In Memoriam
2009

Walter Russell Benson

Professor Emeritus, Pathology; M.D., 1944 (Duke University). Appointed 1956, died December 10, 2008.

Nancy Bates Boone

Associate Librarian Emerita, University Library; M.S., 1954 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); B.A., 1951 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); A.A., 1949 (St. Genevieve College). Appointed 1953, died January 12, 2009.

Samuel Moyle Boone

Librarian Emeritus; M.L.S., 1964 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); A.B., 1949 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Appointed 1952, died May 5, 2008.

Wayne A. Bowers

Professor Emeritus, Physics; Ph.D., 1943 (Cornell University); A.B., 1938 (Oberlin College). Appointed 1947, died August 28, 2008.

John O. Calmore

Professor Emeritus, Law; J.D., 1971 (Harvard University); B.A., 1967 (Stanford University). Appointed 1997, died February 24, 2009.

Ernest Craige

Henry A. Foscue Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cardiology; M.D., 1943 (Harvard University); B.A., 1939 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Appointed 1952, died January 24, 2009.

Ernest Ludwig Eliel

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus, Chemistry; Ph.D., 1948 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); A.M., 1939 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); B.A., 1937 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Appointed 1974, died July 31, 2008.

Christopher Columbus Fordham III

Professor Emeritus, Medicine, and VI Chancellor;M.D., 1951 (Harvard University). Appointed 1971; Chancellor 1980-1988, died August 14, 2008.

Nelson George Hairston

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biology and Ecology Emeritus; Ph.D., 1948 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); A.M., 1939 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); B.A., 1937 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Appointed 1974, died July 31, 2008.

Robert Don Higginbotham

Dowd Distinguished Professor Emeritus, History: Ph.D., 1959 (Duke University); M.A., 1954 (University of Washington); A.B., 1953 (University of Washington). Appointed 1967, died June 22, 2008.

Mary Rush Ishaq

Associate Librarian Emerita; M.A., 1967 (University of Minnesota); B.A., 1960 (University of Minnesota). Appointed 1969, died June 9, 2008.

Robert P. Kusy

Professor Emeritus, Dentistry and Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D., 1973 (Drexel College); M.S., 1971 (Drexel College); B.S., 1969 (WPI). Appointed 1972, died Feb. 6, 2008.

William Frederick Little

Kenan Professor Emeritus, Chemistry; Ph.D., 1954 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); M.A., 1952 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); B.S., 1950 (Lenoir-Rhyne College). Appointed 1957, died February 27, 2009.

Barry H. Margolin

Professor Emeritus,  Biostatistics; Ph.D., 1967 (Harvard University); B.S., 1963 (City University of New York City College). Appointed 1987, died January 28, 2009.

Michelle L. Mayer

Research Assistant Professor,Health Policy and Management; Ph.D., 1997 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); M.P.H., 1992 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); B.S., 1990 (The University of Pennsylvania). Appointed 2001, died October 11, 2008.

Jerrold Orne

Professor Emeritus, School of Information and Library Science, 1972-76; University Librarian, 1957-72; B.S., 1940 (The University of Minnesota); Ph.D., 1939 (University of Chicago); Cert., 1935, (Paris Sorbonne); M.A., 1933 (The University of Minnesota); B.A., 1932 (The University of Minnesota)

Ralph Penniall

Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Nutrition; Ph.D., 1953 (University of Iowa); M.S., 1950 (University of Iowa); B.A., 1947 (Knox College). Appointed 1958, died June 30, 2008.

Joanne E. Roberts

Professor Emerita, Dentistry; D.D.S., 1943 (Emory University); Appointed 1950, died September 9, 2008.

Richard Andrew Smyth

Professor Emeritus, Philosophy and Comparative Literature; Ph.D., 1961 (University of Indiana); M.A., 1959 (University of Indiana); B.A., 1955 (Yale University). Appointed 1952, died January 19, 2009.

Rebecca Socolar

Professor, Pediatrics and Social Medicine; M.P.H., 1998 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); M.D., 1994 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); A.B., 1978 (Bryn Mawr College). Appointed 1994, died January 13, 2009.

Clifford Max Sturdevant

Professor Emeritus, School of Dentistry; D.D.S., 1943 (Emory University); Appointed 1950, died September 9, 2008.

Dorothy McComb Talbot

Professor Emerita, Public Health Nursing; Ph.D., 1970 (Tulane University); M.A., 1958 (Columbia University); B.S.N., 1945 (Texas State College for Women); Diploma in Nursing, 1940 (Jefferson Hospital); Appointed 1974, died July 10, 2008.

John Brister Turner

Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Social Work; D.S.W., 1959 (Case Western Reserve); B.A., 1946 (Morehouse College). Appointed 1974; Dean of Social Work 1981-1992; died February 3, 2009.

James E. Watson, Jr.

Professor Emeritus, Environmental Sciences and Engineering; Ph.D., 1970 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); M.S., 1962 (North Carolina State University); B.S., 1960 (North Carolina State University). Appointed 1974, died April 3, 2009