’ 96 Kelly Tucker Griffin (’ 96) of Fuquay- Varina has been named product sales director for Girl Scouts – N.C. Coastal
Pines. Griffin is responsible for the cookie sale program and the fall product sale. ◆ Kris Pratt (’ 96
ABEd) of Fletcher has received the Archie Vernon
and Margaret Wannamaker Huff Faculty Prize from
Spartanburg Methodist College, where he is a professor of religion.
■ family addition
Lecil Shamel Sullivan (’ 96 AB) and Matthew W.
Sullivan of Charlotte; a son, Jacob Todd Sullivan, on
July 11, 2010.
’97 Dr. Deverick John Anderson (’97 BSBIO, ’07 MPH) of Chapel Hill has received a Community Choice Award
from QuantiaMD for his presentations on infectious
diseases and infection control. Anderson is an
assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases and the department of medicine at Duke
University Medical Center. ◆ Natalie Knorr Best
(’97 ABJM) of Raleigh has been promoted to executive vice president with French/West/Vaughan, a
public relations, public affairs and brand communications agency. ◆ Cameron Brant Hight (’97 BSBA)
of Charlotte has authored an eight-part series of
articles, The 8 Mistakes Money Managers Make,
published by the online magazine Institutional
Investor, www.iimagazine.com. Hight is founder and
CEO of Alpha Theory, portfolio management software. ◆ Dr. Lacy Chadwick Hobgood (’97 AB, ’03
MD) of Winterville has been named a clinical assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at the
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Hobgood has been named a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics. ◆ Julie Ann Roberts (’97 AB) of
Belmont has started a new business, Etiquette
Edge, offering classes in skills from telephone and
dining etiquette to fashion knowledge. The classes
are geared for children from first through 12th
grades. ◆ Brent Wayne Walker (’97 MA) of Champaign, Ill., has been elected scientific program division head for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Walker is an associate professor at Eastern
Illinois University.
■ marriage
Dr. Dana Catherine Backlund (’97 BSBIO, ’03 MD)
and William Summer Cardin of Nashville, Tenn.
Backlund has been named an assistant professor of
medicine in the division of medical oncology at
Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
■ family additions
Leslee Miller Basinger (’97 AB) and Jason Andrew
Basinger of Mooresville; a daughter, Annabelle Dixie
Basinger, on Oct. 15, 2010. ◆ Kathleen Knittel
Hartman (’97 BSBA) and Kale John David Hartman
(’97 BSBA, ’98 MAC) of High Point; a son, Gavin
Kale Hartman, on Sept. 1, 2010.
■ obituaries
Nicole Grace-Ann Major (’97 AB), 39, of Belews
Creek; Sept. 22, 2010. Major worked as a certified
nursing assistant with several assisted-living centers
and as a teacher in schools in Alamance, Guilford,
Wayne and Forsyth counties. She also worked with
retail stores to prevent shoplifting. ◆ Alan Ryan
Moore (’97 BSASC), 35, of Charlotte; Oct. 30,
2010. Moore was an IT specialist with Wachovia/
Wells Fargo. At UNC, he was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa and belonged to Alpha Phi Omega. ◆ James
Crenshaw Shepard (’97 PhD), 70, of Montgomery,
Ala.; Sept. 19, 2010. Shepard was associate professor of French and Spanish at Talladega College
and other colleges and universities.
’98 Lillian Emma Craton (’98 AB) of Water- loo, S.C., has received the Young Fac- ulty Scholar Award from Lander University, where she is a professor of English. Craton was
recognized for her work on the imagery of odd bodies in Victorian literature and the publication of the
book The Victorian Freak Show: The Significance of
Disability and Physical Differences in 19th-Century
Fiction. ◆ Katherine Ann Frye (’98 AB) of Raleigh
has begun teaching at Solo Practice University, offering the course “Child Custody: Start to Finish … is
there an end?” in fall 2010. Frye practices with the
law firm she founded, Frye Law Offices PA, specializing in all aspects of family law. ◆ Wendy Webster
Gooch (’98 MSA) of Burlington has been named
Principal of the Year for the Alamance-Burlington
school system. Gooch is principal at Smith Elementary School in Burlington. ◆ Lisa Ann Napp (’98
MSA, ’08 EdD) of Hillsborough has been named
2011 Wachovia Principal of the Year for Orange
County schools. Napp is principal at Efland-Cheeks
Elementary School.
■ marriage
Alexander Buchanan Stubbs (’98 AB) and Meredith
Rebecca Katz (’01 AB) of Winston-Salem.
■ family additions
Heidi Bartel Gibbons (’98 AB) and Adam Daniel
Gibbons of Geneva, Ill.; a son, Tobias Clarke
Gibbons, on June 18, 2010. ◆ Jeanine Hogrefe
Hightower (’98 AB) and Kenneth Nelson Hightower
(’ 93 AB, ’02 PhD) of New York; a daughter, Laurel
Claire Hightower, on Aug. 12, 2010. ◆ Natalie
Strickland Maness (’98 AB) and Brian Sidney
Maness of Pleasant Garden; twins, a daughter,
Sydney Elizabeth Maness, and a son, Jacob Everett
Maness, on May 24, 2010.
■ obituary
La Tosha Britt-Harris (’98), 34, of Wilson; Sept. 2,
2010. Britt-Harris, who had a nursing degree, was a
physician’s assistant at the Nash Rehabilitation and
Nursing Center in Rocky Mount.
’99 Archie Wilson Ervin (’99 PhD) of Atlanta has been named the inaugural vice president for institute diversity at
the Georgia Institute of Technology. Ervin’s career at
UNC began in 1986 when he was appointed assis-
tant to the vice chancellor for university affairs;
most recently he served as UNC’s associate provost
for diversity and multicultural affairs. ◆ Travis Earl
Lewis (’99 BSPSY, ’00 MEd) of Ayden has received
a doctorate in educational leadership from East Car-
olina University. Lewis was honored as author of an
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper by the South-
ern Regional Council on Educational Administration
for his paper Educational Leadership and Student
Services: The Effect of Student Services Staffing
Ratios on Student Achievement and Dropout Preven-
tion. He is executive director for student services for
Pitt County schools. ◆ J. Allen Mogridge (’99 AB) of
Durham has been named recruiting coordinator for
the UNC football team. Mogridge, formerly tight ends
coach, will continue to serve as special teams coor-
dinator. He played football for the Tar Heels. Lisa
Rupchis Szykman (’99 PhD) of Williamsburg, Va.,
has received an Alumni Fellowship Award from the
William & Mary Alumni Association. Szykman, an
associate professor of marketing in the Mason
School of Business at William & Mary, studies social
marketing.
■ family additions
Hannah Bissette Baublitz (’99 AB) and James
Christopher Baublitz of Cary; a daughter, Anne
Bissette Baublitz, on July 12, 2010. ◆ J. Casey
Hadden (’99 BSMS) and Gillian Jones Hadden (’00
AB) of Chapel Hill; a daughter, Violet Camille
Hadden, on Aug. 16, 2010. ◆ Christina Ryder
Inners (’99 AB) and Timothy James Inners of East
Fallowfield, Pa.; a daughter, Catherine Maud Inners,
on Oct. 1, 2010. ◆ Travis Earl Lewis (’99 BSPSY,
’00 MEd) and Jennifer Bernhard Lewis (’00 MEd) of
Ayden; a son, Liam Michael Lewis, on Aug. 7, 2010.
■ obituary
Bridger Jay “Bjay” Smith (’99 AB), 37, of Pinehurst;
Sept. 13, 2010. Smith taught science labs at
Sandhills Community College. Earlier in his career,
he served a two-year mission for the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a Boy
Scout leader and an Eagle Scout.
’00 Tony Billie Watlington (’00 MSA, ’08 EdD) of Greensboro has been named strategic planning and project management officer for Guilford County schools. Watlington
oversees implementation of the district’s strategic
plan and manages Race to the Top funding for the
district.
■ marriages
Nicole Denise Forbes (’00 BSBA) and Emmerson
Phillips of Quincy, Mass. ◆ Cory Adam Van Belois
(’00 ABJM) and Aline Lima of Raleigh.
■ family additions
Gillian Jones Hadden (’00 AB) and J. Casey
Hadden (’99 BSMS) of Chapel Hill; a daughter,
Violet Camille Hadden, on Aug. 16, 2010. ◆
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