Wednesday, December 11, 2002
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Wednesday, December 11, 2002 |
Anders present Joan Noble Houghton Scholarship plaqueIn the six years since Joan Houghton's retirement from teaching at McIntosh High School, Drs. Kenya and David Anders have given a $1000 Joan Noble Houghton Scholarship to honor Kenya's mother. Now a plaque has been placed at McIntosh High School to recognize each recipient. The idea to honor Houghton in this way was born from Kenya and David's deep love for education. As Kenya commented at the 2002 Senior Awards Night, "Both David and I are the product of excellent public school educations, and we are deeply committed to investing in education." Houghton taught for two years at Peachtree City's newly opened Booth Junior High School from 1978-1980. When McIntosh High School opened, she transferred and taught English to its gifted students for the next 17 years. At Senior Awards Night this spring, Kenya told the Class of 2002, "When you were in second grade, Mother was teaching completely bald from chemotherapy. Her goal was to fight her cancer long enough to see my daughter Rebekah's birth. God honored her desire. Rebekah has proudly been part of the presentation of this scholarship each year." Recipients of the Joan Noble Scholarship have included Cassandra (Cassie) Lynne Munoz and Yousuf Mohamed Khalifa, 1997; Meredith Anne Rice, 1998; Hillary Brooks Bowler, 1999; Adam Thomas Peeler, 2000; Andrew Dixon Henebry, 2001; Megan Lynn Bernard and Martin Joseph Davis, 2002. Dr. David Anders is an internist in private practice at the Kedron Medical Offices in Peachtree City. Dr. Kenya Anders is a dermatologist with Kaiser Permanente. They are the parents of five children: Rebekah, Lloyd, Luke, Rachel, and Lincoln. The Anders family and Joan Houghton are all active, involved residents of Peachtree City.
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