the executive board of the Cleveland chapter. She
was a Girl Scout leader and helped found the
Association for Retarded Citizens in Cleveland. She
traveled the country to compete in bridge tournaments. A life master, she also taught bridge. Her
nickname was “Madame Deal.” O’Donnell was the
first person to pass through the Panama Canal in a
row boat. At UNC, she was a member of Chi Omega.
Harold John Olafson (’ 52), 82, of Palm Bay, Fla.;
May 8, 2008. Olafson enlisted in the Navy in 1942
and served for 43 years. His service in WWII took
him to Iwo Jima and Bikini Atoll. He served in the
Naval Reserve Training Centers in Raleigh, Asheville
and Miami until he retired in 1985. He was active in
the Fleet Reserve Association and held every branch
office in Cocoa, Fla. He received the FRA Certificate
of Merit for assistance to shipmates who lost their
homes to Hurricane Andrew. As a 9-year-old, he sang
on New York radio with The Catholic Hour and as a
teenager delivered singing telegrams for Western
Union. As an adult, he sang with barbershop groups
and was lead singer in the World Championship
Chorus in Miami. Jack Edwards Park (’ 51), 79, of
Charlotte; Jan. 22, 2008. Park was a teacher, coach
and athletics director at Wilson Junior High in
Charlotte for 37 years. He served in the military in
the Korean War. Kermit Glenn Phillips II (’ 56), 74,
of Greensboro; Aug. 25, 2008. Phillips retired as
chairman of Phillips Management Group. He developed residential and commercial property all over
the Southeast. A philanthropist, he supported the
Kermit Glenn Phillips II Chair of Cardiology at Wake
Forest University. Phillips Chapel at Canterbury
School in Greensboro was named in his honor.
William Evans Richeson (’ 51 BSBA), 79, of
Dunwoody, Ga.; June 3, 2008. Richeson retired as
director of national account sales for Affiliated Paper
Co. After retiring, he volunteered for the Dunwoody
Library and the Dunwoody Baptist Wellness Center.
He served in the Army from 1951 to 1953. Jean
Rankin Roberts (’ 50 ABEd), 79, of Asheville; July 30,
2008. Roberts was a member of the Junior League
of Asheville, the Children’s Welfare League and the
Junior Vetust Study Club. She volunteered for hospice and received the 2007 N.C. Governor’s Award
as Volunteer of the Year. She served a three-year
term on the board of directors of the GAA in the
1970s. At UNC, she belonged to Delta Delta Delta.
Dorothy Herring Rodgers (’ 55 CDH), 72, of
Statesville; July 28, 2008. Rodgers retired as a dental hygienist, having practiced in Statesville for 30
years. She was in the first dental hygiene class at
UNC and finished at the top of her class. She served
as an instructor of dental hygiene at UNC for a year.
Coye Olein Rogers (’ 50 AB, ’ 63 MPH), 79, of
Chapel Hill; July 12, 2008. Rogers retired from Blue
Cross Blue Shield in 1994 after 30 years. He worked
in medical research that focused on malaria at the
federal penitentiary in Atlanta and at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was a
research scientist at UNC’s Gravely Sanatorium in
the early 1960s. He was financial secretary for more
than 30 years at Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel
Hill and served a term as president of the Chapel Hill
Civitan Club. He held several offices with the Chapel
Hill chapter of the N.C. Symphony Society. He served
in the Army in the Korean War. Hubert Newton
“Monk” Rogers Jr. (’ 52 BSPHR), 79, of Lumberton;
July 8, 2008. Rogers was a retired pharmacist and
owner of Hermitage Pharmacy. He was the first president of the Robeson Pharmacists Society and vice
president of the N.C. Pharmacy Association. He
served as president of the Lumberton Chamber of
Commerce, the Lumberton Rotary Club and the
Robeson County Carolina Club. He served in the
Army at Walter Reed Hospital. At UNC, he belonged
to Kappa Psi. J. Frank Scott (’ 56), 75, of Raleigh;
July 24, 2008. Scott joined Merrill Lynch in 1958
and enjoyed a 50-year career with the company. He
was a first vice president and a member of the Circle
of Excellence with Merrill Lynch. He served on the
board of the Boys and Girls Club of Raleigh for 12
years and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in
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from the Capital Area YMCA in 2001. Cecil
Embrey Seals (’ 58), 76, of Mount Pleasant, S.C.; July
19, 2008. Robert Edmond Simpson (’ 52 MS), 87,
of Berlin, Md.; March 25, 2008. Simpson was chief
of the Technical Laboratory in the Division of
Technical and Medical Applications in Maryland’s
Department of Health and Human Services.
Previously, he was chief of the Technical Evaluation
Laboratory in the Nuclear Medicine Branch of the
FDA Bureau of Radiological Health. At UNC, he was a
member of Alpha Chi Sigma. Frank Otey Smith
(’ 51 MA), 90, of Montvale, Va.; July 19, 2008. Smith
taught government in Roanoke city schools until his
retirement in 1981. He served as a docent at
Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest for more than a
decade and led wildflower walks for a variety of
organizations. He served in Army Intelligence in
WWII. Marshall Staton (’ 54 MSSE), 86, of
Surfside Beach, S.C.; July 27, 2008. Staton retired as
director of the Sanitary Engineering Division for
North Carolina. He also worked with Pierson &
Whitman, an engineering firm based in Raleigh. He
served in the Navy in WWII. Elizabeth Milligan
Stettler (’ 51), 78, of Beaver, Pa.; Feb. 2, 2008.
Stettler retired as an administrative assistant at
Sewickley Hospital in Pennsylvania. At UNC, she was
a member of Delta Delta Delta. Leroy Baker
Strayhorn (’ 50), 86, of Macon, Ga.; Jan. 30, 2008.
Strayhorn retired as the general manager of the Best
Western Riverside Inn in 1986 after more than 40
years in hotel management. He served in the Army in
WWII. James Thrash (’ 50 AB), 80, of Atlanta; Aug.
1, 2008. Thrash’s career in advertising, television
and radio ownership spanned more than 30 years.
He worked for Life magazine, Sports Illustrated and
CBS Films Inc. He was owner of Thrash Broadcasting
Co. and president and partner of Guilford Telecasters
Inc. He was general manager of the Atlanta Braves
TV network, general manager and partner in WRET-TV in Charlotte and president of Turner Broadcasting
of North Carolina. He served in the Navy in WWII. At
UNC, he was a member of the Gorgon’s Head Lodge,
the NROTC and Phi Delta Theta. Rosemary Scovil
Tolbert (’ 53 AB), 77, of Greer, S.C.; June 29, 2008.
Tolbert was a representative for the Christian
Women’s Club and spoke about her faith to thousands of women in the Southeast. At UNC, she
belonged to Valkyries. Dr. Walter Alston White
(’ 56 BSST, ’ 60 DDS), 78, of Morehead City; July 30,
2008. White retired as a dentist in private practice in
Warrenton and Carteret County. His interest in Civil
War history led him to serve as a greeter at the Fort
Macon State Park and join the Sons of Confederate
Veterans. He served in the Air Force from 1952 to
1954. At UNC, he was a member of Delta Sigma
Delta. Priscilla Norman “Penny” Whitmore (’ 58
AB), 70, of Greenwich, Conn.; Aug. 9, 2008.
Whitmore worked as an EEG technician at Children’s
Hospital in Boston before living in San Francisco and
Greenwich. She volunteered with the ARC of
Greenwich, the Bendheim Cancer Center and
Gateway Preschool and was an active member of the
Green Fingers Garden Club. At UNC, she was a member of Chi Omega. James Heilig Wilkinson Jr.
(’ 52), 78, of Concord; July 11, 2008. Wilkinson
retired as president-manager and funeral director of
the family business, Wilkinson Funeral Home, where
he worked for 40 years. He served on the Concord
Board of Aldermen for eight years. He also was director of the Concord Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association. He was in the Coast Guard in
the Korean War. At UNC, he belonged to Beta Theta
Pi. Joseph Asbury Yoder (’ 52), 79, of Glen Burnie,
Md.; Feb. 4, 2008. Yoder retired as vice president of
Azar Storage Inc., a moving and storage company in
Annapolis, Md.
’ 60 ■ obituaries
Dr. William Lawrence Black (’ 60 MD),
73, of Asheville; June 24, 2008. Black was a retired
cardiologist. He established private cardiology practices in Chapel Hill and at Cox Heart Institute in Dayton, Ohio, and helped establish an intensive care
unit and noninvasive cardiac diagnostic laboratory in
Sevierville, Tenn. He was an officer in the Army Medical Corps. Carl Vernon Cash (’ 60 MBA), 90, of
Palm Coast, Fla.; March 7, 2008. Cash retired as a
brigadier general with the Army. He was director of
Personnel Systems Directorate in the Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and was commanding general of Personnel Information Systems
Command in Washington, D.C. He served in Vietnam
in 1968-69 as adjutant general of Army Headquarters.
He entered the Army in 1941. Dr. Hubert Edwin
Hatcher (’ 60 DDS), 75, of Cary; July 10, 2008.
Hatcher was a dentist in Cary for 35 years. After dental school, he served in the Army Dental Corps and
then set up a private practice. Peter Redmayne
MacRoberts (’ 60 MA), 73, of Houston; July 9, 2008.
MacRoberts moved to Houston in 1971 to work for
Pennzoil as a computer specialist and retired in 1986.
He served in many capacities with the Linkwood
Civic Association. Tommy Carl Miller (’ 60 BSBA),
76, of Atlanta; July 1, 2008. Miller retired from
Lockheed-Martin in Marietta, Ga., after 33 years as
a financial analyst. Frederick Hubert Paschal (’ 60
AB, ’ 65 MEd), 75, of Gaffney, S.C.; June 19, 2008.
Paschal retired as professor emeritus of psychology
and guidance at Limestone College in Gaffney after
28 years. He was founder of the Sib Collins Counseling
Center. He served in the Army. Stanley Allen
Roberson (’ 60), 70, of Midlothian, Va.; June 29, 2008.
Roberson was a store supervisor with Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co. He came to UNC on a football scholarship.
’ 61 ■ marriage
James Addison Culbertson Jr. (’ 61) and
Beverly Jean Wilson of Liberty.
