provide to seniors. Cynthia Cole Rigsbee
(’ 79 ABEd, ’03 MEd) of Durham has been
named AT&T N.C. Teacher of the Year. Rigsbee is a sixth- and seventh-grade reading
resource teacher at Gravelly Hill Middle
School. Dr. C. Stephen Stinson (’ 79 AB,
’ 83 MD) of Winston-Salem has received the
End of Life Care Leadership Award given
annually by the Carolinas Center for Hospice
& End of Life Care. Stinson is medical director
for palliative care services at Forsyth Medical
Center.
■ obituary
Esther Diana Tingen (’ 80 BSPHR), 51, of
Lino Lakes, Minn.; March 2, 2008. Tingen had
a career as a pharmacist.
’ 80 Debra Harris Boyette (’ 80
ABJO) of Raleigh has been
named features editor at The News
& Observer. William L. Scarborough Jr.
(’ 80, ’ 79 BSBA) of Singapore has been named
director of finance and business operations at
the Singapore American School.
AYDAN COURT
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions would like
to express our sincere gratitude to the following members of the Carolina
family for assisting us in recruiting some of the nation’s best and brightest students.
’ 81 Ruth Culbertson Samuelson
(’ 81, ’ 82 AB) of Charlotte has
been named Green Government
Leader by the Charlotte Business Journal in the
inaugural Green Awards. Samuelson, House
representative for N.C. District 104, serves on
every standing environmental committee in
the N.C. House and was the primary sponsor
for House Bill 1912, School Bus Retrofits in
Nonattainment Areas, a pilot program to clean
up exhaust in and around school buses in
counties with poor air quality. Pam Cindy
Silberman (’ 81 JD, ’ 97 DRPH) of Durham
has received the Ned Brooks Award for Public
Service from the Carolina Center for Public
Service at UNC. Silberman, a research associate professor in the UNC School of Public
Health and president and CEO of the N.C.
Institute of Medicine, was recognized for her
role in research supporting legislation that has
led to the N.C. child health insurance law and
dental-care access and insurance coverage for
low-income populations.
’ 82 Lori Gina Church (’ 82 BSBA)
of Myrtle Beach, S.C., has been
named controller for the office of
financial services at Coastal Carolina University. Paul Bernard Nader (’ 82 BSZOO)
of Macungie, Pa., received the Golden Stethoscope Award for his role in saving a dog’s life
while serving as a veterinarian for the Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Nader is a veterinarian at the Lehigh Valley Zoo. Story, page
86. James Humphrey Wyckoff (’ 82 PhD)
of Charlottesville,Va., has been named professor
ADMITTED S TUDENT RECEPTIONS
Wake County Carolina Club Laura Fried ’08
Washington DC Carolina Club Julie Golding ’09
Judy Adelman Amanda Hodges ’01
Melissa Adelman ’07 Belinda Landis
Nathan Alexander ’07 Karol Mason ’ 79
Erin Burns ’09 David Matney ’ 75
Kat Butler ’07 Leslie McFarland
Richard Contino Ray McFarland
Angela Crocker ’08 Norledia Moody ’04
Rick Donnalley ’ 81 Jordan Myers ’08
Rick Ellington ’00 Tameka Oliphant ’05
Shelley Fluke ’ 11 Carl Patterson ’ 76 (JD)
ALUMNI ADMISSIONS VOLUNTEERS
Steven Africk ’ 77 Alexandra Dodson ’06 Cynthia Hall ’03 Sergio Lineberger ’06 Robert Page Iv ’ 90
Adina Dubin Barkinskiy ’02 Katherine Dols ’06 Tara Hammons ’ 93 Sarah Long ’05 Ben Pagel ’05
Brad Bender ’ 97 Adrianna Domingos-Lupher’03 Shakti Harris ’ 95 Deborah Long Goldberg ’00 Thompson Paine ’05
Christine Benedetti ’03 Derwin Dubose ’06 Megan Harrison ’02 Gregory M. Louer ’00 Eileen Pan ’07
Kanya Bennett ’02 Mary Duby ’07 Marcus Harvey ’02 Felix Lurye ’03 Noah Parker ’03
Scott Benson ’01 Jason Dugas ’ 94 Nicholas Heinke ’00 Kelly Lusk ’03 Susan Parker ’03
Tiffany Black ’02 Meredith Duke ’04 Marc Hennes ’04 Joanna Lyndrup ’00 Manali Patel ’01
Julia Blackburn ’05 Ashley Eckert ’06 James Hermann ’05 John Maberry ’03 Nirali Patel ’00
Leigha Blackwell ’06 Sarah Edwards ’07 Tara Higgerson ’06 Corinne Maclaggan ’02 Jennifer Pender ’ 98
Leniqua Blue ’07 Nicole Egan ’ 89 Jeanine Hightower ’ 98 Allison Maiuri ’03 Camille Penniman ’ 99
James Boaz ’ 94 Patrick Elliot ’06 Cheryl Hill ’01 Ellen Mann ’02 Cristy Phillips ’01
Lasandra Boykin ’00 Judson Englert ’05 Rebecca Hinkle ’ 90 Jamie Martin ’01 Alicia Picou ’02
Barry Brinkley ’01 Nicole Evangelista ’07 Kaitlin Hocutt ’05 Elizabeth McClure ’00 Charles Pope ’ 97
Robert Brinton ’ 75 William Evans ’ 97 Sara Holly ’ 99 Janora McDuffie ’ 99 Cheryl Pope ’ 90
Julia Brown ’07 Olapeju Fadiora ’04 Raquel Hudson ’ 92 Brittny McGraw ’03 Krista Purnell ’02
Eric Burlingame ’ 99 Derek Farias ’03 Michael Hyatt ’02 Julie McManus ’03 Kevin Raiford ’08
Katherine Butler ’07 Samira Fazel ’04 Megan Hyland ’03 David McMurtry ’00 Courtney Ramey ’02
Michelle Caceres ’ 93 Andrea Fereshteh ’02 Grayson Isenberg ’03 Franklin McSwain ’ 62 Eric Reeves ’01
Eleanor Cameron ’01 Jennifer Field ’03 Megan Jerch ’03 Ali Mehfar ’01 Gretchen Reid-Brooks ’ 92
Kate Cappleman Sinz ’01 Nicole Forbes ’00 H. Scott Johnson, Jr. ’ 94 Stephanie Mendenhall ’03 Adrienne Rhoads ’03
Karen Carr ’00 Tyler Frank ’ 99 Lauren Jones ’04 Tenika Mercer ’04 Nicholas Richitt ’01
Crystal Carter ’07 Louisa Fuller ’ 99 Marissa Jones ’ 97 Helen Meyer ’04 Carolyn Riesbeck ’03
Sarah Chadbourn ’01 Anna Furman ’02 Megan Jordan ’07 Peter Minnar ’04 Patricia Robbins ’05
Worth Civils ’01 Katherine Garland ’00 Brian Kelsey ’00 Wesley Misson ’04 Nathan Rogers ’02
John Clark ’01 Deedee Gasch ’03 Yoon Hie Kim ’05 Monika Moore ’00 Anne Roycroft ’ 83
Ginny Comly ’01 Elizabeth Gaskins ’01 Ashley Klapper ’ 98 Robert Morgan ’03 Lily Russell ’03
Alexander Cone ’01 Stephanie George ’05 Brittney Knight ’00 Patrick Murphy ’05 Morgan Salmon ’02
Thomas Conlon ’ 84 Matthew Gers ’05 Dory Kornfeld ’00 William Murphy ’ 82 Daniel Satter ’02
Charles Cooke ’02 Lea Gessaman ’03 Christina Koster ’05 Tara Newberry ’03 Connie Sawyer ’00
Somer Cooper ’00 Michael Geter ’ 98 Caren Krystopolski ’08 Stephanie Norris ’07 Stacia Sawyer ’ 99
Catherine Cotovsky ’02 Jonathan Gold ’ 75 Daniel Leder ’00 Meredith Oakes ’01 David Schneider ’ 79
Kevin Curry ’ 89 Jon Goldberg ’ 95 Margaret Ledoux ’ 83 Gene Obendorfer ’ 53 Jennifer Schoolfield ’ 99
Eboni Darden ’02 Brian Golson ’ 92 Dana Ledyard ’09 John Oettinger ’00 Rebecca Sears ’03
Courtney Davis ’01 Dana Gottheim ’04 Adrian Lee ’08 Ajay Ojha ’ 98 Andrea Seeney ’ 99
Katrina Dennis ’01 Jennifer Guerra ’04 Trent Legare ’01 Toby Osofsky ’03 Julia Shalen ’06
Erika Detmer ’02 Haroun Habib ’04 Maile Lesica ’07 Tia Overstreet ’04 Lynne Shallcross ’09
Anna Dickinson ’01 Matthew Habib ’03 David Levitch ’05 Derek Oxendine ’05 Stephanie Siems ’04
General Alumni Association
Academic Advising
Forsyth County Carolina Club
GAA Student Membership
Granville Towers
Housing & Residential Education
New Student & Carolina Parent Programs
New York Carolina Club
Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life
Office of Scholarships & Student Aid
Order of the Bell Tower
Orange/Durham County Carolina Club
Janet Patterson
Meg Petersen ’07
Craven Rand ’ 92
Margaret Sigmon
Rick Sigmon ’ 73
Amanda Stephens ’08
Alan Swendiman ’ 69
Kathy Swendiman
Bitsy Wall
Jerry Wang ’07
Sharlene Williams ’ 84
Melissa Williamson ’07
Jamie Singer ’ 96
Carroll Smith ’02
Sarah Smith ’00
Stephen Smith ’ 95
Renan Snowden ’05
Shannon Snypp ’02
Richard Stabell ’ 61
Jennifer Stark ’02
Edward Su ’04
Robert Summerous ’04
Abby Suss ’02
Lauren Swenson ’02
Davene Swinson ’02
Richon Tate ’01
Samantha Terry ’03
Alexandra Thomas ’05
Carolyn Thombs ’ 93
Richard Thompson ’ 81
Rachel Toler ’07
Rena Toppe ’02
Laura Trompak ’07
Shaina Vatz ’03
Andrew Villa ’02
Natalie Waites ’03
Margaret Wakelin ’01
Reyna Walters ’ 99
Geoffrey Whaley ’07
Sara White ’04
Shelby White ’02
Kelly Whitehart ’00
Lauren Wysmuller ’00
Mary Zimmerman ’06
Susan Zimmerman ’00
Interested in becoming an alumni admissions volunteer? Visit www.admissions.unc.edu/alumni, e-mail
gaa_admissions@unc.edu or contact Kendra Lawrence’ 99 at (919)843–9700 or Tanea Pettis’ 95 at (919)843–9694.
