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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

In 1964 the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report finding cigarettes cause lung cancer ... President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act opening public facilities to all … North Vietnamese PT boats allegedly fired on the USS Maddox in the Tonkin Gulf ... once the largest college for women in the United States, UNCG became coed with the admission of 282 full- time undergraduate town students ... LBJ defeated Barry Goldwater by 22 points, the largest margin in U.S. history.

The Class of 1969: 1965-1967

At the start of 1965, Time magazine called young people a “generation of conformists”; UNCG would have been at home Helen Brock Louis (left) and Randi Bryant on the cover. In “Making North Carolina Strutton enjoy being part of a class reunion in Literate,” Dr. Allen Trelease found activism at the shadow of our class banner. UNCG during this time ... limited to a minority ...

10 often a small minority of the student body.” Trelease recalled that Randolph Bulgin, chair of the English Department, “spoke for many faculty when he told students ‘that a great many of them were passive, quiet, mouse-like-part of their tradition as Southern women. He told them to rise above it.’”

Meanwhile, LBJ signed Great Society legislation creating Medicare and Medicaid ... 25,000 people joined Dr. King’s March from Selma to Montgomery ... the U.S. began bombing North Vietnam and the first 3,500 U.S. Army combat troops went to South Vietnam – by year’s end there were 184,300 U.S. troops stationed in South Vietnam.

UNCG’s class of 1969 arrived on campus in September 1965; over the next four years its members would contribute to the continuation of traditions (some venerable, others now unlamented) and experience, in some cases contribute to, a dynamic social revolution. Remember: archaic class registration in Rosenthal Gym ... chartered buses to the traditional Chapel Hill mixer ... the Soda Shop “sub-culture” ... Honor Court ... the jammed telephone switchboard ... Tate

Street’s Cinema Theater, The Corner, the Red Door, the Apple Piney Lake near Pleasant Garden House and Yum Yum ... the campus laundry ... the Corradi and Pine Needles ... Biff Berger & Krispy Kreme ... Piney Lake ... UNCG Theater’s production of “The Tempest” featuring Arthur Dixon, Sandra Hopper and Emmylou Harris ... the Moravian Christmas Lovefeast ... academic probation ... Rat Day ... Ring Day ... the Junior Ring Dance ... Class Day ... the Daisy Chain ... Golden Chain ... cramming for exams.

As noted, undergraduate male town students first enrolled at UNCG in 1964. In 1965 the school purchased apartments on Forest Avenue (current site of the Jackson Library tower) and at the corner of McIver and Walker Avenues (now the site of the Biology Building) for male “dormitories” which opened in September 1965. Clarence O. Shipton served as the first Dean of Men. Outnumbered by over 150 to 1, the men sometimes called Dean Shipton the “Dean of Man.”

Protesting the Speaker Ban Law, 175 students marched to downtown Greensboro Professor Fred Chappell taught English from to hear a speech by a representative of the 1964 to 2000. He was named North Carolina’s communist Polish government. In his Poet Laureate and was recognized with undergraduate writing class Fred Chappell awards for teaching and literature. 11 lamented that the two best-selling books at the UNCG bookstore were a contraceptive manual and Kahil Gibran’s The Prophet.

In 1966 Otis Singletary resigned as chancellor to assume the vice presidency of the American Council on Education; Dr. James Ferguson was named Chancellor. Future SGA President Randi Bryant called for open door to parties and visitors of either sex in student rooms at any time.

By the fall of 1967, male enrollment had increased by 38 percent; there were 650 men of a total enrollment of 5,365 ... Junior Class President Sarah Horton told her first class meeting: “Class government has become a farce on this campus Chancellor but it doesn’t have to be ... through this class we could improve relations with the Ferguson Greensboro community or write soldiers in Vietnam – anything ... It is going to take people that are willing to become involved, throw out ideas, give and work” ... By a 44-22 vote the Student legislature defeated a “Pill Bill” that would have made oral contraceptives available to all women students as a medical service through the university medical facilities ... a resolution stating “the majority of students at UNCG do support the effort made by our armed forces in Vietnam” failed 35-16 ... A new theater was named for W. Raymond Taylor, the founder of the UNCG Drama-Speech Department ... UNCG launched its men’s intercollegiate sports program, starting with basketball, wrestling, tennis, golf, cross country and volley ball; the teams became the “Spartans” ... NSA sponsored a three-day Black Power Forum ... The Carolinian Associate Editor Marie Nahikian interviewed Coretta Scott King; her article “King: ‘Still the Man Negroes Trust’” ran Spartans’ starting line-up (from left, clockwise), on page 1, above the paper’s masthead Charles Cole, captain Brion Emerson, Tom (November 10, 1967). Cardwell, Tom Martin and Bruce Shaw.

The Class of 1969: 1968-1969

The Student Government Association and the Class of 1968 sponsored a campus series on Vietnam … off campus “street people were taking control of the area nearest to campus, intimidating shoppers and passersby. Students called it ‘Tate Ashbury,’” wrote Dr. Trelease.

A three-judge federal panel ruled the “Speaker Ban” law unconstitutional; its author told The Carolinian, “As far as I’m concerned the issue is settled. Dragging it on longer would only hurt the growth of the university” ... UNCG’s Student Committee Organized for Research and Evaluation’s

12 statement of purpose, which included “identifying and recognizing good teaching,” was supported by the administration ... The Neo-Black Society was organized ... the U.S. Selective Service director raised the possibility of drafting undergraduates ... A wide-ranging Campus Drug Forum explored the multifaceted cultural revolution; The Carolinian published interviews with numerous students regarding the use of marijuana … Under the leadership of Dr. Franklin Parker, UNCG’s Latin American summer school, “Institute America,” opened in El Salvador in June 1968.

In September, as America continued to reel from the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Students for Greensboro stage protest. Robert Kennedy, and the Chicago police riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the Class of 1969 returned to campus ... Tom Smyth assumed his post as the first Dean of Students ... the new wing of Elliott Hall opened.

In October the men of Phillips Hall staged UNCG’s first full-fledged panty raid on Winfield and Moore-Strong halls and the women counterattacked. Hawkins women sided with the Phillips men “who they considered to be their own.” Campus and city policy observed and “exercised good-natured police restraint.” Six days later former state Rep. C.W. Phillips and Kathleen Hawkins were greeted by Laura Weil Cone’s daughter, Mrs. Edward Lowenstein, and Chancellor Ferguson at the Founder’s Day dedication of Phillips-Hawkins Halls.

Dean of Men Clarence O. Shipton told The Carolinian the campus parking situation is “bad and it will get worse” ... Led by John Robinson, WEHL radio went on the air.

Promising to end the Vietnam war, Richard Nixon won the presidency; Bob Scott was elected governor. In a mock UNCG election, Nixon received 57 percent of the campus vote, Humphrey 38 percent; Scott defeated Jim Gardner 66 percent to 34 Dean percent. Shipton UNC System President William Friday approved “no closing hours” – the system-wide initiative had been originally proposed by UNCG student leaders; at the time only nine other universities in the South had a self-limiting hours policy. Moore-Strong Halls were designated to serve as the pilot dormitories.

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During our final semester, with unanimous support from the UNCG delegation, A&T State University’s Lawrence Calvin McSwain was elected the first black president in North Carolina’s State Student Legislative 33-year history ... an editorial in The Carolinian criticized token employment of blacks in the school’s administration and in the various departments. “The reality of equal employment seems to involve only unskilled positions such as maids, janitors and kitchen personnel. Nor are there any black members of the 109-member consolidated university board of trustees ... we again call for an early Food Service workers stage strike. beginning of the black studies program” ... Chancellor Ferguson approved the student legislature proposed change of the campus drinking policy, making it possible for legal-age students to drink in their dorm rooms ... ARA Slater Food Service workers went on strike; many students supported the strikers and 650 attended a mass meeting in Cone Ballroom; a food line was set up in Elliott Hall for students supporting the strikers.

“City Police Arrest 13 on Narcotics Charges; More Arrests Expected Today” (Greensboro Daily News headline, May 20, 1969); the 13 included five UNCG students arrested on, or near, campus.

On June 1, 1969, Sen. George McGovern gave the commencement address to the Class of 1969 and called for an end to the Vietnam War. The last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam on March 29, 1973.

Contributed by Jack Pinnix, Class of 1969

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Perhaps these two students remain anonymous because that car shouldn’t have been on campus?

Art students could be found outdoors, in vacant classrooms and in the dorms as they honed their artistic skills.

Studying physiology in a group seemed to make learning it easier.

And who could ever forget games of Twister in the dorms? Award-winning country music star Emmylou Harris was a freshman at UNCG in 1965.

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Every student had to prove proficiency in swimming to graduate. Rosenthal pool welcomed swimmers of all skill levels and even provided the suits we were to The Junior Show. wear. The synchronized swim team, the Dolphins and Seals, produced a choreographed show each year.

Weekends meant loading up the car for an adventure with friends.

Beautiful students and beautiful scenery charm a lovely campus.

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Coit Hall Cotten Hall Bailey Hall

Gray Hall Hinshaw Hall Jamison Hall

Where We Lived on Campus

In 1965 on-campus freshmen were assigned to dorms with a housemother, junior house president and assistant junior house president. Most students were assigned to the “Quad,” but because of so many entering students, some were assigned to Guilford at the end of College Avenue. All of the dorms had two- and three-person rooms with large bathrooms at the ends of the halls, one pay phone for the entire hall (and a line of women outside waiting) and one parlor for the building. The seven Quad dorms were Bailey, Coit, Cotten, Gray, Hinshaw, Jamison and Shaw.

When the Quad dorms which had been Guilford Hall built in the 1920s had to be updated, alumni urged that the buildings not be destroyed. Money was raised to restore and modernize these dorms, and many of our classmates contributed to this effort. According to Miriam Bradley, UNCG’s Director of Development for Student Affairs and Undergraduate Studies, “The Quad’s renovation has also been a way for alumni and friends

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to remember their years on campus, honor the people who made a difference in their lives, leave a legacy at UNCG and support the university financially.

Planners tried to retain aspects of the buildings’ original features, including the brick exteriors and wooden handrails in the hall stairwells. Now the Quad features an expansive, traditional quad lawn surrounded by red brick buildings, sprawling porches, and towering oaks. It remains the historical heart of the residential campus and is a place of friendships, memories, laughter, and learning for years past and years to come.

Shaw is the focal point of the Quad, providing a large outdoor plaza with seating walls. Each building has three floors, and all but Shaw have similar floor plans with expansive, vaulted parlors facing the lawn in the center. There is elevator access to upper floors and a

lounge and a laundry room on each floor. Shaw Hall Every room is air-conditioned with its own thermostat control. Shaw contains the recreation room and multi-purpose room for all Quad dorms. Different suite layouts are available.

Contributed by K. Anne Lewis

Shaw Hall now serves as the entrance to the Quad.

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Junior House Presidents (JHPs) and House Mothers, 1965

Bailey Hall Guilford Hall Mrs. Aldine Beale, House Mother Mrs. Jewel Williamson, House Mother Pam Howle, JHP Gray Vincent, JHP Hinshaw Hall Coit Hall Mrs. Mary Grice Duff, House Mother Mrs. Mary White, House Mother Dot Sawyer, JHP Jamison Hall Mrs. Lillian Cunningham, House Mother Cotten Hall Jeanne Young, JHP Mrs. Ruth Cornell, House Mother Caraway Giannetti, JHP Shaw Hall Mrs. Lowell Estes, House Mother Gray Hall Mrs. Isabel Outlaw, House Mother Whitty Ransome, JHP

House mothers and JHPs were the only non-freshmen in our dorms during our first year. Members of the junior class, our sister class, elected classmates to serve in the JHP positions.

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Class of 1969 Facts

Colors: Blue and white

Class Motto: “Tomorrow through Today”

Everlasting Officers • President: Helen Brock • Vice President: Sarah Horton • Secretary: Margaret Hamlet • Treasurer: Debbie Sweet • Alumni Representative: Linda-Margaret Hunt

Senior Class Officers • President: Cindy DeBernard Simmons (first semester) Margaret Hamlet (second semester) • Vice President: Margaret Hamlet (first semester) • Pat Kurisko (second semester) • Vice President: Pat Kurisko • Secretary: Linda-Margaret Hunt • Treasurer: Donna Bisbee

Junior Class Officers • President: Sarah Horton • Vice President: Debbie Sweet • Secretary: Margaret Hamlet • Treasurer: Cindy DeBernard • Cheerleader: Robbie Barr

Sophomore Class Officers • President: Pat Mickelsen • Vice President: Sherri Budd • Secretary: Sarah Horton • Treasurer: Kathy Edwards • Cheerleader: Jean Anglin

Freshman Class Officers • President: Debbie Sweet • Vice President: Pat Mickelsen • Secretary: Dunlap Culp

• Treasurer: Helen Brock • Cheerleader: Janine Johnson Alumni House

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Administration:

• Chancellor of UNCG: James S. Ferguson • Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs: Mereb E. Mossman • Dean of Arts and Sciences: Robert L. Miller • Dean of Students: Thomas J.C. Smyth • Dean of Women: Shirley K. Flynn • Dean of Men: Clarence O. Shipton • Dean of School of Education: Robert M. O’Kane • Dean of School of Home Economics: Naomi Albanese • Dean of School of Music: Lawrence Hart • Dean of School of Nursing: Eloise R. Lewis • Dean of the Graduate School: John Wesley Kennedy • University Librarian: Charles M. Adams • Director of Alumni Affairs: Barbara Parrish

Expenses for 1968-69:

• Tuition, board and fees for in-state students living in residence halls: $1,245 per year • Tuition, board and fees for out-of-state students living in residence halls: $1,970 per year • Tuition and fees for in-state students living off campus: $451 per year • Tuition and fees for out-of-state students living off campus: $1,176 per year

Library Holdings: 428,400 catalogued volumes

Number of Students 1968-69: 6,042 (regular session)

Number of Students in Senior Class: 842

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The University Song

We raise our voices; let them swell In a chorus loud and strong; The rolling hills send back the sound Of our triumphant song. For in one great unbroken band With loyal hearts and true, Your daughters stand, and hand in hand Sing, college dear, to you.

Our college days run swiftly by And all too soon we part; But in the years that are to come, Deep graven on each heart, Our motto, “Service,” will remain, And service we will do. And as we serve our hearts will turn, O college dear, to you.

Dear Alma Mater, strong and great, We never shall forget The gratitude we owe to you – A never-ending debt; All honor to your name we give And love we pledge anew, Unfailing loyalty we bring, O college dear, to you.

Words by Laura Weill Cone Class of 1910

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Class Song

As new hopes are born and friendships begin, One goal we pledge to seek to win: To share through the years all our dreams hopes and fears… Till as one we will find, Class of ’69, A guiding star, a purpose clear, a memory.

As new hopes are born and friendships begin, A bright world awaits those who search till the end. Though our journey is long, still our hopes lead us on. May we strive, may we find the rainbow's end; Look ahead, there's a place just for you.

Class Fight Song

Hail ’69, the class with unity, The most outstanding class in all UNCG! Standing forth with spirit and never failing shine… With never a doubt within our minds the greatest class is ’69!

So up with your banners, out with your cheers, Sing it for the class that will triumph through the years! With laughter, love, and fellowship our class at UNC Will go on to victory! Rah! Rah! Rah!

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Those class rings remain favorite fashion accessories.

Ring Day was a special occasion for members of the Junior class.

Traditional Ring Dance continued the celebration of the class ring milestone.

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Top Movies from 1965-1969

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Born Free (1966)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

The Graduate (1967)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Battle of Britain (1969)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Where Eagles Dare (1969)

Easy Rider (1969)

Classmates model their Class of 1969 blazers.

Cartoon from The Carolinian 25 by Francine Milam.

Top Songs of the Class of 1969

1965 “Wooly Bully” “Help” “I Can’t Help Myself” (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) “House of the Rising Sun” “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” “Where Did Our Love Go” “My Girl” “We Shall Overcome” “Woke Up This Morning” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” “I Get Around” “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena” “I Want to Hold Your Hand” “She Loves You” “Love Me Do” “Twist and Shout” “Can’t Buy Me Love” “I Saw Her Standing There” “G.T.O.” “Louie, Louie” “People” “Hello, Dolly” “The Sound of Silence” “Everybody Loves Somebody”

1966 “Ballad of the Green Berets” “Help” “Ticket to Ride” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” “Downtown” “My Girl” “Help Me, Rhonda” “King of the Road” “I Got You Babe” “Mr. Tambourine Man” “Stop! In the Name of Love” “What’s New Pussycat?” “Hang on Sloopy” “Like a Rolling Stone” “Just Once in My Life” “You’re My Soul and Inspiration”

1967 “To Sir, With Love” “I Can See for Miles and Miles” “The Letter” “Brown-Eyed Girl” “Ode to Billy Joe” “Purple Haze”

1968 “Hey, Jude” “Mrs. Robinson” “Lady Madonna” “Harper Valley PTA” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” “Dance to the Music” “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” “Born to Be Wild”

1969 “Goldfinger” “Down in the Boondocks” “What the World Needs Now Is Love “Love Potion Number 9 “How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)” “Cherish”

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Songs from 1969 (continued)

“Reach Out, I’ll Be There” “Monday, Monday” “California Dreamin’” “The Lovin’ Spoonful” “Summer in the City” “Born Free” “These Boots Are Made for Walking” “Strangers in the Night” “We Can Work It Out” “Nowhere Man” “When a Man Loves a Woman” “Devil with the Blue Dress On” “Good Vibrations” “Barbara Ann” “I Am a Rock” “Homeward Bound” “Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down” “Somewhere My Love” “Aquarius” “I Can’t Get Next to You”

Many of top 100 songs of our time at UNCG were from British groups. Motown was another popular genre purporting artists such as the Four Tops, the Supremes and the Temptations. Features were Intricate choreography, sophisticated wardrobes and singable tunes. Songs from the Civil Rights Movement and folk music soared in importance and incorporated Negro spirituals and folk music about the struggle for civil and human rights. We were always ready for beach and hot rod music with groups like the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Ronny and The Daytonas – they seemed to reflect the changing life cult, fast cars, more travel, women’s roles and the quest for change in the status quo.

Compiled from information submitted by Barbara Wesley Baker, Georgene “Tinker” Ticknor Falcon, and Christopher Tew

Members of the Class of 1969 continue to serve their communities and UNCG. These classmates attended the 2015 Friends of the UNCG Library annual meeting.

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Entertainers on Campus

Dionne Warwick

Clifford Curry

The Shirelles

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Class Day 1969 with the Daisy Chain

And, suddenly, it was graduation!

We graduated outdoors on the Grimsley High School athletic field while parents and friends watched from the bleachers. Yes, those black robes were hot!

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The Class of 1969 processed onto Grimsley field to receive diplomas and celebrate their undergraduate successes.

Commencement

Sunday, June 1, 1969, at the Grimsley High School Stadium

Commencement Address: Sen. George McGovern

Speaker for the State of North Carolina: The

Honorable Robert W. Scott

Speaker for the Consolidated University: President William Friday

Speaker for UNCG: Chancellor James S. Ferguson Senator George McGovern addresses the Class Conferr ing of Degrees: Chancellor James S. Ferguson of 1969. He called for an end to the Vietnam War during his remarks. Chancellor James S. Ferguson and Dr. Randolph Bulgin, head of the UNCG English Department, also spoke.

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5th Reunion

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Class of 1969 Biographies

Students traditionally leave their apple offerings for Minerva in hopes she will grant them good luck on their final exams.

35 Terry Barr Ashe 1102 Herbert Drive Zebulon, NC 27597 919-219-6673 (c) [email protected]

Major: Political Science.

Hometown: Statesville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: MBA, University of Utah; M.Div., Southeastern Seminary; D.Min., Drew University.

Life/Career Experiences: Retired after 30+ years in the ministry. Spend four years in the US Air Force in California and Texas.

Personal: First wife (deceased) was a UNCG student – Mary Knight. Second wife – Gloria Krouse – was also a UNCG student. We have two children and seven grandchildren.

36 William “Bill” T. Atkinson 205 Twin Acres Drive Lexington, NC 27292 336-248-4248 [email protected]

Major: Economics/Business Administration.

Hometown: Greensboro.

37 Ann W. Avery Davis 3146 First Avenue South Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 843-357-1460 (h) 843-421-5726 (c) [email protected]

Major: Home Economics Education.

Hometown: Morganton, NC.

I “grew up” at UNCG. It was a wonderful education. I took graduate courses from Clemson and the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg. I taught home economics-related courses in high schools for 28 years (Spartanburg High, Grand Strand Career Center, North Myrtle Beach High, R.B. Stall High in Charleston). Taught my last two years at St. James Middle School – home arts. My schools offered lots of variety: sex education, family living, child development, clothing, foods and nutrition, furniture refinishing, needlework, occupation food service, science and consumer education, to name a few. I was Teacher of the Year three times at the Career Center. I was a Future Homemakers of America adviser for 25 years and had two state officers. We attended national competition in food service in Los Angeles.

I retired from teaching in 1999.

I enjoy traveling, reading, playing hand bells and working for my church.

I was widowed in 1979 from my husband, Dick Chappell. We had no children. I married Henry “Bud” Davis in 1981. We have two boys (men now). We are blessed with two grandchildren, ages 6 and 3. Our oldest son is a pharmacist at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and the youngest is a chemical engineer in Gastonia, NC.

Bud and I are tree farmers. We planted 1,000 long leaf pine seedlings by hand on our farm and plan to set out 75 acres to help restore long leaf pines to the US East Coast.

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Margaret Anne “Marty” Barber 1115-C W. Bessemer Avenue Greensboro, NC 27408 336-509-1951 (h) 336-508-3806 (c) [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Greensboro.

Personal: I have two daughters, Kim and Erin. Kim and her husband Rich have twin daughters, Olivia and Alannah, who attend Georgia Southern, studying voice. Erin and husband Kelly have two children; Jordan is a lead avionics technician at the airport, and Brooke is a student at UNCG, pursuing her bachelor’s degree in nursing.

Life/Career Experiences: I was an eligibility specialist and social worker for a number of years and worked in purchasing, shipping and receiving as well as customer service after that. My volunteer work has been concentrated in the environmental sector as well as with Girl Scouts.

One of my interests since I was a child has been music – I sang in the UNCG Glee Club and my church choir. I was also a member of a folk band for several years. I believe in the healing power of music, so it was a special thrill to be “the music committee” for this reunion!

Additionally, photography has always been another of my passions. I won a wonderful Canon camera about five years ago and have loved the fact that with digital I can take unlimited photos. So, being the class photographer for our reunion has been great fun!

For the past four years, I have become an avid potter … and it has been an awesome honor to be asked to create a gift in clay to be given to the Alumni Association on behalf of the Class of 1969.

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Jane Beaver Fisher 1031 Pine Knolls Road Kernersville, NC 27284 336-993-4621

Major: Economics.

Hometown: Bear Creek, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Attended graduate school at UNCG and graduated from Young Executive Institute at UNC Chapel Hill.

Life/Career Experiences: Senior Vice President, State Street Corporation, Institutional Trust Services, responsible for Middle Market Services serving 650 clients with $200 billion in assets for pension plans, foundations and endowments. Senior Vice President, Group Executive of Wachovia Corporation, responsible for master trust services and strategic alliance services for large corporate pension plans and 401K plans. Served on the Southern Employee Benefits steering committee for eight years. Served on the Visitors Board of UNCG and the State Street Global Philanthropy committee. Retired in 2011. UNCG provided the foundation and critical thinking in finance for me to succeed and build a career in institutional trust in the banking field.

Personal: Interests include travel, hiking, cooking and keeping active. Hikes include The Great Wall, the Matterhorn, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Mount Le Conte (Great Smokey Mountains), Grand Teton Park and Weissenstein Mountain in Switzerland. I enjoy snorkeling, and the highlight trip was The Great Barrier Reef. I volunteer for animal rescuers, teach exercise classes at our local senior center and volunteer for different groups when needed.

Memorable Highlights: I enjoyed everything about UNCG and am very proud to be a graduate. One of my highlights was a trip to New York City with a UNCG history group under Dr. Wright. It was my first trip to NYC and, after many visits for business and pleasure over the years, this will always be my favorite. Dr. Wright was a wonderful guide and the nicest person ever.

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Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Benbow Finley 2010 Island View Court Denver, NC 28037 704-489-6998 (h) 704-490- 0287 (c) [email protected]

Major: Physical Education.

Hometown: Asheboro, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Received Classroom Certification in Teaching, UNC Charlotte, 1978; Administrative Certification, UNC Charlotte, 1982; Master of Human Development and Learning, UNC Charlotte, 1984.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught physical education in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools from graduation in 1969 to 1978; taught sixth grade, 1978-1983; Assistant Principal with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, 1983-2001; retired (officially) from Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, June 2001; substituted for assistant principals, 2001-2006.

Personal: I’ve been married to my husband, Bob, since June 1991. I have two stepchildren and three grandchildren – blended families are a wonderful thing! Since 2006, I’ve enjoyed retired life playing golf, volunteering, gardening and traveling with my husband.

Memorable Highlights: When I think of UNCG, I think of the ring and jacket ceremonies especially. Dorm life was a lot of fun, too. As a PE major, the special events with other majors in the halls of Rosenthal and Coleman gyms are very fond memories.

41 Frances Ann “Fran” Bennett Williams 1408 Knollwood Drive Wilson, NC 27896 252-237-3632 (h) 252-205-7198 (c) [email protected]

Major: Math.

Hometown: Asheville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts in Mathematics, UNCG, 1971.

Life/Career Experiences: Retired from Alliance One Tobacco Co. in August 2013 with 40 years of experience in IT as a project manager. Worked two additional years there as a contractor after retirement.

Personal: Husband, David Williams, attorney in Wilson. Son, Ben Williams, Methodist minister in Chapel Hill, NC. Daughter-in-law, Anna Williams, nursery school teacher. Grandchildren, Stuart Williams, 12, and Maggie Williams, 11.

Traveled multiple times to Brazil and Italy through my work. Sailed in the British Virgin Islands twice with David and Ben.

Currently a member of First United Methodist Church, where I am a member of the hand bell choir and the Joyful Hands Circle. I also am a member of Wilson Woman’s Club, All Seasons Garden Club and worked with the American Heart Association.

Memorable Highlights: Loved all my years at UNCG. Great years of my life. I was in Shaw Hall my freshman year and in Strong Hall for the remaining three years with my roommate all four years, Mary Evans. In graduate school, I lived in Kaiser Hall with June Bowers and Betty Garner. We are still friends today, although we live in different areas of the state.

Graduate school roommates Betty

Garner and June Bowers. Grandchildren Maggie and Son, The Rev. Ben Stuart Williams. Williams.

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Karen J. Bickett 2662 S. Wolff Way Denver, CO 80219 303-909-2126 [email protected]

Major: Sociology.

Hometown: Florence, SC.

I was unsure of what I wanted to do upon graduation. I was a Vista volunteer, donated time with anti-war groups and feminist groups.

I ended up with a career in medicine: surgical technician, cardiac surgical team, cardiac cath lab technician, cardiac perfusionist (ran the heart lung machine), then for the last 20 years before retirement I managed clinical trials in a private cardiology group in Denver.

After moving to Denver (for a few years, I thought), I never left! I’ve been blessed with a wonderful partner, now wife, Sandy, for the last 35 years. We have enjoyed our travels and “birding,” and we love our friends and family.

Last year I was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease. So it’s been a difficult year, but I’ve had a wonderful life and plan on having a few more adventures before it’s over!

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Donna Jean Bisbee 519 N. Montague Street Arlington, VA 22203 703-524-2769 (h) 703-298-8749 (c) [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Arlington, VA.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts in Secondary Education, Pepperdine University, 1976.

Life/Career Experiences: After UNCG, I was an English teacher for 25 years, working for the San Diego City Public Schools. I taught grades 7-12, wrote curriculum for the district, supervised student teachers. I completed the requirements (MA + 60) to get to the top of the pay scale in my first seven years. Received no proposals, so didn’t get married. Bought a condo. Started traveling to England. Best experience, two summers in a study abroad program for American English teachers held in Oxford, England. I expected my school to put up a “Miss Bisbee” statue in my honor (I’m still waiting). In 1995, I moved back to my hometown of Arlington. I received an internship at the Library of Congress, then worked full-time in a book store and part-time as an adjunct at Northern Virginia Community College. Later I worked in law offices and for a CPA firm during tax season. I retired from paid work in 2015.

Personal: I live in my dad’s house with my two brothers. We are caregivers for my dad, who is now 97 and has officially had Alzheimer’s since 2015. That year marked my 50th high school reunion. I volunteered as chair and helped pull off that event, which drew a record number of classmates, and which actually made money, so we were able to donate to the school directly and to its scholarship fund.

Memorable Highlights: One of two girls representing UNCG at the “Consolidated University Queen” contest; going to football games in suits and heels; marshal; in the cast of “The King and I”; Carolina basketball: NCAA Final Four; Saturday classes: some girls brought suitcases; Shakespeare, Coordinating, Art History; hostess job at Ragsdale; tuna fish sandwiches at The Corner; someone was on birth control pills in my dorm; pork bar-b-que at the dining hall; received a teaching job offer before graduation; treasurer, Senior Class.

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Laura Braxton Tew 3310 Kettering Place Greensboro, NC 27410 336-834-2743 (c) [email protected]

Major: Chemistry.

Hometown: Greenville, NC.

Education: MBA, Pace University; Certificate of Corporate Citizenship, Boston College; Certificate of Nonprofit Management, UNCG.

Experiences/Highlights: I enjoyed a 37-year career starting as a process chemist and concluding as the Global Director of Stakeholder Relations in chemicals manufacturing.

Along the way, I sought out opportunities to advocate for the arts and for math and science education, and to support public schools and mentor youth in communities from Louisiana to Connecticut, Tennessee to Michigan, and Kentucky to New York.

Personal Information: We are passionate about global citizenship, and we have hosted over 30 exchange students, scholars and international professionals in our home.

As retirement has provided more time, I am volunteering to assist underserved populations as a Master Gardener and AARP TaxAide counselor.

I also advocate for economic equity and access for women and girls through the American Association of University Women projects, especially in the area of science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for girls.

Memorable Highlights: UNCG provided wonderful mentors such as Walter Puterbaugh and fabulous research and assistantship opportunities with Guita Marble and J.P. Schroeder. I have enjoyed a lifelong relationship with the UNCG Chemistry Department, especially the friendship of Mary Katsikas, who has championed and assisted students for more than five decades. I met my husband, Christopher Tew, at UNCG. Together we have shared adventures, opportunities, projects, pets, mistakes and successes.

I got life, mother I got laughs, sister I got freedom, brother I got good times, man I got crazy ways, daughter I got million-dollar charm, cousin I got headaches and toothaches And bad times too, Like you - Lyrics from Hair, the musical

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Ellen “LeMerle” Brinkley 44 E. 63 Street, Apt. 3B New York, NY 10065 917-974-4328

Major: Sociology.

Hometown: Creedmore, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master’s degree in sociology and education, UNC Chapel Hill.

Life/Career Experiences: Worked in the airline industry as head of training and creator of training programs. Traveled to Europe, Middle East and throughout the world hundreds of times. Received an award for excellence.

Was a department head for 14 years at a New York City Wall Street financial private equity firm.

Preparing now to enter a spiritual counseling program at a New York City seminary.

Personal: I volunteer with homeless programs and work with the elderly. I also do volunteer work for Hospitality for New York City. My hobbies are gourmet cooking, travel, photography and learning. I love opera and ballet and have enjoyed performances throughout the world.

I used my education to help others and appreciate the joy of learning about everything.

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Vickie McCann Brinkley 335 Monticello Street Eden, NC 27288 336-932-9331

Major: Child Development and Family Relations.

Hometown: Milton, NC.

Education Since UNCG: MS and Ph.D. in Child and Family Studies, UNCG, 1985 and 1989.

Life/Career Experiences: Associate Professor/Director, Family Life Center, Georgia Southern University. Professor/Program Coordinator, Early Childhood Education, Rockingham Community College. Retired.

Personal: Two children, 1 granddaughter.

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Helen Brock Louis 10711 Skyline Drive Santa Ana, CA 92705 714-731-7724 (h) 714-330-2058 (c) [email protected]

Major: Sociology.

Hometown: Norfolk, VA.

After graduating from UNCG with a degree in Social Work/Sociology, I attended the College of William and Mary and received my Master's in Sociology in 1971. I worked as a research analyst for the Norfolk (VA) Housing and Redevelopment Authority prior to marrying my husband Chris and moving to Indianapolis, IN. In our two years there I worked for the Indianapolis Urban League as a project director to research and recommend a program to tackle the problem of alcoholism among minority groups in the Indianapolis area. Before completing that project, a career opportunity for Chris in real estate property management presented itself in California where we moved in 1974. To move further across the country from family and friends (and further from UNCG Reunion trips) was a challenge and the intention was to move back to the East Coast after a year. Forty-four years after the move to California we are still living in Southern California in the city of Tustin.

While raising our two daughters, Theresa and Katherine (now 42 and 38), I made the shift from social work and social research to education, first teaching preschool and then becoming an instructional assistant in special education with the Tustin Unified School District. I obtained a teaching credential from Chapman University and continued to work with "differently abled" students in middle school and high school until my retirement in 2010. I have since become a "professional volunteer," tutoring in reading to underserved students in the Tustin area and being involved with the philanthropic arm of our church in Irvine, CA, serving as president for the last four years. Besides travel, our best time is spent with our three granddaughters: Helena (3½), Edie (21 months) and Loula (8 months). A grandson is expected in March 2019!

When I share my college experience with friends, I always add that my years at UNCG were "among the most memorable in my life.” It would be hard to single out any one event. At the end of our senior year, it was an unexpected, but cherished, honor to be elected the Class of 1969 Everlasting President.

Chris and I have had the pleasure of attending recent UNCG Alumni gatherings in the Los Angeles area. We were definitely among the oldest alumni in attendance! The quality of education and outstanding outreach opportunities that continue to be offered at the Greensboro campus make me very proud to be an alumna of the university.

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Miranda Catherine “Randi” Bryant Strutton 4704 River Shore Road Portsmouth, VA 23703 757-483-6838 (h) 757-718-4206 (c)

Major: English.

Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA.

Education Since UNCG: Old Dominion University, M.A., English; Tidewater Community College, Radio and Television Production.

Career Experiences and Highlights: My early work history (1970-1986) includes teaching English to middle school, high school, community college and university students. It also includes my work creating and producing promotional and commercial materials for local businesses and organizations. The final 18 years of employment (1995-2013) were devoted to establishing, developing and managing Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve, a 142-acre urban wilderness preserved for environmental conservation, research, education and recreation. For my efforts, I was named one of Hampton Roads’ top 10 environmental leaders, and I received prestigious awards from various regional, state and local organizations, including The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The Garden Club of Virginia and Girls Inc.

At UNCG, I participated in numerous and varied activities that taught me to analyze issues and ideas, develop action plans, negotiate terms, collaborate with partners and persuade power brokers – all skills that I used in my work and that I still use to affect change in my community.

Personal Information: I have been married to Ray Strutton since 1969. We have one son, two granddaughters and a cat. Exploring some of the most beautiful and dramatic landscapes in the United States and beyond, we have climbed mountains, walked on glaciers, hiked through deserts, dived among tropical fish and coral reefs, and canoed down the Zambezi River. My favorite exotic destinations include New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, Belize, Canada and Alaska.

As a community volunteer, I have worked with the Tidewater Literacy Council to teach adults how to read, served on the Portsmouth School Board’s Citizen Advisory Committee, helped establish a grassroots political action committee to improve city government, lobbied state government to protect wetlands by strictly enforcing riparian buffer regulations, and served on an advisory group to revitalize a historic Portsmouth neighborhood. When not vacationing or volunteering, I like to read fiction, party with friends and family, and play with my grandchildren.

UNCG Highlights: Class of ’69 Junior Show; the dining hall crisis; the wading pool Paige and I had in our dorm room one summer; meetings with Chancellor Ferguson; extracurricular discussion sessions with faculty and administrators; Tuesday Teas; Piney Lake retreats; the Black Power Forum; national student conferences in Kansas, New York and Boston; the Golden Chain induction; Silver Chain parties; and trips to the mountains and beach with classmates.

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Patricia “Ann” Bullen Deitz P.O. Box 1035 Sylva, NC 28779 828.507.1106 [email protected]

Major: History/Education.

Hometown: Greensboro.

Education Since UNCG: Master’s in Education and Administration for Two-Year Colleges, Western Carolina University, 1976. (I was in the first group to get this degree, designed for folks who were administrators in the community colleges. I was Director of Continuing Education at Southwestern Community College at the time.) While working for the Department of Defense, I took many training courses in instructional development and distance learning/computer-based training.

Life/Career Experiences: My work experiences reflect what I call “spouse following,” probably a common theme for my generation and classmates. In my case it turned out to be chances to take on new challenges and skills and grow into jobs I never heard of. As a first-generation college grad, it was exactly what my Dad moved to this country for. As a UNCG grad, I was well prepared to meet these challenges. I cannot say how many times I thanked Greensboro schools and UNCG for the sound background I received.

After teaching for four years, I found my real love/calling: adult education. I worked as an administrator at Southwestern Community College in Sylva (1972-80) and at the state level in the migrant education and adult education in Georgia, Maryland and Ohio (1980-89).

I secured a position as an Instructional Designer (a title I had never heard of but matched my work experiences perfectly) in the Department of Defense in 1989 in Columbus, OH. My job was to develop or manage the development of whatever training the military and 16,000 world-wide civilian employees of the Defense Contract Management Agency needed. With the advent of distance learning and online learning, I learned how to and then transformed classroom courses into the new venue. The last four years I transferred over to the Defense Acquisition University at Fort Belvoir, VA, where I developed whole curriculums for different proficiency/responsibility levels for the Department of Defense military and civilian acquisition workforce.

Personal: Married to Dan Deitz (50 years this fall). One son, Charles. Have always loved to garden and read (doing lots of it in retirement). We live 20 minutes from the Great Smokey Mountain Park, Cherokee and Blue Ridge Parkway, and we have a motorcycle. Since retirement, I’ve had time to work on family ancestry. All my Bullen family, except my two brothers and their families, live somewhere in the British Commonwealth, and we’re in constant contact as we trace our family’s current and historical roots. My funniest find is that the person for whom I was named, Queen Anne Boleyn, is actually my first cousin 15 times removed!

Memorable Highlights: I was a town student, so my memories are different. I took my younger brother to and from high school every day, so I spent the day on campus in class or in my favorite spot in the library. I left UNCG and came back, so I was an older student (should have been in the class of 1967). This came in handy when sneaking beer into the dorms – in a Kleenex box. My car was a little British Sunbeam Imp (very, very small car). From time to time, upon returning to my car to go home, I would find it up on the sidewalk and another car in its place. I remember going from dorm to dorm to buy used books – already highlighted ones were the best. Wonder if they still do that…

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Betty Gwyn Caudill Knox 233 Longbranch Trail Lexington, NC 27295

Major: Home Economics Education.

Hometown: North Wilkesboro, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Home Economics Education, M.Ed., UNCG, 1970.

Life/Career Experiences: Home economics teacher, Greensboro Public Schools, 1970-1978; Asheville City Schools, 1978-1979; Henderson County Schools, 1980-1981; H&R Block tax preparer, 2001; developmental math teacher, Pitt Community College, 2001-2002. I am now retired.

Use of Education: Home economics education emphasizes management of resources, time and talents through all required courses. During my teaching years and volunteer activities, my education has helped me to develop my skills in planning and evaluating special events and officer duties.

Personal: Married to John Knox for 40+ years. One daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons (3½ and 3 months). Love to read, watch college football and basketball games. Enjoy cross stitch, knitting, baking and cooking. Love to travel, especially in the Western and Rocky Mountain states.

Volunteer Experiences: Media center volunteer; high school band booster (treasurer and president); GED math tutor at the community college (since 2004).

Presbyterian Church Volunteer: Vacation Bible School, teacher and director; deacon; Presbyterian Women (circle leader, missions chair, bereavement co-chair, church moderator for three churches, cluster coordinator at the Presbytery level for six years); Community Service Day (two years as co-chair).

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Patricia “Pat” Ann Clappse Holder 1895 Lake Country Drive Asheboro, NC 27205 336-672-6462 (h) 336-317-6582 (c) [email protected]

Major: Anthropology/French.

Hometown: Raleigh, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts in Teaching, UNCG, 1971; Master of Arts in French, UNCG, 1973.

Life/Career Experiences: French educator – Conceived, developed, marketed and implemented a program for teaching French to preschool children (1971); French instructor, UNCG, 1971-1978; Senior Teacher (French), Wallace O’Neal School, 1978-1980. Business – Customer Support Representative, Burroughs Corp., 1980-1983; Data Processing Trainer, Burlington Industries, 1983-1986; established and ran Holder Antiques Ltd., 1986-2012.

Personal: Married to Gene Holder (MBA, UNCG, 1980). One son, Benjamin Emma (BA Psychology, UNCG, 2000). I have enjoyed many years of playing tennis, traveling, hiking and gardening. Recently, gardening has become a very passionate occupation. Gene and I have added a North Carolina-certified native pollinator garden for our local wildlife. In the spring of 2018, I had the great joy of taking the Master Gardening class and earning the title of Master Gardener. My local garden club is a great source of excellent programs and wonderful fellowship.

Memorable Highlights: I loved my undergraduate and graduate years at UNCG! Stimulating classes and challenging professors opened my mind to exciting new worlds. One truly outstanding memory is participating in the UNCG Institute in Middle America (1968). Dr. Franklin Parker led a caravan of students from Greensboro to San Salvador, El Salvador, for a six-week summer course there. That experience shaped so much of my focus throughout my life, including a love of travel and learning about other cultures. Education was not just about books and study – it was at the root of joy!

52 Kaye Ruth Coates Daniel 599 W. Walker Woods Lane Clayton, NC 27527 919-359-9603 (h) 412-580-2235 (c)

Major: Home Economics – Child Development and Family Relations.

Hometown: Bethesda, MD.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Science, West Virginia University, 1984.

Life and Career Experiences and Highlights: While my husband was in law school at Chapel Hill, I was a secretary in a local bank. From there, I became the Director of the University Baptist Church Nursery/Kindergarten. Subsequently, I was an Extension Agent with the Chatham County Extension Service. After my husband finished law school, he went on active duty with the United States Marine Corps. We were stationed at Quantico, VA, Newport, RI, and El Toro, CA. I had my first child during his last year of law school. Once he went on active duty, I became a full-time homemaker. Our second child was born while we were in California.

In 1975, we moved to Pittsburgh, PA, where we lived for 40 years, and I became an active community volunteer, serving at various times during those years as a member of the Markham School PTA, president of the Mt. Lebanon-South Hills Chapter of the American Association of University Women, board member of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, host family for the Pittsburgh Council for International Visitors, member of the Urban Committee of the Allegheny Trails Council, Boy Scouts of America (and volunteer at its Urban Day Camp), chair of the BSA Whitney M. Young dinner, board member of The Southern Club of Pittsburgh and committee member of Town Hall South Lecture Series. A friend and I researched, wrote and published “A Guide to Pittsburgh Area Antique Shops.” I am an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Currently, I am a member of the visiting committee for the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design and served as the chair of the Davis College “State of Minds” Comprehensive Campaign. I am currently serving as a member of the board of directors of the West Virginia University Foundation. In 2015, my husband and I were presented with the Winthrop Rockefeller Fundraising Award by the Laurel Highlands Council, BSA.

While in Pittsburgh, I was asked to represent UNCG at the installation ceremony of the new president of Chatham University. Before retiring I formed my own sales company, SPORTEC Inc., and marketed products to the military, primarily the Marine Corps.

Personal Information: I am married to R. Michael Daniel. We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 31, 2018. We are the parents of two sons. Robert M. Daniel Jr., “Jay,” and his wife, Gwen, live in Tampa, FL. He is a graduate of Woodberry Forest School, Stanford University (BA in history) and UCLA (MBA). He is a chartered financial analyst and is a securities broker with Hunter and Associates Inc. Our other son, John M. Daniel and his wife, Carolyn, live in Kingwood, TX. They are the parents of twins, a son and daughter. John graduated from Woodberry Forest School, Lehigh University (BS in business) and Tulane University (MBA). John is a managing director with Simmons & Company International, a division of Piper Jaffray.

Currently I live in Clayton, NC, where I volunteer with a local food bank, knit, garden, read and care for our two Dandie Dinmont Terriers.

53 Wrenn Karen Conrad 9821 Styers Ferry Road Lewisville, NC 27223-9050 336-945-5659 [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Lewisville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Various courses for my career and for fun, but no advanced degree.

Life/Career Experiences: I am a retired teacher. I spent 39 years as a teacher in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools – 15 years at Southwest Junior High in Clemmons, NC, 1969-1984, and 24 years at West Forsyth High School in Clemmons, 1984-2008. I went to both of these schools, Southwest High School, grades 9-11, and then West Forsyth High School my senior year as a member of the first graduating class in 1965.

Personal: I enjoy getting together with extended family and friends. Traveling to Europe and China with friends and family has been great fun and very interesting.

Memorable Highlights: I lived on campus in Coit and Moore for 1965-67 and then was a “town student” from 1967 to 1969.

54 Annette Cox 531 N. Hamilton Street, #R High Point, NC 27262 336-781-0570 [email protected]

Major: History.

Hometown: Pleasant Garden, NC.

Education Since UNCG: MA, History, UNCG, 1972; Ph.D., History, UNC Chapel Hill, 1977.

Life/Career Experiences: After I received my Ph.D. in 1977, I taught on visiting appointments at UNC Charlotte, the University of Virginia, the University of Minnesota and California Polytechnic State University. From 1989 to 2007, I was an administrator and fundraiser for UNC Chapel Hill. I am now retired.

Personal: I serve as secretary and a board member with the High Point Preservation Society; a member of the High Point Museum and Historical Society; and a board member with Southwest Renewal Foundation in High Point.

Awards and Honors: Historical Society of North Carolina, 2014, Committee on the R.W.D. Connor Prize; Chandler Traveling Fellowship, Harvard Business School; Travel to Collections Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities; Archie K. Davis Fellowships, North Carolina Society; summer seminar, National Endowment for the Humanities, “Intellectuals in Culture and Society,” Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago; Draper- Gullander-Largent Award, UNCG; and Alumni Scholar, UNCG.

Publications-Arts: Art-As-Politics: The Abstract Expressionist Avant-Garde and Society, UMI Research Press, 1982; “The Life, Music and Times of Duke Ellington,” Herald-Sun, Durham, NC., Feb. 14-19, 1999, five-part series for school teachers during Carolina Jazz Festival; co-editor, Adventures in Ideas: Lectures and Stories from the Program in the Humanities and Human Values, 1991.

Publications-History: “Towels, Socks, and Denim: The North Carolina Textile Industry During World War I,” chapter in North Carolina’s Experience During the First World War (University Press of Tennessee, 2018); “Cotton’s Chaotic Home Front: The First World War and the Southern Textile Industry,” chapter in The American South and the Great War (LSU Press, 2018); “The Saga of Ella Mae Wiggins,” Southern Cultures, fall 2015; “Imperial Illusions: The New South’s Campaign for Cotton Cloth Exports,” Journal of Southern History, August 2014; “The Loray, North Carolina’s ‘Million Dollar Mill’: The ‘Monstrous Hen’ of Southern Textiles,” North Carolina Historical Review, July 2012; The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History, http://museum.unc.edu/; “Strategy and Structure in Textiles: The Case of Spencer Love and Burlington Mills,” Business History Review (spring 1995); “The Aftermath of the General Textile Strike: Managers and the Workplace at Burlington Mills, 1924-1962,” Journal of Southern History (February 1994); “The Grown-Up Daughter: The Life of Cornelia Phillips Spencer,” North Carolina Historical Review (summer 1997); and “Marketing at Burlington Industries, 1923-1662, “in Proceedings of the 35th Business History Conference, 1989.

55 Linda Dee Cox Broyles 310 Dilegwa Way Loudon, TN 37774 865-208-5574 [email protected]

Major: Spanish and Education.

Hometown: Greensboro.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Education, UNCG, 1971. Ph.D, Human Ecology, University of Tennessee, 2005.

I started out life in Greensboro and mostly stayed there until the age of 27. That sweet, chubby, little toddler did not have a thought about what a professional gypsy she would become throughout her life. After college in 1969, I became a part of the American International Red Cross Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas (SRAO) and went to South Vietnam as a recreation aide/program director for a 13-month tour. What an experience!

Back in the States, I had not a clue what to do next. I lucked into a graduate assistance for a year and earned a master’s degree in education. I taught for three years in Greensboro and knew it was not for me. At that time, there was still a test to pass to get on the list for federal employment. Lo and behold, I was selected for a position in Cherry Point working for the US Navy. I moved to Maryland working as a systems analyst for four years; another position arose in Los Angeles. I worked there for nine months when I got a call from Heidelberg, Germany. I worked happily at the US Army headquarters in Europe for seven years as a management analyst. There were so many personal opportunities all over Europe that I cannot name them all. I happily drifted along personally and professionally. There I learned to ski. I walked many Volksmarching trails. Along the way, I met Army Chaplain Michael Broyles, and that led to getting married and moving to St. Louis in 1991. I worked for the Army Publication Distribution Center until Mike decided to retire in 1998.

After another gap with no direction for me, we moved to Tennessee. I feared no door would open for me. Then, I got hired for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville as a program evaluator and special projects for 20 years. From there, I went rogue as a consultant and worked for the university and the State of Tennessee for about eight years on projects involving grant proposals, long-range plans and needs assessments. We did intersperse a few cruises simply for fun; these included the all-time favorites: Alaska and Hawaii. We hope to make the next one to circle South America in the coming years. Our unit at Lai Khe. I am at the left toward the Now, I am retired and don’t think another direction will pop up for back. me workwise. I look forward to when Mike retires again. Yes, he still maintains his studio (currently up for sale) as a certified professional photographer. The serendipitous gypsy whom I have been now leads a life of leisure. 56 Linda Lea Davis Garner 128 Carmichael Circle Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 252-678-0988 [email protected]

Major: Mathematics Education.

Hometown: Roanoke Rapids, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Masters in Secondary Mathematics Education, NC State University, 1971 (minor in computer science); Instructional Technology Certification and Educational Administration, North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction, 1984.

Life/Career Experiences: Certified Body Code Practitioner, April 2016; Certified Emotion Code Practitioner, 2015; Wesleyan College adjunct mathematics instructor, 2015; Kyani independent distributor, 2014; Director of SEMAA (NASA-sponsored math/science/aerospace academy), 2004-2005; private secondary mathematics tutor, 2000; Juice Plus (NSA) independent distributor, 2000-2002; Director of Mathematics and Technology, Roanoke Rapids City Schools, 1986-2004; high school mathematics instructor and Mathematics Department Chairman at Zebulon High School, Zebulon, NC (1969-1972), Apex High School, Apex, NC (1972-1977), Roanoke Rapids High School, 1978-1986. Currently retired.

Personal: I am married and have two children, two stepchildren, two granddaughters and four step- grandchildren. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and serve as organist and Sunday school teacher. I have also served as the Relief Society president (women’s organization) several times, family history consultant and missionary, and as a temple worker in the Raleigh temple.

I enjoy singing, playing the piano and guitar, and have recently begun playing the violin. My adventures include going to Las Vegas to see the Donny and Marie show on my 70th birthday and working with my husband from 2011 to 2013 to completely remodel our home ourselves.

Memorable Highlights: Changing majors from physical education to mathematics at the end of freshman year which led me into computing; living in Grey Hall freshman year, where the roaches were quite large in the bathroom; facing Honor Court for being up with a light on after 11:30 p.m. which led to a six-week penalty, including no off-campus privileges and a bedtime of 10 p.m. Freshman year also brought the bus trip to Chapel Hill where we met guys for the evening. The remaining three years were spent in Grogan Hall with my roommate Margaret Ainsley (deceased), and we enjoyed our weekly trip to Yum Yum for ice cream for 25 cents. Margaret and I sang harmony to many folk songs as she played the guitar, which led to me learning how to play it years later.

57 Donna “Michaele” Drum Autry 1294 Neptuno Court SW Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469 704-904-1864 [email protected]

Major: Art Education.

Hometown: Newton, NC.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught art In Greensboro public schools, 1970-71; taught art in Newton-Conover schools, 1974-77; taught private art classes to students, adult pottery and needlework classes through my retail shop selling arts and crafts supplies, 1977-81. Retired.

Personal: Widowed, 1985. Son, David William “Will” Autry Jr. (1973), married to Veronica. They live in Clayton, NC, with their daughters Stella (3) and Ada (1). Daughter, Sarah Autry DeBerardinis (1976), married to Jeff. They live in Chapel Hill, NC, with their sons Ezra (6) and Salter (3). Significant other, Phillip Combs, blues vocalist and harmonica player (together since 2004).

Besides being able to enjoy being Mamaw and Pappy, Phillip and I enjoy seeing as much live music as possible and time with the Carolina Shag community in nearby Ocean Drive, SC. Our most memorable events are the Sandy Beaches Cruises we attended from 2004 to 2008. This yearly January cruise with approximately 20 bands is put on by my favorite musician, Delbert McClinton.

I was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Lake Norman for 18 years, and now I am a charter member of our newly formed Kiwanis Club of Shallotte/South Brunswick Islands. I am most involved with a Royal Readers program we sponsor at the local elementary schools as well as other programs that benefit the children of our area.

Memorable Highlights: First and foremost would be my friendship with Mary Autry McCullen, Class of 1968, who became my sister-in-law after introducing me to her brother, David. David and I were married shortly before graduation and were able to celebrate 16 wonderful years before his sudden death of heart issues in 1985. Mary and I and the entire Autry family are still very close, and my children and I spend lots of time with the Autry clan in Stedman, NC.

Another special friend was Betty Bullock, Class of 1970, who passed from ovarian cancer shortly after we attended the joint reunion together in 2015. That was my first reunion, and I am now looking forward to this special 50th!

58 Nancy Karen Dwiggins Wilson 4844 Coronado Drive Charlotte, NC 28212 704-536-4046 (h) 704-534-7231 (c) [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Kannapolis, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master’s degree in School Administration, UNC Charlotte.

Life/Career Experiences: Teacher in Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System (CMS) at Midwood Elementary and Shamrock Gardens Elementary schools; Observer/Evaluator in CMS-systemwide; Assistant Principal at Albemarle Road Elementary in CMS; Principal at Albemarle Road Elementary in CMS; recruited and staffed schools for CMS after retiring.

Currently, I am retired but remain very active in my community and city. I volunteer for Hospice and Palliative Care – Charlotte Region and through my church. I have traveled worldwide and have enjoyed seeing the sites of which I studied. Life is an ongoing learning process!!!

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Shirley Steele Ferguson 432 Burkewood Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27104 336-287-7199 [email protected]

Major: Physical Education.

Hometown: Charlotte, NC.

Life since graduation has certainly had its ups and downs … I will skip the downs and enjoy remembering the ups. Teaching has been my career, and I’ve had the pleasure of working with preschool though medical school students in one capacity or another – Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools, Texas Tech University, Leon County Schools and Florida State University, Memphis City Schools, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. It was delightful to earn an MS in Elementary Education and an EdS in Elementary Math Education at Florida State where no thesis was required for either degree! But UNCG is where I learned what I needed to know about teaching.

I am happily retired enjoying photography, digital scrapbooking, travel, tennis, reading, knitting, and spending time with friends and family, especially the children in the family. Several Girl Scout troops have enriched my life, and my favorite volunteer activity has been to be a counselor every spring and fall since 1995 at Camp Bluebird, a camp for adult cancer survivors.

Life before graduation had its ups and downs, too. The traditions from the WC years helped bind the Class of 1969 together as did the newer traditions of UNCG. The best-most intense-craziest part was my physical education major group since we started classes together on the first day of freshman year – so we had four years of togetherness and many of us remain lifelong friends.

Can anyone explain how we are old enough to have a 50th college reunion? Aren’t we lucky?

60 Linda “Annette” Fowler Allen 115 23rd Street, NW, #28 Hickory, NC 28601 828-855-0159 (h) 828-308-7783 (c)

Major: Home Economics-Interior Design.

Hometown: Hickory, NC.

Education Since UNCG: BS, Home Economics-Interior Design, 1969. BA, Early Childhood Education, UNCG, 1974. Graduate hours toward a Master’s in Education at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY, incomplete. Many hours of continuing education classes for teaching in elementary school and hours of training for the local community college ESL and GED programs.

Life/Career Experiences: Worked as an interior designer for a contract furniture manufacture in Jamestown, NC, for 3½ years after graduation.

Began a teaching career in August of 1975 after graduating in December 1974 with a degree in education. Taught third grade for four years in Lexington, SC. Moved to Kentucky in summer of 1979 and began a family. Taught art at the elementary level for two years after my second child entered preschool. Substitute taught for a while after third child was born. Was church secretary for one year and then was interim preschool/day care director for my church in Kentucky for nine months. Worked with migrant education for 6½ years in Kentucky. Moved back to North Carolina in 2002 and taught third grade again for 10½ years. Retired from full-time teaching in January 2013. Taught GED part-time from fall of 2013 until winter of 2018. Taught ESL part-time from 2004 to the present time. Have enjoyed teaching ESL immensely and will continue as long as I have the health to do so.

Personal: Married 1971 to 2001. Divorced. Three sons: two are full-time Army and one is Army National Guard in Kentucky. Seven grandchildren. Two grand-dogs. Enjoy my church activities, reading, volunteering at a local hospital gift shop one to three times each month, and traveling when I have the opportunity. Have been to see my sons when they have been stationed in several states and once in England.

Memorable Highlights: Working as a receptionist for the dorms, especially at the off-campus dorm beside Wesley Long Hospital and having to take the shuttle bus until I purchased my first car. Working in the campus bookstore when I moved off campus my senior year. Eating lunch at the drugstore near campus; eating hot dogs and ice cream at Yum Yum. Loved the PE ballroom dancing class. Loved so many teachers and a few not so much. Enjoyed my political science seminar the most in 1974. UNCG was a great experience.

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Joyce “Gail” Fowler Latham 301 Roanoke Church Road Monroe, NC 28110 704-283-4318 (h) 704-517-9648 (c) [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Monroe, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Education, UNC Chapel Hill, 1970; Doctor of Education, Duke University, 1979.

Life/Career Experiences: Career educator, 30 years, including 16 years as Secondary Supervisor for Union County Schools. Retired in 1999.

Personal: Married to Roger W. Latham; two sons and three grandchildren.

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Janice Lynn Foy McElroy-Gillespie 1731 Hideaway Forest Trail New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 386-689-8838 [email protected]

Major: Psychology.

Hometown: Sanford, FL.

I have lived in Central Florida since graduating from UNCG in 1969. With my degree in psychology, I was able to work for the State of Florida as an employment counselor and medical social worker until my son, Sylvan, was born in 1977. My daughter, Megan, was born in 1979. I worked with my husband, Jock, in his CPA firm until his death in 1993. In 1995, I started a long, successful career in real estate and just retired this year.

In 2003, I married John, and we have enjoyed a lot of travel and outdoor adventures. Much to my surprise, I have found some artistic talent. For the last couple of years, I have been in some of Florida’s best art shows and even won some awards. I use the ancient art of pine needle basketry hand-sewn onto gourds. My biggest fan is my 4- year-old granddaughter, Makayla.

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Lela Melanie Freeman Joyner 1040 N. Joyner Court Suffolk, VA 23434 757-539-7304 (h) 757-621-3863 (c) [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Norfolk, VA.

Education Since UNCG: MSEd in Education, Old Dominion University, 1995.

Life/Career Experiences: Member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (served as president and in other positions). Reading Teacher of the Year for Suffolk, 1994. Taught English in grades 8-12, advanced composition and drama during 31 years as an educator. Presented educational in-services on cooperative learning and other subjects. Retired 2008.

Personal: Married to David T. Joyner for 48 years. Three children: Melanie Joyner Conboy (Michael), who has two sons, Nicholas David (13) and Brayden Thomas (16); David Freeman Joyner (Elizabeth), who has a daughter, Ava Elizabeth (9), and son, Jack Elliott (5); and Paul Wyatt Joyner (Tina) who has a daughter, Lily (10), and twin sons, William Paul and Wyatt Parker (7). All live in Suffolk. My husband is retired from the Norfolk Southern Railroad. We are both active in church as Sunday school teachers; I am currently the Sunday school director, and he is a deacon. We coordinate mission trips and disaster relief efforts (have been doing this for years) among other ministries. Having our children and grandchildren nearby who are very active in many pursuits keeps us busy. We enjoy getting together for meals and games, and we go on vacation together. The oldest grandsons go on mission trips with us and help at the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen when our church is scheduled to help. The girls like to cook with me, especially sweets. The older boys play instruments, and both girls are in Girl Scout troops. All are and have been involved in sports such as soccer, field hockey, baseball and basketball while staying on the honor roll. David loves his garden, and I preserve pickles, make jams and freeze veggies. We like to fish and love the beach. I love reading mysteries and historical novels based on real research – currently the Middle Ages. We like to travel, but we are too busy to do as much as we want to.

Memorable Highlights: Gatherings in the Quad; marching around campus with our class blazers; walking to Yum Yum, even in the rain, to get ice cream; going to The Corner; hanging out in dorm rooms; dancing to that great ’60s music; taking a nap before a date with a bonnet-type hair dryer on our curlers; developing calf muscles hurrying from phys ed to academic classes up and down the hills; going to the Soda Shoppe for a vanilla or cherry Coke; sliding on trays down the hill near the dining hall; studying in the library; being joyful when exams were finished; being sad when everyone was leaving for the summer, and the echoes were louder and lonelier, especially that last year when we were hopeful we would stay in touch with so many, but life got in the way, or we lost track of where they were, but we did stay in touch with some. Where did the time go? Wasn’t that just a few years ago? Yes, in some ways. We still have those memories, and when we get with classmates and roomies, we remind each other of even more and count our many blessings, including having our years at UNCG to enrich us.

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Linda Margaret Gale 151 Montrose Drive Durham, NC 27707 919-489-9705 (h) 919-604-3970 (c) [email protected]

Major: English with 7-12 Teaching Certification.

Hometown: Durham, NC.

I’m embarrassed to admit I haven’t returned to UNCG for any reunions. I’m so looking forward to my first, the 50th, and hopefully not my last! Since leaving UNCG, I have reinvented myself multiple times. First, I was the teacher I trained to be, teaching seventh- and eighth-grade English and social studies first in Kernersville, NC, and then back to my hometown of Durham for a total of 3½ years.

When the paperwork, red tape and discipline became too much, I decided to reach out and get in touch with my creative side by becoming a pillow designer for 18 months. While I did get to design a handful of pillows, mostly I was the factory side of the industry, cutting the pillows to size, taking them to a sewer and shipping them off. Not so creative after all!

My next and most rewarding position was mother- psychologist-social worker-problem solver-nurse-teacher, etc. to my three children, Megan (1974), Galen (1978) and Patrick (1982). These years were filled with volunteer work for schools, on boards, in Arts Councils, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and chief chauffeur and at-home mom for the next 20 years.

Then along came divorce and a whole new world awaited. I took turns being an after-school secretary, substitute K-1 teacher, a sales clerk and then buyer at two boutiques. Finally, I found my perfect fit. This time I went far afield from my English major and became a sort of scientist working as a recruiter for Phase 1 Clinical Trials at Duke Early Phase Clinical Research Unit. Now I had to research and become an expert in congestive heart failure (HFpEF and HFrEF), Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, C. diff, liver disease, botulism, malaria and any other study we needed to fill with qualified people. I never knew this 70+ brain could still learn SO MUCH! I’m still at it today and probably will be for as long as they let me work.

In the meantime, I discovered the addictive world of tennis and bridge. I play with two bridge groups and captain/play on eight USTA teams a year, four of which traveled to state tournaments to represent our ENO Division. Also with six grandchildren living in Durham, Charlotte and Asheville, life is busy and GOOD. May it long continue!

Looking forward to seeing all of you 1969 UNCG graduates in April!

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Susan “Susie” Gleason Avett 3879 Abilene Road Concord, NC 28025 704-786-1088 (h) 704-793-3044 (c) [email protected]

Major: Home Economics/Clothing & Textiles.

Hometown: Prince George, VA.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts, Education and Reading, UNC Charlotte, 1991; Reading Recovery training.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught sewing and quilting in various settings; assisted my husband in his welding/bridge-decking business; taught reading in Rowan and Cabarrus counties, 1992-2011.

Personal: I married Jim Avett (UNCG, 1972) graduation weekend, and life has been an adventure ever since! We have three children – Bonnie, Scott and Seth – and seven grandchildren. Scott and Seth are the founding members of The Avett Brothers, an internationally known band. Their sister, Bonnie, plays keyboards with them and teaches yoga when they are not touring.

Since retirement, my husband Jim has toured the country sharing his stories and songs. I’m his “roadie/merch” girl. We have had amazing adventures and have met incredibly wonderful people everywhere we go. Then we get to come home and spend time with our children and their families. Life is good!

Memorable Highlights: The concerts!!! There were always such wonderful cultural, and fun, opportunities! Dorm life, and the lifelong friendships we formed there.

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Jane Ann Goldberg 805 Fairway Drive Champaign, IL 61820 217-356-0877 (h) 217-621-4675 (c) [email protected]

Major: History.

Hometown: West Lafayette, IN.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts in History, University of Illinois. Continued in Ph.D. program coursework and stopped before prelims to work.

Life/Career Experiences: I had planned to take a year off from school before finishing my Ph.D., but ended up with a job/career which suited me much better – Visual Resources Curator for the School of Art and Design/College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois. This allowed me to use the skills I had (namely research, some languages and a personal love for art and architectural history) in a way that suited my temperament better than college teaching. In that capacity, I managed a collection of 300,000 slides, films and digital images for teaching art and architecture. I officially retired in 2008 but continued in that position as a half-time employee for another three years to give both myself and the department time for an easier transition. My collection ultimately became a part of the library system.

Personal: I met my husband, Richard Payne, In Champaign, IL, where he has a structural engineering consulting firm specializing in railroad and highway bridges, as well as industrial buildings and some city-planning work. We have no children but are on our second much-loved and greatly spoiled Cairn Terrier. In 1991, we took a vacation to see some sites and friends in New Mexico and fell in love with Taos in the northern New Mexican mountains. After years of hotel stays there, we bought a place and now spend about one-third to one-half of our time there as Rich can work and travel to job sites from New Mexico and doesn’t have to be in his Illinois office. We have enjoyed other travels around the country and Europe throughout our time together. In Illinois, I volunteer as the program coordinator for our society of the Archaeological Institute of America, which I love, and in Taos, I volunteer at the Couse Sharp Historic Site, a wonderful house museum where I do envelope stuffing and archival work. I also pitch in at the food pantry when time permits.

Memorable Highlights: Hard to separate them, as it was a great experience and I feel I got a terrific education. I met so many lovely people there and had great professors in all my classes. I especially remember John Rosenthal in English, Drs. Beeler, Bardolph and Melton in history, as well as Drs. Kelleher and Carpenter in art history.

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Martha Elizabeth “Liz” Gurkin Simmons 1304 Ashley Avenue High Point, NC 27262 336-889-4269 (h) 336-456-3126 (c) [email protected]

Major: Biology.

Hometown: Williamston, NC.

Education Since UNCG: I attended Duke University’s graduate school in Medical Technology and graduated in June 1970.

Life/Career Experiences: During my career, I have worked in the Allergy and Immunology Research Lab at Duke University, Hematology/Blood Bank Clinical Lab at the VA Hospital in Durham, Guilford County Health Department’s Family Planning Clinic, and Pinewest OB/Gyn Clinic. I am semi-retired and only work a very limited schedule.

Personal: I have been married to Bill Simmons for 46 years. He is also a UNCG alumnus, having graduated with his MBA in 1978. He is retired after 45 years in the furniture industry. We have one daughter who is married and is a physician assistant. She lives in Knoxville, TN, with her husband, who is a nuclear physicist. Our baby is a solid black, spoiled, Manx cat, oddly enough named Blackie.

I am very involved with our church mission work, including our community meal and Open Door Shelter meals. I deliver for Mobile Meals and Backpack Beginnings. One day a week, I tutor an elementary student through the Jump Start Reading Program.

My hobbies include reading, traveling, walking, and watching and attending sporting events, especially Duke and NC State University, my husband’s alma mater. We had a goal of visiting all 50 states, and we checked that off our bucket list this past summer on a cross-country road trip. We visited the only two remaining states, New Mexico and Oklahoma. We have visited many countries in Europe and have a trip planned for this fall that goes to the Holy Lands.

Memorable Highlights: I met my husband while at UNCG using a computer program called Operation Match which was sponsored by the Big Four schools and others in the UNC system. You filled out the paperwork about yourself and what you would want in a mate. This was fed through the monstrous computer housed in the Research Triangle, and you were given several names that closely matched. Bill got my name and looked me up. The rest is history. Our first date was during the race riots, and we had to go to dinner in the afternoon – I had to be back in the dorm and Bill out of Greensboro by 6 p.m. This was computer dating long before eHarmony and match.com.

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Frankie LaVerne Hall 1156 Rousseau Drive Webster, NY 14580 585-872-2408 (h) 585-330-4049 (c)

Major: Business Education.

Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC

Education Since UNCG: Business Administration, Winston-Salem State University; Information Technology, Business Administration and Management, George Mason University.

Life/Career Experiences: IBM Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA/Bethesda, MD/McLean, VA/Washington, DC, Metro Area; Houston Associates (Raytheon Defense and Aerospace); retired, but seeking part-time employment.

Personal Information: Married to Ford C. Greene, one of the first African Americans to integrate Georgia Tech in 1961. Volunteer member of the Gallery Council-Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester.

Memorable Highlights: English composition under Fred Chappell (who encouraged my love of writing); World History (I believe the textbook was “History of Western Civilization”) which awakened my appreciation of other cultures and helps me tremendously with “Jeopardy”; American/English literature – once again, makes me a “Jeopardy” champ!

Meeting young women who have remained in my life as friends forever!

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Margaret Alice Hamlet Bingham 2505 Cravenridge Place Garner, NC 27529 919-779-9404 (h) 919-801-1613 (c) [email protected]

Major: Mathematics.

Hometown: Pittsboro, NC.

Education Since UNCG: M.A.T., Mathematics, 1974, Duke University; Certification, Curriculum and Supervision, NCSU; Certification, Driver and Traffic Safety, ECU.

Life/Career Experiences and Highlights: High school math teacher and Department Chair, 11 years, Wake County (NC) Schools; Computer Education/Instructional Technology Educational Consultant and Division Director, 19 years, NC Department of Public Instruction; Instructional Technology Consultant, two years, Federal Assistance Grant with UNCG; office manager for husband’s law office, 16 years, Garner.

Honors: Among the honors that I have received, the ones which originated from my peers were the most special. Among those were: North Carolina Order of the Long Leaf Pine; Governor’s Proclamation: Margaret Hamlet Bingham Day; and the Delta Kappa Gamma International Eta State Key Educator Award.

Using My Education: I used my education first as a high school math teacher and then as an educational consultant in instructional technology. The love of learning, the high level of curiosity, and the problem-solving skills that I developed at UNCG remained with me as I worked with students in math classrooms and then with educators as I led the development of the initial programs for using computers in the North Carolina public schools and as I guided state educators across the Southeastern United States in writing and implementing state technology plans and federal grants.

Current Status: Retired.

Personal Information: I have been married to William H. “Bill” Bingham Jr., husband and best friend, since December 1969.

I enjoy reading about and visiting historical sites and researching family history as well as dabbling in arts and crafts. Bill and I especially like road trips, in particular visiting historical sites and national parks and trails. We have retraced routes such as the Natchez Trace, the Lewis and Clark Trail along the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington, the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, and the Wilderness Road from North Carolina to Kentucky and have traveled extensively in the Southeast with our Carolina Jaguar Club group.

Over the years, I have volunteered at the North Carolina State Capitol as a docent, at the local Wake County library as a general helper, and for the local community educational foundation (Garner Educational Foundation) as a staff development leader and board member.

Memorable Highlights: A memorable highlight from my UNCG years was looking out at the class members gathered in Foust Park for Class Day (the day before our graduation) and realizing how much being part of a “greater group” had meant to me over the past four years.

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Shirley June Hare Brewer 2334 Dover Church Road Seagrove, NC 27341 910-428-2962

Major: Mathematics Education.

Hometown: Robbins, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Education, UNCG, 1974.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught mathematics at Pine Forest High School, Fayetteville, NC, 1969-1970. Taught mathematics at North Moore High School, Robbins, 1970-2008. Retired with 40 years of service. Honored with Teacher of the Year recognition twice while at North Moore High School.

Was the sponsor or co-sponsor of the Cecil E. Hackney Beta Cub at North Moore High School for almost 30 years. Spent many hours volunteering with the bloodmobile, highway clean ups, rest home caroling, and regional and state Beta Club meetings with some wonderful students.

Personal: My husband, Joe, and I are blessed with two children, Sheila (UNCG, Elon) and Glenn (NC State, PCO- Salus), and four grandsons, ages almost 2 to 5 years old. We live on a farm and I love to garden, do lots of canning and freezing, work on any crafts and read. Bascom Chapel UMC is a big part of my life, where I teach Sunday school, serve on the administrative council and work at the food pantry. For the last few years, I have been working as a precinct official with the Moore County Board of Elections.

Memorable Highlights: I was a transfer student to UNCG, having gone to Sandhills Community College the first two years it was accepting students. I missed the Quad, but I got to live in Grogan for two years. It was an honor for me to be attending a four-year college, and I am forever appreciative of the education I received there. My most fun time was making the 1967-68 Spartan Women’s Basketball team. I only played for one year because of student teaching. I remember we did not have uniforms like today but had to wear our PE outfits. Another good memory was my birthday when the girls on my hall (7th floor) gave me a birthday party. It was the first party I had ever had. I also remember the big ice storm when we were having a class meeting at Aycock and had to walk back to our dorms. I think classes were canceled the next day. Finally, I loved the cafeteria and still remember the bag lunches they made for us when we were student teaching.

Seventh floor at Grogan Hall In my room at Grogan

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Jacquelyn Marie Harper Bargoil 210 Sycamore Ridge Drive Advance, NC 27006

Major: Home Economics.

Hometown: Kinston, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master’s degree in rehabilitation psychology, Appalachian State University, 1978.

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Carol Ann Harris Hardison 2001 Gauntlet Way Knightdale, NC 27545 919-295-5282 [email protected]

Major: English Education.

Hometown: Williamston, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Graduate studies in English education, Gardner-Webb University. National Board Teacher Certification.

Life/Career Experiences: 20 years teaching English in Texas, Illinois and North Carolina. Retired.

Personal: Married with two daughters and three grandchildren. Hobbies include reading, travel and technology.

Memorable Highlights: I attended UNCG on financial aid, loans and scholarships. I am grateful to the Financial Aid Office for all their help.

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Cheryl Hilton Taylor 2186 Harper Road Clemmons, NC 27212 [email protected]

Major: Business.

Hometown: Pineville, NC.

Education: Bachelor’s degree from UNCG, 1969; Associate degree from Gardner-Webb College, 1965-1967.

Life/Career Experiences: I was a business teacher – Ragsdale High School, 1969-1973; Winsalm Business College, 1974-1977; West Forsyth High School, 1985-2010 (chaired several committees, including Southern Association; department chair for several years; Teacher of the Year, 1994; West Forsyth Webmaster, 1998-2010); member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Zeta Chapter (treasurer for five years). Retired from teaching in 2010.

Personal: Married to Jerry in 1970. Two sons: Brad, with wife Pam and son, Lee, in Matthews, NC, and Ryan in Asheville, NC. We spend time with our family, enjoy gardening and traveling. We are active at New Philadelphia Moravian Church, where I have taught the young and old in Sunday school and served as chairperson of our Boy Scout committee for 10 years.

Memorable Highlights: Ragsdale Hall was home for two years and where I met great friends. Junior year I began working at Jackson Library and stayed until my student teaching began at East Forsyth. The staff gave me ornaments at Christmas which are on my tree every year. I loved the performances in Aycock Auditorium and ice cream afterward at Yum Yum; and, of course, shopping on Tate Street and more Yum Yum ice cream afterward!!

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Karen Ann Hite Jacob 1213 W. Catawba Avenue Mount Holly, NC 28120 704-334-3468 (h) 980-254-1069 (c) [email protected]

Major: Music.

Hometown: Charlotte, NC.

Education Since UNCG: MAT, UNC Chapel Hill, 1970; Central Piedmont Community College, computers, public speaking, voice and diction, German; three-year theology course, University of the South, Education for the Ministry, early 1980s; Westfield Center for Early Keyboard/Wellesley Course, Massachusetts, 1987; Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC, summer Organ Academy, 1985, 1987, Kanuga Conferences: 1000 Years of Christianity in Russia, 1987; Oberlin College Conservatory, Baroque Performance Institute, three years; UNC-Greensboro summer courses, Orff, choral music, studies with Daniel Pinkham, 1975; American College & University Cultural Arts Administrations, Arts Management, 1978; Grantsmanship Center (California), grant writing course, 1979; Dolmetsch Music Summer Course, England, 1973.

Career: Since 2000, serving as organist, Belmont Abbey Basilica and College, Director of Arts at the Abbey concert series and lecturer in music, Belmont, NC. Founder/Director of Carolina Pro Musica (1977), early music concert series, Charlotte and the Southeast; artist-in-residence at Belmont Abbey College, 2001- present; concerts affiliated with Arts and Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, 2007-present; concerts sponsored by Gaston Arts Council, NC Arts Council, 2007-present.

My education in music, teaching and piano prepared me for a life of music. I have taught music to kindergarten through college age and beyond. I currently teach organ and piano, voice, chorus and other music courses. I have founded four nonprofit music organizations and written scholarly articles for numerous journals. I also taught music and English in Russia.

Personal: Through volunteer work with Charlotte Sister Cities, my husband and I have traveled to Europe, Asia and South America. We have done additional traveling related to music research. We currently own a 1860’s house and have an interest in history as related to our geographic area.

Memorable Highlights: Times at UNCG include wonderful faculty Inga Morgan, Phillip Morgan, Richard Cox, David Moscovitz and Barbara Bair. I accompanied string students and learned a lot out of my immediate music area. Some of us (a busload) went to Washington, DC, to see Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the famous baritione, perform. I have many fond memories that continue to be a part of my life, current teaching and concerts (especially Carolina Pro Musica, an early music ensemble).

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Nancy Honeycutt Pope 9013 Greylock Street Alexandria, VA 22308 703-799-0423 [email protected]

Major: Music Education.

Hometown: Clinton, NC.

After graduating from UNCG, I began my teaching career in Virginia Beach, VA. I taught general music at Aragona Elementary, Grades 1-5. It was a terrific first year. I met my husband Dave Pope at Virginia Beach. We were married in the summer of 1970. My life as a Navy wife began. I was fortunate enough to travel extensively when Dave was on cruises, meeting him at many ports of call, traveling with other Navy wives who have become lifelong friends of mine. We have lived in Virginia Beach; Monterey, CA; Whidbey Island, WA; and the Washington, DC, area several times. During these years of Navy deployments, I served as an organist, private music teacher, director and accompanist for several children choirs and always a member of my church choirs. After Dave retired from the Navy, we stayed in the Alexandria area. I resumed teaching music for the Fairfax County School System. I loved being back in the classroom where I taught all kids, grades K-6. I was very involved with the Fairfax General Music Teachers Association, serving as president in 2005.

Now retired, I am taking and enjoying organ lessons. I substitute for our church organist when he needs me and sing in the choir. I am on several church committees, book club member, and serve as vice president of my PEO chapter. But the most important activity I do is being part of our children and grandchildren’s lives. Our three children (Jenny, Tim and John) are grown and married. Our oldest grandchildren are 21 and 19 (Sarah and Nick). The youngest ones are David (5), Lydia (4) and Aurora (4). It is wonderful to have two different generations of grandchildren. Dave and I love being with our family. We are so blessed.

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Sarah Horton Stewart 1703 Aftonshire Drive Greensboro, NC 27410 336-288-3803 (h) 336-601-7433 (c) [email protected]

Major: Political Science.

Hometown: Durham, NC.

Fifty years is a lot of living, and there is only room for a skeleton outline. After graduating from UNCG with a BA in Political Science, I attended UNC-CH School of Nursing for two more years and graduated with a BS in Nursing in June 1971. I met my husband Rod Stewart in Chapel Hill. We have been married 47 years and have three wonderful daughters and three granddaughters. I am one of four sisters, too; so, we seem to do girls in this family. I never expected to live in the Greensboro area for 50 years, much less 40 years in the same house, but, except for one year in Pennsylvania where our first daughter was born, here we remain.

I have always worked in public health (I never returned to the hospital after I graduated), and for the Guilford County Department of Public Health until I retired in 2013. I was fortunate to stay home for about 10 years when my children were born and little and then part-time for another nine years. My last 20 years were in school nursing and ended as manager for a 30-nurse unit that served all the public schools in Guilford County.

My husband and I love retirement. We have always traveled and even more since retirement. Rod section hiked the Appalachian Trail and completed the 2,000-mile trail in 1985. So, hiking and backpacking have always been a very big part of our lives. Learning about wine and visiting wineries wherever we travel is another passion. Our days are now filled with enjoying our grandchildren who live in Pennsylvania, volunteering, reading, walking and learning. As a classmate I recently reconnected with stated, “Life is good.”

My four years at UNCG remain vivid in my memories – the friendships, the learning, the escapades, challenging the status quo. It was a time of change for this country and this university. I have often been reminded of two statements by Associate Dean Tommie Lou Smith. One is “Indecision breeds inertia,” which has often given me the push I’ve needed. She also used to say that college will “test your limits,” and it did many times. I am grateful to be able to return and reconnect with classmates who shared this time and place.

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Mary Anna Ingle McAdams 204 Candlewood Road Rocky Mount, NC 27804 252-443-6062 (h) 252-904-7649 (c) [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Burlington, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master’s degree in Counseling, East Carolina University.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught middle school English. School counselor, K-5 school for 25 years.

Personal: Husband, Larry, two children and three grandchildren. I enjoy reading and belong to two book clubs. I have become a Master Gardener and work with Nash County Master Gardeners in our arboretum. I am an active church member and spend much time in my church’s yard planting and pruning. I love family trips and our “family fun.”

Memorable Highlights: Will always remember seeing the Joffrey Ballet on campus!

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Jane E. Jackson 1020 Saint Johns Avenue Matthews, NC 28104 704-821-6822 (h) 704-572-7038 (c) [email protected]

Major: History and International Studies.

Hometown: West End, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts in Teaching, UNC Chapel Hill, 1975 (concentration in history and political science); numerous business and IT-related courses at places of employment.

Life/Career Experiences and Highlights:

• Taught 8th grade language arts/social studies block at Alexander Graham Middle School in Charlotte, NC, for one year. • Taught 7th and 8th grade history and health at Mount Pleasant Middle School in Mount Pleasant, NC, for five years. Also coached girls’ basketball and softball. • Worked at Belk Stores Services in Charlotte, NC, for 27 years in the following capacities: Trainer; Documentations Specialist; Cost and Productivity Improvement Analyst; Supervisor of Cost and Productivity Improvement; Senior Business Systems Analyst in IT. • Worked as a Trainer and Warehouse Management Systems Analyst at Springs Industries in Fort Mill, SC, for one year. • Worked as a Senior Business Systems Analyst at Decision One Mortgage/HSBC in Fort Mill for three years. • Worked as a Senior Technical Business Analyst at Bank of America for three years. • Worked as a Requirements Manager initially and then as a Senior Business Systems Analyst at Ally Financial in Charlotte for 8½ years, and I am still there. I plan to retire in March of 2019 unless I am offered the opportunity to continue part-time on special projects.

Personal Information: I love to travel with friends and have been lucky enough to enjoy trips to a number of countries in Europe with a dear friend who grew up in Luxembourg. I’ve also seen much of the United States and Canada, and some of the countries in and bordering the Caribbean. Before it’s over, I hope to see Greece, Egypt and China as well as more of the US. I continue to be very interested in national and international news and politics.

Memorable Highlights: Dr. Lenoir Wright’s courses, and he himself, had a tremendous impact on me. I can honestly say I had no bad professors at UNCG. I’ve always been proud to say I graduated from UNCG.

The International Studies program was fairly new in the late ’60s at UNCG, but the professors were very dedicated. The courses I took as a part of that program, and my study project, were a highlight of my college years.

As I think was true for most of us during those years, we slowly became adults and developed an appreciation of diversity, formed our belief system, and gained a respect for those from different cultures, races and backgrounds. That’s why I believe a liberal arts education is one of the best one can obtain.

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Anne Lambert P.O. Box 260243 Madison, WI 53726 608-628-9246

Major: Art.

Hometown: Clemson, SC.

My Education Since UNCG: Though I was delightfully inspired by my art classes, UNCG had no art history major in my first two years. Therefore, I transferred to UNC Chapel Hill and earned a BA in art history. My formal education concluded with an MA in art history from the University of Michigan.

I was launched into pursuing art by excellent UNCG professors (art with Joan Gregory and eye-opening, outstanding art history instructors’ classes – a survey and another on ancient art). The opportunity to see good original works of art at the Weatherspoon Gallery and at UNC-CH’s Ackland Art Museum propelled me toward an art museum career. After I earned an MA in Art History at the University of Michigan, including “Museum Training and Connoisseurship” classes and an assistantship at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, I became an art museum educator.

Subsequently, I was the Curator of Education at the Mint Museum of Art (Charlotte) for three years and the same position at the University of Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum of Art (Madison) for 41 years. I have used my education to “teach” and plan programs for thousands of public school art and classroom teachers, their students, university students, docents, artists, scholars and the general adult public in the presence of original works of art. Museum education has been joyful and fulfilling.

I recently retired, and I continue to follow what happens at the Weatherspoon (Happy 60th anniversary!). The beginning of my career as an art museum educator was sparked in the art studio and art history classes I attended at UNCG!

Personal Information: I am the daughter of Edythe R. Lambert (Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Class of 1942) and am married to a retired accounting professor. Although we have no children, I have had access to thousands of children/students in my work. I have been fortunate to travel widely, which has enhanced my museum work. However, I have been remiss in cultivating non-art hobbies.

UNCG Highlights: The opportunity to meet so many great students from North Carolina in our class; serving as Jacket Chairman for the Class of ‘69, and knowing art student Cindy DeBernard, who designed our beautiful jacket logo; being taught life drawing by Peter Agostini, a well-known artist who commuted to UNCG once a week from New York to teach us life drawing; being a representative to the State Student Legislature (Raleigh), with classmate Jack Pinnix as our leader; and the daily opportunities to sample new ideas from outstanding faculty members in the humanities!

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Theresa E. Brown Leatherwood 333 Crum Drive Lake Junaluska, NC 28745 828-452-1999 (h) 336-908-2543 (c) [email protected]

Major: Teaching.

Hometown: Clyde, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts in Teaching, UNCG, 1969. Undergraduate degree in Home Economics from Meredith College.

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Jill Levin Grosman 101 Darby Gale Drive Cary, NC 27518 919-303-1872 (h) 919-601-2069 (c) [email protected]

Major: Art.

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA.

Education Since UNCG: After moving back to North Carolina in 2001, I completed a MALS at UNCG (mostly online). I also have a MA in Librarianship from the University of Denver (1970).

Life/Career Experiences: I was a law librarian in the Philadelphia area for over 30 years and had a wonderful, rewarding career in law libraries and planning them. For the past 10 years, I have been a docent at the NC Museum of Art.

Personal: My husband Barry and I love to travel, and we returned home in January from seven weeks in Australia. We have two wonderful sons, two terrific daughters-in-law and one super-handsome grandson who is finishing his first year at Western Carolina University.

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Janice “Anne” Lewis Yandell Bishop 5364 Graycliff Lane Clemmons, NC 27012 336-782-6925 [email protected]

Major: Mathematics.

Hometown: Stanley, NC.

Education Since UNCG: MA, Mathematics, UNCG, 1971; MBA, Wake Forest University, 1997.

While taking courses for the MA degree in 1969-70, I taught classes in the Mathematics Department at UNCG. I was married in June of 1970 and began a career as a high school math teacher. Over the next 10 years I had two children and taught for seven years. In 1980, I left the teaching profession to become a computer programmer, having learned Fortran programing in my numerical analysis class as a senior at UNCG, and being eager to use that knowledge in a field that was in its infancy. I began as a programmer/analyst at Wake Forest in 1981 and assumed management responsibilities beginning in 1991.

From that time until my retirement in 2013, I held various management positions in Information Systems at Wake Forest, including Manager of Administrative Computing, Director of Business Computing, Director of Intranet Development and Director of Research and Development. While earning the MBA degree (1995-97), I proposed a project for developing an intranet for use by campus constituents to conduct their university business electronically. The project was approved, and I led a team of programmer/analysts in bringing the Wake Information Network (WIN) to production as one of the first such intranets in the country. WIN was a major factor in earning the university a national Educause award for excellence in campus networking in the fall of 2000. This led to speaking and consulting engagements around the country for me. I later led a team in designing and developing applications for handheld computing devices for use in and out of the classroom prior to the existence of smart phones. These developments garnered attention from universities around the world, and I traveled to schools and universities in the US, England, Sweden, Finland and Denmark to meet with IT administrators and researchers with similar development interests. That numerical analysis class in 1969 sparked my interest in the field of computing, and there is no doubt that my UNCG education and academic honors opened the doors for me for a most satisfying career.

I was fortunate that my career also allowed me time for my family, attending the activities of our two busy sons and my husband as their coach in many of them. As the boys grew up, I took up tennis as my own activity and still enjoy the competition of USTA league tennis. My sons and I suffered the loss of my husband, a Vietnam veteran, in 1995. In 1998 I remarried and gained two stepsons. Together my husband and I now have 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren to round out our family. We are both happily retired and (it seems) busier than ever with travel, tennis, church and family activities.

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Katherine “Anne” Lewis 37 Main Street Round Hill, VA 20141 540-338-1060 (h) 540-539-5368 (c) [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Goldsboro, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master’s in School Counseling, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Endorsement in High School Administration, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Life/Career Experiences and Highlights: • Taught English, journalism and drama to students in grades 7-12, seven years in NC and VA. • Taught adult education in night classes, three years in NC. • Served as a high school counselor, 10 years; Director of School Counseling, seven years in VA. • Served as Supervisor of School Counseling and Student Health Services for a large public school system, 10 years in VA. • Promoted to Director of Student Services, five years.

Most Important Career Highlights: Serving as Regional Officer for School Counseling with the College Board; establishing a program to pay for all students in the school system to take the PSAT and AP exams; participating in the College Board’s Chinese Visitation Program; developing programs for students with diabetes in the schools and for students with severe food allergies; leading the initiative to provide automatic external defibrillators in all schools.

Personal Information: After 14 years of marriage, I divorced; however, I am grateful for a wonderful son. Since retirement in 2012, I have enjoyed travel to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Panama, Germany, Austria, southern Africa, Ireland and southern India as well as domestic travel. I particularly enjoy reading, knitting, gardening and being a “gym rat.”

Memorable UNCG Highlights: Serving as Junior House President and as executive secretary for Social Court helped me develop leadership skills which have been valuable in all aspects of my life. I remember believing that my class jacket and class ring were major milestones and am so glad we had those traditions. My roommate from my junior and senior years was Georgene “Tinker” Ticknor Falcon, and we continue to enjoy travel, experiences and work together. I loved sledding down the hills on cafeteria trays, walking into town to shop (and save bus fare) and having good friends. What a great school for me!

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Susan Lisk Piccione 4261 Exeter Drive Dumfries, VA 22025 703-730-3630 (h) 703-946-9391 (c) [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Charlotte, NC.

After graduation, I moved to Fayetteville with two classmates, Junie Norfleet and Eva Culbreth, to teach 6th grade. After teaching in NC for 2½ years, I married Dino Piccione, and we moved to Buffalo, NY, where he was in grad school. That was a bit of a weather and culture shock having been a lifelong North Carolinian. I taught school one more year when we moved to Pennsylvania but left teaching to stay home with our children.

In 1992, I embarked on a totally different career when I went to work for H&R Block as a tax preparer. In the 28 years since, I have become a Master Tax Advisor, an IRS enrolled agent, taught tax classes and been a supervisor. I have found my experiences teaching 6th grade invaluable in teaching adult preparers, who can also be an unruly lot. I have also found my teaching background helpful in explaining tax law to my clients.

However, I feel my college education has been most valuable to me as a mother. I'm a firm believer in Dr. McIver's "Educate a woman and you educate a family" philosophy. I enjoyed volunteer work in my children's schools, and I believe my education prepared me to be an advocate for my children and my community. I have also been an active member of my church where I have served in several leadership positions.

Dino and I have been blessed with three wonderful children and three amazing grandchildren. Unfortunately, we lost Dino to pancreatic cancer in 2016. However, he left us a wonderful legacy and 44 years of happy memories. He and I were able to take several trips to Europe, and our family still enjoys being together at our NC mountain house which has been in our family for over 70 years.

I have so many fond memories of my years at UNCG. I feel our class was a bridge between the traditions of WC and those of today's UNCG. We still enjoyed Rat Day, Sister classes, class songs, class jackets, ring ceremonies, Daisy Chains and class day, but we were instrumental in ending 11 p.m. lights out, permission slips and signing in and out, and other in loco parentis rules which seem archaic today. I believe we also have the distinction of being the only class to graduate in Grimsley High School's stadium — on an extremely hot day! My son lives in Greensboro near the campus, so I often get to see the many changes to the campus. I am proud of the 21st century UNCG, and I continue to appreciate the education I received and the experiences I enjoyed as a member of the Class of 1969.

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Pamela “Pam” Elmeda Locke Ulosevich 3000 Gifford Road Hiawassee, GA 30546-2029 864-901-7440 [email protected]

Major: Chemistry. Hometown: Claremont, NC. Education Since UNCG: Continuing education for my work.

Life/Career Experiences: Educational Coordinator, First United Methodist Church, Lenoir, NC; Office Manager, Mark Masuoka Designs (Interior Design), Honolulu, HI; Executive Secretary to Managing Partner, Marmon Mok (Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design), San Antonio, TX; Marketing Coordinator, Marmon Mok, San Antonio; promoted to Associate, Marmon Mok; Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools/School Board Clerk, East Central ISD, San Antonio; Administrative Assistant to the Director, School of Education, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; Administrative Assistant to the Dean, College of Health, Education and Human Development, Clemson University. Currently retired.

Awards: American Society of Interior Designers, Hawaii Chapter, President’s Award for Administrative Support to the Chapter.

Use of Education: Attending UNCG provided me a broad education and an opportunity to develop lifelong leadership skills that have been invaluable in both personal and professional life.

Personal: Married to Steven N. Ulosevich (fellow graduate of UNCG, Class of ’69). Children: Christina Ulosevich (fellow UNCG alumna); Garrett Ulosevich (wife Star Wallin Ulosevich; daughter Zinnia Bell Loalani Ulosevich, born March 14, 2017 – our PI baby!).

Interests/Hobbies: Renovation of 1953 home of my grandparents in western NC, where we now live; sharing The Garrett Cottage at Bell Mountain with friends and family. Writing poetry, prose, music: • “Diary of an Air Force Wife” published monthly for a year in an AF wives’ magazine, Columbus Air Force Base, Columbus, MS. • Won first place for lyrics to a Christmas carol melody. Lyrics included the names of the three sponsors of the contest. Prize was two tickets to anywhere Southwest Airlines flies. • Poem “Not Today” published in San Antonio Express-News. • Won first place for a “Letter from a Cancer Patient” during Breast Cancer Month at Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio. • Composed unpublished Christmas cantata and Christian music (lyrics and melody). • Husband Steve and I were the first UNCG Spartan Sweethearts, having submitted two separate entries about meeting and getting to know each other. Other Interests: Patient advocacy; discovering/recording family history; cooking/baking. Volunteer work: Red Cross volunteer; sponsor/teacher of church youth groups; creative home room mother; officer in various school organizations; event organizer. Adventures: Life as an Air Force wife was itself an adventure. Our family saw and/or lived in places that I had only read about, including Hawaii. I wouldn’t trade that for anything. Memorable Highlights from UNCG: Having to wear skirts over our gym shorts in the dining hall. Chem labs, especially when I created a lachrymator and made everyone cry! For various reasons: Dr. Anderson; Dr. Ashby; Dr. Vermillion; Drs. Shroeder; Dr. Vanslow; Dr. Anderton; Mary Katsikas; the “corpse” in the glass case on third floor of Petty Science Building. Getting our rings and jackets. Wesley Foundation (Methodist Church on campus): Officer positions including president (1968-1969); member of Faith and Life Community; member of State Council.

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Phyllis Marie Smith Lupton 31 Wilbrook Drive Thomasville, NC 27360 336-472-3774 (h) 336-880-8545 (c) [email protected]

Major: Mathematics Education.

Hometown: Grantsboro, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Mathematics Education, M.Ed., UNCG, 1974; Administrative Certification, UNCG, 1994; Assistant Principal’s Executive Program, 1999.

Life/Career Experiences: Mathematics teacher, 1971-1994; Assistant Principal, 1994-1997, Thomasville Primary School; Assistant Principal, 1997-98, Thomasville High School; Principal, Thomasville Primary School, 2000-2007; Signature School Award, 2002, 2006; Project Bright IDEA pilot school and demonstration site; National School of Character Award semi-finalist, 2002-2003; NC Trailblazer Award, 2007; Project Director, Project Bright Tomorrow, 2007-2008; Consultant, Project Bright Idea, 2007-2010.

Honors include High Point Jaycees Outstanding Young Educator, 1978; Thomasville High School Teacher of the Year, 1988; NASA Newmast Honors award winner, 1990; Wachovia Principal of the Year, Thomasville City Schools, 2006.

Use of Education: My education at UNCG was central to all I have been able to achieve in my career and life. I will ever be grateful for the outstanding education I received.

Personal: Married to Larry E. Lupton for 52 years. Three children – Mark, who has one son, Michael; Ana Lupton Floyd, who received her doctorate from UNCG; and Jonathan, who graduated with a master’s degree from NC State University and has two children, Owen and Leah.

Interests/Hobbies: Reading, painting with watercolors; volunteer work at church and in the community; member Delta Kappa Gamma since 1978 (served as president twice).

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Joanne M. Kares 5616 Old Garden Road, Apt. 103 Wilmington, NC 28403 910-399-4466 (h) 973-713-2836 (c) [email protected]

Major: History.

Hometown: Greenville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Science in Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill, 1971.

Life/Career Experiences: Morris County Library in Whippany, NJ (1974-2009); head of Reference Services (1991- 2005) and director (2005-2009). It was an exciting time to work in libraries and offer computers and computer services to the public.

Personal: I have a son, Chris, daughter-in-law Melissa and three teenage grandsons, Tyler, Zac and Nolan. They live outside Philadelphia.

I spent 40 good years in New Jersey and retired to North Carolina in 2014. I still love traveling to New York City to visit friends who retired there. My hobby is traveling: Greece, Paris, Italy, England, Galapagos, etc. Part of the fun is planning the trips. I take courses through the UNC Wilmington adult learning center and have season tickets to the UNCW men’s and women’s basketball games.

Memorable Highlights: When I arrived on campus, freshman had lights out at 11 p.m.; we couldn’t smoke walking across campus (so we stood still); had to sign out of the dorm at night even if you were going to the library (heaven forbid you forgot to sign back in); we couldn’t wear pants to class and we had a curfew (locked in at night). By senior year, those rules were gone. Welcome to college in the ’60s – a time of change.

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Sally Rebecca “Becky” Markham Watkins 290 Pine Vista Drive Pinehurst, NC 28374 423-330-2777 [email protected]

Major: Home Economics/Clothing and Textiles.

Hometown: West End, NC.

Education Since UNCG: MAT in Distributive Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Career: Taught marketing education in North Carolina for 21 years; was an educational consultant for two years; was a Doncaster wardrobe consultant in Tennessee for 14 years; currently retired.

Personal: Married to Chuck Watkins from Greensboro; two children and two grandchildren. Enjoy golf, traveling, gardening, bridge and reading. Volunteer as a tutor in an after-school program.

Memorable Highlights: Will never forget freshman rules like closed study, lights out, curfew hours. Many fond memories of dorm friends, playing bridge and planning weekend activities. Getting our class blazers and class rings stands out.

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Sandra Ann “Sandy” Mayhew Harris 1543 Huntsman Drive Aiken, SC 29803 803-642-9789 [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Mooresville, NC.

The most memorable thing about UNCG was the dramatic change from entering in 1965 under “in loco parentis” to actual independence in 1969. Of course, there was the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the ensuing riots and martial law. We were confined to campus. Then on campus were the Vietnam War protests.

In 1970 I married Anthony E. Harris, MD. He was at Bowman Gray/Wake Forest School of Medicine. We had a blind date. He was in the US Air Force, and we lived on Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, NM. I taught sixth grade at Sacred Heart Elementary School. Then, off to Cincinnati, OH. I taught Title 1 reading and received my Master of Education degree from Xavier University in 1977. I also had our two daughters there. Next, was Richmond, VA, where my husband was on the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia in the Department of Otolaryngology. From 1980 to 1985, we lived in Baltimore, MD, where my husband was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital. I joined the Junior League of Baltimore and was in the first docent class at the National Aquarium.

We have been in South Carolina since 1985. I have been president of the Medical Wives and served on the board of Children’s Place and the Aiken Symphony Guild. I am past treasurer of the Henry Middleton NSDAR. I play bridge two to three times a week. I own Guest Cottage Linens and Gifts, a small retail store. My husband and I like to travel. We have been to Russia and China as well as Europe many times. Italy is our favorite.

We have two granddaughters and one grandson.

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Billy Ray McCormick 891 Bartlet Lane The Villages, FL 32162 352-339-3714

Major: Economics.

Hometown: Greensboro, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Graduate School of Banking, University of Wisconsin, 1986. School of Banking of the South, Louisiana State University, 1981.

Life/Career Experiences: Retired in 1995 as a Bank Examiner/Supervisor with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Personal: Main hobby – golf.

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Cynthia “Cindy” Ann Meier 1505 Canterford Court Virginia Beach, VA 23464 757-467-2979 [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Roanoke, VA.

I retired in 2012 after a career as an Administrative Assistant/Executive Assistant for three firms. I have been an active member in several organizations – before and after retirement – which involved board membership in the Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club, Tidewater Bicycle Association, Herb Society of America, Society for Design Administration, International Association of Design Professionals, Norfolk Society for Cemetery Conservation (NSCC) and Indian River Family YMCA. My current board memberships are with NSCC and the Indian River Y. I regularly volunteer with the Rock and Roll Half Marathon, Shamrock Marathon, NSCC and the Virginia Arts Festival. I currently have an annual part-time job beginning in April with Pearson as a professional scorer. I regularly participate in local 5K and 10K races. In December 2018 I was awarded Volunteer of the Year for my work with NSCC.

My proudest efforts are now with NSCC and working on family history and genealogy. On behalf of NSCC and the City of Norfolk Bureau of Cemeteries, I initiated efforts to obtain a Virginia State Historical Highway Marker for each of two of Norfolk’s historical municipal cemeteries. The markers were dedicated in April 2018.

92 Margaret “Francine” Milam Graham 3772 Butterfield Drive Kennesaw, GA 30152 770-428-1613 [email protected]

Major: Biology with Teaching Certification for Secondary Education.

Hometown: Charlotte, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Drug Education, UNC Charlotte, 1971.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught 7th through 12th graders at Charlotte Christian High School (1969-1975) – all sciences and advanced biology, Spanish, art, physical education, math and Bible. Coached women’s basketball and cheerleaders (1969-1974). Sponsored and produced yearbook (1969-1974). World Bridge Ministries Inc., (1993- present) as bookkeeper/CFO. Stay-at-home mother, 1975-1993.

Personal: Married to Allan (July 1971). Two adult children.

Memorable Highlights: Cartoonist for “The Carolinian” (1966 and 1967). Interviewed guest artists (The Righteous Brothers, Lettermen). UNCG Outing Club (1965-1969). Dr. Hollis Rogers’ natural science field trips (1965- 1969).

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Susan Lorraine Moore Thomas 5401 Nicks Road Mebane, NC 27302 336-643-6451 (h) 336-686-7840 (c) [email protected]

Major: Early Childhood Education.

Hometown: Snow Hill, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Training in classical education. Internship in organic gardening. Reading, self-study in numerous areas.

Life/Career Experiences: Board member and teacher at Caldwell Academy Classical School in Greensboro from founding in 1995 to 2004. Now retired to a small organic hobby farm.

Personal: Married 51 years with three children and nine grandchildren. Hosted Italian exchange student and his parents, who visited while he was here for a year. Visited various places in Italy during a number of trips. Traveled and spent time in the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Scotland.

Memorable Highlights: Ring Dance. Orientation weekend where I met my husband.

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Elizabeth Hobgood Murphrey 424 Windmeadows Street Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 407-260-6293 (h) 407-718-8510 (c) [email protected]

Major: History and International Studies.

Hometown: Greenville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts, European History, Duke University, 1971; Ph.D., European History, Duke University, 1976; African Studies, University of Florida, 1984; Swahili, Yale University; Master of Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill, 1993; intelligence courses while working at Fort Bragg, 1982-89; seminars for college teachers at UCLA (1994), Harvard (2000) and an institute at St. Mary of Maryland College.

Life/Career Experiences: I have done about everything you can do with a history major:

• Edited the Socialist Party Papers while a graduate student at Duke. • Taught college-level European and world history at Wake Forest University, NC A&T State University, Fayetteville State University, Elizabeth City State University, Everest University (South Orlando) and Columbia College (Orlando). • Worked as an Africa analyst for the US Army at Fort Bragg, Special Operations Command. • Ended my career with more than 12 years as a librarian.

Personal: I am now retired and have taken eight bus trips so far – to Cuba, two to France, Germany, Spain, Imperial Europe, Ireland and Russia.

I stay involved in local politics.

My family consists of one rescue cat named Belle and a brother in Apex, NC.

Memorable Highlights: My most vivid memory of UNCG is April 1968 (Easter vacation) when a busload of us was going to New York City to the United Nations and other attractions. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed just before we were supposed to go. There were snipers over on the campus of North Carolina A&T, and the chancellor wasn’t sure he should let us go. He did though and, protected by hundreds of policemen, we had a wonderful time. That’s the highlight of my four years at UNCG.

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Thomisene “Tomi” Oliver Antwi Strickland 398 Norment Road Lumberton, NC 28360 910-671-0113 (h) 910-736-2151 (c) [email protected]

Major: French. Hometown: Lumberton, NC.

At this stage in our lives, it is a blessing to be alive. We have another chance to make a better world. Being grateful daily keeps us going. Forgiveness of self and others, searching for the positive, striving to be our best, working together for the common good, seeking the will of the great Creator in our lives is soul redeeming! May we all continue to love and respect others the way we want the same for ourselves. Let us continue this awesome credo until our last breath. I have matured greatly since studying with the Church of Christ since 1984!

Right after graduation (BA in French), I went to summer school at Carolina for Spanish I and II – completion of the requisites for a teaching certificate. That fulfilled my mother’s advice to assure job availability anywhere I chose to live. My college adviser said that foreign language majors would be more useful to their schools if they had two languages. Not intending to teach, that rule seemed a little stretched to me. I would find other ways to earn a living. Of course, my first job was teaching French! But I did interview to be a tour guide at the United Nations in NYC that fall and got the job. I liked Spanish so much (it was similar to French), I continued to study it as a hobby. I took a class at UNC-P and later took three more classes at Methodist College. At the UN I continued classes in French and Spanish in house. Four of us went to Mexico. There we were, our own UN: four of us – French, Norwegian, Lebanese and Black American. My focus was on speaking Spanish and the cultural aspects of the Aztecs, unexpected bonuses to my unexpected teaching career of 32+ years in my hometown! I ended up with a total of 21+ hours in Spanish!

While at the UN, I met Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and had a French class with his daughter, Patricia. I enjoyed leading tours in English and French and took my Spanish teacher on my debut Spanish tour. Thirty-one languages were spoken in my guiding class. Meeting Harry Belafonte; Ralph Abernathy; the world’s best cellist at that time, Pablo Casals from El Salvador; being kissed on the cheek by Duke Ellington on my birthday; being selected to represent the guides on the UN Staff Council; shaking hands with Secretary General U Thant; and, taking the first lady of Mauritania on a French tour while I was working there were highlights. I just had to live in Harlem because Langston Hughes, the well-known black poet, had talked about it in many of his works. I thought I needed to see every place he mentioned: the Apollo theatre, Club Derby, Small’s Paradise, the Cotton Club (even though I am not a club person), and the Harlem Museum. I took a picture with Muhammad Ali, visited all the sights I could and met the visiting French writer Eugene Ionesco and Maya Angelou. I also had to see where Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and his father preached, Abyssinian Baptist Church, where I became a member and got a chance to get a little closer to the life of the defunct congressman. It was exciting to see a few different entertainers and TV stars as you went about your daily life in the Big Apple. I loved New York.

My time at UNCG was life changing. I miss my closest friends dearly. We started the Neo Black Society and were in the first International House for which I am viewed as a UNCG Dinosaur! I miss Bailey, Cone and Shaw halls and the library. We had caring teachers, house mothers, curfew by 11 p.m. and challenging classes. I chose to come to this state school because it was integrated and mostly female so that I would not fall in love before I got my degree. Refusing to integrate in high school, I felt that integration belonged to the future. I am internationally integrated now. I returned to UNCG to grad school but did not stay long. I was too used to earning my own living and not being too tied down. But while I was there in the dining hall, I met my first husband, a soccer player on Belmont Abbey’s team. They were playing UNCG in soccer. Go Spartans! He was from Ghana, West Africa. We later married, traveled to his home in Africa for a short stay and had two daughters. One has a master’s in chemistry (Florida A&M/Howard U, undergrad), teaches and is engaged. The other is a lawyer (UNC) and is married. Her wedding was at Duke Chapel, where she was an undergrad. I have no grands and remarried in 1991. I am drawn to Bible issues, love stories, human kindness projects, good music, museums, healthy lifestyles, weight loss and quality relationships. Now my hometown is cosmopolitan! I work closely with a French-speaking Chilean and a Panamanian; previously with two Puerto Ricans and a Guatemalan. I retired in 2005 and have been working part-time since then and now in Spanish only! Teaching was not too bad. Who knew?

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Susan O’Neal 8908 Keller Court Huntersville, NC 28078 704-992-9155 (h) 732-687-3840 (c) [email protected]

Major: History.

Hometown: Glenwood Landing, NY.

Education Since UNCG: MSLS, Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill, 1971.

Life/Career Experiences: Reference and administration in several public and private libraries/corporations in North Carolina, New York and New Jersey, 1971-2015. Director, Allendale, Franklin Lakes and Middletown Township, 1981-2015. President, New Jersey Library Association, 2011-2012. Currently happily retired!

Personal: Married to Bruce C. Crocker, 1971-1994. Son, TJ (Terrence Jeffrey), and grandchildren, Lillian Caroline (17) and Marshall Jackson (11). Been married to Kenneth J. Scheibner since 1998. Two stepdaughters, Lesley and Jennifer, and two grandchildren, Aidan (9) and Olivia (7).

I love to go motorcycling with Ken. Our favorite place is Sedona, AZ.

My interests include music, genealogy, cross stitch, interior decorating, ballet, opera, cooking, flower gardening, reading and Tar Heel basketball.

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Katherine “Taffy” Brewster Parker Jordan 1300 Maxwell Street Salisbury, NC 28144 704-633-4514 [email protected]

Major: History and Secondary Education.

Hometown: Raleigh, NC.

Upon graduation in January of 1969, I returned to Raleigh and became a high school history teacher. I also worked at the local bank in the newly created Master Charge Department. In 1970 I returned to UNCG to pursue a Master of Education with a concentration in library education. (This was the precursor to the present Master of Science in Library Science.) I completed the course of study and earned my second degree from UNCG in August of 1971. I hit the world as a qualified school librarian.

I began my new career with the Atlanta Public Schools. This new field of education was exciting and perpetually changing. I have served public and private schools at all levels (elementary, middle and high schools). I happily discovered my UNCG education also qualified me to work in a few public libraries. I found public library work the most rewarding because I used every bit of skill and practice gleaned from my graduate studies.

My title changed to media specialist somewhere along the way. I began typing catalog cards and filing in endless banks of drawers. I saw computers replace card searching with a few keystrokes, and bar codes made inventories a smoother task. Gradually I learned and taught Google as a new information bank. The internet changed and continues to change libraries, media centers and minds into “gigabytes” and cloud storage. Even the old standard book knowledge has been altered as information becomes available in audible, electronic, Kindle and whatever new idea is just around the corner.

I met and married Fred Jordan, a United Methodist pastor from Salisbury in 1974. We began our marriage at a small UM church in Concord, NC. His work required us to move many times and serve numerous churches and assignments in Western North Carolina. On the way, we raised two wonderful sons and a beautiful daughter. Parenting exposed us to higher education-searching, applying and financing over 11 years. That we survived and have graduates from Duke University, Virginia Tech University and Catawba College. Our children are happily married and have given us seven grand grandchildren. We are now retired and reside in Salisbury, my husband’s hometown.

As a retiree, I fill my time helping our community. I work with our local women’s shelter grocery shopping weekly and running errands for the staff of The Family Crisis Council. I have done some individual tutoring with the children while in residence. In my local church, I love to work in missions. We traveled to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Recently the two of us have led building teams to the Lumberton, NC, area to help rebuild flooded homes. Locally, we help build homes for Habitat for Humanity. We have also been privileged to travel abroad. Last year we visited Peru and Ecuador, including Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands.

My education from UNCG has served me well. I was prepared for a career as a teacher. I can honestly say that at some time in my life, I have tapped the wealth of knowledge and love of learning I experienced in my years there.

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Susan Marion Parker Hanes 161 17th Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309 404-210-0564 [email protected]

Major: Mathematics.

Hometown: Fayetteville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: University of Georgia – Ed.D., Educational Administration and Ed.S., Mathematics Education; Georgia State University – M.Ed., Mathematics-Secondary Education.

Career: I have had extensive experience in public education, including information management services, assessment development, research, program evaluation and high school mathematics teaching. My experience included 12 years in the Georgia Department of Education in assessment development, director of statistical services and electronic data collection for statewide systems, and program evaluation. I have worked in local school systems as the director of assessment, research and evaluation. I was the director of standards and research for the Georgia Office of Education Accountability. I have conducted consulting services for the IES Longitudinal Data System Grants, technical assistance for the Performance Based Data Management Initiative (PBDMI), and consulting services and site visits with the Center for Education Leadership and Technology and CCSSO for the Decision Support Architecture Consortium. I was a technical advisor for the Center on Innovation and Improvement (CII). The Center developed technical assistance products and services to engage regional centers, states, districts and schools in school improvement and expansion of education options. I was a consultant with the Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, where I worked with states on their statewide systems of support. I have served as a peer reviewer for the US Department of Education for Accountability Reviews and State Assessment System reviews and has been a member of Title I State Monitoring teams. I have worked on committees for the CCSSO and National Center for Education Statistics.

Some of my publications have included: Hanes, S., Kerins, T., Perlman, C., Redding, S., and Ross, S. (2009). Evaluating the Statewide System of Supports with Rubrics, Explanations, and Exemplars. Lincoln: Academic Development Institute; Benjamin, R. & Hanes, S. (2000). Transforming Public Education: Sustaining the Roots of American Ideals, Our Economy, and Our Environment. In K. A. Wheeler & A. P. Bijur (Eds.), Education for a Sustainable Future: A Paradigm of Hope for the 21st Century (pp. 161-198). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Personal: I am enjoying retirement in Atlanta. I have one son who lives in Asheville, NC.

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Marie Pearson Bridgers 4758 Gardenia Circle Rocky Mount, NC 27804 252-446-0204 (h) 252-903-9590 (c) [email protected]

Major: English Education.

Hometown: Reidsville, NC.

I retired from teaching in North Carolina with 31 years in the classroom. I served as chairwoman of the English Department for a few years before I retired.

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Virginia “Ginny” Marian Peters Williams 6730 Pine Drive Columbia, MD 21046 410-997-8345

Major: Chemistry.

Hometown: Newport News, VA.

Education Since UNCG: One year of biochemistry at UNC Chapel Hill.

Life/Career Experiences: Technician – pesticide research, hornworm and honey bee research; substitute teacher, teacher’s aide; horticultural consultant for the University of Maryland. Now retired.

Personal: Married with two children. I love walking on the beach and in the woods, reading and gardening.

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Sarah C. Phillips- Benbury 10051 86th Street Seminole, FL 33777 727-393-3537 [email protected]

Major: Math.

Hometown: Mullins, SC.

After graduation, I obtained a position as an accountant in High Point, NC, which started me on an accounting path. About six years later, after being employed by a CPA firm and being encouraged by a partner to sit for the CPA exam, I returned to school to take the remaining required courses to sit for the exam. After passing the exam, I remained with the firm until I moved to Florida in 1983.

After relocating to Florida, I went to work in the private sector as a Controller, Director of Accounting and CFO in three different industries.

My adventures have been as various as my positions in private accounting. In 2002, I joined the Krewe of Tucks (a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe that marches on Saturday before Fat Tuesday). I remained with them for two years. In March 2004, I had my first Iditarider experience. I have ridden the first 11 miles of the Iditarod seven different years with seven different mushers. Each has been a unique experience. “The Last Great Race” is an awesome experience – 1,049 miles from Anchorage to Nome. The dogs of the Iditarod are the true athletes.

After retiring in 2004, I started working in security and had many opportunities to work wonderful events, the most awesome being working music cruises. I have worked Shiprocked, Monsters of Rock, Moody Blues, Cruises to the Edge and Monsters of Rock West Coast. These positions have given me exposure to the best musicians in the world. I loved every minute of each. In 2016, I decided I had other priorities and am no longer employed.

Traveling and music concerts have been a priority. In my spare time, I make jewelry (which I have enjoyed for eight years) and enjoy gym time.

I have two wonderful daughters. One lives in South Carolina and the other in Pennsylvania. I have two grandsons – one at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the other in high school.

My education at UNCG provided me the launching pad for a wonderful career.

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John L. “Jack” Pinnix 125 Ammons Drive Raleigh, NC 27615 919-846-1958 (h) 919-400-3355 (c) 919-755-0505 (o) [email protected]

Major: History.

Hometown: Reidsville, NC.

Ambitiously jumping the gun, I enrolled in Biology 101 at UNCG the summer following my high school graduation. I was woefully unprepared and eventually withdrew. Thus, in the fall of 1965, when I officially enrolled as a freshman, I had the distinction of beginning my college life with a negative grade point average. It could only go uphill.

I came to treasure the years I spent with classmates who have become lifelong friends and a superb faculty that included John Beeler, Richard Bardolph, Robert Calhoun, Franklin Parker (and his wife, Jennie). Through “The Carolinian,” and other activities, I was privileged to work with the administration and staff and came to count many as friends, including Jim Ferguson, Tom Smyth, Jim Allen, Terry Weaver and Katherine Taylor – who became my unofficial mentor. Without the tutoring of a retired Romance Language Department professor, Miss Augustine La Rochelle, I never would have met my 18-hour Spanish requirement. This ranks among my life’s greatest ironies, since I have spent the last 41 years of my professional life practicing immigration law. To this day I am, only arguably, fluent in English.

During my first eight years after graduation I went to law school, practiced briefly in my home county (Rockingham), attained a MA in history (UNCG), coordinated a U.S. Senate primary race, and served as special counsel for the Mentally Ill and Inebriate at Broughton Hospital in Morganton. In 1977 I formed a law firm in Raleigh with Noel Allen, a past president of Elon’s SGA; we met as undergraduates at State Student Legislature. Over four decades Allen & Pinnix, P.A. has had many incarnations even as it continues to host North Carolina’s oldest immigration practice. With the possible exception of North Korea, I have had the privilege of representing clients from virtually every country on earth.

Since 1993 I have served on the board of governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and, in 2002, I was installed as AILA’s first president to serve after the 911 attacks.

I’m extremely proud of my wife, Sally, who, like my late mother, was a career public school teacher. “The News & Observer” recognized Sally as “Tar Heel of the Week” for her tireless volunteer efforts on behalf of the National Inclusion Project.

Over the years we have enjoyed extensive travel opportunities and visits to the North Carolina coast. Our children – Jennifer and Will – are flourishing, and we have a talented, amazing 11-year-old granddaughter, Carmen. Charley, the goldendoodle, rounds out our extended household.

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Katherine Elizabeth “Kathy” Raup Wilson 1057 Elliott Street Wheatland, WY 82201 307-322-1623 (h) 307-241-0156 (c) [email protected]

Major: French (Secondary Education).

Hometown: Hendersonville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: One semester of college Spanish while living in Panama. Officer’s Training School at Medina Annex, Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), TX, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. Missile Maintenance Officer Course at Chanute AFB, IL, in 1977. Logistics course at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, in 1980. I studied contracting and budget preparation as an administrative officer for U.S. Geological Survey. I completed a college course in beginning geology in 1990 at Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY.

Career:

• The summer after we graduated, two busloads of French people visited Hendersonville for a week. I served as a translator during their activities and on a visit to the Cherokee Village. I also visited one of them in Paris for a week in 1971. • I taught GED science to soldiers at the Army Education Center in Friedberg Kaserne, Germany, during the year my husband was stationed there, 1970-71. • I was accepted to Officer Training School (OTS) at Medina Annex, Lackland AFB, TX, in June 1977. After three months of training, I was commissioned on Sept. 21, 1977, as a Second Lieutenant and assigned to F.E. Warren Air Force Base, in Cheyenne, WY. During my 4-year assignment there, I was a Missile Maintenance Officer, leading crews working on Minuteman III missiles at sites in a 350,000-square-mile area in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. I was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1979. I led the electronics laboratory staff. I received the Air Force Commendation Medal for my service. • In 1981, I began working for the Wyoming Secretary of State. I compiled the Wyoming Official Directory, assisted with elections, and registration of political action committees and corporations, as needed. • I worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, as an Administrative Officer for 7 years, and as an earth science technical editor for the last 15 years of my 32½ years of civil service. I retired in January 2006. My husband and I moved back to Wyoming from Lincoln, NE.

Personal: I married Billy R. Wilson in 1970. We celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary this January. We have no children. We lived in Friedberg, Germany, Colorado Springs, CO, Panama City, Panama, and the Panama Canal Zone while Bill was in the Army, then in Cheyenne, WY, for 19½ years; in Lincoln, NE, for 10 years; and in Wheatland, WY, for 12 years so far. I enjoy camping in our RV, reading, sewing, helping my church and sightseeing.

Interests: I served as secretary of the Women of the Moose for the local Moose Lodge for 3 years. I am on the finance committee, United Methodist Women (UMW) of which I’ve been president for 4 years, administrative council member and the choir for our local Methodist church. I also proofread the church newsletter each month.

Memorable Highlights: I remember singing in the Glee Club all four years, participating in Class of 1969 activities, working on the newspaper. I participated in the French Club and became a member of Pi Delta Phi, the French honor society, in my junior year. I helped tutor several children and did my student teaching as one of the first two white student teachers assigned to an all-black junior high school. I appreciate the excellent education I received at UNCG and have used what I learned in many surprising ways during my career. 104

Norma L. Jones Reavis 3629 Sea Gull Road Virginia Beach, VA 23452 757-463-2789 (h) 757-235-9571 (c) [email protected]

Major: Merchandising.

Hometown: Gates, NC.

Education Since UNCG: I took cost accounting at UNCG and CPA problems at Guilford College in order to have enough accounting credits to sit for the CPA exam. I took numerous continuing education courses/seminars in public accounting, hospital accounting and governmental accounting.

Life/Career Experiences: Staff Accountant in tax department at A.M. Pullen & Co. CPAs in Greensboro, 1969-71; Staff Accountant at Laventhal, Krestein, Horwath & Horwath, CPAs in Norfolk, VA, 1971-73; Payroll Manager, City of Norfolk, 1973-75; passed CPA exam and received CPA certificate in VA, 1975; Internal Management Auditor, City of Norfolk, 1975-77; Enterprise Controller, Lake Taylor City Hospital, Norfolk, 1977-1983; City Controller, City of Portsmouth, VA, 1983-1997; Director of Administration, Hampton Roads Regional Jail, Portsmouth, 1997-2012. I retired on Dec. 1, 2012.

Personal: I married Johnnie D. Reavis in June 1968, the summer after my junior year. We celebrated our 50th anniversary in June 2018. Our son, John Christopher (Chris) was born in October 1976. Johnnie was a school teacher when we married. He entered the management program of Roses Stores Inc. in 1971. His first store assignment was in Norfolk, so we moved to nearby Chesapeake, VA. He worked in 10 different stores all in this area (except for five months in 1979 in High Point, NC). Roses downsized and closed his current store in Virginia Beach in 1993. The company continued to downsize and eventually was sold. Johnnie started a vending business in 1993 which he operated until 2010 when he had a massive heart attack. We were fortunate to be living in this area so that he received excellent treatment at Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk. He was first on an LVAD and then received a heart transplant in February 2011. He has had quite a journey with medical problems associated with the transplant and other things like breaking both his left arm and leg in a fall. He is doing fine, and we are grateful.

We joke that our social life is going to doctor appointments. Getting older is not for sissies. Retirement has not been an easy transition for me, but I have survived, and life is good.

Memorable Highlights: I enjoyed working on the school newspaper in my sophomore and junior years. I started as circulation manager and then became advertising manager. It was interesting and fun, and I learned a lot. The trip to the College Newspaper Conference in Chicago was my first time flying. I did not realize that I had much of a Southern accent until I went to Chicago. Every time I opened my mouth, someone was asking me to talk some more or commenting on my accent. I also found out that iced tea is not readily available in Chicago in October. I don’t know if my accent improved or the people in Chicago changed, but years later when I visited the city, I had no problem.

I also enjoyed being on the State Student Legislature in my sophomore and junior years. This was a wonderful experience. It taught me that I did not want to be in politics, and I got to meet the real Colonel Saunders of KFC fame.

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Marcella “Ann” Reed Dunn 2347 Lyon Street Raleigh, NC 27608 919-601-5656 [email protected]

Major: Pre-law.

Hometown: Kinston, NC.

I transferred to UNC Chapel Hill in 1967 after my sophomore year. I entered law school there in 1968 and graduated in 1971. I began working in the NC Department of Justice in September of 1971 and retired as a Senior Deputy Attorney General in 2010.

I married Glenn Dunn in 1977. He is an environmental attorney with Poyner Spruill in Raleigh. We have two daughters, Nancy, an environmental attorney with the State Department of Environmental Quality, and Helen, who earned her PhD in French from UVA and is now in charge of lobbying and communications for the Albemarle County School District in Virginia.

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Jean Broaddus Richardson Smith 2202 Trinidad Street Falls Church, VA 22043 703-599-4978 [email protected]

Major: Interior Design.

Hometown: Arlington, VA.

Education Since UNCG: Several courses at Northern Virginia Community College in business practices for interior designers and architectural drafting. Continuing education courses through ASID.

Life/Career Experiences: Teacher/Director of Westover Preschool in Arlington, 1978-1980; Owner, Jean Smith Interiors in McLean, VA, for 25 years; participant in National Symphony Orchestra Showhouse, 2001; designed a condo at the Newseum for Nick and Nina Clooney. Traveled across the United States and to countries around the world, including South Africa, Spain, Germany, France, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada and the Netherlands and sailed the British Virgin Islands.

Personal: Married to John Walter Smith. Two daughters, Julia and Jessica. Three grandsons, Henry, Boden and Silas. Enjoy traveling, the arts, knitting, gardening, reading, family and friends.

Memorable Highlights: JA, 3 (I remember those hall meetings with everyone sitting around in PJ’s); member of Omicron Nu national honor society junior and senior years and treasurer as a senior; receiving the Henry A. Foscue Interior Design Award; member of the student chapter of NSID, beginning as a sophomore and then serving as vice president my junior year and president as a senior; being chosen as first place winner of a design competition sponsored by the southeastern chapter of NSID; Wonderful Second Floor Weil (Yes, it is official; you can see it in the yearbook!) for junior and senior years; being chosen Senior Class beauty; many wonderful friends whose faces I recognize in the yearbook but have not seen in too many years; many great professors, including Pierre Debbs and Mr. Carpenter in the art department, Dr. Wright in the history department and others whose names I can no longer recall; trip to New York City with the interior design majors; curfews; visitors announced on the intercom (man on the hall!); dorm meetings, the sun deck at Moore; talking on the pay phone on the hall.

Jean and roomie Elizabeth From left, Cindy Satterfield Mueller (deceased) Jean Baxter Owens and Elizabeth

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Linda Lee Robinson Beaver 219 Bentley Hill Drive Reisterstown, MD 21136 410-833-0176 (h) 443-801-8207 (c) [email protected]

Major: German.

Hometown: Charlotte, NC.

After graduation, I had the opportunity to teach German and math in the Raleigh City School System. I also taught English in a private school in Charlotte and in the Roanoke (VA) City School System. After the births of my daughters, I was fortunate enough to stay home with them for a while. I worked for a marketing company for nine years. During this time, I started a business with Mary Kay Cosmetics. I have been with Mary Kay for 28 years, and I am an Independent Senior Sales Director. Having earned the use of 10 Mary Kay cars, I have been driving free since 2001. Mary Kay has given me the opportunity to enrich women’s lives and given me great personal fulfillment.

My husband, Carl Beaver, and I have been married for 48 years and have two beautiful daughters, Jennifer and Carrie; two fabulous sons-in-law, Brad and Jason; and four amazingly awesome grandchildren, Ave, Declan, Drew and Cameron. My dear husband and I have been well blessed. I have been very active in my church leading Bible studies for over 40 years and serving as a trustee and elder in the Presbyterian church.

My days at UNCG were wonderful and filled with great friends, good times and a great education. I had the amazing opportunity to study in Germany the first semester of my senior year.

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John Andrew Robinson Jr. 1906 Cayenne Court New Bern, NC 28562 540-722-0462 [email protected]

Major: History.

Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC.

Education Since UNCG: M.Div., Union Theological Seminary (now Union Presbyterian Seminary), 1975. Numerous trainings and workshops.

Life/Career Experiences: I was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1975. Aside from pastoring a small inner-city church in Winchester, VA, most of my professional and volunteer work has been focused on community development, disaster response and spiritual care in disaster. For the last two years I have been assisting in organizing long-term recovery groups following hurricanes Matthew and Florence.

Earlier in my career, I worked as a volunteer with the community and school systems in addressing racial bias, racism and racial conflict. I also provided training in school crisis response and helped develop school response systems.

I have received numerous awards and recognitions. Of these I would list three as especially meaningful:

• Mental Health Service Award – Robeson County, NC – 1979. • Peace and Justice Award, Coalition for Racial Unity, Winchester, VA – 1998. • WC Legacy Award, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Alumni Association – 2015.

My specialized training in traumatic stress and crisis response led to volunteer work with the Winchester (VA) City Schools in school crisis response.

I have written widely on disaster response and spiritual care in disaster, including contributing a chapter to “Disaster Spiritual Care, Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy,” 2008.

I have been active in the disaster response movement for more than 30 years. I was a member of the board of directors, National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, 2010-2015, president/chairman of the board, 2012-1014. Following Hurricane Matthew, I organized the Craven County Disaster Recovery Alliance and served as vice chair until 2018 when I was elected chair. I am also vice president, North Carolina Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, 2017- present.

Personal: I have been married to Helen Hassall since 1971. We have two sons, John Arron and John Andrew. One is a manager for Harris Teeter, and the other is a foster care case manager in Virginia. We have three terrific grandchildren: Quentin Andrew, Ava Lucille and River George.

Helen and I both responded to Hurricane Katrina. She went as a volunteer and has many of her own stories about that time. I was the Associate for Disaster Response in the US for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, PCUSA at the time. I was privileged to create 12 “volunteer villages” along the Gulf Coast to house volunteers coming to Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. PDA still helps set up and register volunteers for Volunteer Villages across the country.

Memorable Highlights: I have many special memories of my time at UNCG. I remember going to Duke with classmate Jack Pinnix following the student protests there; spending the night in the Elliott Center with Dean Catherine Taylor and Terry Weaver and several other students during a cafeteria workers’ strike and student protest; and I remember the encouragement and wisdom of so many faculty and staff in supporting students learning about adult life in community. I will always be indebted to the Rev. Jim Allen, the Rev. Tom Smythe and Dean Taylor for their support in building the student radio station, WEHL. 109 Martha Anne Robinson Long

3304 Mapleton Crescent Chesapeake, VA 23321 757-483-7874 (h) 757-636-8370 (c) [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Summerfield, NC.

The "Girls of 5th floor Grogan" started great things in March '69 with a bridal shower and many attended my wedding to William Long of Greensboro and the US Navy. We have had an amazing 50 years since graduation. After a trip to Europe, we settled in jobs and had adven- tures with many remarkable people and in many locations. We continue to share exciting exploits with our three wonderful sons-- Jeffrey Alan, graduate of the University of Maryland, John Gregory, graduate of UNC-Greensboro, and James Eric, graduate of UNC-Greensboro, and two grandchildren-- Alexa and Nathaniel. And so, the legacy continues -- Educate a woman and you educate a family.

110 Joseph Shepperd Rogers Beall’s Pleasure Landover, MD 20785 301-723-1899

Major: Art/Speech and Drama

Education Since UNCG: Received my undergraduate degree from Greensboro College. Master of Fine Arts, UNCG, 1969.

I use the name AIVEN in my artwork. I continued my training at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC, where I later taught drawing and perspective. I also studied at the Rehobeth Art League, The Northern Virginia Art League in Alexandria, VA, and the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore, MD. I developed my art further at American University studying Mediterranean Medieval Art and Northern European Art under noted professor, Dr. Turak. This experience greatly influenced my cryptic style, which often depicts iconic Madonnas, beast-like creatures, and, sometimes, darkly (and often female) religious images.

Over the years, I have taught art for Prince Georges Board of Education and Columbia Institute of Art in Columbia, MD, and worked for 20 years at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria. I also have enjoyed directorship of art galleries for Garfinkles in DC and A.H. Fettings Co. in Baltimore. I was selected as a judge for Scholastic Art Awards (Washington, DC) for eight years. I also served as an admissions and exhibitions committee member for the Arts Club of Washington, DC, and past board member and vice president of the American Art League Inc. in Washington.

I am a member of the Hyattsville Community Arts Alliance.

111 Pamela “Pam” Sherry Rogers Williams 610 Greenvine Circle Winston-Salem, NC 27103 336-765-4553 (h) 336-416-8821 (c) [email protected]

Major: Business-Retail Marketing.

Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC.

Life/Career Experiences: Cost Accountant/Analyst, Hanes Hosiery; Accounting/Operations Manager, The Robertson Group/TurboSlot Sports; Accounts Payable, Brookcare Pharmacy. I am currently retired and enjoy reading, needlework, day trips and the South Carolina beaches. Our most notable trip was to Paris.

Personal: Married to Richard Williams, owner of Park West Salon. We have two children: Brad works with the NC Department of Transportation; Meredith Williams Clarke is a 1999 graduate of UNCG and is a clinical nutritionist at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Her husband Andy graduated from NC State University and is a CPA. We have two granddaughters, Tessa Elizabeth (12) and Cara Noelle (3).

112 Sandra Elizabeth Sadler Nutting 15 Richard Wilson Drive Coatesville, PA 19320 610-384-6651 (h) 484-678-4426 (c) [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Bayboro, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Arts in English Literature.

Life/Career Experiences: Owned a communications firm that provided business and technical writing courses for companies and government. My last three years before retirement were spent working for NASA revising a training program for product development engineers.

Personal: I have two children and six grandchildren. Hobbies are reading and travel.

Memorable Highlights: I enjoyed meeting new people – many of whom have remained close friends.

113 Sandra Lee “Sandy” Schneider Allen 101 Daybreak Court Grandy, NC 27939 252-453-6956 (h) 252-619-3966 (c) [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Thomasville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Education, UNCG, 1973. Licensed Professional Counselor in the states of Michigan and Indiana. Certified PTSD counselor.

Life/Career Experiences: Worked as a teacher/counselor in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan. I am now retired.

Personal: Married Richard Allen in December 1971. We have three independent professional children and four superlative grandchildren.

We have been and are now volunteers wherever we live.

Memorable Highlights: Snow on the Quad and golf course; our rings; our jackets; Junior Show; Dr. Rogers in the Biology Department; Daisy Chain; Golden Chain, graduation.

114 James Michael “Mike” Simmons 134 Country Meadow Lane Coats, NC 27521 910-897-1886 (h) 910-890-0084 (c) [email protected]

Major: Philosophy.

Hometown: Leaksville (now Eden), NC.

Education Since UNCG: I attended UNCG for two years and transferred to Carson-Newman College (now University), where I majored in religion and minored in English. After college, I worked for the Eden YMCA as the teen and camp director for seven months before entering Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where I earned the Master of Divinity Degree with Languages in 1973 and the Doctor of Ministry Degree in 1978. I also completed a quarter unit of clinical pastoral education at the School of Pastoral Care at Wake Forest Medical Center in 1975.

Life/Career Experiences and Highlights: I served as pastor for six NC Baptist churches for 45 years before retiring from full-time ministry in 2015. Churches served were Macon Baptist Church (Macon), Providence Baptist Church (Stoneville), First Baptist Church (Canton), Midwood Baptist Church (Charlotte), Crabtree Valley Baptist Church (Raleigh), and Buies Creek First Baptist Church (Buies Creek). While at Buies Creek, I taught as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Religion at Campbell University. I have held leadership positions in every Baptist Association where I served a church. I am the current moderator of the Little River Baptist Association in Harnett County. While serving in Canton, I was president of the Canton-Bethel-Clyde United Way. Since retirement, I served as the interim pastor of Holly Springs Baptist Church (Broadway) and am presently serving as the interim pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church (Garner). I am also serving as one of the volunteer chaplains at Central Harnett Hospital in Lillington. I have been active in the Lions Club since 1992 and am presently the secretary- treasurer of the Buies Creek Lions Club. My general education at UNCG helped lay the foundation for me to further my education. Honors received include The Presidential Medallion from Campbell University in 2000.

Personal Information: My wife Sandra and I married in 1969 and have two grown children and five grandchildren. Sandra is a graduate of Wingate University and UNC Charlotte. My volunteer work includes serving as one of the chaplains at Harnett Central Hospital in Lillington and in various positions of leadership in Baptist Associations. I also serve on the Campbell University Board of Ministers. My hobbies include music, traveling and walking. Adventures include two mission trips to Brazil and two mission trips to Honduras, as well as travels within the United States, especially to the Grand Canyon.

Memorable highlights from my two years at UNCG include serving as a representative to the Student Legislature and being elected to serve on the Honors Court. It was also memorable being with the first group of men to enter the university and to live on campus. It was interesting being the only male in my PE class. I also had the opportunity to play on the first volleyball team as it was formed at the university and play in a round-robin tournament at then-Campbell College.

115 Jane Durbin Sjogren Fitch 1145 Johnson Drive Naperville, IL 60540 630-416-9419 (h) 630-853-4873 (c)

Major: English.

Hometown: Arlington, VA.

Life/Career Experiences: I am a retired teacher, having taught elementary school and secondary reading and English in Florida, California and Illinois.

Personal: Married to Tom Fitch for 50 years. We have two children – daughter Jen (a teacher in Batavia, IL) and son Warne (a physician in Nashville, TN) – and eight grandchildren. As my husband was transferred with his job, we lived in Mayport and Orlando, FL; Westchester, PA; Brea, CA; and Naperville (a Chicago suburb). We have traveled throughout the United States and Europe, been to Hong Kong, and on safari in Tanzania. We spend time each summer at a lake in Fredericksburg, VA.

116 Sherry Slover Patterson 2006 Chatham Dalton, GA 30720 706-278-7256 (h) 706-313-9533 (c) [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Fayetteville, NC.

Education Since UNCG: English as a Second Language certification; Master’s Degree in Reading Instruction, University of West Georgia.

Life/Career Experiences: English teacher, Camden High School, Camden, SC; coordinator ESSA program; English teacher, Groves Adult Education, Wilmington, DE; English teacher, Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington, DE; preschool teacher, Chester Bethel Preschool, Wilmington, DE; English teacher, Brandywine High School, Wilmington, DE; English teacher, Delton High School, Dalton, GA. Currently retired.

Personal: Jim Patterson, spouse; Ashley Jones and Jamie Patterson, children; Carter Jones, Leah Jones, AJ Patterson and Lilly Patterson, grandchildren.

Hobbies: Reading, traveling, volunteering, music (I play mountain dulcimer and lead a group of musicians) and writing (just completed “Under the Ginkgo Tree,” an historical fiction novel about my mother’s family during World War II).

117 Christina “Chris” Rebecca Sorensen Mallard 101-K N. Park Drive Greensboro, NC 27401 276-226-5457 [email protected]

Major: History.

Hometown: Greensboro, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Classes in accounting at Danville Community College in 1981-82 to meet the requirements to sit for the Certified Public Accountant exam in Virginia. Passed exam in November 1982.

Life/Career Experiences: After graduation, I was employed as a Social Worker by Guilford County Department of Social Services. In 1970, I moved to Charlotte and was employed by Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services. In 1973, I became a stay-at-home mother. In 1983, I began my accounting career at a local firm in Danville. I became a partner in that firm in 1987. In 1991, I went to work for a furniture manufacturer as Tax Manager. In 1992, my husband and I opened an accounting practice in Martinsville, VA. He retired from the practice in 2003 due to loss of vision, but I am currently still working. It is a small local firm with four employees. I served on the board of directors of the Virginia Society of CPAs in the 1990s. I have also served on the boards of other local organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge, TheatreWorks, Spencer-Penn School Preservation Organization and others. I am a past president of the uptown Rotary Club in Martinsville and have been treasurer of many organizations.

Personal: I have been married to James Mallard, also of Greensboro, since 1969. We have lived in Greensboro, Charlotte, Danville, Henry County, VA, Martinsville and back to Greensboro. We have two sons. Jonathan lives in Richmond, VA, and is getting married in October to Kate Hendrick. David lives in Eagleville, PA, and is married to Sheng-Ching Wang, originally from Taiwan. They have a daughter, age 6. My parents are deceased, but my sister, Vickie Gates, divides her time between Greensboro and Portland, OR, and my brother, Michael Sorensen, lives in Shell Lake, WI. Vickie and I have taken many trips together to England, Wales, Scotland, France, China and Italy. We also took two road trips – once from Oregon to Martinsville in 2000 and once from Washington, DC, to Oregon in 2003. James and I have traveled many places in the United States.

I enjoy cooking, walking the dog with James and many other pursuits. One surprising fact is that I ran two marathons 20 years (and 20 pounds) ago. At UNCG, my PE classes were less demanding – recreational sports (pool and ping-pong) and folk dance.

Memorable Highlights: The Robert Joffrey Ballet and other programs at Aycock Auditorium; Emmylou Harris singing at the Red Door; many professors who gave me the foundation which has been helpful my entire life in every part of my life; friends I am still in touch with today.

118 Barbara Ann Stadermann Holt 3521 Guilford County Farm Road Elon, NC 27244 336-213-2211 (c) [email protected]

Major: Spanish.

Hometown: High Point, NC.

One of the highlights of my time at UNCG was being asked to serve as a representative of my class to speak to health educators about the importance of family, which I value very much.

Post graduate studies included Summer Institute in Central America 1969 and 18 hours of graduate school in library science. I have also taken classes to learn quilting, stained glass making and tennis instruction as well as training to further my skills for my work and to be a caregiver for my mother.

A few years ago, I donated my class jacket to the library when I learned they were asking for such donations.

I worked for a couple of years as a Teller for Wachovia earning an award in 1972 for “sparking” Wachovia’s business development. It was there in 1973, that I met my future husband, Rodney. We were married in 1973 and will be celebrating 46 years of marriage in 2019.

I taught Spanish and French for 10+ years, retiring from teaching when we adopted a child in 1983. At that point, I became a stay-at-home mother until I was elected president of North Carolina Right to Life in 1990, a position I currently hold. As president, I have lobbied to pass the many pieces of pro-life legislation with parental consent in 1995 and then many other pieces from 2011 until the present.

Presently, I manage the office for my husband’s businesses, long arm quilt for others, and oversee the management of the North Carolina Right to Life, the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee on whose board I serve as vice chairman.

Since college, I have been involved in party politics, serving at various times as precinct chair, secretary of the 12th Congressional District, alternate and delegate to three GOP national conventions, and an NC elector in 2000. My name was submitted in 1995 as a NCGOP Hall of Fame nominee.

I played league tennis, winning or being a runner-up in various tennis tournaments. I enjoy sewing, crafting, machine embroidery and quilting. I have learned the art of stained glass and have made numerous pieces which I given as gifts and display in my home.

A few years ago, I returned to teaching Spanish for a homeschooled group for a couple of years. For nine years, I was a caregiver for my mother who had Alzheimer’s and just recently passed to her eternal home in February 2018.

My husband and I are fortunate to have a place on the Outer Banks where I enjoy having family and friends for visits in addition to being there just by myself with my two poodles, Mickey and Chelzy. Over my lifetime, I have been the owner of Dachshunds, a German Shepherd, a Yorkie, and now two miniature poodles.

Our son is married and has two step-children.

Above all, it is my faith as a Catholic and a follower of Jesus Christ which inform my thinking and my entire life. 119 Donna Leigh Lawrence Staley 1855 Lake Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27127 336-788-7060

Major: Library Science.

Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Elementary Education, High Point College. Master of Education with Library Science concentration, UNCG, 1969. Library, language arts and technology training were offered by the school system, and I was privileged to learn new skills and information applicable to my profession.

Life/Career Experiences: Teacher at Guilford College Public School, 1963-65; teacher at Moore Elementary School, 1965-69; library aide at Moore Elementary School, 1970; library clerk at Clemmons Elementary School, 1987-88; and Media Coordinator at Sedge Garden School of Mathematics and Science, 1988-98. Named Outstanding Young Educator at Moore Elementary School, 1967-68.

Responsible for automating the library at Sedge Garden School of Mathematics and Science. The library education at UNCG opened up a new world as I became a Media Coordinator at Sedge Garden. My goal was to teach young people to learn how to value and use the library and to feel comfortable in any library wherever they were. Library work was most rewarding. Working with teachers in a flexible scheduling setting made research and internet usage skyrocket. Children were fascinated at the advent of the internet. I am currently retired.

For many years, I have served on the Forsyth County Public Library Board of Trustees, currently as chair. Participation in lobbying legislators and NC congresspersons for library funding and ALA training has been a privilege. Forsyth County Commissioners placed a $40 million bond on the ballot in 2010. Served on the Library Bond Committee and worked at the polls to help the bonds pass by almost 60 percent. Served on the Architect Selection Committee for Central Library 2013-14. Central Library has been renovated and opened in August 1017. Paddison Memorial Branch in Kernersville opened Dec. 20, 2018, and groundbreaking for the new Clemmons Branch will occur in 2019. I currently serve on the Southside Branch Library Executive Board and volunteer where needed.

Personal Information: I am widowed with two daughters, Denette and Leatha, who both attended UNCG. My husband, who taught business technologies at Forsyth Technical Institute, died two weeks before his retirement.

I am a member of the Colonel Andrew Balfour Chapter of DAR; the executive board of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Retired School Personnel; and the Extension and Community Association. I was awarded the Forsyth County Outstanding Service Award for 2018 at the Forsyth County ECA Achievement Day and at the state convention (I have volunteered over 28,000 hours). I am an active member of Ardmore United Methodist Church.

Memorable Highlights: My husband and I both received our master’s degrees in June 1969. Our first child was born March 23, 1969, so she was also present for our awarding ceremony. Happy day!

Memories of Professor Johnson are vivid as she was an excellent instructor. I learned so much from her as well as from the other instructors. I enjoyed my experiences in the library science program. 120 Betsy Aris Suitt Oakley 801 Hood Place Greensboro, NC 27408 336-373-0045 (h) 336-210-8972 (c)

Major: Clothing and Textiles.

Hometown: Oxford, NC.

Since graduating from UNCG, I have lived in Greensboro. Mitchell Oakley and I were married in September of 1969, and we have three children. Chad and Mindy Oakley are parents of three children, Catie, Summer and Chase. Andrea Oakley Fox and husband Neil are parents of Jackson and Oakley. Allen and Heather Oakley have two children, Walter and Eloise.

We have lived a grand adventure called “Life” and continue to do so. We are blessed beyond measure with a wonderful family, a good business and a wide circle of friends. We are a work in progress and hope to remain so … not congealing but looking forward to the next opportunity.

UNCG provided the foundation for continuing education and lifelong learning. I am so proud of this university and the positive influences it has had on my life and countless others. Mitchell’s and my time together has been full with family, work, friends, volunteer experiences, travel and trying to find ways to make a difference. We hope to continue it all in the years ahead. It has been a great gift.

Our life has been full with family, work, friends, volunteer experiences, travel and trying to find ways to make a difference. We hope to continue it all in the years ahead. It has been a great gift!

121 Deborah “Deb” Ann Sweet 1241 Cherry Avenue Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206-669-4435 [email protected]

Major: Political Science.

Hometown: Albemarle, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Education in Counseling and Master of Public Health, both from UNC Chapel Hill.

After receiving my MPH, I moved to Seattle, WA, to work as a health planner in a company that planned, designed and built health care facilities all over the western United States. As an MPH student, I spent three months in Seattle on an internship with Group Health Cooperative, an HMO that started in 1947. Falling in love with the area was easy to do. My planning position became a project management position, and I started running projects through construction and move in. I left that to start a bed and breakfast inn with Kate, my life partner. We created and ran Chambered Nautilus Inn for six years and sold it. We then moved to Bainbridge Island, which is just west of Seattle and accessible by ferry to downtown. I worked as a construction project manager in Group Health, and for other medical and high-tech organizations for many years. In a move that allowed me to stop commuting, I became a project manager for new high-end residential construction and remodels on Bainbridge Island, and worked there for several years. Currently, I am retired.

I volunteered for different organizations over the years, including a community volunteer gardening group, Bainbridge Island Public Library and recently for BARN (an acronym for Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network). This organization fosters community connections through the teaching, sharing and practice of craft. I served on the BARN board for six years, during the time we raised $10 million, built a 25,000-square-foot new center and launched programs in 11 craft interest areas, including fiber arts, woodworking, jewelry, printmaking, etc. While on the board, I was responsible for getting our building designed, permitted and built.

My connection with BARN started from my love and practice of floor loom weaving. In addition to weaving, I am an active gardener, hiker/walker, love to cook and eat well and, for many years, a sailor. My life partner and spouse for the past 37 years is Kate McDill.

UNCG was memorable for me in many, many ways. I had the opportunity to participate in student government, which I loved throughout my four years at UNCG. I made many friends, met people with interesting, varied backgrounds, and found myself challenged in good and difficult ways in academics. The years we were there were deeply influential on me — the transition from the “old” order to more turbulent times with a wider variety of voices to lead us was very powerful. Vietnam, civil rights, women’s rights, student demonstrations, Watergate — it was an amazing transition. When we entered UNCG, we were required to wear skirts. When we graduated, we were far away from that requirement. I only hope the institution can continue to change with the times and lead us all in conversations that allow us to question the status quo and strive for an inclusive, respecting society.

122 “Mary Lillie” Talton Wilkins 2111 Fairview Road Raleigh, NC 27608 919-834-3275

Major: English Education.

Hometown: Smithfield, NC.

Education Since UNCG: MA in Reading, Curriculum and Language Arts Education, UNCG, 1976; Graduate Certification in Middle School Education/Social Studies, UNCG, 1983; Graduate Certification in Gifted Education, UNCG and Guilford County Public School System, 1983; Graduate Certification in Supervision/Administration, UNCG, 1985; completed the Principalship Course, NCSU, 1986; completed Public School Finance Course, UNC-CH, 1987; completed Graduate Certification in Administrative: Principal, DPI, NCSU, UNC-CH, 1988; completed an independent study of WCPSS personnel office, Meredith College initiative, 1992; completed the Assistant Principals’ Executive Program (APEP 3), 1993.

Life/Career Experiences: English teacher in the Guilford County Public School System, 1969-1985; received Gibsonville Jaycee Outstanding Young Educator Award, 1975; one of four GCPSS teachers in collaboration with Wake Forest University created Project Acumen to focus on underachieving students, 1977; served as teacher representative for UNCG School of Education re-accreditation, 1979; nominated Teacher of the Year at Guilford Middle School/GCPSS, 1981; Assistant Principal at WCPSS in Raleigh, NC/Athens Drive High School, 1985-1998; Awarded Assistant Principal of the Year in WCPSS, 1993; State of North Carolina Certificate of Appreciation for dedication and outstanding service to North Carolina from Gov. James B. Hunt Jr., 1993; worked at the NC Department of Public Instruction as a Supervisor for the Christa McAuliffe Program and the NC Teaching Fellows Program, 1998-1999; Director/Supervisor at Meredith College in the Adult Education Department, 2000-2001; currently working as an education consultant for a state licensure office, 2001-2019.

Personal: Born and raised in Smithfield, NC, in a family of UNC System graduates and teachers.

Been married 20+ years to Raleigh lawyer Charles P. Wilkins. Have two stepchildren and three step- granddaughters in Raleigh. Member of White Memorial Presbyterian Church of Raleigh. Sustainer member of the Junior League of Raleigh.

Hobbies include domestic and worldwide travel, needlepointing, reading, playing the piano, attending UNC sporting events, journaling, gardening and walking/exercise.

Memorable Highlights: Mentorship with Dr. Elizabeth Bowles in the School of Education. Upon business travel to Greensboro, my father would take my friends and me out to lunch regularly. Student teaching at West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, NC, at a time of social unrest with segregation of schools – a learning experience with a super cooperating teacher and challenging but ultimately receptive and successful students. The lasting friendships made during the four years in Cotten Hall and Grogan Hall at UNCG.

123 Christopher C. Tew 3310 Kettering Place Greensboro, NC 27410 336-587-9692 (c) [email protected] website: c2ctew.com

Major: History.

Hometown: McLeansville, NC.

Education: Master of Arts in Teaching, Duke University.

Experiences: My career has included several sub careers, including public and private school teaching, historic site management, injection plastic manufacturing, supplying school book fairs, managing a community orchestra office, and promoting adult literacy.

Personal: Music composition has been a constant companion and culminated with the production of two CDs recorded by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra in Slovakia, available on Amazon. Over the decades, collaborations with music directors and live performances by community orchestras have been particular delights. I have been honored to be commissioned to compose music for community, professional and school orchestras. Two pieces most frequently performed are Elegy for Strings: November 1963 and the orchestral work An Overture for Hanukkah.

Memories of UNCG: I had wonderful teachers and mentors such as Harold Luce, George Dickieson and Lenoir Wright. I started out as a music major but yielded to a greater and more practical interest in history. Most importantly, my wife, Laura, and I met in Herr Martin Kade's German class, and she has supported and encouraged my composing and viola-ing efforts ever since, sitting through more concerts than one would think humanly possible. Sadly, being a performing violist has recently come to an end, but I still put notes on the page from time to time.

As the verses unfold and your soul suffers the long day And the twelve o'clock gloom Spins the room, you struggle on your way. Well, don't you sigh, don't you cry. Lick the dust from your eye. Life's a long song. - Lyrics by Ian Anderson Jethro Tull: Living in the Past

124 Mary Jane “Mary B.” Thomas Bodenburg 18 Peachtree Village Avon, CT 06001 860-470-7728 (h) 210-378-7796 (c) [email protected]

Major: Physical Education

Hometown: Charlotte, NC.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught elementary physical education in Virginia, South Carolina and San Antonio, TX. I retired from teaching because of hip replacements which made it hard for me to be on my feet all day. During my teaching career, I served as team leader and also headed up our Special Olympics team, which I continued to work with after retirement. I also taught aerobic dancing for 15 years until my hips started bothering me. After retiring, I worked for a few years as a call representative at QVC.

Personal: Moved to Connecticut in 2015 to be nearer to my son and grandkids. I have one son (Robert), daughter- in-law (Noel) and two grandsons, Jameson, 14, and Sawyer, 9.

I enjoy quilting, reading, music and spending time with family and friends. I can no longer play the sports I love, but I love watching my Tar Heels and San Antonio Spurs. I also love being able to watch my grandson’s baseball and basketball games. I do still swim and do water aerobics for exercise.

I was very active in my church in San Antonio doing volunteer work. This year I began working with my church in Avon in a reading program for third graders.

125 Georgene “Tinker” Ticknor Falcon 200 S. Road Street Elizabeth City, NC 27909 252-333-1792 (h) 252-340-5153 (c) [email protected]

Major: Biology.

Hometown: Silver Spring, MD.

Education Since UNCG: Specialized training in historic preservation, after becoming active with Preservation North Carolina and Main Street North Carolina. Ongoing effort.

Life/Career Experiences and Highlights: I retired in 2004 after a three-decade career at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC, employed as a writer/editor. I was able to use my biology degree during a lot of my career, writing in the medical field. I received the VA Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award upon my retirement. In 2004, my husband and I bought an historic home, built circa 1798, in Elizabeth City, NC, restored it and opened a two-suite bed and breakfast in 2006.

As a result of our restoration efforts, we received a Carraway Award of Merit in 2009 from the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc. We continue to operate our bed and breakfast, the Grice-Fearing House Bed and Breakfast, hosting many fascinating people.

Personal Information: I married in 1981, and we have two sons: Adam and Benjamin, and two grandsons, Jasper and Thomas, all of whom live in Asheville, NC. My husband, Vidal Falcon III, and I love to travel and have traveled extensively in all continents except for Antarctica (too cold!). I have done a lot of volunteering during my life, including being a docent at Mount Vernon (1996-2004) while we lived in Alexandria, VA. In Elizabeth City, I am a commissioner on the city of Elizabeth City’s Historic Preservation Commission. Additionally, I volunteer frequently at the Arts of the Albemarle, and I am active at Christ Episcopal Church.

We spent many fun times at our house in Canaan Valley, WV (skiing!), and at our beach house in Waves at Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks of NC.

When I was 61, I decided to finally learn to play the violin! I have also started painting a lot more after about a 30- year hiatus. But my real love is reading and always has been.

Wonderful Detail: My college roommate, Anne Lewis, and I have continued to be the closest of friends, and we now travel to exotic places together!

Memorable Highlights: Being an assistant JHP at Mary Foust Hall; being a student in Professor Richard Bardolph’s history class; sledding using “borrowed “cafeteria trays!

126 Steven N. “Steve” Ulosevich 3000 Gifford Road Hiawassee, GA 20346 706-896-2494 (h) 864-901-7404 (c) [email protected]

Major: Chemistry.

Hometown: Tampa, FL.

Advanced Degrees: MBA, Webster University; EdD, University of Southern California.

Specialized Training: US Air Force: fixed- and rotary-wing pilot certification; instructor/functional test flight/evaluation pilot certifications; aircrew survival training certifications (basic; jungle; high and low desert; water); aircrew life support officer certification. FAA qualifications/licenses – airline transport pilot, certified flight instructor, advanced ground instructor.

Life/Career Experience Highlights: Guilford County Schools – Taught biology at Grimsley High School, Greensboro. US Air Force – Command pilot; staff officer; provided airborne logistical support for Minuteman III missile wing; identified source of toxic stibine in missile silo, which resulted in savings of lives through strict enforcement of published safety procedures; last pilot to be qualified to fly the HH-43F “Pedro” aircrew rescue helicopter; Inspector General’s Professional Performer Award (designed the Preflight Phase of the Undergraduate Pilot Training Program); discovered a cause of inflight physiological incidents and chaired a panel to correct the Air Force-wide problem; re-engineered the aircrew combat survival training program; employed aircrew life support specialists in Japan, S. Korea, Philippines and Hawaii; co-authored the aircrew life support technician manpower authorization standard for the Tactical Air Forces; championed laser eye protection for the Tactical Air Forces in response to Russian laser attacks on Pacific Air Force aircrews. Received several awards and medals, including Meritorious Service Medal; Air Force Achievement Medal; Air Force Commendation Medal; Combat Readiness Medal; Air Force Recognition Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Humanitarian Service Medal; Air Force Overseas Ribbon - Short and Long Tours; Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon; Two Distinguished Individual Safety Awards. General Dynamics – Program Manager. Team supported Air Force Research Laboratory. Higher Education – Adjunct Professor, Webster University School of Business and Technology, Department of Management; Research associate, Clemson University. Ulosevich and Associates – Founder and Owner; served K-12 and higher education executives, oil and gas executives and corporate flight departments; private business executives. Clients in US and Canada. Retired 2008.

Family: Married the former Pamela Locke (UNCG, Class of 1969). Daughter Christina (UNCG alumna) lives in Reston, VA, and is the founder and owner of Item One Communications LLC. Son Garrett lives in Washington, DC, with his spouse, Star, and daughter Zinnia. Garrett and Star took a one-year sabbatical from McKinsey and Company and then formed their company Bell Creek Consulting LLC.

Boards: UNCG Alumni Association (member); Character Education Institute (member); San Antonio New Schools Development Foundation (Tri-chair of R&D Council); Bexar County Career and Technology Education Foundation (chairman).

Volunteer: Education consultation in pro bono service of low and medium security prisons in Hawaii and Texas (wardens, staffs, inmates); Hawaiian Open Golf Tournament (Planning Committee, 1986-1991; marshal supervisor – holes 5-8).

Hobbies: Golfing and landscaping (1973-2008). Currently, photographic art and writing (fiction and non-fiction). 127 Hannelore “Lori” Vinica Bushell 912 Magnolia Street Greensboro, NC 27401 336-944-3478 [email protected]

128 Jan Wagger Katz 1671 Robert Street New Orleans, LA 70115 504-494-7443 [email protected]

I only stayed at UNCG for my freshman year and then went back home – for a man … it was the mid ’60s … I had a lot of family in High Point/Greensboro and my mother was a UNCG graduate in the ’30s so it had been a huge draw for me. I was there only a short time, but my year at UNCG influenced the life I was to go on to make for myself. So here’s a quick look at that life so far… thank you to UNCG for helping to create it!

Education: UNCG, freshman year, 1965-66; Newcomb College, Tulane University, BA 1969; Certified member of the Appraisers Association of America, Fine Art Appraiser: Outsider/Self-Taught Art, 2016.

Career(s):

• Certified Art Appraiser, Self-Taught/Outsider Art; Art Consultant; Curator Emerita, The Center for Southern Craft and Design, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans. • After Hurricane Katrina, my husband and I developed Woodville Lofts and Studios in Woodville, MS, and went on to renovate and restore several other buildings on the town square. We won both the Mississippi Heritage Trust and Mississippi Mainstreet Association Award for Historic Rehabilitation (2010 to present). • Founder and curator, The Center for Southern Craft and Design, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; held position of Assistant to the Director and Associate Director of the museum during my 10 years there (2001-2011). • Owner and designer, alexa.jared jewelry. The jewelry was carried in over 500 stores across the country and won design awards from Fashion Group (late 1980s-1999). • Owner of one of the first art photography galleries in New Orleans which morphed into an art consulting firm (1974-mid-’80s). • Taught high school after college, English and filmmaking (1969-1973).

Family: I married that man I left UNCG for - helped run his judicial campaigns and together we raised our two children, Jared (chef in Charlotte, NC, food truck, Magnolia Poboys) and Alexa (preschool teacher), until his death in 2000.

I remarried in 2003 and now have an additional two young men as sons, Alex and Justin; a total of six grandchildren, ages 2-13, with another on the way – Dylan, Blake, Zack, Ash, Isabela and Rio.

Highlights: Coming to UNCG was the first and the last time I lived anywhere other than New Orleans. I loved it – I’d never seen a bluer sky! My memories have little to do with academics, except what I foolishly thought would be a breeze, was anything but – it was tough, and it was challenging. I remember most the wonderful friends I made at school. I loved the spirit of camaraderie, the kindnesses and encouragement, especially from Sally, Helen, Pam, Ann and Sara Lee. I remember the drugstore where I walked almost every day for chicken salad sandwiches and a chocolate milkshake and sitting through every lunch at school on Sloppy Joe day eating as many as they’d give me. Putting up an umbrella the first day it snowed and getting soaked; at the first snowfall, seeing students out on the tennis court twirling fire batons; lights out at 10; Hinshaw; seeing the Supremes in person. I was there only a year, but I have carried the pride of being a UNCG student with me always.

129 Ann Wallace Palmer 637 E. Allred Street Asheboro, NC 27203 813-600-8569 [email protected]

Major: Health and Physical Education.

Hometown: Hanover, PA.

Education Since UNCG: MLIS, Master of Library and Information Services, UNCG, 1999; Certified Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS); Certified Master Gardener for Guilford County, NC; Certified Interpretive Guide for the NC Zoo.

Life/Career Experiences: Currently retired for the second time. Taught elementary physical education at Ft. Bragg, NC, prior to becoming a wife and mother. Re-entered the work force in the banking industry in 1979 and worked my way up from teller to Vice President of Data Processing for a national mortgage lending company. Changed careers in 1999 by becoming an adult reference librarian. Worked two years in the High Point Public Library, and 12 years in the Tampa-Hillsborough County Library Cooperative in Florida, where I retired as the branch manager of the Florida History and Genealogy Library in Tampa.

Personal: Husband, John Palmer; two sons from a previous marriage and five grandchildren ranging in ages from 16 to 22. Hobbies include genealogy, gardening, travel and photography. Volunteer work: four years as a den mother while my sons were involved in scouting; officer for several genealogical societies; docent at Zoo Tampa and currently a volunteer at the NC Zoo. I also volunteer at the Randolph Room (NC History and Genealogy) of the Asheboro Public Library, where I worked part-time for two years before retiring again. I give genealogical educational programs to different groups of people.

In our fifth-wheel RV, we have visited Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, the New England states; Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, focusing on national and state parks and forests. I lived in Germany for 3½ years in the early 1970s and have visited Europe twice since living there. Planning to go west again this summer, including Western Canada.

Memorable Highlights: Junior Major Camp; physical education majors performing modern dance to “Carol of the Bells” at Christmas; favorite classes and professors - Dr. Kupferor, anthropology, and Dr. Rogers, natural science; dorm life and living off-campus at Kiser Dorm so I could have a car my freshman year; Dionne Warwick concert; living off-campus on Mendenhall Street when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated; attending the GGO and seeing Arnold Palmer on the 18th green; student teaching.

130 Elizabeth “Bette” Walston Brooks 1685 Rugg Street Kent, OH 44240 330-677-1743 (h) 330-554-3327 (c) [email protected]

Major: History.

Hometown: Warsaw, NC.

Education Since UNCG: I received my Master of Arts in Teaching from Carolina in 1972 with a major in history and graduate certification in social studies. In 2005, I received my Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Kent State University.

Life/Career Experiences: After graduation from UNCG, I taught high school social studies in Goldsboro, NC. After marrying David Brooks, who was a graduate student at UNCG during the fall of our senior senor, I taught at Grimsley High School in Greensboro. We moved to Georgia, and I taught at Oglethorpe County High School and, after we moved to Syracuse, NY, I taught at Liverpool High School. Unable to secure a job after we moved to Kent, OH, I supervised student teachers and began work on my doctorate. And Kent State hired me to teach social studies methods classes before I received my degree. During my 20 years of teaching at Kent State, I was named Professor of the Semester by Delta Gamma; Student Choice Teacher of the Year by the Kent Student Education Association; Outstanding Non-Tenure Track Teacher, Curriculum and Instruction Global Scholar; and, after retirement, I received the first Outstanding Supervisor of the Year Award. I am currently flunking retirement by continuing to serve on College of Education committees related to student teaching and relations with local schools as well as supervising student teachers. I seem to have come full circle here at Kent State.

Personal: I have four daughters who are scattered all through the Eastern Time Zone (Potsdam, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Charlotte, NC) and one who is in Europe (Vienna, Austria) and is the mother of my two grandchildren – lots of FaceTime. I continue to read voraciously, needlepoint, cook and volunteer through my parish. My most recent adventure was a trip to London and Vienna.

Memorable Highlights: There are so many! I remember especially Western Civ at 8 a.m. MWF with Dr. Luczynski; the rejuvenation of the History Club; running up three flights of stair to make French class on time after a 10-minute race from PE; working on “Broads Abroad”; attending the installation of Dr. James Ferguson as our chancellor; and student teaching at Smith High School. But most of all, I remember people who contributed so much to my years at UNCG – faculty, staff and my classmates.

131 Dean Warren DuRant 1405 Somerset Drive Lancaster, SC 29720 803-285-6615 (h) 803-320-9076 (c) [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Laurinburg, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Education, Winthrop University, 1976.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught school in North Carolina and South Carolina for 38 years; retired, 2009.

Personal: Married Rick DuRant, 1968; two sons, Erick DuRant (1972-2002) and Patrick DuRant (1975-2010). Three grandchildren, Emily, Zachary and Astin DuRant. Enjoy golf, bridge and traveling. Volunteer with activities at our church, the after-school reading program and Meals on Wheels.

Memorable Highlights: Great concerts (Dionne Warwick, Peaches and Herb, The Supremes, The Four Tops); listening rooms in Elliott Hall with my boyfriend from Appalachian State University; glamorous gym suits; no pants on main campus; Yum Yum hot dogs, four for $1; Mel’s Hamburgers at The Corner; The Quad; and girls being serenaded and receiving fraternity pins from their boyfriends.

132 Nancy Lee Watson Moorman 465 Millstone Circle Athens, GA 30605 706 -354-0266 (h) 404-403-4383 (c) [email protected]

Major: Sociology.

Hometown: Atlanta, GA.

Career: Worked as a Case Worker for Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services for eight years in various capacities, including adoption intake and family study. Worked at High Point Elementary School in Atlanta as a parapro (classroom and media center) for 16 years. Retired for 11 years.

Personal: Born in Indianapolis, IN, and attended high school in Indianapolis and Atlanta. Married to Steve Moorman. Three children – Jeff Beck, Daniel Beck and stepson David Moorman. Five grandchildren – Katherine Beck (11); Davis Beck (8), Alden Beck (3), ? Beck (due February 2019); and Sebastian Moorman (7 months).

Interests: Quilting, all art and craft activities, reading, travel – all the states except three – and France, Italy, Ireland, England, St. John, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Bahamas and Canada.

Highlights: Friendships formed while attending UNCG.

133 Sally Ann Weeks Benson 435 Fleming Road Coats, NC 27521 910-891-4004 (h) 910-890-4623 (c) [email protected]

Major: Home Economics – Clothing.

Hometown: Dunn, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Attended NC State, taking additional courses in textile technology; US Navy Officer Candidate School; Central Michigan University, MSA; US Army Command and General Staff College; Joint Forces Staff College.

Career: 1970 - 1981, worked in sales management at Hudson-Belk Department Store, Raleigh. Entered US Navy at age 34 via Officer Candidate School. I worked in administrative positions in surface warfare officer training, nuclear submarine repair and surface ship repair. I was the first female officer assigned to a nuclear submarine repair facility where I was assigned as the Assistant Repair Officer/Repair Admin Officer. I continued to be assigned to leadership/management positions. A highlight of my career was my assignment as Chief Staff Officer for US Navy Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan. After attending the Army Command and General Staff College, I worked on The Joint Staff for General Shelton and qualified as a Joint Specialty Officer. My last duty station, I was Commanding Officer of a training center for sailors and Marines. I retired at age 55 so we could travel the world.

Personal: Married to Eric Benson, who is also a retired US Navy Commander. No children, but we do have a friend who is like a daughter, so we claim a 3-year-old grandson and a son-in-law. We have two hounds, Mickey and Pluto. We love to travel the world and do three or four big trips each year. I play golf for fun, nature and social interaction. I am on the board of directors for the Harnett County Arts Council, which is becoming more active.

Memorable Highlights: Best memory was being asked to be a chemistry lab assistant my senior year – I had one lab first semester, then two labs the second semester. Then there was this 24-hour bridge game on the second floor in Grogan, and friends waking me up at 2 a.m. to play cards!

134 Barbara Ann Wesley Baker 208 Eldrid Drive Silver Spring, MD 20904 301 -622-3038 (h) 301-512-0406 (c) [email protected]

Major: Music Education.

Hometown: Kannapolis, NC.

Education Since UNCG: MA degree from Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland. While completing my doctorate, I was selected as an American Association of University Women Research Fellow. I have published articles in scholarly journals, including The College Music Society, The Black Perspective in Music, The American Guild of Organists and contributed material to several textbooks, including MENC’s “Teacher to Teacher; A Music Educator’s Survival Guide” (2004) and “Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives” (1994, 2000 and 2006). I have a choral music series with Alliance Music Publishers and have published choral works with Boosey & Hawkes and Oxford University Press.

Life/Career Experiences: I taught four years at Kakiat Junior High School in Spring Valley, NY, after graduating from UNCG. After receiving my advanced degrees, I conducted the chamber, women’s, men’s, concert and gospel choirs at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, MD, for 30 years before retiring in 2008. My choirs won numerous first-place trophies and superior ratings at state, national and international festivals. I frequently presented sessions at division and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference, as well as conducted regional, national and international choirs. I directed the Colesville (MD) UMC Gospel Choir for 35 years before retiring in June 2016. I was a juror for the First Northern Sumatra International Choral Festival and lectured at the Indonesian Institute of Sacred Music. I lectured for the Scottish Association of Music Educators and conducted an international choir for the City of Mondovi, Italy. I conducted choirs and lectured in Limerick and Dublin, Ireland, for the Royal Dublin Society and at the Toronto International Music Festival and the Choral Music Experience/British Choral Institute. In 2018, I was inducted into the Kannapolis African-American Museum and Cultural Center’s Hall of Fame for a lifetime of achievement as an international conductor, music educator and choral arranger.

Personal: I am exceedingly proud of my wonderful son, Matthew Baker, Esquire, his wife Katherine, and my two grandsons, Wesley and Julian. Since retiring I attend 70-80 concerts, plays and movies each year. I am a member of the prayer team at my church and a substitute organist. I enjoy reading, and I am getting stronger through slow motion weight training.

Memorable Highlights: While at UNCG, I sang with David Giddens, Emmylou Harris, Diana Barefoot and others at the Four Faces Coffee House in Elliott Hall. I was a junior RA and was the assistant organist for the University Chorale on our spring tour in 1968. I count singing in the University Chorale and being selected as an Outstanding Senior for our class among the highlights from UNCG.

135 Linda Jane Weston Langer 1861 Raven Avenue, Unit F1 Estes Park, CO 80517 970-215-2802 (c) [email protected]

Major: Home Economics/Interior Design.

Hometown: Greensboro.

Education Since UNCG: B. Architecture, University of Houston, Summa Cum Laude, AIA Gold Medal Award, Honors Studio.

Life/Career Experiences and Highlights: Architectural project management – project financial analysis, project profitability and workload forecasting. Extensive design/build and construction management delivery expertise.

Professional Positions: Clayton Levy Little, Austin, TX, Senior Architect 2006-07; Hoffman Architects P.A., Tarpon Springs, FL, Senior Architect, 2005-06; R.R. Simmons Construction Corp., Tampa, FL, Vice President, 1990-2005; Rowe Holmes Hammer Russell Architects Inc., Tampa, FL, Associate, 1987-1990; James C. Buie Architect Inc., Tampa, operations, 1986-87; McGarity Fehn and Associates, Houston, TX, Principal, 1982-1986; W. Irving Phillips Jr. Architecture/Planning, Vice President of Operations, 1978-1982. Licenses: Registered architect in states of Texas and Florida, NCARB certified; OSHA certified.

Personal: Married, one son and daughter-in-law. Interests include hiking, tennis, windsurfing, skiing, reading, duplicate bridge and theater. Traveled and hiked/bicycled in US, France, Austria, Italy, Spain and New Zealand. Hike leader for Trail Trekkers with over 200 members. Building/design committee for Supporters of the Performing Arts for proposed Estes Park Performing Arts Center; board of directors for EP Newcomers; ELL tutor, Estes Valley Library.

Memorable Highlights: Received Alumni Scholarship Award; Interior Design Studios.

136 Phyllis Ann “Fizz” Fields Wicker 3028 McClintock Road Climax, NC 27233 336-685-9322

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: Climax, NC.

Education Since UNCG: Master of Education, UNCG, 1984.

Life/Career Experiences: Taught language arts and social studies in Randolph County Schools at Liberty School (1969-1999) and Northeastern Randolph Middle School (1999-2005) – seventh and eighth graders at both schools. I am presently retired, but I work for a family-owned business in the mornings.

Personal: Volunteer work at Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Climax in the office and library, and I read to day care children. I am a new grandma as of Dec. 10, 2018 – granddaughter Holley C. Wicker, daughter of Howard Bradley Wicker (UNCG, 2001).

Memorable Highlights: I was a “town student.” I remember having classes in McIver and Curry buildings and parking on Highland Avenue (I think) to walk to classes. I worked in an old house near the intersection of Highland and Spring Garden streets answering the phones for UNCG professors who had offices there. I also remember working in the Office of Academic Advising with Tommie Lou Smith and Elizabeth Booker. These ladies had a great influence on my life.

137 Linda Jean Williams Donnell 615 Seven Lakes North West End, NC 27376 910-673-8025 (h) 910-215-6203 (c) [email protected]

Major: Elementary Education.

Hometown: West End, NC.

Life/Career Experiences Since UNCG: In 1976, I returned to UNCG to enhance my elementary education degree with a Certification in Reading. In the late 1990s, I returned and, in 2001, I earned a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations.

After more than 20 years in the classroom teaching grades 1-6 and reading in Moore County and Randolph County, I spent a year working through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as a member of an assistance team working in low-performing schools as a teacher on loan.

Upon my return to Moore County, I became a Curriculum Facilitator and then a Lead Teacher, working in the area of English/language arts at the elementary level. During this time, I was working toward my master’s degree at UNCG, which afforded me the opportunity to become an Assistant Principal. In 2008, I retired as Principal at Aberdeen Primary School in Moore County.

Personal Information: I am married to Michael Donnell, also a retired principal in Moore County Schools. I have two sons, Daniel Fulcher and Andrew Fulcher, who are both married to educators, Leslie and Kristin respectively. They have blessed me with five beautiful grandchildren. I also have a step-daughter and son-in-law, Megan and Bill Zearfoss.

Since retirement I have spent my time volunteering in my local church, serving on the Public Education Foundation of Moore County, tutoring in an afterschool program, and establishing and working in a volunteer network at the local elementary school through my church congregation.

My husband and I own property at Windy Hill, SC, and spend as much time as possible there. I also enjoy playing bridge and being part of a book club.

My years at UNCG were rewarding. Friendships and learning from my undergraduate experience have remained a vital part of my life. The graduate degree in the School of Education was enlightening, stimulating and a joy in my life.

138 Margie Elizabeth Williams Kalua 2686 Rivercliff Road Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-630-0971 [email protected]

Major: Biology.

Hometown: North Wilkesboro, NC.

My UNCG education was used to become a public school teacher. As a military wife, my teaching experiences occurred in Cumberland County, NC; Panama Canal Zone; Fairfax County, VA; and Prince William County, VA. Most of those years were in middle school science and some high school biology. I was selected Teacher of the Year several years in different schools. I received National Board Certification in 2002. I have been retired since 2009.

My beloved husband Michael is deceased (2010). We have three children and six grandchildren. My time is now spent working in stained glass and creating yard art. I sell at local street festivals and online.

139 Diane Carole Workman Halper 26 Hunter’s Lane Hendersonville, NC 28791 828-891-3118

Major: Sociology.

Hometown: Newton, NC.

Life/Career Experiences: Right after college, I was a Social Worker with the Department of Social Services. My later careers were with nonprofits dealing with financial crisis and with domestic violence prevention. I am currently retired.

Personal: My college sweetheart – Warren Halper – and I will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary in June 2019. We have two children and two grandchildren.

My interests include volunteer work, travel, genealogy, flower gardening and physical fitness.

140 Joanne Carolyn Yarbrough Iuele 908 Brestol Court West Bedford, TX 76021 817-428-1300 [email protected]

Major: English.

Hometown: Welcome, NC.

Life/Career Experiences: My degree in English led to my teaching English to military spouses at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa. Upon my return to the United States, I worked for the State of Texas for 18 years. I later obtained a securities license while working for Metlife Resources.

Personal: Married for 50 years to my college sweetheart, Jim Iuele. We both took early retirement and have traveled extensively in both the United States and abroad.

I did volunteer work with EPA, and I have also worked as a mediator for Dispute Resolution Services.

Hobbies include reading, crafts, sewing, and my greatest passion – travel. Currently working on driving Route 66 in my red Corvette convertible.

141 Gone But Not Forgotten

They say there is a reason. They say that time will heal, But neither time nor reason Will change the way we feel.

For no one knows the heartache That lies behind our smiles, No one knows how many times We have broken down and cried.

We want to tell you something So there won’t be any doubt; You’re so wonderful to think of But so hard to be without.

We cannot bring the old days back, When we were all together, But the memories we made in school, Will live in our hearts forever.

Author Unknown

With honor and respect, we offer this Memoriam for our deceased classmates and to those who may have passed away without our knowledge. In our memories we join together to pay respect to their lives and how those lives touched us all.

- Ann Wallace Palmer, Compiler of Class Memorials

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Margaret Lynne Ainsley BA – Fine Arts magna cum laude December 10, 1946, in Hertford, NC. Born: Phi Beta Kappa Died: October 13, 2013, in Hertford, NC; age 66.

Pine Needles Cover Design 4; Section Leader 1, Honor Roll 1,2,3,4; Katherine Smith Reynolds Scholarship 2,3,4; Thomas Gregory Skinner Scholarship 1; Honors Program 2,3,4.

Margaret A. Brewin was a third-generation owner/operator of Gregory's 5, 10, & 25 Cent Store in Hertford. She taught briefly at Albemarle Academy and worked for Perquimans County as a librarian and for six years as a social worker in Child Protective Services. A gifted artist, she loved to travel and meet new people. She had a deep love for family and children, especially her grandchildren, and had a special place in her heart for her cats. She loved decorating and cooking for holidays and was a frequent winner of the storefront Historic Hertford Curb Appeal Contest. Margaret was survived by her husband, Robert Twigg Cooper; two daughters and five grandchildren.

Claudette Evangeline Alexander BA – Drama and Speech Born: September 21, 1947, in Raleigh, NC. Died: October 6, 1996, in Concord, NC; age 49.

Canterbury Club 1; GUTS 4; State Student Legislature 1; Honor Court 2; Neo-Black Society 3,4; University Speech and Hearing Association 3,4.

After graduating, Claudette E. Douglas was a speech therapist with the Charlotte (NC) school system. Prior to her death, she had been a customer service representative with Southern Bell. Her family was living in Concord. Claudette was survived by her husband, Charles Douglas, two daughters, her father, two brothers, and a step-daughter.

Sara Donna Bostic BA – Elementary Education Born: September 1, 1947, in Shannon, NC. Died: November 13, 2008, in Shannon, NC; age 61.

Election Board Dorm Representative 4; Dorm Committee 1; Honor Roll 3; SNEA 2,4; CIRUNA trip to NY.

Donna Bostic O’Briant devoted her life to children through education as a teacher, librarian and developer of the children’s website www.alphabet-soup.net. Through this website, she was able to reach many teachers and parents and enrich the lives of children around the world.

Donna was survived by her loving husband of 39 years, Eddie O’Briant; two sons; one daughter; and two grandchildren, who were her pride and joy. 143 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Mary Anne Brewer BA – Elementary Education Born: May 22, 1947, in Wilmington, NC. Died: November 30, 1995, in Wilmington, NC; age 48.

SNEA 4; ACE 4.

After graduating, Mary Anne Brewer Formy-Duval lived in Chapel Hill, NC, and taught first grade. She passed away after battling a rare form of leukemia for 2½ years. She was a member of Winter Park Presbyterian Church in Wilmington. Mary was survived by her husband, William H. Formy-Duval, two daughters and her parents.

Mary Elizabeth Brownlee BA – Home Economics Born: November 19, 1947, in Winston-Salem, NC. Died: May 25, 1996, in Akron, OH; age 48.

Elizabeth B. Conner was formerly employed as a personnel analyst with UNC Chapel Hill; NC State University in Raleigh; and the State of North Carolina Employment Division. She was also an officer of retail design stores in Durham and Raleigh before moving to Akron to become an officer in several banking institutions. She served on the board of directors of the Akron YWCA and was a founding donor of the Women's Endowment Fund of the Akron Community Foundation. Beth died following a brief illness and was survived by her husband, Gary D. Conner, a daughter, her father, a sister and a brother.

Judy Dianne Bullins BS – Business Education cum laude Born: November 11, 1945, in Asheboro, NC. Sigma Alpha Died: March 22, 2008 in Asheboro, NC; age 62.

Judy Bullins Morgan continued her education by earning an MEd in 1972 from UNCG. She retired from the Asheboro City Schools after teaching at Asheboro High School for 31 years. She was a member of the Asheboro Friends Meeting, where she was one of the teachers of the Councilman Sunday School Class.

She was survived by her husband, Lloyd Morgan; a son and daughter; a grandson; her mother; and one brother.

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Betty Lou Burgess BA – Elementary Education Born: December 13, 1947, in Greensboro. Died: July 10, 1979, in Raleigh, NC; age 31.

Mitchell College 1,2; YRC 4; SNEA 4; Dorm Committee 4.

Betty Burgess Avery taught fifth grade for one year in Guilford County, NC, and eight years in Durham County, NC. She later worked as a counselor at Lowe’s Grove Junior High School in Durham, NC. She died from injuries received in a traffic accident. Her 5-month old daughter, Catherine, died shortly after the crash. Betty was survived by her husband, Deputy State Attorney General Isaac T. Avery, her parents and one sister.

Elizabeth Louise Carpenter BA – History Born: January 27, 1947, in Kokomo, IN. Died: June 9, 2003, in Knightdale, NC; age 56.

State Student Legislature Delegation 3,4; History Club Secretary 3; Dorm Social Chairman 3, JA 3; Section Leader 1.

Elizabeth “Libby” Poppe taught for 32 years with the Wake County (NC) Public School System. During her career, she was chosen by her peers as Teacher of the Year four times, initiated the Future Teachers Program for NC and served on the NC Board of Directors for Social Studies. She was also chosen as a National Teacher of Excellence member and participated in the inaugural teacher exchange program to Japan. In addition to guiding and assisting her students, she devoted countless hours helping with community projects and mentoring fellow teachers. Libby was survived by her husband, Len Poppe, three daughters, her father, two sisters and four brothers.

Linda Huss Chapman BA – Biology Beta Beta Beta Born: November 25, 1946, in Shelby, NC. Died: July 9, 1999.

Gaston College 1,2; Junior Ring Dance Committee; Junior Show; Pine Needles 3; Hall Board 3; House Council 3; Cutter Research Laboratory 3,4; Marshal 4.

In the early 1970s, Linda H. Robinson was living in Annandale, VA, with her husband and daughter. She was a borrowings controller for a mortgage company in Washington, DC. Previously she was a biology teacher and a legislative assistant. In 1980, she remarried and was known as Linda H. Aschbrenner. They lived in Stafford, VA, and Raleigh and Supply, NC.

145 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Charles Wesley Cole BS – Finance

Born: January 15, 1947 Died: November 17, 2017, in Greensboro; age 70

UNCG’s first men’s basketball team 3,4.

Charles Wesley Cole was the first in his family to attend college and he was extremely proud of being the first African-American to play men's college basketball at UNCG. After college, he was drafted into the US Army and served for two years. He began his career in accounting and finance at Burlington Industries, working for over 20 years in the textile industry. He retired in 2015 from Banner Pharmaceuticals, where he spent over 10 years as the Comptroller Supervisor.

Charles enjoyed all types of sporting events and traveling and was a mentor and example for his siblings. He was survived by two brothers and four sisters.

Harriette Ellis Cox BA – Home Economics Kappa Omicron Nu

Born: July 7, 1928, in Ramseur, NC. Died: March 10, 2007, in Raleigh, NC; age 78.

Before attending UNCG, Harriette Ellis Cox earned an associate degree from Mars Hill College in 1949. She taught at Staley School where she met her husband. After marrying in 1951, she became a full-time homemaker and raised three children. In 1965, she continued her education at UNCG earning a BA and an MS degree in Home Economics. Harriette became a teacher at Asheboro High School in 1969. In 1979 she moved from teaching to serving as Director of Vocational Education for Asheboro City Schools until her retirement in 1990.

Harriette was a nationally accredited flower show judge, an officer of Toastmasters, a member of the Business and Professional Woman’s Club, a state officer in the North Carolina Vocational Administrators and a member of the Private Industry Council. In addition, she was a talented vocalist, performing with the Don Trexler Singers in Greensboro and at many church functions. She taught Sunday school and was the choir director for the Staley Baptist Church. After retiring, she moved to the Heritage in Raleigh, where she was choir director. Harriette enjoyed cooking, sewing, knitting and flower arranging.

Harriette was survived by her son, two daughters, six grandchildren and one sister.

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Harold Wayne Creech BS – Physics Born: June 28, 1947, in Beulaville, NC. Died: November 16, 2006, in Sparks, MD; age 59.

Harold Wayne Creech received an MS in Physics and an MBA from UNCG. Later, he earned a degree in accounting and obtained his professional license as a CPA. He served in the US Army as a first lieutenant. He then worked at Ciba-Geigy in Greensboro as Director of Finance followed by nine years as Director of Information Technology for Becton Dickinson in Sparks, MD. Harold was a very active and devoted father. He participated in every aspect of his children's lives, including their education, even tutoring many of their friends to help them pass their exams. He was very athletic and enjoyed participating in various sports, including helping coach his son's soccer team. Harold also loved to collect and fix classic cars. Overall, the greatest joy he had was his family – his wife Linda and his children. Harold was survived by his wife of 31 years, Linda Hardison Creech (’70 UNCG), a son and daughter, two brothers and one sister.

Linda Joyce Crooks BA – Mathematics Pi Mu Epsilon Born: Came from Belmont, NC. Died:

Square Circle 3,4; Honor Roll 3,4.

Prior to 1974, Joyce C. Bailey was a geometry teacher as well as a computer programmer/analyst. Her husband, Gerald M. Bailey, was a special agent in Florida law enforcement. They had two sons and lived in Tallahassee, FL. According to the UNCG directories from 1984-2008, Joyce was president of Country Cross Stitch Inc., a publishing company located in Tallahassee.

Annette Williams Davis BSPE – Health & Physical Education Born: June 28, 1947, in Sanford, NC. Died: February 27, 2001, in Chapel Hill, NC; age 53.

R.A. Council and Cabinet 4; SNEA 4; President of Senior Physical Education Majors 4.

Annette D. Norton was a chairman of the Special Education Department at Lee County High School in Sanford. She received the NC Special Education Teacher of the Year award in 1994. Annette was survived by her husband, James L. Norton Jr.; two sons, her parents, a sister and two grandchildren. 147 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Larry Irvin Denny BA - English Born: November 17, 1946, in Leaksville, NC. Died: August 3, 1972, in Durham, NC; age 25.

Judicial Committee 3; German Club 1; R.A. Outstanding Representative Award 2; Service League 3; Band 1; House President 3; JA 3; Section Leader 4; Fieldcrest Foundation Scholarship 4; Student Member of Faculty Scholarship Committee 4; Executive Council 3.

Larry I. Denny taught English at the Farmville High School in Greenville, NC. Larry died after a brief illness and was survived by his wife, Mary Ann Holleman Denny (’68 UNCG), both parents, his maternal grandfather, two brothers and one sister.

Barry Stanford Dudley BA – Drama and Speech Born: July 27, 2943, in Danville, VA. Died: July 16, 2005, in Winston-Salem, NC; age 61.

Barry S. Dudley earned an MFA at UNCG in 1971. He was a drama and speech instructor at High Point College. Later, he was an Assistant Professor at Stratford College in Danville, VA, and later became Director of Performing Arts. He successfully directed many plays during his time at the college. Barry later became owner and President of Dudley Theatrical and as such, worked with many of the regional educational/community theaters, schools, churches and theater organizations around the country. He was a member of First Assembly of God. Barry was survived his wife Linda, his mother, sister, brother and a nephew.

Patricia Larue Earley BSHE – Education Omicron Nu Born: October 9, 1947, in Asheville, NC. Died: October 8, 1990, in Asheville; age 42.

AHEA 2,3,4; Dorm Offices and Committees 2,3; Honor Roll 2,3; Scholarships 1,2,3,4; BSU 4.

After graduation, Patricia E. Roberts returned to her hometown of Candler, NC, to teach home economics at Enka High School. She also lived in Atlanta for several years working with handicapped children, for which she was honored at a mayor’s luncheon. She later worked with preschool handicapped children at the Myers Center in Greenville, SC. Pat died one day short of her 43rd birthday. She was survived by her parents and two brothers.

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Boyd Dewitt Edwards BA - History Born: January 16, 1946, in Greensboro. Died: December 21, 1989, in Greensboro; age 43.

UNCG’s first men’s basketball team 3,4.

After graduating, Boyd Edwards earned an MBA. He was a department manager for Fisher-Harrison Printing Company. Outside of work, Boyd was president of the Allen Jay Middle School PTA; a member of the Sumner Civitan Club and a member of the advising committee of Southern Elementary School. He also coached baseball and basketball. Boyd was survived by his wife, Pat; a daughter and two sons; both parents; three sisters; and two brothers.

Kathy Jane Edwards BA – Recreation Born: June 19, 1947, in Charlotte, NC. Died: June 21, 1995, in Winston-Salem, NC; age 48.

Health Liaison Committee 4; Class Treasurer 2; Daisy Chain 2; Ring Committee 3; Junior Show; YDC 1,2; Freshman Cabinet 1; Women’s Court 4; House President 3; JHP 3; NSA Representative 1.

Early in her career, Dr. Kathy E. Fitzpatrick was a city planner, a recreation therapist, and a Youth Council coordinator. She continued her education by earning an MS degree from Florida State University and a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research from Clemson University. She was a Professor at Appalachian State from 1983 to 1995. In 1994 she received the Outstanding Service Award from Southeastern Chapter of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Kathy was a supporter of animal rights, conservation and amateur athletics. She attended Boone United Methodist Church. Kathy died after battling pancreatic cancer. She was survived by several aunts, uncles and cousins plus many friends.

Amelia Rose Ehrhardt BM – Music Born: September 1, 1946, in Mineral Springs, NC. Died: November 2, 2010, in Durham, NC; age 64.

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States and Europe. Amelia opened a music studio in Pinehurst, NC, and performed in Pinehurst and surrounding communities. She served as choir director in several local churches. In the early 1980s, Amelia founded the Young Musicians Festival, sponsored by the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities. The festival provides an opportunity for music students in grades four through 12 from the counties of Cumberland, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and Scotland, to perform before credentialed adjudicators from North Carolina schools of music. Amelia was survived by her husband, Adriano Moz, whom she married in 1974, and one daughter.

Elizabeth Jean Eppes BA – Elementary Education Born: October 21, 1947, in Charlotte, NC. Died: December 8, 2000, in Martinez, GA; age 53.

GUTS 3, Honor Roll 3.

Elizabeth Jean Danforth was an elementary school teacher for 22 years. For 15 years, she taught fourth, fifth and sixth graders at Evans Elementary (Evans, GA), where she was selected as Teacher of the Year. She was a member of SACS State Committee, chairman of SACS Steering Committee for Evans Elementary School and had served on Columbia County Math Curriculum Committee. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Gamma Delta Chapter, and Professional Association of Georgia Educators. Jean was survived by her husband of 27 years, Kerry Danforth; a son, a daughter and one sister.

Margaret Finch BA – Psychology Born: July 26, 1947, in Bailey, NC. Died: November 4, 2017, in Greensboro; age 70.

Hallboard 3; YDC 1; Dorm Committee 3; Dorm Receptionist 2,3,4; Dorm Chairman 4.

Margaret Finch Phillips had a long career in information technology, working for Pilot Life and Southern Life Insurance companies. She retired in 2007 from Lincoln Financial (formerly Jefferson- Pilot). In her leisure time she enjoyed cooking, gardening and travel. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, Margaret and her husband, Clarence, spent part of every Christmas season and Easter in New Orleans, LA. They had some wonderful times there together. Post Katrina, they spent more vacation time in New England and Beaufort, NC. Margaret passed away following complications from a chronic lung condition. She was survived by her husband of 45 years, Clarence P. Phillips Jr., and many cousins.

Jovita Dawn Flynn BA – Philosophy Died: July, 1996, in Chapel Hill; age 49.

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Jane Leah Foltz BSSA – Secretarial Administration Born: December 29, 1946, in Winston-Salem, NC. Died: October 23, 1971, in Gainesville, FL; age 24.

Moravian Fellowship 3,4; Gamma Alpha, 3,4; Social and Honor Court; Dorm Treasurer and Elections Committee 4; Section Leader 2,3.

After graduation, Jane Leah Foltz lived in Winston-Salem and worked for Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. She later moved to Atlanta, GA, and worked at a radio station. Jane died from injuries received in a head-on collision. She was survived by both her parents, a sister and a brother.

Kathryn Ann Fowler BA – Elementary Education Born: July 5, 1947, in Stewartsville, NC. Died: October 23, 1986, in Chesapeake, VA; age 39.

SNEA 3,4; Dorm Committee 1.

Kathryn F. Myers was a teacher at Great Bridge Elementary School in Chesapeake. Prior to moving to Virginia, Kathryn and her husband, William S. Myers, lived in Clio, SC. She passed away as the result of a congenital cerebral aneurysm. She was survived by her husband, both parents, two sisters and one brother.

Janet Lu Freeman BA – Elementary Education Born: November 5, 1946, in Winston-Salem, NC. Died: November 4, 2007, in Raleigh, NC; age 60.

BSU 1, Executive Council 2,3,4; University Sinfonia 1,2,3,4; ACE 3,4; JA; Honor Roll 3,4; Student Development Council 3,4.

Janet L. Freeman earned an MLS at George Peabody College in Nashville, TN. She was a librarian with the Winston-Salem Public Library and Georgia Southwestern College before becoming a librarian at Meredith College in Raleigh. From 1989 to 1995, she served on the executive board of the North Carolina Library Association in various positions, including president. Janet was an accomplished musician, playing violin in the Winston-Salem Symphony and later in the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra. She also directed the Meredith College handbell choir. She was honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award for her service to the state. Janet passed away one day short of her 61st birthday. 151 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Mary Erma Gottschall BA – Elementary Education Born: January 6, 1947, in Norfolk, VA. Died: May 27, 2012, in College Station, TX; age 65.

TSA Secretary-Treasurer 2, Vice President 3, President 4, Executive Cabinet 4; Chancellor’s Cabinet 4; Marshal 4; Daisy Chain 2, Spanish Club 1; YRC 3; SNEA 4; Inter-Class Council 4; ACE 4; Legislature 1,2; JA 3,4.

Mary G. Jones was a retired first-grade teacher who taught at College Hills Elementary in College Station for many years. Mary was well loved and respected by her family, those she taught with, the numerous students she positively impacted, and everyone who knew her. Mary fought ALS for several months before her death. She was survived by her husband of 40 years, Bill Jones; two sons; a daughter; and three grandchildren.

Pamela S. Greer BA – Elementary Education Born: February 25, 1947 (came from Raleigh). Died: August 8, 2014, in Raleigh, NC; age 67.

SGA 1,2,3, Vice President 4; Legislature Representative 1,2,3, Chairman 4; Investigating Committee for ASGUSA and NSA 1; Faculty-Student Reviewing Committee 4; Executive Cabinet 4; Editor of Student Handbook and Student Participation Guide 4; Committee to Investigate Visiting Speakers 4; Westminster Fellowship 1,2,3; Council Member 2; Service League 1; SNEA 2,3,4; Chancellor’s Cabinet 4; Glee Club 1,2,3; Housekeeping Committee 3.

Pamela G. Worth enjoyed doing volunteer work and working for civic organizations and nonprofits, mainly her church – First Presbyterian of Raleigh. She served as Sunday school teacher, deacon, elder, and Clerk of Session and participated in Circles, acting as moderator and as a Bible teacher. Pam served as an officer of both the Junior and Woman's Clubs of Raleigh and numerous other charitable organizations, including Partnerships in Assistive Technology even while limited by multiple sclerosis since 1988. She also volunteered with numerous school activities, assisting with classes in the elementary schools and serving on PTAs. In 1984, she was recipient of the Susan K. Fontes Wake County Volunteer of the Year for her advocacy for children. Pam was survived by her husband, David Crenshaw Worth Jr.; two daughters; three grandchildren; and a sister.

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Helen Ann Haneline BA – Sociology cum laude Born: May 7, 1947, in Winston-Salem, NC. Phi Beta Kappa Died: September 4, 1979; age 32. Alpha Kappa Delta

Elections Board 2,3,4; Sociology Club 3,4; GUTS 2,3; Pine Needles 1,2; JA 3; Honor Roll 1,2; Katherine Smith Reynolds Scholarships 1,2,3,4; Honors Program 1; Harriet Elliott Lecture Committee 3,4; Inter- Varsity Christian Fellowship 2,3,4.

After graduating, Helen Ann Haneline Murray was a social worker for the Atlanta (GA) Evaluation Center.

Janet Marie Harkey BSSA – Business Education Gamma Alpha Born: January 27, 1947, in Charlotte, NC. Died: May 16, 1986, in Mecklenburg County, NC; age 39.

Freshman Follies Committee 1; Ring Committee 3; Newman Club 1,2; Dorm Committee 2.

After graduating, Janet H. Penfield was a secretary for Burlington Industries in Greensboro. She was the owner of Calligraph Classics in Matthews, NC.

She was survived by her mother.

Alice King Harley BSHE – Child Development and Family Relations Born: October 16, 1946, in Danville, VA. Omicron Nu Died: September 8, 2018, in Midlothian, VA; age 71.

Pine Needles 2; ACE 4; AHEA 3,4; Dorm Committee 1,2; Section Leader 1; Honor Roll 1,2,3,4; Honors Program 2.

In 1969, Alice H. Waller worked for Head Start in Richmond, VA, followed by 24 years as a teacher of 2-year-olds at Winfree Baptist Church preschool in Midlothian. The loss of her brother in 1966 and her 4-day-old son, Jonathan, in 1978 had a profound impact on Alice. She became involved in the Compassionate Friends and earned a Certificate of Thanatology (death, dying and bereavement). She started her own company, GriefMatters Counseling, and counseled family members of both deceased children and adults. A devout Christian in every aspect, she worked tireless hours at Huguenot Road Baptist Church teaching, volunteering, organizing and ministering to those from all walks of life. She closed her emails with one of her favorite phrases: Joy shared is joy doubled; Sorrow shared is sorrow halved. (Swedish Wisdom) Alice died from pancreatic cancer. As a post-note, her family said that one of Alice’s best memories at UNCG was listening to Emmylou Harris singing to her in the basement of Bailey Hall or on the lawn.

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Bonnie Kay Hathcock BA – Recreation Born: April 15, 1947, in Stanly County, NC. Died: December 3, 2010, in Charlotte, NC; age 63.

GUTS 1; Pine Needles 4; Junior Show; Ring Committee; Section Leader 3.

Bonnie Stilwell was a registered sanitarian in Union County. In 1986, she served as president of West Piedmont Environmental Health Section, a 17-county district of the NC Public Health Association.

Judy Carol Houlthouser BA – History Born: February 17, 1946, in Elizabeth City, NC. Died: June 8, 2010, in Durham, NC; age 64.

Judy H. May began her teaching career in Chowan County, NC and then moved to Durham in the early 1970s, where she taught social studies at several junior high/middle schools. Upon receiving her master’s degree from North Carolina Central University, Judy became an Adjunct Professor in their School of Education. After retiring in 2008, she went back to work as the testing coordinator and AIG facilitator at Durham School of the Arts. The family will miss her unwavering love and support, her friends will miss her giving spirit and laughter, and her students will miss her never-ending belief in them. Judy was a long-time animal lover, and all strays knew to go to her home. She loved history and was an avid reader. Surviving her were three daughters, a grandson, her adopted father, three step-sisters and her beloved pets, Oreo, Frankie and Elvis.

Rachel Anne Hoyle BA – Psychology Born: July 24, 1947, in Shelby, NC. Died: July 12, 1976, in Shelby, NC; age 28.

Sociology Club 4; Sophomore Scholar.

Anne Hoyle Champion was an analyst for the Department of Defense after graduating and moving to Laurel, MD. Anne was survived by her father.

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Linda-Margaret Hunt BA – Biology Beta Beta Beta Born: October 25, 1947, in Davidson County, NC. Died: March 22, 2001, in South Bend, IN; age 53.

SGA Treasurer 2, Executive Secretary 3; Finance Board 2,3, Chairman 4; 75th Anniversary Gift Committee Chairman 3; Class Secretary 4; Junior Show 3; YDC 1; Wesley Fellowship 1,2,3,4, Executive Board 4; Carolinian 2,3,4; Legislature 1,2; Golden Chain 3, President 4; Honor Roll 1; Honors Program 1,2; 4-H 1,2,4, President 3; Cutter Lab Scholar 2,3,4; Student Development Council 3, Chairman 4; Delegate to NSA Congress 3; Editor Student Handbook 3. Dr. Linda-Margaret Hunt continued her education at UNCG by earning an MA in Biology. She then earned an MS in Zoology and her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. She taught in the Biology Department of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. In her early years at Notre Dame, she was named Outstanding Teacher by her students and later received the same honor from her fellow faculty members. In her spare time, she enjoyed hiking, biking, bowling and traveling. Linda-Margaret was survived by her mother, brother and sister.

Nancy Jane Ingram BA – Mathematics Phi Beta Kappa Born: July 22, 1947, in Lilesville, NC. Died: July 13, 2013, in Roanoke, VA; age 65.

Wesley Fellowship 1,2, Treasurer 3, Vice President 4; GUTS 2,3,4; AHEA 1; JA 3; Honor Roll 1,2,3; Scholarships 3,4; Honors Program 3.

Dr. N. Jane Ingram continued her mathematics education by earning a MA at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. She also received a MS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech. Jane joined the faculty of Roanoke College in 1978. In addition to being a professor of mathematics and computer science, she served as chair of the Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics Department from 2001 to 2009. She served as president of the Blue Ridge Council of Teachers of Mathematics, received the Blue Key Professor Award in 1986 and the Dean's Award for Exemplary Service in 2010. She retired in 2012. Jane loved her pets, Sally Ride and B.B. She believed in the life of the tree, the thrill of music, the expanse of the human mind, nature, fairness and mentoring those who yearn for more. Jane was survived by her mother, five sisters and one brother.

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Mary Elizabeth Israel BSSA – Secretarial Administration Gamma Alpha Born: April 29, 1947 in Spokane, WA. Died: July 20, 2001 in Houston, TX; age 54.

YDC 2.

Mary Elizabeth Israel became an underwriter for an insurance company in Candler, NC. She lived in various places throughout the United States, including North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington and California before settling in Houston. She died after a long battle with melanoma skin cancer. Libby was survived by her son, father, a sister, a niece and a wide circle of friends.

Brian P. Jackson BA – English Born: Died:

Brian P. Jackson was a Second Lieutenant in the US Army in 1969-70. He was a grad student at UCLA in Santa Monica, CA, in 1974 and was still living there in 1984. No other information was available.

Jerry Dorman Jones BM – Music Born: May 31, 1947, in High Point, NC. Died: July 7, 2004, in Raleigh, NC; age 57.

After graduating, the Rev. Jerry D. Jones attended Southeastern Theological Seminary and completed graduate studies at Westminster Choir College. Jerry had been on the staff of several churches in North Carolina and Virginia prior to joining Ridge Road Baptist Church in Raleigh in 1990 as organist/choir director. He was also regional vice president of the Ahlborn-Galanti Organ Co. and active in the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers and the American Guild of Organists. Besides his creative genius, Jerry will be remembered as a confidant, intent listener and adviser. He was keenly perceptive and known for honesty, directness, dependability and integrity. His way of "speaking the truth in love" reflected earnestness in his relationship to God and one another. His humor was priceless – the inimitable pauses, twinkle in his eye and witty comebacks. Moments with Jerry yielded a laugh, a lesson, an affirmation and a blessing. Jerry died following an 18-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was survived by his wife, Trisha, one son, his parents and two sisters.

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Pearline Smart Jones BA – Spanish Born: December 1946 in Winston-Salem, NC. Died: February 10, 2018, in Nashville, TN.

Daisy Chain, 2; Junior Ring Committee; Junior Ring Dance Committee; Russian Club 1,2,3,4; Spanish Club 4; History Club 4; Dorm Elections Chairman 1; Hall Board 2; CIRUNA 2,4; Neo-Black Society.

Pearline Joanne Smart Jones enjoyed a career in human resources beginning in 1969 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, then at L’eggs Products and later Bali Company, divisions of Hanes Corporation/Sara Lee Corporation. She continued her career in the manufacturing and healthcare industries at Clark Equipment Company in Kentucky and St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Pearline was a member of several civic and professional organizations over the years and enjoyed travel, reading, cultural activities, crafts and cheering on sports teams. She was survived by her daughter MiChelle Jones, a sister and three brothers, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Mary Emily Keetch BA – Geography magna cum laude Born: October 21, 1947, in Asheville, NC. Phi Beta Kappa Died: January 23, 2014, in Weaverville, NC; age 66.

Le Cercle Francais 1,2; Honor Roll 1,2,3; Reynolds Scholarship 2,3,4; French House 2, Folk Dance Club.

Mary Emily Keetch Vincent earned an MA in Geography from the University of Virginia in 1971. She was a retired employee of the US Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, MS, and an avid supporter of the arts and for humane animal care. Mary was survived by one sister.

Patricia Ann Kurisko BA – Sociology Born: Came from Cranford, NJ. Died: Feb 21, 2016, in Greensboro; age 67.

Union College 1,2; Election Board 4; Senior Class Commissioner; Sociology Club 3,4; SNEA 3,4; Hall Board 3; Dorm Committee.

After graduating, Patricia Ann Kurisko lived all over the United States but then came back to Greensboro to find home. In 1990 she lived in Hacienda Heights, CA, where she was a registrar at Cal Poly-Pomona. Prior to that, she was Admissions Coordinator for Union College (NJ), while working on her MA in Student Personnel Services and Counseling at Kean College (NJ). Pat spent her life befriending all and taking care of all the wildlife outside her window. She was Snow White incarnate. She was survived by her husband Tom, a sister, a brother and numerous nieces and nephews. 157 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Mary Jo Laughridge BA – Sociology Born: March 29, 1947, in Shelby, NC. Died: May 2, 2018, in Portland, OR; age 71.

Sociology Club 3,4; Art Club 1; Wesley Foundation 2,4, Reception and Visitation Chairman 3; Service League Dorm chairman 3; GUTS 3; Dorm Committee Chairman 1; JA 3; Honor Roll 3; Scholarships 1,3; Editor Interfaith campus magazine 4; Christian Faith and Life Community 2; Depth Education Group 3; Experimental University 3. After graduating, Mary Laughridge McCreath attended McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago for a year, then transferred to finish her graduate degree at Chicago Theological Seminary. In 1976. she married Dan McCreath whom she met at McCormick. They lived in California, Ohio, Texas and Oregon. Before her children were born, Mary held a variety of jobs from preschool education to composition and design in the publishing industry. Mary was a full-time homemaker until her children finished school and then she pursued a part-time business as a videographer. She remained an avid and excellent amateur photographer. Mary was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. She was a quiet but fierce warrior and remained alive to see four grandchildren born. Her manner of quiet but intense love and caring had an enormous impact on friends and family all throughout her life. People flew in from around the country to her memorial service, a testament to a life well lived. She valued her time at UNC-G and always spoke warmly of the university. Her experiences there formed her attitudes about faith, society and our obligations to each other. Mary was survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Dan, a daughter, a son, two grandsons, two

granddaughters and many friends.

Irene Meekins Leonard BA – Elementary Education Born: March 21, 1923, in Franklinton, NC. Died: December 26, 2015, in High Point, NC; age 92.

Irene Meekins Leonard was a retired second-grade teacher and a faithful member of Green Street Baptist Church. Irene was survived by her husband, Yair Goldberg, a daughter, a son, four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.

Marilyn Moore Lester BSSA – Merchandising Born: April 15, 1947, in Asheville, NC. Died: December 7, 2007, in Charlotte, NC; age 60.

Marilyn M. Lester worked as a divisional merchandise administrator with Belk Charlotte Group until 1989. She was a member of Leadership Charlotte.

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Marilyn died following an extended illness and was survived by her stepfather, Ben R. Walsh, and two daughters.

Barbara Lynn Little BSPE – Health and Physical Education Born: December 31, 1947, in Wisconsin. Died: September 10, 2002, in Milwaukee, WI; age 55.

Daisy Chain 2; SNEA 4; Assistant JHP 3.

Barbara L. Lock taught in the Whitnall School District and was the previous co-owner of V. Richards Market Inc. and Catering and Cuisine by V. Richards. She was a member of Community United Methodist Church and member of P.E.O. Chapter B-Z. Barbara was survived by her husband, Carl Lock, twin daughters, a son, one sister and brother.

Anne Stephanie Lloyd BA – Political Science

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Dr. Anne S. Lloyd continued her education after graduation. She was awarded an MA in History from UNCG in 1971, and a Doctor of Arts in Urban History in 1974 from Carnegie Mellon University. She co- authored a book, The American City, which was released in 1975. In the spring 1980 issue of Alumni News, Anne was a professor and married to A.E. Boardman. They were living in Vancouver, Canada.

John Randolph Martin BA – Mathematics Born: March 8, 1947 in Greensboro. Died: January 25, 2013, in Washington, DC; age 65.

Elliott Hall President 4.

John Randolph Martin was awarded his MA in Mathematics in 1972. While attending UNCG, he met his future wife, Muriel Bradley (’71) whom he married in 1976 in St. Mary’s City, MD. They spent 36 wonderful years together. Randy moved to Lexington Park, MD, in 1972 to work as a computer programmer for Sperry Univac. After 32 dedicated years in the computer industry, he retired in December 2010 from Northrup Grumman. Randy enjoyed gardening, attending concerts

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and spending time with his family and his dogs. He had an eclectic and detailed knowledge of music, particularly jazz and blues, and loved to travel – especially to music festivals. Randy was known, both at work and among family, for his clever sense of humor and care for others.

Randy was survived by his wife, Muriel, two daughters and a brother.

Glenda Kay Mitchell BA – Elementary Education Born: December 19, 1946, in Morganton, NC. Died: July 8, 1980, in Greensboro; age 33.

Glenda Kay Kincaid Mitchell earned her MSHE in Clothing and Textiles in 1976 and was promoted to Vice President at Bates Nitewear in Greensboro, where her work included designing children's sleepwear and developing national merchandising programs. Kay was survived by her husband, Bobby J. Mitchell, and two sisters. In 1982 the Glenda Kay Mitchell Scholarship fund was established to honor the late Kay Kincaid Mitchell by her husband. The fund will be used by UNCG Home Economics Department of Clothing and Textiles for student interns.

Joycelynn DeFoor Mitchell-Hicks

Born: May 28, 1947 Died: October 10, 2001; buried in Elm City, NC; age 54.

Doris Ann Morris BA – Elementary Education Born: November 10, 1946, in Asheboro, NC. Died: October 6, 2017, in Greensboro, age 70.

Doris Ann Morris Luck taught fourth grade at Randleman Elementary School from 1969 to 1978. She and her husband, Gilbert Luck, liked to travel. During the summer of 1973, they vacationed in Europe. She was survived by her husband of 47 years, one son and three brothers. She also enjoyed reading and walks in the neighborhood. Doris was a charter member of Central Carolina Community Church.

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Elizabeth Ann Parks BA – Sociology cum laude Born: September 10, 1947, in Walnut Cove, NC. Alpha Kappa Delta Died: August 2, 1999, in Baltimore, MD; age 51.

Sociology Club 2,3, Vice President 4; Canterbury Club 1,2; Dorm Committee 3; JA 3; Honor Roll 1,2,3; Sophomore, Junior Scholar; Development Council 3.

Dr. Elizabeth Dishler started her career as a social worker for the NC Department of Mental Health. Later, she earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University, and a doctorate from George Washington University. Her dissertation dealt with parental stress and coping. She worked as a family counselor and was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Cedarcroft, MD. Libby died from complications of breast cancer. She was survived by her husband, David E. Dishler, whom she married in 1973; two sons; her mother; and two brothers.

Phyllis Jean Parrish BA – Mathematics cum laude May 16, 1947, in Concord, NC. Born: Phi Beta Kappa Died: September 28, 2008, in Raleigh, NC; age 61. Pi Mu Epsilon

SNEA 4; Dorm Committee 1,2; Honor Roll 1,2,3; Escheats Scholarship 3,4; Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship 1,2,3,4.

Phyllis Parrish Goetze taught math in both Wake County Public schools and in private schools. She last worked as a counter clerk at Western Lanes Bowling Alley. Phyllis and her husband served as chaplains at Surf City Family Campground during the summer camping season for 14 years as members of Campers On Mission. Phyllis died after a two-year battle with breast cancer. She was survived by her husband, Bennie Goetze, a son and a daughter, three grandchildren, two sisters, and a brother.

Robert G. Pinnix Born: November 17, 1947, in Reidsville, NC. Died: October 31, 2014, in Winston Salem, NC; age 66.

Patricia Roberta Renfro BA – Elementary Education Born: July 5, 1947, in Memphis, TN. Died: May 19, 2007, in Shawnee Mission, KS; age 59.

After graduating, Patricia R. Anthony was an elementary school teacher in Forsyth County, NC, for several years. She was a caring and loving daughter, sister and mother who had a quiet personality with a great sense of humor. Patsy was survived by two sisters and a daughter.

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Susan Carroll Roane BA – French cum laude December 17, 1946, in Norfolk, VA. Born: Phi Beta Kappa Died: March 2, 2017, in Georgia; age 70. Pi Delta Phi

SNEA 4; Honor Roll 1,2,3.

Susan R. Fournier was a 35-year resident of Poquoson and Yorktown, VA, where she retired from a career as a foreign language teacher with Poquoson City Schools. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family. She moved to Georgia in 2016 to be close to her children and grandchildren. Susan passed away after a long, courageous battle with cancer and was survived by her husband, John Fournier, two sons, five grandchildren and two sisters.

Cynthia Ann Rousseau BA – Psychology Psi Chi Born: April 8, 1947, in Winston-Salem, NC. Died: April 10, 2016, in North Carolina; age 69.

Cynthia Ann “Cid” Rousseau continued her education by earning a master’s degree in psychology from Wake Forest University in 1974. She was a psychologist for 40-plus years, working with children and adults through her expertise in child development. Cid loved traveling in Europe, reading, horseback riding and gardening. She loved to laugh and was an avid animal rescuer. Cid was survived by her beloved friend and caregiver, Ricky Hamm, several cousins, a nephew and a great-nephew.

Cynthia Satterfield BSHE – Clothing Omicron Nu Born: December 12, 1946, in Durham, NC. Died: November 14, 2000, in Arden, NC; age 53.

Food Liaison Committee 3,4; Class Commissioner 2; Parents’ Weekend Committee 2; Operation ‘71 Committee 2; WSFW 3,4; Band 1,2; Legislature Parliamentarian 3; JA 3; Honor Roll 1,2,3.

Cynthia S. Mueller continued her education by obtaining a master’s degree and an educational specialist degree from Western Carolina University. Cindy was a counselor at Flat Rock Middle School in Henderson County, NC. Among the many contributions to her students, Cindy organized a Christmas giving program for students in need and organized and led regular hiking outings. Cindy was an active member and trustee of Avery’s Creek United Methodist Church. She participated in Crop Walks for Hunger and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. Cindy also coordinated and served monthly home-cooked meals for ABCCM. She was a teacher and participant in the Disciple Class. Cindy was survived by her three daughters, a sister and two brothers.

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Barbara Ann Scott BSHE – Child Development and Family Relations cum laude Born: July 16, 1947, in Auburn, AL. Omicron Nu Died: April 9, 1973, in Aiken, SC; age 25.

Wake Forest University 1,2; Interfaith Council 3; Wesley Foundation 3, Vice President 4; GUTS 3; AHEA 3,4; Glee Club 3; Honor Roll 3.

Barbara Duffey taught in the model cities pre-kindergarten program for disadvantaged children in Atlanta, GA, prior to her marriage in 1971. She died following an extended illness. Barbara was survived by her husband, Franklin J. Duffey, her parents, a sister and her paternal grandmother.

Mary Elizabeth Settle BFA – Art Education Born: Came from Asheville, NC. Died:

Dorm Committee 2.

Mary S. Adams was living in Raleigh, NC according to the 2002 UNC-G Directory. No other information was available.

Vickie Elaine Shoe BA – English Born: December 2, 1947, Mt. Pleasant, NC. Died: March 15, 2010, in Mt. Pleasant, NC; age 62.

English 3,4; BSU 4; GUTS 3; SNEA 1,2; Dorm Committees 1,2,4; Floor Advisor 4.

Vickie S. Honeycutt enjoyed a career in public education that spanned 40 years. For 32 years, she taught English at Mt. Pleasant High School. Since 2001 she was the Assistant Director of Human Resources for the Cabarrus County Schools with responsibility for the recruitment and retention of classroom teachers. She will be remembered for her kind and gentle nature and her passion for teaching and mentoring the hundreds of students who were entrusted to her care. Vickie died from complications of breast cancer. She was survived by her husband of more than 40 years, Alan Honeycutt, a daughter, a son, three sisters and a brother.

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Patricia Alvarez Smith BA – Spanish Born: 1947 In Cuba. Died: October 26, 2014, in Sun City, FL; age 66-67.

After graduation, Patricia Mercedes Viamonte earned a master’s degree from Winthrop University. She retired from Rock Hill Schools after teaching for 30 years. Pat then began teaching at Fort Mill High School (SC), where she continued to work until she and her husband, Dan Boyle, moved to Florida to pursue the ideal retirement of coastal living. During their years in Florida, Pat and Dan enjoyed spending time with friends and traveling to places throughout the world. Her former students as well as colleagues from her long career in teaching spoke of Pat as a teacher with a great depth of knowledge and a passion for her chosen profession. Before her students, Pat became enlivened, passing on to the young people in her class her love for the Spanish language and her excitement of the experience of educating. Whether she was teaching in the classroom or gathering together with friends, Pat saw every occasion as an adventure. Perhaps her spirit is best exemplified by the signature phrase that closed each of her correspondences: "If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane." Pat died following an extended illness. She was survived by her loving husband and caretaker, Dan Boyle, one brother, two sons, two daughters and two grandchildren.

Thomas Ray Staley MEd – Business Education Born: December 14, 1933, in Asheboro, NC. Died: April 26, 1997, in Winston-Salem, NC.

Thomas R. Staley graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College in 1960 with a BS in Business and taught business courses at Seagrove High School. In 1962, he joined the CPA firm of Davenport, Marvin and Caudill in Greensboro as an accountant. He was Senior Instructor at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem from 1965 until his untimely death. While at Forsyth Tech, he chaired the Accounting Department, helped write curriculum for the business program that was used statewide among other institutes/community colleges, was involved with distance learning from the beginning of its inception at Forsyth Tech, and was a member and treasurer of the NC Community College Association of Business Chairman and Department Heads. He was an active member of Ardmore United Methodist Church and a member of Gideon International.

Tom died as the result of a brain aneurysm. He was survived by his wife, Donna Lawrence Staley, whom he married in 1963, two daughters and three sisters.

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Robert Alan Stumpf BA – Economics and Business Administration

Born: September 25, 1947, in Ridgewood, NY. Died: November 5, 2012, in Greensboro; age 65.

Robert Alan Stumpf spent most of his career as manager of graphics and printing at Blue Bell and the Education Center. In retirement, he enjoyed working at Guilford Garden Center. Bob was an avid gardener and known for having a beautiful, manicured yard. He loved the beach and live music. A gentle man, Bob's kindness, wit and interest in everyone he met will never be forgotten. Bob was survived by his parents, his wife, Lynda Latham Stumpf (’69), two daughters and one stepdaughter, two grandsons and one brother.

Sibyl Ann Sturgis BA – French Pi Delta Phi Born: July 20, 1947, in Rock Hill, SC. Died: April 25, 1996, in Lynchburg, VA; age 48.

Le Cercle Francais 3,4; YRC 4; Wesley Fellowship 1,2,3,4; Section Leader 3; Honor Roll 2,3.

Sibyl Ann Sturgis continued her education by earning a master’s degree in French from the University of South Carolina and a master’s degree in Library Science from UNC-CH. She was a member of Heritage United Methodist Church of Lynchburg and was librarian at Lynchburg General Hospital. Sibyl was survived by her parents and a sister.

Dewey Wayne Taylor BA – Biology Born: September 19, 1936, in Greensboro. Died: April 6, 2018, in Greensboro; age 81.

Dewey Wayne Taylor attended Guilford College before joining the Air Force in 1955. He was assigned to the 815th Recon Tech Squadron in support of the 55th and 90th Reconnaissance Wings of the Strategic Air Command prior to his overseas tour with the 8th Air Force in the United Kingdom. His last tour of duty was at Hunter Air Force Base, Savanah, GA, where he was hospitalized and flown to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. Dewey was discharged to the Veterans Hospital in Durham, NC, in 1965. Following graduation from UNCG, Dewey worked for The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. He met Carolyn ate h th ospital laboratory, and they married in 1972. He retired as director of the Laboratory Information System in 2001 after serving Moses Cone Health System for 32 years. Dewey was survived by his sister-in-law, Jean C. Taylor, and three nieces.

Julia (Julie) Carmichael Pierce Tomlinson Born: May 23, 1947, in Waycross, GA. Died: December 7, 2011, in Waycross, GA; age 64.

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Anne Best Turlington BA – History Born: March 6, 1947, in Wilson, NC. Died: April 11, 1970, near Snow Hill, NC; age 23.

Anne B. Turlington was a first-year teacher at Enfield High School in Enfield, NC, when she died as a result of a head injury received in a traffic accident. She was survived by both of her parents. Anne was a member of Fremont United Methodist Church in Fremont, NC.

Judy Lynn Vaughn BA – Business Administration Born: March 5, 1947, in Forsyth County, NC. Died: April 30, 2017, in Yadkinville, NC; age 70.

Bob Jones University 1; Outing Club 3; Sociology Club 3,4; Court 3.

Judy Lynn Vaughn was an occupational therapist in Sommerville, MA. She moved back to North Carolina, where she retired from Sipes Orchard Home. Judy was survived by two sisters and three nieces.

Gladys Morgan Vitelli BA – English

Born: Mary 23, 1924, in Morristown, TN. Died: September 16, 1992, in Winston-Salem, NC; age 68.

Gladys Morgan Vitelli continued her education by earning an MS degree from Appalachian State University. She was a former librarian for Alamance County Schools, the City of Burlington and the City of Graham. Gladys was a former member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Graham, a volunteer for Cub Scouts, a member of the church council and was co-founder of the School for the Trainable Child. She assisted Alex Hailey research his book Roots. At her church, Gladys was chairwoman for the Community Life Commission, a member of the Parish Pastoral Council, a member of the Elizabeth Ann Seton Guild, a member of the Columbettes, a member of the Holy Family Seniors and a board member of the Catholic Social Services. She was an organizer for the Meals on Wheels Program in Clemmons, a volunteer for the Migrant Ministry of Yadkin County, and was recognized by Gov. Jim Martin as Volunteer of the Years 1985 and 1989 in Forsyth and Yadkin counties.

Gladys was survived by her husband, Robert L. Vitelli, two sons, two grandchildren and a sister.

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LaVerne Decker Wagner BA – Elementary Education Born: October 4, 1927, in Alexandria, LA. Died: April 6, 1989, in Greensboro; age 61.

LaVerne Wagner was a retired schoolteacher and a member of the First Baptist Church, the Faith Sunday School Class, Hampton Lakes Garden Club, Greensboro Council Garden Club and the John Forbis Chapter of the DAR. LaVerne was survived by her husband, Charles L. Wagner; her son Charles Wagner Jr. (’78); two daughters, Joyce Wagner Beech (’76) and Constance Wagner McLaughlin (’80); her mother; a brother and sister; and three grandchildren.

Shirley Ruth Watson BA – Mathematics Born: January 2, 1947, in Sophia, NC. Pi Mu Epsilon Died: January 19, 2005, in Asheboro, NC; age 58.

Square Circle 1,2,3,4; SNEA 4; Assistant House President 3; Section Leader 2; Honor Roll 2,3; Institutional Scholarship 4.

Shirley Watson Sanders continued her education by earning a MEd in Math from UNCG. She taught at high schools in North and South Carolina and later at UNCG and Elon College. Shirley battled cancer for 19 years. She was active in Hospice and Central United Methodist Church, where she was a member. She spoke at Hospice meetings sharing her story and giving hope to many cancer survivors. She was a loving wife and mother who touched the lives of all she met. She was survived by her husband, Harry E. Sanders, two daughters and a brother.

Nancy Marcia Wilson BA – Elementary Education Born: February 3, 1947 (came from Warrenton, NC). Died: May 7, 1969, near Raleigh, NC; age 22.

ACE 3, President 4; Housekeeping Committee 1,2; Section Leader 3; Honor Roll 3.

Nancy M. Wilson was fulfilling her student teaching requirement when she died while on a school field trip at Umstead State Park. She was awarded a BA in Elementary Education posthumously at the UNCG commencement program on June 1, 1969. Nancy was survived by her parents. The Nancy Wilson Association for Childhood Education (ACE) Loan Fund was established after her death. It is administered by the UNCG Student Aid Office to provide short-term loans without interest for students who have financial needs. Nancy was president of the UNCG chapter of ACE at the time of her death.

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Rebecca Huxford Wilson BA – Elementary Education Born: February 2, 1948, in Dunn, NC. Died: January 10, 1988, in Greensboro; age 39.

ACE 4; JA 3.

Rebecca Simmons taught at Sternberger Elementary School in Greensboro and was a member of the NCEA, Classroom Teachers Association and the Beta Delta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma sorority. She also was a member of Irving Park United Methodist Church, a Sunday school teacher and member of the church board. Rebecca was survived her husband, Larry Simmons, a son and daughter, her parents, a sister and two brothers.

Patricia Maude Woodard BA – Elementary Education Born: January 30, 1947 (came from Wilson, NC). Died: October 31, 2011, in Newport News, VA; age 64.

ACE 4.

Patricia Luke was a past member of the Junior Women's Club of Hilton Village and the Hilton Garden Club. She was a member of the Peninsula Duplicate Bridge Club-Life Master and a member of First United Methodist Church in Newport News. She was survived by her husband of 37 years, Fred Luke, a son, two stepdaughters and three grandchildren.

Frances Rosalind Yount BA – Spanish Born: May 17, 1947, in Newton, NC. cum laude Died: November 29, 2017, in Hickory, NC; age 70. Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Delta Pi

Spanish Club 3,4; SNEA 4; Honor Roll 1,2,3; Honors Program 1.

Frances Yount Schronce enjoyed speaking and teaching Romance languages. She was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Conover and enjoyed reading her bible. Frannie was survived by her husband of 49 years, Nelson Schronce, two sisters and two grandchildren.

168 What’s New on the UNCG Campus?

A familiar sight – The McIver Building – was demolis hed in 2018 to make way for the university’s new nursing and instructional building.

169 College Avenue in 1905

College Avenue was originally designed as the main artery of the campus, but it was converted into a pedestrian mall in 2004.

College Avenue today.

170 A Campus Tradition

171 Comparison of Departments

UNCG Schools and Departments 1969

School of Music School of Education Department of Sociology and Anthropology Department of History and Political Science Department of German and Russian Department of Chemistry Department of Philosophy Department of Physics Department of Art Department of Business Education Department of Biology Department of Physical Education Department of Mathematics Department of Economics Department of Drama and Speech Department of Psychology Department of Classical Civilization School of Nursing The Graduate School Department of English Department of Home Economics Department of Geography Department of Romance Languages (French and Spanish)

Today’s Quad seen from the steps of Shaw Hall.

172 UNCG Schools and Departments 2019

Bryan School of Business & Economics College of Visual & Performing Arts

• Accounting and Finance • Art • Arts Administration • Business Administration • Dance • Consumer, Apparel and Retail Studies • Drama • Economics • Music • Entrepreneurship • Finance School of Education • Information Systems and Supply Chain Management • International Business Studies • Elementary Education • Marketing • Elementary Education and Special • Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Education • Middle Grades Education College of Arts & Sciences • Professions in Deafness • African American and African Diaspora Studies • Special Education • Anthropology • Biochemistry College of Health and Human Sciences • Biology • Chemistry • Human Development and Family • Classical Studies Studies (online degree completion • Communication Studies available) • Computer Science • Integrated Professional Studies (online • English • Geography only) • History • Kinesiology • Interior Architecture • Nutrition • Languages, Literature and Cultures • Peace and Conflict Studies (online • Liberal Studies (online only) degree completion available) • Mathematics • Public Health Education • Media Studies • Recreation and Parks Management • Philosophy (campus and online) • Physics • Social Work • Political Science • Speech Pathology and Audiology • Psychology • Religious Studies Pre-Professional Tracks • Sociology • Spanish • Pre-dentistry • Special Programs in Liberal Studies • Pre-engineering o Archaeology • Pre-law o Environmental and Sustainability Studies • Pre-medicine o International and Global Studies • Pre-occupational therapy • Women’s and Gender Studies • Pre-pharmacy • Pre-physical therapy • Pre-physician assistant School of Nursing • Pre-veterinary medicine

173 Acknowledgements

Reunion Planning Committee, Class of 1969 Margaret Hamlet Bingham, Co-Chairperson Sarah Horton Stewart, Co-Chairperson

Pam Allison K. Anne Lewis

Michaele Drum Autry Helen Brock Louis

Barbara Wesley Baker Karen Fling O’Donnell

Marty Barber Ann Wallace Palmer

Bette Walston Brooks Sarah Phillips-Benbury

Julie Dyson Jack Pinnix

Georgene “Tinker” Ticknor John Robinson

Falcon Shirley Ferguson Cindy DeBernard Santoro

Liz Benbow Finley Liz Gurkin Simmons

Carol Harris Hardison Laura Braxton Tew

Pat Clappse Holder Chris Tew

Jane E. Jackson Steven Ulosevich

174 Acknowledgements

The members of the Biography Book committee hope you continue to enjoy this booklet filled with information and photographs of our time at UNCG. We wish to thank everyone who has contributed information, answered questions, researched and consulted to make this possible.

Tommye Morrison Editor-in-Chief

Mary Landers Director of Alumni Engagement and Executive Director of the UNCG Alumni Association

Dean Castaldo Associate Director of Alumni Engagement

Amy Snyder Assistant Director/Communications Specialist

Elizabeth Jobe Administrative Support Specialist

Erin Lawrimore UNCG Archivist

Marty Barber Photographer for Current Campus Pictures

Printing Services

Class of 1969 Biography Book Committee

K. Anne Lewis, Co-Chairperson Georgene “Tinker” Ticknor Falcon, Co-Chairperson Ann Palmer Julie Dyson

Class of 1969 Reunion Chairpersons

Margaret Hamlet Bingham

Sarah Horton Stewart

175 NOTES

176 NOTES

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