In Memoriam
Horace Burr
Jr., professor emeritus of communication arts, died on Oct. 29, 2001.
He lived in Charlottesville and was a former president of both the Albemarle
Art Association and the Virginia Hearing and Speech Foundation. He directed
the JMU drama department from 1965 to 1977 and served as university
curator from 1977 to 1983. Burr earned his undergraduate degree from
DePauw University and a master's degree from the University of Southern
California. He also studied sculpture in New York and Florence, Italy,
and won many awards for his mixed-media artwork in the United States
and abroad.
Thomas W.
Leigh, professor emeritus of English, died on Oct. 12, 2001. He retired
from the JMU faculty in 1982 after 32 years of teaching English. He
taught at Staunton Military Academy and McGuire's University School
of Richmond before entering the Army Air Corps in 1942. He was assigned
to the Japanese Language School at the University of Michigan, where
he later earned a master's degree in English. He was an active member
of Trout Unlimited and the Waynesboro Unitarian Church.
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