obstetrics and gynecology in Sanford for 38
years, delivering more than 6,000 babies. He
was a director of the Chamber of Commerce
and past president of the Rotary Club, among
other community activities. He was an Eagle
Scout and the first Boy Scout in Lee County
to receive the God and Country Award. He
served in the Air Force. He was Lee County
representative to the Educational Foundation
executive committee for several terms. At
UNC, he was a member of Alpha Phi Omega,
Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Beta
Kappa. Charles Slater Williams (’ 57
BSPHR), 73, of Houston; Feb. 9, 2008. Williams
was a pharmacist. Earlier in his career, he was a
technical representative for the organic chemical division of Food Machinery and Chemical
Corp. At UNC, he belonged to Kappa Psi.
James B. Young (’ 57), 78, of New York; Dec.
3, 2007. Young retired as a therapist.
’ 60 ■ obituaries
Jimmie Nelson Buzzard (’ 60),
70, of Friendly, W.Va.; Nov. 2, 2007. Buzzard
had been a supervisor with Union Carbide.
K. Larry Gilland (’ 60), 75, of Rock Hill,
S.C.; March 15, 2008. Gilland was a packaging
salesman, most recently with Associated Packaging in Statesville. He also was with Mead
Corp., where he earned national recognition as
top salesman in the container division. He
served on the USS Winston in the Korean War.
At UNC, he belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Frances Garrett Hinson (’ 60), 76, of
Charlotte; Oct. 31, 2007. Hinson was a pianist.
Alvin Keith Smith (’ 60 AB), 71, of Chapel
Hill;April 3, 2008. Smith retired as acting
principal of Chapel Hill High School after
almost 40 years there teaching advanced placement physics, chemistry, photography and
astronomy. He also worked with the College
Board assisting schools nationwide in establishing advanced placement curricula; he received
the first Siemens Advanced Placement
National Scholar Award in 1998. He was a
Scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts and coached
Little League baseball. Meredith Tyler
White (’ 60 MSW), 83, of Askewville; March
22, 2008. White worked with children’s homes,
retiring as executive director of the Grandfather Home for Children in Banner Elk. His
career spanned the transition from orphanages
to group homes with specialized care. After
retiring, he was an adjunct instructor at
Roanoke-Chowan Community College and
worked with United Insurance. He served as
mayor of Askewville for 10 years.
’ 61 Joseph Francis Karpati (’ 61
AB) of Katy, Texas, has received
the 2007 Distinguished Alumni
Award presented by the alumni association of
Warren Wilson College. Karpati, a Foreign Service retiree, serves as scientific adviser to Spanish citrus exporters and as a consultant to government agencies and the U.N. Food and
Agriculture Organization.
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James A. Blakley (’ 61 MSSW), 82, of
Morganton; Dec. 29, 2007. Blakley retired as a
department director with the Burke County
Department of Social Services. Dorothy
Clyde Fuller (’ 61 MSLS), 77, of Burlington;
March 16, 2008. Fuller lived most of her life in
Virginia and worked in the Virginia State
Library system as head of the library development division. Earlier in her career, she worked
at the Pulaski County Public Library and with
the county bookmobile. She moved to
Abingdon in 1997 and was an active volunteer
with the Washington County Public Library.
Richard Lamar Rowan (’ 61 PhD), 76, of
Wallingford, Pa.; March 1, 2008. Rowan retired
as professor emeritus of management at the
Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania, where he had taught since 1961.
He was director of the Center for Human
Resources and chaired what is now the
Council on Employee Relations. He wrote a
number of articles and books focused on the
rights of disadvantaged employees. He served
in the Army. Jerome Walter Stokes (’ 61
AB, ’ 64 LLBJD), 68, of San Francisco; Feb. 20,
2008. Stokes retired after 27 years as director of
admissions and financial aid at the University
of Virginia School of Law. He also was senior
assistant dean. He was recognized for his contributions to affirmative action in the law
school by selection to Omicron Delta Kappa
and awards from the Black Law Student
Association and the Witherspoon Award for
enhancing minority interests at the law school.
He published extensively on legal issues in
higher education. Active in community arts, he
performed often in Live Arts productions, produced Charlottesville Light Opera Company
performances and sang in his church choir. At
UNC, he belonged to Chi Pi and was editor
of the 1961 Yackety Yack.
’ 62 ■ obituaries
Leola Thompson Harris (’ 62
MEd), 74, of Statesville; March 31, 2008. Harris was a teacher for more than 40 years, retiring from North Iredell High School. She was
chosen as Teacher of the Year for the Iredell
County School System in 1984 and once
turned down an offer to be an assistant principal to stay in the classroom. She was past president of the Association of Classroom Teachers
and the N.C. Association of Educators and
60s
belonged to the National Education Association and the National Council of Mathematics
Teachers, among other professional affiliations.
She was a member of the UNC Black Pioneers. Joyce Fulcher Jackson (’ 62 MEd),
92, of Pittsboro; March 14, 2008. Jackson was a
retired teacher in the Chatham County Public
School System. Previously, she ran a flower
shop in Pittsboro.
’ 63 Larry Brown (’ 63 AB) of Charlotte has signed a four-year contract as head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats NBA team. Brown, a point guard
at UNC under Dean Smith, was recruited for
the job by Bobcats co-owner Michael Jeffery
Jordan (’ 86 AB). Philip Edward Meyer
(’ 63 MA) of Chapel Hill has been inducted
into the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame. Meyer
retired in 2008 as the Knight Professor of Journalism at UNC. His most recent book is The
Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the
Information Age in 2004.
■ obituaries
Anthony Channell Hilfer (’ 63 PhD), 71, of
Austin, Texas;April 11, 2008. Hilfer had a 45-
year career on the English department faculty
at the University of Texas at Austin. He was
named the Iris Howard Regents Professor of
English literature. He specialized in the study
of popular genres, such as crime fiction and
film noir. Hilfer edited American Fiction Since
1940, an anthology of contemporary American
writing. He also was co-editor of Texas Studies
in Language and Literature. His final manuscript,
The Nothing That Is: Representations of Nature in
American Writing, reflected his concern for the
destruction of the environment. Dr.
Charles Ivey Loftin III (’ 63 MD), 70, of
Roanoke,Va.;April 24, 2008. Loftin was an
internist with Internal Medicine Associates for
37 years. Among several community and professional activities, he sang with the Roanoke
Valley Choral Society and was on the board of
Opera Roanoke. At UNC, he was a member
of Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Chi. He served
as a captain in the Air Force Medical Corps.
SAVE
the
DATE
May 8– 10, 2009
Class of ’ 64
45th Reunion
’ 64 William Raeford Davis (’ 64
ABEd, ’ 72 JD) of Hope Mills has
retired as town attorney for Hope
Mills. Davis continues to practice law with
Cooper, Davis & Davis. Stuart Elliot
Eizenstat (’ 64 AB) of Chevy Chase, Md., has
been honored with the creation of the Ambas-
