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John William ?Bill? Disher, Sr.(?59), March 27, 2004. He rose from a management trainee to become president,CEO, and chairman of the board of Lance Inc. in Charlotte during his 36-year business career. He served on the Board of Trustees from 1993?97 and on the College Board of Visitors and the Alumni Council, and he received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1995. A strong advocate for education, he was also a long-time chairman of the board at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, a board member at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, NC, and president of the North Carolina Community College Trustees Association. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and three children. (copied from Wake Forest Alumni Magazine of June 2004 - see www.wfu.edu/magazine/archive/wfm.2004.06.pdf)

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