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25402
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Phil Dixon always gives back to ECU in any way he can. Now a successful lawyer with his own firm, Dixon started out dirt poor and just looking for a way to change his life. He found that at ECU.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 6 Issue 3, Spring 2008,
p20-22, 24-25, por
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25408
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Beth Grant is an actress and a former ECU pirate. She says that part of her success comes from the lessons she learned while performing in ECU productions.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 6 Issue 4, Summer 2008,
p32-37, por
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25463
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Although not all ECU football players have gone on to play professional football, some are still at the center of East Carolina sports today. Jimmy Creech, class of 73/74 has been a backbone of fundraising and community support in heralding in a future for ECU sports.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 1, Fall 2010,
p30-33
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25401
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David Gerrard, quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars expresses details from his time in college at ECU and how it got him to where he is today.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 6 Issue 3, Spring 2008,
p12-19, por
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25564
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Robert D. Teer, Jr., class of 1967, has been a guiding figure in the Research Triangle Park, recruiting Glaxo, Biogen, and IBM to the area, and raising funds for the USO Travel Center at the Fayetteville Regional Airport
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 10 Issue 4, Summer 2012,
p34-37
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25469
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Using a cutting-edge research program, Cecelia Valrie (class of 1999) is working with doctors and East Carolina medical students to understand and help children with lifelong, painful illnesses live more normal lives.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Winter 2011,
p32-34
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25430
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There are many ways to donate money to East Carolina University and several societies that recognize those gifts. Most people give because they want to share the blessings they've been given.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 2009,
p12-17, il, por
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25391
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Walter Williams, executive vice president of WilcoHess, has been a major benefactor to ECU for years. Having attended the school while it was still the East Carolina Teachers College, he has a close bond with the school.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Summer 2007,
p12-16, por
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25416
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Roddy Jones began his career at his dad’s construction company straight out of ECU. He eventually became the president of that company and worked on some of the biggest projects in North Carolina like Raleigh’s Crabtree Valley Mall.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Fall 2008,
p24-28, por
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25606
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Dr. Ashley White, East Carolina class of 1986, has traveled the world in search of archaeological sites, but his greatest achievement has occurred right in his own backyard. After a series of storms caused erosion on his family’s farm in Ocala, Florida, White discovered pottery and coins that point to occupation by conquistador Hernando de Soto.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 12 Issue 1, Fall 2013,
p46
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25436
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After 42 years with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, Charlie Adams is retiring. He has helped the NCHSAA reach many milestones, especially with women's sports.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 2009,
p44-45, por
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25419
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Hugh Johnson, an ECU alum, brought the big names to Minges for concerts in the 1970’s and 80’s. Now, he has been working for Vince Gill since 1989. He is on the road a lot, but enjoys the family feeling from the group he works with.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 7 Issue 1, Fall 2008,
p40-41, il, por
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7650
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Few women attended college in the 1920s, but four sisters from Magnolia in rural Duplin County attended and graduated from East Carolina Teachers College during that period. They called themselves the “Magnolia Belles,†and a tradition was started. Over the following years at least one woman from each succeeding generation has graduated from East Carolina. In 2005, a member of the fourth generation earned her ECU diploma.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2006,
p24-25, por
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25398
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Kelly King reflects on his time at ECU, his first job at BB&T and how he got to be president and chief operating officer at BB&T.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Winter 2008,
p20-25, por
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25473
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Carl Davis, East Carolina class of 1973, has labored nearly a decade to bring state-of-the-art quality to North Carolina public television. As the assistant general manager and director of engineering for UNC-TV, Davis has been the driver behind bringing specialized public television programming to over 13 million people statewide.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 3, Spring 2011,
p26-29
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