College, where he was the debate coach. He
served in the Army Air Corps in WWII, after
which he was a cryptographer for the War
Department. His activities at UNC included
Golden Fleece, Order of the Old Well and
Philanthropic Society. He graduated Phi Beta
Kappa. A cartoon he created for The Daily Tar
Heel promoting a PlayMakers production of
The Mikado, featuring Andy Griffith, was picked
up by a number of daily newspapers in the
state. Margaret Becker Dunnigan (’ 44),
83, of New York; Jan. 22, 2007. Dunnigan, who
resided in New York for much of her life, was
a handwriting analyst. Edward Newton
Farnell (’ 47 MAEd), 90, of Williamston; Sept.
6, 2007. Farnell was principal of New Bern
High, Fuquay Spring School and Williamston
High. He was an officer in both the state and
national education associations and the National
Association of Secondary School Principals.
He was on the board of trustees of Martin
Community College and the county department of social services. In 2006, he celebrated
60 years as a member of the Masons. In WWII,
he served in the Army in Europe and received
the Bronze Star. William M. Forrester (’ 45,
’ 48 BSCOM), 83, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Aug. 28,
2007. Forrester retired as president of a printing business. In WWII, he was in the Army
and, at UNC, belonged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Eleanor Singletary Friday (’ 48 AB), 79,
of Greensboro; Oct. 15, 2007. Friday was a
founding board member of the Greensboro
Symphony Guild and co-chairman of her
church’s medical assistance fund. At UNC, she
graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was president of
Chi Omega. As an alumna, she served on the
boards of directors of the sorority chapter and
its scholarship fund. Morton A. Ginsberg
(’ 41), 88, of Great Barrington, Mass.; Sept. 21,
2007. Ginsberg retired as chairman of the board
of Ginsberg Institutional Foods. He helped
found the New York State Food Service
Distributors Association and received the Empire
Food Service Lifetime Achievement Award.
Among many civic activities, he was president
of the Hudson Rotary Club and the Jaycees,
receiving its Man of the Year Award. He served
in the Army in WWII. John Elliott Hamby
(’ 49 AB), 83, of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Nov. 10,
2006. Hamby retired as a longtime art teacher
in Oak Ridge schools. In WWII, he was in the
Army Air Forces. John Edwin Johns (’ 48
MA, ’ 59 PhD), 85, of Greenville, S.C.; Sept. 27,
2007. Johns was president emeritus of Furman
University, where he served as president for
almost 20 years. Previously, he was president of
Stetson University. He was president of the
Southern University Conference and chairman
of the Southern Baptist Education Commission.
In the late ’80s, he was named one of the
country’s 100 most effective college presidents
in a study sponsored by Exxon. Active in his
community, he was on the boards of the performing arts center, the county museum and
the chamber of commerce. He was an Eagle
Scout and received its Distinguished Eagle
Scout Award. In WWII, he was in the Army
Air Corps and flew numerous combat missions
in Europe. He received the Distinguished
Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf clusters. He received honorary degrees
from Rollins, William Jewell, Limestone, Stetson
and Furman. He received the Order of the
Palmetto and Order of the Silver Crescent from
the state. Walter Clarke Jones Jr. (’ 49
BSCOM), 80, of New Bern; Oct. 10, 2007.
Jones was president of an oil company in New
Bern. Among his civic activities, he was chairman of the New Bern City Board of Education
and was treasurer for the Episcopal Diocese of
East Carolina. At UNC, he was president of
Kappa Sigma. Charles Eugene Knox (’ 48
BSCOM, ’ 51 JD), 81, of Charlotte; Sept. 30,
2007. Knox practiced law in Charlotte for
more than 50 years. He was president of the
Mecklenburg Bar Association, head of the
Mecklenburg ABC Board and chairman of the
state ABC Commission. He served in the Navy
in WWII and, at UNC, belonged to Sigma
Nu. In law school, he was a member of Order
of the Coif and an editor of the N.C. Law
Review. John D. McPhaul (’ 49 BSCOM),
84, of Pinehurst; Sept. 24, 2007. McPhaul
retired as a finance officer with General Electric
Capital Corp. He served in WWII in the Army
Air Corps in the South Pacific and, at UNC,
belonged to Delta Sigma Pi and the Glee
Club. Leon McNeill Melvin (’ 49
BSCOM), 83, of Flat Rock; Oct. 18, 2007.
Melvin was founder and president of Super
Dollar Stores, which operated in five Southern
states. Earlier in his career, he was a CPA in
Atlanta. In WWII, he was a pilot in the Army
Air Forces and, at UNC, belonged to Kappa
Sigma. Josephine Fishel Milburn (’ 48 AB),
79, of Hanover, N.H.; Sept. 8, 2007. Milburn
was a retired political science professor at the
University of Rhode Island. Earlier in her
career, she taught at Simmons College in
Boston. She was the author of several books
on political systems in various countries and
traveled extensively for her research. At UNC,
she was president of the Valkyries and the
Women’s Glee Club, active in the student legislature and the Carolina Political Union, and
belonged to Alpha Gamma Delta. Stephen
Perry Millikin (’ 49 BSCOM, ’ 52 JD), 81, of
Greensboro; Oct. 29, 2007. Millikin was a trial
lawyer in Greensboro for more than 50 years
with the law firm that is now Smith Moore
LLP. He received the Pro Bono Award from the
Greensboro Bar Association for his work with
the American Heart Association and received
40s
the Outstanding Citizenship Award from the
National Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution. In 2002, he founded the Black Cap
Military Veterans Group. He served in the Navy
in WWII and received a number of campaign
medals for his service. He also served in the
Naval Reserve. While an undergraduate at
UNC, he belonged to Zeta Psi, Order of the
Grail and the student legislature. In law school,
he was an associate editor of the N.C. Law
Review, member of Phi Delta Phi and Order of
the Coif. As an alumnus, he was president of the
law alumni association and represented law
alumni on the GAA’s Board of Directors.
Juliette Kambis Miranda (’ 45 AB), 85, of
Pfafftown; Sept. 2, 2007. Miranda taught French
and Spanish at the Summit School in Winston-Salem. She developed one of the early foreign
language curricula for elementary and kindergarten children. Lucius Lee Ardrey Moore
Jr. (’ 43 AB, ’ 49 BSMTC, ’ 50 MSPH, ’ 65 PhD),
84, of Atlanta; Sept. 21, 2007. Moore retired as
a microbiologist in the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. A specialist in tropical
medicine, he traveled to the South Pacific,
Central America and the Caribbean to train
local health agencies in the prevention and
detection of tropical diseases. In WWII, he
served in the Army as a medical laboratory
technician. At UNC, he belonged to Sigma Xi.
Mark Lewis Naiman (’ 43 BSPHY), 85, of
Lincoln, Mass.; Aug. 1, 2007. Naiman, an engineer and inventor, was a professor at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
worked on the first commercial computer,
Univac. He is credited with inventing the ink-jet printer and thin-film and silicon memories.
He worked on the Manhattan Project before
serving in the Navy in WWII. At UNC, he
graduated Phi Beta Kappa. George
McIntosh Norwood Jr. (’ 42 AB), 86, of
Chapel Hill; Aug. 31, 2007. Norwood retired as
interim president of Thomas Jefferson
University in Philadelphia, where he had been
vice president. Previously, he was business
manager for the Division of Health Affairs at
UNC. He was named an honorary alumnus of
Jefferson Medical College and received the
Alumni Achievement Award from Thomas
Jefferson University. He served in the Army in
WWII and was a former chair of the
Philadelphia Carolina Club. Charles
William Shoaf (’ 48), 86, of Jacksonville, Fla.;
Sept. 7, 2007. Shoaf was an accountant and
established Solar Energy Systems of Florida,
which he operated until his retirement. In
WWII, he was in the Army Air Corps.
Helen Burwell Styron (’ 46 AB), 82, of
Charlotte; Aug. 31, 2007. Styron lived much of
her life in Raleigh and was a member of
Raleigh Junior League, served on the boards of
United Fund and Cerebral Palsy and was a
