Elizabeth Majette Parker was secretary in various schools in the University between the late 1930s and the 1960s. From 1967 to 1978, she was the leader of the project to assemble a comprehensive General Alumni Directory which involved organizing information … Read more

Vivian Cole worked for the University from 1942 to1981, handling invoices and requisitions for the entire campus, including Memorial Hospital at one time. She was recognized: With nearly 39 years of service to the University, known best to those who … Read more

Lewis Atwater Sr. became the Institute of Government’s first janitor shortly after it moved into its quarters on Franklin Street in 1940. He moved with the institute to its present location on Raleigh Road, and was supervisor of five other … Read more

Anna B. Allen joined the Southern Historical Collection staff in 1943 and retired in 1975. During her illustrious career, she handled millions of pieces of paper and organized the collection’s documents. Her citation noted: Four Directors of the Southern Historical … Read more

James A. Weaver was the epitome of the spirit of hospitality and caring that distinguishes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. as the longtime headwaiter of the Carolina Inn; an indispensable leader of the inn’s staff; a warm … Read more

Anne Ellen Queen spent 19 years as a leader in the Campus Y, first as associate director and then as director. She always had a bead on the heart of moral issues in the University and the town, and consistently … Read more

Generations of students, nurses and doctors in the Student Health Service knew the worth of its administrative manager. An unselfish servant of all who came to the health service, troubleshooter and problem-solver for all who worked there, Doris Moore Lindsay … Read more

Winsome in person and in every dealing on the University’s behalf, Sarah Virginia “Peaches” Dunlap was cheerfully painstaking in every detail, but sensitively energetic and imaginative in support of Dean Walter Reece Berryhill (dean from 1941 to 1964) through the … Read more

  People who know Angelette Cheek know they are not going to hear any complaints from her about the long day she is having. Long days are embedded in a set routine that begins with the alarm clock blasting in … Read more

For many years, a photo pinned to the wall of the News Services office showed Mike McFarland crouching on the floor at the National Press Club in Washington, holding a small tape recorder above his head to catch the words … Read more