Knight, McCall, and McGraw were honored on campus in October.
Grads Celebrated for Leadership Success
Homecoming 2020 offered the chance to honor three outstanding North Green- ville graduates, despite the challenges of a global pandemic. On October 17, the NGU Alumni Association hosted the Alumni Awards and Reunion Luncheon in Hayes Ministry Center’s Moore Hall.
Dr. John J. McGraw (’70), and Jayne Lyons McCall (’70) received the Distinguished Alumni Award, which is the highest honor bestowed by the NGU Alumni Association. Given to recognize outstanding lifetime service which has brought honor to the individual’s alma mater, the award recognizes alumni who reflect “the University’s core values through effective servant leadership.”
Dr. McGraw joined the Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic in 2003, after more than 14 years of practice in Laurel, Mississippi. He anchors the KOC Jefferson City, Tenn., office, where he sees patients exclusively and performs surgery at Tennova/Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He has served in multiple medical staff positions including Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery and Board of Directors.
Dr. McGraw and his wife Ann make their home on a cattle farm in East Ten- nessee. They have two grown children and three grandchildren. He is co-owner of WJFC AM/FM in Jefferson City and received the Community Patriot Award from Jefferson County High School in 2010 where he serves as team Orthopedic Surgeon. He continues to help the KOC physicians that serve as team doctors for the Tennessee Smokies baseball team. He also helps student-athletes at Carson Newman University.
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McCall currently serves as vice president of Hughes Development Corporation. Her career in commercial real estate began 36 years ago. Today, she leads a division that manages more than 230,000 square-feet of medical office space. Recently, she helped develop and construct the $31 million Clemson Univer- sity School of Nursing building, managing the design bidding, financing, and construction. The 80,000 square-foot project was complete on time and under budget. Jayne serves as a volunteer with Meals on Wheels and a Board Member at the YMCA Judson Community Center. She was married to the late Donnie McCall, a fellow North Greenville classmate. Jayne has two adult children and three grandchildren.
Carmen Knight (’93) received NGU’s Alumni Service Award, which honors “an alumnus who dedicates personal time and energy towards their community and uses their education and experiences gained at the university to promote public service causes, advance university efforts, promote student success, or positively contribute to the university culture. After North Greenville, Knight continued her studies at the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg and Con- verse College. Carmen has been an educator for more than a decade, serving as a Special Education Teacher at Swofford Career Center in Campobello, SC, since 2016. Since she graduated from North Greenville, she has personally referred more than 90 students to NGU. Twenty of her referred students are presently enrolled at NGU, including her son Clay, a junior. She and her husband Robbie have been married 25 years. The Knights also have a daughter, Kara, who is a junior at Landrum High School.
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