’ 85 Karen Culbreth Cameron (’ 85 ABEd) of Indian Trail has been named 2008-09 Teacher of the Year for Fairview Elementary School in Monroe, where she teaches fifth grade.
u Carol Sue Humphrey (’ 85 PhD) of Shawnee, Okla.,
has received the Distinguished Teaching Award from
Oklahoma Baptist University, where she is a history
professor, specializing in Colonial-era newspapers. u
Joy Edith Paige (’ 85 BSIR) of Charlotte has been
named vice president of institutional advancement
at Johnson C. Smith University. u William Lofton
Turner (’ 85 ABJO) of Nashville, Tenn., has been
named professor of human and organizational development at Vanderbilt University. Turner will hold the
Betts Chair of Education and Human Development in
the Peabody College of Education and Human
Development.
; obituaries
James Boyd Alexander (’ 85 JD), 52, of Clarion, Pa.;
Jan. 26, 2009. Alexander practiced law with his
father, under the firm name Alexander, Alexander,
Troese and Seidle. He was an active supporter of the
Clarion Hospital Foundation and the Pet and Animal
Welfare Society. u Keith Brian Graham (’ 85 BSMS),
46, of Kannapolis; June 20, 2009. Graham worked
as a data storage account representative.
’ 86 Dr. Charles Bennett Cairns (’ 86 MD) of Chapel Hill has been named associ- ate director of the National Institutes of
Health U.S. Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group.
Cairns is professor and chair of emergency medicine
at the UNC School of Medicine. u Thomas Caldecot
Chubb III (’ 86 AB) of Atlanta has been named president of Oxford Industries, an international apparel
design, sourcing and marketing company. Oxford’s
brands include Tommy Bahama, Ben Sherman,
Arnold Brant, Ely & Walker and Oxford Golf. u
Robert Edward Johnson Jr. (’ 86 JD) of Atlanta has
formed the Johnson Legal Group. The firm assists
clients with corporate and employment law, commercial litigation and employee benefits litigation. u
Jane Brown Peace (’ 86 BSN, ’ 92 MSN) of Chapel
Hill has completed a doctorate in nursing with a
minor in computer science at the University of Wis-consin-Madison. Peace recently began a postdoctoral fellowship at the UNC School of Nursing. u
Deborah Lynn Stroman (’ 86 MA) of Chapel Hill has
been named one of nine members of the search
committee that will select the next executive director
of the N.C. High School Athletic Association. Stroman, a lecturer in exercise and sport science, is an
academic adviser at UNC.
; family addition
Robert Edward Johnson Jr. (’ 86 JD) and Meekyung
Lee Johnson of Atlanta; a daughter, Hannah Dorothy
Johnson, on March 12, 2009.
; obituaries
Steven Bainbridge Carter (’ 86 BSIR), 45, of
Wilmington; June 8, 2009. Carter was a claims
manager for an insurance company. He was an
Army veteran. At UNC, he played football as a walk-on and belonged to Alpha Tau Omega. u Carmen
Schindel Fix (’ 86 MSW), 77, of Eden; June 13,
2009. Fix retired from Southern Virginia Health
Institute. Among her church activities, she was a lay
minister, senior warden and delegate to the state
convention.
’ 87 Dr. Brent Evans Larson (’ 87 MS) of Rochester, Minn., has been elected to represent the Midwestern Society of
Orthodontists on the board of trustees of the American Association of Orthodontists. Larson is the
orthodontic division director and associate professor of orthodontics in the University of Minnesota
School of Dentistry and has a private practice. u
William Page Steed (’ 87, ’ 86 EdD) of Advance has
been selected to serve as one of nine members on
the search committee that will select the next executive director of the N.C. High School Athletic Association. Steed is a former president of the association (1995-97) and a retired superintendent of
Davie County schools. u Stanley Thomas Wearden
(’ 87 PhD) of Kent, Ohio, has been named dean of
the College of Communication and Information at
Kent State University. Wearden was formerly director of Kent State’s School of Communication Studies.
; marriage
Dr. Gordon Early Jr. (’ 87 MD, ’ 96 MPH) and Lee
Willis of Spartanburg, S.C.
; obituaries
William Denis Popper (’ 87 AB), 48, of Chapel Hill;
April 21, 2009. Popper volunteered in area environmental causes and at Weaver Street Market in
Carrboro. As a UNC student, he was active in the
Campus Y and Carolina Union. u Dr. Lewis John
Turner III (’ 87 AB), 44, of Jeffersonton, Va.; April 6,
2009. At UNC, he belonged to Alpha Tau Omega.
’ 88 Richard Jones Archie (’ 88 AB, ’ 91 JD) of Kinston has been named vice chairman of the Council of the Real Property Section of the N.C. Bar Association. Archie practices with
White & Allen PA, concentrating in the areas of business and real estate law. u Bart Allen Dredge (’ 88
MA, ’ 94 PhD) of Sherman, Texas, has been named a
2009 Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper
Foundation of Texas. Dredge is an associate professor of sociology and chair of the department of sociology and anthropology at Austin College. His
research focuses on labor in the American South,
especially the Southern textile industry prior to World
War II. u Samuel Stoy Gregory III (’ 88 AB) of Landis
has been awarded the Queen City Optimist Club Law
Enforcement Officer of the Year Award for 2009. As
an assistant special agent in charge, Gregory oversees the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation operations in Rowan and Stanly counties, specializing in
major drug and organized-crime investigations. u
William Edward “Ned” Manning Jr. (’ 88 BSBA, ’ 91
JD) of Kinston has received the Harold L. Gum Service Award from the N.C. State Bar in recognition of
his service as chairman of the real property specialization committee. Manning practices with White &
Allen PA, concentrating in real estate and business
law. u Robert Sidney Martin (’ 88 PhD) of Dallas has
received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Library and Information Sciences Alumni Society of
the University of North Texas. Martin retired as a professor and Lillian Bradshaw Endowed Chair in the
School of Library and Information sciences at Texas
Woman’s University.
; marriage
Douglas Alan Venema (’ 88) and Kirsten Anne
Gardner (’ 91 AB) of Chapel Hill.
