division of the N.C. Attorney General’s office. While
living on the N.C. coast, she was a Cape Lookout
National Seashore volunteer. At UNC, she belonged
to Pi Beta Phi and, in law school, was on Law
Review. ◆ Jim N. Perkins (’ 68), 64, of Marshville;
Nov. 17, 2010. Perkins made his career in the insurance and real estate industries.
the political science faculty at Wheaton College,
where he was awarded the Keiter chair for a sabbatical year studying in Florence, Italy. One of his books,
Power, Politics and Participation, is used in college-level political science classes. He was active in
Duxbury town government, serving on numerous
committees, including the board of selectmen.
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’ 69 Fred Parker Baggett (’ 69 AB, ’ 71 JD) of Raleigh has been named legislative counsel for the N.C. Association of
Chiefs of Police. Baggett is a lawyer with Smith
Moore Leatherwood LLP, focusing his practice on
local and state government law and regulation.
■ obituaries
Howard Southerland Boney Jr. (’ 69 BSBA, ’ 73 JD),
63, of Tarboro; April 12, 2011. Boney retired as
chief district attorney for the 7th Judicial District. He
practiced law with the firm of Fountain, Goodwyn &
Boney in Tarboro. At UNC, he served as attorney
general for the law school. ◆ William Jennings
Brooks Jr. (’ 69 BSPHR), 64, of Shelby; May 1, 2011.
Brooks was a pharmacist with Cleveland Healthcare
for almost 40 years. ◆ Lenni William Kangas (’ 69
MSPH), 78, of Iowa City, Iowa; April 7, 2011. Kangas
worked for the U.S. Agency for International
Development in Egypt, India and the Philippines in
population control. After retiring, he continued his
work in the agency’s Africa Bureau, concentrating on
HIV-AIDS prevention and population control. After
returning to the U.S., he and his wife owned an
indoor skateboard park in Iowa City. He served in
the Navy. ◆ David James Vogler (’ 69 PhD), 69, of
Duxbury, Mass.; March 31, 2011. Vogler retired from
;
’ 70 Luther Parks Cochrane (’ 70 AB, ’ 74 JD) of Charleston, S.C., has been elected non-executive chairman of the
board for Ameristar Casinos. Cochrane, chairman
and CEO of BE&K Building Group LLC, is a former
member of the GAA Board of Directors (2001-05). ◆
Mark Campbell Phialas (’ 70, ’ 72 AB; ’ 75 MFA) has
published his debut novel, Who Killed 20G?, a mystery set in the world of sports. Phialas has begun a
sequel, Who Killed Foghorn Feeney?, set in Wilkes
County with elements of MerleFest and moonshine,
and plans a third in the series, to be titled Who
Killed Tarheel Tommy?
■ obituaries
Ronald Charles Denton Sr. (’ 70 AB), 64, of
Morganton; May 19, 2011. Denton was an auctioneer. He served as Scoutmaster with the Cub Scouts
and the Boy Scouts. ◆ Louise Ficklen Folger (’ 70
MSW), 69, of Greenville; April 9, 2011. Before retiring, Folger worked with United Way, first in Charlotte,
then in Greenville. ◆ Wilson Cooper McArthur (’ 70
MS), 74, of Provo, Utah; April 5, 2011. McArthur
taught in the physics department at Utah Valley
University after retiring from the nuclear utility industry with the Tennessee Valley Authority. He served in
the Air Force. ◆ Helen Feagans Smith (’ 70 MSW),
64, of Lynchburg, Va.; May 11, 2011. Smith was a
therapist with Bridges Treatment Center.
■ obituaries
Larry Charles Byers (’ 71 BSBA), 62, of Mooresville;
May 12, 2011. ◆ Mary Kay Eager (’ 71 PhD), 67, of
Durham; March 22, 2011. Eager had worked as a
chaplain and as a hospital lab supervisor. ◆
Stephanie Kruse (’ 71 MRP), 78, of Albuquerque,
N.M.; Nov. 27, 2010. ◆ Dr. Glenn Boyd Lucas (’ 71
AB, ’ 75 DDS), 61, of Katy, Texas; May 3, 2011.
Lucas had a dental practice in Jacinto City, Texas.
He served in the Air Force for 10 years, then joined
the Army Reserve, where he helped operate a dental
clinic in Iraq and was commander of a medical support unit with an Army hospital. At UNC, he belonged
to Sigma Nu. ◆ Richard Henry Mellown (’ 71
MSLS), 65, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; April 14, 2011.
Mellown retired from the University of Georgia library
staff. ◆ Margaret Pitoniak Olson (’ 71 PhD), 68, of
Hartsdale, N. Y.; April 15, 2011. Olson most recently
was an independent consultant for not-for-profits,
school districts and local governments. She had
been assisting New York’s community learning centers with after-school programs. She had been dean
at SUNY’s Empire State College. ◆ Lewis Timothy
Redeker (’ 71 PhD), 67, of Hiawassee, Ga.; Sept.
15, 2010. Redeker retired as a systems engineer
with Hewlett Packard.
Chapel Hill’s
Real Estate Specialist
Since 1986
’ 71 Charles August Gomer III (’ 71 AB) of Richmond, Va., has been named first vice president at Davenport Asset
Management. ◆ J. Rich Leonard (’ 71 AB, ’ 73 MEd)
of Raleigh has received the Robert B. Yegge Award
from the American Bar Association for his career in
judicial administration, including the development of
electronic case filing and public access systems,
and making digital audio recordings of proceedings
available over the Internet. Leonard is a bankruptcy
judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern
District of N.C. ◆ Roger Lee Perry Sr. (’ 71, ’ 74 AB)
of Chapel Hill joined members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce in realizing a
record-breaking three-day membership drive, Super-Powering Our Economy. Perry is president and a
managing partner in East West Partners Management Co. ◆ Blair Aldridge Ruble (’ 71 AB) of Washington, D.C., has received the 2011 Humanities
Scholar in Public Policy Award from the Humanities
Council of Washington for the publication of his
book, Washington’s U Street, A Biography. The book
chronicles the African-American heritage and explosion of creativity in the area around Shaw, Adams
Morgan, Dupont Circle and Columbia Heights. ◆
John Douglas Swofford (’ 71 AB) of Greensboro has
received the 2011 James J. Corbett Memorial Award
from the National Association of Collegiate Directors
of Athletics. Swofford, in his 14th year as ACC commissioner, also has received an honorary degree
from the Sports Management Institute. In June,
Swofford was named a Father of the Year by the
Greater Greensboro Area Father’s Day Council.
’ 72 Dr. Edward Harris Wagner (’ 72 MPH) of Seattle has received the 2011 William B. Graham Prize for Health
Services Research, funded by the Baxter International Foundation and managed by the Association
of University Programs in Health Administration.
Wagner is a professor of health services at the University of Washington School of Public Health and
director of the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation at the Group Health Research Institute of
Group Health Cooperative.
’ 73 Charles Franklin Blackburn Jr. (’ 73) of Raleigh, T. James Dickerson Jr. (’ 73 AB, ’80 MSLS) and Steven William
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Michael
Moseley (’ 74
AB), 58, of
Kinston; June
6, 2011.
Moseley was
director of the
N.C. Division
of Mental
Health
Developmental
Disabilities
and Substance
Abuse
Services.
Previously, he was director of the Caswell
Center, a state facility for those with severe
developmental disabilities. He had worked in
N.C.’s mental health system since 1976 and
received numerous awards for his service. At
UNC, he was in Glee Club. As an alumnus, he
was chair of the Black Alumni Reunion,
received the Harvey Beech Outstanding
Alumni Award and served on UNC’s Board of
Visitors.
