Carolina Alumni Review - September/October 2009

at UNC, belonged to Sigma Chi. u William Dula Tuttle Sr. (’ 55 MEd), 94, of Maiden; April 29, 2009. Tuttle retired after 33 years of teaching at Lenoir-Rhyne College. He was co-founder and past president of the Balls Creek Lions Club. He was a veteran of WWII. u Dr. William Matthew Vinson (’ 51 BSMED, ’ 54 MD), 79, of Concord, Calif.; Nov. 6, 2008. Vinson retired as a physician and surgeon who specialized in internal medicine, with particular interest in hematology and allergies. u Waits Artemus “Teamie” West (’ 50 BSPHR), 81, of Roseboro; June 17, 2009. West retired as a pharmacist. He was president of the N.C. Pharmaceutical Association and named the 1991 N.C. Pharmacist of the Year. He served in the Navy in WWII as a medic. At UNC, he belonged to Phi Delta Chi and Glee Club and was president of the Pharmacy School student body in 1950. u Harriet Jones “Cammy” White (’ 58), 72, of Sterling, Va.; March 9, 2009. White was a faculty member and counselor at Northern Virginia Community College.

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’ 60 Vaughn Douglas Bryson (’ 60 BSPHR) of Vero Beach, Fla., has been elected to the board of Elan Corp., a neuroscience-based biotechnology company. Bryson, former president and CEO of Eli Lilly

& Co., is a member of the

GAA Board of Directors.

u James E. Holshouser

Jr. (’ 60 LLB) of Pinehurst and Donna Irving Lambeth (’ 60 AB) of Winston-Salem have been named to the honorary board of the Conservation Trust for North Carolina, an organization that provides support to 24 local land trusts and works with direct land protection along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Holshouser, a former N.C. governor and a member of Sanford Holshouser LLP, also has received the North Caroliniana Society Award for extraordinary contributions to the historical and cultural heritage of North Carolina. u Shelby Dean Stephenson (’ 60 AB) of Benson has published a new collection of poems, Family Matters. The genesis of the book was Stephenson’s discovery of the sale by his great-great-grandfather of a slave girl, July, for $413.25, registered in the Johnston County Court in 1851. In the poem, Stephenson addresses July and imagines her life.

; obituaries

Lemuel Franklin Blitz (’ 60 PhD), 89, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; June 13, 2009. Blitz retired as professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama. In addition to teaching in Florida, South Carolina and Nigeria, he organized many workshops and conferences to help local and state governments. He was a bomber pilot in the Army Air Corps in WWII. He survived two crashes and evaded capture after being shot down over occupied Belgium. u Hurley W. Campbell (’ 60 MEd), 89, of Indian Trail; May 24, 2009. Campbell retired from teaching in Indianapolis. He was an Air Force veteran of WWII. u Lawrence Derrick Connor Jr. (’ 60), 84, of Burlington; April 4, 2009. Connor was assistant city manager of Burlington. He put in place the city’s first land-use plan, which continues to be used. In WWII, he served in the Army Air Force and, in the Korean War, in the Navy. He was a master gardener. u Charles Duffy Koonce Jr. (’ 60 AB), 70, of Austin, Texas; April 3, 2009. Koonce was co-owner of a real estate company. u Ivey Talmage Poole Jr. (’ 60 AB), 75, of Smithfield, Va.; April 30, 2009. He was the founder of Austin House Jewelry and designed and sold custom jewelry to a variety of outlets. His last

Class of ’60:

May 7–9, 2010 50 Reunionth

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