This building, designed by Clemmer, Horton & Bush of Hickory, North Carolina, opened in 1970. Originally called the Social Sciences Classroom Building, on February 22, 1971, it was named for Frank Porter Graham, president of the University of North Carolina from 1932 to 1949.
This building, designed by Northrup & O’Brien of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, opened in 1953. On February 22, 1954, the building was named in honor of Dr. Anna M. Gove, campus physician from 1893 to 1937. From 1954 to 1970, the building was called the Gove Infirmary. The name changed to… Continue reading…
This building, designed by Hook & Sawyer of Charlotte, North Carolina, opened in 1905 as the Carnegie Library, and was expanded in 1922. The building was partially destroyed by fire on September 15, 1932, and was enlarged during its reconstruction. The Library reopened in 1933. In 1955, the building was… Continue reading…
Dr. Patricia Ann Sullivan (née Nagengast) was born in Staten Island, New York in 1939. In 1961 she graduated from the Notre Dame College of St. John’s University in New York. After graduate school, she taught at Wells College in New York and Texas Woman’s University. In 1981, she began… Continue reading…
Debra W. Stewart was appointed interim Chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in August 1994 upon the retirement of William E. Moran. She served in this role until January 1995, when Patricia A. Sullivan took office as Chancellor. Stewart came to UNCG temporarily while serving as graduate… Continue reading…
William Edward Moran was born on May 28, 1932 in White Plains, New York, to Frank Joseph and Margaret Mary Farrell Moran. He received his B.A. in English Literature from Prinecton University in 1954, his M.B.A from Harvard University in 1959, and his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University… Continue reading…
Born in Anguilla, Mississippi, in 1916, James Sharbrough Ferguson grew up in the midst of change and economic depression. The son of a Methodist minister, Ferguson spent his childhood in various south Mississippi towns and villages where his father’s ministry took the family. Educated in the public schools of the… Continue reading…
Otis Arnold Singletary was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, October 31, 1921, and received a B.A. degree from Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, in 1947. He received a M.A. (1949) and a Ph.D. (1954) from Louisiana State University. Singletary taught with the LSU Extension Division (1949-1951), was instructor at the Navy Supply… Continue reading…
Gordon Williams Blackwell, son of a Baptist minister, was born on April 27, 1911 in Timmonsville, South Carolina but grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He graduated from Furman University in 1932 and went on to receive a M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1933) and… Continue reading…
William Whatley Pierson was born in Brundige, Alabama on November 30, 1890. He attended Alabama State Normal School where he received the Ph.B. degree in 1908. Afterwards he received the B.A. (1910) and M.A. (1911) from the University of Alabama. He also earned his M.A. (1912) and Ph.D. (1916) from… Continue reading…
