(Posted 11-15-99)
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ALUMNI AWARDS MADE BY SCHOOL OF HHP

GREENSBORO— Six alumni awards were presented by the School of Health and Human Performance at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 1999 Ethel Martus Lawther Lecture program.

The awards recognize alumni of the school who have made significant contributions through scholarship, leadership or service, and in career or civic involvement.

The program is held each year in memory of the late Ethel Martus Lawther, who died in 1990. She was a member of the UNCG faculty for 43 years and was head of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation from 1948-71. When the department became the School of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, she became dean and served until her retirement in 1974. The School of Health and Human Performance received its current name in 1990.

The Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to Dr. Cecelia Routh Hooper, a clinical  professor with the division of speech and hearing sciences of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Hooper received her master's degree in speech pathology and audiology in 1974 and holds the Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University. She grew up in Thomasville.

Ethel Martus Lawther Awards were presented to:

Dr. Lynn P. Gaskin, who received her master's and doctoral degrees in physical education at UNCG. She is the current chair of the Department of Physical Education at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Ga.,and taught at UNCG from 1965-94. She has held officer positions with several national organizations.

Margie G. Motsinger of Greensboro, who received her master's degree in speech pathology and audiology in 1979. After several years as a speech pathologist with the Greensboro schools, she established the Cheshire Speech and Voice Center, a private practice addressing the needs of the speech and voice-impaired, which she owns and directs.

Belinda D. Pettiford, who was a 1987 graduate in health education. She is the program manager for the federally funded Healthy Start Baby Love Plus Initiative, which is operated through the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. She is a past president of the state chapter of the Society for Public Health Education.

Amy Y. Sullivan, who received her master's degree in dance in 1980. Sullivan is director of the Sullivan Dance Theatre and a faculty member at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She also was active as a dance educator and artist-in-residence for almost 20 years. Her choreography has been performed widely.

Christopher P. Wicker of Roanoke Rapids, a 1977 graduate in recreation. Wicker has served as director of the Parks and Recreation Department in Roanoke Rapids since 1983.  He has received numerous honors, including Jaycees "Boss of the Year" and the City of Roanoke Rapids Dedicated Service Award.

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