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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2004
Graham, 86, medical
professor, researcher
BY KATIE HOFFMANN
STAFF WRITER
Rarely does one person spend
his or her entire career serving one
community.
Dr. John Borden Graham, who
died in his home Sept. 25 at the
age of 86, was one of the few.
“To me, that seems rare in this
day and age,” said Virginia Drill,
Graham’s daughter. “He deeply
loved Chapel Hill.”
Graham came to UNC as a
medical student in the 1930 sand
returned in 1946 as an instructor
in pathology. After spending his
entire career at the University, he
officially retired in 1985. However,
he continued his research until his
wife became ill in 1993.
“Even after his retirement, he was
very active in both the professional
and social aspects of the depart
ment,” said Dr. Charles Jennette,
chairman of the Department
of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. “He was still attending
events the week he died.”
Asa professor of pathology,
Graham taught medical students
for more than three decades.
“He loved explaining things and
teaching things. He was also very
curious,” Drill said. “He had that
exploring kind of mind that I think
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“(Graham) had the capacity to commit
himself, which I think is a greater legacy
than ... research. It’s ... admirable
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is necessary for a scientist.”
Graham was a key player in
establishing a genetics curricu
lum and created the first formal
genetics course at the University in
1954. He also served as chairman
of the curriculum from 1963 until
his retirement
Asa research scientist Graham
helped uncover many mysteries
of hemophilia and other bleeding
disorders.
“This man has had many firsts,”
said Dr. Harold Roberts, Sarah
Graham Kenan distinguished
professor of medicine and a former
student of Graham.
Along with Dr. Cecil Hougie,
Graham discovered the coagula
tion factor X, the central enzyme
in the reactions causing a normal
blood dot
In 1992 Graham received the
School of Medicine’s Distinguished
Service Award for his contributions
to research in genetics and hema
tology and his impact on medical
education in North Carolina.
He also published more than 250
scientific articles and wrote books
on his military career, the issue of
home health care and the history of
UNC’s pathology department.
Those close to Graham said his
legacy will be remembered beyond
the confines of the classroom and
laboratory.
“He was a true scholar and a gen
tleman,” Jennette said. “Not only a
world-renowned researcher, he was
also a devoted family man.”
Roberts said Graham’s devo
tion to his sick wife, Ruby Barrett
Graham, was one of his best qual
ities.
“This man took care of his wife
every day of the week for years,” he
said. “He had the capacity to commit
himself, which I think is a greater
legacy than any scientific research.
It’s nothing short of admirable.”
Graham is survived by his wife,
his daughter, his two sons, Barrett
and Thomas Graham, and two
granddaughters.
A memorial service will be held
at 2 p.m. Friday at the University
Presbyterian Church.
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Strickland, 31, officer in
school, Orange County
BY JAKE POTTER
STAFF WRITER
The Orange County Sheriff’s
Department and a Hillsborough
middle school were missing a
familiar face Monday.
Deputy officer Jodi Rebecca
Strickland, 31, died around 2 p.m.
Saturday in a one-vehicle accident
off Efland Cedar Grove Road when
her Ford F250 fishtailed down a
curve and ran off the road, hitting
a tree.
In addition to her duties with
the sheriff’s office, she worked
as a student resource officer at
A.L. Stanback Middle School in
Hillsborough.
Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass spoke
highly of Strickland’s exceptional
ability with kids.
“She had such a rapport with
the kids at the school,” Pendergrass
said. “She had a knack for working
with kids.”
Strickland’s duties at Stanback
included teaching DARE and child
abuse education classes.
“She could walk up the sidewalk,
and there were always eight or 10
kids tugging on her,” Pendergrass
said.
Odum Village to undergo changes
BY KELLI BORBET
STAFF WRITER
A multitude of construction proj
ects at the comer of Manning and
Hibbard drives on South Campus
soon will impact the students and
Deputy officer Bobby Collins
said Strickland was well-liked by
the staff and children at Stanback.
“She was extremely dedicated to
the school and to law enforcement
in general,” he said.
School officials said the fac
ulty had a meeting Monday after
noon to discuss Strickland’s death
and were then planning to go to
Strickland’s house.
Anne D’Annunzio, spokeswom
an for Orange County Schools,
said social workers were present
at Stanback on Monday to console
students and staff.
Strickland was working with
Collins to buy a bomb-sniffing dog
before she died.
The sheriff’s office recently had
obtained a grant to purchase the
dog.
Collins indicated that Strickland
likely would have been reassigned
to work with the K-9 unit.
Strickland came to the sher
iff’s office after previously work
ing with the Chapel Hill Police
Department, Pendergrass said.
She left the sheriff’s office more
than a year ago to pursue work with
the State Bureau of Investigations,
families living in that area.
The Department of Housing &
Residential Education is conduct
ing information sessions tonight
to make residents of Odum Village
the student housing apartment
complex for UNC students with
families aware of the various
construction projects that are tak
ing place and the future of plans
for die area.
“The information session gives
us an opportunity to answer any
questions and share informa
tion about the construction,” said
Christopher Payne, director of
housing and residential educa
tion.
At the sessions, residents and
administrators will discuss con
struction projects in the area,
including the South Campus
chiller plant and student family
housing along Mason Farm Road,
as well as anew steam plant and
its 4,200-foot utility tunnel.
The steam plant is meant to
serve the energy needs of the
almost 6 million square feet of
floor space that will be built on
campus in the next five to six
years.
And the new student family
housing complex will consist of
nine new buildings that will house
about 400 new apartments. The
first buildings should be complete
by next summer.
“We work closely with contrac
tors to be updated with the con
struction,” Payne said. “So we peri
odically have information sessions
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where she worked with the arson
division, Pendergrass said. “When
she left, we were devastated,” he
said.
Strickland returned to the sher
iff’s office in April. “She wanted to
settle down into a certain locality,”
Collins said. “We were happy to
have her back.”
Strickland had been with the
sheriff's office for more than three
years.
Pendergrass said someone
would be assigned to cover her
duties with the unit.
Strickland was driving through
what Pendergrass described as
“torrential rain” Saturday when
her truck fishtailed on a curve on
Efland Cedar Grove Road.
She is survived by her husband,
Paul, a Durham firefighter.
A visitation will be held at 6 p.m.
today at Hudson Funeral Home on
Miami Boulevard in Durham.
Strickland’s funeral will take
place Wednesday at 11 a.m. at
Greystone Baptist Church on
Hillsborough Road in Durham.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
to keep the students updated.”
Payne said all new additions
to Odum Village will not only
impact those living in the area,
but also others who live and work
on campus.
“Within the next year there will
be lots of construction around
Odum Village,” said Colin Scott,
president of the Residence Hall
Association.
“We are looking into how to
inform students about the con
struction and how it will impact
them.”
Odum Village also will be open
to undergraduates next fall to
replace units lost when Morrison
Residence Hall closes for construc
tion, Scott said.
Jen Bushman, president of
the Graduate and Professional
Student Federation, said officials
will make details about the con
struction and the student fam
ily housing available at tbhight’s
meeting.
“They will update residents
about the various stages of the
construction,” Bushman said.
“They also want to advertise
what is in store for the future of
Odum Village.”
The community meetings will
take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
today and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday in the CSR room in the
Odum Village office, located at the
end of Branson Street.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.