coach in UF’s history and was a three-time
Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year. He
served in the Navy in WWII. u Dr. John Watt Girard
Jr. (’ 50 BSCOM, ’ 55 DDS, ’ 57 MSORT), 85, of
Hendersonville; Sept. 22, 2009. Girard, a retired den-
tist, practiced orthodontics in Asheville and
Henderson for 48 years. He was involved in many
professional organizations, including serving as presi-
dent of the UNC Dental Alumni Association. In WWII,
he was in the Army and received the Purple Heart. At
UNC, he belonged to Chi Psi and student govern-
ment. u Dr. Charles Jacob Hartsell Jr. (’ 54 AB), 77,
of Southern Pines; Aug. 30, 2009. Hartsell retired
after 40 years as the first staff anesthesiologist at
Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. He served in
the Navy as chief of anesthesia at the Charleston
Naval Hospital. At UNC, he was a member of Theta
Chi, Kappa Sigma and men’s gymnastics. u
Marshall Del Haywood Jr. (’ 57), 79, of Raleigh; Sept.
19, 2009. Haywood’s second career was as a mort-
gage banker and a real estate inspector. He spent
more than 20 years in the Marine Corps and served
in the Navy in the Korean War. u Henry Mills
Higgins (’ 59), 76, of Atlanta; Nov. 1, 2008. Higgins
retired as a salesman. He was a sharpshooter with
the Army in the Korean War. u Carlos Jose Hilburg
(’ 50 MSSE), 85, of Lima, Peru; March 30, 2009.
Hilburg retired from the World Health Organization. u
Elizabeth Jerome Holder (’ 55 MSLS), 95, of Chapel
Hill; Oct. 19, 2009. Holder retired as reference librari-
an at UNC-Greensboro. She was a volunteer at the
Greensboro Historical Museum and received the
Governor’s Volunteer Service Award. u E. Graham
Holloway (’ 52), 79, of Georgetown, Texas; Oct. 4,
Adventures in Ideas
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JAN. 29 – 30 ; The Greatest Stories Rarely
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MAR. 4 – 5 ; Being Jewish in the
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FEB. 5 – 6 ; From Slavery to Freedom:
African-American History and Culture
MAR. 19 – 20 ; Oscar Wilde and
the Importance of Being Earnest
(Featuring a PlayMakers Repertory Production)
FEB. 13 ; The Crusades: War and
Peace in Medieval Europe
MAR. 27 ; The Vietnam War:
New History, Old Ghosts
FEB. 20 ; World War II as a Global
Conflict (A Distinguished Scholar Seminar
with Gerhard L. Weinberg)
FEB. 27 ; Making Sense of Ourselves:
Perspectives from Science and the
Humanities
APR. 16 – 17 ; The Spinoza Project:
A Case Study in the Separation of
Church and State (Featuring the musical
“Searching for Spinoza”)
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Celebration
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2009. Holloway was chair of American Funds Service
Co. and senior vice president of Capital Research
and Management. He served in the Air Force in the
Korean War and then became manager of the outdoor drama Unto These Hills. He was involved in a
number of philanthropic organizations. u Calvin
Edward “Pete” Hudgins Sr. (’ 50 BSCOM), 84, of
Charlotte; Oct. 19, 2009. Hudgins retired as an
accountant for the Kraft Dairy Group. He was a WWII
Army veteran. u Max Phillip Icenhour (’ 57), 78, of
Cary; Oct. 12, 2009. Icenhour served with the Army
in the Korean War. u Donald Clyde Iseley (’ 52 MEd),
87, of Burlington; Oct. 19, 2009. Iseley retired as a
teacher and administrator of vocational education for
the Alamance County schools. He was an Army veteran of WWII. u Jennie Lynn Jamison (’ 54 AB), 76, of
Charlotte; Sept. 21, 2009. Jamison was a watercolorist who had a show in Washington, D.C. At UNC,
she was a feature writer for The Daily Tar Heel,
belonged to Pi Beta Phi and was on May Court. u
Frances Fox Kepchar (’ 50), 81, of Danville, Va.; Oct.
22, 2008. Kepchar was a musician and artist. In
addition to teaching piano lessons for many years,
she helped with her church’s children’s music program and sang in the chancel choir. As an artist, she
had several solo and group exhibits. Her paintings
hang in a number of medical centers, banks and
other public buildings. u Dr. Daniel Philmon Lawing
(’ 58 AB, ’ 62 MD), 76, of Lincolnton; Oct. 1, 2009.
Lawing was a general practitioner in Lincolnton for
35 years. He also was a trustee of Lincoln Medical
Center. He served in the Navy. u Johnny Hayden Lee
(’ 58 MEd), 76, of Columbia, S.C.; Sept. 13, 2009.
Lee was an educator, administrator and coach. He
was superintendent of schools for Dorchester County
schools. u Edgar Love III (’ 52 BSBA), 78, of
Charlotte; Oct. 14, 2009. A lawyer, Love specialized
in international law with the firm that is now K&L
Gates. He was the first chair of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Historic Properties Commission. He
served in the Navy. As an alumnus, he was chair of
the Mecklenburg Morehead Scholarship Committee
and served on the UNC Board of Visitors. At UNC, he
graduated Phi Beta Kappa and belonged to the
debate team, Order of Golden Fleece, Order of the
Grail and Kappa Alpha Order. u Frederick Allen
Masten (’ 51, ’ 52 BSBA), 83, of Winston-Salem; Oct.
25, 2009. Masten retired as an accountant for
Lucent Technologies. He served in the Army’s financial department in Seoul during the Korean War. u
Robert Glenn McMillan (’ 52), 76, of Knoxville, Tenn.;
Dec. 2, 2008. McMillan was a statistical consultant
following 32 years as a statistician in Oak Ridge. He
was president of the Knox County Tennessee Right to
Life and was also treasurer of the state organization.
u Arnold Lawrence McPeters (’ 50 BSCH, ’ 54 PhD),
84, of Raleigh; Sept. 19, 2009. McPeters worked in
Research Triangle Park as a research chemist for
Chemstrand and Monsanto. After he retired, he
worked as a science researcher at N.C. State
University. He served in the Navy in WWII. At UNC, he
belonged to Alpha Chi Sigma. u H. Douglas Neal
(’ 52, ’ 54 BSBA), 82, of Morganton; Sept. 18, 2009.
Neal retired after more than 25 years as a hospital
administrator. He was a Navy veteran. u Thurman
Quinton “Tim” Owens Jr. (’ 59 BSPHR), 73, of
Whiteville; Jan. 20, 2009. Owens had a 40-year
career as a pharmacist in Whiteville. He served on
the board of education for 12 years, seven of those
as chair. At UNC, he belonged to Kappa Psi. u
Robert Stewart Patterson (’ 57 BSBA), 78, of
