2.26.24 | Alumni Profiles, In Memoriam
The March/April 2024 issue of the Carolina Alumni Review features Taller Far Than a Tall Man, an article on the contributions of Eric Montross ’94 in the classroom. Here are clips from a talk Montross gave Aug. 30, 2022, to students in Tim…
Former UNC head football coach Carl Torbush died Nov. 5. He was 72. Torbush coached the Tar Heels from 1997 to 2000 and led UNC to one of the most prominent wins in program history — a Jan. 1, 1998, victory over Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl,… read more
Legendary basketball player Walter Davis ’77, a two-time All-ACC honoree and six-time NBA All Star, died Nov. 2. He was 69. Davis, affectionately known as “Sweet D,” was a true icon of the game. His… read more
IN MEMORIAM Daniel Currie Sears ’74 | 1951–2023 James Moeser made his way over to 210 Pittsboro St., across the road from the Carolina Inn. It was summer 2000, and he had just become UNC’s ninth chancellor. Time for an official… read more
When employees came to work at the GAA on a rainy day, Elizabeth Morgan, warm, engaging and perched in her seat at the reception desk, made them feel heroic for showing up. When alumni returning to campus stopped by the George Watts Hill… read more
Where are we now, Carolina, 20 years after the fall of the towers stopped our hearts? read more
Rameses XXI, whose retirement as Carolina’s live mascot for nine years was announced last fall, has died. read more
Justin Donaton ’99 has never been to the site of the World Trade Center, where his UNC lacrosse teammate Ryan Kohart ’98 died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Even when he occasionally flies into New York, he closes his eyes to avoid… read more
The UNC General Alumni Association on Wednesday will hold its annual memorial service for the six alumni who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. read more
Craig Stephen Hicks pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing three Muslim neighbors at a Chapel Hill apartment complex four years ago and received three life sentences. read more