Carolina Alumni Review - November/December 2009

in the Air Force during the Korean War. At UNC, he was a cheerleader. u Winfred Taylor (’ 56), 74, of Lumberton; July 28, 2008. Taylor was a retired real estate agent. He was an Army veteran. u Gerard Francis Tempest (’ 51 AB), 91, of Durham; July 26, 2009. Tempest was a portrait artist, sculptor and architect who coined the term “abstract spiritualism” to describe his “landscapes of the mind’s eye.” His first exhibit was at the N.C. Museum of Art. He was commissioned by the Vatican to paint a portrait of Pope Gregory I. He left his mark on Chapel Hill by designing and building Villa Teo restaurant, which is now Whitehall Antiques. He served in the Army in WWII and received the Bronze Star. u Jeanne Tillman (’ 50 BSLS), 84, of Greenwood, S.C.; July 25, 2009. Tillman retired as head librarian at Webber International University in Babson Park, Fla. She also had been a law librarian at Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia. u Stephen Asbury Trimble (’ 55 AB), 76, of Washington, D.C.; Aug. 5, 2009. Trimble, a lawyer, retired as a senior partner from the Washington firm of Hamilton and Hamilton. He was an officer of many professional associations, including serving as president of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. He served in the Marine Corps. At UNC, he played men’s lacrosse and was in NROTC, Order of the Old Well, Scabbard & Blade and Phi Delta Theta. u James Hatton Wahab (’ 50 MA, ’ 51 PhD), 88, of West Columbia, S.C.; July 8, 2009. Wahab was a mathematician who taught at a number of colleges and universities, most recently at Rollins College and the University of North Florida. He also had a long tenure at the University of South Carolina, where he served as department chair. He was active in the Mathematical Association of America, twice serving as chair of the Southeastern section. He served in the Army Air Corps in WWII as a radar officer. u Joseph Theodore White (’ 56 AB), 75, of Gahanna, Ohio; July 17, 2009. White served 21 years in the Air Force and was in the Vietnam War. He then worked for Ohio’s department of human services. At UNC, he belonged to AFROTC and Alpha Phi Omega and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. u Christine Peeler Whitton (’ 55), 74, of Salisbury; Aug. 13, 2009. Whitton owned a gift shop, though her major contributions were as a volunteer, working for many organizations. Two achievements were preservation of the Salisbury historic train depot and establishment of the Waterworks Visual Arts Center. She served on the GAA Board of Directors. She belonged to Chi Omega. u James Millard Williams (’ 50), 93, of Butner; July 23, 2008. Williams, a retired carpenter, was an Army veteran of WWII. u J. Rush Wilson Jr. (’ 50), 82, of Greenville, S.C.; Aug. 28, 2009. Wilson was founder of clothing stores in Davidson and Greenville, S.C. He was a past president of Rotary Club and Lions Club. He served in the Marine Corps and for many years in the N.C. Air National Guard. At UNC, he belonged to AFROTC. u Rachel Dunnagan Woodard (’ 59 MEd), 94, of Whiteville; Aug. 7, 2009. Woodward retired as Whiteville city schools supervisor of instruction. She received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Mexico. She was a former president of the Whiteville Business and Professional Women’s Club. u David Holland Woodson (’ 52), 79, of West Palm Beach, Fla.; Feb. 7, 2009. Woodson retired from a construction company and specialized in bridge projects. He served in the Navy in the ’50s. u Robert Terry Young (’ 57 AB), 74, of Lake Wylie, S.C.; Aug. 31, 2009. Young most recently served as associate pastor of River Hills Community Church in Lake Wylie, but much of his

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