UNC, he belonged to Alpha Phi Omega,
Marching Band and Lambda Chi Alpha.
Frank Aydelotte Rice (’ 38 AB), 90, of
Arlington, Va.; Oct. 27, 2007. Rice, a linguist,
specialized in the teaching of Arabic. He
retired as a linguist and scholar at the Center
for Applied Linguistics in Washington, D.C.
Previously, he worked for the State
Department on the faculty of the Foreign
Service Institute and as a department attache
in Beirut. In the ’40s, he taught at Black
Mountain College and the College of
Charleston. In the ’50s, he taught Arabic to
employees of an oil company in Saudi Arabia.
He also was co-author of a textbook on the
Arabic language. Dr. Albert Philip Rosen
(’ 39 AB), 90, of Fair Lawn, N.J.; Nov. 18, 2007.
Rosen had a private pediatrics clinic and was a
founding member of the medical staff of Valley
Hospital in Ridgewood, serving as director of
pediatrics and receiving the first Distinguished
Physician Service Award. A hiker, Rosen
climbed on all seven continents and led hikes
in the Hudson Highland and Catskills. He
served in WWII in the Army Medical Corps
in France, England and Germany. He was on
the track team and Philanthropic Society at
UNC. Fay Allen Schultz (’ 37 ABLS), 92,
Thomas Skinner Brickhouse Sr. (’ 57
BSBA), 85, of Wilmington; Nov. 29, 2007.
Brickhouse, a CPA, retired as assistant to
UNC’s vice chancellor for health sciences.
Details, ’50s Class Notes. John Allen “JB”
Bryant, 61, of Chapel Hill; Dec. 13, 2007.
Bryant was a surgical assistant in the department of vascular surgery at UNC Hospitals.
He was a Navy veteran. Evelyn Ford
Carroll, 85, of Chapel Hill; Oct. 19, 2007.
Carroll retired as a nurse at UNC’s student
health center. Mildred Wynne Colville of
Chapel Hill; Oct. 15, 2007. Colville retired
from the accounting department at UNC.
Billie Farmer Corder, 73, of Tupelo, Miss.;
Oct. 23, 2007. Corder retired as a clinical
associate professor at UNC’s School of
Medicine, where she had a long career. Also,
she was adjunct associate professor of psychology at N.C. State University. She was managing editor of the N.C. Journal of Mental Health
and the author of more than 100 publications, specializing in adolescent and child suicide and group psychotherapy. She received
an award for her work with children from the
Wake County Services for Children and was
recognized with a number of national awards.
A watercolor artist, she had more than 35
one- or two-person shows at a variety of
locations in the Triangle. She was president of
the Wake County Visual Arts Association and
the Raleigh Artist Guild and docent for the
of Brevard;Aug. 15, 2007. For much of her
adult life, Schultz lived in New Orleans, where
she worked for the public library. Alta
Duke Singletary (’ 35), 96, of Chapel Hill;
Dec. 16, 2007. Singletary retired after 20 years
as a secretary of the UNC physical education
department. She was active in her church and
in the American Legion Auxiliary. John
David Slawter Jr. (’ 39), 90, of Dallas, Texas;
May 20, 2007. Slawter retired as chairman and
CEO of several international companies
involved with construction, mining, oil and
hotels. In WWII, he served in the military and
received the Bronze and Silver stars. At UNC,
he belonged to Chi Phi. M. Howard
Waynick Jr. (’ 39, ’ 40 AB), 89, of Greensboro;
Dec. 7, 2007. Waynick was an organist and
pianist in many Greensboro venues. He was
“Uncle Howie” for a weekly children’s program sponsored by Circle K, part of a trio for
local television program Melody Time, organist
at the coliseum for the Greensboro Generals
hockey team and for diners at S&W Cafeteria.
He was active with the local American
Federation of Musicians, serving as president and
treasurer. At UNC, he was president of Phi Mu
Alpha. H. Sheldon White (’ 38 BSCOM),
93, of Chapel Hill; Nov. 23, 2007. White, a cer-
governor’s mansion and the N.C. Museum of
Art. Joseph Dalton Cox Jr., 75, of
Pittsboro; Dec. 20, 2007. Cox retired as building supervisor at UNC, following 14 years of
service. He was chief of the Pittsboro Fire
Department, president of the Kiwanis Club
and coached and umpired youth football and
baseball in Chatham County. In the Korean
War, he served in the Navy. 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. Details, ’30s Class
Notes. Jean Diab, 80, of Asheville; Dec. 11,
2007. Diab, a nurse, was an associate faculty
member at UNC’s School of Nursing and
supervisor of psychiatric nursing at UNC’s
Memorial Hospital. She was instrumental in
founding Craven County Hospital in New
Bern and was its director of nursing. When
she was 70, she made a parachute jump with
her daughter and granddaughter. Sally
Ann Farrand (’ 63 MPH), 73, of Chapel
Hill; Nov. 14, 2007. She was a physical therapist at N.C. Memorial Hospital. Details, ’ 63
Class Notes. Helon Margaret Powell
Pendergraft Gibbs, 62, of Chapel Hill; Nov.
8, 2007. Gibbs was assistant to the editor of
Social Forces, an international journal of social
research at UNC. Previously, she was at
Aqueduct Conference Center and owned and
40s
tified life underwriter, retired as an agent with
Equitable Life Assurance. Previously, he was with
the UNC medical school’s extension division
and manager of a private clinic. He was past
president of Chapel Hill Civitan Club, Golden
“K” Kiwanis Club and Chapel Hill Historical
Society. In WWII, he served with the Navy
amphibious forces in Europe and the Pacific.
May 9– 11, 2008
Class of ’ 48
60th Reunion
’40s W. Horace Carter (’ 43, ’ 49
ABJO) of Tabor City has
been honored by his children,
Russell Miller “Rusty” Carter (’71 ABJO),
Velda Carter Hughes (’ 76 ABJO) and Linda
Metzger with the creation of the W. Horace
Carter Distinguished Professorship at the
UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Carter is founder and owner of
The Tabor City Tribune and continues to write
columns for the paper. The newspaper won a
Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for a campaign against
the Ku Klux Klan. Wayland Henry Cato
Jr. (’ 44 BSCOM) of Charlotte has received
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operated Merritt’s Store.
Earlier in her career, she
was an assistant to the
late Hubert Humphrey
during his presidential
campaign in 1968.
James William Hovick,
42, of Charlotte; Oct. 12, 2007. Hovick had
been a professor of chemistry at UNC since
1996. David Ralph Joseph, 66, of New
Smyrna Beach, Fla.; Dec. 4, 2007. Joseph
retired as a research scientist in reproductive
biology at UNC. He also worked with a
genetics laboratory in Gainesville. Virginia
Selma Long, 92, of Chapel Hill; Nov. 24,
2007. Long retired as an assistant professor of
psychiatry and social work at UNC’s School
of Medicine. Alta Duke Singletary (’ 35),
96, of Chapel Hill; Dec. 16, 2007. Singletary
retired after 20 years as a secretary of the
UNC physical education department. Details,
’30s Class Notes. Mildred Alene Stout,
90, of Chapel Hill; Nov. 29, 2007. Stout was
assistant to the dean of the journalism school
at UNC for many years. Maxine Russell
Underwood, 83, of Chapel Hill; Oct. 22,
2007. Underwood worked in UNC’s department of religious studies and was active in her
church. H. Sheldon White (’ 38
BSCOM), 93, of Chapel Hill; Nov. 23, 2007.
White managed a private clinic at UNC
Hospitals. Details, ’30s Class Notes.
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