(Posted 10-2-00)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
News Service Contact: Steve Gilliam, 336-334-5371
|
ALEC PETERS RECEIVES YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD
GREENSBORO—Alexander “Alec” Peters of Raleigh, who is a special deputy attorney general in the N.C. Attorney General's Office, has received the second Young Alumni Award at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The presentation took place on Friday, Sept. 29, as part of the Homecoming Kickoff Celebration. The award was created to honor a UNCG graduate under the age of 41 for exceptional community service and professional achievement. The recipient must exemplify outstanding professional and personal development either through traditional channels or innovative approaches.
"This award recognizes the professional and community contributions of our younger alumni," said Laurie Weaver, associate director of alumni affairs. "Alec Peters is making a difference in his profession as well as his community, and he is an excellent choice as this year’s recipient of the Young Alumni Award.”
Peters, a 1983 UNCG graduate, has worked at the Attorney General's Office for 11 years and is now the lead attorney for the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System. He also is a graduate of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law. Peters is recognized as an expert in First Amendment law. He has litigated cases involving campaign finance, courtroom prayer and clinic access. In 1995, he won a case involving the N.C. Retirement System that was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In serving UNCG, he was a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1994-99. During that time, he chaired the strategic planning committee and the student relations committee. He has served as a deacon and an elder at West Raleigh Presbyterian Church. A music major at UNCG, he has composed several hymns for the choir and the congregation. He is a third-generation UNCG alumnus and is the son of Frances M. Peters of Tarboro and the grandson of the late Mary Wooten Peters.
"He is the attorney to whom many of the state's most complex constitutional cases are assigned," said Ann Reed, senior deputy attorney general. "These are typically high-profile cases that present novel and challenging legal issues, and we assign only our best attorneys to them."
###
Back to the Latest News
Releases
Return to the University News Service Home Page