Carolina Law celebrated eight members of its community at the 2026 Law Alumni Association Awards Dinner on Oct. 9 at the Carolina Club. Lifetime Achievement Awards went to Jim Delany ’73, who led the Big Ten Conference for three decades, Wade Hargrove ’65, one of the nation’s most respected media lawyers, and Richard Stevens ’74, a former Wake County manager and five-term state senator. Distinguished Alumni Awards honored Pat Brown ’86, chief legal officer at SAS, Elizabeth Luck ’89, who leads the federal Defender Services Office, and Wilson White ’06, who heads government affairs for Google across the Asia-Pacific region. Zac Long ’12, CEO of Well Care Health, received the Emerging Leader Award, and Professor Bill Marshall was recognized with the S. Elizabeth Gibson Award for Faculty Excellence.
