served in the Army in WWII and the Korean
War. John Ghiselin Broughton Jr. (’ 49
BSCH), 85, of Virginia Beach,Va.; Sept. 24,
2006. Broughton retired as director of chemical sales for Columbia Nitrogen Corp. In
WWII, he served in the Army Signal Corps
and, at UNC, belonged to Delta Kappa
Epsilon and Alpha Chi Sigma. Melville
Stanley Cohen (’ 48 AB), 77, of Port Saint
Lucie, Fla.; Sept. 16, 2006. While living in
Charlotte, Cohen owned retail stores and was
active in the real estate business. He had
recently returned to Charlotte from Port Saint
Lucie. He had served as president of B’nai
Danny E. Berry Jr. of Raleigh; Sept. 29,
2006. Berry was employed by UNC Hospitals
and volunteered at the Cameron Village
Public Library in Raleigh. He served with the
Air Force. Leah Gillis Campbell, 67, of
Hillsborough; Sept. 20, 2006. Campbell retired
from UNC Press, where she specialized in
data processing. She previously was office
manager for the Intimate Bookshop in
Chapel Hill. Leonard Hugh Dawson III
(’ 63 MSPH), 69, of Chapel Hill; Sept. 1, 2006.
Details, ’ 63 Class Notes. John White
Edgerly, 68, of Chapel Hill; Sept. 5, 2006.
Edgerly recently retired as director of
Counseling and Psychological Services at
UNC, and he was a recipient of UNC’s C.
Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award.
He was chair of the N.C. Psychology Board
for several years. Randy Haskell “Stud”
Hamilton (’ 43 AB, ’ 48 MA, ’ 49 MRP), 84,
of Walnut Creek, Calif.; Aug. 4, 2006. Details,
’40s Class Notes. Elaine M. Hill, 85, of
Chapel Hill; Nov. 18, 2006. Hill was the longtime director of Volunteer Services at UNC
Hospitals (1967-90) who began volunteering
at N.C. Memorial Hospital shortly after moving to Chapel Hill in the 1950s. She was
instrumental in starting a playroom for pediatric patients, developed the hospital’s candy
striper program in 1960, and she served as
president of both the N.C. and National
Societies of Volunteer Services. She also
directed the annual statewide Health Career
Fair, helped establish the hospital’s patient
relations program and the foreign language
translation services, and she led the establishment of the Ronald McDonald House of
Chapel Hill. Her awards included the
Chamber of Commerce Town and Gown
Award, the N.C. Governor’s Award of
Excellence and the Distinguished Service
Award from UNC’s medical school. In 1990,
the board of directors of UNC Hospitals
established the Elaine M. Hill Award for
Distinguished Volunteer Service, an award
presented annually to the hospital’s most out-
B’rith in Charlotte. At UNC, he graduated Phi
Beta Kappa and belonged to Pi Lambda Phi.
M. Ward Cole (’ 48 BSCOM), 84, of Virginia Beach,Va.; Sept. 19, 2006. Cole retired as
a stockbroker with Wheat First Securities. In
WWII, he was a Navy pilot with the Jolly
Rogers unit. He played basketball at UNC.
Robert Bruce Corpening (’ 40 BSCOM),
86, of Los Angeles; Aug. 12, 2006. Corpening
was a lawyer in private practice. Earlier, he was
vice president and chief legal counsel for a
space technology firm. He was a judge pro-tem in the Los Angeles Municipal Court and
was admitted to practice before the Supreme
standing volunteer. Paula Pearce Hinton
(’ 85 MSLS), 62, of Buies Creek; Sept. 17,
2006. Details, ’ 85 Class Notes. Mary
Paysinger Klontz (’ 43 BSLS, ’ 70 MSLS), 88,
of Columbus, Ga.; Oct. 23, 2006. Details, ’40s
Class Notes. Elizabeth Ney Knelson (’ 81
AB, ’ 84 BSN), 47, of Durham; Oct. 5, 2006.
Details, ’ 81 Class Notes. Helen Gates
Maxwell, 86, of Asheville;Aug. 26, 2006.
Maxwell retired from the UNC dental
school, where she worked for 10 years. Dr.
Donald R. Nelson, 71, of Mount Pleasant,
S. C.; Sept. 28, 2006. Nelson retired as professor and division director at the College of
Dental Medicine at the Medical University of
South Carolina. Earlier in his career, he was a
member of the faculty at UNC’s dental
school. He served in the Army Dental Corps
in Europe and Vietnam. Among his military
honors were the Legion of Merit, Bronze
Star, Army Commendation Medal with Palm
and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. John
Teasdale Nesbitt, 69, of Wrightsville Beach;
Aug. 22, 2006. Nesbitt taught at UNC’s
Institute of Government, specializing in
forensic science and police pursuit driving.
He was director of public works and land use
development for the town of Wrightsville
Beach and was a pastor or interim pastor for
several N.C. Methodist churches. Dr.
Richard Morse Peters, 84, of Palo Alto,
Calif.; Sept. 1, 2006. Peters retired as professor
of surgery and a division head at the
University of California School of Medicine
in San Diego. At UNC, he had been an assistant professor of surgery and head of the division of cardiothoracic surgery, and he was
instrumental in opening the nation’s first
intensive care unit for postsurgical patients at
N.C. Memorial Hospital. As a member of the
Chapel Hill Board of Education in the 1960s,
he was involved with desegregating the
schools. He published numerous medical articles and books. James B. Poythress, 85, of
Pittsboro; Oct. 1, 2006. Poythress retired from
UNC’s physical education department.
30s
Court. In WWII, he was in the Navy, serving
in the South Pacific. At UNC, he graduated
Phi Beta Kappa. Walter Stephen Crump
(’ 48), 81, of Sarasota, Fla.; Sept. 2, 2006. Crump
was Midwest sales manager for the L.G. Balfour jewelry company, retiring in the early
’80s. He served in the Navy in WWII and
belonged to Phi Gamma Delta at UNC.
Mary Robeson Cunningham (’ 45 MA), 91,
of Elon; Sept. 24, 2006. Cunningham was a
high school librarian. Earlier in her career, she
taught math and coached girls’ basketball at
Greenville High School. She was president of
Delta Kappa Gamma. Eugene Milburn
Earl D. Provancha, 83,
of Asheboro; Sept. 9,
2006. Provancha had faculty
been director of UNC’s and staff
Flying Doctor Service, obituaries
flying physicians and
donor organs where they were needed. He
served 25 years in the Air Force, retiring from
the Pentagon as a lieutenant colonel. He was
a veteran of WWII and the Korean and
Vietnam wars. He and his wife spent 20 years
traveling the country in an RV, visiting all 50
states. Lisa Rae, 37, of Eugene, Ore.; Oct.
8, 2006. Rae had been director of development and communications for UNC’s Health
Sciences Library (2001-04), and her work was
considered key in raising nearly $1 million for
library improvements. As the library prepared
for renovations in 2001, Rae coined the
phrase “Renovation for Innovation,” which
became the motto of the staff during the
extensive remodeling. David Wayne
Riddle, 46, of Hillsborough; Oct. 6, 2006.
Riddle was employed by UNC Facilities. He
volunteered as a Little League coach.
Robert L. Stevenson, 65, of Chapel Hill;
Nov. 25. Stevenson, a Kenan professor of
journalism and mass communication, came to
UNC in 1975 and specialized in political
communication, international communication
and research methods. He had lectured in
about 25 countries, including a stint as a
Fulbright senior scholar at Johannes
Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany,
and as assistant director of the American
Journalism Center of Budapest. The author of
numerous journal articles and several books,
Stevenson was associate editor of Journalism
Quarterly and editorial board member of the
Journal of Communication. Lorene
Norwood Ward, 86, of Chapel Hill; Oct. 18,
2006. Ward was employed for more than 40
years by UNC, working in Lenoir Hall and at
the physical plant. Dr. John Lord Watters
(’ 48 AB, ’ 50 CMED), 82, of Raleigh; Sept. 2,
2006. Details, ’40s Class Notes.
