Carolina Alumni Review - March/April 2008

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Collier, a retired Superior Court judge, is a mediator and arbitrator. Arthur Vincent Cooley (’ 57 BSIR) of Hendersonville has been inducted into the Hendersonville High School Hall of Fame. Cooley is president and general manager of WHKP-FM and a member of the N.C. Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Henry Ell Frye (’ 59 JD) of Greensboro has received the North Carolina Award for Public Service. Frye served in the N. C. General Assembly, the state Senate, and the state Supreme Court. He was named chief justice in 1999, the first African-American to hold this position. Frye retired from the bench in 2001 and joined Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey and Leonard. He served on the GAA Board of Directors from 2003 to 2006. Paul Fulton (’ 57 BSBA) of Winston-Salem has received the Global Leadership Award from the Kenan-Flagler Business School Alumni Association. In 1993, Fulton retired as president of Sara Lee Corp. to serve as dean of Kenan-Flagler Business School. In 1997, he resigned the deanship to serve as CEO of Bassett Furniture Industries Inc., becoming the company’s non-executive chairman in 2000. He is a member of the UNC Board of Trustees, was co-chair of the Carolina First Campaign and has received UNC’s Davie Award and the GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal. Lee Socrates Gliarmis Sr. (’ 50 AB) of Wilson was named an honorary alumnus of Barton College for his longtime support. Wilson is the retired owner of Dick’s Hotdog Stand, the family business and Wilson landmark founded in 1921 by Gliarmis’ father, Socrates “Dick” Gliarmis. David Robert Hayworth (’ 51 AB) of High Point has been recognized for his generosity to High Point University with the naming of its College of Arts & Sciences in his honor. The Hayworth family has donated more than $25 million to HPU. Hayworth, retired, and family members have owned a number of High Point businesses, including Hayworth Roll & Panel Co., Clarenden Industries, Alma Desk Co. and Myrtle Desk Co. Dr. Charles Leonidas Herring (’ 51 AB, ’ 55 MD) of Kinston has been inducted into the Lenoir Memorial Hospital Hall of Honor. Before retiring, Herring practiced internal medicine and served as chief of staff for the hospital in 1967-68. Herring operated one of the few high complexity labs in a solo practice in North Carolina. John White Hubbard (’ 59 ABJO) and Julius Cicero “Buddy” Hubbard Jr. (’ 52 ABJO) of Wilkesboro served as the grand marshals for the Wilkes County Christmas Parade. The Hubbard brothers are co-publishers of the Wilkes Jour-nal-Patriot. Albert Anderson Long Jr. (’ 55 ABEd) of Durham, retired president of Hap-

penings Inc. Ministry, has been inducted into the National Fellowship of Christian Athletes Hall of Champions in Kansas City, Mo. While at UNC, Long won letters in football, baseball, basketball and track, the only athlete to do so in ACC history. Anne Ford Melton (’ 57 AB) of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., has received the Dewar Gordon Holmes ’ 26 Distinguished Alumni Award for her service to Ashley Hall, an all-girls’ school in Charleston, S.C. Melton is a member of the Ashley Hall class of 1953. Pauline Clarenbach Shook (’ 57 AB) of Hickory has received the Giving From the Heart Award from the United Way in recognition of her contribution as a volunteer at the Catawba Valley Medical Center. The award includes a contribution of $500 to the medical center from Piedmont Natural Gas. Dr. William Edgar Thornton (’ 52 BSPHY, ’ 63 MD) of Boerne, Texas, has been inducted into the Duplin County Hall of Fame. Thornton, known for his inventions, including the first device for measuring mass in space, holds more than 50 patents and designed many systems now routinely used in medicine, such as the first automatic analyzer of electrocardiograms. John Hilliard Zollicoffer Jr. (’ 58 AB) of Henderson has received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Zollicoffer retired in 2007 as attorney for the City of Henderson.

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Ralph M. Abercrombie Jr. (’ 58 AB), 79, of Columbia, S.C.; Nov. 28, 2007. Abercrombie was a hospital administrator, retiring as executive director of the Providence Hospital Foundation. He was president of the S.C. Hospital Association and an Eagle Scout and received the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts. He was active with Rotary, including service as a district governor and selection as a Paul Harris Fellow. He served in the Army during the Korean War. At UNC, he was a member of Alpha Phi Omega. John D. Barab Jr. (’ 55 BA), 78, of Augusta, Ga.; Dec. 4, 2007. Barab retired from the Federal Aviation Administration as a systems analyst. In addition, he was in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves for 30 years. He served during the Korean War. While at UNC, he belonged to Phi Kappa Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon, AFROTC, Scabbard and Blade, and was on the varsity soccer team. Robert Burket Barnes (’ 50, ’ 53 BSBA), 84, of Emerald Isle; April 3, 2007. Barnes retired as an auditor and manager with the N.C. Department of Transportation. In WWII, he was in the Army Air Corps. Dr. Thomas Rector Bass (’ 51, ’ 50 AB), 80, of Clayton; Nov. 16, 2007. Bass retired after 46 years of medical practice in Clayton. The community recently held a reception to honor him

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