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-mnus honored rf/ At its annual meeting on June 8 in

Indianapolis, the Southern Baptist Re-ligious Education Association pre-sented its Distinguished Leader Award posthumously to Dr. Q. Langston. Langston served from 1950 until his re-tirement in 1986 as professor of reli-gious education at Campbell University.

The SBREA award recognizes Southern Baptist religious educators who have made outstanding contribu-tions to religious education through years of service and life-long commit-ments a church staff workers and or denominational workers. Guidelines for selection of recipients include worthy and extended service in reli-gious education, recognition of service by co!lcgucs in religious education, broad influence which may include writing and conference leading, and membership and participation in SBREA and sister association.

Langston joined CU in 1950 and has taught courses in pychology, socio!-

ogy, Bible and religious education. His primary writing was "Depth Study Guide of a Local Church Program" which was used by 88 students in out-standing churches. He also served as a lay Sunday school director and teacher.

He is past president of the Eastern Baptist Religious Education Associa-tion and of the North Carolina Profes-sors of Religion. Langston was a mem-ber of the North Carolina and Southern Baptist Religious Education Associa- · Lion. He was recognized by CU for Ex-cellence in Teaching. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary pre-sented him its Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Distinguished Service Award.

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Perry O. Langston

Posthumous Leader Award Is Presented

At its annual meeting in India-napolis, the Sout 1ern Bapllst Religious Education Association presented its Distinguished Lead-er Award posthumously to Perry Q. Langston.

Dr. Langston served from 1950 until his retirement in 1986 as professor of religious education at Campbell University.

The SBREA award recognizes Southern Baptist religious educa-tors who have made outstanding contributions to rellgious educa-tion through years of service and lifelong commitments as church staff workers and/or denomina-tional workers.

Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to mlssionaxy parents, Dr. Langston was a graduate of Clemson Uni-versity and received his master of religious education and doctor of religious degrees from the South-western Bapllst Theological Semi-nary, Fort Worth, Texas. He did additional graduate study in psy-chology at the University of Michigan.

While serving in World War II as an Army infantry captain in the North African invasion, Dr. Langston was left a paraplegic from his battle wounds. He was awarded the Silver Star. the third highest mllltaxy honor bestowed on a serviceman by the Army.

[ Dr. R. Wayne Skaggs. William

Neal Reynolds professor at N.C. State University, has been elected Soil and Water Division director for the Technical Council of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. He was installed last month during the society's Inter-national Summer Meeting in Charlotte ....

• • • The Southern Baptist Religious

Education Association has pre-sented its Distinguished Leader Award posthumously to Dr. Perry Q. Langston. Langston served from 1950 until his retirement in 1986 as professor of religious education at Campbell Universi-

Skaggs Langston

ty .... • • •

Harriet Singleton Stubbs, a 1952 graduate of Westhampton College at the University of Richmond, has received the Distinguished

Carolina notebook Alumna A ward from the West-hampton College Alumnae Associ-ation. Founder and executive di-rector of the Acid Rain Founda-tion in Raleigh and a research association at NCSU, she is well-known for her work m environ-mental education ....

• • • Jane A. HurkP, principal of

Hertford County High School in Ahoskie, was recently named North Carolina's 1992 Wachovia Principal of the Year. Burke began her career in education m 1968 as a health and physica education teacher in Durham. S e became principal f Hertf rd County High School in 90. . .

• • • Brent D. Nash, president of

Edgecombe Homestead and Loan Association in Tarboro, was re-cently elected chairman of the N.C. Alliance of Community Fi-nancial Institutions. The alliance is a trade association that tepre-sents community (inancial institu-tions across the state ....

• • • Aaron Mayn. an I llh-grader at

Broughton High School in Ra-leigh, is attending the Concordia Spanish Language Village in Bemidji, Minn., this summer. He is the son of John Niblock and Pam Mayer of Raleigh ....

Tile News & Observer, Raleigh, N C., Monday, July 6, 1992 ,38

• • • Dr. Carlos T. Cooper of Winston-

Salem recently received the N .C. Podiatric Medical Society's Life-time Achievement Award for his more than 40 years of service in lhe profession ....

• • • The Rotary Club of the Capital

City recently named Willie Wright Jr. as Business Person of the Year. Wright is the owner/opera-tor of the Hillsborough Street YMCA Barber Shop ....

• • • !<'our graduates of the Universi-

ty of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and

Library Science recently received • · Distinguished Alumni Awards. Mary E. Anders of Northport, ... Ala.; Evan I. Farber of Rich-mond, Ind.; Lucia J, Rather of Kensington, Md.; and Katina P. Strauch of Charleston, S.C., were recognized for outstanding contri-butions to information and library science ....

••• Katherine Leigh Dowen of Ra-

leigh was recently inducted into , Epsilon Pi Eta honor society at Campbell University. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dowen of Raleigh and is a junior majoring in business administra-tion.