Our guest speaker for this meeting will be George Lewis, who is co-authoring a biography of and with Bucky Waters. The talk will focus on the richness of Bucky’s remarkable life. It’s such an unusual tale. Bucky’s has been a proud NC resident for 70 years, but he began as 4-sport star growing up in the rough streets of Camden, NJ. His mother was a vaudevillian…one of his best childhood friends was the actor Michael Landon and another was a 7-foot giant…while Jack McCloskey, the visionary who built the Detroit Pistons’ “Bad Boys” into champions, was his high school coach. And it gets more interesting from there. Of course, Bucky has been a part of the ACC since its first season. A recruit, a player (baseball and basketball), a coach, and an announcer. His accomplishments beyond basketball are numerous, especially his work with the Duke University Medical Center.
Lewis met Bucky in 2010, and they became fast friends. Bucky quickly impressed him with his seemingly endless supply of funny stories, his winning personality, and his unique observations. He was the definition of a people person, he was colorful, and boy did he have the gift of gab.
Mark Your Calendar
5/7/25 – Shane Willis, Former Carolina Hurricane and current Color Analyst for Hurricanes’ broadcasts
5/21/25 – Special Guest Speaker
6/4/25 – Scholar-Athlete Awards Luncheon