University Announcements Archive

Robert E. Lee, who was dean of the Wake Forest School of Law in the late 1940s and taught at the school for more than 30 years, died Thursday, Aug. 21, at Brookridge Retirement Community in Winston-Salem. A prolific writer of law texts, including works […]

Louis R. Morrell, vice president for investments and treasurer at Wake Forest University, has been presented the Rodney H. Adams Award from the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). Morrell received the award at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston on July […]

Wake Forest University has named Minta A. McNally and James R. Bullock assistant vice presidents for university advancement. McNally, of Winston-Salem, will direct the university’s office of alumni activities and volunteer programs. She has been director of university relations since 1995. Since joining the university […]

Wake Forest University has named Jack E. Wilkerson Jr. the dean of the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. Wilkerson’s new appointment is effective July 1. He has been the Calloway school’s acting dean since last August. Wilkerson, who joined Calloway’s faculty in 1989, […]

Wake Forest University’s Office of Public Affairs (OPA) has won six medals in the Circle of Excellence national awards program of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in Washington, D.C. The University Editor’s Office won five awards: a gold medal for […]

Mark H. Reece, who retired as Wake Forest University’s dean of students in 1988, died today. He was 71. For his 32 years of distinguished service to the university, Reece received Wake Forest’s highest honor, the Medallion of Merit, in 1996. “To generations of students, […]

Sandra Combs Boyette, Wake Forest University’s vice president for public affairs since 1988, has been named to the new position of vice president for university advancement. Wake Forest President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. announced the appointment today at a 2 p.m. campus gathering of Wake […]

Wake Forest University has named Michael J. Hyde as University Distinguished Chair in Communication Ethics and Professor of Communication. Hyde joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1994 as J. Tylee Wilson Chair in Business Ethics and Professor of Communication. He will give up that chair […]

Four faculty members have been awarded Wake Forest Professorships for excellence in teaching and scholarship. Receiving the honors, effective July 1, are: John Baxley, Wake Forest Professor of Mathematics; Deborah Best, Wake Forest Professor of Psychology; Willie Pearson Jr., Wake Forest Professor of Sociology; and […]

The following 13 Wake Forest University faculty members will receive promotions effective July 1: Stephen B. Boyd, associate professor of religion, will be promoted to professor. James C. Fishbein, associate professor of chemistry, will be promoted to professor. Susan K. Grebeldinger, associate professor of law, […]