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Friday, May 04, 2007
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| Ann Mooneyhan Utter '65 & Olan Jones '75
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JOHNSON CITY – The East Tennessee State University Alumni Association announces the 2007 recipients of the annual Alumni Awards, which are presented as part of the university's spring commencement weekend festivities during the association's Awards Banquet and Annual Meeting, held May 5.
The 2007 Outstanding Alumna is Anne Mooneyhan Utter. The 1965 graduate taught at the DeBusk and St. James elementary schools in Greene County before teaching at a vocational-technical program for mentally challenged adults from Greene Valley and the Greeneville School System. This program's goal was to provide these students with basic skills enabling them to work within their home communities.
After her husband, the late Dr. Jerry A. Mooneyhan, graduated from the University of Tennessee Dental School in Memphis and established his dental practice in Johnson City , Utter worked as an office manager and assisted chair-side in his office. She was a stay-at-home mother when their daughters were young, which allowed her to be involved in volunteerism. Utter served as an officer in numerous civic clubs over the years, was treasurer and secretary in school PTAs, co-chaired fall festivals, and was actively involved in many other projects. She was also a board member of Dawn of Hope and Good Samaritan Ministries and a member of the International Storytelling Center 's “Circle of 20.” In addition, she was active in Junior League and is a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she has taught Sunday School, sung in the choir, and assisted with children's programs.
Utter is founder and chair of the board of the Mooneyhan Family Foundation, established to honor her late husband. The foundation has awarded grants in excess of $600,000 in its five years of existence, lending support to a wide variety of non-profits in the region, including ETSU's Roan Scholars Leadership Program, Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, and Master's Degree Program in Storytelling. Now a grandmother, she is married to Kenneth Utter of Eureka , Mont.
The 2007 Outstanding Alumnus is Olan O. Jones Jr., who is president and CEO of Eastman Credit Union, a multi-state entity headquartered in Kingsport that was chartered in 1934 and has current assets of $1.8 billion and over 89,000 members located in 49 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign countries. Jones attained this position in January 1998, after serving briefly as chief operations officer. Prior to this, he had a 20-year career with Eastman Kodak and Eastman Chemical Co., where he worked in many different assignments in corporate human resources and finance.
Jones received bachelor of science and master of business administration degrees at ETSU. Since graduating in 1977, he has remained involved with the university through fundraising efforts, the Pirate Club, Alumni Association, and numerous university study groups and advisory boards. He is involved in and serves on the boards of a variety of community and national organizations. A Distinguished Past President of Kiwanis International, he has also served on the Thrift Institutions Advisory Council to the Federal Reserve Board. In 2006, he received the Lifetime Achievement in Business Award from the ETSU College of Business and Technology.
He and his wife Sylvia have two adult children with strong ETSU ties and all are members of First Broad Street United Methodist Church .
The 2007 Awards of Honor were presented to Kenneth W. Bates, Dr. Connie D. Hauser, Derrick J. Hollie and Charles O. Steagall.
Five individuals were named Honorary Alumni for their friendship and dedication to the university: Thomas J. Burleson, C.M. “Bill” Gatton, Dr. Janice C. Shelton, Nancy B. Stanton and Guy B. Wilson Jr.
Additionally, two individuals were named Distinguished Alumni in Education: Drs. William W. Locke and Wade B. McCamey.
The annual ETSU Alumni Association Awards program began in 1970. For previous award recipients, visit www.etsu.edu/alumni/awards.asp . On the campus, the Alumni Gallery in the lower level of the D.P. Culp University Center displays permanent recognition for Outstanding Alumni, Honorary Alumni and recipients of the prestigious George L. Carter Award.
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