chancellor of UNC. Perry is president and
managing partner of East West Partners and
chairman of the UNC Board of Trustees.
Anne Ponder (’ 71 AB, ’ 73 MA, ’ 79 PhD) of
Asheville, chancellor of UNC-Asheville,
received a Distinguished Alumni Award on
University Day, Oct. 12.
■ obituaries
Dr. Michael Jerry Lerner (’ 71 AB), 57, of
Miami; Sept. 18, 2007. Lerner was retired from
the practice of medicine, where he specialized in
internal medicine and cardiology. At UNC, he
belonged to Tau Epsilon Phi. C. Frederick
Murray (’ 71 AB), 58, of Manteo; Oct. 5, 2007.
Murray was vice president of an auto supply
company. Among his civic activities, he was
president of the Outer Banks Chamber of
Commerce. He was a master gardener and an
Eagle Scout. He belonged to Kappa Sigma at
UNC. William Henry Nifong (’ 71 MSW),
64, of Gastonia; Oct. 4, 2007. Nifong was a
retired clinical therapist for Gaston Mental
Health Center. He was an Army veteran.
’ 72 William Claud Bovender (’ 72
AB, ’ 75 JD) of Kingsport, Tenn.,
has been appointed to the Board
of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, representing East Tennessee. Bovender has also been appointed by
the Tennessee Bar Association to serve as chairman of the standing committee on the protection of the public from the unauthorized practice of law. Bovender is a past club president
for the Tennessee-Bristol-Kingsport-Johnson
City Carolina Club. Joseph Max Bray
(’ 72, ’ 77 BSIR) of Carrboro has received a
UNC Chancellor’s Excellence in Management
Award. Bray is an applications specialist with
UNC Information Technology Services.
Larry Dew McBennett (’ 72 AB, ’ 77 MRP,
’ 77 JD) of Raleigh has been named of counsel
with the firm of Everett Gaskins Hancock &
Stevens LLP. Johnny Lee Phelps (’ 72 AB)
of Duluth, Ga., has been named associate managing broker for the Atlanta North office of
Harry Norman Realtors. Roy Allen
Williams (’ 72 ABEd, ’ 73 MAT) of Chapel
Hill has received the Alumni Achievement
Award from the UNC School of Education.
Williams, head coach of the UNC men’s basketball team, was honored for his role as coach,
teacher and role model since beginning his
career as a teacher and coach at Charles Owen
High School in Swannanoa.
■ obituary
Janice Bolte Shotwell (’ 72 MSLS), 58, of
Williamstown, Mass.; Sept. 17, 2007. Shotwell
was an English teacher at a middle school in
Pittsfield. Previously, she was head librarian at
the Berkshire County Law Library for many
years. She belonged to the board of the
Berkshire Food Project.
The DTH Crossword Edited by Wayne Robert Williams
ACROSS
1 Boxer Willard
5 Spanish hero
10 Some old Fords
14 Homely citrus?
15 ___ Alegre, Brazil
16 Monopoly token
17 Thug
18 More chilly
19 Anna Sten title role
20 Tiring to the max
23 Ryan of “Love Story”
26 Mazda models
27 Enigmatic to the max
32 Compass pt.
33 Extra
34 Test the will
38 DEA worker
40 Buddhist shrine
42 Missle housing
43 Schnoz
45 Arm of the White Sea
47 Bobbsey twin
48 Agonizing to the max
51 Simple sweepers
54 Tosses out
55 Noisy to the max
60 Med. school subj.
61 Misprint
62 ___ for business 10 Connections 44 Fill-in worker
66 Nerve network 11 Characteristic 46 Pretty soon
67 Wax theatrical 12 Reed or Fargo 49 In dreamland
68 Infamous Roman tyrant 13 Hosiery mishaps 50 Manatee’s cousin
69 Legal title 21 Clerical vestments 51 Facial growth
70 Window parts 22 Isn’t incorrect? 52 Indian princess
71 Biting insect 23 Portents 53 Sermonize
24 Hebrew month 56 Cookbook author Rombauer
DOWN 25 January in Oaxaca 57 Disney sci-fi movie
1 Moonshine container 28 Saturn’s wife 58 Lug along
2 Big-headedness 29 Croc’s cousin 59 Angers
3 ___-mo 30 Struggler’s sound 63 Corral
4 One-name comic 31 Pariah 64 Memorable period
5 Saga on a grand scale 35 Smaller versions 65 “To be or ___ to be…”
6 Security device 36 Factory
7 Baby bed 37 Barbecue tool
8 Cato’s way 39 Emceed jointly
9 Scale notes 41 Bring to maturity
Solution on page 102
’ 73 Dr. David Benson Adams (’ 73
AB) of Charleston, S.C., represented UNC at the inauguration of
P. George Benson as president of the College
of Charleston. Adams is a professor of surgery
at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Elizabeth Susan Taylor Block (’ 73 ABEd)
of Wilmington received the Creative Writer of
the Year Award by N.C. Sorosis, the oldest federated women’s club in North Carolina, chartered in 1896. A scholarship was named for her
and awarded to a creative writing student at
UNC-Wilmington. Block is best-known for
her books about southeastern North Carolina,
her memoirs and two books of poetry.
■ obituaries
Fred Houk Jr. (’ 73 AB, ’ 81 JD), 56, of
Chapel Hill; Sept. 23, 2007. Houk was co-founder of Counter Culture Coffee, working
with growers to protect the environment while
producing high-quality coffee. The company
became the largest specialty coffee roaster in
North Carolina. While at UNC, he was speaker of student government and graduated Phi
Beta Kappa in the Honors Program. See In
Memoriam, page 95. Dr. William Luther
Isley (’ 73 AB; ’ 77, ’ 76 MD), 56, of Rochester,
Minn.; Sept. 27, 2007. Isley was associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College
of Medicine and a medical consultant at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Previously, he was
on the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine for 19 years.
He served in the Air Force. At UNC, he was
on the basketball team and graduated Phi
Beta Kappa. Carol Boardman Myers
(’ 73, ’ 72 MSLS), 59, of Charlotte; Aug. 22,
