Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
Lia Miller, Executive Director of the Center for Creative Aging, co-founded the Evergreens Renaissance Program to provide creative classes and continuing education for nursing home residents. She has provided numerous workshops and presentations on creativity and aging across the state, including last year’s Governor's Conference on Aging. When some people hear the word creativity they immediately say, “Oh, I’m not [...]
Dick Strohmeier Dick Strohmeier came late to acting after flying through global skies for 38 years: 11 years of military aviation ( USAF and ANG) and 27 years as an airline pilot. He came to North Carolina in 1982 with Piedmont Airlines (later US Air) following the bankruptcy of Braniff International. After retirement, he was a very effective Executive Director of [...]
Jan Hensley Jan G. Hensley began acting as a student at Mars Hill College. While achieving mightily as a professional photographer, he remained true to his early infatuation, performing hundreds of roles with various professional and non-professional groups in North Carolina for more than 45 years. He appeared annually in the Greensboro Ballet Company’s presentation of The Nutcracker, was an [...]
Elissa Fuchs Elissa Fuchs started dance lessons in 1922 at age three in her native New Orleans. She began training in classical ballet at age seven, acting in children’s productions and on radio. At 16, with her mother as chaperone, she went from schoolgirl to chorus girl, touring with a vaudeville show headed by Michael Todd. Stints on Broadway followed, [...]
Jayne Ericourt Jayne Ericourt began her piano studies when she was three years old and her mother discovered she had perfect pitch. She practiced daily until she was 18 when she decided to close the piano and play no more. “I was tired of playing. At last I was free to do what I wanted.” At age 30, after marriage [...]
Fred Chappell Last fall when Fred Chappell received the John Tyler Caldwell Award for the Humanities*, the state’s most prestigious humanities honor, he was described as a “man of letters.” He might decry that title, but his masterful versatility in writing more than two dozen books of poetry, fiction and criticism confirms that designation. Fred came to UNCG in 1964 [...]
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University, continues to produce and accomplish in her 83rd year. Most famous for being an American poet and author, she continues to cross lines of race, gender, sexuality and culture as a historian, playwright, dancer, songwriter, stage and screen producer, performer, director, singer and civil rights activist. Born [...]
