■ obituary
Linda Allen Barringer (’ 79), 50, of
Winston-Salem; Dec. 20, 2007. Barringer had a
long career with the New Philadelphia
Moravian Church Preschool. At UNC, she
belonged to Phi Mu.
’ 80 Douglas John Dempster (’ 80
MA, ’ 83 PhD) of Austin, Texas,
has been appointed dean of the
College of Fine Arts at the University of
Texas-Austin. Dempster holds the Marie and
Joseph D. Jamail Senior Regents Professorship
and the Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in
fine arts in the department of theater and
dance. Annette Minda Fuller (’ 80 ABJO)
of Algiers, Algeria, has been named a journalism consultant with the Journalism Development Group. Fuller, who will be working in
North Africa, has started her first assignment in
Algiers. Stephen Bryan Gaskins (’ 80
ABEd) of Lumberton has been named Principal of the Year 2007-08 for Robeson County.
In addition to competing for the state title,
Gaskins won a trip to Senegal. Gaskins is in his
first year as principal at Lumberton High and
has served as a teacher and school administrator in the county since 1990. Michael John
Morketter (’ 80 AB, ’ 83 JD) of Fayetteville has
been named senior vice president of Arthur J.
Gallagher & Co., an international insurance
brokerage and risk management services firm,
where he specializes in construction and manufacturing risks. Dr. Albert James Osbahr
III (’ 80 AB, ’ 85 MD) of Hickory has been
elected president-elect of the N.C. Medical
Society. Osbahr is a specialist in occupational
medicine and family medicine/preventive
medicine at the Catawba Valley Medical Center, corporate medical director at Blue Ridge
Paper Corp., and a medical consultant and lab
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1 Sugar source
5 Coarse files
10 Bridge coup
14 Idyllic meadows
15 Braid
16 Conduit
17 Idle of Monty Python
18 Ancient region on the
Euphrates
19 All over again
20 Adversary
22 Fable’s lesson
24 First of September?
25 Start of Mae West quote
28 Coll. course
29 Accompanies
32 Slender nail
35 Excavated
37 George who was Mary
38 Sleep letters
39 Part 2 of quote
42 Victory sign
43 Proficient
45 ___ de mer
46 Cincinnati nine
47 Venice craft
50 Mechanical routine
52 End of quote
57 Take the odds 6 Ductile metallic element 40 Developer’s area
59 “Oklahoma” aunt 7 South Pacific island group 41 Medicinal plant
60 Vigilant 8 Coyote State capital 44 L.A. summer hrs.
61 Bankrupt 9 Wanders off 46 Stuffed full
63 Henry VIII’s last name 10 Health resort 48 Sang merrily
65 Actor Morales 11 Hard hit baseball 49 Drawing power
66 Territory 12 Simians 51 Actress Leoni
67 Plant fungus 13 Street of stables 53 Rock shelf
68 Narrate 21 Fond du ___, WI 54 Words of approval
69 Meddlesome 23 “Cagney & ___” 55 Certain graduate exams
70 Considers 26 Extinct bird 56 Functional
71 Latin being 27 Lon of Cambodia 57 Whole-grain cereal component
30 ___ the line (obeyed) 58 Continental currency
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2 Eagle’s home 33 Make over
3 Wet behind the ears 34 Pleasantries
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director for the Haywood County Health
Department. Laura Stuart Taylor (’ 80, ’ 79
AB) of Coronado, Calif., has been appointed a
judge on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of California. Taylor is an
administrative partner in Sheppard, Mullin,
Richter & Hampton LLP and the founder of
the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program’s
special education project. Dr. Margo
Tolins-Mejia (’ 80 MD) of Minneapolis,
Minn., has received the William Carr MD
Leadership Award from Unity Hospital. Tolins-Mejia is the medical director for the hospital’s
cardiovascular short-stay unit, lead physician for
Unity’s heart catheterization laboratory, and
medical adviser for the Women’s Heart Center
at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids.
■ obituaries
Louise Smith Brennan (’ 80, ’ 79 MA), 85, of
Charlotte; Dec. 8, 2007. Brennan was a former
state legislator representing Mecklenburg
County, serving from 1969 to 1970 and 1977
to 1984. She was Mecklenburg County
Democratic chairman in the mid-1980s and, in
the ’70s, helped found both the N.C. and
Charlotte Women’s Political Caucuses. She was
an adjunct professor of political science at
UNC-Charlotte, specializing in parliamentary
procedure. She was named Charlotte Woman
of the Year in 1982. Dr. Geoffrey William
Hilliard (’ 80 BSCH, ’ 82 MS, ’ 86 MD, ’ 86
PhD), 50, of Cary; Nov. 26, 2007. Hilliard was
a plastic surgeon at Personal Image Center in
Cary. He worked at clinics in Los Angeles and
Miami before joining the N.C. center. He
served in the Air Force Reserve.
’ 81 John Macon Cornick (’ 81
BSBA) of Raleigh has been
named chief financial officer for
Southern Industrial Constructors/Southern
Crane. Dr. James Madison Ellis Jr. (’ 81
AB) of Asheville has joined Team Doctors
Preferred Access as president. Edward
Joseph Fritsch (’ 81 BSBA) of Raleigh has
been elected to the board of governors for
the National Association of Real Estate
Investors. Fritsch, who is president and CEO
for Highwoods Properties Inc., is chair of the
UNC Board of Visitors. Christopher
Charles Froman (’ 81 BSIR) of
Moorestown, N.J., has been named senior
vice president of sales and marketing for
Pomeroy IT Solutions Inc. Diane Veto
Parham (’ 81 ABJO) of Columbia, S.C., has
joined the staff of the S.C. Governor’s School
for Science and Mathematics as a grant writer.
Stephen Carter Parham (’ 81 BSBA) of
Greensboro has been appointed senior vice
president of sales and account management
for the Carolinas at CIGNA HealthCare.
