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Mitchell (JD ’61) Devaney (’69, JD ’71) Yutrzenka (’75)
Myatt (’79, JD ’82)
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D. E. Ward Jr. (’43, MD ’45) had a
50th anniversary celebration dinner
in his honor given by the Southeastern
Regional Medical Center in
Lumberton, NC. He began his general
surgery practice in 1953, the month
the hospital opened.
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Dorothy Hall (’50) and Professor of
Education Patricia Cunningham conceived
the curriculum of “Month by
Month Phonics,” which has been
adopted as the basic phonics curriculum
for K-3 students in New York.
Betty Siegel (’52) was named one of the
“100 Most Influential Georgians” by
Georgia Trend magazine.
Billy F. Andrews (’53), professor and
chairman emeritus of the Department
of Pediatrics at the University of
Louisville School of Medicine, presented
“A Call for Justice in Healthcare
and Research for Infants and Children”
at the World Congress of Bioethics in
Brasilia, Brazil. The Dr. Billy F. Andrews
Lectureship in Neonatology was established
by that university in October.
Charles Sidney Hinson Sr. (’55)
received a Citizen of the Year Award in
March.
Daniel W. Fouts (JD ’58), practicing
business litigation at Adams Kleemeier
Hagan Hannah & Fouts PLLC in
Greensboro, NC, was named to
Business North Carolina’s “Legal
Elite.”
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Ashley L. Hogewood Jr. (’61, JD ’63),
practicing real estate law at Parker Poe
Adams & Bernstein LLP in Charlotte, is
on the “Best Lawyers in America” list.
Henry A. Mitchell Jr. (JD ’61) is a senior
partner of Smith Anderson Dorsett
Mitchell & Jernigan LLP in Raleigh,
NC. He serves on the board of directors
of the N.C. Citizens for Business
and Industry, on the board and executive
committee of Georgia Lawyers
Insurance Co., and is chairman of the
board and serves on the executive committee
of Lawyers Mutual Liability
Insurance Co. of North Carolina. He
was one of Business North Carolina’s
“Legal Elite” and is listed in the “Best
Lawyers in America.”
James R. Melvin (’64, JD ’66) and his
wife, Becky, own and operate a summer
resort motel and promote MelFest, a
two-day acoustic bluegrass festival, at
White Lake, NC.
Lineta Craven Pritchard (’65) received
“The Big O” Award at the Ben & Jerry
Ice Cream Retail Operations annual
meeting in San Antonio, TX, for outstanding
owner/operator. She has shops
in Myrtle Beach, Sevierville and
Gatlinburg.
Frank J. Rief III (’66) is chair of the
All Children’s Hospital Foundation
and vice chair of The Community
Foundation of Tampa Bay in Florida.
John Carriker (’67, JD ’70) is district
attorney of the N.C. 5th Judicial
District (New Hanover and Pender
counties).
Pat Carriker (’68) is a retired teacher,
chair of the New Hanover County
Partnership for Children, and president
of the St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
congregation in Wilmington, NC.
Frankie McClain (’68) and his wife,
Marlene, each received South Carolina’s
highest recognition for service, the
Order of the Palmetto, presented to
them by their children at their 25th
wedding anniversary celebration.
Stancil Campbell (’69, MA ’74) is a
professor of theatre at American
University in Cairo, Egypt. He has
begun teaching sculpture and his plaster
piece, “Emerging from the Past,” is on
exhibit in Cairo. He is also technical
director (for 23 summer seasons) and
occasional designer for the Colorado
Shakespeare Festival. He designed a
“West African Macbeth” which featured
Kyle Haden (’99) in the title role.
M. Jay DeVaney (’69, JD ’71), practicing
real estate law at Adams Kleemeier
Hagan Hannah & Fouts PLLC in
Greensboro, NC, was named to
Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite.”
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Max E. Justice (JD ’70), practicing
environmental law at Parker Poe
Adams & Bernstein LLP in Charlotte,
is on the “Best Lawyers in America”
list and was named to Business North
Carolina’s “Legal Elite.”
Jerry Cash Martin (’70, JD ’72) retired
as Resident Superior Court Judge but
continues to serve as an Emergency
Superior Court Judge in North
Carolina. He has written and published
two novels, Accused and Convicted,
and bicycled across the U.S. He and his
wife, Carolyn, have been blessed with
their first grandchild, Kaylan Noel
Martin.
Alan P. White (’70, MD ’74) is assistant
professor of surgery at The Albert
Einstein College of Medicine’s
Montefiore Medical Center, director of
the Montefiore Institute for Minimally
Invasive Surgery, and chief of surgery
for the Jack D. Weiler Hospital in New
York City.
W. Edward Poe Jr. (’71, JD ’74), practicing
public utility law at Parker Poe
Adams & Bernstein LLP in Charlotte,
is on the “Best Lawyers in America”
list.
Catharine Biggs Arrowood (’73, JD
’76), practicing business litigation at
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP in
Raleigh, NC, is on the “Best Lawyers
in America” list.
Jane Sherrill Fisher (’74) has retired
after 25 years as a clinical microbiologist
in Reidsville, NC. Her son,
Matthew (17), is a fine golfer.
Harvey L. Cosper Jr. (JD ’75), practicing
personal injury litigation at Parker
Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP in
Charlotte, is on the list of “Best
Lawyers in America.”
Jimmy L. Myers (’75) is a District
Court Judge and commander in the
Chaplain Corps of the U.S. Naval
Reserve now on active duty at Camp
Lejeune, NC. He is serving under classmate
Ollis J. Mozon Jr. (’75). Also
serving as chaplain at Camp Lejeune
is Laurence W. Jones (’74).
Robert A. Risen (’75) is assistant
special agent in charge of the
Northwestern District of the State
Bureau of Investigation in Hickory, NC.
Barbara Arneson Yutrzenka (’75) is a
professor of psychology and director of
clinical training at The University of
South Dakota, where she was awarded
the Department of Psychology’s
Distinguished Alumni Award.
Doug Benfield (’76) was named to the
Yellow Transportation President’s Club,
and he and his wife, Connie, will be
enjoying a trip to Grand Cayman
Island.
Terrell Armistead Crow (’76) is director
of publications for the N.C. State
University Libraries and co-editor of
Live Your Own Life: The Family Papers
of Mary Bayard Clarke, 1854-1886.
Sarah Catherine Shoaf (’76, PA ’77)
passed the board exam to be a
Diplomate of the American Board of
Orthodontics. She practices in the
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Department of Dentistry, and she
works with the N.C. Center for Cleft
and Craniofacial Deformities, the Sleep
Center and the Medical Examiner’s
Office.
David E. Ratcliffe (’77) is senior vice
president and director of the Merrill
Lynch Center for Philanthropy and
Nonprofit Management in New Jersey
and lives in New York City.
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