In Memoriam 2023

2023

In honor of colleagues who served on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Harold Andrews
Professor Emeritus of Music
Ph.D., 1967 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.M., 1951 (Indiana University); B.A., 1950 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Appointed 1967.
Died in December 2022.

Eli John Attayek
Professor Emeritus of Dentistry
D.D.S 1959 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.S., 1956 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Died on February 14, 2022.

Arthur “Art” Benavie
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Ph.D., 1963 (University of Michigan); M.A., 1955 (University of Michigan); B.A., 1954 (Wayne State University).
Appointed 1967.
Died on April 11, 2022.

Molly Corbett Broad
UNC System President and Professor of Government
Honorary Doctor of Laws, 2009 (Syracuse University); M.A., 1965 (Ohio State University); B.A., 1962 (Syracuse University). Appointed 1997.
Died on January 2, 2022.

Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Ph.D., 1956 (Harvard University); M.S., 1955 (Harvard University); A.B., 1953 (Duke University).
Appointed 1964.
Died on November 17, 2022.

Clyde Eugene Browning
Professor Emeritus of Geography
Ph.D., 1958 (University of Washington); M.A., 1951 (Kent State University); B.A., 1950 (Kent State University).
Appointed 1966.
Died on March 25, 2022.

Maurice Moyer Bursey
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Ph.D., 1963 (Johns Hopkins University); M.A., 1960 (Johns Hopkins University); B.A., 1959 (Johns Hopkins University).
Appointed 1966.
Died on August 7, 2022.

Allen Easley Cato
Professor of Pharmacy
M.D., 1969 (Duke University School of Medicine); Ph.D., 1967 (Duke University); B.S., 1961 (Duke University).
Appointed 1977.
Died on July 25, 2022. 

Beverly Whitaker Long Chapin
Professor Emerita of Communication
Ph.D., 1967 (Louisiana State University); M.A., 1962 (Louisiana State University); B.A., 1957 (Hendrix College).
Appointed 1978.
Died on February 5, 2022.

Numa Watt Cobb Jr.
Professor of Orthodontics
M.Sc.O., 1967 (UNC-Chapel Hill); D.D.S., 1963 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.S., 1959 (Elon Universty).
Appointed 1967.
Died on July 25, 2022.

Robert DeVane Croom III
Professor of Surgery
M.D., 1964 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.S., 1960 (Davidson College).
Appointed 1972.
Died on August 24, 2022.

Byron Anthony Dalton
Professor Emeritus of Developmental Disabilities
M.A., 1969 (Spalding University); B.A., 1965 (Bellarmine College).
Appointed 1970.
Died on February 24, 2022.

Diane Holditch-Davis
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., 1985 (University of Connecticut); M.S., 1980 (University of Connecticut); B.S.N., 1973 (Duke University).
Appointed 1985.
Died on June 25, 2022.

Charles Edward Daye
Professor Emeritus of Law
J.D., 1969 (Columbia University School of Law); B.A., 1966 (North Carolina Central University).
Appointed 1985.
Died on December 25, 2022.

Jo Anne L. Earp
Professor and Chair Emerita of Health Behavior
Sc.D., 1974 (Johns Hopkins University); B.A., 1965 (Bryn Mawr College).
Appointed 1975.
Died on November 18, 2022. 

Martha Flowers
Assistant Professor of Music
M.A., 1973 (The Juilliard School); B.A., 1957 (Fisk University).
Appointed 1973.
Died on March 11, 2022. 

Richard Froyen
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Ph.D., 1971 (University of Maryland, College Park); B.A., 1966 (Cornell University).
Appointed 1971.
Died on April 17, 2022.

Claudia J. Gollop
Professor and Associate Dean of Library Science
Ph.D., 1993 (University of Pittsburgh); M.L.S., 1975 (Columbia University); B.A., 1974 (City University of New York).
Appointed 1994.
Died on May 3, 2022.

Mary Jane Gray
Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology
DMS 1954 (Columbia University); M.D., 1949 (Washington University Medical School); B.A., 1945 (Swarthmore College).
Appointed 1977.
Died on January 23, 2022.

Marcella Therese Grendler
Associate University Librarian
M.L.S., 1981 (University of Illinois); Ph.D., 1970 (University of Toronto); M.A., 1962 (University of Wisconsin);
B.A., 1960 (Mundelien College).
Appointed 1986.
Died on September 2, 2022.

Michael D. Harris
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
Ph.D., 1996 (Yale University); M.A., 1989 (Yale University); M.F.A., 1979 (Howard University);
B.A., 1971 (Bowling Green State University)
Appointed 1996.
Died on July 11, 2022.

Thomas Hyman Harvey, III
Adjunct Professor of Real Estate
M.B.A., 1972 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.A., 1970 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Appointed 2004.
Died on November 28, 2022.

Gerardo Heiss
W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology
Ph.D., 1976 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.A., 1973 (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine);
M.D., 1968 (University of Chile at Santiago).
Appointed 1976.
Died on June 11, 2022.

Margaret Nelson Hillock
Dental Hygiene Instructor
M.A., (Columbia University); B.S., (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Died on July 22, 2022. 

Carol Clarke Hogue
Professor and Associate Dean of Nursing
Ph.D., 1974 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.S.N., 1960 (Duke University); B.S.N., 1956 (Duke University).
Appointed 1986.
Died on June 18, 2022.

Allison DeNeale Long Hughes
Professor Emeritus of Dentistry
M.A., 1987 (Appalachian State University); B.S., 1955 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Appointed 1956.
Died on November 28, 2021.

Patricia Bassett Jackson
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
M.S.N., 1976 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.S.N., 1956 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Appointed 1981.
Died on June 20, 2022.

Esther Celia Jacob Janowsky
Academic Anesthesiologist
Ph.D., 1997 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.P.H., 1992 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.D., 1965 (University of California at San Francisco).
Died on July 22, 2022.

Kenneth Gerald Jens
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Ph.D., 1972 (University of Wisconsin); M.S., 1961 (University of Wisconsin); B.S., 1958 (University of Wisconsin).
Appointed 1976.
Died on November 29, 2021. 

Robert Allen Johnson
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., 1973 (University of Illinois); M.A., 1970 (University of Illinois); B.A., 1966 (Trinity College).
Appointed 1973.
Died on March 30, 2022.

Susan Hastings Keesee
Medical Librarian
M.S., 2004 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.S., 1986 (Clemson University); B.S., 1983 (Virginia Tech).
Appointed 2006.
Died on November 1, 2022.

George Alexander Kennedy
Paddison Professor and Chair of Classics
Ph.D., 1954 (Harvard University); M.A., 1952 (Harvard University); B.A., 1950 (Princeton University).
Appointed 1966.
Died on July 28, 2022. 

Kerry Edwards Kilpatrick
Professor and Chair Emeritus of Health Policy and Management
Ph.D., 1970 (University of Michigan); M.S., 1967 (University of Michigan); M.B.A., 1963 (Harvard University);
B.S., 1961 (University of Michigan).
Appointed 1987.
Died on February 2, 2022.

Joseph Finley Lee Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Business
Ph.D., 1965 (University of Pennsylvania); M.A., 1962 (Florida State University); B.A., 1961 (Davidson College).
Appointed 1970.
Died on February 13, 2022.

Michael Ian Luger
Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Ph.D., 1981 (University of California, Berkeley) M.C.P., 1978 (University of California, Berkeley); M.P.A., 1976 (Princeton University); B.A., 1972 (Princeton University).
Appointed 1986.
Died on March 29, 2022.

Raleigh Mann
Professor Emeritus of Journalism
B.A., 1965 (University of South Florida).
Appointed 1978.
Died on May 19, 2022.

William Octavius McCoy
Acting and Interim Chancellor
Honorary Doctor of Laws, 2004 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.S., 1968 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); B.S., 1955 (UNC-Chapel Hill). Appointed 1995.
Died on December 25, 2022.

Siegfried Ernst Mews
Professor Emeritus of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Ph.D., 1967 (University of Illinois); M.A., 1963 (Southern Illinois University).
Appointed 1967.
Died on October 26, 2022.

Royce Wilton Murray
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Ph.D., 1960 (Northwestern University); B.S., 1957 (Birmingham Southern College).
Appointed 1960.
Died on July 6, 2022.

Michael J. Ossi
Adjunct Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
M.D., 1972 (University of Maryland).
Died on July 20, 2022.

William Jay Peck
Professor Emeritus of Religion
Ph.D., 1962 (Harvard University); B.D., 1954 (Princeton University); B.A., 1949 (Yale University).
Appointed 1967.
Died on December 7, 2021.

Carl Glenn Pickard Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
M.D., 1962 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.A., 1958 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Appointed 1967.
Died on March 6, 2022.

Richard Dilworth Rust
Professor Emeritus of English
Ph.D., 1966 (University of Wisconson at Madison); M.S., 1962 (University of Wisconson at Madison);
B.S., 1961 (Brigham Young University).
Appointed 1966.
Died on January 29, 2023.

Barbara Carol Rynerson
Professor Emerita of Nursing
M.S., 1962 (University of Oregon); B.S., 1957 (University of Oregon). Appointed 1974.
Died on February 28, 2022.

George Winthrop Sherouse
Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology
Ph.D., 1992 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.S., 1981 (University of Florida); B.S., 1977 (University of Florida).
Appointed 1983.
Died on January 9, 2022.

Sang Hoon Sin
Research Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Ph.D., (North Carolina State University);
M.A., (Seoul National University); B.A., (Seoul National University).
Appointed 2005.
Died on August 6, 2022.

Walter “Wally” Laws Smith
Professor of Statistics
Ph.D., 1953 (University of Cambridge); M.A., 1951 (University of Cambridge); B.A., 1947 (University of Cambridge).
Appointed 1954.
Died on March 6, 2023.

Chirayath “Suchi” Madhavan Suchindran
Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics
Ph.D., 1972 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.S.P.H., 1968 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.S., 1962 (University of Kerala); B.S., 1960 (University of Kerala).
Appointed 1972.
Died on March 25, 2023.

Jon Charles Thomas
Professor of Astronomy
M.S., 1981 (UNC-Chapel Hill); Ph.D., 1975 (University of Michigan).
Died on August 8, 2022.

Janice Joan Thompson
Professor of English
Ph.D., 1976 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.A., (East Carolina University).
Died on July 25, 2022.

Craig David Turnbull
Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics
Ph.D., 1971 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.P.H., 1965 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.A., 1962 (Albright College).
Appointed 1972.
Died on December 8, 2022.

Marion Patrice Walker
Assistant Director of the Institute of Government
J.D. 1976 (UNC-Chapel Hill); B.A., 1972 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Appointed 1973.
Died on February 26, 2022.

Francis “Fritz” Whang
Professor Emeritus of Music
M.S., 1966 (The Juilliard School); B.A., 1958 (University of California, Berkeley).
Appointed 1971.
Died on May 11, 2022.

David Clay Whybark
Professor Emeritus of Business
Ph.D., 1967 (Stanford University); M.B.A., 1960 (Cornell University); B.S., 1957 (University of Washington).
Appointed 1990.
Died on December 23, 2021.

Matthew Thomas Wood
Professor Emeritus of Dentistry
D.D.S., 1958 (UNC-Chapel Hill); M.S., 1968 (UNC-Chapel Hill); A.B., 1954 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Appointed 1958.
Died on November 1, 2022.

Dennis John Zaborowski
Professor Emeritus of Art
M.F.A., 1968 (Yale University); B.F.A., 1968 (Yale University).
Appointed 1968.
Died on April 9, 2022.

Michael William Zenge
Professor Emeritus of Music
M.M., 1963 (University of Illinois); B.M., 1962 (Oberlin College).
Appointed 1966.
Died on January 14, 2023.

Past remembrances

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