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Sam Anthony was a steward of history’s ghosts, but his greatest gift was knowing how to live in the present. … More “Let’s Make It Count for Something”
Sam Anthony was a steward of history’s ghosts, but his greatest gift was knowing how to live in the present. … More “Let’s Make It Count for Something”
We turned our eyes to Manhattan, we turned our eyes to Washington D.C., we turned our eyes to a lonely field in Shanksville, Pa., and then we turned our eyes to ourselves: Who, we wondered, will we become now? … More Remembering September 11
Growing up, Carl Kasell ’56 wasn’t interested in the news, but he was fascinated by the little box that transmitted it to the world — a wondrous thing called a radio. At 16, while his peers slept, the Goldsboro native rode the local airwaves on WGBR, putting in two and a half hours as a … More In Memoriam: Carl Kasell
Once the wealthiest man in North Carolina, C.D. Spangler Jr. ’54 was an intensely private business titan who held some of the most egalitarian and public-facing positions in society as a local and state leader in education. By the time he left the last of these roles — that of his 11 years as … More In Memoriam: C.D. Spangler Jr. ’54
Carolina Alumni Review – September_October 2017 Paul Hardin III, the steadfast lawyer and Methodist bishop’s son who steered UNC and three other campuses as they grew through tumultuous and historic times, spent 27 years as a leader in higher education — the final seven of those at the nation’s oldest state university under the sentimental … More Unlikely Choice, Visionary Leader
William Aycock – Carolina Alumni Review Time and again, former Chancellor William B. Aycock ’37 defined duty — for himself, for the University, and for the people who sometimes questioned whether Carolina fell on the right side of history. No one was better suited to the task. William Brantley Aycock ’37 (MA, ’48 JD), who began … More Farewell to an Icon