40s
Mark Henry Harford Jr. (’ 48), 83, of Norfolk, Va.;
Nov. 14, 2008. Harford retired as a foreman with
Moon Engineering Co. and lived in Hertford at the
time of his death. At UNC, he played football before
joining the Navy. Lewis Warren Harrell (’ 48
BSCOM), 85, of Sugar Grove; Nov. 9, 2008. Harrell
worked in computer technology and at a stockyard
outside Rich Square. He served in WWII with the
Army Air Corps. S. Lynne Harrell (’ 48 MA), 92, of
Greensboro; Dec. 8, 2008. Harrell was an educator
for 42 years, teaching English and French and serving as a high school counselor, becoming one of the
state’s first certified high school counselors. She
retired from Grimsley High School. She was active in
her church, her PEO chapter and the N.C. Retired
School Personnel. Florence Bostick Heim (’ 43
AB), 88, of Portland, Ore.; Nov. 10, 2008. Heim was
a volunteer with the Laubach literacy program, helping people learn to read. She also taught in high
schools and, early in her career, was secretary to the
managing editor of The Oregonian. At UNC, she was
on the fencing team. Anne Elizabeth Hollis (’ 44
AB), 85, of Houston; Nov. 24, 2008. Hollis was a
social worker at Texas Research Institute of Mental
Services for many years. At UNC, she belonged to Chi
Omega. Nina DeBerry Holt (’ 48 AB), 80, of
Burlington; Nov. 6, 2008. Holt taught at schools in
North Carolina and Virginia. She was active in
Burlington Women’s Club and Service League and
taught Sunday school. Carl William Houston (’ 49),
86, of Charlotte; Nov. 15, 2008. Houston was pastor
of Skycrest Baptist Church for 25 years, served a
number of interim pastorships and was a missionary
in Malawi for eight years. In WWII, he was a radio
operator in the South Pacific with the Marine Corps.
James Allen Jones Jr. (’ 48), 82, of Pace, Fla.; Nov.
21, 2008. Jones retired as an executive with Sears
Roebuck & Co. Previously, he was a pitcher for the
St. Louis Cardinals organization at the AAA level. He
attended UNC on a baseball scholarship. Edward
Lewis Kanter (’ 41 BSCOM), 87, of Denver, Colo.;
Sept. 20, 2008. Kanter, a lawyer, practiced in New
York with Reid & Priest, U.S. Industries Inc. and
Celanese Corp., retiring in 1987 and moving to
Colorado. He served in the Navy in the Pacific. At
UNC, he was active in the Dialectic Society, Order of
Golden Fleece, Hillel Foundation, Tau Epsilon Phi and
the Campus Y. William Anderson Lane (’ 48 AB),
82, of Macon, Ga.; Nov. 30, 2008. Lane retired as
assistant professor of English at Mercer University.
He was active in the Macon community, including as
chairman of the board of trustees of Macon Museum
of Arts and Sciences and president of the Bibb County
school board. He received the Arts Alliance Cultural
Award and the Governor’s Award in the Arts. He was
former president of the board of trustees of the
Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association in Oak
Bluff, Mass. He served in the Army Intelligence Corps
in WWII. At UNC, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and
belonged to Phi Delta Theta. Dr. Patricia Ann
Lawrence (’ 46), 82, of Charlotte; Dec. 2, 2008.
Lawrence was Charlotte’s first female obstetrician
and gynecologist, serving for more than 40 years.
She had a special interest in thoroughbred horses,
and she was the U.S. Equestrian Team doctor in the
1956 Olympics. At UNC, she belonged to Chi Omega.
Ferd Olbert “Sonny” Lawson Jr. (’ 49 AB), 83, of
Wilmington; Dec. 29, 2008. Lawson had been a textile and marketing executive, retiring as chairman of
Frederick Atkins Inc. after being with Belk Stores
Services. He was credited with introducing the con-
cept of selling designer clothing in department stores.
His philanthropic causes included the National
Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory
Medicine, the National Jewish Hospital and Research
Center and the Girl Scouts Fund Drive. He served on
the board of The Fifth Avenue Association and The
Fashion Institute of Technology. After retiring to
Wilmington, he was on the board of the Cameron Art
Museum. He served with the Army in WWII. At UNC,
he belonged to Zeta Psi. Erwin Mach (’ 43, ’ 47
ROLAND GIDUZ ’ 48 1925–2009
Newspaperman, Former Review Editor
Embraced His Community With Gusto
The way Roland Giduz ’ 48 saw it, there ism. He earned a master’s degree in journal-was the easy way to do things and there ism from Columbia University in 1949, and
was the exciting way to do things. He always his first job as a newspaperman was with The
went with exciting. Durham Herald. His own paper, The Chapel
He didn’t just tuck his three boys into bed Hill News-Leader, was published from 1954 to
at night; he created songs to sing to them 1958. He started a visitor-information maga-before bedtime. He didn’t just work for the zine, The Triangle Pointer, in 1961, and brought
town newspaper; he started his own. out an edition every Friday for 18 years.
And as associate director of In 2008, he was desig-alumni affairs at the GAA, nated a “Town Treasure” by
Giduz, who died Jan. 23 at age the Chapel Hill Historical
83, didn’t just welcome people Society. But it’s the treasure
at the door for Carolina Inn he left the town that many
gatherings after home football savor. His photos and mem-games; he wore a Carolina ories were featured in an
blue blazer and tie and greeted exhibit at the Chapel Hill
everybody who walked in as Museum. He was a regular
his best friend. columnist for community
GAA FILES
“Everybody who came in, papers for more than 30
he’d grab their hand and look years. And the N.C.
them straight in the eye and Collection includes 18,870
say, ‘Who are you?’ and repeat Roland Giduz ’ 48, former editor of the negatives of pictures he
Alumni Review and associate director
their name to make sure he took of Chapel Hill and
of alumni affairs at the GAA, was
got it right,” said his son Tom named a “Town Treasure” by the Carrboro between 1948
Giduz ’ 79. “He worked the and 1970.
Chapel Hill Historical Society.
room, kind of like a politician. I’m sure that “What sticks with me is his knowledge of
he saw absolutely everybody there.” people and town affairs,” said son Bill Giduz.
His outgoing nature served him when he “He really had an encyclopedic memory. When
was hired in 1966 as editor of the Alumni we talked about old Chapel Hill, he knew
Review. The GAA added the University Report, chapter and verse, he knew names, he knew
a tabloid newspaper sent to all alumni, to dates. He could recall that at any time, and he
Giduz’s duties in 1969, and he also was named was able to use that trivia to make him a much
associate director of alumni affairs. more persuasive person, a much more engag-
“He edited both magazines and in that role ing person because he didn’t speak in general-was invaluable in our efforts to increase mem- ities. He would speak in particularities.”
berships, particularly life memberships, in the Giduz entered local politics in the late
GAA,” said Clarence Whitefield ’ 44, head of 1950s and served for 12 years on the Chapel
alumni affairs at the GAA from 1970 to 1982. Hill Board of Aldermen. In 1969, he lost a
“He helped put the GAA on a firm financial close race for mayor to Howard Lee ’ 66
footing for the first time in its history.” (MSW), who became the first black mayor of
Giduz worked on class reunions and a trav- a predominantly white Southern town since
el program and accompanied several alumni Reconstruction.
groups on trips abroad. His trademark was his “No one was more passionate about UNC
ukulele, which he would play while singing than Roland,” said Lee, chair of the state
songs at alumni gatherings. Board of Education and a former state sena-
His newspaper career involved about every tor. “He was a person of great integrity, a
publication in Orange County. He worked for good candidate and a real gentleman. I
The Daily Tar Heel as a reporter, managing enjoyed that campaign and, more importantly,
editor and columnist from 1945 to 1948, the I enjoyed the person I ran against.”
year he graduated with a degree in journal- — Don Evans ’ 80
in
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