Corps in WWII and received the Asiatic-Pacific campaign medal with three Bronze Stars
and the Purple Heart, among other awards. He
belonged to Theta Chi at UNC. Mary
Vinson Bedinger (’ 54 MS), 86, of Richmond,
Va.; July 25, 2007. Bedinger, a retired microbiologist, worked at the Medical College of
Virginia. She volunteered with Meals on
Wheels and at the election polls. Harold
Herbert Black (’ 55 AB), 82, of Leicester; June
18, 2007. Black retired as an industrial chemist
with Champion International. He coached
Little League baseball and delivered Meals on
Wheels for more than 20 years. He belonged to
a clogging group that performed around the
world. A veteran of WWII, he was a paratrooper
in the Battle of the Bulge. Robert Collins
Blades (’ 56 AB), 78, of Raleigh; July 24, 2007.
Blades was co-owner of a distributing company
and retired from the N.C. Department of
Commerce. Earlier in his career, he was an
officer with Wachovia Bank. He served in the
Navy in the Korean War and, at UNC, was a
member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Minotaurs.
Miriam Morris Boger (’ 56 AB), 72, of
Concord; Aug. 28, 2007. Boger was active in
many civic organizations, including board
member for Historic Cabarrus, president of the
local chapter of the American Field Service
and a leader of the Young Democrats of
Cabarrus County. Henry Erskine Bonner
(’ 52 MEd), 82, of Summerville, S.C.; July 3,
2007. Bonner retired as superintendent of
Berkeley County Schools. He was president of
the S.C. Association of School Superintendents
and served in the Army in WWII. McIver
Monroe Brooks (’ 50 AB), 86, of Jacksonville,
Fla.;Aug. 21, 2007. Brooks was an auditor for
railroads, first for the Atlantic Coast Line, then
with CSX. He was in WWII with the Army
Air Corps. Alfred Neal Brumley (’ 59 AB,
’ 63 LLBJD), 69, of Charlotte; July 19, 2007.
Brumley, a lawyer, volunteered as a coach of
Pop Warner football and girls’ basketball. At
UNC, he belonged to Pi Kappa Phi and, in
law school, was a member of Phi Alpha Delta.
Marcus Cameron (’ 56 BSPHR), 77, of
Sanford; May 25, 2007. Cameron was a pharmacist. In the Korean War, he was in the Army.
Paul Matthew Carruthers (’ 54 JD), 86, of
Greenville, S.C.; July 31, 2007. Carruthers, a
lawyer and CPA, was executive legal counsel for
several firms, including R. J. Reynolds, and vice
president and secretary of Dan River Inc. In
WWII, he was in the Army Air Corps and, at
UNC, was on the Law Review and belonged to
Phi Delta Phi. Phillip Wayne Cooke (’ 56
MSW), 75, of Pittsboro; July 30, 2007. Cooke
was professor emeritus at UNC’s School of
Social Work. He taught for 37 years in the areas
of public social services administration and
organizational development. In 2002, he was
50s
named Teacher of the Year by the school’s
graduate students. He directed the Institute for
Social Services Planning for 10 years. In civic
activities, he was chair of the Chapel Hill
Planning Board and a board member of the
Orange County Department of Social Services.
John Charles Culbreth (’ 51), 81, of
Lumberton;Aug. 14, 2007. Culbreth, a farmer,
served in the Navy in WWII and the Korean
War. At UNC, he was on the football team and
belonged to Sigma Nu. Anthony Roane
Dees (’ 59 AB, ’ 64 MSLS), 69, of Atlanta; April
29, 2007. Dees was a librarian, most recently
serving as archivist for the Catholic Archdiocese
of Atlanta. He also was head of the Georgiana
Collection at the University of Georgia and
director of the Georgia Historical Society in
Savannah. Among his civic duties, he was a
trustee of the Bicentennial Commission of the
Original 13 Colonies and co-editor of the
Georgia Historical Society’s journal. Wyatt
Thomas Dixon Jr. (’ 55 AB), 74, of Durham;
Aug. 10, 2007. Dixon was an executive in the
life insurance industry, most recently with
Peoples Security and Capital Holding. He was
in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves, where
he was a jet fighter pilot and instructor. Among
his community activities, he had a long tenure
on the board of the Durham YMCA and served
as its president. He also served on the board of
the Durham Symphony. At UNC, he belonged
THE INVESTMENT
IS UNPRECEDENTED.
THE
CARE
HOWEVER, IS NOT.
Stuart Gold, M. D., Pediatric Oncology, with UNC Health Care patient Reece Holbrook and his mother, Jennifer.
LEADING TEACHING CARING
North Carolina’s state leaders have made a remarkable
investment: the University Cancer Research Fund.
It’s an investment in cancer research that will grow to
$50 million per year by 2009.
What will it mean? New ways to detect, treat and
prevent cancer. The opportunity to become the nation’s
leading public cancer center. An even greater ability to
continue our tradition of care for all North Carolinians.
It’s an investment in making the best care in the world
available right here in North Carolina. And it’s hard to
think of a better investment than that.
HEALTH CARE
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