Feb. 9, 2007. Wertz was assistant professor
emeritus at Duke University and headed the
social work division in the department of psychiatry. Before joining the Duke faculty, she
was director and chief social worker at the
Albemarle Mental Health Clinic in Elizabeth
City. Allan H. Williams (’ 46, ’ 47 AB), 84,
of Cary; Feb. 15, 2007. Williams was an
administrative manager for insurance companies and volunteered with the Wilkesboro
homeless shelter and detention center. He was
in the Navy in WWII, serving in the Marshall
Islands. At UNC, he was active in starting the
varsity men’s soccer team, for which he was
goalie. In addition, he was a member of Phi
Delta Theta and NROTC. James D.
Williams Jr. (’ 42 BSPHR), 85, of Mansfield,
Ohio; June 5, 2006. Williams retired as a pharmacist for Super X drug stores. For many
years, he owned and operated a pharmacy in
Griffin, Ga. In WWII, he was in the Navy.
Samuel Willard Woody (’ 47), 81, of
Tuscaloosa, Ala.;April 9, 2006. Prior to his
move to Alabama, Woody operated a trout
hatchery in Bryson City. He also lived for a
number of years in northwest Montana.
John Early Young (’ 48 AB), 85, of Chapel
Hill; Feb. 15, 2007. Young retired as associate
director of UNC’s Center for Public TV. In the
early ’50s, he was one of the founders of
WUNC-FM. A faculty member in UNC’s
former department of radio, television and
motion pictures, he was inducted into the Hall
of Fame of the N.C. Association of Broadcasters in 2005. In WWII, he served in the Navy.
Lionel R. Zimmer (’ 45, ’ 47 AB), 82, of
New York; Dec. 3, 2006. Zimmer was an actor
who did voiceovers for radio and television
commercials. His clients included U.S. Steel,
Bayer Aspirin and Alka-Seltzer, and his “Aren’t
you glad you use Dial? Don’t you wish everybody did?” was generally considered an advertising classic. He also had parts in television
shows, including Dobie Gillis and Dr. Kildare.
He was active in the Screen Actors Guild,
serving on its board of directors for 14 years.
In WWII, he was in the Navy and was part of
the first wave at Omaha Beach on D-Day. At
UNC, he belonged to Tau Epsilon Phi and was
active in Playmakers.
HuSummmaenrities Seminars
Save
the
Date!
Adventures in Ideas—the overwhelmingly popular
Humanities Seminars—continues this summer to
explore interesting and important cultural, moral and
social topics from the perspective of the humanities.
June 8– 9 • Betrayer & Betrayed: The Lost Gospel
of Judas Escariot an encore distinguished scholar
seminar featuring Bart D. Ehrman
June 23 • Friends, Foes, and Fiction: Ernest Hemingway,
F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein a distinguished
scholar seminar featuring Linda Wagner-Martin
June 30 • Leonardo da Vinci Decoded: Genius in Art,
Design, and Invention
July 13– 14 • Commerce and Culture in Contemporary China
with support from Mr. Pell Tanner
July 21 • From Defeat to Victory: The World at War, 1942
an encore distinguished scholar seminar featuring
Gerhard Weinberg
July 27– 29 • Islam Beyond the Middle East
with support from the African Studies Center and the
United States Department of Education Title VI Program
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.
sponsored by the
unc humanities
program, the
college of arts
and sciences and
the unc general
alumni association
Special Notice:
Full-time K- 12 teachers, librarians and
administrators in public and private
schools and community college faculty
in North Carolina receive 50%
discount on tuition for all seminars.
’50s Peter Joseph Brennan (’ 58,
’ 65 BSIR) of Southern Shores
has been inducted into the
N.C. Sports Hall of Fame. Brennan, an All-America and one of five starters on the ’ 57
basketball team, is remembered for his tying
shot in overtime against Michigan State that
allowed UNC to advance to the ACC finals.
J. Herman Bunch Jr. (’ 55 ABED, ’ 56 MED)
of Raleigh has received the Order of the Long
Leaf Pine for his work in the field of physical
therapy and athletic training. G. Paul Carr
Jr. (’ 58 AB) of Raleigh, retired, is now working to establish a program at Elizabeth City
State University that will identify, recruit, train
and place minority males in teaching positions
in North Carolina. James B. Harrison
(’ 56 AB) of Asheville, practicing with Skyland
Behavioral Health Association, has received the
William Bruce Award from the Western North
Carolina Psychological Association for his
work in the community. John Baker
Lewis Jr. (’ 58 AB, ’ 61 LLB) of Farmville has
been appointed as a public member of the
N.C. Medical Board. Lewis serves as a Court
of Appeals recall judge, a temporary administrative law judge and an emergency Special
Superior Court judge. R. Layton
McCurdy (’ 57) of Charleston, S.C., has been
honored with an endowed chair in the department of psychiatry at the Medical University
of South Carolina. John Shorter Stevens
(’ 56 AB, ’ 61 LLBJD) of Asheville, a partner in
Roberts and Stevens law firm, has been
appointed to the N.C. State and Local Fiscal
Modernization Study Commission. He served
in the N.C. House of Representatives from
1969 to 1977, and he is a past member of the
GAA Board of Directors. Edward Town
“Ted” Taws Jr. (’ 56 BSIR) of Southern
Pines, retired chairman of Fletcher Industries
