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Marine Expo ’85 highlights area
marine resources
(L-R) Dr. James Merritt and Chancellor
William H. Wagoner model Marine Expo ’85
tee shirts.
Nine action packed days will make up Ma
rine Expo '85, the area’s first effort to focus
attention on its varied marine resources. The
event is scheduled for September 28-October 6
in Wilmington to highlight the uniqueness
of the Cape Fear area and its marine-related
resources. Almost all Marine Expo activities
are free to the public; some events require
preregistration. Chairing Marine Expo is Dr.
James Merritt, associate professor and chair
man of UNCW’s department of biological
sciences.
Beginning the activities will be open house
at the State Port at Wilmington from noon to
5 p.m., Saturday, September 28. Visitors may
tour the port by bus or ride on the Cape Fear
River in tugboats. Water sports will be high
lighted during Marine Expo with daily sailing
regattas and windsurfing races at Wrightsville
Beach.
Scientific and educational aspects of ma
rine-related resources will be emphasized
through special exhibits, lectures and presen
tations around New Hanover County. School
tours of the Marine Resources Center will take
place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
October 1 and Thursday, October 3. Marine-
related exhibits will be at UNCW’s Trask Col
iseum, New Hanover County Library, New
Hanover County Museum, and Cape Fear
Tech.
UNCW Trustees elect officers
Three new members of the Board of
Trustees at UNCW were sworn in at the quar
terly trustee meeting held in July at UNCW.
New trustees are John D. Merritt, vice presi
dent, government and public affairs for Har
dee’s Food Systems Inc., of Rocky Mount; Dr.
Eugene Edward Wright Jr., physician from
Fayetteville; and Justin Raphael, president
of Alexanders Department Store Inc. which
operates Justins Clothing Store and Surf "N”
Stuff, Wilmington.
Merritt and Wright were elected by the
UNC Board of Governors. Wright will serve
until June 30,1987 and was elected to fill the
unexpired term of Julia W. Taylor of Durham
who resigned. Raphael was appointed to a
four-year term by Gov. James Martin.
Trustees re-elected by the Board of Gov
ernors to serve a second four-year term were
John J. Burney Jr. and B. D. Schwartz, both
of Wilmington, and Margaret F. Heyward,
Charlotte. Appointed by the governor to an
other four-year term was Dr. John B. Cod
ington.
Burney was re-elected to a third term as
chairman; Schwartz was elected as vice-chair-
man, and Elizabeth Cameron of Wilmington
as secretary. John Warlick Jr. of Jacksonville
and F. Pete Fensel of Wilmington were elect
ed at large members of the executive commit
tee of the board. Paul Bell, president of the
UNCW student government association, will
serve as an ex-officio member of the board.
Retiring members of the Board of Trustees
are Dr. Hubert A. Eaton of Wilmington, and
Clifton L. Moore Jr. of Burgaw.
John D. Merritt was born in Fayetteville,
graduated from New Hanover High School,
and received a bachelor’s degree in history
from UNC Chapel Hill in 1972. Prior to join
ing Hardee’s Food Systems Inc. in 1982, Mer
ritt served for 10 years on Capitol Hill as ad
ministrative assistant to Congressman Char
lie Rose.
Eugene Edward Wright Jr., M.D. was born
in Wilmington, and graduated from George
Washington High School in Denver, Colorado
in 1969. He received the bachelor of science
degree in engineering from Princeton Univer
sity, and received his medical degree from
Duke University Medical School in 1978. He
practices medicine in Fayetteville with Cum
berland Internal Medicine, P.A.
Justin Raphael moved to Wilmington from
New York City in 1950. He received the bach
elor’s degree in business administration in
1949 from the City College of City University
of New York. In addition to working in the
retail clothing business, Raphael taught
business at then Wilmington College in 1964.
(L-R) New trustee members John D. Merritt,
Eugene Edward Wright Jr., and Justin
Raphael.
Astronaut Scott Carpenter will be the Ma
rine Expo ’85 featured speaker with a free
public lecture at 8 p.m., Tuesday, October 1
at Kenan Auditorium at UNCW. A dynamic
pioneer of modern exploration. Carpenter has
the distinction of being the only human ever
to penetrate both outer and inner space,
thereby acquiring the dual title, astronaut/
aquanaut.
A national workshop on artificial reefs on
Monday, September 30, and a marine science
symposium and marine research forum on
Wednesday, October 2, will take place at
UNCW’s University Union.
Complementing Marine Expo ’85 will be
Riverfest 1985 on Saturday, October 5 and
Sunday, October 6 in downtown Wilmington.
Exhibits, food booths, continuous entertain
ment, and fireworks will provide entertain
ment for young and old.
Marine Expo ’85 is sponsored by the City
of Wilmington, New Hanover County, the
Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce,
The University of North Carolina at Wil
mington, and the State of North Carolina.
Marine Expo is planned to be an annual fall
event in Wilmington. For a brochure or more
information, write Marine Expo ’85, P.O. Box
1810, Wilmington, N.C. 28402.
A calendar of Marine Expo ’85 events is on
page 2.
Professor chosen
in “Top 25”
Dr. Gerald H. Shinn, professor of philosophy
and religion at UNCW, was selected as a
semi-finalist in the 1985 Professor of the Year
competition sponsored by the Council for Ad
vancement and Support of Education (CASE).
The award recognizes achievement in teach
ing, scholarship and service to the profession
and institution.
Twenty-five semi-finalists were chosen from
'Z56 entries submitted from universities in the
United States and Canada. Shinn was the only
professor so honored within the 16-campus
UNC system, and one of two semi-finalists
from North Carolina.
Shinn joined the UNCW faculty in 1967.
His service and dedication to the campus
range from serving as curator of UNCW’s
Museum of World Cultures to establishing in
1972 the Albert Schweitzer International
Prizes, the first international prizes of its kind
in the United States and held every four years
at UNCW. His teaching excellence was recog
nized with the UNCW Board of Trustees
Teaching Excellence Award in 1981.
The many letters of nomination from
students and faculty in support of Shinn’s
achievements were unanimous in recognizing
his "dedication to teaching, respect for learn
ing, and sincere love for students.”
Shinn received his Ph.D. in medieval church
history from Duke University. At UNCW he
teaches philosophy and religion and Old
Testament literature.
Congratulations, Jerry, on an honor well
deserved.