McCallie School Alumni Achievement Award winners are, from left, the Rev. W. Edward Snodgrass, C. David Sherrill, Morris K. Thuku, Robert F. Huffaker Jr., Andrew H. Trotter Jr., Luther Killian, Dr. Joseph B. Cofer and Allen L. McCallie. Winners not pictured are M. Zane Birdwell, Stanley M. Skip Brock and Timothy K. Gulick. Eleven honored with McCallie School Alumni Achievement Awards

McCallie School presented its annual Alumni Achievement Awards on Oct. 5 to 11 graduates who have shown outstanding accomplishments in a chosen career.

Alumni are eligible to be nominated after their 15th reunion and are selected in accordance with their reunion-year cycle. This years nominees are graduates of class years ending in 3 or 8. The award focuses solely on career accomplishment without consideration of service to McCallie or other service endeavors.

Achievement Award recipients were: M. Zane Birdwell, class of 1998, producer/director, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Stanley M. Skip Brock, class of 1968, CEO, ServisFirst Bank, Birmingham, Ala.; Dr. Joseph B. Cofer, class of 1968, surgeon; Timothy K. Gulick, class of 1983, minister/counselor; Robert F. Huffaker Jr., class of 1978, insurance; and Luther Killian, class of 1968, teacher/coach.

Also, Allen L. McCallie, class of 1973, lawyer; C. David Sherrill, class of 1988, professor, Mableton, Ga.; the Rev. W. Edward Snodgrass III, class of 1973, teacher/minister; Morris K. Thuku, class of 1993, education, Kenya; and Andrew H. Trotter Jr., class of 1968, religious studies, Charlottesville, Va.

Presenting a check to Lee President Paul Conn, second from left, are, from left, Monty Montgomery, Jerry McGaha, and SouthEast Scholarship Director Tommy Schumpert.

SouthEast Bank and Lee University have selected two students for a new scholarship program called the SouthEast Bank Scholar Award. This scholarship will provide each student with $7,000 in the 2013-2014 school year to offset the cost of tuition.

SouthEast Bank Scholars are students chosen by participating post-secondary institutions for their exceptional character and academic commitment of either a 23 ACT score or 3.25 high school grade-point averge.

Lee recipients are Janna Crisp, a freshman from Knoxville, and Hannah Stott, a sophomore from Maryville.

SouthEast Bank is proud to support Lee University in awarding scholarships that help keep our future leaders here in Tennessee, said bank president Monty Montgomery. We are a true community bank operated by local employees who live and work alongside the people we serve, and we are committed to using our resources to reinvest in our schools, organizations and neighborhoods.

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Good for you: Eleven honored with McCallie School Alumni Achievement Awards