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…
Edward Kidder Graham, Jr., son of Edward Kidder and Susan Moses Graham, was born in Chapel Hill on January 31, 1911. He was a member of a prominent educational family. His father served as president of the University of North Carolina during World War I and his uncle, Frank Porter… Continue reading…
Walter Clinton Jackson was born in Hayston, Georgia, on June 28, 1879. He attended the Hayston public schools and was graduated from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia in 1900. In 1902, after teaching two years in Georgia, he came to Greensboro, N. C., where he taught and served as principal… Continue reading…
Julius Isaac Foust, son of Thomas Carbry and Mary E. Robbins Foust, was born November 23, 1865, in Graham, North Carolina. After attending Graham Academy and Graham Normal School, he entered the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1885. He received his Ph.B. (Bachelor of Philosophy) in 1890… Continue reading…
Charles Duncan McIver was born on September 27, 1860 in Moore County, North Carolina. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1881 and began teaching school in Durham and Winston. In 1886, he went to Peace Institute in Raleigh. In 1889, McIver and Edwin A. Alderman were… Continue reading…
When the doors opened at the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) on October 5, 1892, president Charles Duncan McIver had 15 well-qualified faculty members and nearly 200 young female students. While cooks, janitors, handymen, and others worked behind the scenes to keep the school running, McIver felt that… Continue reading…
John H. Cook began his work at the State Normal and Industrial College (later Woman’s College, now UNCG) when he was hired as head of the department of education in 1918. After a campus-wide reorganization in 1922, his title was changed from “head” to “dean.” In 1921, he worked to… Continue reading…
Mary Channing Coleman was born on July 11, 1883 in the small community of Ware Neck, Virginia. She was from a prominent Virginian family, and was reportedly a descendent of Pocahontas and two signers of the Declaration of Independence. Coleman was educated by private tutors until she went to Virginia’s… Continue reading…
