Goldsboro High's Hall of Fame returns
By Staff Reports
Published in News on January 17, 2016 1:45 AM
Helen Goldsby was a high school track star who eventually ran track for Howard University. She was more than just an athlete, however, she is a world-class singer who has dazzled audiences worldwide with her voice and stage presence. She has performed on Broadway and is he first singer to ever perform inside the U.S. Supreme Court chambers.
Velton Ray Bunch has written the music for over 50 television series and movies. He is a four-time Emmy nominee and won the Emmy for his musical score in Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005. In addition to the TV and film work, he has had his music recorded by such notable and diverse recording artists as Cher, Ray Charles, The Pointer Sisters, Mac Davis, Lionel Ritchie and the Commodores. He won a platinum record for Dolly Parton's "Eagle When She Flies," album
Karl Eikenberry is former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and director of Stanford University's U.S.-Asia Security Initiative. Eikenberry, a 1969 graduate of Goldsboro High School, had a 35-year military career in the U.S. Army, retiring as a lieutenant general. He served as commander and staff officer in the continental U.S., Hawaii, Korea, Italy and Afghanistan, commanding American-led coalition forces from 2005 to 2007. Eikenberry is former deputy chairman of the NATO Military Committee and he has held policy and political-military positions related to Afghanistan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mongolia. In addition to U.S. military and government honors, Eikenberry has won decorations from Canada, France and Afghanistan and the NATO Meritorious Service Medal.
Bob Waller's resume reads like a list of Wayne County civic organizations and service programs. He served as a teacher, coach and administrator in the Goldsboro School System in the 1960s and was later dean of students at Wayne Community College. His civic involvement has seen him on dozens of committees and boards, from the Board of Education to the Boys & Girls Club, from the Guardian Ad Litem program to the Goldsboro City Council.
William Stone's powerful baritone voice lends elegance and style to a repertoire ranging from Mozart to Berg. He has appeared on almost all of the nation's premier opera houses and has a special association with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is one of the only American baritones in recent years to have sung extensively in the major opera house of Italy and has twice opened the May Festival in Florence. A professor emeritus of voice and opera at Temple University, he is currently teaching at the Academy of Vocal Arts and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and with the Domingo-Cafriz Young Artist Program with the Washington National Opera.