1969 Bio Book
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Table of Contents As New Hopes Begin ……………………………………………………………..3-4 Remembering When Through Pictures ………………………………….5-8 The Way We Were … Who We Are ………………………………..……9-14 More Photographic Memories ………………………………………….15-16 Where We Lived on Campus …………………………………………..…17-18 Junior House Presidents/House Mothers ’65 ……………….…………19 Class of 1969 Facts …………………………………………………………...20-21 University Song ……………………………………………………………………...22 Class Song, Fight Song …………………………………………………………...23 Class Rings, Class Jackets and Top Movies ………………………...24-25 The Music of the Class of ’69 …………………………………………….26-27 Entertainers on Campus ………………………………………………………...28 Class Day and Graduation ………………………………………………….29-30 Class of ’69 Through the Years ………………………………………….31-34 Class Biographies …………………………………………………………….35-141 Gone But Not Forgotten ……………………………………………..…142-168 Familiar Campus Sights ………………………………………………….169-171 Comparison of Departments …………………………………………172-173 Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………….174-175 Notes …………………………………………………………………………….176-177 1 2 As New Hopes Begin When we first arrived at UNCG 54 years ago, we possessed many new dreams for ourselves, careers, social life and our world. Yes, there was apprehension, too, such as new roommates, sharing a common bathroom with so many others, balancing fun and academics, and deciding how to be a part of the adult world. A total of 1,231 of us entered, and most lived in the freshmen- only dorms which were supervised by a “house mother,” Junior House President (JHP) and Assistant JHP (AJHP). Placement tests, meeting with advisers, planning schedules and trying to get into classes filled our first few days. Somehow, despite the careful planning, most of us freshmen still found ourselves sitting in some Saturday morning classes. Our JHP and AJHP helped us answer questions and even settle disagreements. Few of us will forget the long line of buses Unpacking can wait – a letter to the boyfriend that took us to the mixer at Chapel Hill. back home is a priority. Within a few weeks many of the boyfriends’ framed pictures had moved from the desk to the drawer as we moved along in our experiences. As classes began and we learned the expectations of each instructor, we studied harder, read more and filled up more “blue books.” Many of us learned how to study for the first time. All of us recall the physical education uniform that we wore and how we were not to wear it on front campus or in the dining hall. Many a trench coat covered those to avoid problems. As we grew in knowledge and understanding, we grew socially and emotionally. We formed strong bonds with classmates, roommates, hall friends and others who shared common interests. Working together on projects, painting Charlie, club meetings, sledding down hills on Registration information in hand, the Class of borrowed cafeteria trays, and attending ’69 braves the lines to secure classes. productions on campus encouraged us to both lead and follow. Our sense of self grew, and by the winter break we were eager to “go home” and then even more eager to return to school. 3 During our years at UNCG, we experienced disturbances within the community, disagreements and strife at the local, regional and national level. This unrest and dissatisfaction also brought new energy to our desires to make the world a better place. It was reflected in our music, movies and history. Still, there was joy in feeling we were beginning to make a difference. We formed strong bonds with others with shared interests, through studying together and discussing many topics, helping our own sister class and living with an honor policy. Our emerging selves grew through all of these and other experiences. On June 1, 1969, 931 of us graduated, knowing we would never all be together in quite the same way. We were proud and eager to help make life better in our worlds. We had a solid liberal arts education and had proven that we could do more as even more new hopes begin. This reunion weekend brings many of us together to celebrate our 50 years as graduates, to demonstrate the citizens and individuals we have each become, to reaffirm our ties to the university, and to recognize the service we have given and continue to give. Contributed by K. Anne Lewis The peace and quiet of the stacks at Jackson Library helped some of us become better students as we finally learned how to study. Jackson Library 4 Heading for Chapel Hill for the freshman college mixer. Although this freshman dorm looks serene, we couldn’t resist some sledding, snowball throwing and playing during our rare snows. 5 Sometimes we were just too sleepy to keep studying. Rat Day provided obedient “rats” for upperclassmen. Many students actually slept in the big, prickly curlers. Practicing folk dances in preparation for class. 6 Marty Barber models her original $21.63 gym ensemble. Modern dance classes were offered at many skill levels. Fencing was among the many sports available to UNCG students. 7 Our 1968-69 men’s basketball team played in the Old Dixie Conference (now the USA South Atlantic Conference). Team members from left (front row) Coach Jim Swiggett, Charlie McCurry, Brion Emerson, Tom Cardwell, Bobby Roberts, (second row) Gerald Haynes, Steve Ulosevich, David Luther, Alan Jarrett, Brian Strupp, (back row) Charles Cole, David Redd, Bruce Shaw, Tom Martin and the team trainer. CharlesCharles Cole Cole (at (lef leftt) goes) takes up a for picture a - perfectpicture jum-perfectp shot jum. Men’sp shot. basketball Tom wasMartin added (above) as a varsity served sport as captain at UNCG induring 1967. theAbove, 1967 team-68 exhibition captain Tom season Martinand in maneuversDixie Conference for a shot. the following He was namedseason. to He the was UNCG named Athl toetics the Hall UNCG of Fame.Athletics Hall of Fame. 8 The Way We Were ... Who We Are Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? All generalizations are false, including this one. - Lin-Manuel Miranda - Mark Twain Lyrics from “Hamilton” Prologue – The Class of 1969: The Formative Years In September 1965, scores of freshmen – the Class of 1969 – entered the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Although not without diversity, the class was predominantly white, North Carolina natives, female and graduates of segregated (or recently integrated) public schools. And, as Dean Katherine Taylor frequently observed, the majority of the students were the first members of their family to attend college. UNCG1 baby boomers lived in a post-World War Super Power that boasted an ever-expanding middle class, economic prosperity never imagined by previous generations and a brain trust that was on the cutting edge of virtually every scientific advancement. To be sure, the United States was experiencing growth pains; but in the early 1960s, the reality of the flaws in the American dream were seldom the concern of an early adolescent. Or a bit later, it had Dean Taylor scant effect on the campus life of the typical Woman’s College student. Most boomers bound for UNCG came from homes that included a single cathode-ray black and white television set – their 15-minute evening news came from two, or at the most three, mainstream networks. Political power in North Carolina resided in a decade’s-old plutocracy. In “The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics” Rob Christensen, who covered politics for The News & Observer (Raleigh) for over 45 years, noted that by the middle of the 20th century North Carolina had the reputation as “the least repressive state in the South for blacks.” The members of this elite establishment thought of themselves as “progressives” and, at least aesthetically, superior to the cruder adherents of the brand of segregation practiced in the Deep South. The excluded may be forgiven for feeling that, as to them, it was at times a distinction without much of a difference.2 To be sure, cracks were occurring – albeit ___________________ 1 With the exception of direct quotes, the current initialism UNCG is used herein. 2 In 1956 Women’s College began the process of student desegregation with the admission of Elizabeth JoAnne Smart Drane and Bettye Ann Tillman. According to Allen Trelease’s history of the university, “They were housed by themselves in Shaw Dormitory, occupying the whole first floor of the building’s east wing. They had a private bathroom.” Some students “gradually befriended them ... only a small minority were hostile.” But it took years for the institutional Jim Crow accommodations to gradually disappear. In the spring of 1963, WC’s last semester, “there were 29 black undergraduates and 34 black graduate students, the latter living off campus.” 9 slowly – in this perception, which was often at odds with the reality faced by all poor and disenfranchised people, and most especially by blacks. In 1960, Andy Griffith’s fictional, bucolic, lily- white, Mayberry, North Carolina, began its nearly decade-long domination of the airwaves. But in the same year, not coincidentally on the day after Thanksgiving, Edward R. Murrow’s final CBS Reports, “Harvest of Shame” documented the plight of migrant farm workers featuring extensive footage from North Carolina. In December 1960, birth control pills went on sale in the United States. Early the following year outgoing President Dwight Eisenhower warned of a Military Industrial Complex. 1961 also saw the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the start of construction of the Berlin Wall. On May 4, Freedom Riders left Washington, DC, on a southern tour to test integration at bus stations. In 1962, President John Kennedy pledged to go to the moon by the end of the decade, and the world faced the real possibility of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1963 Kennedy proposed his Civil Rights Bill ... 200,000 people were present at Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech ... The Saturday Evening Post published an early mainstream article on LSD … the “Woman’s College of The University of North Carolina” became the “University of North Carolina at Greensboro” … JFK was assassinated.