class notes
News for and about the members of the UNC General
Alumni Association. Want to submit an item? Look for the
“Update Your Record” form on page 88, post news online
at
alumni.unc.edu or send e-mail to
alumni@unc.edu. The
deadline for the July/August issue is May 1.
’20s ■ obituaries
Robert Norfleet (’ 28), 100,
of Greensboro; Nov. 18, 2007. Norfleet retired
as an architect with McMinn, Norfleet and
Wicker. In WWII, he was with the Army
Corps of Engineers. At UNC, he belonged to
Sigma Chi. Lida Ramsay Sims (’ 29 AB),
98, of Atlanta; Oct. 16, 2007. Sims retired as a
real estate broker. Previously, she taught in the
public schools and at Piedmont College. She
lived much of her life in Toccoa, Ga., where
she was chairman of the county library board.
She was a member of Chi Omega at UNC.
’30s Elizabeth Vann Moore (’ 33
AB) of Edenton was honored
with a lifetime historian award
by the N.C. Maritime History Council. Moore
has contributed key research with primary
sources to document the history and architecture of the Albemarle region.
■ obituaries
J. Cecil Adair (’ 34), 95, of Ashburn, Ga.; Nov.
8, 2007. Adair retired as a rural mail carrier for
the U.S. Postal Service. He moved to Ashburn
in the ’30s as third baseman for a semi-pro
baseball team. He served in the transportation
corps in the Army in WWII. He lettered in
baseball and football at UNC. Dr. Ernest
Craige (’ 39 AB), 89, of Chapel Hill; Jan. 24,
2008. Craige, professor emeritus of medicine at
UNC, was the first chief of the division of cardiology at UNC’s medical school, serving from
1952 until 1978. He came to the school as it
was expanding to a four-year program and as
Memorial Hospital was being built. Author of
more than 100 scientific papers and textbook
chapters, his research concentrated on cardiac
research about the physiologic origin of heart
sounds and murmurs. He received the school’s
Distinguished Faculty Award and the American
College of Cardiology’s Distinguished Teacher
Award. He also was awarded a Rhodes
Scholarship but did not take up residence
because of the war in Europe, later serving
with the Army in WWII as a surgeon. He
published a book of cartoons and drawings of
his wartime experiences, Our Hearts Were Young
With Gay, and his later cartoons, typically
about his life as a physician, were included in a
number of medical journals. He also was a
watercolor artist, with his work featured in
several exhibits, including at the Horace
Williams House. As a student at UNC, he
belonged to Golden Fleece, Order of
Gimghoul and Sigma Nu and graduated Phi
Beta Kappa. He was art editor for the Carolina
Buccaneer magazine. J. Donald Dial (’ 39),
92, of Columbia, S.C.; Nov. 16, 2007. Dial
founded and was chairman of Equitable
Savings and Loan after working as a lawyer,
with his career focus in real estate development. He was in the Army in WWII, including
time in the Panama Canal Zone. At UNC, he
belonged to Kappa Sigma. William
Coffield Fields III (’ 38 AB), 90, a retired
portrait artist, of Fayetteville; Dec. 4, 2007.
Story, page 74. Samuel R. Geller (’ 32), 93,
of Glen Rock, N.J.; June 11, 2007. John
Hannan Horne Sr. (’ 36 AB, ’ 46 MA, ’ 55
EdD), 93, of Laurinburg; Dec. 3, 2007. Horne
was dean of admissions at East Carolina
University for almost 20 years. Previously, he
taught in ECU’s School of Education. He was
active with the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools in evaluating public
schools in North Carolina and studied curricula for the Community College System. He
served with the Army Corps of Engineers in
WWII and received the Silver Star, Bronze
Star and Purple Heart. At UNC, he belonged
to Phi Delta Kappa. John Handy
Kirkpatrick Jr. (’ 39), 90, of Clyde; April 28,
2007. Kirkpatrick was an Army Air Corps
flight instructor in WWII. After his return
from service, he created and manufactured a
series of scrolls depicting the major events in
history, beginning 2 billion years B.C. At
UNC, he belonged to Sigma Chi. Sara
McCain McCollum (’ 36), 88, of Olney, Md.,
formerly of Eden; Oct. 20, 2007. McCollum
was a social worker in Rockingham County,
where she also was on the building committees
for the YMCA and the public library. Dr.
John Bourke McDevitt (’ 38, ’ 40 AB; ’ 42
CMED), 90, of New York; Nov. 19, 2007.
McDevitt was a psychoanalyst specializing in
working with children. He also was director of
research of the Margaret S. Mahler Psychiatric
Research Foundation. In WWII, he served in
the Army Medical Corps. At UNC, he
belonged to Beta Theta Pi and Gorgons Head
Lodge. Frances Lloyd Montgomery
(’ 36), 91, of Greensboro, Pa.; May 15, 2007.
Montgomery belonged to Tuckahoe Woman’s
Club and River Road Baptist Church.
Dorothy Bowen Moss (’ 35, ’ 36 AB; ’ 40
MA), 94, of Durham; Nov. 11, 2007. Moss
retired to Chapel Hill after teaching English,
French and Latin in secondary schools and
colleges in 13 states. In Chapel Hill, she was
active in the Chapel Hill Garden Club.
Recently, she had moved to Durham. T.
Eugene Pardue (’ 39 BSPHY, ’ 41 MA), 89, of
Pendleton, Ore.; Oct. 18, 2007. Pardue retired
as owner and operator of an electronics assembly plant in California before moving to
Oregon. He was an engineer who worked on
semiconductor technology, among other projects. A number of his professional papers were
published, and he received several patents. In
WWII, he was in the Navy, involved in
research. Dr. Charles Hamilton Reid Jr.
(’ 38 AB), 89, of Advance; Nov. 18, 2007.
Hamilton retired from private practice in
internal medicine in Winston-Salem. In
WWII, he served in the Army in Japan. At
