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2017

Marilyn McCord Adams

Distinguished Research Professor and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Ph.D., 1967 (Cornell University); Ph.D., 1985 (Princeton Theological Seminary) D.Div., 2008 (Oxford University); A.B., (University of Illinois); Appointed 2009. Died March 22, 2017.

Jack Newton Behrman

Luther Hodges Distinguished Professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School; LL.D., 1979 (Davidson); Ph.D., 1952, M.A., 1950, (Princeton); M.A. 1945 (North Carolina); B.S., 1943 (Davidson); Appointed 1964; Died August 19, 2016.

Robert Calvin Brown

Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology; M.D., 1959 (UNC Chapel Hill); A.B., 1955 (Erskine College). Appointed 1969; Died October 24, 2016.

George Cocolas

Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry; Ph.D., 1956 (UNC); B.S., 1952 (Connecticut). Appointed 1958; Died December 19, 2016.

Wallace Hannum

Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., 1973 (Florida State University); M.Ed., 1968 and B.A. 1966 (Auburn University). Appointed 1979; Died August 30, 2016.

Philip Hirsch

Professor of Pharmacology and Dental Ecology; Ph.D., 1954, B.S., 1950 (California). Appointed 1966; Died February 4, 2017.

Leon Katz

Professor Emeritus of Dramatic Art and David G. Grey Distinguished Professor of Dramaturg for PlayMakers Repertory Company; Ph.D., 1962, M.A., 1946 (Columbia), BSS., 1940 (College of New York). Appointed 2004; Died January 23, 2017.

Richard King

Professor of Psychology; Ph.D., 1959 (Duke), M.A., 1955, A.B., 1954,  (Cincinnati), Appointed 1958; Died March 3, 2017

Henry A. Landsberger

Professor Emeritus of Sociology; Ph.D., 1954 (Cornell); B.Sc. Econ., 1948 (London).  Appointed 1968; Died February 1, 2017.

Richard I. Levin

Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business Administration; Ph.D., 1959 (UNC); M.S., (NCSU); B.S., (NCSU).  Appointed 1959; Died November 11, 2016.

Robert McLelland

Clinical Professor of Radiology; M.D., 1948 (University of Cincinnati College of Medicine); Premed., 1944, (Oberlin College); B.S. 1943 (Wayne State University); Appointed 1981; Died March 3, 2017.

Margaret Lee Moore

Professor of Physical Therapy, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Physical Therapy; Ed.D., 1971 (Duke); M.S., 1949 (Virginia Commonwealth); B.S., 1942 (James Madison University) Certification, 1943 (Walter Reed). Appointed 1957; Died June 15, 2016.

Eugene Orringer

Professor of Medicine; M.D., 1969 (Pittsburgh); A.B., 1965 (Michigan). Appointed 1974; Died November 10, 2016.

Robert G. Parr

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Theoretical Chemistry; Ph.D., 1947 (Minnesota); A.B., 1942 (Brown); Appointed 1974; Died March 27, 2017.

Richard W. Pfaff

Professor of History, Secretary of the Faculty; D.Phil., 1965, M.A., 1963, B.A., 1959 (Oxford); A.B., 1957 (Harvard).  Appointed 1967. Died July 10, 2016.

J. Steven Reznick

Professor of Developmental Psychology; Ph.D., 1982 (University of Colorado Boulder); M.A., 1975, (Wake Forest University); B.A., 1973, (Carolina); Appointed 1998. Died July 5, 2016.

Paul Rizzo

Dean of the Kenan-Flagler School of Business; B.S., 1950 (Carolina). Appointed 1987. Died February 23, 2017.

James H. Scatliff

Professor of Radiology and Chairman; M.D., (1952), B.S. (1949) Northwestern. Appointed 1966; Died March 4, 2017.

Mary Sheriff

W.R. Kenan, Jr Distinguished Professor of Art History, Art Department; Ph.D., (1981), M.A., (1976) University of Delaware; B.A., (1972) Bucknell University. Appointed 1983; Died October 19, 2016.

Oliver Smithies

Professor of Pathology; Ph.D., 1951, B.A., 1946 (Oxford University). Appointed 1988; Died January 10, 2017

Duane F. Taylor

Professor of Operative Dentistry; Ph.D., 1961 (Georgetown University); M.S.E., 1950, B.S.E., 1949 (Michigan). Appointed 1963; Died April 7, 2017.

Barbara R. Whang

Lecturer, Department of Music; M.A., 1959; B.A., 1954 (Mills College); Appointed 1976; Died March 25, 2017.

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Past remembrances

2016 Deceased Faculty Remembrances

2015 Deceased Faculty Remembrances

2014 Deceased Faculty Remembrances

2013 Deceased Faculty Remembrances

2012 Deceased Faculty Remembrances

2011 Deceased Faculty Remembrances

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