was in the Philippines in the Vietnam War, delivering
supplies to troops, and received awards for his military service. At UNC, he belonged to Delta Sigma Pi.
Robert Avery Craddock Sr. (’ 59 AB), 73, of Raleigh;
Dec. 2, 2008. Craddock retired as a programmer
and analyst from Wake County government. He previously worked for private companies, served in the
Army’s counterintelligence corps and was a licensed
pilot. Martha Stogner Dellinger (’ 56 ABEd), 74, of
Charlotte; Dec. 11, 2008. Dellinger retired after teaching elementary school for 32 years in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools. She was active in her church,
where she was a Stephen Minister leader, member
of the church council and a Sunday school teacher.
Louisa Millard Douglass (’ 57 MEd), 88, of Chapel
Hill; Dec. 13, 2008. Douglass taught in public schools
in Pleasant Garden, Laurinburg and Durham for 31
Higdon was a pharmacist for more than 40 years at
Smith’s Drugs. For 21 years, he served on the Forest
City Town Council, and he was in the Army in the
Korean War. Elizabeth Steele Holey (’ 52 MPH),
87, of Eau Claire, Wis.; Nov. 24, 2008. Holey was a
nutritionist with the Minneapolis Health Department,
retiring in 1986, when she moved to West Salem,
where she was active in her church. She returned to
Eau Claire in 2004. In 1943, before attending UNC,
she was commissioned into the Army and served in
hospitals in Texas, France and Germany. John
Rison Jones Jr. (’ 52 MA, ’ 58 PhD), 84, of Huntsville,
Ala.; Nov. 5, 2008. While at UNC, Jones received a
Fulbright Scholarship for study in Paris and taught
history at several colleges. In the ’60s, he joined
Sargent Shriver’s Office of Economic Opportunity to
help develop the Upward Bound Program, receiving
an award for his service before retiring in 1986 and
returning to Huntsville, where he was involved in historic preservation. He received the Bronze Star for
his Army service in WWII. Harry Lee King Jr. (’ 53
MA, ’ 61 PhD), 92, of Henry, Va.; Nov. 11, 2008. King
was professor emeritus of French and Spanish at
Wake Forest University. He served in the Navy in
WWII. Jack Kirstein (’ 57), 74, of Marion; Sept. 7,
2008. Kirstein, an educator, was principal of Nebo
High School for 27 years. When he retired, the community honored him by naming the school’s street
Jack Kirstein Road. Other honors included Young
Educator of the Year, Principal of the Year and induction into the Educators Hall of Fame at Lincoln
Memorial University, where he graduated. Annette
Levenson Korman (’ 55 AB), 75, of North Bethesda,
Md.; Nov. 1, 2008. Korman was an administrative
assistant in Georgetown University Hospital’s depart-
ment of nuclear medicine. In retirement, she volunteered with several organizations, including the
White House. John Sanders Leach Jr. (’ 59), 71, of
Scotland Neck; Nov. 6, 2008. Leach retired from
BB&T after 37 years. He also was a magistrate in
Halifax County for 10 years and was an Army veteran.
Henry Byrd Lewis (’ 53), 77, of Garner; Nov. 9,
2008. Lewis worked commercial sales before retiring
to Morehead City in 1998. At UNC, he belonged to
Theta Chi. Costin Lindsay (’ 50 AB), 86, of
Charlotte; Dec. 12, 2008. Lindsay owned and operated laundry services and a flea market in Charlotte.
Previously, he worked for WPAQ radio and was a self-employed salesman. He was an Army veteran of
WWII. At UNC, he belonged to the Glee Club.
Corinne Ward Lunn (’ 57 MSPH), 97, of Peoria, Ill.;
Nov. 6, 2008. Lunn worked at the Peoria City/County
Health Department for 20 years. She served in the
Army Nurse Corps in WWII in Europe and, after the
war, worked in VA hospitals in Texas. James Harold
McKee (’ 59), 70, of Beaverton, Ore.; Aug. 6, 2008.
McKee had a long career as a furniture salesman
and had served in the Army. Claude Eugene
McKinney (’ 51 AB), 79, of Raleigh; Nov. 11, 2008.
McKinney was dean of N.C. State University’s School
of Design for 15 years, stepping down in 1988. He
designed NCSU’s Centennial Campus, and his awards
included Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the state’s
highest civilian honor. He was president, officer and
trustee of Triangle Universities Center for Advanced
Studies Inc. and served on the boards of the National
Humanities Center, the American Society of
Landscape Architects and N.C. School of Science
and Mathematics. He served in the Navy, where he
was an industrial designer for the Office of Naval
Research. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UNC
years, including in an experimental open classroom
through the auspices of the Ford Foundation. She was
a docent at UNC’s Ackland Art Museum and the N.C.
Botanical Garden. William Thomas Floyd (’ 53 BSBA),
82, of Henderson; Nov. 9, 2008. Floyd was a retired
accountant with the Stars and Stripes newspaper
and a past assistant treasurer of American Barmag
Corp. He was a Navy veteran of WWII. Ellis F. Hall
Jr. (’ 50 BSCOM), 82, of Greenville; Dec. 10, 2008.
Hall retired from East Carolina University as associate
vice chancellor for administration, health sciences
division. He served 32 years in the Army Medical
Service Corps, beginning in WWII, and was chair and
committee leader for many Michael Jordan Celebrity
golf events to benefit Ronald McDonald houses. At
UNC, he belonged to Delta Sigma Pi. Milton Lee
Higdon (’ 55 BSPHR), 77, of Forest City; Oct. 27, 2008.
Adventures in Ideas
Join us this spring as we explore
interesting and important cultural,
moral and social topics from the
perspective of the humanities.
Topics range from Machiavellian
statecraft to Jane Austen and
the Victorians. Two popular
programs about the “New
Atheists” and “God’s Problem”
will be offered again.
Please visit our Web site for
complete program topics, dates
and fees.
SPRING 2009
adventuresinideas.unc.edu
Sponsored by the UNC Program in the Humanities and Human Values and the UNC General Alumni
Association. GAA members receive a registration discount. First-time participants receive a 50%
discount. Full-time K- 12 teachers, librarians and administrators in public and private schools and
community college faculty in North Carolina receive a 50% discount on tuition for all seminars.
