FOY, James Edgar V, 93,died Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 inAuburn, AL. The funeral willbe 11 a.m. at the Auburn United Methodist Church followed by burial at 3 p.m. atFairview Cemetery in Eufaula,AL. Visitation is Tues., Oct. 12,from 5-7 p.m. at Jeffcoat-TrantFuneral Home in Opelika, AL.,and Wednesday morningfrom 10-10:40 a.m. at the Auburn United Methodist ChurchFounder's Chapel. Dr. Foy, a graduate of the University of Alabama, servedAuburn University as theschool's dean of students formore than a quarter-century.The original James E. Foy Student Union Building - now FoyHall and the ODK James E.Foy V Sportsmanship Trophy,awarded each year to thevictor of the Auburn-AlabamaIron Bowl, are named for him. During his undergraduatepresidency of Alabama'sOmicron Delta Kappa chapter, he made their numberone project the resumption ofthe Alabama-Auburn footballgame. The two schools hadnot played each other since1907. In 1948, he lead a delegation of Alabama studentsto Auburn to begin Better Relations Day, an event that stilloccurs each year. It was onthis trip that he ""felt the Auburn spirit"" and realized hewanted to be a part of it. Born Nov. 7, 1916 in Lexington, NC to Erle Humphrey Foyand Mary Lou Ware Foy, thefamily returned shortly thereafter to their home in Eufaula,AL where he spent his boyhood. He learned the Alabama Polytechnic InstituteAlma Mater from its author BillWood, friend and houseguestof his older brother SimpsonRoland Foy who was an Auburn student. Dr. Foy becamea Christian at the age of eightduring a revival led by evangelist and hymn writer LutherB. Bridgers. In 1932 the familymoved to Tuscaloosa wherehe graduated from Tuscaloosa High School before entering the University of Alabamato earn a double AB degreein sociology and history. Oncampus, he was a memberof Phi Beta Kappa, Phi KappaPhi, Alpha Kappa Delta, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma,Omicron Delta Kappa, andJasons. He was initiated intoSigma Nu fraternity during thesame ceremony as Paul""Bear"" Bryant. At graduationhe was awarded the Algernon Sydney SullivanAward. He achieved all thiswhile working five jobs: distributor for The Saturday Evening Post and BeechnutChewing Gum, grader for asociology professor, butcherfor the A&p grocery store, andsilver polisher for a local jewelry store. Upon graduation, he was assistant to the dean of men atthe University of Alabama fortwo and a half years until heenrolled in Naval AviationFlight training in January1942. A fighter pilot in VF27aboard the carrier USS Suwanee in the Solomon Islandcampaign, he was awardedthe Air Medal for MeritoriousService. Upon return to thestates he served 18 months asflight instructor at Lee Field inGreen Cove Springs, FL, anadjunct to Naval Air StationJacksonville. After six monthsas aviation safety officerthere, he reduced the fatalityrate of pilots in training by 57percent and major overhaulsto damaged aircraft from20.5 to three. He was executive officer of fighter squadronVGF75 attached to the Franklin D. Roosevelt super carrierwhen the war ended, andflew a Corsair F4U in the Victory Fly-Over of the Nation'sCapitol. After WWII, he moved hisfamily to Tuscaloosa and engaged in private businesswith his brother-in-law. In 1947he resumed his position as assistant to the dean of men atAlabama, earning his MA degree during that time in sociology and anthropology. In1950, he came to Auburn asassistant director of studentaffairs; in 1952 he becamehead of the department, aposition he held until his retirement in 1978. With his encouragement, the 1967 Auburn Student Body achievedthe American Red CrossWorld Record of 4,812 pintsdonated in a 2-day blooddrive and he himself wastwice given the Red CrossAward of Honor for donatinga total of 72 pints during hislifetime. He also was a member of Alpha Phi Omega, Pershing Rifles and Arnold Air Society. He earned his PhDfrom Michigan State University in 1969. He served as 1966president of the AmericanCollege Honor Societies, andin 1975 the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators awarded him theOutstanding Student Personnel Administrator in the USA.The 1954 and 1978 Glomeratas were dedicated to DeanFoy. After retiring from Auburn, heserved as Executive Secretaryfor Alabama Governor FobJames from 1978 to 1980. Dean Foy was associatedwith the Phi Eta Sigma academic honor society from1936 to 1992. As national executive secretary for 39 years,he installed 208 chaptersthroughout the US. The societyawards an annual nationalscholarship in his honor.Upon his retirement and atthe request of the Auburn Student Government Association, the Board of Trusteesnamed the Student UnionBuilding for him, and the Omicron Delta Kappa Circles ofAlabama and Auburn renamed the trophy awardedeach year to the winner ofthe Auburn-Alabama footballgame, the ODK James E. FoyV Sportsmanship Trophy. InOctober 2002, the AuburnAlumni Association awardedhim the Lifetime AchievementAward. An ardent admirer ofthe Dr. George Petrie's Auburn Creed written in 1943, Dr.Foy became a member ofthe George Petrie Society in2002. He joined the Auburn RotaryClub in 1950 and served inevery leadership capacity, including president. He received three Paul Harris Fellowships and was named Distinguished Citizen by the clubin 1993. He served as president of the Auburn High BandParents, the AHS and LeeCounty PTAs, and chairmanof Auburn Community Chestdrive. In 1993, he was Citizenof the Year by the Chattahoochee Council of the BoyScouts of America. In 2004, hereceived the City of Auburn'sDistinguished VeteransAward. A member of Auburn UnitedMethodist Church since 1950,he served on the OfficialBoard and the1952 buildingfinance committee, was achoir member and SundaySchool teacher. He met hiswife when he was on the Wesley Foundation Board in Tuscaloosa. He was member ofthe Richard Henry Lee Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Dean Foy participated in athletics his whole life - as a highschool football player andtennis champion, later as agolfer, fisherman and woodchopper. He and his wifeowned a home on Lake Martin, where he enjoyed waterskiing, boating, sailing andswimming. At 62, he took upsnow skiing, joined the Birmingham Ski Club and skiiedtwo to four weeks each yearuntil he was 84. He loved flying so much, his request to flyover Auburn and Lake Martinfor his 90th birthday was honored by Auburn graduateand Opelika citizen J. B.Stockley in a vintage T-6 Texan, similar to one he trainedin WWII. Auburn football washis great love, and his WarrrrrEagle cheers often reverberated across the campus andthe Loveliest Village on thePlains. Dean Foy was predeceasedby his wife of 60 years, Emmalu O'Rear Foy, which whomhe shared a lifetime love ofmusic. He is survived by twodaughters, Mary Lou Foy andMrs. Benjamin B. Spratling (Susan Foy); a grandson, Benjamin B. Spratling, IV, son-in-law Ben B. Spratling, III, andhis daughter Camille Spratling, a sister-in-law Mrs. CaineO'Rear, Jr. (nee Kathryn Isbell) of Jasper, and numerous nieces, nephews andgrand- and great-grand-nieces and -nephews. Of themany cousins he had growing up in Eufaula, only Florence Foy Strang, 102, remains. Flowers are welcome, as aredonations to Women's HopeMedical Clinic, 820 StageRoad, Auburn, 36830; the Emmalu Foy Award at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, 415 W.Magnolia, Auburn, 36832;and the James E. and Emmalu Foy Spirit Award at the Auburn University developmentoffice. Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home& Crematory is directing.www.jeffcoattrant.com