TO THE EDITOR:
We recently have heard of UNC athletes who might be academically challenged. We rarely read of those that are brilliant. An item on the front page of the Durham Herald-Sun, “Nuclear lab at Duke celebrates 50 years,” caught my eye. The article was about the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory. Dr. Ed Bilpuch was its director from 1978 until his retirement in 1992. Dr. Bilpuch came to UNC on a football scholarship in 1946 and played for UNC during the Charlie Justice era. In 1950 he graduated with Bachelor of Science in physics. He then became one of the first Morehead-Cain Scholars which financed his Master of Science degree in physics at UNC. He completed his studies in 1956 with his Ph.D. in physics.
Incidentally, his last Duke-Carolina game ended with a UNC win 21-20. Ed was an integral part of that victory!
Ronald Shearin
Class of ’50
