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’30s Mary Lindsay Elmendorf
(’ 37 AB) of Sarasota, Fla., has
received the Lifetime Achievement Award of PLACA, the Latin American
and the Caribbean Water Prize. PLACA is an
initiative of the Water Center for the Humid
Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean in
partnership with CARE International, UNICEF
and a coalition of organizations concerned with
water and sanitation. Elmendorf, an anthropology scholar, was the first female country director
for CARE and a winner of the 1947 Nobel
Peace Prize. See Alumni Today, page 71.
■ obituaries
Marvin Herbert Gewolb (’ 39, ’ 41
BSCOM), 88, of Woodmere, N. Y.; Sept. 18,
2007. Gewolb retired as owner of a retail shoe
store. He received the Bronze Star for his service in the Army in WWII. At UNC, he
belonged to Phi Alpha and the Interfraternity
Council and participated in track and cross
country. William Freeman Henderson
(’ 35 ABEd), 93, of Raleigh; Oct. 8, 2007.
Henderson retired as executive secretary of the
N.C. Medical Care Commission. He received
the Distinguished Service Award from the
N.C. Hospital Association. After retirement, he
was a consultant to a consortium of endowments helping disadvantaged patients get primary health services. In WWII, he served at a
military hospital. At UNC, he was a member
of Lambda Chi Alpha, the Buccaneer and
Carolina Magazine staffs, the Interfraternity
Council and Phi Assembly and was a class officer. James Brooks Hockaday (’ 36 ABEd),
95, of Farmville; Aug. 30, 2007. Hockaday was
publisher emeritus of the Farmville Enterprise,
where he was publisher for almost 45 years. In
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civic activities, he helped form and was director of the Farmville Economic Council and
was named Citizen of the Year by the
Chamber of Commerce in 1979. In WWII, he
was in the Navy in the South Pacific. H.
Brill Huntley (’ 39 AB), 91, of Wadesboro;
Sept. 16, 2007. Huntley retired as owner of a
realty company. Among his civic activities, he
was on the county housing authority board of
directors and chairman of the hospital board of
directors and the United Way. He was a founding member of the board of Tweetsie Railroad,
an area historic attraction. In WWII, he was in
the Army Air Corps. As an alumnus, he served
on the Morehead Scholarship Selection
Committee. W. Clark James (’ 38, ’ 42
BSCOM), 90, of Wilmington; Sept. 30, 2007.
James retired as president of an insurance
agency. In WWII, he served in the Coast
Guard and, at UNC, he was a member of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Kenneth Durwood
Kennedy (’ 34), 93, of Wilson; Sept. 8, 2007.
Kennedy was founder of an electric supply
company. In WWII, he worked for Fairchild
Aircraft helping build Corsair airplanes. Among
his honors, he received both the Silver Beaver
and Silver Buffalo awards from the Boy Scouts.
He was a director of the Boys & Girls Club of
Wilson, chairman of the Wilson Community
Chest and United Fund, and former president
of the Kiwanis Club. Lola Carolyn Reid
Lafferty (’ 37 BSCH), 90, of Charlotte; Oct.
23, 2007. Lafferty was recognized as one of the
first female sophomore transfer student into
UNC, where she was president of Spencer
Dorm and the University Women. See In
Memoriam, page 74. William Benjamin
Macy (’ 37), 92, of West Orange, N.J.; Sept. 14,
2007. Macy owned a men’s clothing store in
North Arlington, N.J. At UNC, he was a
member of the freshman basketball team.
John Albert McRae Jr. (’ 38 AB, ’ 40 LLBJD),
89, of Kinston; Oct. 1, 2007. McRae practiced
law in Charlotte and Kinston. He was judge
advocate for the N.C. American Legion and
was active with Boy Scouts. In WWII, he
served in the Army in the Adjutant General’s
Office. At UNC, he belonged to Chi Phi.
Edward Groves Outlaw (’ 38 BSEE), 90, of
Sarasota, Fla.; Sept. 9, 2007. Outlaw retired as
executive vice president of Public Service
Electric and Gas Co. in Newark, N.J., in 1982,
after a 43-year career with the company. He
served on a number of national electric and
gas utility committees and boards and was
active in civic groups in Ridgewood, N.J. In
WWII, he was in the Navy in the Pacific. At
UNC, he was a dorm officer and a member of
the last graduating class of engineering students. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa. As an
alumnus, he was on the class of 1938
Endowment Committee. Alice
McIlhatten Patterson (’ 38, ’ 70 ABEd), 83,
of Chapel Hill; Oct. 28, 2007. Patterson
earned her undergraduate degree from UNC
at the same time her four children were
attending the University. She graduated Phi
Beta Kappa. After her graduation, she was an
elementary school teacher in Saxapahaw in
Alamance County. Earlier in her career, she
was a nurse’s aide in WWII and a medical secretary in the pediatric department at UNC
Hospitals. After she and her husband moved to
a retirement community in 1994, she sang
with the community choir and organized a
choir to sing for the on-site church services.
She was an honorary member of the class of
’ 38, the graduating class of her late husband,
Dr. Joseph F. Patterson (’ 38 AB), and helped
establish the class endowment for study
abroad to help promote international understanding and peace. Each year, the class of ’ 38
presents the Joseph and Alice Patterson
International Leadership Award in their
honor. Lawrence S. Rosenstrauch (’ 33
AB), 95, of Columbus, Ga.; Sept. 21, 2007.
Rosenstrauch, a lawyer, practiced law in
Columbus for almost 25 years. In the ’70s, he
practiced law in Florida, where he was an
attorney for the state’s Department of
