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SPRING 1998 VOL 86, NO. 2
THE UNCG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS
Bobbie Hayncs Rowland '51, G.jstonia. President
A. Elizabeth Kecver*72, Fnyettcville, Prtsidetit'Ek'cl
Cayle Hicks I-ripp '63, Greensboro, first Vice President
C. Thomas Martin '70, Greensbon>, Second Vice President
lody Kinlaw Troxler '72, Greensboro, Treasurer
Beverly Sheets Pugh '76, Lexington, Recording Secretary
Joan M. Glynn, Atumni Association Executive Secretary
TRUSTEES
Barbara Ayers-Best '71, Greenville
Theron Keams Bell '77, Robbins
Ann Klack Boseman '51, Wilmington
Donna Braswell-Bray '87, Greensboro,
Bind Alumni Council chair, ex officio
Claudelte Burroughs-White '61, Greensboro
Pam Minikel Cantara '93, High Point,
Youn\^ Alumni Councd chair, ex officio
)udith B. Carlson '80 EdD, Boone
Elizabeth S. Feichter '61, Waynesville
Shirley Steele Ferguson '69, Winston-Salem
Alicia Fields-Minkins '86, Greensboro
Adelaide Fortune Holdemess '34, Greensboro,
Alumni House Cominillee chair, ex officio
Judith Rosenstock Hyman '56, Baltimore, MD
Dianne Johnson Leonard '78 MSN, Greensboro
Lynne Mahaffey '60, Columbia, SC
Pam Mars Malester '68, Baltimore, MD
Dalphene Crowder Mays '83, Reidsville
Leah Whitfield McFee '50, Spencer
Martha Fulcher Montgomery '56, Davidson
Agnes Gray Moore '67, Greensboro
Alexander M. Peters '83, Raleigh
Ann Lee Bamhardl Robbins '59, Rocky Mount
Carolyn StyTon Thomas '54, Durham
Emily Herring Wilson '61, Winston-Salem
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Dianne Johnson Leonard '78 MSN, Asheboro
Pam Mars Malester '68. Baltimore, MD
Bobbie Haynes Rowland '51, Gastonia, ex officio
Jody Kinlaw Troxler '72. Greensboro
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Dear UNCG Alumni News,
Thank you for the wonderful
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on the cover of the fall issue of
Alumni Nezvs. I felt 1 was sharing
their exuberance, enthusiasm,
enjoyment, and pride, as I stood
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2 Triple Dippers
Some people just keep coming back again and again.
And some never leave.
8 Growth Sport
UNCG takes center stage as women's soccer gains popularity.
1 6 Alumnae Chosen for Distinguished Service Awards
Four alumnae have been selected to receive the Alumni
Distinguished Service Award for 1998.
1 8 The Power of Individuals
Campaign supports alumni endowments.
22 From the Executive Secretary
Do we really need another credit card?
23 From the President
Are you ready?
DEPARTMENTS
14 On Campus
20 Association News
21 Life Members
25 Class Notes
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Alumni who have earned all three degrees
at UNCG — or any university —
are an unusual lot.
Earning three degrees — bachelor's,
master's, and doctoral — consumes
around a decade of your life, a long
time. You're a different person when you
walk across the commencement stage, all
smiles, to receive the diploma that puts the
"Dr." in front of your name. You're certainly
older, more in debt, and — everybody
hopes — wiser.
If you're one of the few people to have
earned all three degrees at one university,
Peterson's Guide, if you were a bird, would
describe you as "uncommon" and maybe
"rare." You would be a peacock among the
robins of academia — a creature of exotic
plumage.
As a doctoral-granting university since
1963, UNCG has a number of "peacocks,"
about one hundred, in fact. They represent
less than 10 percent of the 1,652 doctoral
degrees the University has awarded.
Dr. Nance White was the first. She earned
her doctoral degree as a faculty member in
what is now the Department of Human
Development and Family Studies. She con-
tinued to teach in the Department until her
retirement in 1988.
With their unique pedigrees, these grad-
uates, consciously and unconsciously,
embody to varying degrees the University's
institutional culture. They have likely
assimilated, just by their long association
with the University as students, many of
the basic values, perspectives, standards,
and ways of doing things that are unique to
UNCG. They carry the culture with them,
and they spread it wherever they go.
A iiarity iNow
Dr. Brad Bartel is dean of the Graduate
School at UNCG. He and his staff oversee
from the second floor of the Mossman
Building the University's thirteen doctoral
programs and fifty-nine master's degree
programs. Approximately 2,700 students
are currently pursuing graduate studies at
UNCG.
"The student who earns all three
degrees from the same institution is a rarity
now," he said. "It happened more in the
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Dr. Vira Rodgers
Kivett, a professor at
UNCG; Dr. Bobbie
Haynes Rowland,
president of the UNCG
Alumni Association;
and Dr. Lee Kinard, a
television newscaster
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past than it does now. But even in the past,
it wasn't a common path of study."
There are, however, definite pluses to
earning three degrees from the same uni-
versity.
Faculty within a department sometimes
see it as advantageous. They are first and
foremost interested in training academically
talented students. If they have a stellar
undergraduate major in their department,
they may want to keep him or her rather
than encourage that student to go else-
where. It's certainly less time consuming to
recruit good students that way. And it costs
less, too.
For the student, too, the continuity from
undergraduate to doctoral candidate at the
same university may offer advantages.
Rapport between the degree candidate and
the faculty mentor is important in study at
the doctoral level. If there is rapport estab-
lished at the undergraduate or master's
level, it could weigh in a decision to earn
all three degrees at the same institution.
There may be a doctoral program available
in a subdiscipline at the university where a
talented student with an interest in it has
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Child Development (name has changed)
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Home Economics Education
Music Education
Psychology
earned their undergraduate degree. It sim-
ply may not be available at too many other
places. Life circumstances also may make
three degrees from the same university
advantageous to a student. Perhaps, for
example, they're in a situation where they
cannot relocate.
There are disadvantages, too. Dean
Bartel said, which explains why most doc-
toral programs now look off their campuses
for students. They want the intellectual fer-
ment, growth, and innovation that diversity
stimulates and enhances. Diversity, in short,
strengthens a doctoral program. It benefits
the students and the faculty. The reputation
of the department where talented under-
graduates earned their degrees is enhanced
when they enter outstanding graduate pro-
grams elsewhere.
Dean Bartel said in most instances today
graduate faculty at a university will encour-
age outstanding undergraduates or master's
students to pursue doctoral study elsewhere.
"If you train your own, you become a well-
kept secret."
He pointed out that 89 percent of the
students at UNCG are from North Carolina,
and most of them come from
the Triad. As a faculty member,
he said, you would encourage
such an undergraduate student
interested in a doctoral program
to go elsewhere. "They need to
seek out different experiences as
an exercise in personal growth."
In most instances, going
elsewhere for graduate study
benefits the student as well as
UNCG. Triple dippers may be
an endangered species.
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Bobbie Haynes Rowland '5i '68 ms 74 PhD
Professor, Child and Family Development, The University
of North Carolina at Charlotte
Years ago, when little Bobbie Haynes
was on campus visiting her older
cousin, Helen Whitener Zink '34, they
had dinner in the dining hall. For dessert,
there was a brick of vanilla ice cream and
orange sherbet.
Bobbie ate slowly,
savoring each mouthful.
"How often do you
have this?" Bobbie
asked her cousin, tap-
ping the saucer with her
spoon.
"Oh, I don't know,"
Helen said. "Maybe two
or three times a week."
Bobbie took another bite. She looked
thoughtful.
"I'm coming to school here," Bobbie
announced.
Admissions people today would call it
early decision. Bobbie was about five years
old at the time.
As a teenager, she attended Girls' State,
the mock government held each summer
on campus. It's sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary. "I became very familiar
with the campus. I thought of it as pretty,
interesting, and friendly. I still do."
When it was time to go to college — a
few years after the end of WWII — there
was but one real choice. "Here," Bobbie
said. "It was an incredibly supportive insti-
tution. UNCG has always been student-
centered."
What also sticks in her mind are the wide
range of rules and regulations that governed
student life on the all-woman campus —
sign-outs, sign-ins, chapel, a dress code, no
cars. "It was fun breaking them.
"These were the good years: Young and
no real responsibilities, and I knew it. I
don't think we were a worldly bunch at all.
I don't remember being concerned about
too much of anything, certairdy not the
state of the nation or world."
When Bobbie returned some years later
to work on a master's degree, she brought
with her a different attitude. She was a sin-
gle mother, recently having been widowed,
with two small children — one, two years
old, and the other, six months. She rented
the attic of a house on Mclver Street. She
attended classes and worked in the chil-
dren's laboratory at the Curry School,
which was then affiliated with the School of
Education. Every Monday night, she loaded
the cliildren in the back seat of the car and
drove to Durham, where she taught a
course in early childhood education.
"The University responded to my needs;
everyone was very supportive."
Home in Gastonia, where she directed a
church kindergarten, UNC Charlotte invited
her to teach part-time in its early childhood
development program. She agreed to do it
for a year but stayed longer. When she was
promoted to an assistant professor, she was
urged to get her doctorate.
Once again, she returned to UNCG. The
University offered what she was after — a
PhD in early childhood development. She
continued to teach full-time at UNC
Charlotte. She had remarried. She commut-
ed several days a week to campus.
"Again, the faculty was incredibly sup-
portive. Some even were baby sitters for
my children, who then were eleven and
twelve years old. The faculty-student rela-
tionships were so close knit, and it wasn't
just me. It seemed part of the University."
As Dr. Rowland, Bobbie chaired the
statewide commission that recommended
to then Gov. Dan Moore the establishment
of public kindergartens in North Carolina.
She since has become a staunch advocate of
cliildhood and family issues. She has served
as president of the NC Association for the
Education of Young Children, the NC
Kindergarten Association, the Higher
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Education Birtli to Kindergarten Consortium,
and the Gaston County Coirunission on the
Family. And she's the current president of
the Alumni Association of UNCG.
Vira Rodgers Kivett '55 w ms le pud
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Ira is
Excellence
Professor in
the Department of
Human
Development and
Family Studies at
UNCG and has
received the
O. Max Gardner
Award, the highest
honor given to fac-
ulty members in
the sixteen-campus
UNC system.
The award,
named for the late Gov. O. Max Gardner,
recognizes faculty members who have
made "the greatest contributions to the wel-
fare of the human race."
Vira said that professionally, earning all
three degrees from the same institution is
not considered the most esteemed route.
"I've been privileged here to have the
opportunities that have enabled me to
achieve my scholarly and intellectual goals.
It's not been a handicap for me at all.
"You do need diversity and infusion
from the outside. You must have it. Yet an
institution also needs a common thread.
And, yes, I guess I'm a part of that thread."
Her Gardner Award citation reads in
part: "For more than twenty-five years,
commitment to making a difference through
scholarship and advocacy has defined Vira
Rodgers Kivett. ... One of the nation's fore-
most scholars on rural aging, she has served
as a 'voice' for more than eight million elder-
ly rural Americans, many of whom struggle
to meet increasing age-related health and
social needs in underserved and financially
disadvantaged areas. . . . Her findings have
had major impacts on regional, state, and
national policies and programs concerning
financial assistance, nutrition, health-care
deHvery systems, optional housing, and
long-term care facilities."
In accepting the award last spring, Vira
said, "It gives me great satisfaction to con-
tinue the legacy of scholarship and service
that has characterized the rich history of
my institution."
Vira is an internationally-recognized
scholar in the field of social gerontology.
She is one of the foremost scholars on rural
aging in the United States. For the past
twenty-five years, she has conducted
research on the status and needs of older
rural adults. She pioneered research into
the Hves of rural, disadvantaged elderly
people. Her longitudinal, in-depth study of
the elderly that began in 1976 continues to
be the standard reference in current schol-
arly literature in the field.
Her research findings have been pre-
sented before the Select Committee on
Aging of the US House of Representatives.
In 1989, she was cited as one of the top six-
teen scholars in the country in the field of
family science by the National Council on
Family Relations. She began teaching at
UNCG in 1960, and has taught here contin-
uously since 1968.
"This University is a very affirming
place," Vira said. "It always has been, and
it's one of the wonderful things of being
here."
Dr. Lee Kinard 74 76 ma '88 EdD
Lee is UNCG's most recognizable gradu-
ate. He co-anchors newscasts at 6 pm
and 7 pm, Monday through Friday, on
WFMY, the television station in Greensboro.
For forty years, he was host and executive
producer of TJie Good Morning Shozv, an
early morning telecast that became an insti-
tution in central North Carolina.
In addition to news, sports, and com-
munity events, Lee used the show as an
educational tool to promote good causes
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and widen horizons through interviews
and travelogues.
Not bad for a high school dropout. . . .
Lee left high school in the eleventh grade.
He earned his diploma through correspon-
dence courses. He tried Pfiffer College near
his hometown of Concord but left after a
year for a job in television at WFMY.
By the late 1960s, he was uneasy person-
ally and in his career. "I came back to
school because I really felt uncomfortable in
the position I was in and not having a col-
lege degree. That piece was missing from
my hfe."
UNCG was convenient, yes, but even
then Lee had family ties to the University.
His mother, the late Grace Winecoff, had
attended UNCG in the 1920s but did not
finish. A sister-in-law, Emily Burns Milton
Sells '56, is a graduate. And so are both his
daughters, Beverly Ann Kinard 17 and
Valerie Grace Kinard Surasky '79.
As a freshman a few years past his for-
tieth birthday, he and daughter Beverly
were in a math class together. "She was
very embarrassed," he said. "There weren't
many adult students on campus in those
days. But 1 never once felt uncomfortable
on campus." He said Beverly made an "A"
in the class. He made a "C."
Out of curiosity, he enrolled in a class in
contemporary American poetry. The
ground shifted. "I was a middle-aged man.
I had never even heard of Wallace Stevens
or William Carlos Williams, much less read
them." He went on to major in English and
then earn a master's in it. He spent the bet-
ter part of the next ten years working on a
doctorate in education. He was, of course,
working full-time at WFMY.
"My academic work at UNCG was ful-
filling," he said, "I needed it. I needed to
get a grade as a human being as opposed to
a TV rating."
Dr. Sarah Moore Shoff ner 'ei bs '64 MS 77 PhD
Sarah considered herself a part of
UNCG before her freshman year. A
great aunt, Gertrude Mendenhall, had
been an early math teacher here.
Mendenhall Residence Hall
is named for her. As a child,
Sarah was a guest with her
parents on several occasions
in the home of Dr. Anna
Gove, the first campus
physician here. The Gove
building today houses the
Student Health Center.
"Dr. Gove lived in a three-
story house behind where
Graham Building is now," Sarah said.
"My academic career here has almost
been by default," she said. "People sup-
ported me and provided me with opportu-
nities. I took advantage of them." One of
her mentors was Dr. Rebecca McCulloch
Smith '47 '53 MS '68 PhD, now retired, also
a tripple dipper.
"What I'm trying to do now," Sarah said,
"is help my students succeed in what they
want to do. I believe very strongly in that.
I've always felt an obligation to give back to
the University."
Sarah is a member of the UNCG faculty
in the Department of Human Development
and Family Studies. She is a recipient of the
NC Home Economist Award, the highest
award bestowed by the NC Home
Economics Association.
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rowth
UNC6 takes center stage as
women's soccer gains popularity
The popularity of women's soccer is growing at a phenomenal pace, and UNCG —
a university known for promoting the success of women — took center stage in
the sport's growth late last fall.
UNCG hosted a record crowd of 9,460 spectators for the National Collegiate Athletic
Association Division I Women's National Championship December 7. The crowd set two
records: One for the number of fans watching a women's college soccer game and another
for the number of people attending an event at the University.
Counting the 9,025 fans who braved the cold and wind for the semifinals on December 5,
18,485 people made their way to UNCG, also setting a record for the three-game event.
The event has been held at various sites across the nation for sixteen years.
"It's exciting to see this sport grow like it has," said Anson Dorrance, the head coach at
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the program's nineteen seasons. "We can
remember back in the older days when the people who would come to watch our games
were a mom, a dad, a dog, and a cat. This is a wonderful evolution of our game, and we are
certainly excited to see what UNCG has done to promote this event."
Coach Dorrance's Tar Heel squad won the 1997 championship — the
school's fourteenth in sixteen tries — with wins over Santa Clara and
the University of Connecticut.
Only 1,134 fans watched the Tar Heels win their first NCAA national
championship in 1982, and fewer than two hundred showed up for the
title match the next season.
Fifteen years later, fans came from thirty-seven states, the District of
Fans attending the 1997 NCAA Women's Soccer Final Four saw three competitive matclies.
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Growth Sport
Columbia, and Canada.
Approximately 40 percent
of the ticket holders were
from outside North
Carolina, and spectators
traveled from the West
Coast for the sold-out
event.
While the in-person
attendance exceeded
eighteen thousand at
UNCG, as many as fifty
million others had the
chance to see the games
on Fox SportsNet.
Countless others read
about the championship
in their newspapers, lis-
tened to it on their radios,
or watched highlights on
their local television
news. More than one-
hundred press credentials
were issued, and repre-
sentatives from Sports
Illustrated and The Neiv York Times
were among those in attendance.
Such coverage was unheard of
less than two decades ago, when
only a handful of schools even
played this sport.
In 1981, seventeen Division I
schools offered women's soccer.
Now, sixteen years later, 229
Division 1 programs do. Twelve or
more Division I schools have added
the sport each year for the past six
seasons. There were thirty new pro-
grams in 1995 and twenty-nine in
1996.
"We've experienced tremendous
growth," said Phil Buttafuoco, NCAA
senior assistant director of cham-
pionships and NCAA liaison for the
women's soccer event. "...Women's
sports in general are growing, but
you have to look at women's soccer
as a leader in that growth. ... And I
think we've got the potential for
women's soccer to continue to grow
j^ The University expanded sealing at Spartan Stadium to nine thousand seats for tlie NCAA Final Four,
adding temporary bleachers along the west sideline. The sell-out crowd set a record for the number of
fans attending a college women's soccer match.
faster than any other sport."
Notre Dame also advanced to the
1997 Final Four at UNCG, and
Fighting Irish Coach Chris
Petrucelli '84 agreed that women's
soccer is only beginning to grow.
"We are going to become a big-
time NCAA sport, a sport that is
going to draw big crowds, that is
going to constantly fill arenas and
produce revenue for our schools,"
Coach Petrucelli said.
When he took over as head coach
at Notre Dame eight years ago,
"I never thought we would play in
front of nine thousand people; if we
played in front of one thousand, that
was great," he said. "... Now, our
sport is really unlimited as to where
it can go."
Mr. Buttafuoco said the NCAA
growth comes from a popularity
boom at the youth soccer level and
from the international success of the
US Women's Soccer Team in
Olympic and World Cup play.
"Right now, there are more young
girls playing soccer than there are
playing basketball, or any sport for
that matter," Mr. Buttafuoco said.
Coach Dorrance also expects the
growth of the sport to continue at
the collegiate level.
"I am so proud at how hard every-
one works to promote our game," he
said. "The game has just taken off. I
am proud to be affiliated with such a
dynamic, growing game."
He said he was also proud to
play for his fourteenth title at
UNCG, where officials from several
community, city, and University
organizations worked for nearly
three years to plan the event.
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"Everything that UNCG did was
just superb," Coach Dorrance said.
"I have had few experiences that
felt as good as this weekend. The
stadium is elegant. All the Uttle
touches were there. I was over-
whelmed at how well organized it
was. Every little detail was taken
care of this weekend, and this is a
credit to the leadership here at
UNCG, the NCAA leadership, and
the community."
The NCAA Division I Final Four
in women's soccer returns to UNCG
December 4 and 6 this year.
Mr. Buttafuoco said the NCAA
has asked UNCG to further increase
its stadium seating for that event,
with additional growth expected in
years to come.
"You build your marketing plan
based on the number of seats you
have," Mr. Buttafuoco said. "This
year's marketing plan was based on
nine thousand seats. ... Kathy
Lindahl, chair of the Women's
Committee, has challenged us to sell
fifteen thousand seats each day by
the year 2000. That's where we
would like to go by 2000, fifteen
thousand seats a day, or thirty-
thousand for the three-game event."
In February, NCAA officials
voted to take the championship to
the 27,000-seat stadium at San Jose
State University in California for the
1999 and 2000 events.
Will the fans fill those seats just
as they filled the ones at UNCG?
"It's certainly nice to have that
opportunity," Mr. Buttafuoco said.
Tickets for the 1998 event at
UNCG are $25 for the three games.
To reserve seats, call 1-800-357-1728.
Just for Kicks
Chris Petrucelli '84 returned to UNCG as one of
the nation's best women's soccer coaches
W l/ here's the log cabin?"
That was the first question from Chris Petrucelli '84
as he returned to the UNCG campus for the first time in
seven years.
A lot had changed for the former captain of the Spartan
soccer team since his graduation thirteen years before, and
a lot had changed since his last visit in 1990.
Coach Petrucelli returned to
his alma mater in early December
for the National Collegiate
Athletic Association Division I
Women's Soccer Championships.
As head coach of the Notre
Dame women's team, he hoped
to capture his second NCAA
national title at the site where he
helped UNCG earn two NCAA
Division III national soccer
crowns.
But — just as the sport he
coaches — so much had changed
about his alma mater.
The log cabin Coach PetrucelU
referred to was home to the
UNCG athletic program when he
was a student. It occupied the
corner of Walker and Aycock
Streets.
"That was a landmark," he
said. "You always said, 'Make a
right at the log cabin,' or 'Make a
left at the log cabin.' That's how
you knew where you were. That
was the first change that jumped
out at me."
Others were the remodeled
University Dining Hall and the
Rock — it had been moved, he
said.
UNCG's athletic facilities and
teams also have changed, much
the way Coach Petrucelli has
changed the way women's soccer
is played at Notre Dame.
"The stadium, the stadium is
just incredible," the 35-year-old
Chris Petrucelli
as a coach
Notre Dame Women's
Soccer Coach
1984 graduate of UNCG
Has one NCAA Division I
national championship as a
coach (199S)
His teams have advanced to
the NCAA Final Four each
of the past four seasons
Two-time national women's
soccer coach of the year
(1994 and 1995)
Career head coaching
record in eight seasons at
Notre Dame: 154-19-9
His 87. 1 winning percent-
age is second best among
NCAA Division I women's
soccer coaches
Record against UNCG: 0-1
(lost 5-1 September 9, 1990
during his first road trip as
a head coach. The loss
remains one of only three
defeats by four or more
goals and one of only three
defeats to an unranked
opponent.)
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
p
Growth Sport
Chris Petrucelli '84 helped
guide UNCG to two NCAA
Division III national cham-
pionships as a player. He
is now one of the most
successful women's soccer
coaches in NCAA history.
Coach Petrucelli returned
to UNCG in December in
attempt to earn his second
Division I national title as
coach at Notre Dame. The
Final Four appearance was
his fourth-straight as a
coach.
Orange, NJ, native
said. "Because of our
success at Notre
Dame, we've played
in a lot of the best
soccer environments
in the country. This is
the best soccer envi-
ronment by far."
The UNCG Soccer
Stadium was not
much more than a set
of blueprints when
he played for the
Spartans.
His sophomore
and junior seasons
were played off-cam-
pus as workers
cleared trees and
graded the field.
"My senior year,
we came back to that
space, but it was still
just a field; there was
not a stadium," he
said. "Today, the sta-
dium is absolutely
incredible."
For the NCAA
Championship,
UNCG officials expanded seating at
the stadium to nine thousand seats,
and the 9,460 fans at the December 7
final set an event record for the most
spectators at an NCAA women's
soccer match.
Coach Petrucelli never played
before such a large crowd. The
largest crowd he played in front of
was five thousand, during UNCG's
first soccer Homecoming match in
1982. Ironically, the Spartan oppo-
nent for that game was Notre Dame.
When he left UNCG with his
bachelor of science in business
administration degree in 1984, he had
no intentions of going into coaching.
However, he followed his
UNCG coach, Mike Berticelli, to
Old Dominion, where he served as
a graduate assistant.
hi 1990, Coach Berticelli convinced
him to go to Notre Dame, to coach the
then two-year-old women's program.
After eight years, he has estab-
lished himself as one of the best
women's soccer coaches in the
nation. He is a two-time national
coach of the year, earning the honor
from the National Soccer Coaches
Association in 1994 and 1995.
"Because of our
success at Notre Dame,
we've played in a lot of
the best soccer
environments in the
country. This is the best
soccer environment
by far."
He holds a 154-19-9 coaching
record in his eight seasons, and his
teams have won more than 91 percent
of their matches in the past five years
(110-9-4). His Fighting hish squad
won the 1995 national championship,
dethroning nine-time defending
champ North Carolina in the process.
A 0-0 tie to North Carolina in
1994 ended the Tar Heels ninety-
two-match wirming streak, the
longest winning streak in college
soccer history.
He has advanced to the NCAA
Final Four each of the past four sea-
sons, and he entered the 1997
Greensboro event with three-straight
title game appearances.
However, his hopes of securing a
second national title as a coach
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vanished December 5, when the
University of Connecticut upset the
Irish 2-1 in the semifinals.
The NCAA women's soccer
championship returns to UNCG this
year. If history is any indication,
Coach Petrucelli very well may
make another trip to his alma mater.
He played just two seniors in the
semifinal match, and ten starters
return from the 23-1-1 squad which
handed North Carolina its only
blemish of this past year.
He said it is not out of the ques-
tion to one day face UNCG in the
finals.
"When I came here as a student,
there wasn't much of a soccer pro-
gram," he explained. "When I left,
we had won two national champ-
ionships. And UNCG continues to
win. I think one of the things I am
proud of is that it wasn't just a cou-
ple of years of success. There really is
a legacy here that we helped build.
"When I came to UNCG, the ath-
letic department was small; it fit
inside the log cabin. It was a
Division III environment. It has pro-
gressed from not a very good
Division III school, to being the best
athletic department at Division III,
to being one of the best athletic
departments at Division II, to now
taking on Division I and being quite
successful. They are not quite at the
top, but certainly I think a lot of peo-
ple are working to get there."
And those people haven't
changed since his student days, he
said. Even if some of the actual per-
sonnel have changed, the spirit and
attitude of the people haven't, he
explained.
"The hospitality and the atmos-
phere created by the people that are
here, that hasn't changed," he said.
"It's an environment where you feel
comfortable. That hasn't changed
one bit."
Spartans Enjoy Most
SuGoessful Season
In 1988, several years before most colleges thought of
offering their female students a chance to play soccer,
UNCG started a women's soccer program.
Since then, the Spartans have gained national attention
with a top twenty-five ranking in five of the past seven years.
This past fall, the team
enjoyed its best season.
The 1997 squad became
UNCG's first Division 1 team
to reach the second round of
the NCAA national tourna-
ment and finished the year
with a 19-6 overall record.
En route, the squad set a
new school record for most
wins in a season and tied the
University record for most
shutouts (thirteen).
The Spartans won eleven
of their first thirteen matches
before dropping two contests
to national powers Florida
and Duke. Then came a span
of eight wins in nine matches.
The Spartan defense allowed
just two goals during this
late-season surge.
jV ^BP' The Spartans swept their
a^L first Southern Conference
f^^y^ , Tournament and downed
^^B Duke 3-1 in overtime in the
^^ "^ MCAA first round before
losing 5-0 to Clemson in the
second round.
UNCG, under the direction of Head
Coach Jack Poland, has won ten or more
games in each of its ten seasons.
During 1997, Kati Kantanen became the
third player in UNCG soccer history to lead
the nation in scoring. She scored 24 goals
and made 20 assists.
Teammate Ali Lord finished tenth
nationally in scoring with 24 goals and eight
assists. The University's all-time leading
scorer, Ms. Lord has 56 goals and 23 assists
in three seasons.
' --^A
KatI Kantanen, a
UNCG junior from
Huuhanaho, Finland,
led tlie nation in
scoring in 1997, net-
ting 24 goals and 20
assists.
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING''
ON CAMPUS
Gov. Hunt Names Fred Chappell NC Poet Laureate
Fred Chappell, a member of the
UNCG English faculty since
1964, is poet laureate of North
Carolina.
"He will carry on our long tradi-
tion of literary excellence," said
Gov. Jim Hunt, to a standing-room-
only crowd in the Alumni House
December 10. "On and off the cam-
pus, Fred Chappell is famous for his
generous support of aspiring writ-
ers. ... His great talent and generosity
of spirit, 1 believe, make him a per-
fect choice for North Carolina's
highest literary honor. His great
energy, his marvelous wit, all will
serve North Carolinians well as he
encourages reading and writing and
literacy statewide."
A critically-acclaimed author of
fourteen books of poetry, seven nov-
els, two collections of short stories,
and a book of literary criticism,
Mr Chappell called the appointment
his highest honor.
He said, "Being named poet lau-
reate of a state filled with splendid
writers makes me feel proud but
fearful, like an awkward teenager at
his first formal dance. ... A hundred
others in the state might have been
chosen. In my mind, I represent
them."
Gov. Hunt noted other writers
have praised Mr. Chappell as "our
ambassador of words" and "our res-
ident genius, our shining light."
Mr Chappell said, "The laureate-
ship has to be the friendliest, cheer-
fullest, and most harmless of all
state-appointed posts, yet it entails
duties 1 do not take lightly. 1 con-
ceive it to be the office of the poet
laureate to bring literature, and
especially poetry, to broad public
notice and wide acceptance inside
our state, and to bring our North
Carolina literature to the attention of
the rest of the world."
The appointment is for a five-
year term. Mr. Chappell succeeds
Samuel Ragan of Southern Pines,
who served as the state poet laureate
from 1982 until his death in 1996.
Mr. Ragan was an executive editor
of the Raleigh Neivs and Observer,
and later, owner and publisher of
the Southern Pines Pilot.
Mr. Chappell, a native of Canton,
holds the BA and MA degrees from
Duke University. He was appointed
the Burlington Industries Excellence
Professor at UNCG in 1988. He
teaches advanced composition,
poetry, and fiction.
His major literary honors include
The Aiken Taylor Award in Modern
American Poetry, presented by the
Sewniiee Reviezc; the T.S. Eliot Award
for Creative Writing, presented by
the Ingersoll Foundation in
Rockford, IL; the O. Max Gardner
Award, the highest honor The
University of North Carolina system
can bestow on a faculty member; the
Bollingen Prize in Poetry of the Yale
University Library; and the Prix de
Meilleur du Livre Etranger, present-
ed by the Academic Francaise, nam-
ing the novel Dngon the best foreign
book of the year.
Mr. Chappell's most recent novel.
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You, was
released in 1996. His most recent
book of poetry. Spring Garden: New
and Collected Poems, was released in
1995. His collection of essays on
poetry, titled Plow Naked, was
released in the fall of 1993. He cur-
rently is working on a new novel.
Look Back All the Green Valley, and a
new collection of poems. Family
Gathering.
ALUMNI MEWS SPRING '98
ON CAMPUS
UNCG Registration
Goes On-Llne
New technology at UNCG
allowed students to register for
spring semester classes from
their residence hall rooms,
campus computer labs, or
homes. Beginning in
November, students registered
through the campus World
Wide Web site or by tele-
phone. Named UNCGenie, the
system is the first Web site
registration process in the
UNC system.
Scliool of Music Opera
Wins Again
For the third time in four
years, an opera produced by
the UNCG School of Music won
the National Opera Association
Opera Production Competition.
The School's production of
Dialogues of the Carmelites
placed first in its category of the
1997 competition.
Pedestrians Should Be
Safer at UNCG
UNCG officials continue to
improve pedestrian safety on
campus. In addition to a
$3.2 million renovation to
Spring Garden Street, which
will make the street more
pedestrian friendly, the
University Police Department
nowlias radar to detect
speeders, and traffic on
Mclver Street has been
slowed by a four-way stop.;
intersec
Terry Sanford Receives
IVIclver Medal
UNCG awarded the 1997
Charles Duncan Mclver Medal
to Terry Sanford, who served
North Carolina as governor,
US senator, and president of
Duke University. The Mclver
Medal, named for the founding
president of the institution that
is now UNCG, recognizes
North Carolinians who have
provided distinguished public
service to the state or nation.
School of Nursing
Honors Founding Dean
The UNCG School of
Nursing dedicated its renovat-
ed instructional laboratory in
honor of its founding dean.
Dr. Eloise R. Lewis. The
Eloise Railings Lewis Nursing
Performance Center allows
nursing students to practice
their clinical skills. It under-
went a $225,000 renovation in
1997. The center contains a
critical care unit, four examina-
tion tables, and eight hospital
beds. Computers placed at the
bedside allow for computer-
assisted instruction.
Weatherspoon Seeks
Volunteers to Give Tours
T
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rrihe Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNCG's con-
S temporary art museum, seeks volunteer
gallery teachers to lead tours and lessons for
groups of school children and adults.
The docents will begin Gallery work with train-
ing sessions in September.
Docents interpret the Weatherspoon' s perma-
nent collection and temporary exhibitions to thou-
sands of school and community visitors each year.
Docents receive training on the Gallery's history, its
permanent collection, temporary exhibitions, and
interactive teaching strategies to help visitors
experience art.
Docents are asked to make at least a two-year
commitment to the program and are asked to give a
minimum of two tours per month.
Training will take place from September through
May on Mondays from 10 am to noon.
A desire to learn about contemporary American
art and a willingness to share your knowledge with
visitors are the major requirements of serving as a
docent.
For more information about the program or to
request an application, call Pam fiill, Weatherspoon's
curator of education, at (336) 334-5770.
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '91
Barbara Apostolacus
Lipscomb '49
Shaker Heights, OH
Barbara
received a BA
in Art in 1949.
Her greatest
service to
community,
state, nation,
and the world
has been through her leadership
positions with the Nature
Conservancy, as Ohio chair for
eleven years and since that time
serving on the National Board of
Governors.
As a member of this board,
she has traveled extensively both
in the United States and abroad
to familiarize the staff and volun-
teers with the Conservancy's mis-
sion and approaches. She led the
Ohio chapter's first major capital
campaign, successfully raising
more than three million dollars.
In her community, Barbara is a
member of The Garden Center,
the Garden Club of Cleveland and
its conservation committee, a trustee
of the Cleveland Center for
Contemporary Art, treasurer of the
board of trustees of the Capitol
Square Renovation Foundation in
Columbus, and board member of the
Great Lakes Basin Conservancy and
the Kenyon College Center for
Environmental Studies.
Nominated for her ser\'ice and
work in the area of conservation, as
well as her service to the Class of
1949, Barbara is noted by Carol Mayes
'76, director. The Nature Conservancy
Four Alumnae
to Receive
Distinguished
Service Award
Four alumnae have been selected to receive the
Alumni Distinguished Service Award for 1998:
Barbara Apostolacus Lipscomb '49
Betsy Biilliick Strandberg '48
Sue Sherrill Phillips '33
Catherine Bernhardt Safrit '35
The Alumni Board of Trustees approved the
na^nes at the recommendation of the Alumni
Awards Committee. The awards will be
presented to the four alumnae at the Annual
Meeting of the Alumni Association on
May 16 during Alumni Reunion Weekend.
of the Virgin Islands and Eastern
Caribbean, as "a woman of intel-
ligence and grace, she is an insightful
visionary, who is a natural at bringing
new supporters to her causes."
Betsy Bulluck Strandberg '48
Rocky Mount
After graduation
from Woman's
College, Betsy
taught biology in
Wilson and
Durham Counties.
After raising her
three children, Betsy became
chairman of the board of Standard
Insurance and Realty Corporation.
Retiring from the position in 1992,
Betsy continues to be involved as
a board director, with her two
sons continuing the leadership of
the organization. In 1993, Betsy
was honored at the armual Small
Business Awards Banquet with
the Woman in Business Advocate
of the Year Award.
Betsy's service to the Alumni
Association and the University
has been unending since her
graduation. She served on the
Alumni Board of Trustees from
1953-55 and 1985-87, the
Katharine Smith Reynolds schol-
arship committee, and the
Prospectus III fundraising com-
mittee. She is the everlasting
president of the Class of 1948
and is currently the Fiftieth
Anniversary Reunion chair for
her class. Betsy received a BA
degree in Biology.
In addition to her service to
the University, Betsy has been active
in her community. She was presi-
dent of the NC Wesleyan College
Board of Visitors, member of the
Board of Rocky Mount Arts Center,
and member of the Governor's Small
Business Advisory Board. She has
held board positions on Peoples
Bank & Trust /Centura Corporation,
Nash General Hospital, NC Heart
Association, Rocky Mount Chamber
Comniunity Development
Foundation, Cities In Schools, and
chair of the Rocky Mount City Club.
In 1989, she became the first woman
chair of the Rocky Mount Area
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
Chamber of Commerce. Betsy
remains active in the Rocky Mount
Kiwanis Club, NC Symphony, and
Rocky Mount Children's Museum.
Sue Sherrill Phillips '33
Cameron
Sue received a BA
degree in Biology
in 1933 and an
MEd degree from
UNC-Chapel Hill.
Since her gradua-
tion from
Woman's College,
she has taught science and been a
librarian in Cameron and Sanford
public schools. Her daughter, Ann
Phillips McCracken '60, recalls that
she was active in all types of school
life, directing plays, sponsoring the
school yearbook, and coaching the
girls' basketball team!
Sue also was involved in her
small adopted town of Cameron.
She was a Sunday School and Bible
study teacher, and the youth leader
at the Cameron Presbyterian Church
for many years. She still is a devot-
ed member of the Cameron
Woman's Club. Sue has been instru-
mental in preserving Cameron's
historical buildings and helping
transform a once dying town into a
prosperous antique center. She also
served for two years on the
Cameron Town Council when she
was in her late seventies.
In addition to her devotion to her
town. Sue served on a regional
library board, belongs to Delta
Kappa Gamma, the Moore County
League of Women Voters, the Moore
County Historical Society, the
Friends of Weymouth, and Amnesty
International. In 1997, she was
honored by the Sandhill Regional
Library System for her leadership
during her nineteen-year tenure as a
trustee. Board chair Jake Killian
said, "Sue Phillips has supported
and guided this multi-county system
by her faithful service and her dedi-
cated interest in the betterment of
the regional library system as a
whole."
As an ardent supporter of UNCG
and as a life member of the Alumni
Association, she continues to be an
advocate for UNCG with the state
legislature and as a donor of a major
financial gift to Jackson Library. Sue
plans to attend the sixty-fifth
reunion of her Class of 1933 in May.
Catherine Bernhardt Safrit '35
Salisbury
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After graduating
with a degree in
primary educa-
tion, Catherine
taught school in
Chatham County
for four years.
She returned to
Rowan County to teach and raise her
family. In 1975, she retired after
thirty-two years of teaching. In 1976,
Catherine organized the Rowan
County Literary Council and served
as its chair for four years. She
helped organize the North Carolina
Literary Council in 1978 and is a past
president and vice president of that
organization.
Catherine's involvement in literacy
continues to be voluntary. She super-
vised the Tutor Trainer program for
the council and by 1996 had trained
1,151 literacy tutors. She continues to
travel across the state to conduct
workshops and training sessions.
Catherine has received the Adult
Education Volunteer Award given by
the NC Literacy Association and the
Governor's Award for Outstanding
Volunteer Tutor in Literacy and
Basic Skills Program. She received
the Brotherhood Award, a distin-
guished merit citation by the
Salisbury Chapter of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews.
In 1997, Catherine received the
Patricia Crail Brown Award, an
international award given by
Laubach Literacy.
In addition to the countless hours
Catherine spends advocating literacy
in our state and the nation, she finds
time to serve in other ways in her
community. She is chair of Rowan
County Extension Homemakers
Club's global issues committee. She
has served as president and treasurer
of the Salisbury-Rowan Retired
School Personnel Association.
Among her letters of recommen-
dation, a colleague noted that
"Catherine's efforts continue to
spread, touching the lives of adults
who have been tutored, their
spouses, children, and employees.
Each student who improves his or
her reading skills is a better citizen,
parent, and employee."
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
^Second y
Cermmy |
The Power
OF Individuals
Campaign Supports Alumni Endowments
Somewhere in the devel-
opment of modern phil-
anthropy a false notion took
hold: Of the contributions to
charitable organizations, corpo-
rations and foundations give the
lion's share.
The facts tell a different
story, however. Last year
America contributed $150.7
billion to all charities, including
education. A breakdown of
sources shows:
• Individuals gave 86.5 percent
($130.38 billion),
$119.92 billion in outright
gifts and $10.46 billion in
bequests
• Foundations gave 7.8 percent
($11.83 billion)
• Corporations gave only
5.6 percent ($8.50 billion)
The giving picture at UNCG is
similar. As The Second Century
Campaign for UNCG nears a suc-
cessful conclusion, it is clear that
individuals — alumni, parents,
faculty, staff, and friends — have
stepped forward to show their sup-
port for the University's future. So
far, gifts and pledges to the cam-
paign add up this way:
Total gifts
Donors in millions, rounded
Percent
OF TOTAL
Individuals
Alumni
$ 9.7
23.9
Parents
.8
2.0
Faculty/Staff
6.3
15.5
Friends
11.1
27.2
All Individuals
$27.9
66.8
Organizations
Corporations*
3.7
9.1
Foundations
9.1
22.3
Other Organizations
.8
2.0
33.4
Includes matching gifts.
to take. "UNCG meant that my
life took a better path," they
say. "1 wish to share with the
University the fruits of the very
success it helped me attain."
These feelings can find an
outlet in a number of ways.
Our most loyal alumni express
them through membership in
the Alumni Association. Others
share them through service,
committing their time and tal-
ents to the University by partic-
ipating on boards, committees,
and volunteer activities.
Most individuals who support
UNCG say they give because they
believe in the University's mission.
Alumni give so future graduates
will have opportunities not available
to them in the past. Faculty and
staff give because they see firsthand
what the needs are in the classrooms
and the administrative offices.
Parents and other friends give
because — even though they are not
alumni — they see a connection to
their own ideals through the
University.
Commonly heard from alumni is
the sentiment of giving back in
appreciation of what thev were able
The Campaign and
THE Association
Connections mean every-
thing. That is why, knowing the
level of support alumni already
show through membership in the
Alumni Association, The Second
Century Campaign for UNCG
includes a special goal that gives
back to the Association.
With a target of $1,500,000, this
campaign goal encompasses two
endowment funds. The first, the
Alumni Association Endowment
Fund, supports the programs and
services that make the Association a
compelling membership opportunity.
Special events, projects, and member
services continue to grow in quality
.MUMNINEWS I SPRING '98
and quantity to the benefit of all
alun^ni. While continuing to spon-
sor traditional programs — Reunion,
Homecoming events, graduation
celebrations, nationwide alumni
receptions, travel programs — future
plans call for more student/alumni
interactions, career services, new
alumni communication channels,
award recognitions, and oh-so-many
other ideas the Association members
dream up.
The second endowment is the
Alumni House Endowment Fund.
This fund supports the requirements
— both aesthetic and practical — of
maintaining the Alumni House. As
the center of alumni and University
activities, the sixty-year-old House
takes its share of bumps and bruises.
And as needs in furnishing and
equipment change — who in 1937
would have thought of having a
recycling bin? — funding must be
found to maintain the service the
Alumni House so elegantly provides
day in and day out.
State funding does not cover
these special needs. "Frankly, we
ask graduates and friends to con-
tribute to the work of the University
because there are programs that just
aren't funded any other way,"
explained Skip Moore, vice chancel-
lor for University Advancement.
Gifts from individuals make the
difference. Gifts from corporations
and foundations make the balance.
Without them, the University and
the Association could not move for-
ward to enhance the lives of UNCG
alumni and students in the ways
that matter.
ANNE Tate Builds Endowments
One Strawberry at a Time...
hen Anne Hayes
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Tate '68 served as a
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for just a seat at the
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horseshoe table. She
volunteered her talents
as chair of the Editorial
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od of successful alumni
communications. From
there, Anne's service to
the University grew
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rapidly: President of
the Alumni Association,
President of the Council
of UNC Alumni
Association Presidents, and member of the search
committee that recommended Dr. Patricia A. Sullivan
as Chancellor.
Now, Anne has taken on another important role for
her alma mater. She is directing the alumni effort in
The Second Century Campaign for UNCG.
While dividing her "office time" between the
UNCG campus and her home in Smithfield, her "road
time" takes her all over the state.
"Asking alumni for their contributions is a bit like
picking strawberries," Anne said. "Sometimes they're
easy to find and you can fill your bucket right away.
Other times, though, you have to pick around, search
harder, and work longer for the same result."
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '%
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Plaque Commemorates Woman's and Kirkland Halls
Members of the Class of 1944 (plus a "sister" from the Class of 1942)
gathered at Founders Day to pay tribute to Woman's and Kirkland Halls.
Left to right, Marilib Barwicl< Sink, Dorothy Scott Darnell, Jamie Fowler
Sykes, Janice Hooke Moore, Betty Hornaday Schenk, Betty Dorton
Thomas, Billie Upchurch Miller, Judy Barrett '42, and Nancy Kirby West
nuring Founders Day festivi-
ties last October, a bronze
plaque was unveiled by the
Class of 1944 to commemorate the
site of two beloved dormitories
standing no longer: Woman's and
Kirkland Halls.
Nancy Kirby West '44, former
Student Government President and a
resident of Woman's HaU, penned the
phrase that captures
the spirit of those
stately old dorms:
"...where midnight
oil was burned,
enduring friendships
formed." At the
unveiling ceremony,
Nancy acknowledged
that seeing them on
the plaque was a
liigh honor. "With
my words in bronze,"
she quipped, "1 am
miles ahead of paper-
backs for durability."
For more than
fifty years students
returned to Woman's
or Kirkland to study,
to sleep, to socialize — to grow up.
The dorms, a matched pair, were
valued for their enormous built-in
dressers, deep closets, sleeping
porches, double porch swing, and
small, intimate parlors — "...the
back one quite private. Remember?"
recalled Nancy with a wink.
Woman's Hall opened in 1912 at
a construction cost of $25,000. Sited
on the edge of Peabody Park, the
College dairy barn had to be moved
to make way for the new building.
The hall later became known infor-
mally as "Senior Hall" and was the
preferred dorm for campus leaders.
By 1931 the student government offi-
cers, publications editors, presidents
of the societies, marshals, and other
campus wheels lived there.
Kirkland Hall became Woman's
next door neighbor two years later,
mirroring its architecture. The new
dorm was named to honor
Sue May Kirkland, the formidable
"Lady Principal" who served the
Normal School from its opening day
until her death in 1914.
By the late 1950s the dorms had
outlived their usefulness and were
becoming too costly to repair.
Although razed in 1964, Woman's
and Kirkland remain strong memo-
ries for any alumna who lived there.
And henceforth, thanks to the Class
of 1944, new generations of students
will have a reason to ask about life
in an age when dorm living meant
something different than it does
today — or does it?
A Golden (Chain) Anniversary
This year there's something even more
golden about Golden Chain, the UNCG
honor society — its golden anniversary. Fifty
years ago seventeen seniors at the Woman's
College were tapped to become the first
members of Golden Chain in recognition of
their contributions to the college community.
To commemorate. Golden Chain mem-
bers are asked to join special Reunion activi-
ties in May. The traditional Golden Chain
Breakfast will be held on Sunday, May 17,
where alumni of the honor society may
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
Charter Members of Golden Chain, Class of '48
Martha Allen Murdock
Gertrude Archer Bales
Bess Brothers Dietrick
Betsy Bulluck Strandberg
Gladys Chambers Martin
Peggy Clemmer Golden
meet current stu-
dent members.
When Golden
Chain was founded
in 1948, plans called
for the organization
to grow into a chapter of the national honor
society Mortar Board. Although by 1953
Golden Chain had met the criteria for
affiliation, the College withdrew from its
connection to Mortar Board to become an
independent honor society.
Page Coleman Mehta
Jean Flanagan Bynum
Marjorie Hollisler
Vannatter
Isabel Howard Gist
Ruth Macy Jones
Billie McNeely Propst
Frances Norris Parker
Barbara Parrish,
deceased
Joyce Posson Winston
Rose Zimmerman Post
Susan Womack Reece
I
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Reunion's Coming Up Fast
Commercial Classes Make B/'g Plans
Heard at a meeting on campus recently: "Caution! Events on
your calendar are closer than they appear."
To avoid the spring scurry, be sure your calendar for May 15-16,
1998, is clearly marked "Reunion Weekend." All UNCG alumni are
invited to campus — especially those who graduated in classes
ending in 8 and 3. Honored alumni will include the Class of 1948,
celebrating their 50th reunion, and the Class of 1973, on their
twenty-fifth.
Also among the honored will be alumni from all Commercial
Classes. Commercials took business courses here from the opening
of the institution in 1892 until 1967. So far, about 1,350 graduates
have been identified and invited back.
Barbara Barger Harelson '58C of Greensboro is among the group
plarming their special reunion events. "This is the first time we've ever
asked Commercial Class graduates to return all at once," she said.
The response has been positive. "Although we were enrolled
for just one year, our experiences were nonetheless valuable,"
Barbara said. "So many Commercials went on to entrepreneurial
endeavors, opening their own businesses, succeeding in the work
world. We got our start at Woman's College."
Not many Commercial Classes have kept up with one another,
though. One notable exception is the Class of '46C, which, prompted
by class leader Mary "Fuzzie" Thompson Reavis of Winston-Salem,
has held reunions every couple of years. Fuzzie, like Barbara, is a
member of the planning committee for the all-Commercial reunion
this year.
Barbara said her class had a mini-reunion five years ago, but
that was the first one since 1959, the year after graduation. But
interest in an all-Commercial reunion has taken off. "I've even
heard from a classmate in Alabama who's planning to be here," she
said. Anita Brown Rayburn '58C lives in Birmingham and hasn't
been back to campus since she graduated.
Other Commercial Class members serving on the planning com-
mittee are Kay Slaughter Cashion '53C, Betty Shoffner Gilmore
'58C, Carolyn Adams Osborne '43C, Janet Wise Pugh '64C,
Evon Welch Dean '42C, and May Lattimore Adams '35C.
On Saturday, May 16, the Bryan School of Business and
Economics will host a reception and program for Commercial grad-
uates. Here will be a chance to discuss future Commercial Class
reunions and ways Commercial alumni may wish to connect to the
University, through special programming and communications.
Board Action
January 24, 1998
• Approved the appointment of Theron
Kearns Bell 77 of Robbins to fill the unex-
pired term of Betty High Rounds '64 of
Southern Pines, who resigned.
• Announced that the bylaws changes were
approved by ballot by active Association
members. These changes go into effect
July 1, 1998.
Life Members
A hearty
"Thank You" to the new Life
Members who have joined since the last
issue and by January 14, 1998:
1288
Susan Craven '94
1289
Dr. Lura Winstead Stagg '64
1290
Peggy Shaw Teague '72
1291
Dr. Richard L. Moore II, Associate
1292
Penelope Slacum Roberts '63
1293
Betty Nance Smith '48
1294
William E Simmons III '79
1295
Braxton E. Barrett Jr., Associate
1296
Judy Hyman '56
1297
Carlos Alberto Cordero '85
1298
David B. Craft '85
1299
Terri Garland Craft '85
1300
Joseph Randall Yow '96
1301
Diane Johnson Davis '75
1302
Karen Andreas Bronson '90
1303
Barbara L. Rivers, Associate
1304
Elizabeth Strain Feichter '61
1305
Anne Umstead Maultsby '54
1306
Martha Pratt MacCabe '65
1307
Donna Snyder Duke '57
1308
Margaret B. Maron, Associate
1309
Elizabeth Ryan Wiviott '42
1310
Helen Cosgrove Cecil '69
1311
Mark E. Nichols '84
1312
Marjorie Bryan Guilford '79
1313
Betty C. Elmore, Associate
1314
Honorable Samuel James
Ervin III, Associate
1315
John C.Tate III, Associate
1316
Hilda Wallerstein Fleisher "51
1317
Edward M. Fleisher, Associate
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
ASSOCIATION NEWS
I'Voiii Joan
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ill 'J
dm.
])q W Really Need Another Credit Card?
While each of us may complain
that we are inundated with
credit card mailings and tele-
marketing calls, my answer is a resound-
ing YES! we do need another credit card
— as long as it is the UNCG credit card.
UNCG Alumni and MBNA agreed last
summer to offer the official UNCG credit
card to alumni, students, and friends of
the University. In this affinity card pro-
gram, we receive a benefit for allowing
MBNA to market the UNCG credit card.
I want to assure all our alumni that
we have not "sold" our mailing list to
MBNA; rather, we have entered a con-
tractual agreement with the company
to send direct mail and telephone solici-
tations for a special credit card that
bears the UNCG name and logo. The
benefits to alumni and friends are
excellent: A low introductory interest
rate, no annual fee, and customer sup-
port from a company known as a
leader in affinity credit card programs.
The benefits to the University are
twofold: First, we receive royalties on
each card accepted and each purchase
made with it; second, the UNCG name
is proudly presented each time the card
is used, providing us with yet another
way to build loyalty and support for
UNCG around the country.
Have the University and the Alumni
Association "sold out" to big business?
It depends on your perspective. True,
we've added our name to a long list of
organizations who send you mail and
call you on the phone asking for your
support in some fashion. However,
the reality is that we have to act like a
business in order to compete for limited
funds and charitable dollars. The
Alumni Association is committed to
providing quality alumni and student
programs, serving the University and
celebrating the heritage of our institu-
tion. It takes a lot of human and finan-
cial resources to accomplish these goals.
We have a dues-paying membership
program that provides a base of finan-
cial support for alumni programs. In
addition, we are working to raise
$1 .5 million during The Second Century
Campaign for UNCG to help sustain
alumni programming in the future.
Our challenges are great, however, and
we must continue to seek new and
innovative ways to fund our programs.
The affinity credit card program is one
of the methods we've chosen to provide
funding for alumni and student pro-
grams, and for all-important student
scholarships as well.
And guess what? It works. The
Alumni Association investigated the
affinity credit card program. We learned
that many other uruversities and alumni
associations support an affinity card
program and have found it to be a highly
successful method of generating rev-
enue. Within less than a year, we have
had more than three thousand UNCG
alumni, students, and friends accept the
UNCG credit card. Royalties are coming
in, and the extra funding makes a differ-
ence in our programs today.
Thank you to all who have signed up
for the UNCG credit card. If you have
not done so, please consider applying
for the UNCG credit card. Your partici-
pation in the program subsidizes the
University's ability to do its best.
loan Glynn /s tlic Director of Alumni Affairs.
Alumni
All Over
The UNCG banner waves
beyond the campus, wherever^
loyal alumni live or gather
Among the alumni events held
last fall...
Potomac Gathering
More than seventy alumni,
family, and friends gathered on
Saturday, September 27, for
an afternoon of fun at Burke
Lake Park in Fairfax Station,
VA. What a nice way to say
goodbye to summer and find
out who else in the region
holds a UNCG degree. And
what could be a more fitting
menu than Stamey's Barbecue
and all the trimmings delivered
straight from Greensboro.
Planners Katherine Hilton
'82 and Elissa Ewalt '94
declared the day a success,
and they solicited help from
other alumni to plan future
events: Dawn Lawson
Morrison '86, Arlean Barner
Graham '81 , Carolyn Lyons
Blodget '62, Monica Blodget
'92, and Betti Bush Schwartz
'62. Did you miss it but want
in next time? Call the Alumni
Office (336-334-5696) or
e-mail laura_lorenz@uncg.edu.
HHP Reception
Alumni and friends of the
School of Health and Human
Performance were treated to a
UNCG reception at the annual
convention of the North
Carolina Association of Health,
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance last
November. More than sixty
attended, including alumni,
faculty, and retired faculty
Associate Dean Lyn Lawrance
brought greetings from the
School and held the
"in-Famous" prize drawing for
alumni sweatshirts and
T-shirts.
Music Educators Unite
Dr. Randy Kohlenberg from
the UNCG School of Music
and Alumni Director Joan
Glynn greeted more than a
hundred alumni and friends at
a reception last November
held during the Music
Educators Conference. The
Cafe Piaf in Winston-Salem
was the setting for an evening
of camaraderie and fun, com-
plete with door prizes. The
reception is a budding tradition
for music education majors, so
plan to come to next year's
event.
Come On In
Alumni couple Brian
Stark '92 and Crystal Mooring
Stark '94 graciously opened
their home for the Young
Alumni Council Holiday Social
on the first Sunday in
December. The group ended
the evening with a tour of
campus to view the annual
luminaires, making it to the
ninth floor of the Library tower
for the best overhead view.
Are You Ready?
t can be said with a great deal of satis-
faction and accuracy that for the past
few years the UNCG Alun^ni
Association has been puUing itself togeth-
er and creating a positive, productive
partnership with the University.
At the same time, UNCG has under-
taken a major facelift — physically, intel-
lectually, and emotionally. Newcomers to
campus speak of a climate of cooperation
and collaboration. Old timers refer to
improved faculty morale, student-
centeredness, and high expectations.
There is no doubt that the UNCG
Alumni Association and the University
have stepped forward and taken their
places at the cutting edge of new opportu-
nities for education and service. Much of
the credit can go to the Alumni Board
transition team that began the journey of
rebuilding the historically strong, interde-
pendent relationship with the University
— and to Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan
who, in her first three years, has built a
sense of community and confidence that
is moving the University forward and has
helped to establish strong bonds of trust
with the Alumni Association.
This is a good time for you to take
stock of your involvement and commit-
ment to your alma mater. It is time to
reflect on the investment the University
made in you and examine your capabih-
ties to give back. It is time to examine your
opportunities to support the UNCG Vision
as a leading student-centered university,
linking the Piedmont Triad to the world
through learning, discovering, and service.
It means a different kind of alumni
who are ready for the new thrusts of
University hfe and influence. To help
Bobbie Haynes Rowland '51 '68 MS '74 PhD
you conceptualize this new paradigm I
suggest you ponder the following:
Are You Ready...
to use your influence, ideas, and resources for
the good of the University and its future?
to learn about and share the pride of the many
good things that are happening on campus?
to encourage more alumni to join the Alumni
Association?
to tell the UNCG story to community leaders,
legislators, and potential friends of the
University?
to volunteer in some way for Alumni events
and projects?
to learn more about major programs and
grants that have brought national prominence
and recognition to UNCG?
to be nimble, flexible, and open to forming
network relationships by accessing our Web
site?
to have some fun as we strengthen who we are
and what we are about?
to join our team and move into the twenty-
first century well-equipped for unifying the
efforts of the Alumni Association and the
University?
Are we ready? You bet we want to be,
and we need all of you, whatever name
our alma mater was known as when you
were on campus. It is time to close the
gap between the WC alumnae and what
has been referred to for the last thirty
years as "the younger alumni." There is
room and need for all of us. We need to
tell the UNCG story from the very begin-
ning. We need to laugh and cry at our
memories. We need to see the similarities
and celebrate the differences. We need to
move forward, and to do so we are
counting on you!
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
Cheryl Sosnik 74
Didn't See Herself As Handicapped
by Gernj Hosteller
This article appeared in the Charlotte Observer on December 20,
1997. Reprinted by permission.
She had multiple sclerosis for more than half
of her 45 years. It had robbed her of the use
of nearly all but her hazel eyes and vibrant
voice — but not of her indomitable independence.
Cheryl Ann Sosnik, diagnosed just weeks after
her 1974 graduation from UNC Greensboro, died
December 11.
She strewed flowers from her bouquet of cheer
in the path of all who walked her way. "She was
always cheerful," said younger sister Marilyn
Smith. "She didn't look at herself as handicapped;
being in a wheelchair wasn't a problem."
Cheryl deftly guided her wheelchair by using
her chin to move a pivoting lever. At a 1996
Panthers game, the wheelchair helped, but park-
ing and crowds didn't. She fired off a letter to the
Chadotle Obsei-oer's Forum recounting the lack of
amenities for the handicapped. She wanted to
make it better for others in hke circumstances.
She had an electronic aid, a "Butler in a box,"
that assisted her at home. It was first named
"Rhett," then changed to "Won Ton" when a two-
syllable name was required. "He" answered,
"May I help you?" or "Yes, master" when com-
manded to adjust the television or make a phone
call.
One day when "he" repeatedly refused her
summons, she spat a frustrated command that no
machine could perform. "Yes, master," Won Ton
answered.
Politics was one of Cheryl's passions, and she
voted at the polling places from her van.
Her biggest passion was people, though, and
she was a most special person herself, said
Charlotte musician and composer Loonis
McGlohon. "She loved Charles Kuralt, Kays Gary
and me," he said. She and Gary shared the same
birthdays and in 1986 he wrote, "Not once have I
missed her card."
Gary, late Observer columnist, wrote: "Cheryl
had and still owns this almost impossible enthusi-
asm about people and happenings... this incredi-
Cheryl, center, surrounded by fellow reunioners from the Class of 74.
ble optimism is flood-like in its capacity to dimin-
ish or conquer pain, to right wrongs...
"She has utterly devoted parents and family in
Herb and Carolyn Sosnik, Grandma Gigi, sister
Marilyn Smith, and brother Mark," Gary wrote.
"How many doctors pray the Good Lord will gift
other patients with Cheryl's life force?
Cheryl's mother said, "Charles Kuralt was her
Sunday morning worship service. He called her
on her birthday."
Though she never met Kuralt, McGlohon was a
steady visitor. "Her courage was such an inspira-
tion; she was somebody special."
Cheryl had lived most of her life in Gastonia,
but it was her decision to live at Matthews'
Carrington Place for assisted living. [A new
friend] there was an incapacitated young mother
who needed more help than Cheryl had to give.
She asked her mother to speak to her roommate.
"That's usually your thing; you talk to her," her
mother replied.
"But she's down. Mama, and I can't hug her.
She needs hugging."
That was Cheryl. She always wanted to make
it all better for others.
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
CLASS NOTES
Be a Class Notes reporter. Your help is welcome and needed to supplement the news clippings,
press releases, and personal letters from which Class Notes now are gleaned. Share news of alumni in your
business, profession, clubs, and organizations. Keep track of the activities of alumni in your hometown,
county, or region. Mail your news to the Alumni Office, Alumni House, UNCG, PO Box 26170,
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170. Please include your phone number
Class Notes lists alumni in the
year their first degree was earned
at UNCG. Information in parenthe-
ses indicates an advanced degree
from UNCG. A "C" following a
class date identifies a Commercial
class: an "x" indicates a non-grad-
uate. City and county names not
othenvise identified are in North
Carolina.
duce cable access television
programs, including one on North
Carolina handicrafts.
1920s
Sympathy is extended to
Catherine Might Loughlin '25 in
the death of her sister, Helen
Hight Davis '31 .
Sympathy is extended to Esther
Caviness Hodgin '29 in the death
of her son, George R. Hodgin, Jr.
Esther lives in the Cross Road
Retirement Center in Asheboro.
1930s
Sympathy is extended to Edith
Bennett Sullivan '32C in the
death of her husband, William.
Marie Roberts '37 of Bahamia
recently toured Spain, Portugal,
and Morocco. She wrote, "It was a
real eye-opener to see how others
in less advanced countries live."
Sympathy is extended to Trudy
Rainey Creed '39 in the death of
her husband, Tom.
1940
Marguerite McCoilum Howe,
Winston-Salem, spent two weeks
in Hawaii last spring. The trip was
a Mother's Day gift from her son.
1941
1942
Martha Redding Mendenhall,
Alexandria, VA, continues to pro-
Judy Barrett, Raleigh, traveled to
Spain and Portugal last May and
missed her fifty-fifth reunion.
Elise Boger Barrier, Concord,
and husband, Charles, celebrated
their fifty-second wedding
anniversary last year. They have
three sons, one daughter, and five
grandchildren. Elise is active in
St. James Lutheran Church and is
a volunteer with the American Red
Cross and Meals on Wheels.
Mary White McNeely Fewell,
Burlington, has three children and
three grandchildren (including
twins). She lost her husband
twenty years ago. She worked for
a doctor for ten years.
Lois E. Frazier, Raleigh, spent
two weeks in Portugal last
November, and she plans a trip to
England in July. She is active in
church and community organiza-
tions, and she serves on two com-
mittees for UNCG's Bryan School
of Business and Economics.
Sue Murchison Hayworth,
Rocky Mount, and Sam enjoy
travel and visits with their three
daughters and grandchildren. Sue
does volunteer work for the hos-
pital and church. She is president
of the Class of '42.
Eleanor Pearce Holding, Wake
Forest, retired after teaching
French in the Raleigh schools.
Sallie Smith Hupman, Burlington,
is retired.
Eloise Taylor Jackson, Raleigh,
works at the NC Museum of
History. Her three daughters and
grandsons live in the Raleigh
area. She is active in her church.
Marjorie Johnson Johnson, Four
Oaks, is retired. Her daughter,
Lisa, accompanied her to reunion
last May.
Margaret Alexander Kimmons,
Greensboro, recently moved from
Statesville. She's busy with church
work and as a volunteer at her
retirement complex.
Edythe Rutherford Lambert,
Clemson, SC, and Robert enjoy
bridge, dancing, travel, and volun-
teering. A lectureship they estab-
lished at Clemson University in
memory of their daughter has for
ten years brought a woman histori-
an to speak to students, faculty,
and the community.
Maude Middleton, Greensboro,
lives in a cottage owned by
Friends Home Guilford. She is
active in church. Mobile Meals
Delivery, Friendship Maintenance,
short vacations, and trips with
family.
IDoris Robbins Preyer,
Greensboro, and Bill have moved
into Well Spring Retirement
Center.
Hilda Renegar Moffitt, Chapel
Hill, and Bill will celebrate their
fiftieth wedding anniversary in
Paris. They enjoy the beach.
Elizabeth McNeill Pickard,
Greensboro, a widow, has two
sons working in pharmacy — one
at Williams Hospital, Manassas,
VA, and the other, at Duke Medical
Center in Durham. Elizabeth has
two grandchildren.
Laura Brown Quinn, Greensboro,
has six children and eleven grand-
children and stays busy.
Polly Creech Sandidge, Atlanta,
GA, and Roy enjoy the city,
church, and two daughters. They
were impressed with the Olympics,
the programs, the athletes, and
the way the city handled the
transportation. "People made it a
great event."
Ruth Holt Southern, Smithfield, is
a retired English teacher.
Mary Eppes Turner, Greensboro,
and Chum enjoy visits with three
sons, one daughter, and eight
grandchildren. "Eppie" spends
many hours as a Hospice volun-
teer. She also works with camps
for children in bereavement.
Virginia Moore Vaughan,
Greensboro, enjoys retirement
and her friends.
Marjorie Sullivan Wagoner,
Winston-Salem, lives in a retire-
ment home. She visited her
grandson while he was spending
a year in study at Oxford
University, England.
Ann Pearce Weaver, Winston-
Salem, is a volunteer with the
Vegetarian Society, Shepherd
Center Board, and Adventures in
Learning Program, where she is
director. She and her husband
have three children and seven
grandchildren.
1943
Sympathy is extended to Ruth
Thayer Hartman '43 and Juanita
Thayer Kennedy '44 in the death
of their sister Virginia Thayer
Jackson Harris '36.
Elizabeth P. Barrow and her
husband continue to enjoy travel
and their eleven grandchildren.
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '91
CLASS NOTES
1945
1946
Sympathy is extended to Jane
Eller Byrd in the death of her
husband, Ralph.
Sympathy is extended to Mary
Satterf ield Taylor in the death of
her husband, Robert. She writes
that their son is a professor at the
University of New Hampshire, and
she has two granddaughters.
Sympathy is extended to Dorothy
Broughton in the death of her
mother.
Sympathy is extended to Betty
Sawyer Parker '46C in the death
of her husband, Clyburn.
1947
Sympathy is extended to Marie
See the Medal?
Mary Henri
Robinson Peterson
'32 of Orange City,
FL, won it. She
cycled 6.2 miles (a
10K) in the 85-89 age
group at the Senior
Olympics in Tucson,
AZ. She won the
gold. That's not all.
She won a silver
medal in the 5K (3.1
miles) cycling event.
Mary said at the competition she had her own ten-member
cheering section that included children, grandchildren, and
spouses. Go Mary!
"Life Begins at Ninety"
Elizabeth Cowan Pressly '30 of Statesville wrote Alumni
News recently and said, "Life begins at ninety" She sent a
clipping from the Charlotte Observer. One of its reporters
had inten/lewed her. Elizabeth walks a mile a day writes
stories, grows orchids, studies Japanese flower arranging,
is active in a book club, and attends computer classes at
Mitchell Community College. She recently flew by herself
to visit a grandson in Costa Rica. She will be 91 in
November.
"Most people my age are sitting at home," Elizabeth
said. "I think you've got to get up and move. I have a pain
here and a pain there, but what of it? You can't be a victim
of things like that. You have to live life."
Moore Mauney in the death of
her husband, Samuel.
Ann Bannerman Osborne
writes, "There will be a report
from the Class of '47 on our fiftieth
reunion, but as chair of the event,
I want to say thanks to all who
made it possible, and thanks to
those who returned. It was a
whopping success."
1948
Sympathy is extended to Grace
Quinn Carlton and Faye Quinn
Williams '51 in the death of their
sister. Zona Quinn Jenkins '61.
Sympathy is extended to
Josephine Griffin McGee in the
death of her husband, Edward.
1950
Sympathy is extended to Millie
Coble Collins in the death of her
husband, Ed. She is living in the
Glenaire Retirement Community
in Cary.
Sympathy is extended to
Elizabeth Dixon Rountree
Godwin in the death of her hus-
band, James.
Sympathy is extended to Jane
Henley Head Guthrie in the
death of her husband, Bill. She
writes that she plans to stay in
the house they recently bought on
Lake Lanier, north of Atlanta, GA.
She is doing portraits of their
grandchildren in her studio.
1951
Sympathy is extended to Louise
Griffin Hill in the death of her sis-
ter, Evelyn Griffin Garner '46.
Dorothy Strother O'Brien is car-
ing for her chronically ill husband.
Bob, at their home in Durham.
1952
The Class of 1952 Reunion '97
program video (unedited) is now
available for $12 a copy (price
includes shipping and handling).
Please call the Alumni Office at
(336) 334-5696 to order your copy.
Sympathy is extended to Susan
Hooks Aycock in the death of
her husband, William.
Nancy Kelly lives in both Albany
GA, and Escondido, CA. She
writes that she enjoyed attending
her 45th reunion. She is self-
employed as a teacher and consul-
tant in early childhood education.
Ellen Rickert Leach writes she
has moved into her newly-built
home in Gibsonville, her first
change of address in thirty-four
years.
Sympathy is extended to
Catherine McRae Lyerly in the
death of her husband, William.
Sympathy is extended to Sara
Oden Mahaffee and Elizabeth
Oden Current '58 in the death
of their mother, Sara Griggs
Oden '24.
Jeanne Ellen Snodgrass ('75 EdD)
has been awarded a Distinguished
Achievement Citation from Ohio
Wesleyan University. The citation
recognized her accomplishments
in physical education for girls and
women, and her contributions to
the understanding of aging.
Jeanne is professor emeritus of
physical education at George
Washington University. Her exper-
tise is in motor development and
movement education.
1953
Sympathy is extended to
Savannah Segraves Day in the
death of her husband, Royal
Palmer Day '70 MEd. Survivors
include a daughter, Patricia Day
Poplin '70.
Sympathy is extended to
Catherine MacRae Lyerly in the
death of her husband, William.
1954
Ellen Mink Hock and her hus-
band, Fred, divide their year
between a townhouse on the
Shrewsbury River in Long
Branch, NJ, and Jupiter, FL. Ellen
teaches part-time. Her husband
practices law part-time.
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1955
Sympathy is extended to Fran
Green Magill in the death of her
mother, Frances Coffey Green '25.
Ellen StrawbridgeYarborough
('83 PhD) has been ordained as a
minister in the United Methodist
Church, Western North Carolina
Conference. She is continuing to
work as director of program ser-
vices for the Greater Triad
Chapter of the March of Dimes
and as an adjunct clinician at
Trinity Center. She also continues
to work with the senior pastor and
congregation of Green Street
United Methodist Church in
Winston-Salem.
of their mother. Survivors include a
sister, Jane Ayers Nunn '66.
Joyce Daughtry White is serving
as president of the Woman's Club
of Raleigh.
1960
1961
Sympathy is extended to Linda
Ayers Southard and Sue Ayers
Beeson '73 ('77 MSN) in the death
IVlartha Needels Keravuori has
retired after eleven years as
director of the NC Theatre
Conference. She received the
Bobbie Haynes Rowland
Receives UNCC Service Award
Bobbie Haynes Rowland '51 '68
MS '74 PhD, who is president of the
UNCG Alumni Association and a pro-
fessor at The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, was recently
awarded UNCC's Faculty Service
Award.
The award was established in
1992 to recognize a faculty member
whose distinguished service to the
community brings recognition to the
university.
Dr. Rowland is nationally recog-
nized as an advocate for children.
She Is one of the founders of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Council for
Children, the Gaston County Council
for Children, and the NC Child
Advocacy Institute. She Is former
president of the NC Association for
the Education of Young Children.
She Is the author of several books
and book chapters.
Her public service Includes mem-
bership on the Gaston County School
Board, a trustee of Gaston College, a
member of the Gaston County Family
Commission, a member of the board
of With Friends: A Runaway Shelter
for Youth, and co-chaIr of the Gaston
County Partnership for Children and
Families.
Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Guess Who?
Jaylee Montague Mead '51 and Gil Mead posed soon
after their appearance last December with the
Washington (DC) Chamber Symphony. Jaylee is a
former trustee of the Alumni Association. She and her
husband took part In the Symphony's Holiday Slng-a-
Long for families at the Kennedy Center's Concert
Hall. They even sang a duet — "Christmas Together
My Darling" — with the Symphony before two thou-
sand people.
Herman D. Middleton NCTC
Service Award. Dr. Middleton is
retired from the theatre faculty at
UNCG.
Sympathy is extended to Daphne
WIngate Skidmore in the death
of her sister, Mary Alice WIngate
Marshall '59.
1962
Judith Rhodes Mollis has retired
after twenty years as media coordi-
nator in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
schools. She writes that she is
enjoying her grandchildren and
traveling with her husband.
1963
Ronda Dandliker ('67 MEd) has
retired as a guidance counselor
with Henrico County Schools in
Richmond, VA. She recently
earned a BFA in printing and
printmaking, graduating cum
laude from Virginia
Commonwealth University. Her
work has been exhibited at the
Shockoe Bottom Art Center and
has won several awards.
Patricia A. Griffin retired last
spring after teaching thirty years
in the Department of
Mathematical Sciences at UNCG.
Sympathy is extended to Janice
Pickett Watson in the death of
her mother, Clarice Whitaker
Pickett '36.
1964
Sympathy is extended to Linda
Davis Kriegsman in the death of
her mother, Rebekah Kime
Davis '34. Survivors include Ruth
Kriegsman Aldridge '67 and
Kendra Kriegsman Martin '86.
Sympathy is extended to Jean
Abernethy Poston in the death of
her father. Jean's son recently
graduated from Lutheran
Theological Seminary in
Philadelphia.
1965
Linda Jackson Dhunjishah writes
that she and her husband have
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moved to Louisiana. Their daughter
has entered law school at Wake
Forest University after graduating
from the University of Texas.
1969
1966
Alexey Faison Ferrell Is execu-
tive director of the Humane
Society of Guilford County
1967
Joan Stuart McAllister is work-
ing with the Division of Social
Services in Raleigh as a chil-
dren's services consultant.
Outstanding
Publication Award
Dr. Kate Barrett, a retired
professor of Exercise and
Sport Science at UNCG,
and Sarah Collie '89 have
received an award for an
article they co-authored.
The two received the out-
standing publication award
for the best article printed
in the 1996-97 edition of
The Research Quarterly for
Exercise and Sport Science.
Sarah is a faculty mem-
ber in the Department of
Teacher Education and
Curriculum Studies at the
University of Massachusetts
at Amherst. The article was
titled "Children Learning
Lacrosse from Teachers
Learning to Teach It:
Discovery of Pedagogical
Content Knowledge by
Observing Children's
Movement." The Quarterly
is the major research jour-
nal for the American
Alliance for Health,
Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance.
Sympathy is extended to Joan
Whitner Andrews (IVIEd) in the
death of her husband, Fletcher.
Nancy Ashcraft Noles Is educa-
tion coordinator for the Monroe
Enquirer- Journal. She writes that
she has enjoyed doing summer
workshops for teachers with a
UNCG classmate, Ginny
D'Ambrosie Swinson, director of
educational services at the
Charlotte Observer.
Mary Weeks Petersen recently
earned an MS in service manage-
ment at Rochester Institute of
Technology She is director of
accreditation of the American
Culinary Federation Educational
Institute.
Forsyth Technical Community
College has established the Tom
Staley Scholarship Fund as a
memorial to Tom Staley (MEd).
A teacher, he served as chair of
business administration in the
business technologies depart-
ment. He died last spring.
1970
Dr. Ada M. Fisher serves on the
board of trustees of Barber-Scotia
College and the board of directors
of the Rowan County Chamber of
Commerce and the Rowan/
Salisbury Symphony Orchestra.
Joy Hllder spent Christmas and
New Year's in Lima, Peru. A
teacher at East Elementary in
Monroe, she writes that she col-
lected materials for use in her
classroom. Her students last
spring performed In the Union
County Blooming Arts Festival.
Krisan Cochrane Gregson is a
part-time instructor at Wake
Technical Community College in
Raleigh. A son, Hugh, is a sopho-
more at UNCG on scholarship in
the Department of Housing and
Interior Design.
1971
fame at State University of New
York at Cortland, where she
obtained an undergraduate
degree. She Is director of athletics
at the University of New Haven,
where she has coached women's
volleyball, softball, and basketball.
She has conducted volleyball clin-
ics in China, Costa Rica, and
Poland.
Ellen Gilmer announces the pub-
lication of her first novel. La Belle
Famille, by The Pentland Press
Limited, a publisher in England.
Ellen lives In New York City and Is
self-employed as a writer and
writing consultant, the owner and
president of Crystal Clear Writing.
1972
Sympathy Is extended to Mary
Johnson Cook and Ann
Johnson Cook '74 in the death
of their father.
Nina Williams Upchurch is in her
twenty-second year as a high
school English teacher in Moore
County. She teaches advanced
placement juniors and seniors at
North Moore High and an entry-
level night class at Sandhills
Community College.
1973
Lucinda Jennings writes from
Blacksburg, VA, that a group of for-
mer residents of Gray Residence
Hall, all entehng freshmen in 1969,
are getting together for Informal
reunions over lunch in Winston-
Salem. They include Gall Berryhill
Deaton, Linda Adams Hastings,
Rose Marie Byrd Harrison,
Deborah Maskland Schwarz, and
Deborah McKeel Palefsky.
Interested in joining the group? Call
Lucinda at (540) 857-3184.
Marriage
Susan Bridges and Richard
Urbanik
1974
Deborah Chin (MS) has been
inducted into the athletic hall of
Paula Hudson Collins was the
keynote speaker last fall at the first
European Army Health Promotion
Conference in Munich, Germany
She was keynote speaker last
summer at the Army Health
Promotion Conference in San
Diego. Paula is president of N2
Health, a health education and pro-
motion company based in Raleigh.
Steven Copley recently retired
from the Marine Corps after
twenty years of active duty.
Sympathy is extended to Rebecca
Utter Evans in the death of her
father, William D. Utter (EdD).
Nancy Foster Hart is an account
executive with 360°
Communications in Tyler, TX.
Sympathy Is extended to Elizabeth
Holder Little (MEd) in the death of
her husband, Prescott.
Carol Graham Streng Is a self-
employed law librarian, the owner
of Streng Law Library Services.
She lives In Lilburn, GA.
1975
Carolyn McCourt Falor is an
adult education teacher with the
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy
Council in Pittsburgh, PA.
Among the North Carolina artists
in the 33rd annual Art on Paper
exhibition In the Weatherspoon
Art Gallery at UNCG were
Richard "Dick" Stenhouse
(MFA) and Beth Stafford '78.
Marriage
Roger McKoy and Edna Davis
1976
Audrey McCrory (MS, '84 PhD)
is president of the UNCG Human
Environmental Sciences Alumni
Association for the 1997-98 year.
Last year, she served as presi-
dent of the Weatherspoon Guild,
a support group for the
Weatherspoon Art Gallery
Betty Sheets Pugh received her
doctorate from UNCG in
December.
1977
Paul Mitchell is serving aboard
the guided missile destroyer USS
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CLASS NOTES
stout as a Navy petty officer first
class. Tine sliip's home port is
Norfoll<, VA.
Barry K. Misenheimer is a vice
president in the management
communications group of the New
Yorl< City office of Fleishman-
Hillard, an institutional public rela-
tions firm based in St. Louis, MO.
Marriage
Julia Herring and Nicholas
Oglesby '83
1978
Thomas Huey (MFA) received an
NC Arts Council Playwrights
Fellowship in 1997. He is play-
wright-in-residence at Guilford
College.
John Lupton Jr. is a choral
teacher at Jordan High School in
Durham and director of music and
organist at Pleasant Grove United
Methodist Church in Raleigh. He
is a member of the Choral Society
of Durham.
Christie Porter is president of the
Georgia Chapter of the American
Society of Interior Designers. She
is senior designer with Carithers,
Wallace, Courtenay of Atlanta, GA.
Debbie Temple is a national
accounts manager for American
Woodwork Corporation, a cabinet
manufacturer based in
Winchester, VA.
Adele Wayman (MFA) is the
H. Curt and Patricia S. Hege
Sarah autographs copies of Primate Behavior a\ the Faculty Center.
The First Collection of Poems
by Sarah Lindsay '84 Was Nominated
for the National Book Award
"I've dreamed for fifteen years of being Introduced
by Fred Chappell," Sarah Lindsay '84 MFA quipped
in January to an audience in the Faculty Center.
Sarah had been invited to cannpus for a poetry read-
ing. Her first book, Primate Betiavior, was one of five
collections nominated for the 1 997 National Book
Award in poetry. Mr. Chappell, poet laureate of North
Carolina, was one of her teachers when she was in
the creative writing program at UNCG.
Sarah lives in Greensboro and works as a maga-
zine writer and editor. Her poems were first pub-
lished when she was a student by Ttie Greensboro
Review, the literary quarterly published by the
UNCG MFA creative writing program. After earning
her degree she continued to be published widely
throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Her poetry is wide-
ranging in place and time, and its imagery startling.
Twelve UNCG Poets and Writers
Contribute to Commemorative Art Book
Twelve alumni, faculty, and former faculty of UNCG were invited con-
tributors to Ttie Store of Joys, a book published in celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the North Carolina Museum of Art.
The forty-five contributors to the book were asked to choose an
object in the museum and respond to it in poetry or prose, fiction or
non-fiction. Museum Art Director Lawrence Wheeler wrote, "There is
no question that Tiie Store of Joys (its title borrowed from a Walter
Raleigh poem) succeeds in accomplishing one of its goals — to
encourage fresh interpretations of the museum's paintings and sculp-
ture. And the museum is delighted to honor its collection in terms of
the particular artistic genius of the state, which is everywhere recog-
nized as literary."
The contributors with ties to UNCG:
• James Applewhite, a former faculty member of the English
Department
• Doris Waugh Betts '54x, a student here for two years
• Linda Beatrice Brown, a former faculty member
• Kathryn Stripling Byer '68 MFA
• Fred Chappell, poet laureate of North Carolina and a
current member of the English Department faculty
• Angela Davis-Gardner '65 MFA
• Marianne Gingher '74 MFA
• Heather Ross Miller '61 '69 MFA
• Robert Morgan '68 MFA
• Michael Parker, a current member of the English
Department faculty
• Eleanor Ross Taylor '40, poet and widow of Peter Taylor, a
former faculty member in the English Department
• Robert Watson, professor emeritus of English at UNCG
and one of the founders of the graduate program in creative
writing here
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CLASS NOTES
Three Receive
Lawther Awards
Three Ethel Martus
Lawther Alumni Awards
have been presented to
alumni of the School of
Health and Human
Performance at UNCG.
The awards recognize
alumni who have made
significant contributions
through scholarship, lead-
ership or service, and in
career or civic involve-
ment. This year's recipi-
ents were Leslie Cark
75, an elementary school
physical education spe-
cialist in Winston-Salem;
Bonnie Kuester '65,
director of parks and
recreation for the City of
Greensboro; and Jennifer
Kimbrough '93 MEd,
assistant director of the
UNCG Institute for the
Study of Health, Science
and Society.
Professor of Art at Guilford
College. She was among the invit-
ed artists to exhibit at the
Steinbaum Krauss Gallery in New
York City this past summer.
1979
Marjorie Bryan Guilford is vice
president of information services
for The Walker Group.
Terry Howard is District IV vice
president of the American
Business Woman's Association.
She serves as liaison between
chapters from North Carolina to
Maine and national headquarters
in Kansas City MO.
Marriage
Ann Hopkins and Michael
Paquette '92
1980
Joy DeSensi (EdD) recently
received a Distinguished Alumni
Award from the UNCG School of
Health and Human Performance.
Joy is a professor in the College
of Education at the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville.
Navy Commander Fred McKenna
recently graduated from the
Industrial College of the Armed
Forces in Washington, DC. His
training was in strategic planning
and resource management.
Kim C. Phillips ('83 MSN) has
earned a PhD in epidemiology
from The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and is with
the department of public health
sciences at Bowman Gray School
of Medicine in Winston-Salem.
Marriage
Susan Blanton and Charles Senn
1981
Tar Heel Girls State has estab-
lished an award in honor of Gaye
Barbour Clifton, director of Girls
State for the past nine years. The
Gaye Barbour Clifton Leadership
Award of $200 will be given annu-
ally to a delegate demonstrating
leadership and character Girls
State is a week-long simulation of
government held each summer
on the UNCG campus.
Marriage
Jolynda Bowers and Scott Allen
1982
Yvonne Everitte has earned an
MS degree in industrial relations
and human resources from Rutgers
University. She is personnel director
for Harnett County in Lillington.
1983
Tad Palmer writes that he helped
develop a customer relations
training program for the more than
2,700 employees of the customer
service division of the New York
State Electric Gas Corporation.
He is a training specialist in
Binghamton, NY.
Marriages
Jennifer Adoook and Jeffery
Whiting
William Evatt and Jennifer Turbyfill
Melinda Hanna and Tim Kearns III
1984
Michael Granger is a partner in
Senior Living Associates, a firm
specializing in publishing and direct
mail. He is the publisher of Senior
Living Resource Magazines, which
are regional senior housing guides
distributed thoughout North
Carolina. His company also pub-
lishes Retirement Lifestyles In
North Carolina and Tfie Assisted
Living News.
Margaret May Zancanella
recently earned an MBA at Our
Lady of the Lake University in
San Antonio. TX. She is director
of the business office at Tri-City
Community Hospital in
Jowdanton, TX.
Marriage
Charles Jones and Paula
Patterson
1985
Miriam Blackwelder-Fields and
Craig Fields '84 announce the
birth of a son, Connor Thornton
Fields, born July 27, 1997.
Connor weighed in at nine
pounds, four ounces.
Marriage
Christopher Rhudy and Bonnie
Kostello
1986
John Burklow (MS) received a
Distinguished Alumni Award
recently from the UNCG School of
Health and Human Performance.
John is assistant director of the
office of cancer communications
with the National Cancer Institute.
Janice Ivey Dudley now lives in
Wilson where her husband is an
engineer with Merck.
Richard Seller Jr. is assistant
professor of piano and serves as
chair of the keyboard division in
the School of Music at Northeast
Louisiana University.
Marriage
Allison Jayne Richard and
Pedro Miguel Nino
1987
Marriage
Dale Sheffield ('93 MEd) and
Judith Davis
1988
Jim Causby (EdD) was named
North Carolina Superintendent of
the Year. He has served as super-
intendent of the Johnston County
School System for the past four
years. The system was among the
first in the nation to use end-of-
year standardized tests to identify
students not ready to move
forward a grade.
ALUMNI NEWS SPRING '98
CLASS NOTES
Mary BIythe Daniels is an assis-
tant professor of Spanish at
Centre College in Danville, KY.
Sfie has previously taught at High
Point University, Guilford College,
and the University of Kentucky,
where she is a candidate for a
doctoral degree.
1989
Tammy Kim Bal<er is a systems
librarian at Hollins College in
Roanoke, VA.
Annette Privette is public relations
coordinator and director of the
Before and After School Program
in Mooresville. She resigned as
editor of the Mooresville Tribune to
accept the position.
Richard Shackleford (IVIS, '93
PhD) is vice president for enroll-
ment management at
Gardner-Webb University. His
responsibilities include recruiting,
admissions, retention, financial
aid, and marketing for the univer-
sity. He joined the faculty as an
assistant professor of sociology
and has served as dean of the
College of Extended Professional
Studies, an evening program for
adults. He is also a major in the
NC Air National Guard in
Charlotte, where he serves as
senior wing chaplain.
Marriages
Melissa Davis and Frederick Taylor
Jane McFarland and David Haag
1990
Laura Lanier Lorenz of the
UNCG Alumni Office received her
Master of Public Affairs degree
from UNCG in December.
Marriages
Larry Burton IVIA and Lee
Williams
Jeffrey Copeland and June
Rigsbee
Joseph Michel and Mary Banner
Terry Privette and Robin Beale
Anissa Rooks and John Lee
Carol Snipes and William Houpe
1991
Marriages
1992
Marriages
Killi Alexander and Charles
Scruggs II
Amy Brown and Robert Shivar
Michelle Buie and Robert
Henrickson
Sandra Griffin and Robert
Matson
Eric Crush and Marianne Sikes
Angela Holloway and Andrew
Brehm
Elizabeth Kerr and David Berry
Robert Lindsay and Julie Black
Donna Lineberry and Francis
Wood
Caroll Phillips and Kenneth
Prevette Jr. '94
Wendy McMillan and Andrew
Smith
Dana Michalski and Thomas
Luther
Gayle Stone and Peter Jernigan Jr.
Jennifer Weaver and Keith Lowry
Lisa Allen and Gene Maples
Donna Corbin and James
Beeson
Sherri Emmons and William
Cooper
Cynthia Everett and Sheldon
Khan
Laura Hughes and Grey Fulton
Sheryl Martz and Jeffrey Kimball
JoAndra Parsons and John
Proia
Pammie Peterson and Gregory
Parker
Toni Shuping and Jason King
Elizabeth Smith and Cameron
Olig
Miranda Todd and Demetrius
Harrison
1993
Marriages
Jacquelyn Crabtree and Robert
Lyne Jr. '97
Patricia Duffy and Steven
Gaulden
Deidra Graham and Knox Allen II
Vernon Harkins and Kimberly
Horton
Neil Hutchinson and Christina
Blaikie
Angela Jones and Marty Tillman
Susan Lloyd and Jean-Paul
Baumann
Kimberly Mathews and Andrew
Bauer
Aimee Miles and Scott Eckler '97
Tracey Paschal and Richard
Anderson
Monica Purvis and Eric Moore
Margaret Spivey and Walter
Pickard
Jennifer Stith and John Marsh '92
Elizabeth Swindell and Blake
Pittman
Pamela York and Bradford Norris
1994
Marriages
Kimberly Bailey and William
Shouse
Kathryn Campbell and Jonathan
Roper
Scott Cripe and Shannon
Donovan
Christine Eyster and James
Horton, Jr.
Christopher Fatale and Susan
Leagans
Benjamin Hall and Ellen Nunnery
Holly Handler and James
Stevens
Michone Littleton and Mark
Coleman
Lisa Martin and Scott McQuay
John McCallum and Shannon
Allred
Lauren Murphy and John Grubbs
Heather Osen (MLS) and
Richard McCutchen
Kristina Penavic and Michael
Sink
Cynthia Cole (MSN) and Justin
Smith
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Suzanne Seaver and Michael
Lenihan
Michelle Slate and Michael Idol
Laurie Stark and Shawn Heath
Darren Stella and Lisa Farmer
KImberly Stotler and Dennis
Williams
Joyce Strong and Stephen Sutton
Andrea Wallace and William
Reed, Jr.
Sonya Watts and Todd Craver
Tina Watson and Michael
McMasters
Cathy Hyun JooYu and Thomas
Pritchard
1995
Laura Hill (MPA) is associate
director of alumni affairs at
Radford University in Radford, VA.
She was assistant director of
alumni affairs at UNCG from May
1995 to October 1997.
Marriages
Dana Beach and William Gross
Stacy Brown and Glen
Milnamow '93
Amy Busick and Jesse Turner
Laura Creel and James Gray
Kristin Gaster and Andrew
Leung
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Mary Gentry and John Isley
Johnathan Hill and Dani Grubb
Amy Hunsucker (MSN) and
Samuel Moore
Amanda Hunt and Kevin Alford
Andrea Kearns and Kevin
McDowell
Susan Luck and Rickie Cardwell
Melanie Maynor (MSN) and Ray
Sennett
Elizabeth MIddleton and William
Newman
Margaret Mooring (MLS) and
William Graham IV
Cecile Nations (MEd) and
Kristopher Diering
Melissa Patton and Jason Buehler
Weena Perry and David Gatten
Cindy Polston and James
McDuffie
Kim Redding and Joseph Ferrell
Amanda Sidden and Michael
Parris
Robert Sieredzki and Kimberly
Woodell
April Stevenson and Mark
Mclnnis
John-Gregory Smith and Karen
Wells
Louise Taylor (MS) and Robert
Lauver
Lowry Walker III and Jacqueline
Tunstall
Linda Wood (MSN) and Phillip
Medlin, Jr.
1996
Marriages
Krista Bergen and Sean Pope
Beverly Bowden and Rocky
Smith
William Carr and Hilary Vance
Beverly Carroll and Michael
Edkard
Erin Chandler and Brian Butki
Lori Covington and Eric Medford
Angela Copeland and David
Stevenson
Suzanne Frye and Alan Williams
Thresa Haithcock and Michael
Brown
Kristie Hodges and Sean Trotter
Christina Kamionka and Harold
Jester
Cicely Livengood and James
McCann
Shannon Mabe and Chad Duggins
Shelley Mabe and Jason
Motsinger
Amy McLamb and Stephen
Barbour
Wendy Moore and Kelly Sullivan
Melissa Morris and William Ferrell
Sharon Price and Andrew Wingo
Laura Richards and Dennis Welch
Leisa Rufty and Edward Job III
Toni Tener and Judge Lanneau
Angela Thomas and Robert
Pinyan
Miriam Whitlaw and Matthew
Suter
Treena Whitt and Dennis Fields II
1997
Marriages
Sandra Bookout (ME) and
Matthew Newton
Christy Darr and Mathew Weist
Jennifer Davis and Jeffrey Casey
Dawn Dennis and Joseph Patafie
Sara Dowd and Thomas
Vanderbloemen
Marian Eakes and Richard Farrell
Kelly Ferrell and William Taylor III
Connie Fischer and Eric Eaton
Kelly Flynn and Joseph Rogers III
Stacey Glenn and Larry Osborne
Katina Greeson and Richard
Rappaport
Elizabeth Harris and Marshall
Brannan '96
Melanie Hamrick and Randall
Trogdon
Lesley Hendrix and Thomas
Theriault '95
Jennifer Ingram and Gregory
Wood '92
Kathryn Lineweaver and Kevin
Gesse
Annette Low and Michael Rhodes
Christy Maggio and Todd Kramer
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liana Mallenbaum and Kenneth
Litwak
Laura McDaniel and Brigham
Brandon
Donna Osborne and Thomas
Fetzer III
Deena Rothkop and Theodore
Futris
Leah Seymour and Paul
Hernandez
Jennifer Seever and Ryan Mueller
John Sharp and Amelia Strong
Laurie Siegel and Nathan
Daughtrey
Lynn Tysor and Jimmy Kapp
William West and Stacy Malmin
Poppy Wilkins and David Cox
Deaths
Alberta Catherine Monroe '16
Grace Lucas '17
Minnie Long Ward '17
Ruth Colvard '19
Marie Kendall Rhyne '20
Walker Woodley Derr '24
Celeste Jonas Gibson '24
Sara Griggs Oden '24
Blance Flythe Dula '25
Lorna Woodard Thigpen '25
Irene Barwick Altmaier '26
Marguerite Overall Groce '26
Leona Reagan Loy '26
Winnie Davis Moore '26
Jessie Wicker Ellis '27
Frances Marion Spratt '27
Rebecca Pruitt Allen '29 MEd
Emma Beamon Day '29
Carolina Koonce May Hall '29
Gladys Rose Ipock '29
Martha Maney Maslin Sturmer '29
Catherine Couch Milenius '30
Margaret Terrell '30
Willie Estelle Davis Conrad '31
Catherine Wharton Montague '31
Exie Beasley McAulay '32
Katherine Murray '32
Irma Sanford Bendigo '33
Daisy Smith Young '33
Rebekah Kine Davis 34
Virginia Burroughs Davis '34
Anne Irene Bivens McNeill '34
Mary Sw/ett Barney '35
Cathleen Bell Gaines '35
Josephine Tomlinson Bailes '36
Virginia Thayer Jackson
Harris '36
Eleanore Stifler Haviland '37
Rachel Darden Carmichael '37
Jeanette Morrison Coble '37
Laura Mace Wallace '37
Mildred Shaw Howell Coffin '38
Almeda Montrose Snyder
Crotts '38
Barbara Smith Haven '38
Lynn Adams Jewell '38
Margaret Wilson McAlister
Carter '39
Blanche ShawTuten Dudley '39
Jeanne Carey Reynolds '39
Mildred StallingsThomason
Sandlin '39
Margaret McBane Brunnemer '40
India Efland Weber '40
Helen Smith Winger '40
Dorothy Johnson '41
Marguerite Ayers Rogers '41
Dora Braswell Witmeyer '41
Jean Partridge Beroth '42C
Katherine McQueen Palmer '42
Jean Welborn Steele '42
Rachel Barrett Gooder '43
Evelyn Harrison Kuykendall '43
Dorothy Odum Richardson '43
Cynthia Grimsley Curtis '44
Ann Keeter Fowler '45
Janet Holmes Ruddy '45
Pattie Smith Jackson Colrante
'46x
Evelyn Grjffin Garner '46
Betty Hayes Robinson '460
Wilma "Bill" Dickson Toler '460
Dorothy Garner Heath '47
Harriette Anne Fox Melton '47
Bette Morrison '47
Annette Wadlin Patterson 47
Annie Laurie Gilbert Stewart '47
Sylvia McGee Pickett '48
Anne Cothran Tate '48
Carolyn Wood Baxley '49
Elizabeth Waldenaier Hansen '49
Lee Hart Huffines '49
Lois Zimmerman Barnard '50
Frances Davis Mills '50
Barbara Fuller Own '50
Mary Ann Campbell Larkin '51
Jane Vann Ledbetter '51
Patricia Ashley Story '51
Margaret Reese Boyd '55
Virginia Rogers Collette '55 MEd
Elizabeth Wilson Hinshaw
■55 MEd
Martha Alice Jenkins '65
Bonnie Jones Armfield '69x
Ervin Chauncey '71 MSBA
William D. Utter '74 EdD
Tina Carter Clegg '80
Ruth Hawley '80 MBA
Linda Gale Holliday '80
Carol Matthews Birckhead '81
■82 MEd
Isidra Lopez de Leon Marshall
■81 PhD
Annadora Japp Robinson 81
John Pope Jr. '81
Ginger Lackey Mitchell '83
Margery Elaine Venable '83
Daphne Sibyl Johnson '85
Thomas McLaughlin '86 MS
Stanley Hartgrove '87
Faculty & Staff Deaths
Andrew George Martin, a retired
associate professor of art, died
this past summer at his home in
Greensboro. He joined the art fac-
ulty in 1968 and retired in 1994.
Dr. E.M. "Bud" Railings, a retired
associate professor of Sociology,
died last September at his home
in Greensboro. He was a founding
member of the Family Life Council
in Greensboro. Survivors include a
son. Mark Railings '78. two
daughters, Rebecca Railings '72
and Linda Railings Barber '73,
and a sister. Dr. Eloise Lewis,
former dean of the UNOG School
of Nursing.
Delia Boren Arthur, who was a
residence hall counselor for many
years at the Woman's College,
died this past December at the
age of 89.
Sympathy
Sympathy is extended to Betty
Pope Nalwasky '71 and her hus-
band. Rich, in the death of their
daughter, Kelly A student at the
University of Maryland at College
Park, Kelly died in January of a
brain tumor. Survivors, in addition
to her parents, include her twin
sister, Caroline, and her grand-
mother, Clara Byrd Pope '45.
Friends at the University of
Maryland have put up a tribute
page to Kelly on the World Wide
Web: www.wam.umd.edu/~dejavu
umni
Alumni Affairs
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Non-Profit Org
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