Carolina Alumni Review - January/February 2009

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college, working for the Army’s Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. At UNC, he lettered in swimming. Max Arland Harris Sr. (’ 54 BSBA), 76, of Charlotte; Sept. 26, 2008. A banking executive, Harris was corporate executive vice president of First Union Corp. when he retired. In the Army, he worked in the finance section of the personnel department. He served on numerous committees in his church and also served his alma mater, including on the Board of Visitors in the ’80s. At UNC, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, belonged to Beta Gamma Sigma and was on the baseball team. Robert Clarence Harris (’ 51), 80, of Elkin; Oct. 27, 2008. Harris had a long career with Chatham Manufacturing Co., retiring as scheduling manager of the manufacturing area. After high school, he was a pitcher for the Chatham Blanketeers semi-pro baseball team. In 1948, the team finished as runners-up in the Semi-Pro National Baseball Championship. The team won two games in that competition and lost none. Later, he signed with the New York Yankees, assigned to the Norfolk, Va., AA league. He was a military policeman in the Army in the early ’50s, stationed in Germany. George Maurice “Sonny” Hill Jr. (’ 52 BSBA), 77, of Morganton; Sept. 16, 2008. Hill had a varied career that included housing contractor, owner of an oil company and part-owner of a truck stop. He also held licenses in insurance and real estate. He was co-chairman for the fund drive to build the Burke County Rescue Squad building. At UNC, he played in the Marching Band and belonged to Kappa Alpha Order. Robin Ledbetter Hinson (’ 58 JD), 77, of Charlotte; Oct. 13, 2008. Hinson was a longtime lawyer in Charlotte, most recently a partner at Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, and specialized in banking, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. He was the founder and teacher of the N.C. Bar review course for 20 years and received the UNC School of Law Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1992. He served on the Law Foundation and on the Board of Visitors for 11 years. He served in the Navy before enrolling in law school. Among his honors as a student, he was elected editor-in-chief of

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Review and was inducted into the Order of the Golden Fleece and Order of the Coif. Upon graduating from law school, he was hired as an assistant professor and assistant dean at the school. He was chairman of the board of the Foundation for the Carolinas and was on the boards of Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center and Crisis Assistance Ministry. Harry M. Hobbs Jr. (’ 52, ’ 56 BSBA), 78, of Winston-Salem; Sept. 16, 2008. Hobbs retired as plant manager of an industrial products manufacturing company in Charlotte, then moved to Concord and to Winston-Salem last year. He interrupted his studies at UNC to serve in the Navy in the Korean War. Charles Tayloe Hoyt Jr. (’ 55 ABEd), 75, of Jacksonville; Oct. 8, 2008. Hoyt was assistant superintendent of Onslow County Schools for 28 years and planned and directed the building programs for 17 new schools and additions and renovations at 17 other schools. He taught extension classes for East Carolina University and taught summer classes on the ECU campus. He served for many years as an official for the Coastal Plains Horse Show Association and served four years with the Marine Corps. At UNC, he belonged to Phi Gamma Delta. John Wheeler Humphrey Sr. (’ 54), 76, of Augusta, Ga.; Sept. 27, 2008. Humphrey retired from a business-equipment supply company as branch manager. He served in

the Army. Roy Gilbert Hundley Jr. (’ 58 MEd), 81, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; July 15, 2008. Hundley was on the inaugural faculty of Dixie Hollins High School, where he taught biology. Later, he taught marine biology at St. Petersburg Junior College. After retiring, he was a seasonal park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In WWII, he was in the Navy. At UNC, he belonged to Phi Delta Kappa. J.D. Hurst (’ 52, ’ 53 AB; ’ 55 LLB), 84, of Kannapolis; Sept. 28, 2008. Hurst practiced law in Kannapolis for more than 50 years and was honored by the N.C. State Bar and UNC School of Law for his service. While attending UNC, he helped organize the Victory Village Day Care Center and served as chairman of its first board of directors. He was honored at the 1998 opening of the center’s new facility. He served 11 years in active duty with the Navy and 11 years in the Navy Reserve. In WWII and the Korean War, he was a communications specialist, deciphering secret intelligence communications. John Bright Jernigan (’ 53, ’ 54 BSBA), 77, of Madison, Ala.; Sept. 22, 2008. Jernigan retired from the Air Force. At UNC, he belonged to Phi Gamma Delta. Herman Eskridge Jones (’ 50 BSCOM), 83, of Clayton; Aug. 15, 2008. Jones served three terms as mayor of Clayton and before that was on town council. He worked for the federal Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabilization program for 35 years. He served in Europe in WWII, then attended UNC. He was a member of AFROTC. Edward Bischoff Kemm (’ 57), 74, of Conway, S.C.; Oct. 7, 2008. Kemm had a diversified career that included running several radio stations and constructing the Virginia International Raceway. Later, he moved to Baltimore and was active in the tire business and served on the National Tire Dealers Association. He

was a private pilot and worked with the Virginia Civil Air Patrol. After retiring to South Carolina, he remained active in the investment business. James Edward Kennerly (’ 52 MEd), 84, of Naples, Fla., Oct. 3, 2008. Kennerly was CEO of Lea Manufacturing Co. in Waterbury, Conn. He was on the board of the Middlebury Police Department, where he was a commissioner. He served in the Navy in WWII. June Crockett Keys (’ 50 AB), 79, of Greensboro; Oct. 3, 2008. Keys worked for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. in its human resources department. Along with her husband, she was a founding member of Faith Presbyterian Church. At UNC, she belonged to Delta Delta Delta. Andrew Milton Kistler II (’ 57), 74, of Morganton; Aug. 21, 2008. Kistler was retired president of Stoney-Kistler Insurance. He served six terms as mayor of Morganton and was president of the N.C. League of Municipalities, chairman of the Governor’s Advocacy Council and chairman and executive committee member of the Western Piedmont Council of Governments. He served in the Army Reserve and, at UNC, belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon. Charles Thomas Kivett (’ 55 LLB), 81, of Greensboro; Sept. 11, 2008. A lawyer, Kivett practiced law in the 1960s, then held positions as solicitor of Municipal County Court and district solicitor and was a Superior Court judge (1969-83). At UNC’s law school, he was a member of the Law Review. T. Henry Knott (’ 52 BSBA), 79, of Greensboro; Sept. 25, 2008. Knott retired from Fieldcrest Cannon as manager of payrolls and investor relations. He worked for the company for more than 35 years. In the Korean War, he was in the Air Force. At UNC, he belonged to Kappa Sigma. Dr. James Louis DeLay Lamm (’ 50 AB, ’ 55 MD), 78, of Mount Airy; Sept. 1,

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