in Japan. He received the Distinguished Service
Cross. Before attending UNC, he graduated
from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
At UNC, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and
belonged to Beta Gamma Sigma. Richard
J. Kissiah Sr. (’ 52 ABJO), 78, of Cary; Sept.
18, 2006. Kissiah retired as editorial director of
the magazine of the American Association of
Textile Colorists and Chemists. He also was
editor of Textile Bulletin and an officer in the
Southern Textile Association. When he served
in the Navy, he sailed around the world on the
maiden cruise of a new aircraft carrier. Dr.
Wilfred Duffield Little Jr. (’ 59 MD), 74, of
Anna Maria, Fla.; May 30, 2006. Little was a
dermatologist in private practice in Tampa, Fla.,
where he also served on the Tampa General
Hospital medical staff. He was co-founder and
past president of the Florida Society of
Dermatological Surgeons and was named its
Practitioner of the Year in 1991. He served in
the Coast Guard. Roy David McKenzie Jr.
(’ 51 AB, ’ 57 BSPHY, ’ 60 MS), 78, of Sedona,
Ariz.; Nov. 16, 2005. McKenzie retired as president of Op Search Associates Inc. At UNC, he
was on the men’s golf team. Thomas
Frederick Merian (’ 57), 74, of Oconomowoc,
Wis.; Jan. 8, 2006. Lewis Talmadge
Parrish (’ 59 MED), 75, of Goldsboro; Oct. 21,
2006. Parrish retired as professor and depart-
HuSpmrinagnities Seminars
Adventures in Ideas—the overwhelmingly popular Humanities
Seminars—continues this spring to explore interesting and important
cultural, moral and social topics from the perspective of the humanities.
Plans for the following seminars for Spring 2007 are under way:
Jan. 19 • Betrayer and Betrayed: The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
A Friday-only Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring
Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor
of Religious Studies
Jan. 27 • Scientific Revolutions from Galileo and Copernicus to
Einstein and Bohr in collaboration with the
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Feb. 2– 3 • Democracy and Dollars: Has Money Ruined American Politics?
Feb. 9– 10 • Understanding India
Feb. 23– 24 • Betrayer and Betrayed: The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
an encore Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Bart D. Ehrman,
James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies
March 2– 3 • From Defeat to Victory: The World at War, 1942
a Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Gerhard Weinberg,
William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History Emeritus
March 16– 17 • Artist of the Beautiful: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
in collaboration with the PlayMakers Repertory Company
March 31 • The Assault of Laughter: Great Satire Through the Ages
April 13– 14 • God, Religion and Evil an encore seminar featuring Warren A. Nord
April 27– 28 • W.H. Auden at 100: A Celebration of Poet, Dramatist,
Librettist and Critic
May 4– 5 • Motherhood and Medicine: Myths, Midwifery and Modern Practice
with support from Mr. Frank A. Kiker and in
honor of Dr. Paul R. and Grace T. Flowers
GAA members receive a registration discount. First-time participants
receive a 50% discount. Online registration is now available. To register,
please visit
www.adventuresinideas.unc.edu and click on “how to
register,” send e-mail to
human@unc.edu, or call (919) 962–1544.
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Full-time K- 12 teachers, librarians and
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ment chair of natural sciences and mathematics at Centenary College, Hackettstown, N.J.
Anna Baucom Peele (’ 56 MED), 90, of
Raleigh; Oct. 27, 2006. Peele retired from the
Wake County School System following 42
years as an educator. She was area director of
schools in the eastern district of Wake County
when the county and Raleigh school systems
merged. She served as an elementary school
principal in several schools. Heilig Harney
Pittard (’ 52 ABED), 76, of Oxford; June 7,
2006. Pittard was active in the Colonial Dames
and, at UNC, belonged to Chi Omega.
Douglas Allen Roberts (’ 51 BSPHR), 82,
of Fayetteville; July 2, 2006. Roberts, a pharmacist, owned the Cape Fear Drug Co. In
WWII, he was with the Marine Corps. At
UNC, he belonged to Kappa Psi. Stuart
Wingo Rollins (’ 56 BSPHR), 72, of
Pfafftown; Oct. 4, 2006. Rollins was a pharmacist at N.C. Baptist Hospital and later owned a
pharmacy. He served with the Army in
Germany as a pharmacist. At UNC, he
belonged to Kappa Psi. Barbara Brown
Roosa (’ 58 ABED), 69, of Hopewell Junction,
N. Y.;Aug. 7, 2006. Roosa retired as vice president of programs for the American Diabetes
Association in Worthington, Ohio. Prior to
that position, she taught English in high
schools in Ohio. She also was president of education associations in the Ohio school districts
of Belpre and Warren. Charles Calvin
Ross Sr. (’ 52 BSHED), 79, of Wilmington;
Sept. 14, 2006. Ross was a retired pharmaceutical sales representative. He served in the
Navy in WWII and received battle stars for
the battles of Saipan, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima
and Okinawa. He played football at UNC.
James Pierson Rumley (’ 52), 77, of
Raleigh; Sept. 24, 2006. Rumley retired from
the N.C. Department of Transportation,
where he was an assistant manager and chief
right-of-way appraiser. He was with the Army
during the Korean War. Marvin Gordon
Scoggin (’ 54 BSBA, ’ 56 LLB), 77, of Browns
Summit; Sept. 23, 2006. Scoggin was a lawyer
with the Internal Revenue Service. He was a
medic with the Army Air Force, serving in
Alaska. William Long Speas (’ 51 BSBA),
79, of Florence, S.C.; Sept. 23, 2006. Speas
was a retired purchasing manager with Stone
Container Corp. He served in the military in
WWII and, at UNC, was a member of Alpha
Kappa Psi. Maxine Bissett Warren (’ 54
MSW), 78, of Spring Hope; Oct. 21, 2006.
Warren was director of the Rocky Mount
Developmental Evaluation Center. Earlier in
her career, she had a similar position with
Edgecombe-Nash Mental Health Center. She
received a lifetime achievement award for her
contributions to children with developmental
disabilities and their families in 1997.
