, N.C., is the program’s first fellow. He is a physician in Internal Medicine.

For more information about the hospice fellowship, call 553-1815.

Five named

Top Lawyers

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel attorneys T. Maxfield Bahner, Bruce C. Bailey, Richard W. Bethea, Hugh J. Moore and Michael N. St. Charles have been named by Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys in Tennessee. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers.

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C., is a Chattanooga firm and a member of Meritas, a worldwide alliance of more than 165 law firms.

Lindsey wins Genworth honor

Gail Lindsey has qualif ied for the 2009 Leading Producers Conference with Genworth Financial. Ms. Lindsey specializes in LTC insurance protection.

Genworth Financial awards agents who place at least $200,000 in new annual premium during a specific qualification period with a trip.

Amedysis approved by commission

Amedisys Hospice of Chattanooga has earned accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care Inc. for home health and hospice services.

Accreditation is a voluntary activity in which healthcare organizations submit to peer review of their internal policies, processes and patient care delivery.

Two named

Lawyers of the Year

Richard B. Gossett and Susan Elliott Rich of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, have been recognized as Lawyers of the Year by “The Best Lawyers in America.”

“Best Lawyers” designates a select group of attorneys as Lawyers of the Year in highprofile legal specialties in large legal communities. One lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the Lawyer of the Year.

Mr. Gossett was named the Chattanooga Lawyer of the Year in the area of banking law, while Ms. Rich was recognized in real estate law.

A total of 156 Baker Donelson attorneys are recognized in the current edition of Best Lawyers.

Trollinger wins

VW art contest

Jamie Trollinger, a senior at Boyd Buchanan School, won first place in a city-wide art contest sponsored by Volkswagen.

Other students in Boyd Buchanan’s advanced placement art class who won honorable mentions were seniors Holly Trollinger, Katie Coker and Taylor Risley. Their work will be at Village Volkswagen in April.

CSCC receives

Bellwether Award

Cleveland State Community College recently won the Bellwether Award presented by the Community College Futures Assembly.

Cleveland State won in the Instructional Programs and Services category, which recognizes programs and services that foster or support teaching and learning in the community college.

The presentation by Cleveland State, “New Math: The Impact of Course Redesign on Learning and Scheduling,” described a course redesign project the math department undertook involving developmental and college-level math courses.