sor in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication for the 2010 spring semester. Hopkins is
a professor of communication at Virginia Tech, the
author of articles and books on free-speech topics, a
founding member of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council and a board member and
past president of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government. u Mary Dobbin Long (’ 74 BFA) of Lenoir
joined Roberts Edgar “Bob” Timberlake (’ 59 BSIR)
in the contribution of work for a mini-auction to benefit Hospice/ACC. u De Witt Frank “Mac” McCarley
(’ 74 AB, ’ 77 JD) of Charlotte has been elected president of the International Municipal Lawyers Association. McCarley has been Charlotte city attorney
since 1994. u J. Franklin McNair IV (’ 74 AB) of
Winston-Salem has published 119 Incredible Lessons for Leadership Success. McNair is senior partner in the consulting firm McNair & McNair. u Don
R. Vaughan (’ 74 AB) of Greensboro has completed
his first term as the N.C. state senator from Greensboro.
Terence Blanchard, trumpet FEB 26 Soweto Gospel Choir JAN 17
www.carolinaperformingarts.org STREB:Brave FEB 19/20
CAROLINA
PERFORMING
ARTS
’ 75 Gerald William Barrax (’ 75) of Raleigh as received the North Carolina Award for Literature. Barrax is professor
emeritus in the department of English at N.C.
State University, former editor of Obsidian II, and
poetry editor of Callaloo. His poetry volume, Leaning
Against the Sun, was nominated for both a Pulitzer
Prize and the National Book Award. u Evelyn
Dove-Coleman (’ 75 AB, ’ 78 JD) of Kinston has been
named Neuse district director of the N.C. division of
the National Day of Prayer. Dove-Coleman is an
author and the founder of Pathchoice, a role model
program that brings speakers to the Hargraves Center in Chapel Hill to encourage youth to choose a
path in life that is drug-free, crime-free and illiteracy-free.
; marriage
Arden Andrews Stewart (’ 75) and Alan Tulip of
Winchester, England.
; obituary
Gary Neil Aaron (’ 75 BSBA), 56, of Winston-Salem;
Oct. 5, 2009. Aaron was a self-employed businessman
and craftsman. He was active in his church and played
trumpet in the Moravian band, beginning at age 9.
JANUARY 2010
10 Down by the Riverside – The Blind
Boys of Alabama and Preservation
Hall Jazz Band
15 Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance
Company – Fondly Do We Hope…
Fervently Do We Pray
17 Soweto Gospel Choir
29 the break/s – Marc Bamuthi Joseph
FEBRUARY 2010
9 Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
12/13 The Shipment – Young Jean Lee
Theater Company
15 Tinariwen
19/20 STREB:Brave
26 Terence Blanchard, trumpet
All performances at Memorial Hall
on the UNC campus
’ 76 W. Robert Bizzell (’ 76 BSPHR) of Kin- ston has been named chair of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission. Bizzell is
president and CEO of Realo Discount Drug Stores
Inc. u J. Wade Harrison (’ 76 AB, ’ 79 JD) of Burlington has received a 2009 Citizen Lawyer Award from
the N.C. Bar Association and the Citizen Lawyer Task
Force. Harrison is managing partner of Wishart, Norris, Henninger & Pittman PA. He is past chair of the
NCBA Family Law Section and past president of the
Alamance Bar Association. u Chancy McLean Kapp
(’ 76 AB) of Raleigh has been named to the board of
the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County.
Kapp is a freelance PR/media consultant. u
Musette Sprunt Morgan (’ 76 ABEd) of Memphis,
Tenn., has received the Distinguished Leadership
Award from the UNC School of Education. Morgan
was a clinical instructor at Memphis State University
and has served on the Tennessee State Board of
Education. She and her husband, Allen Benners
Morgan Jr. (’ 65 AB), established the James Yadkin
Joyner Fund in Educational Policy at UNC. They are
