The largest number yet of recipients of the Faculty Service Award, given since 1990, attended
the GAA dinner: from left, with award year, H.G. Jones (1990), Joseph Ferrell ’ 60 (2011), Jack
Evans (2005), Bert Kaplan ’ 53 (MSPA, ’ 62 PhD) (1999), Shelley Earp III ’ 70 (MD) (2010), Jane
Brown (2006), George Lensing Jr. (2007), Dick Richardson (1994), William Leuchtenburg (2001),
Ruel Tyson Jr. (2000), Joe Templeton (2012), James Peacock (1998) and Jim Johnson Jr. (2009).
Recent recipients of the GAA award
include Joseph S. Ferrell ’ 60, secretary of
the faculty; Dr. H. Shelton “Shelley” Earp
III ’ 70 (MD), director of UNC’s
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
and a professor of pharmacology and medi-
cine; business Professor James H. “Jim”
Johnson Jr.; and former law school dean
and faculty chair Judith W. Wegner. ;
Ballots for electing new members to
the UNC General Alumni Association
Board of Directors were mailed with the
January/February Review to all dues-paid
members as of Jan. 1. Carolina couples
received a double ballot. All members are
eligible and encouraged to vote in each
race, including races representing areas
of the country other than where the
member lives.
Completed ballots must be received
at the George Watts Hill Alumni
Center, P.O. Box 660, Chapel Hill, N.C.
27514-0660 no later than March 31.
Facsimile replies are not accepted.
Chair for 2012-13, Eric Montross ’ 94,
who was elected last year as chair-elect
by the Board of Directors, and those
elected from the 2012 ballot will assume
office at the Annual Alumni Luncheon
in Chapel Hill on Saturday, May 12.
The annual meeting of the GAA is
scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. April 14 at
the George Watts Hill Alumni Center.
GAA Board Elections,
Annual Meeting Set
