Members of UNCG’s Association of Retired Faculty would like to add our condolences to the family and friends of the following colleagues who gave so much of themselves to UNCG during their lifetime.

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Dr. William Watson Purkey
August 22, 1929-April 47, 2024
Professor of Counseling and Educational Development (CED) in the School of Education for 28 years, 1976-2004.
Obituary

 

Dr. Nancy Vacc
1939-Jan. 22, 2024
Professor of curriculum and instruction(math education) in the School of Education from 1987 to 2003.
Tribute | Announcement

 

Dr. Sherri R. Forrester
August 8, 1936-January 15, 2024
Dr. Forrester was a faculty member of the Chemistry Dept. faculty from 1962-1992.
Obituary

 

Dr. Fred Chappell
May 28, 1936-January 4, 2024
Professor of English at UNCG for 40 years, acclaimed author and poet, Chappell was also the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002.
Obituary

 

Dr. Robert Rosthal
October 16, 1923-December 2, 2023
Dr. Rosthal taught Philosophy at the Woman’s College of the Univ of North Carolina and UNCG from 1961 to 1992.
Obituary

 

Dr. Gay Cheney
Died November 28, 2023
Dr. Cheney was a UNC Greensboro dance faculty member from 1976 to 1996, and head of the Dance Department from 1978 to 1982.
Announcement

 

Dr. Kimberlianne Podlas
Died November 21, 2023
Dr. Podlas was a professor since 2004 and Head of Media Studies Department since 2016.
Announcement

 

Dr. Lloyd Bond
November 17, 1941-September 27, 2023
Dr. Bond taught in the Department of Education Research Methodology from 1988-2002. He also provided groundbreaking technical work for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for 30 years. His last full-time position prior to retirement was as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Stanford, CA.
Obituary
A memorial / celebration of life event will be held in the spring of 2024 in Greensboro, NC, with details provided closer to the event date.

 

Dr. Mark Smith-Soto
May 29, 1948-October 28, 2023
Professor of Romance Languages from 1975-2014, Department Head from 1986-994, and recipient of the UNCG Senior Alumni Teaching Excellence Award. He was also the director of the UNCG Center for Creative Writing in the Art, editor of the International Poetry Review, and winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry.
Obituary

 

Dr. Margaret JoAnne Safrit
1936-January 17, 2023
Graduate of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina (now UNCG) and a steadfast supporter of kinesiology and generous donor to UNCG.
Obituary

 

Dr. Eleanor McCrickard
October 14, 1940 – January 18, 2023
Faculty member in School of Music for 30 years
Obituary

 

Dr. Gerald (Jere) Hershey
October 6, 1943 – October 19, 2022
Bryan School of Business and Economics.
Obituary

 

John Gamble
February 10, 1943-February 10, 2022
Head of the Dance Department, where he designed their theater, developed their BFA and MFA degree programs, and Director of the John Gamble Dance Theater
Obituary

 

Dr. John Eatman
December 4, 1943 – February 3, 2022
Professor in the Bryan School of Business and Economics in the Department of Information Systems.
Obituary

 

Dr. J. David Smith
November 21, 1944 – January 9, 2022
Professor in the School of Education
Obituary
An outdoor celebration of Dave’s life will be held on April 30, 2022, (rain date May 7, 2022) at 2:00 PM, Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Glen Allen, 11105 Cauthorne Rd., Glen Allen, Virginia.

 

Dr. Dee Irwin
April 11, 1945 – January 22, 2022
Professor in the School of Education.
Obituary
A celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at Twin Lakes Community, Burlington, NC.

 

Dr. Robert McCluer Calhoon
October 3, 1935 – January 14, 2022
Professor in the Department of History and the Residential College. Recipient in 2008 of North Carolina’s highest honor, The Order of the Longleaf Pine.
Obituary
Memorial services will be planned for June 2022 in both Valle Crucis and Greensboro, North Carolina. Gifts in Calhoon’s Honor can be made to the Center for New North Carolinians at UNCG.

 

Martha Glyn Ransley
February 11, 1933 – December 23, 2021
Librarian emeritus of Jackson Library, where she had served as head of the Reserve Division and later as head of the Circulation Department.
Obituary

 

Dr. Kay Lovelace
January 13, 1953 – November 23, 2021
Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Education. Worked at UNCG for over 25 years.
Obituary 

 

Dr. Walter Henry Beale, III
January 15, 1945-November 12, 2021
Walter moved to Greensboro in 1971 to be an assistant professor of English at UNCG. Awarded full professor in 1984, he served as the Chair of the English Department from 1988-1990, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1990-2003.
Obituary

 

Dr. Kathleen Koestler
October 11, 1937 – October 6, 2021
Taught foreign languages for forty years in the Department of Romance Languages at UNCG. She also earned a BSN in Nursing from UNCG and worked at Cone Hospital and as a volunteer at HealthServe.
Obituary

 

Frank Lee McCarty
November 10, 1941 – September 15, 2021
Professor in the UNCG School of Music for 28 years from 1976 until 2004.
Obituary

 

Betty Carter
August 5, 1941 – September 29, 2021
Archivist for UNCG Libraries and founder of the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project
Obituary

 

Sandra Powers
June 8, 1945 – August 13, 2021
Professor in the School of Education and director of the post-graduate program in gerontology.
Obituary

 

Virginia “Ginny” Stephens
June 16, 1928-July 18, 2021
Ginny was the first director of the UNCG social work program, and an architect of Joint Master of Social Work Program of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and UNCG.
Obituary

 

Dr. Ernie Lee
June 25, 1927-June 22, 2021
Professor of Science Education in the School of Education for 27 years.
Obituary

 

Dr. Vira Kivett
May 18, 1933-May 18,2021
Elizabeth Rosenthal Excellence Professor, emerita, in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.
Obituary

 

Dr. Karl Schleunes
April 21, 1937-May 15, 2021
Professor Emeritus of History and renowned scholar of the history of the Holocaust
Obituary

 

Dr. Jean-Paul Francois Xavier Koenig
March 12. 1933-March 28, 2021
Professor of French in the Romance Language Dept. (now LLC) for 35 years.
Obituary

 

Dr. Charles Tisdale
May 11, 1942 – March 17, 2021
Professor of English, co-founder of the Residential Learning College, Chair of the Faculty Senate, and recipient of the Gladys S. Bullard Award for Service.
Obituary and Legacy.com

 

Dr. Dennis AsKew
July 18, 1964 – January 28, 2021
Professor of tuba, euphonium, and music education and director of the School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts
Obituary and In Memoriam

 

Robert F. Plain, Sr.
February 16, 1947 – December 18, 2020
Associate member of ARF, husband of Colette Edwards
Obituary

 

Dr. Richard Cox
December 12, 1928 – December 25, 2020
Professor of Music
Obituary

 

Dr. Robin Remsberg
August 1, 1956 – December 3, 2020
Dean of the School of Nursing
Obituary

 

Dr. Rochelle Brock
Died October 7, 2020
Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations (ELC) in the School of Education.

 

Dr. Murray D. Arndt
April 26, 1931-August 30, 2020
Professor in the Department of English for more than 30 years. Also served as director of Warren Ashby Residential College.
Obituary

 

Garon Stradley Smith
September 20, 1969-August 17, 2020
Instructor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Child Care Education Program (CCEP)
No obituary available

 

Dr. Jack Marius Jarrett
March 17, 1934 – August 16, 2020
Professor in the School of Music in the 1970’s
Obituary

 

Dr. Arthur (Art) Tollefson
May 3, 1942 – July 24, 2020
Professor and Dean of the School of Music
Obituary

 

Dr. Thomas (Tom) Bernard Scullion Jr.
April 30, 1936 – July 8, 2020
Professor of Social Work
Obituary

 

Dr. John Lee Jellicorse
November 1, 1937 – July 1, 2020
Professor and Head of the Communication and Theater Department
Obituary

 

Dr. Jacqueline Voss
May 20, 1927-June 9, 2020
Dean of UNCG’s School of Human Environmental Sciences (now HHS)
Obituary

 

James (Jim) H. Allen
April 27, 1931-May 30, 2020
Served as Presbyterian Campus Minister, Dean of Students, and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs between 1967-1996
Obituary

 

Dr. Herman David Middleton, Sr.
Died April 12, 2020 (no DOB available)
Came to the Woman’s College in 1956 to head the Theatre Department; retired in 1990.
Obituary

 

Dr. James Weston Sherbon
August 3, 1937 – January 2, 2020
Professor in the School of Music
Obituary

 

Dr. Rosemary McGee
September 14, 1926-December 31, 2019
Member of the Department of Health and Physical Education beginning in 1954 when UNCG was the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina.
Obituary

 

Dr. Mariana Newton
August 4, 1938-December 12, 2019
Professor of Speech Pathology from 1969-2000
Obituary

 

Dr. Charles Phillip (CP) Gause
February 23, 1966 – September 24, 2019
Faculty member in Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations in the School of Education
Obituary