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CHAPEL HILL -- A former NBA All-Star, a theoretical physicist and a member of the Federal Communications Commission recently received the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Alumni Association’s Distinguished Young Alumni Awards.

Brad Daugherty, Dr. Adam Falk and Kevin Martin each received the 14^th annual award for bringing credit to Carolina through their achievements.

Daugherty, a 1986 Carolina graduate and Black Mountain native, was chosen first in the NBA draft that year. He was a five-time NBA All-Star and played for the Cleveland Cavaliers until 1996. Daugherty now is a color analyst who has appeared on ESPN-TV and ABC. He also owns interests in several automobile dealerships. He lives with his wife, Heidi, and two children, dividing his time between homes in Asheville and Florida.

Daugherty is a celebrity host and player for the Presbyterian Home for Children’s annual golf tournament, which raises money in support of the home, located in Black Mountain. He also has sponsored an annual scholarship to help a child from Presbyterian Home receive a higher education. At Carolina, he has given to the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History and has served on the Board of Visitors and the athletic council of the General Alumni Association Board.

Falk, a 1987 Carolina graduate, was a Phi Beta Kappa chapter vice president and Morehead Scholar. He now is dean of the faculty at Johns Hopkins University’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and is a professor in the department of physics and astronomy, where he has taught since 1994. Before that, he was an assistant project scientist at the University of California at San Diego and research associate at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He holds a doctorate in theoretical physics from Harvard University.

Falk is a Chapel Hill native, and his father, the late Dr. David Falk, was a professor in and former chairman of Carolina’s department of philosophy. His mother, the late Dr. Ruth Loewe Falk, was a clinical psychologist at UNC Hospitals. He and his wife, Karen, live outside Baltimore and have three children.

Martin, a 1989 Phi Beta Kappa graduate and former student body president at Carolina, began a five-year term on the FCC in 2001. He has a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University and a law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Martin joined the FCC from the White House, where he was a special assistant for economic policy and on the staff of the National Economic Council. He also was the official U.S. representative to the G8’s Digital Opportunity Task Force.

Martin was a principal technology and telecommunications adviser on the Bush-Cheney transition team and deputy general counsel to the Bush campaign from 1999-2000. Before that, he was a legal adviser to FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, served in the office of independent counsel Kenneth Starr, worked in private practice and clerked for U.S. District Court Judge William M. Hoeveler in Miami. A native of Waxhaw, Martin now lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Cathie.

The GAA award honors alumni ages 40 or younger whose achievements bring credit to the university. Past recipients of the award include Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Sallie Krawcheck and Kaye Gibbons. A complete list of past recipients is at alumni.unc.edu/DYA_awards. 

The General Alumni Association is a self-governed, nonprofit organization serving alumni and friends of Carolina.

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Note: Photos of Daugherty, Falk and Martin are available at:

• http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/alum/GAAAwards/2004/daugherty.jpg
• http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/alum/GAAAwards/2004/falk.jpg
• http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/alum/GAAAwards/2004/martin.jpg

GAA contact: Carolyn Edy, (919) 962-3903

News Services contact: Deb Saine, (919) 962-8415 or deborah_saine@unc.edu