Sept. 27, 2007

Hearing the call to "return, relive, and renew," alumni and friends of Presbyterian College are expected to flock to their alma mater for Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 5-6

"We've got plans for PC'uns of all ages, shapes, and sizes," said Randy Randall, executive director of alumni and community relations. "As we do each fall, we look forward to seeing good friends, cheering on the Blue Hose, and being back on the PC campus."

Homecoming Weekend at PC also heralds the annual gathering of the college's Alumni Association and the group's yearly awards ceremony honoring the greatest achievements and careers of its graduates.

The Alumni Association's highest honor - the Alumni Gold P Award - will be presented this fall to the Rev. Joan S. Gray of Atlanta, Ga., the current moderator of the 217^th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA.

Gray, a 1973 graduate, is a parish associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Her entire ministry has been served in the Atlanta area, mostly in interim work.

The 2007 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award - for early competence within their chosen field and the promise of future achievement - will be presented to John Harvey Edwards III of Monroe, N.C., the vice president of Site-Prep Inc. and a 1994 graduate of PC.

W. Robert "Bob" Floyd of Chesterfield, Va., will receive the Dum Vivimus Servimus Award, presented to an alumnus or alumna who best exemplifies the college’s motto, "While We Live, We Serve."

A 1952 graduate, Floyd is a retired military chaplain with more than 28 years of experience and is currently serving as a chaplain with the Chesterfield Police Department. He serves as the external sponsor of the Powhatan Incarcerated Chapter 682 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, where he provides assistance to veterans incarcerated in two Virginia prisons. Last year, he was presented with the President’s Volunteer Service Award by U.S. president George W. Bush.

1950 graduate Ed Timmerman of Greenville, S.C., will be presented with the Mary F. Lehman Alumni Service Award in recognition of outstanding service to the Alumni Association and the college.

Timmerman, the retired vice president and city executive of Nations Bank, is a former president of the Alumni Association and a frequent host of alumni socials in the Greenville area.

Two retired members of the PC community - both longtime members of the dining hall staff - will be named Honorary Alumni. Former "Blue Lady" Eva Mills of Clinton, S.C., and former dining services director Vernon Powell of Laurens, S.C., will join the ranks for those who did not attend PC but always treated the college like their alma mater and brought honor to the college by doing so.

The Alumni Association is inaugurating a new award at this year's awards presentations – the Thomas Aurelius Stallworth Award named in honor of the late Rev. Tom Stallworth, a longtime faculty member, chaplain, alumni director and coach who passed away earlier this year.

The award will be presented each fall to a PC alumnus or alumna who is a "Christian leader with strong, bold character; an individual of integrity, moral courage, and values; and an individual who demonstrates the true meaning of neighbor and friend."

The first Stallworth Award will be presented to three of Stallworth's closest friends - 1955 graduates Jack B. Edmunds of Hartwell, Ga., and John P. Newsome of Decatur, Ga.; and 1957 alumnus Don Rickett of Atlanta, Ga.

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