/Uumni^otes h—
Cal Bryant, Class of 73, wins three awards for newspaper work
Calvin Bryant, Class of 1973, was the
recipient of three prestigious awards in three
separate categories at the 1995 North Carolina
Press Association’s News-Editorial and Photo-
joumalisni Contest.
Bryant and other winners in the contest were
honored at a special editorial awards ceremony
in Chapel Hill in late January. North Carolina
Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., made the presenta
tions at the William & Ida Friday Continuing
Education Center on the campus of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. A reception honoring the
winners followed the presentation ceremonies.
Currently the sports editor and photographer
for Park Newspapers of northeastern North
Carolina, Bryant won first place honors in both
feature photography and sports writing, as well
as a third place award in sports columns.
Working out of the offices of The News-
Herald'm Ahoskie, Bryant is a frequent con
tributor to Chowan Today with feature articles
on Chowan’s athletic programs.
Park General Manager Joe Vaughan said,
“Cal is an outstanding photographer and writer
and he is a real asset to this newspaper com
pany. He was long overdue in receiving recogni
tion for his ability.”
CAL
BRYANT
... sports
editor
of
local
newpaper
Vaughan continued, “Unfortunately, no
plaque can truly reflect a person’s commitment
to his community or service to his fellowman.
Cal often goes beyond his professional responsi
bilities to make a difference in the lives of
young people living in the Roanoke-Chowan
area. There is no award that honors such
dedication, but he certainly has my gratitude.”
The award-winning photograph was one
Bryant made of a tug-of-war contest during a
local high school field day. His sports story was
a preview of the Hertford versus Bertie High
School football game. The sports column award
was for three entries culled from a large
collection of Bryant’s weekly “Cal’s Comer.”
Bryant maintained that his recognition came
with help and assistance from many of his
friends and associates.
“The awards were due to the team concept
used at The News-Herald,” the award winner
said, “and also for the outstanding athletic talent
and great leadership of area coaches.”
Bryant has been associated with newspaper
work since 1973, except for a two-year stint
with the North Carolina Forest Service.
He is a 1971 graduate of Northampton
County High School and a 1973 graduate of
Chowan College with an associate’s degree in
graphic arts. Bryant was named sports editor of
The News-Herald in 1989 after working in pre
press production areas for a number of years.
After receiving the three awards, Bryant said,
“It is the understanding of a proverbial sports
widow, my wife Deborah, that has allowed me
to spend countless hours away from my family
in order to fulfill the demands placed upon me
to cover the athletic events in our area.”
Alumni notes ...
CLASS OF 1959
Elton Manning Roberson is teaching at East
Wake High School in Wendell, NC, where he
also has served as varsity football coach for 30
years and coached golf for 26 years. His first
wife passed away in 1993 and he re-married in
1995. Roberson, who plans to retire in June, and
his wife, Patricia Griswold Roberson, have four
married sons and two grandchildren.
CLASS OF 1963
Jimmy Thad Hodges has completed 30 years
with Beaufort County Schools (NC) and plans
to retire in June, 1996.
Charles Lee Edwards is now principal of
Coleridge Elementary School in Coleridge, NC.
CLASS OF 1967
Benjamin C. Herndon, Jr., is athletic director
at Chancellor High School in Spotsylvania
County, VA. He and his wife, Susan, have been
married for 26 years and they have one daugh
ter, Erin, age 14.
CLASS OF 1969
Tom Ballance is teaching at Norfolk (VA)
Christian High School. He is also a member of
the five year planning committee for the school
and president-elect of the Chowan Alumni
Association.
CLASS OF 1970
Harold Babb is professor and chairman of the
department of marketing at the University of
Richmond. He is a former Fulbright-Hayes
Scholar to Asia and was named the Tiller
Distinguished Professor in Business at Rich
mond. Babb has authored several papers on
international marketing and is a partner/owner
of Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. He and
his wife, June (Slater) (’70), reside in Rich
mond.
CLASS OF 1972
Herb Hirzel is now president of City Window
Cleaning, Inc., and APEX Pressure Cleaning
Systems in Wilmington, DE. After graduating
from Chowan, Hirzel received a BS in market
ing from the University of Delaware in 1977
and an MBA from Wilmington College in 1985.
He served as the 1992 president of the Interna
tional Window
Cleaning Association
that represents over
300 member compa
nies in 12 countries.
The association
promotes a better
understanding and
professional image of
the window cleaning
industry with govern-
Herb Hirzel
ment agencies, standards, writing committees,
insurance companies, building owners and
managers. Hirzel lives in Wilmington with his
wife and four children.
CLASS OF 1975
Frank Nucaro is assistant football coach of
Valhalla High School where his 1995 squad was
the first undefeated team in the school’s history.
Nucaro also serves as head coach of the varsity
wrestling team and won “Coach of the Year”
honors for wrestling last year.
CLASS OF 1982
Mary Lou Drake was married to Eddie N.
Bulls III on February 14,1996 and they cur
rently live in Courtland, VA. Mary is employed
in Chowan College’s Office of Development as
secretary to the director of alumni services, and
Eddie is associated with Franklin Equipment
Company of Franklin, VA.
CLASS OF 1984
Bill Waters and Laura Crum were married in
July 1987 and moved to Lawrenceville, GA, the
following year. Bill has been working for
Rohrer Corporation, a package printing firm that
employs several other Chowan alumni. Laura
returned to school to become a licensed practi
cal nurse and is now completing the require
ments for a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Laura
has worked in home health services for the past
five years. The couple lives in Suwanee, GA.
CLASS OF 1985
Michelle Shaver-Payne, and her husband,
Joseph, are the proud parents of a son.Cian
Marshall Ahrens, born on Feb. 6. 1996. They
currently live in Sparks, Nevada.
Death claims
Chowan^s first
male student
Walter R. Dudley, the first male to enroll as a
student at Chowan College, died at his home in
Raleigh, NC, in December.
A native of Portsmouth, VA, Dudley gradu
ated from Chowan with the Class of 1937, the
last class to receive baccalaureate degrees until
the college resumed four-year status several
years ago.
The son of the late Charles Wesley Dudley
and Clara Mae Worrell Dudley, he was born on
March 24,1914. Following his graduation from
Chowan, he studied law at Wake Forest Univer
sity and attended the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill where he he received
both his master’s and doctoral degrees.
Beginning his career as teacher and coach in
Moncure, VA, Dudley served as principal in
Bonlee and superintendent of schools in Red
Spring and Chatham County. At his retirement,
he was director of the division of superinten
dents of the NCAE.
Dudley was an active member of Raleigh’s
Hayes-Barton Baptist Church and the Trinity
Sunday School Class.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth Taylor
Dudley; a daughter, Jean Dudley Bower; a son,
Walter Rae E>udley, Jr.; seven grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Hayes-Barton
Baptist Church with burial in Raleigh Memorial
Park.
3fn iHemoriam
Helen Rountree Aswell
Class of 1931
Suffolk, Virginia
November 13, 1995
Captures two
first place
awards
and one
third plice
in state
newspaper
contest
Graduated
with Class
of 1937—
the last
class to
receive
baccalaureate
degrees
before 1994
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