—-H Alumni News
Homecoming
1993
The ’93 Homecoming King and
Queen are presented to the
packed stadium during halftime
activities of the traditional
classic between the Braves and
the Ferrum College Panthers.
Antwoine Pennix, Jr., a junior
from Lynchburg, VA, was named
King, while A nab ela
Adams, a sophomore
from Carnaxide,
was crowned as the
Homecoming Queen. Making the
presentations were
Dr. Jerry Jackson, President,
and Anita Gaskins,
1992 Homecoming Queen.
Jim McGill and
his wife, Gail,
chat with their
son, James, Jr.,
prior to receiving
the Distinguished
Alumni Award
for 1993 at the
Alumni Luncheon.
McGill, Class of ’62, receives
Distinguished Alumni Award
James C. McGill, a native of Clinton, received
the 1993 Distinguished Alumni Award from
Chowan College during Homecoming activities.
The award was presented during the annual alumni
luncheon by Dr. Jerry F. Jackson, president of the
college.
“We are grateful to Jim McGill for his continu
ing interest in, and support to, his alma mater,” said
Dr. Jackson, “and also for his service as a member
of our Board of Visitors and the Braves Club.”
McGill, a member of Chowan’s Class of 1962,
is president and chief executive officer of Fmancial
First Federal Savings Bank in Burlington. He has
also served as executive vice president and western
regional executive for Fu-st Union National Bank.
A veteran of military service, McGill served as
an engineering instructor at Fort Belvoir, VA.
While a student at Chowan, McGill majored in
pre-education and was a member of both the 1%1
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and 1962 football teams.
After receiving the associate of arts degree
from Chowan, McGill was awarded the bachelor’s
degree by East Carolina Univasity. He completed
graduate work at the University of North Carolina
School of Banking and Executive Program.
McGill is a member of Board of Visitors which
serves as an advisory group to the trustees and
administration of the college. He is also a director
of the Braves Club which promotes the college’s
athletic programs.
Active in community affairs, McGill is
president of the Alamance County Coalition
Against Drug Abuse, a director of Burlington
Downtown Corporation, and a past president of the
United Way Campaign, He is also president of the
Williams High School Athletic Association.
McGill and his wife, Gail, have two children,
Karen and James, Jr.
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Happehings
Hilliard Greene, Jr., Class of 1954, vice
president of Commercial Printing Co., retired
August 31,1993. Greene joined the firm in 1959
and was instrumental in the more than six-fold
growth of the company during his tenure. He
oversaw the complete conversion of the company’s
plant from letterpress to offset technology and
witnessed three generations of ownership. The
company held an Open house in Greene’s honor
on the afternoon of August 20,1993.
Earl Wright, Class of 1956, is now director of
business affairs for Craven Regional Medical
Center in New Bern. The father of three children,
he is also serving as a coimty commissioner for
Craven County.
Mrs. Carolyn Davis Sanders, Class of 1956, is
assistant principal at Westminister Academy in Ft.
Lauderdale, FL.
Jesse Allen, Class of 1984, has been selected as
one of three finalists to compete for the 1993
North Carolina Farm Bureau Young
Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award. Allen is
owner and operator of North Slope Hog Farm in
Pantego where he has a 120 sow, farrow-to-finish
operation and also grows crops on a total of 1,280
acres.
Matthew S. Chappell, Class of 1988, has
returned from a three-week trip to Japan where he
traveled with Yoko Hashimoto, also of the Class of
1988. Yoko works in Toyko for Lotus, Inc., Japan.
Matt resides in Norfolk and manages Palette’s
Cafe in the Chrylser Museum.
Wendi Ann Koob of Williamsburg, VA, and
Christopher Ivey Leigh of Leland, both graduates
in the Class of 1987, were united in marriage on
July 10. The bride is in management training with
a Williamsburg firm and the bridegroom is a
diamond consultant with a jewelry store in
Newport News, VA.
W, Arthur Riddle, DI, Class of 1972, currently
resides in Winston-Salem and was recently elected
as an officer and board member of the Carolinas
Association for Passenger Trains.