KELLYE CASH, Class of 1983
Many people recognize Kellye Cash, if not by sight, by her reign as
Miss America 1987. During her junior year of college, a fraternity
sponsored her in the Miss Memphis State Pageant. Her "first
runner-up" position spurred her on, and her ten years of classical
piano and voice training helped her win the Miss Milan Pageant in
March 1986, Miss Tennessee 1986, and Miss America 1987. Following
her year as Miss America, during which she participated in numerous
civic and religious programs, Kellye returned to college and,
simultaneously, launched her career as a Christian music artist and
speaker. Kellye was elected to the Tennessee Republican State
Executive Committee twice and campaigns for conservative political
candidates and issues. She makes approximately 100 appearances each
year at charitable and political events, pageants, churches,
crusades, youth camps, and ladies' conferences and professional
theater. Kellye has recently played the part of Patsy Cline in nine
productions of the musical, "Always...Patsy Cline" and starred as
the "Narrator" in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in
Branson, Mo.
MARIE ANNE CHIMENT, Class of
1972
Marie Chiment, an accomplished artist, who graduated from Poway
High School in 1972 is classically trained in voice and music. She
has used her talents designing sets and creating costumes for
hundreds of productions for opera, theatre and dance across the
nation and around the world. Her costumes have traveled to Japan,
Germany, Italy, Spain, England, and the Middle East. Ms. Chiment’s
credits include national tours of GREASE!, CAROUSEL, the Broadway
musical METRO, as well as numerous designs for the Kennedy Center,
Lincoln Center, the Seattle Opera, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
Chicago Lyric Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, Actors Theater of
Louisville and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. She is the
recipient of the Kevin Kline Award for Outstanding Costume Design
for the world premiere of the musical ACE. Marie currently serves
as Department Chair of the School of Communication and Theater at
Temple University.